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Transform Your Classroom into a Makerspace

Catlin Tucker

'As finals approached this year, I had a desire to do something different. In the past I’ve had students write a timed five-paragraph argument essay about whether Montag, from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, is a conformist or nonconformist. My students had already written four essays this year, so I decided to ditch the essay. Instead, I had them select a metaphor from the novel and asked them to bring it to life creating a 3D visual metaphor.

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Spice Up That Lecture! 20+ Ideas & Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

'Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Undergraduate students taught by lectures are 1.5 times more likely to fail than those involved in active learning. – Bajak, A. (2014). In my new book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers , I talk about how even the best lectures aren’t fair for the majority of students in our classes.

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Students Can Be Most Effective Teachers in the Art of Presentation

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

'Students can be merciless in their assessment of teacher lessons and presentations. Use those experiences to hone the art of the pitch for startup investors and advisers. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Impact of a Makerspace

A Principal's Reflections

'One of the best parts of my day is checking in on Media Specialist/Teacher Librarian Laura Fleming as she always shares the incredible work her students are doing in the makerspace she created at New Milford High School. Whether it is pictures or Vine videos , each day I witness high school students tinkering, inventing, creating, and making to learn.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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Turning Tech Rollout Obstacles into Student Learning Opportunities

Digital Promise

'No matter how well a school prepares for a technology rollout, anyone who has been through that experience knows there are bound to be a few hiccups in the weeks after students get devices in their hands. “During first week post-rollout we quickly discovered that kids being kids were going to test the waters of what they could do with their iPads,” says David Ruiz, a digital technology coach at V.I.D.A.

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Spice Up That Lecture! 20+ Ideas & Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Undergraduate students taught by lectures are 1.5 times more likely to fail than those involved in active learning. – Bajak, A. (2014). In my new book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers , I talk about how even the best lectures aren’t fair for the majority of students in our classes.

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Using @RemindHQ For Leadership

The Web20Classroom

'In the past, I''ve written about how much I love using Remind. So much so, I am an advisor to the company. But even if I wasn''t an advisor I think the simple way the service allows for educators to connect to students and parents via text messaging is elegant and so simple to use. What is Remind ? In it''s simplest form it allows for a teacher to create a virtual texting group to exchange messages with members.

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Best Education-Related Videos of 2014

User Generated Education

'I love end of year “best of” lists. My own list is what I found to be the most powerful education related videos of 2014. They all, in some way, address the mind, heart, and spirit of education. Each touched me in some way to help illuminate the purpose and core of education. Let me know of any others that you found of value during 2014! Malala Yousuf Nobel Prize Speech.

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Real Project Based Learning: A Big Delivery….Santa Believes in PBL… Do You?

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

'Did you know that Santa believes in Project Based Learning? It’s true… in fact I have worked quite hard at finding evidence that supports this conclusion. Recently I was reviewing an outstanding article written for Educational Leadership based on the 8 Essentials for Project Based Learning. You might wish learn more from this article written by two amazing PBL experts; John Mergendoller and John Larmer at BIE ( BUCK Institute ).

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Some Great Chrome Apps for Chromebook Classrooms

Educational Technology Guy

'Holly Clark has a great article with some great apps for Chromebook classrooms. It has an interactive image of the apps. As you hover over the app icon, it gives short description. Click on it and it takes you to the Google Play page so you can install it. There are some great apps here. Take a look and see what might be useful for you and your students.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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7 Facts about Hackathons for Teachers

My Paperless Classroom

'This weekend I was working in Hacker Dojo , a shared workspace in Mountain view and I found that I was surrounded by a Hackathon. I had heard of Hackathons, but since I am not a hacker, I never went to one. The idea is that in a weekend teams create an app or a program. This Hackathon was hosted by Flir One , a thermal camera that connects to an iphone.

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Great Apps to Complement Your iMovie App

Comfortably 2.0

'The iMovie app could possibly be my favorite app on my iPad. It''s a versatile app that can lead to a whole lot of creation in your classroom Yes, I know that iMovie on my MacBook Pro has all the bells and whistles, but I believe that the app has all the ingredients to make some pretty powerful products in your classroom.

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A Few Thoughts about Language and the Serial Podcast

SpeechTechie

'For a few years now, I have counted podcasts among my key resources of information related to technology integration. If you are not sure what they are, podcasts are basically radio shows distributed online; the term podcast dates back to the iPod being a revolutionary method of accessing audio as iTunes opened the door to many people sharing ideas through independent podcast creation.

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Chromebooks - definitely awesome for education

Educational Technology Guy

'Back in May of 2012, I wrote about Google Chromebooks and how they were great for education. Two and a half years and 11,000 Chromebooks later, I stand by this even more. Our district has over 11,000 Chromebooks deployed in grades 3-12. We also have a high school using Windows laptops. Here''s why I recommend Chromebooks: inexpensive - average cost, with laser etching, Chrome management and setup is around $310 per device.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Want Minecraft, but don't Have the Tech? Try #Sugarcraft

My Paperless Classroom

'Note: there is a real use of #Sugarcraft and it looks like a healthy community of culenary artists. If this is what you are looking for here, I am sorry. This is about teaching.

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Giving Voices to Stars

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

'In case you missed in my myriad of tweets every Monday Night and Tuesday morning for the past few months, my former student, Matt McAndrew , has been a contestant on NBC''s The Voice. Every Monday at school has been, "Matt McAndrew Monday!" and every Tuesday, students take out their phones as part of their Do Now to Vote for Matt. I am over the moon and so enthralled with Matt''s performances.

