Doug Levin

AUGUST 19, 2015

Since at least 2007, Education Next has commissioned an annual public opinion poll to help inform the K-12 education policy discussion in DC and the states, as well as to suggest lines of inquiry for further research. In 2015, the poll included 34 questions (not counting the a/b/c/d variations of some questions asked only to a fraction of the overall sample), only one (1) of which addressed the topic of technology in education.

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The Journal

AUGUST 31, 2015

CCSS and NGSS are driving curricula and pedagogical change. Coding those new curricular materials, imbued with the best research, in HTML5 will enable those materials to run on virtually every BYOD computing device in the classroom. You read that right: every computing device!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2015

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: I’m paranoid of losing my documents so I back them up to an external drive, a flash drive, and in the cloud.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

AUGUST 30, 2015

You might not know their technical names, but if these digital tools are working well, school and classroom ed-tech applications will run smoother. Are yours working? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2015

That’s right folks; I just stated that you need to brag more. However, it might not be in the context that you think. Bragging has been notoriously frowned upon by society for ages. The Free Dictionary defines bragging as to talk or write about oneself in a proud or self-impressed way. This can, and most often does, backfire as Susan Kraus Whitbourne writes : "Almost no one likes a show-off but almost everyone likes to show off, at least a little.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2015

An Every Classroom Matters Episode. Online learning is growing. How do online classrooms differ from the face to face classroom? What about the student/teacher relationship? Jade Ballek is a principal of an online K12 school in Canada. She tells all: the challenges of online learning and the strengths. Sylvia Duckworth made a sketchnote to go with this show!

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Voyager Sopris Learning

AUGUST 19, 2015

By Louisa Moats, Ed.D. Motivation, according to a recent textbook on adolescent literacy* , is “a feeling of interest or enthusiasm that makes a student want to complete a task or improve his or her skills.” Teachers of adolescent poor readers, however, often find that their students are willing to do anything BUT read and write. Getting students to believe that they can make meaningful progress—when all prior experience suggests they will not—and to work at something that has never been rewardi

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 29, 2015

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2015

By Melissa B. Tamberg Meeting Common Core objectives was just the beginning for the district’s technology improvements.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 30, 2015

This weekend I attended a conference presentation entitled, Cultural Imposition: When Digital Immigrant Therapists See Digital Native Clients (yep, I know there is some push back against the terms of digital natives and digital immigrants). It’s focus was understanding digital youth as a unique culture. It got me thinking, though, about the assumptions that adults who work with and teach youth make about their digital use and behaviors.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2015

Jason is the communications director at Digital Promise. You can reach him on Twitter @jtomassini. We hear a lot about the need for students to “learn at their own pace.” That instead of sitting in rows of desks with a teacher delivering the same information to everyone, students should be able to develop skills and explore knowledge whenever and wherever is best for them.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 27, 2015

Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward ! . “Emotion helps us screen, organize and prioritize the information that bombards us. It influences what information we find salient, relevant, convincing or memorable.” – Bandes & Salerno. Our newest goal for 2015 is from Larissa Albano from Italy ! Goal: From the heart to the mind: Teach through feelings and emotions.

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Ditch That Textbook

AUGUST 31, 2015

Google Apps for Education has made new ideas and activities possible in classrooms all over the world. They’ve allowed for creation and collaboration in ways that weren’t possible in the past. One of the best parts about the entire Google Apps suite is that teachers and students can use these versatile tools to create their [.].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2015

Here are quick, safe spots to send students for research: BrainPop. Citation Machine. CoolKidFacts –kid-friendly videos, pictures, info, and quizzes–all 100% suitable for children. CyberSleuth Kids. Dictionary. Digital Vaults –research a topic, curate resources. Encyclopedia Interactica –visual encyclopedias. Fact Monster. Fun Brain. How Stuff Works.

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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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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2015

By D. Frank Smith Google is once again broadening what teachers can do with its Classroom management platform. .

