Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 27, 2015
Last month, I was working on a Google Document and clicked “Tools.” I discovered a new option called “Voice typing.” Just as the name suggests, it allows the user to dictate instead of type. Simply, click on “Voice typing” and a microphone will appear on the left side of your Google Document. Click on the microphone icon and allow Google to access the microphone on your device.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 13, 2015
Useful Tools for Teachers Padlet is a versatile, easy to use tool for every teacher’s toolkit. Let’s dive into Padlet and Learn the Basics. At the bottom of this post, I have a Padlet that is temporarily open for you to post and share your favorite edtech tools. Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers , spent some time teaching the teachers at my school about Padlet.
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A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 25, 2015
Technology still gets a bad rap in many education circles. Perception and lack of information influence the decision making process. This ends up resulting in the formation of rules and policies that severely restrict or prohibit student use of mobile technology and social media as tools to support and/or enhance learning. Even with the proliferation of technology across all facets of society, we still see schools moving at a snail’s pace (if at all) to adapt, or better yet evolve, to a digital
Doug Levin
OCTOBER 25, 2015
Tom Vander Ark of Getting Smart has argued that “ parent-managed learner profiles ” will by key to both enabling and scaling personalization in education. As Tom envisions, these profiles would include all of the elements of traditional school transcripts, supplemented with richer, more nuanced, and actionable information about student learning attainment, achievement, and needs.
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.
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
OCTOBER 27, 2015
A new survey of 1,000 teachers found that educators are using more technology than some think, and that the driver is student learning. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
Teacher Reboot Camp
OCTOBER 1, 2015
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier. In my book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers , I encourage teachers to reflect on the way they assess their students for Goal 17: Re-evaluate Value. Assessment shouldn’t make students feel like quitting. Instead, assessment should help students celebrate the learning they’ve grasped and reflect on their journey achieving that learning.
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The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 12, 2015
The Cellist of the Schoolyard In 1992, thirty-seven-year-old Vedran Smailovic was principal cellist of the Sarajevo Opera. Because of the fighting, Sarajevo was being called “the capital of hell.” On May 27, a long line waited in front of one of the last bakeries in town. Parents wanted to buy bread to feed their families. A mortar landed among them, exploding and killing twenty-two people in line.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 11, 2015
" To recruit the brightest and best, teaching needs to be a high status occupation " - Lord Adonis It is interesting how our culture works, especially here in the United States. We idolize those who entertain us such as actors, actresses, rockstars, and professional athletes to name a few. These people bring joy, and sometimes heartbreak, into our lives.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2015
By Sam Patterson The company that inspired Star Wars' BB-8 droid has already won the hearts and minds of K–12 students with a similar ball-shaped robot namedSphero.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 12, 2015
In 2015, it’s no longer a new story that technology is being used in the classroom. It’s a part of everyone’s daily lives and it’s no surprise that it’s becoming a part of students’ lives as well. At Digital Promise, we are much more interested in how technology is being used to support teaching and learning. What are teachers doing to truly enhance instruction?
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Brilliant or Insane
OCTOBER 11, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. I know a few teachers this year who are committed to assessing students without testing them. That’s right: they’re not only ditching grades, they’re trying to ditch the tests that produce them too. They’re confident that the data they’re gathering provides far better information than those tired instruments used to, particularly when it comes to understanding […].
Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 13, 2015
I grab a lot of texts online to use with students. I often wonder, “How challenging is this text? Will my students have trouble reading this text?” In the past, I’d rely on Google’s Advanced Search option that allowed me to search by reading level. Unfortunately, Google dumped this feature, so I’ve been on the hunt for a new way to assess online texts.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Make Writing Essays Easier My student cried when I showed her how to voice type in Google. Then, instead of 90 words in one class period, she typed 500. She edited it. She turned it in early. Tears of joy happen when the right tool is taught to the right student. Technology isn’t flashy The right technology makes lives better. Make writing well easier with these four writing tips.
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 13, 2015
Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. Yes, seven entire days with every central office administrator, every building administrator, and many of their teacher leaders. There were about 40 of us. We met approximately once per month from September to May.
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EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 7, 2015
By Heather B. Hayes K–12 schools are building the robust, reliable infrastructure required to support cutting-edge STEM courses.
