Doug Levin
MAY 1, 2015
A new study conducted by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation , the Family Online Safety Institute , and myCollegeOptions (with data collected in March 2015) suggests that the use of technology and the internet is commonplace in the American high school experience: 98.5% of students (across all racial/ethnic backgrounds) report they use the internet in school, with about half reporting daily use for assignments.
A Principal's Reflections
MAY 31, 2015
I’ve recently discovered an exciting new company called Alma , which has built a groundbreaking new Holistic Student Engagement Platform (an SIS/LMS hybrid) that I believe in so much that I’ve joined their Advisory Board. Here’s why I’m excited about Alma’s potential to make a big impact on K-12 education: It’s actually easy to use. You don’t need to be a database administrator or techie to make it work for you.
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The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 30, 2015
From the Cool Cat Teacher YouTube Channel Looking for new ideas for using technology in the classroom? Trying to figure out what’s next? Well, recently I had to record a video just in case the weather wasn’t so great in Pittsburg, Kansas for my virtual keynote. I thought that some of you might be looking for a little summer PD and would take the 45 minutes or so to learn something new.
Teacher Reboot Camp
MAY 29, 2015
Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers ! At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. ~ Nicholas Cage. Comics can be powerful learning tools. The mix of art, dialogue, character expressions, and frames engages learners and is brain-friendly. Comics break down a story’s plot and text into bite-sized chunks.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 29, 2015
Wide variety from formative to summative, from quizzes to games. See what works for you: 60-seconds Adventures in Economics –videos from Open University. Basic Economic Terms. Basic Economics Jumbled. Be Your Own Boss. BrainPop—money movie. Business and Profit Millionaire Game. Coffeeshop Game. Economic Concepts. Economics in Plain English –from Atlantic Monthly–videos.
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 27, 2015
Startup Tinkergarten is aiming to re-connect young children with the outdoors and thinks parents want help with that. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2015
By D. Frank Smith An experienced IT leader shares tips and techniques for collecting his district’s myriad devices ahead of summer vacation.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 25, 2015
Sail Through the Stress of the Storm If I look through a window pane and see teaching as weather, teaching would be the thunderstorm. And as we sail our classroom ship on this maelstrom of hormones, stress, conflicting priorities, and distractions, it takes rock-solid habits of mind and life to be the kind of self-assured captain who can weather the storm.
Teacher Reboot Camp
MAY 27, 2015
Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers ! “I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of. ” – Joss Whedon. Writing is personal. Each time we write we share ourselves. Our writings expose our ideas, thought-process, arguments, logic, inspiration, and words.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 28, 2015
Ask a Tech Teacher is teaching two: the Tech-Infused Teacher — starts June 1st. How to use Tech to Differentiat e — starts June 8th. Click the links for information. Sign up quickly–time is running out! More on Summer PD: the Tech-Infused Teacher (no college credit, but you do get a certificate). That starts June 22nd. Summer PD–Questions We’ve Gotten. 11 Take-aways from Summer PD.
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Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 26, 2015
There are over 80,000 apps in the Apple store marked as "educational." How do educators and schools distinguish the quality applications from the subpar? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
Doug Levin
MAY 12, 2015
I have a confession to make. I work in K-12 education in the U.S., and I am merely a fan – not a fanboy – of open educational resources (OER).** I suspect that some will claim that this is a difference without a distinction. Others surely see me as some sort of OER fanatic. I beg to disagree. Image credits. After all, I’ve advocated for federal support for the development, use, and adaptation of OER (see, e.g. , the May 5 Education Week story by Sean Cavanagh, “ ‘Op
EdTech Magazine
MAY 26, 2015
By D. Frank Smith We learn what makes Keeler tick and what’s kept her glued to education throughout its turbulent technology transformation.
Voyager Sopris Learning
MAY 26, 2015
Bruce Sarte. The implications of 3D printing in our society are simply mind-boggling. From NASA sending a 3D model of a wrench into space, to businesses being able to implement JOOM (Just On Order Making) and immediately produce anything your heart desires, to shipping objects via data packets that the recipient can simply print, 3D printing holds an unprecedented level of practical promise.
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.
User Generated Education
MAY 31, 2015
I’ve written about connections before in It’s All About Connection. Today, though, I was thinking about all of the connections important for learning. Connection has a lot of meanings and connotations: Here are some of the connections I thought of that can/should be part of both formal and informal education: Connecting of Neural Networks in the Brain – New brain connections form in clusters during learning.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 27, 2015
Have students teach each other the 25 most common techie problems. They learn how to solve the problem and teach the class as a presentation, then answer questions. They will feel accomplished and tech savvy. If the lesson plans are blurry, click on them for a full size alternative. More on problem solving: 98 Tech Tips from the Classroom. 25 Techie Problems Every Student Can Fix–Update.
