Catlin Tucker
APRIL 17, 2017
In January I wrote a blog post titled “ New Year’s Resolution: I’m Moving ALL Assessment into the Classroom.” I’m here to update everyone. Since January, I have not brought a single stack of digital papers home to grade! It’s been amazing! It’s not that my students aren’t writing. In fact, they just completed a detailed six paragraph research paper on an environmental problem of their choice.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 21, 2017
A conversation with Rob Donatelli on episode 60 of the 10-minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Want to help students learn and be more refreshed? Students need breaks too. That is why brain breaks are becoming so popular. Teacher Rob Donatelli @DTown_MrD talks about the brain breaks phenomenon.
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The Journal
APRIL 17, 2017
Fixing the curriculum means replacing its current focus on English, math, history, science, etc. with content relevant to a future where 65% of today’s students will have jobs that don’t yet exist! This week’s guest blog by Jonathan Grudin explores making that "impossible" fix … possible.
Ditch That Textbook
APRIL 17, 2017
Teachers all over the world use Kahoot! for formative assessment and to review content with students. And why wouldn’t they? Kahoot! (getkahoot.com) is a fun gameshow-style assessment activity. There are tons of creative ways to review and assess with it. Kahoot! lets students answer questions with their own device. It has music and a leaderboard, [.].
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
APRIL 19, 2017
April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing earth– the environment. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Earth Day Printables. Eco-friendly house. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. EekoWorld. Electrocity.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 20, 2017
By Noah Geisel Leveraging a popular web browser can help teachers explore and track new ways of reading.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Digital Promise
APRIL 18, 2017
As part of the Digital Promise filmMAKER™ Challenge, students from around the country took on the task to reinvent an everyday product and make it more sustainable, accessible, or beautiful, and create a documentary video to tell the story of their process. At the culmination of the 2016-2017 Challenge, 69 student teams submitted their videos, which were viewed by a panel of judges from Digital Promise, Maker Ed, and Future Development Group.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 21, 2017
This summer, Ask a Tech Teacher is holding five Summer Learning classes : Tech-infused Teacher (Certificate edition for CEUs or grad class for college credit ). Tech-infused Class. Teach Writing with Tech. 20 Webtools in 20 Days (and the Structured Learning curriculum edition ). the Differentiated Teacher. Most award Certificates at completion, for CEUs.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 21, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Though some cuts to education programs are on the table, the government has the opportunity to innovate through charter schools.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 21, 2017
A global search in education blog post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twenty percent time from Google. Or a genius hour. Or passion projects. Or compassion based engineering. I’ve written about these before. First, I’ll define the terminology. Second, I’ll give you an example from my classroom happening right now.
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EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 16, 2017
This post will outline the aims of the PYP (the Primary Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate) and the role that technology plays in helping teachers and students to achieve those goals. The role of technology is not significantly different to non-IB schools, so the ideas of good practice outlined below will also apply to other educational settings.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 17, 2017
Revision Assistant , part of the Turnitin family, is a comprehensive virtual writing assistant for students that allows them to digitally edit and rewrite documents for any class. Last year, Sammy Spencer, a High School English teacher in Southern California, ran a pilot program using Revision Assistant in her school. Here’s her story: Last Fall, my El Camino Real High School colleagues and I set out to change the way we teach writing.
EdNews Daily
APRIL 18, 2017
Written by: Elizabeth Jamison. Jennifer had been mentally outlining her novel for years, but with her hectic schedule, she never managed to find the time to write. Suzanne dreamed of running her own business, but was afraid to leave the comfortable safety of her current, stagnant job. At sixty-two, Joe was tired of the rat-race. He wanted “out” but didn’t know how to get there.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 18, 2017
A conversation with Richard Byrne on Episode #57 of the 10-minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today Richard Byrne @rmbyrne discusses the edtech tools he’s most excited about today. From video tools, creation tools, to app creation, you’ll hear lots of ideas. Plus, he’ll tell you about his newest project.
