Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

When my daughter began kindergarten, she would come home with notes pinned to her shirt–informationa about upcoming events, permission slips for field trips, and monthly newsletters. I found this incredibly amusing, but I had to admit it was an effective way to get information home to parents when you are dealing with 5-year-olds. As a high school teacher, I often wish I could pin announcements to my students’ clothing or backpacks to ensure they actually make it home to parents.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Teachers often ask us for tips on the easiest way to get started with video creation. Here are three very simple, free tools with no learning curve. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Every Classroom Matters Episode 193 When you see an accomplished educator like Alec Couros, it is easy to think that he’s always been this way. You might believe that he’s never made mistakes. You might think that everything was perfect from day one. In this conversation, Alec takes us through his educational journey and the truths he’s learned along each step.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Are your students self-directed learners? Here we are in the 21st century where students are becoming academically independent. They can learn on their own, oftentimes without the teacher's intervention and most of the time they look for answers on their own. However, not all students are, what I’d like to coin, self-directed learners. There are still students left behind, still stuck on the traditional chalk-and-board, teacher-oriented classroom setup, and there are students that are somewhere

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Here is a reality check for everyone that does not believe in the value of branding in education. Your brand is what stakeholders and others say about you as well as your district/school. Social media has changed the landscape and broadened the concept of branding to education whether you like it or not. Your digital footprint is not only crafted by what you create and post, but also what other people and organizations create and post about you.

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Edutopia

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Andrew Miller Assessment Instead of issuing zeros, penalizing late work, and grading formative assessments, teachers should make the classroom a place of hope instead of fear.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

There is this argument on whether social media and learning can coexist, because really, how can the noisy environment of social media become an effective tool for learning? Call it cliché but the first app we usually open on our devices is always Facebook. A status update here, share a post there, Facebook basically owns the majority of our social media life.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Emily is the Project Associate for the VILS initiative at Digital Promise. This fall, each of our 21 Digital Promise Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) rolled out tablet devices to its students and teachers. Device rollout is an exciting time and becomes a huge celebration for the school and the community. Every student and teacher in the VILS project receives a tablet device with a data plan that can be used both in and out of school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

I’m taking next week off. I’ll be preparing for my daughter’s holiday visit from her home in DC and my son who’s visiting from El Paso TX (Ft. Bliss–though, now he tells me he may not make it. Argh). I am so excited to see both of them! I’ll be back November 30th. Any emergencies–drop me a line at askatechteacher@gmail.com.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Every Classroom Matters Episode 191. What is the secret to effective online project based learning? How can we get kids excited about writing? Nancy White shares how. She reflects upon two big projects. Nancy had one that worked well. She had another one that floundered. What was the difference? Apply Nancy’s principles and have better online writing today.

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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.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

By D. Frank Smith Tight budgets and a lack of professional development are top challenges for education leaders. .

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Last week in a session at the Iowa Association of School Boards annual conference, we were asked how our communities defined school success. Superintendents and school board members started voicing their mission and vision statements, which sounded quite lofty. I chimed in that, despite our school systems’ rhetoric, the reality for most community members probably was quite different.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

I currently teach graduate level educational technology courses. I like to acknowledge exemplary work by tweeting out the best of the best to my 21,000+ followers. A past student of mine was asked by one of her current teachers to describe a major learning experience in her education and she replied it was my course due to: A major moment in this course was some validation of my work that I was not used to.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

News and Trends: Sunday, November 22, 2015 This was a busy week at my school. Kids weren’t too excited to be there but we got so much done anyway. Friday was capped off with sharing with each student something that makes them special. The response was amazing from parents but it was about the students. Every student needs to know they matter. But you can only tell each student how they are unique if you KNOW THEM.

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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.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

By D. Frank Smith Keeping one step ahead of network troubles requires a solid plan. Learn a few tips from a K–12 networking expert in EdTech's latest webinar.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Thought I’d share some quick numbers regarding the Digital Leadership Daily service that I launched back in February. Nine months later, we have 146 subscribers getting a daily text message through Remind, 97 people on the Facebook page, and 650 followers on the Twitter channel. If you or someone you know would benefit from one carefully-selected technology leadership resource per day, feel free to sign up!

