Learning, Secondary and Technology Support

Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology. and whiteboard.

LMS

LMS Moodle Software Blackboard

Touch-Typing: Rote vs Integrated Learning or Rote and Integrated Learning?

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2018

Here’s a fascinating article by Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, James Lovelock, discussing the balance between rote drills and integrated learning in teaching keyboarding: As a pre-service teacher, I have always found the arguments around different forms of teaching and learning to be highly frustrating.

Learning

Learning Comparison Digital Citizenship Software

SCALE-UP Classroom Technology: Supporting The Learning Environment

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

Learning environments are becoming more flexible, teaching methods are changing to accommodate different learning styles, and student collaboration is playing an increasingly important role in the classroom. SCALE-UP is turning many aspects of the traditional classroom upside-down, including how technology is used. out of 5.5.

Technology Support

Technology Support Technology Classroom Learning

Should you Teach Typing? And Does it Work?

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 2, 2018

It has become a familiar argument between those who believe children intuitively learn to type (“see them on smartphones and iPads–they don’t need help”) and those of us who believe instruction makes them better, faster. This topic that is close to my tech teacher soul. Despite that feeling, there are options.

Software

Software Smartphone Secondary Training

64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

Trends

Trends EdTech Industry Data

65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

Trends

Trends EdTech Industry Data

Innovative Educators named Bammy Awards finalists!

The Innovative Educator

JUNE 16, 2013

I am thrilled to share that many of the nominees from "The Innovative Educator" here (for their work with student-centered learning) and here (for use of social media in education) made the cut. Secondary School Principal - Chris Lehmann Chris Lehmann not only talks the talk. Five finalists were selected in each category.

Education

Education Social Media Facebook Libraries

Problem based learning

Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2020

For those who are not familiar with EDEN , it's a large international organisation dedicated to the promotion of distance education and e-learning. During the pandemic crisis, EDEN has instigated a number of live webinars in which specialist academics are invited to present their thoughts on a variety of technology supported learning topics.

Learning

Learning Secondary Examples Technology Support

How to Use Oral Presentations to Help English Language Learners Succeed

MindShift

APRIL 17, 2018

These standards call for students to make effective and well-organized presentations and to use technology to enhance understanding of them. Oral presentations can take many different forms in the ELL classroom—ranging from students briefly presenting their learning in small groups to creating a multi-slide presentation for the whole class.

How To

How To Guidelines Common Core Examples

10Q: Helen Keegan

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 12, 2012

In the primary (elementary) and secondary (high) school sectors some can be conspicuous, because through various Teachmeets around the world, and also online during Twitter #edchats, they make their work known to the wider community. What inspires you most about learning? We are fortunate to have many innovators in education.

Social Media

Social Media Mobility Assessment Wiki

Access State-Reviewed Instructional Materials with SETDA’s Dashboard

edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

A pilot program of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has made 12 states’ reviews of secondary math and language arts materials available, with a wide range of K-12 resources from these and other states to follow. He and his wife Billie are the parents of 11 children and live in West Haven, Utah.

Instructional Materials

Instructional Materials Accessibility Policies OER

Technology and Capstone Courses

Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

It is important to note that capstone courses intrinsically vary from school to school, however, capstone as an inquiry-based process or one that is driven by student passions often rely on or use technology as a part of planning, design, and implementation. In “How Does Technology Facilitate Learning? Education.com,” n.d.)

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Course Technology Social Media BYOD

An Obstacle to the Ubiquitous Adoption of OER in US Higher Education

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 3, 2015

Take Murder, Madness and Mayhem , Project Management for Instructional Designers , and Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology as examples. Project Management for Instructional Designers and Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology have been adopted at several universities.

OER

OER Education Course Instructional Materials

American higher education might not be broken, but seems to be sick

Bryan Alexander

OCTOBER 16, 2015

We discussed the future and current state of online learning. There were comments about universities acting to support the public good, and the importance of academic knowledge for the commonweal. I left the meeting hopeful and inspired. It also raises the possibility of cutbacks, layoffs, and queen sacrifices.