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Innovation vs. Compliance in Education

My Island View

'I watched a Ted-Talk recently where the speaker addressed innovation in education. The focus of the talk was on a proposed solution to the problems in education. It boiled down to a lack of innovation in education. The speaker correctly pointed out that classrooms in the US have not substantially changed in a century. In talks that I have done, I often make the same point.

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A great comparison of Chromebooks vs Windows

Educational Technology Guy

'I''m a huge believer and user of Chromebooks in education. Even with the huge popularity of Chromebooks, there are still a lot of people who don''t understand them or think that they can''t do a lot of things. I found a great article that compares Chromebooks vs Windows, explores the claims and misconceptions and is a great resource for anyone thinking about Chromebooks.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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Roller Coasters in Second Grade #STEM

My Paperless Classroom

'Looking for a simple roller coaster design program? My second graders loved Coaster Frenzy. This week in Tech we designed and rode our own Roller Coasters! Building on our STEM study of balance, energy and motion, we used the app Coaster Frenzy to design our own thrill rides. In the process we asked questions like “How do I make it go faster” and these question led to discussions of gravity and energy.

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Screentime Is Good For #Students + #StuVoice

The Innovative Educator

'The next time someone shares with you another piece of shock journalism with claims that research says if kids use tech they'll get fat and stupid, arm yourself with this piece ( 10 Points Where the Research Behind Banning Handheld Devices for Children Is Flawed ) which debunks that research. If you don't feel like reading it, it says this: The research cited against technology use for youth focuses on passive television viewing or addiction to video games that are usually of violent na

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Make Learning. Stick Around. [Infographic]

Learning in Hand

'Stick Around , the iPad app I co-authored with the creators of Explain Everything , has been in the App Store since December 2013. It''s being used in classrooms around the world by teachers and students who want to turn learning into a game. Unlike most learning game apps, Stick Around is open-ended; it isn''t limited to the content it comes with.

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Google Translate adds 10 more languages.

Educational Technology Guy

'Google Translate adds 10 more languages, bringing the total to 90 supported languages. This is great news for education - with so many ESL/ELL students in our schools, Google Translate can help them learn English, as well as provide resources for them and their families in their native language. The 10 new languages supported by Google Translate include: Chichewa Malagasy Sesotho Malayalam Myanmar Sinhala Sudanese Kazakh Tajik Uzbek Related [link].

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Reverse Engineering Toys, Second Grade #STEM

My Paperless Classroom

'The meeting began like many other meetings with my teacher teams. I asked “what are you working on now?” The teacher shared that in science they were starting a project focused on balance in motion. At the end of the unit they are planning on having the children design their own toys. I suggested we have the students analyze some existing toys, so they could decide what was important to them in a toy.

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10 Guidelines for #EdTech Companies + Social Media - It's All About Relationships

The Innovative Educator

'Social media has changed how vendors do business. It is no longer one way communication. Instead with social media, like never before, there is now two-way communication allowing companies to have conversations with their customers. Those who are doing so effectively. Those who are doing so effectively, grow customer loyalty and respect. Those who are not doing it well, will be perceived as out-of-touch and will move further toward irrelevance.

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Upgrade coaching helps Arizona tech director plan for success

Education Superhighway

'“2014-15 is the Year of Technology for the Stanfield School District,” Maurice Kerckhof, Technology Coordinator for the Arizona district, enthusiastically declared. As a small rural district about an hour outside of Phoenix, Stanfield appreciates the power of digital learning to expand students’ educational opportunities and improve academic outcomes.

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Google Inbox - a replacement for your email with some new features

Educational Technology Guy

'Google''s Inbox is there new email client that has a different layout and different ways to handle emails. I''ve been using it for a while now and love it. Your emails are bundled by category (Promos, Purchases, Social Media, Travel and others) to keep them organized, you see each email at a glance in the main page, you can snooze an email (reminder for later) and pin emails to make sure they stay put if they are important.

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The Roses and Thorns of an LMS Strategy: How to Flourish with the Right LMS

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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Holiday Slow Down

My Paperless Classroom

'Just a quick note to let you know that I will be posting less through the rest of December. Never fear! the writing will continue. We have upcoming pieces about Core 5 reading , reviews of new ASCD books , a profile of Literably , and a review of OZObot. With the new year we will be looking for teachers to write guest posts for Mypaperlessclassroom.

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The Hottest Posts Everyone's Reading

The Innovative Educator

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews Going #BYOD ?

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21st Century Book Reports with iMovie Trailers

MSEDTechie

'Apple did an awesome thing when they added the trailer feature into iMovie. You can easily create a professional looking video in literally minutes. Whether you are using the Mac version (desktop/laptop) or the iPad App, there are so many ways students can use iMovie Trailers to show their learning. Here is a short list: Book Trailers Commercials Promotional Digital Storytelling Project Based Learning Science Projects Famous People The list goes on.

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Prezi - the zooming presentation tool - gets mobile presenting features

Educational Technology Guy

'Prezi is a very cool presentation tool that allows you to create zooming presentations with images, text, video and animations. It has a thriving educational community and is easy to use. Prezi has just announced Mobile Presentin g. With this, you can deliver and watch the presentations in real time. It is currently only available on iOS and web (ie laptops), but I''d imagine the feature will come to Android soon.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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.