A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2019

With all the promise that educational technology holds, several pitfalls are always on the minds of educators. The top two issues that commonly come up in my talks with educators are the technology (Internet, hardware, devices, apps) not working or off-task behavior on the part of students. While there are some serious challenges that can derail any lesson, there are some strategic ways to mitigate them ground in instructional design.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Students today are coming to school with more trauma, more fears, more anxiety, and generally more needs than ever before.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Technology impacts every aspect of our students’ lives and will continue to play an important role in their lives. Teachers who integrate technology effectively help their students realize the potential we have to transform the world with our use of technology. They inspire their students to innovate, create, collaborate, and problem-solve with technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Danielle Arnold-Schwartz is a teacher of elementary gifted students with experience teaching grades K-9 in public school settings. A kindergarten teacher recently told me that at conference night one of her student’s parents verbally attacked her for using Chromebooks during morning meeting time.

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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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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Most of the schools where I coach have a wonky Wednesday schedule that I have to navigate with teachers when we co-lesson plan together. Typically, Wednesday is a short day for students because teachers are attending an all-staff meeting in the morning before students arrive or in the afternoon after students have gone home. The class periods on Wednesday are markedly shorter than classes on a regular day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 21, 2019

I’ll be taking a few weeks off–until after the New Year–to edit/format my website, work on projects with a deadline, prioritize life, and wish my two adult military children could come home to visit. I may drop in on you-all as you enjoy your holidays, but mostly I’ll be regenerating. I wish you a wonderful season, safe and filled with family.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Rollout is an exciting time for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, as students receive their devices for the school year. Rollout marks the beginning of a journey for the 52 Cohort 6 schools that will be able to embark on new learning opportunities that are not possible without technology. The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative—made possible by a partnership between Digital Promise and Verizon—works to bridge the Digital Learning Gap by equipping every student and tea

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Here is my annual list of best education videos. Youth Voice. As you’ll notice the first several are youth voices. “The power of youth is the common wealth of the entire world… No segment in society can match the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of young people.” Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg chastised world leaders Monday, Sep. 23, for failing younger generations by not taking sufficient steps to stop climate chan

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2019

You’ve probably seen the headlines about students hacking into their school computers or networks, wanting to change grades or dodge school work. Some accessed sensitive information, such as students’ GPAs and SAT scores. And those are just a few examples from recent months. Such misbehavior is not new. But there are options for districts that want to foster students’ digital skills and steer them away from more mischievous or devious outlets for their hacking.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! We want to inspire our students to transform the world with their ideas, creativity, and knowledge. Innovation is a difficult journey. The greatest inventions that transformed the world took thousands of attempts and years of frustration and problem-solving. Many students want to give up after one attempt at a solution.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Dan Meyer is chief academic officer at Desmos, and was previously a high school math teacher. He frequently shares his musings and insights on math education on his popular blog. Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks. Entrepreneurs had a mixed decade in K-16 math education.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

I had the privilege of teaching a STE(A)M graduate course for Antioch University [New England]. I thought other teachers might benefit from access to a few of my project assignments and resources as well as example projects that teachers in the course produced. Course Description. What does it mean to teach and engage our students in our modern world?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2019

K–12 schools and districts are using artificial intelligence , specifically machine learning, to address a range of needs, from infrastructure efficiencies to targeted academic interventions. . Self-learning machines and intelligent algorithms can detect the signs of students vaping on campus or spikes of noise that might indicate a violent incident.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! The majority of our students use technology daily to learn and share their voice, creativity, ideas, and passion with the world! When we integrate technology effectively into the curriculum students discover how to use technology to problem solve, create, and better their future and world. Before students embark on any digital project, you need to find the right tools.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2019

PISA scores were recently released , and results of the international test revealed that only 14 percent of U.S. students were able to reliably distinguish between fact and opinion. This is particularly alarming because we live in an era when, according to Pew Research Center, 68 percent of American adults get their news from social media —platforms where opinion is often presented as fact.