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Battelle for Kids

AUGUST 30, 2015

August 31, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 9, Number 14. Driving Question: How does a nation transfrom all schools for deeper learning? Being an innovator in education is much like being a freshwater fish dumped into the ocean. Some fish are stronger than others. But, eventually, they all succumb to the salinity of the salt water and die. As an educator, trying to make a difference in kids' lives, it is not enough to have the right intention or try to do the right thing — just like it is not enough to be

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 28, 2015

Thanks to Monte Tatom , I am able to share the Twitcast of my presentation to the Administrators PLN at the 2015 ISTE Conference, Beyond TPACK and SAMR: Introducing trudacot to teachers. The video is less than 6 minutes. Happy viewing! Check out all of our other trudacot resources too! Related Posts. Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. 5 thoughts from ISTE weekend. 3 minutes with the ISTE Board. 3 kinds of ISTE sessions.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 26, 2015

Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward ! . “[The hashtag] it served as a way to carry on a conversation with a diverse audience.”- The Huffington Post. Venezuela, Jan. 2015. Goal: Initiate or support a hashtag movement. Accomplish this goal by creating your own hashtag on social media, getting your students to create their own hashtag movements, or working as a class to create a class hashtag movement.

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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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Ditch That Textbook

AUGUST 27, 2015

In fall of 2014, Google released Classroom to anxiously awaiting teachers. In a year’s time, those teachers put Classroom to work, with students turning in more than 70 million assignments. Google released a handful of useful updates to Classroom recently and some others in the last few months that let teachers and students do even [.].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you subscribe to Ask a Tech Teacher, you are eligible for specials on tech ed books and ebooks every month. Here are some of the specials subscribers have received: 25 lesson plans for $21. Discount on tech ed resources like 98 Tech Tips. Free tech ed resources like 19 Posters. There’s one coming up in a week–be sure to subscribe so you are eligible.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2015

By Steve Zurier Districts seek a more efficient way to electronically test large groups of students.

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Brilliant or Insane

AUGUST 27, 2015

Brilliant or Insane. The beginning of a new school year is rich with opportunities to cultivate community and build a solid foundation for interdependent learning. Rather than focusing on rules and consequences, why not devote time at the beginning of the year to building these four habits instead? Doing so will help your students turn to one another […].

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates said: The lives of black Americans are better than they were half a century ago. The humiliation of Whites Only signs are gone. Rates of black poverty have decreased. Black teen-pregnancy rates are at record lows – and the gap between black and white teen-pregnancy rates has shrunk significantly. But such progress rests on a shaky foundation, and fault lines are everywhere.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 27, 2015

Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward ! . “Emotion helps us screen, organize and prioritize the information that bombards us. It influences what information we find salient, relevant, convincing or memorable.” – Bandes & Salerno. Our newest goal for 2015 is from Larissa Albano from Italy ! Goal: From the heart to the mind: Teach through feelings and emotions.

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Battelle for Kids

AUGUST 26, 2015

August 27, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 9, Number 13. In my recent article in the Future of Education MediaPlanet supplement , I talked about how the 21st century is the time when we have to stop envisioning education as existing exclusively within classroom walls, and instead focus on all the myriad learning experiences a child has throughout life that prepare him or her for the real world.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 26, 2015

Chromebooks - apps recommendations and substitutions Many “apps” made for iOS and Android aren’t meant to be used as apps on a Chromebook, anymore than they would be on a Mac or Windows device. You can just use the website. Others have web apps and/or extensions. Google Maps web app Kindle - use website or Kindle Cloud Reader web app Stage - no direct alternative, but there are “whiteboarding apps” PS Express - Pixlr Editor or PicMonkey Dropbox - Dropbox Web App Educreations - (Lensoo) - go to E

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Speaker: Aaron Webb, Jamf

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

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2015

By Tom Henderson Take these steps to find and destroy unwanted zombie servers in the data center. .

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Brilliant or Insane

AUGUST 26, 2015

Brilliant or Insane. With summer in full swing, many parents are still be looking for ways to keep their child occupied and on the path to success. Extracurricular activities, regardless of the student’s age, are a great way to do this. Rather than just plopping them down in front of the T.V., getting kids involved with a soccer camp, […]. The post Why Extracurricular Activities Are Crucial to Learning appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 31, 2015

Before you dive head-first into #teachingWithVideo, run through this list to make sure you’ve got everything in place. Preparation is key…but you already know that. #1 Thinking Phase. Decide on your flipped lessons’ learning objectives. This is a critical step to achieving impactful results. Are you flipping to help the struggling students or to deepen the in-class learning?

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Class Tech Integrate

AUGUST 11, 2015

For the last few years, several teachers have used Remind 101 to communicate with students and their parents. Recently, Remind 101 has had a makeover and they are now just referred to as Remind. With the new name, also come some great features! What is Remind? Remind is a simple communication system for you to use with a group of people. Of course, teachers use it with students (over the age of 13) and their parents to communicate the important info about their classroom.

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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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