Digital Promise
MAY 29, 2015
Back in 2011, Digital Promise started the League of Innovative Schools , a network of forward-thinking districts around the country. At that point, efforts to use personal technology and adaptive software to support teaching and learning were relatively scarce. A handful of school districts were really pushing the envelope and a handful of others were still finding their way.
Doug Levin
MAY 18, 2015
Advocates would have us believe that school districts are incapable of making responsible decisions about technology-related privacy and security issues affecting students. Even if they are correct about the current state of affairs – and they just might be – it doesn’t abdicate our responsibility to help schools and educators do better.
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.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 28, 2015
By Steve Zurier Cloud video services help districts bring varied educational opportunities to underserved schools. .
Battelle for Kids
MAY 31, 2015
Internships? Projects? University Classes? Artists Studios? Travel Classes? Digs? Expeditions? Art Center Projects? Gardens? Mountain Climbs? Nature Centers? Global Studies? What has happened to the good old days when kids would slouch into a classroom, sit down, listen to teacher talk for 45 minutes, take notes and scurry out? The place to be was inside the school, not outside.
User Generated Education
MAY 26, 2015
I used to teach a graduate course in professional ethics for the educator. One of the assignments I did is have these inservice educators develop a list of promises to their students. I asked them to make it poster size so they can post these promises in their classrooms. Here is an example of from 10 Amazing Teacher Promises for the Beginning of School.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 25, 2015
I’m taking the day to honor our soldiers. Without their sacrifice, where would we be? Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor/author of dozens of tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is webmaster for six blogs, CSG Master Teacher, adjunct professor, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers , CAEP reviewer, C
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Brilliant or Insane
MAY 31, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. Running into a former student recently reminded me of the best new teacher mistakes I made. You read right; I said, best mistakes. She trotted up to me as I ate lunch at a picnic table just outside the doors of a school district I work in. Wrapping her hands around me from behind and covering my […]. The post 7 New Teacher Mistakes and What You Can Learn from Them appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.
Doug Levin
MAY 7, 2015
A timely new report, “ A Path to the Future: Creating Accountability for Personalized Learning ,” by Anne Hyslop and Sara Mead of Bellwether Education Partners argues that federal policymakers ought to rethink accountability provisions in a new ESEA in light of innovations in personalized learning – a concept that the authors themselves (to their credit) describe as “ complicated to explain ” (p. 11), “ conflated with other, related efforts ” (p.13), and
EdTech Magazine
MAY 26, 2015
By Calvin Hennick CDW’s suite of mobile services helps organizations keep pace with their needs.
Battelle for Kids
MAY 31, 2015
June 1, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 7, Number 1. Driving Question: What are benefits for young students' learning outside school walls? In grade school, the only time we went off the city block that was our school was to play a basketball game across town and to take the eighth grade overnight bus trip to Washington, D.C. A long ride indeed! In high school, there were lots of sports' trips.
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Apple empowers educators and students by design. Whether using Macs, iPads, or Apple TV, Apple devices encourage creativity and can simplify teaching with apps to make the classroom more flexible, collaborative and personalized for each student. To unleash the full potential of the technology and create the best learning environment, you need to understand the tools and resources available, and develop an education-focused, comprehensive plan, from equipment purchase to deployment, management an
Tom Murray
MAY 29, 2015
A recent article in Fortune entitled, “Ultra cheap Chromebooks are killing it this year”, highlights the explosive growth of mobile devices in schools, and specifically relays how 72% of Chromebooks sales were to schools. In the overall market, in 2014, Chromebooks outpaced Apple’s iPad in school related purchases.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 28, 2015
Alfie Kohn said: Whether or not it’s stated explicitly, compliance remains the central goal of most classroom management programs, character education initiatives, and parenting resources. Sure, we stress the virtues of independent thinking and assertiveness, but mostly in the context of getting kids to resist peer pressure. If a child has the temerity to resist unreasonable rules and demands imposed by adults, well, then, bring on the “consequences” (read: punishments) to “hold them accountable
Brilliant or Insane
MAY 30, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. It’s that time of year: kids are tidying their desktops, cleaning out their lockers, and deciding which pieces of their work are worth holding onto. It’s a busy time of year, and an exciting one too. As you wait for that final bell to ring, you might want to invite your students to leave a […]. The post Leaving a Legacy: 7 Ways This Year’s Students Can Serve Next Year’s Students appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.
Education Elements
MAY 27, 2015
It's spring and flowers aren't the only things blooming. This is also the time of year when we at Education Elements focus on our blooming partner catalog - on building relationships with new partners, and cultivating and growing our relationships with old ones. With an eye on back-to-school we meet with current, and prospective partners to compare notes, coordinate our back-to-school product releases, and ensure that together we deliver improved student outcomes for our clients.
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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