Sat.Jan 05, 2013 - Fri.Jan 11, 2013

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Making Teachers' Lives Easier

A Principal's Reflections

'The following is a guest post by Jessica Groff, an English teacher here at New Milford High School. In this post she discusses her experience with a cloud-based technology solution called ClassLink. Jessica also teachers Digital Journalism and has worked with her students to create The Lance , our school''s digital newspaper. Four years ago, I left a desk job to become a teacher.

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A Class You'll Be Excited To Take. #ETMOOC

The Web20Classroom

'It''s been a few years since I last took a formal "class." My entire Masters degree was done online back in 2009 and 2010 and that wasn''t all that traditional at the time. Now it is almost the norm. But I do enjoy learning and I am very interested in the ideas of MOOCs or Massively Open Online Courses and have been for a while. If you aren''t familiar with MOOCs the idea is that major universities (like Harvard, MIT, Georgetown and others) offer courses from their faculty free, and online, for

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Dear overbearing phone mom - No thanks!

The Innovative Educator

'You may have read the post from an overbearing mom who was trying to control her kid because she purchased a phone for him. The level of contempt this mom shows for her son is disheartening. Fortunately, this mom’s whole desire to impose lessons upon him falls short if he rejects her gift. Teaching your child that money equals control is a shameful and dangerous lesson.

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Techlandia - A New Edtech Podcast

EdTechSandyK

'I just found out about a new edtech podcast called Techlandia. It is created by Texas elementary educational technologist Jon Samuelson and Oregon K-8 teacher Alison Anderson , and they are using it as a vehicle to share apps and websites teachers will find useful in teaching and learning as well as recommending folks to follow on Twitter. I discovered Techlandia because Jon let me know he gave me a shoutout in the latest episode.

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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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Google on Apple: Google Catalogs

SpeechTechie

'Continuing this series on Google''s offerings on iOS, here''s an app I know many SLPs will LOVE. Catalogs can provide a great therapy material, as they are visual, descriptive, personally relevant and motivating, and filled with categories! Catalogs also provide contexts that stretch across many age levels and populations. There have been a number of good posts about using catalogs in therapy; see Speech Time Fun for one and Speech Room News for another.

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Top Posts from "The Mobile Native"

The Mobile Native

'1. QR What? 2. Recent Mobile Findings 3. 5 Can''t Miss Mobile Learning Resources 4. Everything Bring Your Own Device! 5. 50 Shades of Mobile 6. So, You Want An App? 7. Mobile Learning Blogroll 8. BYOD "Food for Thought" 9. Case Studies, Videos & AUPs 10. BYOD Toolbox.

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Are You a Disgruntled Educator?

EdTechSandyK

'Public Domain Image Used With Permission Earlier this week, a non-educator friend of mine posted this article on 5 Toxic Beliefs That Ruin Careers on Facebook. Curious, I took a look at it, and although it is aimed at people working in the business world, I found myself interpreting it through my educator''s lens. And feeling convicted on more than one of the points.

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Google on Apple: YouTube

SpeechTechie

'A frequently touched upon theme here on this blog is the usefulness of YouTube as a visual teaching tool, and it keeps evolving as a resource. For example, recently with the iOS6 update, Apple removed the native YouTube app. I had previously recommended Jasmine as a replacement, and this is still a perfectly nice app, but Google then produced their own new (free) YouTube app for iPhone and then updated it to be universal for iPad.

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Digital classrooms

Learning with 'e's

This is Part 5 in my series of posts on the future of learning and technology. A few years ago Peter John and I wrote a book entitled 'The Digital Classroom'. It was published by Routledge in 2008 and is now also available as a Kindle reader version. It wasn't the first published under that title, and it probably won't be the last. Everyone in the world of education it seems, has an interest in how technology is going to influence what we do in the classroom.

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Is the common core sending children over an educational cliff?

The Innovative Educator

'Guest post by TimeOutDad As an aspiring school leader, as an educator, as a parent, I am deeply worried about the education of our children. There’s been a lot of buzz about the Common Core Standards and how they’re supposed to somehow get our children college and/or career ready by raising the standards for all. Sounds great, right? Well, the message that seems to have been sent to the test-makers is, “Let’s make these high-stakes tests harder than ever.

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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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Digital Learning Day

MSEDTechie

'I am so excited about Digital Learning Day February 6, 2013! It is a great preview for OB Family Tech Week! Hello: Digital Learning Day is right around the corner. I urge you to step up and be counted TODAY as you join the wave of innovation sweeping across our nation’s schools! Participation is free and easy and is open to all interested educators in and out of school.

