Ed Tech from the Ground Up
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
Many teachers find themselves in a bittersweet situation at the start of the new school year. Often, their school has used the summer break to launch new technology initiatives. What can teachers do to make this transition go smoothly? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Sponsored by Staples Little moments can make a big difference. As teachers, we need to protect our health. We also are charged with protecting the children in our care. Let’s talk about some small things that can make a big difference in the lives of children (and teachers.). This blog post is sponsored by Staples. Office products power your office, but People Products power your people.
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EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
By D. Frank Smith Each video includes a quick news review, a quiz and interactive lyrics to deepen and reinforce Common Core skills.
A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 30, 2015
That’s right folks; I just stated that you need to brag more. However, it might not be in the context that you think. Bragging has been notoriously frowned upon by society for ages. The Free Dictionary defines bragging as to talk or write about oneself in a proud or self-impressed way. This can, and most often does, backfire as Susan Kraus Whitbourne writes : "Almost no one likes a show-off but almost everyone likes to show off, at least a little.
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Ed Tech from the Ground Up
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
As education transforms through the use of technology, the language describing these new methods can be confusing. But it adds up to helping teachers personalize learning for students. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
User Generated Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
I’ve been interested in the ideas surrounding the growth mindset prior to it being coined as such by Carol Dweck. As part of my studying Education Psychology as part of my Doctoral studies, I delved into studying attribution theory. Attribution theory provides a foundation to the ideas connected to a growth mindset. As such, I have been thrilled about the press it’s getting and I have facilitated several workshops for educators on the growth mindset – see The Education with a G
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EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
By Mike Patterson Follow these steps to navigate a path toward digital citizenship.
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
AUGUST 30, 2015
You might not know their technical names, but if these digital tools are working well, school and classroom ed-tech applications will run smoother. Are yours working? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
Ditch That Textbook
AUGUST 31, 2015
Google Apps for Education has made new ideas and activities possible in classrooms all over the world. They’ve allowed for creation and collaboration in ways that weren’t possible in the past. One of the best parts about the entire Google Apps suite is that teachers and students can use these versatile tools to create their [.].
Brilliant or Insane
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. Will you teach students the art of persuasion this year? Can they argue against something they believe in? As a longtime writing teacher, I found it useful to challenge students to argue against something they favor. For example, most of my middle schoolers were eager to persuade me and others that gun control is a […]. The post Can Your Students Write the Opposing Argument to This Gun Control Essay?
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.
Battelle for Kids
AUGUST 30, 2015
August 31, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 9, Number 14. Driving Question: How does a nation transfrom all schools for deeper learning? Being an innovator in education is much like being a freshwater fish dumped into the ocean. Some fish are stronger than others. But, eventually, they all succumb to the salinity of the salt water and die. As an educator, trying to make a difference in kids' lives, it is not enough to have the right intention or try to do the right thing — just like it is not enough to be
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 31, 2015
By Melissa B. Tamberg Meeting Common Core objectives was just the beginning for the district’s technology improvements.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
I’m a teacher, have been for 35 years. I teach a lesson to my Middle School students that uses Twitter to improve writing skills. There’s a lot this popular social media tool can bring to the education world: it’s non-intimidating. Anyone can get through 140 characters. it forces students to focus on concise, pithy writing. Wasted, fluff words are not an option. it’s fun.
User Generated Education
AUGUST 30, 2015
This weekend I attended a conference presentation entitled, Cultural Imposition: When Digital Immigrant Therapists See Digital Native Clients (yep, I know there is some push back against the terms of digital natives and digital immigrants). It’s focus was understanding digital youth as a unique culture. It got me thinking, though, about the assumptions that adults who work with and teach youth make about their digital use and behaviors.
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.
Brilliant or Insane
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. “I’m getting a little bit concerned about my daughter,” a mother I know recently confided. “She spends hours in her room working on a novel that she’s convinced she will publish one day.” I looked at her for a moment, waiting for her to realize what she just said. Then, she erupted into a fit […]. The post 6 Prompts That Can Help Kids Write Like Their Favorite Authors appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.
