EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Small group learning is absolutely essential today. In a virtual classroom, the instructor typically does most of the talking when leading a synchronous lesson. Students may find it more difficult to participate or think out loud in this environment. But with breakout rooms, educators can improve student engagement, differentiate instruction and give students more voice and choice in their learning outside of a traditional classroom.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Education technology and its use in the classroom has now become essential. Every school and every classroom has to find what works best for their needs. With already enough things to juggle at the same time, teachers don’t have it easy when it comes to finding the right edtech and implementing it successfully in their classrooms. There are just so many aspects to consider, sometimes very limited resources to fall on, and not that many guarantees that all efforts will be worth it.

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Ditch That Textbook

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Using Kahoot! with Google Classroom and Google Meet makes it possible to play engaging games anywhere with your class. Kahoot! is a fun gameshow-style assessment activity. There are tons of creative ways to review and assess with it. Kahoot! lets students answer questions with their own device. It has music and a leaderboard, and it doesn’t […].

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We can be kind now in the classroom and online From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How to Be Kind Right Now and Where to Start with Houston Kraft. With 2020 and everything going on, there are countless reasons why being kind is important right now, both in and out of the classroom. In this episode, I sit down with fellow kindness advocate Houston Kraft, public speaker, curriculum developer, and co-founder of CharacterStrong.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

By Cinnamon Scheufele The Covid-19 pandemic and rapid shift to remote learning have brought forward discussions that have been occurring on the periphery or in the background, at least, for several years. Is there still a role for print materials in an online world? Are schools living in the past if we still rely on print? Many districts have embraced online instructional tools and devices as go-to options for improved learning.

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This is a special blog post because not only am I interviewing an expert in family outreach but I am interviewing my mom, Aleida Goetchius, who is truly my first mentor and forever hero. This is a translation of a conversation she and I had about her role as a Parent Liaison in Northern Virginia. Aleida has been a Parent Liaison for 16 years supporting all families with a specialty in supporting families from international backgrounds who are navigating the American school system for the first t

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

At Education Elements, we know that a leader is critical in navigating a school system through change. This has become abundantly clear as we’ve navigated the COVID-19 pandemic - schools and leaders have undergone and continue to experience a period of immense uncertainty and change. School and district leaders have to rise to the occasion and lead their schools through previously unconceived circumstances almost daily.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Before March, the chief technology officers who keep modern classrooms connected would have agreed that new tech programs can’t be rolled out overnight. Yet that’s exactly what they have been doing for the past eight months as pandemic shut downs forced school districts to go virtual. IT staffers scrambled to purchase thousands of new devices and provide Wi-Fi for students.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

STEM is a great way to teach students math, science, technology and engineering, but also teach them other skills like creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork. I have collected a lot of STEM Resources on this page: [link] Here is another one I found out about recently: Engineers Tribune. [link] The Engineers Tribune is a collection bleeding-edge technology commentary, electronics community research, and interviews with the engineers who are designing the future.

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Teacher Tech

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Tip for using Google Forms: Try to use Multiple Choice and Drop Down options as often as possible. When you let students or others fill in the Form with open response answers it is difficult to sort and filter by that response. If possible, add a drop down list of the student names for them […]. The post Google Forms: Paste a LOT of Student Names appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When Kathie Palmieri came back to her physical but socially distanced classroom, collaboration was one of her biggest concerns. Drawing on her ‘emergency’ teaching experiences and her new confidence about ed tech, she searched out Google Jamboard “and felt a sense of relief.”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Originality reports is a new feature introduced by Google a few weeks ago that helps teachers conduct originality scans on students work. Instead of the traditional way of using Google Search to look.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Last summer, as the Monterey Peninsula district in California planned to go back to school, homeless students quickly became a major focus. Superintendent PK Diffenbaugh worried about the 200 students without stable housing or the internet. How could they access learning opportunities like everyone else if school remained remote? The months since the pandemic have spotlighted many such inequities within the district, helping Diffenbaugh’s team see more clearly where they needed to focus when des

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Glose for Education is a digital reading platform that offers a wide variety of interesting features to help students engage in interactive and meaningful reading experiences. As a teacher, you can.read more.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

