EdNews Daily
JULY 18, 2019
By Ryan L. Schaaf. Many educators share great concern about their students’ lack of ability to learn the way others did in the past. Oftentimes, these concerns are expressed by teachers who have been in the classroom for a long period of time. Some complain their traditional teaching methods are just not as effective with students in classrooms today as they once were.
EdTech4Beginners
JULY 17, 2019
Technology is fast reshaping the education landscape. The Journal’s 2018 Teaching with Technology Survey reveals that 87% of educators , agree that technology has positively impacted their ability to teach. The survey also found that 96% of respondents say that technology will play a positive role in the future of education. From using YouTube to learning platforms , technology is increasingly enmeshed with the modern classroom.
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Neo LMS
JULY 18, 2019
Along with concepts like blended learning, adaptive learning and virtual learning, the need to focus on the main character in the learning process came about. This is how personalized learning became the key to every new approach to learning and teaching. Personalized learning is created for all students regardless of their academic level or age, helping them reach their potential, awakening their inner motivation and personal drive, developing all the necessary skills they need to master proble
Digital Promise
JULY 16, 2019
Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation. Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome. Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccl
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EdTech Magazine
JULY 18, 2019
How to Leverage Mainstream Technology to Boost Special Education. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 07/18/2019 - 11:31. Federal laws such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) , as well as state allocations and local funding, give schools access to resources to support students with special needs. But while funding opportunities exist, they are limited, which means schools must allocate what money they do receive strategically.
A Principal's Reflections
JULY 14, 2019
I genuinely believe that most people want to get better in their professional role and they find comfort in growth. Who doesn’t want to make a difference while moving up the career ladder? However, I say most because complacency, lack of motivation, or not being passionate about the work or the job can inhibit a drive to seek ways to improve. Since the minority falls in this category, let’s focus on the majority.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Educational Technology Guy
JULY 18, 2019
The Future of STEM Education: 5 Innovative Ideas About to Break Through by Kate Began With our world becoming increasingly technology-driven, there is growing demand for workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. To meet this demand, there has been ongoing discussion on how to best educate our kids for a STEM-focused future.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 17, 2019
Phishing in K–12: How to Avoid Taking the Bait. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 07/17/2019 - 10:35. Cybersecurity is critical to making sure students are safe as they use digital tools. In school systems that provide one-to-one devices to students , phishing is a top concern among IT professionals. “Of attack types, phishing is by far the security threat that most concerns districts ,” according to a Consortium for School Networking report.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 17, 2019
Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Jane Sandwood, has interesting ideas on blending tech with tradition: Balancing Technology With Traditional Teaching To Enhance Performance In Class. California has recently increased state investment in school technology , focusing on better broadband connections and supporting further teaching of computer science. Although there is still some debate about the benefits of increasing use of technology in schools, there appears to be plenty of evidence to show tha
Education Elements
JULY 17, 2019
We are Personalized - This was the number one goal in our new District Strategic Plan. It was not, “We are moving towards personalization”, or “We are learning about personalization”. It was simply WE ARE, and this opened the door to panic and excitement and an immediate call to duty. We quickly turned to the Ed Elements learning cycle for development and direction.
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.
EdTech4Beginners
JULY 18, 2019
As a student, there’s no denying that writing is one of the most important skills you have. Sure, you know how to write; but do you know how to write well, especially in an academic setting? Regardless of what field you major in, you’ll almost always be required to write an academic paper at some point, but academic writing isn’t quite the same as other types of writing.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 16, 2019
E–Rate Updates Free Up Resources for New Classroom Technology Projects. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 07/16/2019 - 15:04. Recent updates to E-rate, which put more focus on funding high-speed internet and network protection tools , have helped K–12 schools reallocate resources to improve other focus areas. . K–12 schools now have much more flexibility to fund projects, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission ’s recent announcement to make internet access a priority, combined with an increase t
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 15, 2019
Education has many disruptors–3D Printing, AR and VR, 1:1 technology, STEM, and STEAM–but a recent and wildly popular one is robotics. These automated humanoid bots often interact with users, require critical thinking and problem-solving, and grab the imagination of students in ways that makes everyone want to learn. One I discovered this summer is Wonder Workshop’s collection of three robots — Cue, Dash, and Dot.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JULY 16, 2019
Alfie Kohn said: What takes this little game from merely silly to obnoxious is the following rule: You must attribute unflattering adjectives to cohorts younger than your own – even though yours was on the receiving end of similar disparagements not so long ago. Thus, those who came of age in the sixties were written off as longhaired, unamerican, potsmoking relativists with a deficient work ethic.
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.
Digital Promise
JULY 17, 2019
On July 8–10, 2019, Digital Promise held the first ever Challenge Institute. In the seaside town of Monterey, CA, participants used the Challenge Based Learning Framework to address challenges in their communities. Educators formed teams around big ideas in education, from computational thinking to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and quickly connected with new colleagues to work toward solutions to their challenges.
