EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2017

By Jena Passut The former Reading Rainbow host shares the power of storytelling in his life and beyond.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 9, 2017

I don’t typically make “pie in the sky” New Year’s resolutions, but. this year I am bound and determined to move ALL assessment into the classroom! Click To Tweet This may sound like a crazy resolution given that most teachers spend hours of time outside of school assessing their students’ work. However, there are three reasons I’d argue we should NOT spend our time outside of class grading: Our prep time is better spent designing creative and engaging lessons

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 12, 2017

The educational system as we know it needs a revamp. Actually, a revamp is not enough. The educational system needs to be restructured. A lot of things need to change, and the sooner that happens, the better. Too many students drop out of school, and this isn’t the way to get successful citizens to lead their country forward. There are many reasons behind high dropout rates , but many seem to stream from the same sources.

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 12, 2017

One huge drawback of using Google Classroom has beenthe inflexibility of creating assignments. Everything you assigned had to go to every student. Deliver assignments to small groups? Ha! Differentiate to subsets of students? Nah. Until now. Google announced a few changes to Google Classroom, and this one was the bombshell: assign activities to small groups [.].

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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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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2017

By Jacquelyn Bengfort Districts go beyond reconfiguring classrooms and prepare students to take their learning mobile.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

I recently had the honor of being a guest on Dr. Will Deyamport’s podcast called the Dr. Will Show. You can view the Google Hangout video HERE. We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of social media, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation. A major theme that resonated throughout our discussion was the importance of becoming a connected educator and how this in itself can be a powerful catalyst for me

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 9, 2017

Google Slides is such a versatile tool in G Suite (Google Apps). It goes much further than creating a slide presentation to show on the screen to the entire class. Mix in images — the visual tools that make instant connections in our brains — and you’ve got an engaging activity in the making. I [.].

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2017

By Elizabeth Combs Use research tools to determine the next course of action in schools.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JANUARY 12, 2017

Listening to customers about how they use your product is critical when making decisions for the future. The post Product Feedback Can Change Your Startup Route appeared first on Market Brief.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 10, 2017

YouTube Kids gives your family an easy way to watch their favorite shows, or explore anything that captures their imagination. It’s free, simple to use, and full of family-friendly videos. YouTube Kids. Made for curious little minds. Download in iTunes or Google Play. Kicking off this month! YouTube Kids is committed to helping kids explore and learn about the world around them.

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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.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 11, 2017

Derek Black said: [C]harters, vouchers, and other choice-like reforms are insulting substitutes for equal access to learning opportunities. They espouse the premise that all students are entitled to equal learning opportunities and reason that since students are not getting those equal opportunities in public school, they should be allowed to go elsewhere.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2017

By Tim Kridel Hybrid devices, which combine the convenience, flexibility of notebooks and tablets, are taking off in schools.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 10, 2017

Binumi is a great tool for everyone to create videos on any device, anywhere and at anytime. Users get everything they need to create amazing videos: royalty-free footage, editing tools and publishing ability. What do the outcomes look like? Some of the things that students create are pretty wonderful and leave students feeling proud and accomplished.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2017

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We spend way too much time trying to be normal. David Salyers , VP at Chic Fil A says, “Normal can never be amazing.” The truth is that normal is average. Normal is every day. It is truly not normal to be amazing. So, from now on I want there to be nothing normal about my life or my classroom or my family or my friendships.

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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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2017

Google Docs is a free word processing program that does 99% of everything a student will ever need to do when writing. What isn’t included as part of the Google Docs program tool can be augmented with mostly free third-party add-ons, extensions, and apps. It operates in the cloud so there’re no download foibles, pesky maintenance, or expensive yearly upgrades.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2017

By Karen J. Bannan Three districts share tips on computing in the cloud with Chromebooks.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JANUARY 10, 2017

Every startup has a long list of the features they want to build and create. With limitations on time and money, tradeoffs have to be made. The post Prioritizing the Development of Startup Features appeared first on Market Brief.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 11, 2017

Education leaders seeking to curb summer learning loss have experimented with providing students with devices equipped with ed-tech tools to use over the summer. Emerging research suggests this approach has promise, but there is still limited evidence to help district leaders identify which strategies will be most successful. To learn more about the use of ed-tech in summer learning, Digital Promise worked with three League of Innovative Schools districts in summer 2016 to pilot four ed-tech pro

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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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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 8, 2017

A Perfect SAT Score. Is it possible? Shaan Patel of PrepExpert.com says yes. Have you ever wondered how to achieve higher SAT scores or even get a perfect SAT score ? I had the pleasure to interview Shaan Patel various times. He is the founder of 2400 Expert SAT Prep (renamed PrepExpert) and winner on ABC’s Shark Tank. Mark Cuban signed a deal with Shaan just in time for the release of the new SAT (SAT scores 2016-2017).

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2017

By Ryan Petersen School districts are updating their classrooms to match their modern technology.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 10, 2017

When something is hard to believe or comprehend usually it needs to be demonstrated. For example, when a new technology is introduced on the market it is usually presented to the public through a demonstration of its functions and usability. Sometimes, to truly understand the logic behind a phenomenon or a concept, people need to see not just the result; they have to understand the functions and process that caused the observable result.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 7, 2017

Kiddom is a free standards-based platform designed to help teachers curate individual learning experiences. Its pages are visual and easy-to-understand, enabling teachers to quickly determine how students are doing and where remediation is needed–all without spending a lot of time analyzing data. Many of the details are linked, allowing you to dig deeper on any subject from a variety of pages rather than one specific spot.

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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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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 8, 2017

I recently wrote a new year themed article for a joint project between Google and the Times Educational Supplement (TES). Click here for the full piece. Tagged: edtech 2017 , education , educational technology 2017 , future edtech , future tech , teachers , teaching , tech tools 2017 , top edtech tools.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2017

By Gretchen Salois Breakthrough ink prints moving objects, takes inspiration from nature.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 10, 2017

It was so exciting for me to visit South Carolina for the first time last month. What was most exciting was that I got to join the Ed Elements team at our partner Horry County Schools (HCS), South Carolina’s third largest district. HCS has 54 schools, 2,700 teachers and more than 40,000 K-12 students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 12, 2017

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip #15–Save Early Save Often.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 12, 2017

Our class topic was ‘Coasts’ and the students certainly enjoyed learning all about them. I was really happy that a student, in his own time, used an online game to further his knowledge and creativity. At home, the pupil used the game ‘ The Sandbox ‘ to make his own coastlines, complete with different features he had learnt about.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2017

By Mike Chapple K–12 districts must implement filtering tools to comply with federal funding rules.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 9, 2017

Teachers understand the value teamwork, communication, and collaboration holds in our increasingly complex and fast-paced world. To prepare their students for long-term success, teachers are constantly looking for ways to incorporate those behaviors into their students’ daily activities since they strengthen critical project management skills. Teachers like Karl Ruffat at Roosevelt High School in Seattle, Washington, who started a program where project management mentors are paired with students

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 9, 2017

I’ve noticed that the same people subscribe to both my weekly newsletter on Tech Tips and Websites. That means they get two emails a week in their email box from me, in what is probably already a cluttered, overcrowded bit of virtual real estate. That inspired me to make a change. I’m going to merge the two lists and send one email a week that includes both a Weekly Tech Tip and a Weekly Website.

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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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