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.
Neo LMS
APRIL 20, 2017
Undoubtedly technology is a massive boon for teaching, from massive online research facilities to interactive content and full-spectrum online learning environments, to collaboration across country and cultural divides, to the promise that teachers can spend less time preparing and grading, and systems that yield more data with which to measure students across a number of parameters — not to mention achieving the ideals of the flipped classroom.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 17, 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: #20–How to add a link to MS Word.
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
APRIL 18, 2017
A stop in two classrooms to watch students work with ed-tech product Listenwise proved it's important for entrepreneurs to stay close to their customers. The post School Visits Provide Startup Confirmation and Inspiration appeared first on Market Brief.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 20, 2017
A conversation with Weston Kieschnick on the 10-minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How much time on devices is too much time? Should kids put up their smartphones and talk to each other and parents sometimes? Are we using technology too much as parents? Today, for Thought Leader Thursday, Weston KieschnickWeston Kieschnick @wes_kieschnick and I have a conversation about digital parenting.
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
APRIL 17, 2017
By Mike Patterson Stay tuned for more information at annual conference in June.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 20, 2017
Summer Tech Camp Survival Kit. From Ask a Tech Teacher. Are you teaching a Summer Tech Camp to Kids? We have the solution: Build Your Own Adventure. $230 value for $179. This is not training for you (you can find Summer Learning options here). This provides you with materials to run a tech camp for students. Weeks: 3 weeks (can be repeated).
Battelle for Kids
APRIL 19, 2017
Fidelity of Implementation is the commitment to following all policies and procedures when delivering an intervention. It is a critical aspect of any program implementation and research endeavor to evaluate effectiveness.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 19, 2017
A conversation with Junior Bernadin on episode 58 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. African Step, based on the African Gum Boot Dance, has an American version with a competition. Junior Bernadin @jbernadin one of the STEP coaches at 3-time national champion winning Ron Clark Academy.
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.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 19, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Powered by mentoring, educators can give students better access to tech tools.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 15, 2017
Kiddom is a free standards-based platform designed to help teachers curate individual learning experiences ( see my review here ). Now, they’re giving away their Standards-based Grading Guide–for free: Humanities Teachers, Rejoice! English Language Arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated.
Digital Promise
APRIL 18, 2017
Districts across the nation are exploring a new approach to professional learning to meet the evolving needs of today’s diverse classrooms and the educators who lead them. District leaders are looking to provide educators with personalized support that will identify and develop skills and practices to support powerful student learning – and micro-credentials are one such tool to meet this need.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 17, 2017
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Want to prepare to have an amazing fall now? Would you rather have a summer to just spend some time healing up and getting yourself back together? Here are some tips for what I am doing NOW to make sure fall is awesome (but summer is too!) Join the free webinarThursday, April 27 6 - […].
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Battelle for Kids
APRIL 17, 2017
During a conversation with a stranger on a flight home, I started describing what I later realized was the rationale for the P21 Framework of 21st Century Learning in the context of a Software As a Service (SaaS) Product. I’m a geek I know, but in my defense, the stranger was a Product Manager and the analogy worked.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 17, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Former Department of Education official brings innovation experience to the job.
Tom Murray
APRIL 21, 2017
Hello, friends! Eric Sheninger and I are excited to share that our upcoming book, Learning Transformed , is now available for pre-sale through ASCD ! You can find more information about that here: tinyurl.com/LearningTransformed. Here’s what a few educational leaders have shared about the book: “…Learning Transformed is both a compelling manifesto for the schools our children need now and an inspirational blueprint for how to bring them about.” – Sir Ken Robinson.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 17, 2017
A special needs conversation with Jennifer Cronk on episode 56 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Empowering special needs students with technologies is one of the greatest ways to motivate and ignite their learning. Jennifer Cronk @ jenniferacronk shares two tearful but joyful stories of people with special needs unleashed (including her own.
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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