Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 22, 2018
“How do you keep students engaged and on task?” I am frequently asked this question when I train teachers on blended learning models. The concern implied in this question is that if I am not working directly with students that they will immediately be off task or disruptive. In actuality, classroom management has never been a big issue for me.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 20, 2018
Day 18 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This past Monday, Kip and I sat down with my calendar. After we added up the time for commitments, we had a heart to heart about what I could do and was called to do versus what I wanted to do. As a result, I had to say “no” to three very important things to me.
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Digital Promise
JANUARY 25, 2018
“We cannot teach students well if we do not know them well. At its heart, personalized learning requires profound shifts in our thinking about education and schooling.” 1. Personalized learning is not a new concept. Great teachers have always sought ways to support each student and the above quote from 1999 by Theodore Sizer, former University Professor Emeritus at Brown University and Chairman of the Coalition of Essential Schools, holds true today.
A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 21, 2018
The other day I was working from home, which is a rarity for me these days. I huddled in my home office and focused my attention on email, writing a blog post, tweaking some presentations, and updating the digital handouts that all participants get during one of my keynotes or workshops. Always joining me on these work from home days is my beloved dog, Roxie.
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.
Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 24, 2018
Games can make class and professional development more fun! Here are the steps to create a Family Feud-style. (Family Feud logo used via fair use)Who doesn't like adding a good game to a class or professional development session? It's great for mixing things up and breaking out of the traditional hum-drum.PowerPoint Jeopardy! has been done […].
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 24, 2018
Day 21 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. As I learned in one business in particular when I was just out of college, squeaky wheel syndrome can infect an organization. So, we’ve all heard the saying, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” This means that the person who fusses or argues or pitches a fit is often the one that gets what they’re asking to receive.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdNews Daily
JANUARY 22, 2018
Teaching online or in the classroom can be a challenging profession from many angles. Teachers have an enormous amount of responsibilities the moment they begin in the profession. Although educators should have ongoing professional development and practicum experience, there are many moments in a teacher’s day when they may need assistance or an exceptional mentor.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 23, 2018
Education publishers have developed a huge collection of high quality online lessons and courses for the K-12 audience of teachers and students. On the other hand, adult education has suffered from a lack of good tech curriculum to serve the 36 million U.S. adults struggling with low literacy. Because of the relatively small adult education budgets and disparate group of local providers, publishers have avoided developing new adult-only products.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 26, 2018
Day 23 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We know plants need fertilizer, sun, and the proper temperature to grow. As humans, we need proper conditions to grow as well. Children in a classroom depend on their teacher and school to help create a strong learning environment. As we get older, we become responsible for our own growth and learning.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2018
By Amy Brown Here's a simple primer for those attending FETC this year.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 22, 2018
mysimpleshow, digital tool of choice in the explainer video market, has done it again. They’ve come out with a great change that will make their explainer videos even easier to use in a classroom. mysimpleshow “Classroom” offers the full variety of design functions with a focus on collaborative learning: Up to 50 students can create joint video projects that promote their creativity and teamwork.
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
JANUARY 23, 2018
The benefits of a second round through an ed-tech accelerator are exponential. The post Accelerating Your Startup More Than Once Boosts Learning and Success appeared first on Market Brief.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 22, 2018
Pam Moran on episode 236 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Pam Moran, superintendent in Albemarle County in Virginia, shares about some cool virtual reality in Virginia, some challenges with helping new teachers get started, and how she thinks education is entering a new Renaissance of creativity and innovation.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2018
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez K–12 IT leaders can keep their students’ data protected without limiting innovation.
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The Journal
JANUARY 22, 2018
In its first decade, 1998-2008, "mobile learning" was all about getting devices into the hands of K-12 students and teachers. Palms initially proliferated; then Pocket PCs. In those early days, there was plenty of excitement and energy — for good reason — amongst the early adopters. Why didn’t mobile learning catch on, then?