Educational Technology Guy
JULY 18, 2019
FlexClip is a new powerful video maker to develop quality videos for any purpose and they have a specific education page at [link] FlexClip's education video maker will help you create a custom video or presentation in no time for its ease of use. Whether you want to produce a school marketing video to boost enrollment or use videos in the classroom to make teaching more appealing, FlexClip is what you need.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 19, 2019
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: How to Activate a Link. Category: Internet.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JULY 17, 2019
Anthony Kronman said: When it comes to campus speech, the adversaries tend to divide into two recognizable camps. On the one hand are those who say: This is a special community, an inclusive community, we care about the well-being of all its members and we must see to it that they are not made to feel excluded, wounded, or depreciated. And to that end we need to be careful because speech hurts and offends and demeans.
Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions
The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.
Edsurge
JULY 13, 2019
As a student, my mindset was that everything needed to be perfect; anything less was unacceptable. Taking the risk to raise my hand in class, when I wanted to contribute my thoughts, was always a challenge for me. But none of my teachers ever seemed to recognize this; or if they did, they never acknowledged it. The thing is, I really wanted to contribute to class discussions.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 17, 2019
12 Things Every Modern Classroom Should Have by Terry Heick Every classroom is different—and that’s good because every student and teacher is, too. But are there any common elements that most/all classrooms should share? and more specifically, in a modern classroom? Screens and data and artifical intelligence and robots and Skype and holograms? Do these […].
The Hechinger Report
JULY 16, 2019
As grown-ups everywhere have long suspected, poorly behaved 6-year-olds will come to no good. Or, at least not as much good as their more attentive, kinder and less aggressive peers. New research used tax return data to determine the income, at age 33 to 35, of 2,850 children tracked by the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Kindergarten Children , an academic research project following kids from kindergarten through adulthood.
MiddleWeb
JULY 16, 2019
While the leaders of Algonquin Middle School do not claim to be "on the cutting edge of utilizing data in every aspect of our school’s program," AMS teachers and staff are making headway with seven action steps that are benefiting students, says principal Rob Messia.
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Edsurge
JULY 19, 2019
What if you could map every book and article assigned in college courses around the world and see which authors are making the most impact? A project run out of Columbia University is working to do just that. It’s called the Open Syllabus Project , and this week its leaders released a new version of their tool that analyzes assignment lists from more than six million syllabi.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 15, 2019
8 Science-Based Strategies For Critical Thinking contributed by Lee Carroll, PhD and Terry Heick Scientific argumentation and critical thought are difficult to argue against. However, as qualities and mindsets, they are often the hardest to teach to students. Einstein himself said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to […].
The Hechinger Report
JULY 19, 2019
Christelle Etienne is taking courses this summer in anatomy and physiology at Montgomery College to stay on track to graduate on time from Towson University. “There are so many classes I have to take,” she says. Photo: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. SILVER SPRING, Md. — Towson University student Christelle Etienne isn’t whiling away these long, lazy days of summer lounging by the pool or hanging out with friends from high school.
Teacher Tech
JULY 17, 2019
Update Your Google Forms Response “Can students who don’t finish come back to the Google Form later to finish?” Short answer… not really. But, here is how YES! Edit Response When editing a Google Form, in the settings cog, is the option to “Edit after submit.” This gives you the false assumption that students can […].
AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.
Edsurge
JULY 17, 2019
THE DAY STARTED OUT LIKE MOST. Around 6 o’clock on a fall morning in 2018, Jordan sat down at her desk, donned her headset, and logged in to her account with VIPKid , a Beijing-based company that connects native English-speaking teachers like her with children in China for live, online video lessons. Then the marathon began. In 25-minute spurts, Jordan greeted a series of kids between the ages of 4 and 12 with an enthusiastic “hello” and taught them an English lesson.
Sell Courses Online
JULY 15, 2019
The post Kajabi Pricing Plans: Are They Really That Expensive? appeared first on Sell Courses Online. With so many great online platforms available in the market, it has become easier than ever to sell online courses f??rom your own website. A platform like Kajabi, though, takes it one step further by offering you all the features you need in a single place.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 14, 2019
I was trained and licensed to be a music teacher in the traditional American way. My classes included all varieties of instruments. I sang and learned to conduct bands, orchestras and choirs. I played in ensembles. I took multiple semesters of musical technique, history and theory as well as music education methods. Almost all of what I just described was traditional.
techlearning
JULY 15, 2019
I have been an educator in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 14 years. In my current role as an Elementary Instructional Coach at Ephrata Area School District, I love sharing new strategies, resources, and tools with the teachers I work with. I am incredibly fortunate to work in a very innovative and future-focused school district that, like nearly half of the school districts in the United States, uses Discovery Education services.
Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon
Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks
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