EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2015

By D. Frank Smith We've scoured the web and found 50 essential blogs for you.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 30, 2015

There are lots of great ed-tech tools out there, but which ones should you use in your classroom? To narrow down the choices we asked teaches who are ed-tech experts for their best recommendations. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2015

Are you using Gmail with students, parents, or co-workers? If so, it’s helpful to know how to undo a sent email. This is an easy tip that allows you to “take back” an email even after you click “Send.” We’ve all experienced the sinking feeling of sending an email that has a mistake in it. As an English teacher, I feel immense pressure to make sure my messages are as close to perfect as possible.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 6, 2015

'“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost. April is National Poetry month and the perfect excuse to inspire your students with poetry no matter what subject you teach. Try posting a short poem on the board related to the topic of the day, such as the science haikus found @Sciencehaiku. Then give your students the mission to create their own poems that explore the topic more deeply.

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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

APRIL 27, 2015

This post written by Angela Watson. Maintaining balance is impossible without a clearly defined vision for why you teach. No matter how others may choose to evaluate your work, you can’t define your own success as a teacher according to whether students pass a standardized test. That’s a recipe for frustration and burnout. This month on the Global Search for Education by Cathy Rubin, we are reflecting on How do you balance preparation for high stakes assessments with teaching and learning in you

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 12, 2015

'I just returned from a much needed eight day Disney World vacation with my wife and two kids. It truly was a magical time where we spent literally twelve or more straight hours together each day laughing, enjoying rides, and engaging in conversation on hundreds of topics. As the vacation leader I made sure the alarm went off at 5:40 AM each morning so we could get to each of the four parks early to avoid the lines and heat.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 15, 2015

'Understanding that the need for high quality education in South Africa is urgent, we have adopted a recruitment and selection strategy at SPARK that focuses more on hiring for potential than on hiring for current capability. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 14, 2015

'Shakespeare’s plays are a staple in high schools across the country. Unfortuntately, when most students hear the name “Shakespeare” they react with a mixture of dread and anxiety. They worry they won’t “get it” and chances are they won’t get a lot of it. I think that’s okay. Do I understand every line of Shakespeare’s plays or sonnets?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2015

Sara Schapiro is the director of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. Jason Tomassini is the communications director at Digital Promise. You can view the full-size version of the image above here. There’s been a lot of discussion among policymakers and the media recently about the pitfalls of using technology in the classroom. Many of these conversations are worthwhile – it’s important to be skeptical when spending scarce dollars for public education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 23, 2015

I’ll admit something, I dread April and May. With every fiber of my being. Can I admit this to you? Will you judge me? Why can’t we all just skip the last two months of the year? It is easy to see why so many people jump at the chance to leave the classroom when they can. It is sooooooo hard to stay here. It isn’t your students that drive you to despair; it is the other stuff – or “schtuff” as my husband calls it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2015

Coding has become the poster child for a tech-infused classroom. Over 15 million kids participated in Hour of Code this past December. So many teachers took students to Code.org’s curriculum offerings, the website crashed. So what is ‘coding’? According to the Urban Dictionary, it’s another word for ‘programming’ which means: The art of turning caffeine into Error Messages.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 27, 2015

By D. Frank Smith The Games for Learning Summit drew some big names from across industries.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 29, 2015

Connecting with students digitally can be a challenge. Here's a short list of tools and tips to make you a more effective online communicator with students. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 8, 2015

'My 90 minute English class begins with 15 minutes of silent sustained reading every day. I prioritize this time because I know students won’t love every book we read as part of our curriculum. I want to give them the opportunity and time to read anything that interests them. They can read whatever they want…graphic novels, biographies, popular young adult books or science fiction.

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Personalized Learning

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2015

'In education we are sometimes our worst enemy when it comes to sharing our successes. Our profession is much too humble. As a result, a narrative has evolved that does not shine a positive light on the noble, innovative, and impactful work that is taking place in classrooms and schools across the globe. If we do not tell our story, someone else will.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 30, 2015

She sounded like a banshee with a stubbed toe. The wail from the cubicle across from mine, as I sat down to try to write this blog post on a layover in Minneapolis, is worse than any caterwauling I’ve ever heard before. I can’t tell if she’s speaking in tongues or lost hers. Right now is not a time for the battery in my noise cancelling headphones to go out but it did!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 17, 2015

'April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing Earth. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth day collection. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Eco-friendly house. Eeko World. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. Electrocity.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2015

'By Chad A. Stevens, Ph.D. Sometimes the only way to make progress is to leave something behind.

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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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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 8, 2015

'For teachers taking their first steps into the ed-tech world, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks are incredible places to consume and learn about best practices. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2015

In my last blog post “Don’t Just Read Shakespeare, Perform It!” , I encouraged other teachers to have students perform Shakespeare’s plays instead of simply reading them. I want students to enjoy Shakespeare, but I also want them to think about why the situations, themes, and characters in his plays have remained popular for hundreds of years.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2015

Let me start off by saying that this post has been brewing for a while. Maybe it is just the way I feel, but I am thinking that this is not the case. It seems like adults at times are the worse examples for our youth. Take sports for example. I was raised to enjoy many sports for the love of the game, teamwork, and competing amongst friends. Things sure have changed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2015

I love this blog post from Principal Ben Gilpin. He describes what happened when he threw a baseball mitt and glove in his car before leaving town on a family trip. Ben says. “We were preparing to embark on our road trip, I was packing different odds and ends for the car ride. Just before it was time to go I decided to throw in a baseball and mitt.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

'It’s the end of school. Everyone’s tired, including you. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going, but in a different way. You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Change your approach to teaching. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2015

'By D. Frank Smith New features being added to Classroom and Google Drive give educators more control over sharing content.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 16, 2015

'Here''s a common problem that many aspiring ed-tech entrepreneurs face: They have a great idea, but they don''t know how to build it. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 13, 2015

'Responding to Scott McLeod challenge and Steve Hargadon’s Tag: When it comes to education, we have to stop pretending. That “we” know best what students should learn; that it is okay for students to not have the freedom, time, resources to pursue their own interests and passions. That is it okay to make students sit in a desk for hours and hours every day learning things they don’t want to learn in a way and a place they don’t want to learn it.

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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

APRIL 2, 2015

'I routinely write and speak about the changes leaders need to address in order to create schools that work for kids. The most important job of a school leader is to remove the barriers that teachers encounter so that they can be the catalysts for change. After all, it is our teachers that work with, and are the most connected to students, on a day-to-day basis.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2015

Some of you are living on the edge of financial ruin. Not because you’re not a good money manager – you are. Not because you’re bad with people – you’re good with them too. No, some of you are living on the edge of financial ruin because you are not backing up your computer. Only 7% of people back up their data daily and 23% back up at least once a month.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 14, 2015

'Around the world, countless people and organizations are taking steps to ensure all students get a high-quality education by leveraging innovative technology and teaching practices. Many of them make a major impact that isn’t widely recognized, or use strategies that aren’t widely shared. EdSurge and Digital Promise launched the Digital Innovation in Learning Awards (DILAs) last year to change that.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2015

'By D. Frank Smith A new robot-powered app exemplifies learning through teaching.

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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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