Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When I volunteer in my children’s elementary classrooms (1st and 3rd grade), I am struck by how frequently the teacher finds time to work directly with small groups of students to offer additional support, review concepts, assess understanding, and practice skills. At the secondary level scenes like this are less frequent. Many middle school and high school teachers feel immense pressure to move quickly through the curriculum.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

By D. Frank Smith A game born from a teacher's frustration has blossomed into a new way to teach geography and current events.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Many teachers find themselves in a bittersweet situation at the start of the new school year. Often, their school has used the summer break to launch new technology initiatives. What can teachers do to make this transition go smoothly? Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Enjoyed these resources? Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. One of the best ways I engaged my students were with prompts written on the board. Each day, my students would walk in the door and see the area with the prompt, challenge, or mission and knew they had to complete it in the first 5 minutes or complete it for homework.

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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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Useful Pedagogies and Tools for Educators Sketchnoting is not just an attractive way to take notes, it can improve retention and learning. These sketchnoting resources will get you started with your students. You don’t have to have a ton of talent, just a little know-how. I’ll update these sketchnoting resources, so tweet me or leave a comment to add your favorites.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

While I’d be the first to admit that there are both benefits and challenges to the fact that increasingly powerful technology tools are becoming ever more commonplace in our lives (in and out of schools), by and large I am decidedly optimistic about the long-term impact these new tools will have for individuals and society. For that reason, I am excited that this coming week the White House is set to shine a deserved light on one domain where the benefits of abundant access to powerful tec

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

By D. Frank Smith Skype's video chats have developed into an innovative tool for global classroom collaboration.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

As education transforms through the use of technology, the language describing these new methods can be confusing. But it adds up to helping teachers personalize learning for students. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I remember back to my days as an elementary student. Boy did I have a warped sense of what leadership really was. Back then at recess leaders (on the playground that is) were perceived as those who had the most athletic ability. It was these individuals who were always in a position to select the kickball teams or control the organization of literally every activity.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Trends to Help You Teach Kid President is cool. He is now looking for awesome girls to celebrate. His video is endearing (and funny) but rings true. Girls often don’t think they’re awesome. I felt invisible and unwanted by my peers until I lost weight and started winning beauty pageants — at least in my small town. Being smart was not a good thing.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.”- Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean. September 19th is International Pirate Day, but you can engage your learners all year long with pirate activities. Students can learn science, math, geography, history, culture, citizenship, and more by studying famous pirates. Below is a slide presentation ( download the pdf ) and a list of resources to get you started.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

As many teachers shift to the Common Core Standards, they are attempting to incorporate more complex texts and more informational/nonfiction texts into their curriculum. If you are asking yourself, “What is a complex text for my students?” check out this blog post I wrote explaining text complexity. Many teachers are discovering that there are a range of websites that offer informational texts available at various Lexile levels.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

By D. Frank Smith The global winner of this year's contest found a revolutionary new way to test for Ebola.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

We got 420 applications while recruiting new instructional coaches for our team. Very few of them knew how to provide constructive feedback for teachers. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

All one has to do is look around and see the amazing changes that are taking place in workspaces across the world. I have always been enamored with what Google and Pixar have done to improve working conditions for their employees. An article from Hongkia t provides some insight on why these changes have been made: "Thanks to corporate giants like Google and Pixar that have demonstrated tremendous success despite their unconventional workplaces, more people are embracing the idea that creative wo

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Technology Research and News A recent Wall Street Journal Article is attracting attention. It found (gasp) using computers doesn’t give you better test scores. Technology in classrooms means little. Here’s why: “The report suggested that “we have not yet become good enough at the kind of pedagogues that make the most of technology; that adding 21st century technologies to 20th century teaching practices will just dilute the effectiveness of teaching.”.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

“Technology is enabling our need to be mobile. We want to ensure that learning matches our lifestyle.”- Tony Bingham. Our learners live in a connected world and daily use their devices to learn about the world around them. Unfortunately, much of the news, data, and resources our students consume online is flawed or biased. We need our students to begin to use their devices for more than consuming information.

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The Journal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development just released a detailed study of the use of computers in the classrooms in 70 countries. It was no surprise that he study did not find improvement in student achievement due to computer use. It was a surprise, though, that OECD Director Andreas Schleicher named what he saw as the root cause of that failure!

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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.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

By Mike Patterson Follow these steps to navigate a path toward digital citizenship.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

New research on how schools are using the ed-tech software and technology they purchase shows schools are not maximizing their investments. Often educators aren't even using the products in the classroom. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

How we best learn has been a hot topic for many years. As most would agree experiences that are relevant, practical to our needs, meaningful, and applicable drive learning. The ability to acquire and construct new knowledge, then apply it in ways to solve complex problems, is at the heart of what education has been tasked with accomplishing. This lofty goal has fallen way short of expectations as our education system has changed very little over the past 100 years.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

An Every Classroom Matters Episode. In this episode, technology guru Jennifer Gonzalez shares ideas for increasing engagement and making teaching easier with technology. If you’re using Makerspace and genius hour, learn how to build an online toolkit for your students. Important Takeaways. How can we increase student participation with technology?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward ! . “I am the decisive element in the classroom … In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized. – Dr. Haim Ginott. Goal: Rethink classroom management. Accomplish this goal by getting your students to reflect on how different behavior choices impact others.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Everyone nods their heads, agrees this is a revolutionary idea, and moves on as Earth Day passes. Really, though: Why not? There are benefits to adopting web-based alternatives to paper: it’s easy to collaborate when everything’s online. nothing gets soda dripped on it or eaten by the dog. students can collaborate without requiring parent time and gas fumes. teachers

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

By Chad A. Stevens, Ph.D. Technology alone will not improve outcomes for students.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Research shows an adult needs to know 65,000 to 75,000 words to read and write well. That can be pretty overwhelming for a teacher of vocabulary. Ed-tech startups can also get overwhelmed when thinking about their future markets. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I have written a great deal about implementing change successfully over the years. One must realize that change is really hard and a commitment to see the process through is vital if the end goal is cultural transformation that endures over time. Success lies in a leader’s ability to make difficult decisions when needed. Leadership is not a popularity contest.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Friendly Technology for Beginners We bank online. We buy things on our computers. But what do we know about computer security? Everything from our wills to our accounting software is on our home computers. But one drive around a neighborhood with my phone looking for hotspots, and I can see dozens of homes ready for a hacker to steal their information.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Enjoyed these resources? Get a copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. “The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.” – William Davis. Getting our students to laugh in our classes engages them. Humor is a powerful instructional tool that helps ease the classroom atmosphere and supports relationship building.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Here’s along list of websites that focus on math automaticity for the K-5 classroom. I’ve broken it down by grade level, but you can decide if your second graders are precocious enough to try the websites for grades 3-5: K. K Math Skills. Math Videos (not practice, but fun to watch). Money flashcards. Numbers. 1 st. First Grade math skills.

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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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