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Teacher Tech

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Make Google Drive Pretty Every single day it is a constant “Mom, I can’t find my shoes.” Thankfully, thumb drives have fallen by the wayside and I don’t have to try to help my kids find a small stick of their school work. Get it in Drive! Google Drive is your online storage for all […]. The post 5 Ways To Pretty Up Google Drive appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Jason Osborne is on a mission to give all students in his district access to high-level sciences, and he’s helping other K–12 districts to do the same. As chief innovation officer of Ector County Independent School District in Texas , Jason Osborne is known for his efforts to increase science literacy and expose K–12 students to high-level sciences, such as bioengineering.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Students of all ages enjoy producing their own videos. Each year I meet younger and younger learners who have their own YouTube Channels. Not surprisingly, Forbes reported that the highest paid YouTube star of 2018 was 7 year-old Ryan of the Ryan Toyreviews Channel. This year make a goal of motivating students to share their knowledge through a video project.

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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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Education Elements

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Just a few weeks ago I found myself in the North Pole. No, seriously, this nice Jewish girl found herself up in the North Pole because when we say Education Elements supports districts across the country, we mean it. So in the middle of November, I found myself at 101 St. Nicholas Dr., in line to meet Santa and Mrs. Santa * after spending a great day working with Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Before we usher in a new decade and bid adieu to 2019, here’s a look back at the most popular EdSurge higher education stories of the year. The Varsity Blues admissions scandal made headlines here and elsewhere for months, and indeed, our story about the ringleader’s international intrigues registered as one of our most-read pieces of 2019. But our readers also showed deep interest in less sensational stories, too.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

A Thomas B. Fordham Institute study reviewed popular English lessons on Teachers Pay Teachers and two other sites and found that most weren’t good. One of the most popular English lessons in the instructional marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers is a unit on how to teach William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” It costs only $14.99 and claims to explain how to teach the tragedy of the star-crossed lovers in a fun-filled way while hitting almost 50 Common Core standards in

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Technology surrounds our students and gives them a platform to share with a global audience. Technology is how our students learn, communicate, entertain themselves, collaborate, and seek advice. This is why students need their teachers as guides to inspire them to make a positive impact on the world with their use of technology.

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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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Teacher Tech

DECEMBER 23, 2019

TemplateTab Copies a Graphic Organizer Per Student TemplateTab is one of the first things I ever coded, and I think one of the best things I’ve coded. Special thanks to Alicia Williams and John McGowan for helping me get this published to the G Suite Marketplace. All Students in the Same Spreadsheet If you have […]. The post APPROVED!! TEMPLATETAB appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A few days ago, we featured 4 good web tools to help teachers and educators make the best of their collaborative team work and today we are re-featuring a collection of some of the best bookmarking.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Here at EdSurge, we’ve had a busy year—and so have our readers. From a readership perspective, it was our most popular year to date. At the top of the heap were many stories focusing on research and evidence-based practices. (As ever, neuroscience was an enduring favorite.) The following stories offer a glimpse into how teachers, school leaders and researchers are using what we know about how people learn to improve schools and student outcomes that go beyond test scores, such as suspension rate

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Technology impacts every aspect of our students’ lives and will continue to play an important role in their lives. Teachers who integrate technology effectively help their students realize the potential we have to transform the world with our use of technology. They inspire their students to innovate, create, collaborate, and problem-solve with technology.

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Teacher Tech

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Why Be Boring? The default background in Google Docs is white. But why not be more colorful! See this activity in a Google Doc where I changed the background to brown. alicekeeler.com/eatabrownie Page Setup Use the File menu in your Google Doc to choose “Page Setup.” Not Printing Depending on what you are making, there […]. The post Google Docs: Change Background Color appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Cultural constructs and limited school resources can impact our ability to discover gifted and talented English learners. Despite these barriers, determined teachers can help close the EL representation gap in gifted programs. Specialist Valentina Gonzalez offers her ideas.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Michael Feldstein’s education career spans decades, including stops at SUNY, Oracle, Cengage and e-Literate, where he is now chief accountability officer. Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks. At the start of the last decade, professors were just beginning to have their say in the design of the newest tech at the time: the Learning Management System.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! The majority of our students use technology daily to learn and share their voice, creativity, ideas, and passion with the world! When we integrate technology effectively into the curriculum students discover how to use technology to problem solve, create, and better their future and world. Before students embark on any digital project, you need to find the right tools.

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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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