Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Eighteen district teams from the League of Innovative Schools recently gathered in Austin, Texas for a Data Interoperability Bootcamp. Their challenges and contexts are different, determined by factors within and outside of district control, but their aims are the same: putting actionable data in the hands of people who can use it to make a difference in students’ lives.
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
How do you help many different kinds of students find success with computer science? These strategies and resources will point teachers in the right direction. The post Unpacking ‘CS for All’: Tools for Creating an Inclusive Computer Science Classroom appeared first on Market Brief.
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Ditch That Textbook
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
When we provide students with interactive lessons they are immersed in the content and take an active role in their learning. Interactive lessons stick. They increase engagement and get everyone in on the learning. They are the lessons we all remember. A3: Any time Ss can DO things with your content, you increase engagement and learning. Have […].
The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Engagement versus effectiveness. This is a conversation I have been having with educators and leaders all over the country for a while now. Just because we see students engaged in learning might not mean actual effective learning is taking place. When we throw technology into the mix it can appear that students are learning a great deal because they are creating a podcast or making a video or using some game to review for a quiz but are these instructional methods actually effective?
Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.
Dangerously Irrelevant
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
America Achieves has been sponsoring an Educator Voice Fellowship program here in Colorado. They have an upcoming event where they will highlight the work that these awesome educators have done regarding authentic performance tasks and career-ready capstone experiences. Thought I’d share the video… we need more of this kind of student work and authentic assessment!
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Teaching the days before big holidays is challenging. Students and teachers alike are ready for a break. Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. I’ve been there often. As a result, I’ve come up with fun ways to support learning while students power through the last few days of school.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Differentiation, the ability for teachers to meet the needs of a variety of learners, is a key component for successful teaching.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
The WordPress REST API is awesome. For a project I was working on this week I needed to be able to publish pages to WordPress via the API from R. Needless to say, there aren’t a ton of resources available online about how to do this (read: none). After fighting a losing battle between httr’s implementation of OAuth and the WordPress implementation of OAuth in Jetpack, I decided to try using JSON Web Tokens for authentication.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Here are some good educational YouTube channels curated specifically for social studies teachers. They cover a wide variety of social studies topics which you can appropriate and integrate in.
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 140 Getting The Most Out Of Minecraft In Education Drew Perkins talks with Neal Manegold and Mark Sparvell of Minecraft Education about learning and technology and the use of Minecraft Education as a tool to prepare learners for the modern world. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Minecraft Education Homepage Class […].
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Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
For those of you who havven’t see them yet, here is a collection of some very good templates you can use to create visually engaging presentations. These templates are provided by Google Slides for.
EdTechTeam
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
When it comes to sharing student work, there are lots of ways to establish a workflow in your classroom. Are you using Google Classroom and/or Google tools with your students? I have a step-by-step strategy to share with you to make it easy for students to share their work with a teacher and fellow students quickly. This strategy combines two favorite classroom tools.
Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Add Context to Lessons Context is not one of the 4 C’s but it should be. When designing lessons I ask myself “why would the STUDENTS care about this?” What context can they relate to? How does the context answer the question “when will I ever use this?” Dollar Sign I was working with my […]. The post Add a $: Context Matters appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Add Context to Lessons Context is not one of the 4 C’s but it should be. When designing lessons I ask myself “why would the STUDENTS care about this?” What context can they relate to? How does the context answer the question “when will I ever use this?” Dollar Sign I was working with my […]. The post Add a $: Context Matters appeared first on Teacher Tech.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
The Google Science Fair designed in such a way that students are inspired to turn their thoughts and ideas into a format that address a gap in the world, and thus, change it!
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Recently, when a friend shared a recipe on Facebook for a pumpkin cheesecake (yum!), it reminded me of the time I tried to make my own cheesecake. I purchased all the ingredients and some new equipment, including that special pan that snaps around the cake. Unfortunately, I missed a step. I did not soften the cream cheese properly. All these years later, I’m recalling myself with four different spoons in the bowl, trying to maneuver my creation and figuring it to be an utter failure.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
These projectors might be short on “throw”, but they are long on features.
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
Reading By Example
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
My son did not want to practice his trumpet. He was finding anything else to do to avoid this daily task. To be honest, I felt the same way when I was in 6th grade and the novelty of playing the trumpet had worn off after about two weeks. Knowing his affinity for pop music, I asked him to search online for the trumpet sheet music for “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars (his favorite song).
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality—can immersive technology really benefit students and their learning, or are these just tech fads? In their recent edWebinar , Jaime Donally, Author, Speaker, and Edtech Consultant, and Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut, explained that although these technologies aren’t the answer to everything, they are transforming learning and will continue to do so going forward.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Differentiation, the ability for teachers to meet the needs of a variety of learners, is a key component for successful teaching.
MindShift
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
When public health officials get wind of an outbreak of Hepatitis A or influenza, they spring into action with public awareness campaigns, monitoring and outreach. But should they be acting with equal urgency when it comes to childhood trauma? A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the answer should be yes.
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.
techlearning
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
CodeCombat's "play first" approach gets kids gaming long before it occurs to them they might want to learn computer programming.
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. It’s a bit tricky to do some weeks – because some weeks I’m traveling and some weeks a major event happens in the middle of the week making some of the “before” reporting seem a little odd.
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