EdTech4Beginners
JANUARY 21, 2018
I recently stumbled upon a fantastic website – perfect for teaching geography. It’s called AntipodesMap.com . The site helps you find the antipodes (the other side of the world) of any place on Earth. Have a look at my video walk-through: Let me know how you get on.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 26, 2018
Toby Karten on episode 240 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We can include every child in our classroom with these five important reminders from inclusion expert, Toby Karten. Children are precious and important. These reminders can help us all be better teachers. PowerSchool is my SIS and LMS and is the sponsor of today’s show.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2018
FETC 2018: Sir Ken Robinson Urges Educators to Drop the Standardized Approach. meghan.bogardu…. Wed, 01/24/2018 - 18:47. Across the world, standardized testing has become such a crucial part of education that parents are scaling buildings and climbing through windows to help their children succeed. Sir Ken Robinson, a noted thinker on innovation and creative thinking, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, cited the example of a school in Bihar, India , where parent
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.
EdNews Daily
JANUARY 21, 2018
Teaching online or in the classroom can be a challenging profession from many angles. Teachers have an enormous amount of responsibilities the moment they begin working in the profession. Although educators should have ongoing professional development and practicum experience, there are many moments in a teacher’s day when he/she may need assistance or need to seek out an exceptional mentor.
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2018
A fourth-grade student at Mendez Elementary in San Marcos, Texas, held an iPad out in front of her. On the screen, she saw her classroom just as though she were using the camera, but with one startling difference: There was a zombie floating in front of her. Zombies had taken over the school library, and she and her fellow students had to work together to answer various questions about books—such as identifying where the index is located.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 22, 2018
Day 19 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I looked across my classroom today with childlike wonder. My students were doing something difficult. But, they deftly added binary numbers with ease. Although the subject is advanced, they say it is “easy.” Their ability fills me with joy.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2018
FETC 2018: Maximizing Microsoft Azure Boosted Education in Tennessee. meghan.bogardu…. Thu, 01/25/2018 - 14:41. When Tennessee Department of Education CIO Cliff Lloyd took office in 2014, the state’s schools were among the worst in the nation. Young students weren’t proficient in reading. Many students weren’t enrolling in college, and the ones who did often needed remedial courses.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 24, 2018
It’s no secret many parents are frustrated with public schools. Are kids learning to think or just to pass tests? Are they spending classroom time wisely or just doing what’s always been done? Are we developing lifelong learners or simply kids who can’t wait to graduate? If this describes you, you’re not alone in your concerns, but there’s hope.
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2018
At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate. From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for stude
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 23, 2018
Day 20 of 80 Days of Excellence From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The trees grew long and tall in the protected biodome. Scientists marveled at their beauty, rapid growth, and height. There was only one problem. The trees were weak. They were weak because there was no wind in the biodome. The biodome was protective, so no storm ever battered these trees.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2018
Oregon School District Comes Through Data Center Disaster with New Plan. meghan.bogardu…. Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:26. Thanks to a continuity of operations plan, Beaverton School District officials are now ready for anything. Video ID. 1353495978. video type. Case Study. CDW VV2 Strategy. Data Center. CDW Segment. K-12. Customer Focused. True. Jan. 23. 2018.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 26, 2018
Collecting class data, asking for feedback on activities, and pushing out quizzes used to be laboriously accomplished by passing out paper documents, collecting them as they dribbled in, and then collating the data into a spreadsheet where you could sort and shake to come up with the useful information. These days, all of those tasks are accomplished much more easily with one of the many free/fee webtools designed to create and curate information.
Edsurge
JANUARY 25, 2018
EdX, the nonprofit online-education group founded by MIT and Harvard, is quietly developing a “MicroBachelors” degree that is designed to break the undergraduate credential into Lego-like components. In December, edX won a $700-million grant from the Lumina Foundation to support the MicroBachelors effort with the organization’s university partners. Officials from edX declined to talk about the project, saying only that it is in the early stages.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 24, 2018
Josh Eby on episode 238 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Josh Eby shares how he uses inquiry-based learning in his history classroom. He also discusses how he’s become a better teacher after returning to the classroom after 12 years in administration and why it was one of the best decisions he’s ever made.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 26, 2018
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez A CDW•G expert offers his insights on how schools can innovate their spaces.
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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