Mon.Sep 13, 2021

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Shifting from Time-Consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Catlin Tucker

I had the pleasure of chatting with Matt Miller this week for my podcast, The Balance. During our conversation, we explored aspects of the teaching profession that are time-consuming and create work-life imbalance. One culprit is the mentality that, “If I don’t grade it, the students won’t do it.” I disagree, especially when it comes to assignments designed to provide students with opportunities to review concepts and practice specific skills.

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Does Mindfulness Make Your Class Better?

Ask a Tech Teacher

District Administration recently published an interesting article on how mindfulness creates kinder classrooms and reduces problematic behaviors by 18%. Click the link and check out their thoughts. If you’d like background on Mindfulness, check our article published earlier on. How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Class. Students learn best when they are relaxed, happy, and feeling loved.

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Personalizing Learning: Flexible Pace & Path

Education Elements

In 2014, Education Elements promoted the notion of "Integrated Digital Content" as a core component of blended learning. In 2017 we changed this term to “Flexible Content and Tools,” recognizing that both online and offline content have an important role to play when personalizing learning. This change also represented a shift from blended learning, which focuses on the integration of technology into the classroom, to personalized learning, which is an instructional approach that empowers studen

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How Toxic Positivity Demoralizes Teachers and Hurts Schools

Edsurge

Several years ago, during her first year teaching at a new school, Rachel cried a lot. Under the thumb of a relentlessly upbeat administrator, Rachel, an educator and librarian in New Jersey, was pressed to be happy all the time. Along with masking her emotions, she learned to swallow her opinions too. Colleagues nodded sympathetically and suggested she go along to get along.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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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Success Starts with Heart: How Chicago Public Schools Centered Identity, Relationships, and Community to Welcome Back Students This School Year

Education Elements

Every first day of school is a new opportunity for a fresh start. As the first day of the 2021-2022 school year approached, teachers across the country were grappling with the question: How do I start fresh when faced with so much uncertainty?

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Blackboard to Merge With Anthology, Forming a New Edtech Giant

Edsurge

Today one of the largest providers of course-management software for colleges and schools, Blackboard, announced that it plans to merge with Anthology, a company formed last year from the combination of three other edtech companies. The move creates a giant company that will reportedly be valued at about $3 billion , though officials did not disclose the terms of the deal.

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PROOF POINTS: Can making music remake the mind?

The Hechinger Report

Music education advocates have been fighting back against school budget cuts by claiming that that learning music makes kids better at learning other things. Numerous studies have found that students who play an instrument tend to do better in school across a wide-range of subjects, but not everyone agrees that music instruction is the reason why they do better.

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TeachingBooks Offers Resources That Bring Books to Life

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Teaching Books is an educational platform that offers tons of reading resources to use with students in class. Its library hosts over 260.000 resources about children's and young adult's books. You.read more.

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OPINION: Meet certificates and “microcredentials” — they could be the future of higher education

The Hechinger Report

In recent years, “microcredentials” and badges have been discussed as a means to certify marketplace skills and knowledge. There is even speculation that they will replace or erode degrees. Yet such nondegree certifications aren’t new to higher education: Colleges already offer certifications in everything from digital marketing and data analytics to cosmetology.

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Can Artificial Intelligence Help Prevent Teacher Burnout?

EmergingEdTech

A study by the University of Pennsylvania reports that 44% of teachers leave the profession in the first five years. Teachers spend hours each day teaching, grading, and providing emotional support. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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7 Educational iPad Apps free Today

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Today's apps gone free series features 7 good educational iPad apps that are free today and only for a limited period of time. Some of the things you can do with these apps include: a smarter timer.read more.

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Best Free Constitution Day Lessons and Activities

techlearning

These free Constitution Day lessons and activities will inspire students to understand, question, and debate the most important issues of our day.

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McGraw Hill Announces New Version of its Wonders K-5 English Language Arts Curriculum

eSchool News

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2021 — McGraw Hill today announced updates to its widely used and trusted Wonders English Language Arts program for grades K-5, building upon the program’s proven instructional approach while offering a multitude of enhancements designed to meet the needs of today’s classroom. Since its initial release eight years ago, Wonders has been used by millions of students and hundreds of thousands of teachers across the United States.

