Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 3, 2017
A tool for collecting data on special education student behavior can bring benefits to teachers and other students as well. The post Special Education Data Can Improve Learning For All Students appeared first on Market Brief.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 5, 2017
Jarrod Robinson, the PE Geek, shares on episode 70 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Jarrod Robinson @mrrobbo gives us the apps, tools, and mindset to rock physical education class. This conversation is so much fun and will give PE teachers and coaches lots of ideas for using technology to improve sports performance and get fit.
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EdTech Magazine
MAY 4, 2017
By Samuel Mormando Professional development for new IT should keep teachers in mind.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 2, 2017
I first met Office Mix a few years ago, before I had the required Office 2013 or higher. I loved the demo I watched, cried a bit that it wouldn’t work for me, and then forgot about it. Now that I’ve upgraded to Office 365, I’m eager to use all the features that got me so excited back then. Before I get into those, let me back up for those who have never heard of Office Mix.
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.
A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 30, 2017
“ The glue that holds all relationships together — including the relationship between the leader and the led — is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” ~ Brian Tracy Success in life hinges upon the ability to build and sustain relationships with others. This fact allies to both our personal and professional lives. Many elements combine to form a relationship, but there is one specific facet that is more important than others.
Neo LMS
MAY 2, 2017
Kids are our future. Everyone seems to agree with this statement, regardless of skin color, creed, political sympathies, age, and so on. Our kids will live in the future, and we are all responsible with supporting them to become successful citizens of tomorrow’s world. Besides family and local civil society, schools play a crucial role in this.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 2, 2017
A conversation with Dr. Matthew Farber in episode 67 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Dr. Matthew Farber @matthewfarber talks about game-based learning in his classroom and a new tool he loves: Twine. We’re also hosting a giveaway contest of his new book Gamify Your Classroom – Revised Edition.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 4, 2017
Every month, subscribers to Ask a Tech Teacher get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. May 1st through May 15th: 10% Discount ( use code SUMMERPD ) on Summer Learning online classes: The Tech-infused Teacher. The Tech-infused Class . Teach Writing with Tech (almost full). 20 Webtools in 20 Days (almost full). Group discounts available.
Neo LMS
MAY 4, 2017
You’re probably familiar with what the flipped classroom is and how it works. It is the exact inverse of how homework and classwork traditionally align. Flipped classrooms flip the role of students — it offers them a degree of autonomy to discover and exercise learning techniques that work best for them. A teacher’s role is also flipped — where once they stood in class and lectured to a passive audience, now they act as facilitators of the student’s own self-driven and interactive learning
EdTech Magazine
MAY 5, 2017
By Rebecca C. Campbell After conducting research, one assistant principal has discovered the benefits of the popular learning trend.
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Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 1, 2017
Being part of an education innovation cluster can bring connections, mentorships and a blueprint for navigating future growth and funding. The post Startups Reap Long-Lasting Benefits From an Innovation Cluster appeared first on Market Brief.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 1, 2017
Here are the most-read posts for the month of July: Teacher Appreciation Week is May 1st-5th. How You Can Make Homework Easier for Students. Summer Tech Camp–Everything You Need. 21 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day. A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies. Understanding By Design — What’s That Even Mean?
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 4, 2017
Dan Meyer talks math on episode #69 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Dan Meyer @ddmeyer gives us tips and advice for helping kids who hate math learn to love it. He explains the 3-Act method of teaching. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes. Stream by clicking here. Transcript available here soon for download and by scrolling down to the bottom of this post.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 2, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Windows 10 S, Surface Laptop and other updates are coming to classrooms in the fall.
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.
Ditch That Textbook
MAY 4, 2017
We know that poster board makes posters and that paper clips hold papers together. But what if they had hidden super powers? The things you may have laying around the classroom may be the keys to unlocking some exciting, engaging learning activities. (Or if you don’t have them, they could be at the top of [.].
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 3, 2017
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #124–Editing is easier with digital writing.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 1, 2017
Episode 66 of the 10-Minute Teacher- An Audio Blog Post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today I share a post I wrote several years ago that tends to be shared like crazy this time of year. I hope it encourages you to finish well. Here’s the link to the original blog post: [link] if you want to read it instead of listening to it.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 1, 2017
By Wendy McMahon Education leaders share affordable ways to help bring digital equity to students.
