ViewSonic Education
APRIL 10, 2019
Esports are here to stay. As a spectator sport and as an industry. In colleges and in high schools. And in no small way. Competitive gaming has become a billion dollar business and is projected to grow exponentially. The prevalence of esports in schools is likewise rapidly expanding. The High School Esports League (HSEL) – just one of several such leagues – claims over 1500 schools as members.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 10, 2019
Brooke Markle on episode 468 of the 10-Minute Teacher Brooke Markle, a veteran middle-level English educator, realized that her kids hated their desks. They wiggled. They moved. They struggled to pay attention. So, with a limited budget, she decided to change her classroom to give students a choice. The results are exciting. Listen to Brooke talk about Flexible Seating Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.
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ViewSonic Education
APRIL 10, 2019
Quick. When I say the word sports, what do you think of? If you’re a fan, it could be football, basketball or soccer. If you’re a player, perhaps it’s tennis or golf. For some, it might even be chess or bridge, both of which are recognized as sports by the largest international sports organization. What about competitive video gaming?
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 10, 2019
Hello! Ask a Tech Teacher is a group of tech ed professionals who work together to offer you tech tips, advice, pedagogic discussion, lesson plans, and anything else we can think of to help you integrate tech into your classroom. Our primary focus is to provide technology-in-education-related information for educators–teachers, administrators, homeschoolers, and parents.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
Ditch That Textbook
APRIL 10, 2019
Quizlet Live is a collaborative, high-energy review game. It’s based on Quizlet, the online flashcards platform that’s been around for years. Students are sorted into groups and work together to answer all 12 questions correctly in a row to win. If we’re not careful, review can be a drag. At worst, it’s a repetition of […].
Education Elements
APRIL 10, 2019
Personalized learning represents a shift in how we teach students, a reflection of our changing educational landscape, and an acknowledgement that the world we must prepare our students for is different than the one we grew up in. One of the biggest ways education has already changed is in the content and tools students engage with. This blog series is made up of interviews with education leaders who work with digital content, curricular resources, and instructional tools.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdNews Daily
APRIL 10, 2019
By Erin Twamley and Joshua Sneideman. Stories are important. Before there was a written language there was storytelling. Telling stories about women in math and sciences have been a critical missing story for far too long. The story of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) helps illuminate the efforts, successes and failures in what is a vibrant community of dedicated women who play a vital role at companies big and small across the country every day.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
APRIL 10, 2019
Welcome to this third post in a series that promotes student inquiry in the classroom. I believe that inquiry involves the art of knowing how to ask a question. Many times there needs to be a scaffold on words that go into the question and concepts that need to be explored to even develop the inquiry. Of ten this is refereed to pre-search. This post is dedicated to reflecting on that important topic of metacognition and reflection with questions before the search.
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2019
What was once a sleepy conference at Arizona State University that charged $50 for attendance has now become ground zero for dealmaking in the education technology industry. (A ticket for this year costs nearly $3,200.) Silicon Valley loves to talk about scale, and the ASU GSV conference has achieved that. Now in its 10th year, the show has grown from 350 attendees in its first year to more than 4,700 this week.
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 10, 2019
Want To Make A Difficult Conversation Productive? Use A Protocol contributed by Michele Mattoon, NSRF Director *Join Michele and Director of TeachThought PD, Drew Perkins, for this summer’s Grow 19 pre-conference day, July 16th. Each year, I train scores of educators and professionals to become Critical Friends Group© Coaches, and sometimes I lead shorter workshops […].
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 10, 2019
. What happens to students after they take math in high school or college? Does their math experience lead to expanded professional opportunities? Does it help them understand and critique the world? Do they experience beauty, joy and wonder? If math is achieving its purpose, as defined by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics , students would answer “yes” to all three questions.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 10, 2019
Google Classroom allows you to easily create, share and collect assignments with your students paperlessly. Being integrated with other services such as Gmail, Drive and Google Docs, Classroom.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 10, 2019
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Once students learn how to sound out words, reading is easy. They can speak the words they see. But whether they understand them is a different question entirely.
eSchool News
APRIL 10, 2019
Billings Public Schools is the largest school district in Montana, supporting more than 16,800 students across 33 schools. With the support of technology levies, we have invested $1 million into new technology for both the high school and elementary levels. Over time, Billings Public Schools accumulated a complex assortment of devices, including 16,000 Chromebooks, 7,000 Apple iPads, 3,000 Macs, and 2,000 Windows devices.