3D printing is becoming an increasingly important part of educators’ interactive and engaging STEAM learning strategies, a new survey reveals. As teaching methods progress from more traditional learning environments to more dynamic and active, educators are seeking new ways to help students build important 21st-century skills such a critical thinking and problem solving, according to a new survey from 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Billie Jo Lamoureaux is a K-5 math teacher at Morningside Community School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She's been using ST Math to provide engaging and differentiated instruction during this season of distance learning. Last spring, the U.S. education system went completely virtual at unprecedented speed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The rapid transition left school administrators, teachers, and parents with little to no time to develop a unified plan for educating millions of students who

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Even a pandemic won’t stop bad student behavior–and in many cases, it inflames behaviors such as bullying. In this conversation with eSchool News, Laura Lockhart, director of student services of Keller Independent School District in Texas talks about how the district digitally updated their bullying reporting process to keep students safe and meet federal reporting regulations.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The post Blended Learning with Google (Part 1: Do THIS, NOT That!) – SULS088 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In part one of this podcast series, we will explore how Google tools can help us create Dynamic Blended Learning experiences. It’s not about Google, y’all! It’s about the learning. We are going to take a deep-dive into practical ways we can use the Dynamic Learning Framework with our favorite Google tools.

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Turnitin

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In this post, we want to provide some insights to help instructors make informed decisions around the similarity score.

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EmergingEdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Those of us working education can easily forget the we're not the only ones who use Learning Management Systems. Though this guest post might be helpful to anyone in the corporate world looking to. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I was lucky enough to have Dean Shareski recently join me on “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” podcast. I consider Dean a very good friend, which made this a delightful conversation, as we have a comfort level in pushing back on one another’s ideas and knowing we are supported. One of the things that I appreciate about Dean’s work is his focus on finding “joy” in our work and helping students find joy as well.

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N2Y

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

There is a lot of attention being given lately to neuroplasticity and its implications for teaching and learning. Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of the brain to change in response to environmental influences. Scientists have known for a long time that the brain changes as we grow and develop, but new information about neuroplasticity has increased exponentially over the last 20 years and continues to advance rapidly.

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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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ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

New research suggests combining educational topics and research disciplines to help researchers breathe life into lifelike intelligent robots.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We've posted a new podcast from Dr. Albrecht on the topic of " Guns in Your Library " in the " Library Safety and Security with Dr. Steve Albrecht " section of Library 2.0. You can listen directly on the site or you should also be able to access the podcast in SoundCloud here or in your own podcast app using the RSS feed here. In addition to this Friday's webinar, " Tools for Tense Situations: Reducing Conflicts With Patrons As Libraries Return to the New Normal " (more below), Dr.

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ExcelinEd

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

ExcelinEd, along with its partners, is developing a new policy set that will connect parents and teachers directly. We call this policy “Parent-Teacher Compacts” and they would allow parents and teachers to form written agreements to serve students. Teachers would then be paid directly by the state. Before we get to the policy, let’s take a moment to look back before the pandemic.

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Buncee

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As a school administrator, I was first introduced to Buncee in July 2015 at an EdCampLeader “un”conference in Long Island, New York. One of my teachers that attended the conference won a free subscription at the end of the conference, and, unlike some freebies, this was a freebie that fit our school’s needs , and the subscription was immediately put to use at our school.

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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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Everybody is yearning for a return to normalcy, and yesterday offered hope after a major drug company announced that early data suggest its coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective. But not everything should go back to normal, say district superintendents, particularly in communities where the pandemic has exposed deep-rooted systemic racism and inequities—and also accelerated positive changes that school leaders hope will stick long after classroom doors reopen.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

There is a learning gap that is threatening economic and social productivity in the U.S. that must be addressed. The untreated white achievement gap continues to tear our country apart. Voting can be considered a test of sorts for assessing our knowledge and comprehension of the world around us. Voting data gives us insight into how people put into practice the information, facts and teaching they’ve received.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

With the 2020 presidential election now in the books (well, for most people), President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s Roadmap for Reopening Schools Safely plan is receiving renewed attention. Developed prior to the start of the 2020-21 school year, the plan establishes controlling the spread of the virus—through testing, contact tracing, and the availability of personal protective equipment, among other things—as an essential criterion for schools to reopen.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

With the eyes of the country upon him, Joe Biden shouted out education during his speech Saturday in Wilmington, Del: “For American educators, this is a great day for you all. You’re going to have one of your own in the White House.” Of course, the president-elect was talking about his wife, Jill Biden, an English professor at Northern Virginia Community College.

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AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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