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.
EdTech4Beginners
MAY 3, 2017
Are you looking for an interesting way to encourage your class to write? ‘Choose your own’ adventure stories worked brilliantly for me! What is this type of story? It is simply a story which has options for the reader to choose from. They decide what happens to the character. How did Google Slides help? Have a look at my video tutorial which will show you how to carry out the task: What was the impact on the pupils?
Digital Promise
MAY 4, 2017
Technology can provide powerful new pathways to help family literacy programs more fully meet their learners’ needs. When thoughtfully integrated, technology can offer new supports and educational opportunities for parents, helping them become confident first teachers for their children. To better understand how technology can further these family literacy goals, we produced case studies on two family literacy programs that are using technology in different ways.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 3, 2017
A conversation with Kitty Tripp on episode 68 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Kitty Tripp @kitty_tripp shares a breakthrough she’s had with helping her students solve word problems. Teach them to become a director! If you’re preparing students to take a test or just teaching math, this is a fascinating method for teaching.
Battelle for Kids
MAY 1, 2017
South Bronx educator Stephen Ritz routinely welcomes visitors from around the world to the awe-inspiring learning space he has designed atop a 100-year-old New York schoolhouse. What’s the magic, visitors ask, that has dramatically improved attendance and behavior, lifted test scores, and attracted talented teachers to join the ranks of one of the poorest schools in the country?
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.
EdTech4Beginners
MAY 5, 2017
I recently organised an event in my school: ‘Mastering Maths Day’ The aim was to encourage further embedding of ‘ mastery ‘ activities in everyday maths lessons and also to boost enjoyment of the subject. Mastery, in a nutshell, is developing a thorough and deep understanding of concepts – often this is achieved through well scaffolded activities and problem solving. .
Ditch That Textbook
MAY 1, 2017
The traditional research paper has been around a long time. We all likely have a memory of sweating over one at the last minute. They’re still a staple in K-12 schools and in universities. We don’t use formal academic papers and reports that much in real life. Often, they’re sources for more academic papers and [.].
Digital Promise
MAY 3, 2017
I’ve been a social studies teacher for 23 years. As you might imagine, I’ve seen and experienced a lot. I’ve learned, and continue to learn, from the many students who come into my classroom. I am always looking for ways to ensure I’m being the best educator I can be for my students. As an experienced teacher, I know how important it is that I constantly improve my practice with each passing year.
User Generated Education
MAY 4, 2017
In order to support interest and passion driven learning (all – I mean all – of my students play video games) as well as address cross-curricular content area integration of language arts, science, and technology standards, I had my gifted elementary learners, grades 2 through 6, do a semester long project on video game design. Standards Addressed.
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EdTech4Beginners
MAY 1, 2017
I’ve long been interested in seeing the use of technology in the classroom as an almost invisible tool, a stage for which the children and the learning process are the stars. I often watch technologies trickle away after the novelty has faded, making me wonder how technology is valued. I endeavour to regard learning tech as merely the metaphorical stage, rather than the actor, in this show of learning.
Education Elements
MAY 3, 2017
Albert Einstein’s discovery of E = mc 2 is without a doubt one of the world’s most famous equations. When Keith Wilson and Monte Westfall, successful administrators of the Lawrence Virtual School, and I began working on our workshop about equity for Education Elements’ Personalized Learning Summit (May 10-12, 2017), we chose this very equation as the title but added a new twist.
Digital Promise
MAY 2, 2017
“360° film is cool, but how do we tell a story with it?”. This was the question floating around the room at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) Virtual Reality (VR) Day in April 2016. At the time, I was a resident at the festival’s filmmaker support program called FilmHouse, and I had been invited to a closed-door meeting of filmmakers and VR developers.
User Generated Education
APRIL 30, 2017
Almost daily I see posts on social media by educators promoting the benefits of failure. It often seems that there is a push to intentional embed failure into instructional activities. This always rubs me the wrong way. Failure has almost universal negative connotations. It doesn’t feel good and sometimes it is extremely difficult, if impossible, to recover from big failures.
Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon
Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks
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