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Challenge = Engagement

My Paperless Classroom

'you can''t assume engagement The other day I was talking with a colleague and he was talking about all the work his students have to do before the semester''s end next week. He described the final projects and presentations the students are working on. My question in response was "So what are you doing for your own engagement." We spend so much time focused on student engagement that it is worth a moment to examine our own.

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Where AR we now?

Learning with 'e's

This is part 6 in a series of posts on the future of learning and technology. Technology is great for many things, but perhaps its most useful application is enabling us to do things better, faster, smarter. Augmented Reality (AR) is one such tool that has a lot of potential to enhance our senses, but to date has had poor uptake and real life application in the world of learning.

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Respect: It’s not just for adults anymore

The Innovative Educator

'by Amy | Edited version. Original posted on Unschooling NYC on January 7, 2013 Is it respectful to post an iPhone contract of rules regarding the use of a gift given to a child by his parent? Is it respectful to post a photo of a child’s room taped off with duct tape and marked as hazardous & then say you had to do it to get the kid to clean the room?

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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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Kinder Skypes

Comfortably 2.0

'One of the best things about my job as the pK-12 Integration Specialist for the #aurorahuskies is that I get to start every Monday in Mrs. Arndt''s Kindergarten classroom. Plain and simple, kindergarteners ROCK! Mrs Arndt is doing some amazing things in regards to technology integration and I love being along for the ride.

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Connected Teaching: A Daily Workflow Model

My Paperless Classroom

'Step One : Get a great idea of a tool from Paul Blogush. I loved his post on using having his kids make RSA style videos. In fact, I have thought about this post daily since I read it. I love the idea of a video and then a voice over because it lends itself to writing at all stages. The novelty will make the project engaging and the tech variable on my campus (BYOD with many mac laptops) makes this possible.

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Global learning collectives

Learning with 'e's

This is part 7 in a series of posts on the future of learning and technology. I spent the last two years of my school life at AFCENT* International School, in Brunssum, Holland. There was one word to describe AFCENT School - diversity. I remember how culturally rich the experience was, because children from all of the NATO** countries attended, and I often sat alongside American, German, Canadian, French, Norwegian and Swedish classmates.

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Public ed is only a right for the compliant

The Innovative Educator

'The powerful and wealthy in our country pay to send their children to schools that are not testing f actories, but for those who can't afford this luxury, children are used, abused, chewed up and spit out of the system if they are not compliant. Even if it means they will get hurt or sick. It's sort of like one of those alien movies where those in power feel they have the right to run these tests on aliens because they are sub-human.

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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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Today - David Risher from WorldReader.org on "Books for All"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me today, Tuesday, January 8th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with David Risher, co-founder and CEO of WorlldReader , a US and European non-profit whose mission is to make digital books available to children in the developing world, so millions of people can improve their lives. Worldreader uses e-readers, existing mobile phone infrastructure and declining technology costs to put a huge range of digital books in their hands.

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Internet Search to address Common Core

wwwatanabe

'The Common Core ELA Writing Standard 8 requires students to navigate the Internet for research and evaluate the validity of the sites to support their claims. The introduction to this starts in Kindergarten and progresses each year. Furthermore, Common Core Writing Standard 7 has students conduct research projects, utilizing multiple sources. Therefore, students must be taught how to dig into the Internet to search, assess the validity of the site(s), and support their claims.

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The foresight saga

Learning with 'e's

Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses This is part 8 in the series on the future of learning and technology. At the start of each year everyone it seems, goes into the prediction business. The first week of 2013 saw many articles appearing on what we can expect to see this year. A large number of the articles were about new technology trends, and there was much speculation about how certain technologies might transform our mundane little lives.

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The hottest post of 2012 on The Innovative Educator

The Innovative Educator

'Another year is behind us as 2012 has come to an end. Before you get to the list of the hottest posts of the year, I want to say thank you to all the educators, parents, and young people who’ve spent it here and in The Innovative Educator group thinking and learning with me. I think more broadly and more deeply because of the feedback and advice you have provided to me throughout the year.

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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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Make your Race to Nowhere movie!

The Innovative Educator

'Vicki Abeles, producer of the film Race to Nowhere is asking for innovative educators to take a minute or two to tell your story in front of a camera. Please share what actions -- big or small -- you, your family, or your school taken to break out of the “ Race to Nowhere." Think about the small steps you've taken. Did you sign a petition, ask for homework-free holiday breaks in your school, speak to a teacher or administrator about homework, testing or the school schedule?

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Digital classrooms

Learning with 'e's

This is Part 5 in my series of posts on the future of learning and technology. A few years ago Peter John and I wrote a book entitled 'The Digital Classroom'. It was published by Routledge in 2008 and is now also available as a Kindle reader version. It wasn't the first published under that title, and it probably won't be the last. The idea of a 'classroom' (regardless of how anachronistic that may sound) is appealing when it is 'digitised'.