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Digital Storytelling: An Exciting Teaching Tool!

MiddleWeb

Digital storytelling lets student writers share their own characters who come to life, engage in dialogue, and move around the setting. Best of all, it helps middle grades teachers reach all types of learners. Sam Weigle and Katie Caprino offer examples and suggested tools. The post Digital Storytelling: An Exciting Teaching Tool! first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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ESOL Students: 6 Tips For Empowering Their Educations

techlearning

Holding ESOL students to high standards while providing them with a culturally responsive education is crucial.

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3 key considerations for the future of assessments

eSchool News

The cancellation of summative assessments in the spring of 2020, coupled with the variability of the spring 2021 testing season, has significantly impacted the K–12 assessment landscape. Though students continue to feel pressure around high-stakes tests, their perceived value has decreased dramatically, according to a recent study that surveyed K-12 educators and parents in the United States.

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How Geoscience Students Are Saving Lives Globally

techlearning

Geoscientists Without Borders works with researchers and their students globally to help solve humanitarian crises.

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COVID didn’t delay this school’s STEAM pathways program

eSchool News

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings. The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Best Ereaders for Students and Teachers

techlearning

Get the best ereader for class to make digital words easy to access in a paper-free setup.

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How Parents Can Have Conversations That Motivate Teens

MindShift

After the release of his bestselling book “ The Self-Driven Child ,” clinical neuropsychologist William Stixrud got a request: make it even easier for parents to apply the research in the book. So Stixrud and his co-author Ned Johnson wrote “ What Do You Say? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home.” Their goal was to give parents more language they can use with kids.

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FEV Tutor Named 2021 Tech Edvocate Award Winner for Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool

eSchool News

WOBURN, MA. (Sept. 13, 2021) – FEV Tutor, the most comprehensive virtual tutoring solution in K-12, has been named a 2021 Tech Edvocate Award winner in the Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool category. “The Tech Edvocate Award represents the combined opinion of industry insiders, knowledgeable educators, and interested parents,” said Ryan Patenaude, Co-Founder of FEV Tutor.

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Reading QR Codes Inside Your Chromebook Camera

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Firstly, a milestone announcement. As of 9/13/21, my YouTube Channel hit 217,855 views; Edtech Elixirs is at 182,146 views. That means collectively, I have just crossed over the 400,000 mark! Thanks to everyone who has ever read a blog entry or watched a video of mine. Back to the topic at hand! I wouldn't blame you for thinking that QR codes, particularly in education, may be a ship that already sailed.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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Do Alexa and Siri make kids bossier? New research suggests you might not need to worry

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

A team studied whether hanging out with conversational agents, such as Alexa or Siri, could affect the way children communicate with their fellow humans.

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THRIVE! Webinar Tomorrow: "Mental Strength for Educators Who are Starting a New Year" with Angela Maiers

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

You Matter: Mental Strength for Educators Who are Starting a New Year Part of the LearningRevolution.com “Survive and Thrive!” Series OVERVIEW : Teacher stress, I believe, is the biggest crisis facing our schools. We have had so many challenges in education. And the indispensable linchpins, the teachers, are sometimes at their breaking point. Are you personally feeling exhausted?

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With an Eye Toward the Future, This Program Connects Students to Tech Careers

Edsurge

One of the most common concerns in education, especially at the secondary level, is the need to connect students to careers. Many schools address this through career technical education, work-based learning and college/career counseling. Taking the idea one step further, some new programs are connecting students directly to employers, industry professionals and career mentors.

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STUDENT VOICE: Mental health is a big, important issue for student parents

The Hechinger Report

At the age of 18, I welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world and became a single parent. During that time, I was still learning, growing and healing, not yet aware of how mental health and the stigma of being a single mother would impact my overall well-being and future. I wanted to make a better life for me and my son, so I eventually enrolled in college.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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.