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Battelle for Kids

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Volume 2, Issue 13, Number 10. Driving Question: How do effective teachers create teachable moments in diverse 21st Century classrooms? Learning to read, write, speak, listen, and count were nice goals for a time that has passed. No more. Today, the most effective teachers link these basics to a bigger goal necessary for this and future generations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Every Classroom Matters Episode 192. Writable surfaces. Movable spaces. Micro environments. Never heard these terms? Our classroom design helps us create learning experiences for students. David Jakes explains modern classroom design. Essential Questions: 3 Learning Experiences You Should Give to Every Student. How can classroom design improve learning?

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

By D. Frank Smith Did you miss our latest webinar on networking and E-Rate? Don't worry — we have the social highlights right here.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

David Wiley said: Why are we hell-bent on taking the greatest communications technology ever known and making sure that no one communicates with it? Why must we replace opportunities to interact with teachers and tutors with artificial intelligence and adaptive systems? Why are we so excited by the prospect of care, encouragement, and support giving way to a “Next” button that algorithmically chooses what a student should see next?

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Battelle for Kids

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Volume 2, Issue 13, Number 11. I agree with John King, incoming U.S. Secretary of Education. When asked about his one wish for education, he replied without hesitation—"an effective teacher in every classroom". P21 has been focusing on Effective Teaching as our blog theme for November and this month's posts have been brimming with ideas about how to engage students on every level , transformative learning practices , connecting learning to the world of work , special education issues , and so mu

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Trends and Tweets that Have People Talking Emotions and relating to other humans is reflected in a subtle way on this week’s top education tweets. Teachers are telling kids and each other that they matter. Teachers are talking about making their own music in their classroom. Thanksgiving-themed lesson plans are being shared while many educators gear up for Hour of Code in December (may the force and Minecraft be with you).

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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.

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Ditch That Textbook

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Songs can embed themselves deeply in our minds and our memories. Can you remember a specific song that immediately takes you back to a place and time in your past? For me, these three have very vivid memories: When I was moving into the dorms at Indiana State University my freshman year — a wide-eyed [.].

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The Jose Vilson

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It starts the same. “I heard what you’re saying about integration and everything, and I agree with you in general …” “Yes?” “And I hear you on fighting for all schools and not just mine …” “Mmmhmmm.” “And I’m not racist, but I don’t want to take my kids out of a well-resourced school so they can go to a school with gang violence.” “Excuse me, what ?

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Battelle for Kids

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

We will take this day off and see you with the new theme, Professional Development: Who Owns It? on Monday, November 30. Thanks To all of our authors for their posts and to you, our readers for your interest and support. Thanks to the P21 staff, most notably Lizzette Arias, for her contributions to the Blogazine beyond her many other duties. Finally, thanks to the teachers, principles and other educators who are enabling their students to become 21st Century deeper learners and providing their e

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Social Media Insights Twitter counts on blog posts are broken. Can you fix Twitter counts? Why did this happen? Is Twitter in trouble? Let’s not panic, let’s analyze what has happened and how we can still find Twitter counts on a page (for now.). Although Twitter announced some time ago their plan to get rid of the counts that show how many times a page has been tweeted, they turned off the service on November 20.

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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.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

The New Question: “How Is That School Doing On You?” by Terry Heick In 2015, an “unconnected classroom”—that is, one without social components, digital media output, authentic and highly visible. The post The New Question: “How Is That School Doing On You?” appeared first on TeachThought.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers. Google Docs is a popular word processing tool. However, many people don’t realize that there are 4 great add-ons for Math that allow teachers and students to harness the power of Google. You can add any of these features to a Google Doc by selecting Add-ons → Get Add-ons. g(Math). g(Math) is a popular tool for Math students and teachers.

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The Jose Vilson

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In the spring of 2014, a few books dedicated to the “Education Spring” revolt came out from various publishers, one of which was mine , and the other was More Than A Score , a collection of stories edited by Jesse Hagopian from numerous dissidents from across the nation. [Full disclosure: Haymarket Books came out with both of our books).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Google has amazing tools for finding school-worthy sources. Too bad most kids don’t know they exist. “Did he seriously just ask that? How old is this guy?” Well yes, I recently seriously just asked a group of students if they knew how to search Google. And yes, the students got a good laugh from my question. “Of course I know how to use Google,” I have been told by every student to whom I have asked the question.

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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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