Ditch That Textbook
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Creating posters has been a staple of so many classrooms of different ages. Usually, it entails gathering some important supplies before starting — posterboard, glue, markers, etc. Many teachers will round up old magazines, too, letting students cut and attach images that illustrate their topics. The digital age has opened classrooms up to a [.].
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
This is a reprint of an article I posted last Spring. By starting these tasks in Fall, you’ll be ready when yearly assessments arrive in April-May: Between March and June, 2015, nearly five million students in 11 states and the District of Columbia completed the PARCC and Smarter Balanced testing to measure student accomplishment of Common Core State Standards in the areas of mathematics and English/language arts.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
It's National Preparedness Month , and start of the Hurricaine Season. With all of the crazy weather we have seen, it's good to be prepared. It is important to consider three scenarios when planning for an emergency: 1) an escape route and meeting point if everyone is in the house; 2) what to do during a school day; and 3) how to handle an emergency during the weekend, when family members might be scattered.
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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
Brilliant or Insane
AUGUST 30, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. Regret. It’s a sad, lonely emotion. Many teachers suffer powerful regret every school year. The best educators reflect on the regrets, rebuild themselves, and become great. Do you have greatness in you? 7 Things the best teachers will regret this school year 1 – Assigning traditional homework This year, you’ll read Alfie Kohn’s The Homework Myth or […].
Doug Levin
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
An America Online (AOL) advertisement from 1979, recently found in an enhanced Sarah McLachlan compact disc in our family collection. How times have changed… The post 10 Cool Things to Do With Your 50-Hour FREE Trial of America Online appeared first on Doug Levin | EdTech Strategies.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 29, 2015
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of
Battelle for Kids
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
Volume 2, Issue 10, Number 1. Driving Question: How Can I Include Learners with Special Needs in My PBL Grounded Instruction? My Story "I don't think my students could handle it." I've heard this response too many times from teachers hesitant to bring project-based-learning into their classrooms. When I've asked why, the responses generally have described concerns over the abilities of the students with special needs in their class.
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
AUGUST 31, 2015
By Tom Henderson Take these steps to find and destroy unwanted zombie servers in the data center. .
Teacher Reboot Camp
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward ! . “I am the decisive element in the classroom … In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized. – Dr. Haim Ginott. Goal: Rethink classroom management. Accomplish this goal by getting your students to reflect on how different behavior choices impact others.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 31, 2015
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: I’m paranoid of losing my documents so I back them up to an external drive, a flash drive, and in the cloud.
Battelle for Kids
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
September 2015. Welcome to a new school year. In this issue, our experienced teachers, counselors, school leaders, researchers and guest experts take us to the high road of developing 21st Century skills and deeper learning in students with special needs. Whether discussing first graders or high school seniors, our authors detail how and why connecting the dots of 21st Century learning is so important for all children.
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.
The Journal
AUGUST 31, 2015
CCSS and NGSS are driving curricula and pedagogical change. Coding those new curricular materials, imbued with the best research, in HTML5 will enable those materials to run on virtually every BYOD computing device in the classroom. You read that right: every computing device!
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
AUGUST 29, 2015
Welcome to post number three in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both creating lessons that promote formative possibilities and resources that will allow educators to create videos that will enhance a students formative learning . As I have stated in earlier posts, Please keep in mind these are only tools and are best utilized through the important art of teaching.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
This special on site licenses has been extended a month. When September ends, prices increase for the first time since we’ve offered multi-user licenses. Let me step back. What are site licenses ? They are for multiple users rather than just the teacher–students, other teachers, even parents. They offer grade-level student workbooks (in PDF format) for the SL tech curriculum and keyboarding curriculum.
TeacherCast
AUGUST 30, 2015
Jeff sits down with Scott Welch, Vice President of Sales from Edsby to discuss how teachers, students AND parents are using Edsby in their schools. Edsby is a robust, cloud-based, mobile learning management system that incorporates social learning, course planning, assessment management, and much more into a simple, easy to use package for the entire school community.
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.
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