Battelle for Kids
OCTOBER 11, 2015
Volume 2, Issue 11, Number 4. Driving Question: What is needed to create sufficient student agency? Shoichi Uchiyama is a famous, world expert Japanese chef that is obsessed in entomophagy cuisine. In other words, he is an expert on eating bugs. This can include hornet larvae and silkworm pupae to boiled spiders and cockroach soup. According to some nutritionists, bugs are a high source of protein and nutrients.supposedly good for you!
Brilliant or Insane
OCTOBER 4, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. It started my first year of teaching, and although things have improved dramatically over the last two decades, I’ve never completely overcome Sunday night stress. I deal with it far more often than I’d like to, and I know that many of my teacher friends do too. One of them just happens to be my […]. The post Six Ways You Can Tame Sunday Night Stress appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.
Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 6, 2015
My students are currently in the early stages of research for an infographic project. In the past, I’ve had them explore and evaluate a range of infographics, so they can effectively design their own. When evaluating infographics, I ask them to identify the message/purpose of each infographic and identify the visual data that effectively supports that message/purpose.
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.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Every Classroom Matters Episode #180 History, literature, and math teachers are desperate for easy ideas to engage kids. We want kids to be excited about our subject, and we want to use technology. But we don’t want anything really hard. What can we do? Well, today’s guest Lucas Gillispie has something you can do that might be much easier than you think.
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Here are some quotes from Michael Bloomberg about testing students , with my annotations in italics… “Many companies (including mine) use tests in hiring.” Really? The hiring ’tests’ for your financial software, data, and media company are multiple choice tests of factual recall and procedural regurgitation? “Students will face tests throughout their life.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 8, 2015
By Tommy Peterson Many K–12 educators remain enthusiastic about game-based learning despite a report that adoption has stalled.
Ditch That Textbook
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Most of us have worked for years with Microsoft Office before Google Apps was unveiled. That means we’re pretty familiar with some basic tips that have become staples in our lives, like: Ctrl+C = Copy Ctrl+V = Paste Ctrl+Z = Undo Hold in Ctrl and use the arrow keys to jump from word to word [.].
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Brilliant or Insane
OCTOBER 31, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. Calendar journaling is a perennial favorite among the writers that I support, and November is the perfect time to introduce it. There are a number of ways to begin: writers may print and attach a calendar template for the month inside of their notebooks, they might keep track of their daily writing in Google Calendar, […].
The Jose Vilson
OCTOBER 27, 2015
One more thing about the teachers of color panel went awry from a couple of weeks ago: we too embody white supremacy as agents of the state. Yesterday, a cop assaulted a black girl in the middle of class for refusing to leave the class when a teacher, an administrator, then the school resource officer told her to step out. The easy part for my colleagues is to say that, if the student just complied, then none of this would have happened.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 9, 2015
The top 10 education tweets of the 2015 school year so far include lots of sketchtnotes. Sketchnotes! Educators love them. SAMR, growth mindset, new tools, blogging, and back to school were hot topics for my PLN. How encouraging it is to see educators taking the little time we have to reflect, learn, and challenge one another to be more. A big shout out to uber sketchnoter Sylvia Duckworth !
Baker's B.Y.O.D.
OCTOBER 10, 2015
At NJPAECET2 a photobooth area was set up where participants filled out speech bubbles to thank a teacher and answer the question, "Why do I teach?" Pictures were taken, tweeted out with the hashtag #WhyITeach or #ThankATeacher, and all the speech bubbles were taped to the windows. This is a powerful visual and an easy method for triggering reflection.
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.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 13, 2015
By Peter J. Pizzolongo Developmentally appropriate use of classroom technology can be a powerful tool for early childhood educators. .
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Welcome to this second post in a series devoted to supporting student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. In the first post I provided some reflection on major ideas to support. In this post I wish to begin pointing out some tools and resources to help as an educator builds that students centered classroom. Remember that a classroom might be 1 to 1, or it may be using technology to leverage student centered learning.
Brilliant or Insane
OCTOBER 15, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. Although teacher attrition rates appear to have stabilized in recent years, the fact remains that nearly half of new teachers leave the profession before celebrating their fifth year anniversaries. I remember my first years in the classroom as some of my hardest, both personally and professionally. New teachers weren’t mentored then, and even now, many who do […].
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 18, 2015
October 19, 2015 Below are five of the best iPad news apps for teachers. Besides having quick access to world news, these apps have the added functionalities of enabling you to create your own.read more.
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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