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 10, 2019
Since its adoption by the Common Core State Standards, close reading came to the forefront in educational studies generating some heated debates among educators and pedagogues (see Gewertz, 2012.
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2019
Pearson probably still won’t buy your startup. But it may consider investing in it. Today, the publisher announced the launch of Pearson Ventures, a $50 million fund earmarked for education technology startups raising Series A and B rounds. The fund is framed as an effort to “future proof the company,” says Owen Henkel, managing director of Pearson Ventures.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 10, 2019
Find the Q&A History in Google Slides Looking at John Hattie’s research (visible-learning.org) you will see that what is highly rated for learning is class discussion and what is near the bottom for learning is PowerPoint. Google Slides has a quick and easy way to get started with using slides to interact with students. Q&A. […].
Edsurge
APRIL 10, 2019
Declara launched in 2012 to considerable funding and fanfare—including a shoutout from former President Barack Obama. But its AI-powered social learning platform struggled to live up to expectations, and never quite found its footing in the education market. Instead, it has caught the attention of a European buyer: An Italian blockchain company that builds software to support the “Internet of Things” ecosystem has acquired Declara.
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Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t
techlearning
APRIL 10, 2019
On a recent OnEducation Podcast episode (embedded at the bottom of this post), the hosts Mike and Glen got into a debate about what exactly is the “right” model of support when it comes to technology integration in schools? As they called out my name in particular, I felt it best to write this post in response.
Linways Technologies
APRIL 10, 2019
Defining the students’ choices of the 21st century. Portrait of pensive student carrying out test at lesson. The exams are mostly over. Now students wait for their results and plan ahead for what stream or course they want to pursue and which institution they want to join. Parental & peer pressure, industry trends etc. all shape and mould their likes and dislikes.
Education Superhighway
APRIL 10, 2019
Seven years ago, a wide-scale digital learning conference was unheard of because the majority of school districts across the country weren’t equipped with the infrastructure or technology to implement a robust digital curriculum. Thankfully, over the past several years, federal, state and local leaders have worked to tackle the digital divide, which has results in 98 percent of school districts now meeting minimum connectivity goals.
MiddleWeb
APRIL 10, 2019
As the presidential race heats up, stagecraft and poli-optics will be an important part of everything we see and hear, writes media literacy expert Frank Baker. Here's how we can help students pull back the curtain on techniques used by professional image manipulators.
This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.
ExcelinEd
APRIL 10, 2019
Two decades of experience in Florida and A-F school grading adoption in 15 other states have positively impacted students with more educational opportunities—resulting in students who are better prepared for success in school, careers and life. Read on for insights into four advantages of A-F school grading. 1. Ensures Schools Are Striving for Excellence, Not Settling for Complacency.
Turnitin
APRIL 10, 2019
How we can ensure integrity and diversity play a central role in higher education admissions.
techlearning
APRIL 10, 2019
Students can create original videos with dynamic, interchangeable backgrounds using green screen technology.
MindShift
APRIL 10, 2019
As the recent college admissions scandal is shedding light on how parents are cheating and bribing their children’s way into college, schools are also focusing on how some students may be cheating their way through college. Concern is growing about a burgeoning online market that makes it easier than ever for students to buy essays written by others to turn in as their own work.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 10, 2019
5 Ways to Safeguard Student Information. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 04/10/2019 - 10:01. Schools handle a wide variety of sensitive information concerning students and their families. Laws, regulations and ethical obligations require administrators to take active measures to protect that information from unauthorized disclosure. . That warrants a combination of technical and process controls designed to facilitate legitimate use of student records while safeguarding them against intruders.
eSchool News
APRIL 10, 2019
[ Editor’s Note: This article was first published on the TCEA TechNotes blog.]. As educators, there are many things we can do to make our Google Docs more accessible to our students. We should always be thinking about including universal design for learning (UDL) in all that we do. As a matter of fact, the ISTE Standards for Educators call for educators to design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability (ISTE Standard 5, Designer).
The Cornerstone for Teachers
APRIL 10, 2019
Do you incorporate current events in your instruction? It brings a host of benefits to students, including i mprovement of language, vocabulary, reading comprehension, critical thinking, problem-solving, listening, and oral expression skills. Teaching with current events also s upports students in becoming informed citizens who are socially conscious.
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