The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 13, 2020
August 18-20, 2020 -a Free PD Experience for Blended Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This school year is dependent more than ever upon our ability to blend face to face (hopefully) and online learning. Whether you have blended, hybrid, or 100% digital instruction, join me for this free online PD conference.
Neo LMS
AUGUST 13, 2020
Since the beginning of the school shutdowns, there have been debates about the effectiveness of online learning. Many education experts have offered ideas on how to improve what was, in essence, an emergency service for which the majority of teachers were not prepared. Ironically, the suggestions that have been given to strengthen the value of online classrooms are the same that many educators would agree could improve learning in our brick and mortar schools: cultivate relationships, tend to so
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Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 13, 2020
Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. August. Check out our store on Amazon Ignite. They are having a great sale there. Honestly, I’m not sure when it starts or stops–they aren’t always clear about that–but it’ll be there. And it is Amazon! xx. **. xx. If you aren’t a subscriber to our newsletter, sign up here.
Ditch That Textbook
AUGUST 13, 2020
Our kindergarten through second grade students (and teachers!) need special assistance during distance learning. Here are 10 ways to make it work. This post is written by Ben Cogswell, Eric Garcia and Michael Hughes. Ben currently teaches kindergarten in Salinas, California. Eric is a 5th Grade STEAM Science/PE Teacher in McFarland, CA. Micheal is currently […].
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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.
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 13, 2020
As school districts plan for reopening, many are considering purchasing technologies that can detect elevated temperatures. While it’s not guaranteed to determine whether someone has a COVID-19 infection, temperature screening does have its benefits. Given the ongoing debate about temperature checks and the number of solutions on the market, school leaders will need to be familiar with the technology behind it.
Edsurge
AUGUST 13, 2020
Many consumer protection laws make sure that if people don’t receive what they paid for, they get their money back. Should that apply to higher education? That’s the case being made by a new “ tuition payer bill of rights ” backed by a coalition of nonprofits and think tanks from across the political spectrum. It makes six demands aimed at empowering students to decide how much to pay for college and making sure they get their money’s worth.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Teacher Tech
AUGUST 13, 2020
Guest blog post by Starr Sackstein Start of School Series: Hacking Assessment Q & As – Shifting the Grading Mindset On this week’s Q & A, Isaac Wells and I discuss shifting the grading mindset. Defining this concept and how the grading mindset has come to shape students and teachers in our system. As we […]. The post Going Gradeless with @mssackstein appeared first on Teacher Tech.
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 13, 2020
By Tamara Fyke For those of us here in the South, we have been back-to-school for more than a week. Many counties are opting for virtual learning while the number of coronavirus cases continue to climb. From the conversations I am having with students, parents, and educators, it seems that staying safe and learning at home are more challenging than we anticipated.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 13, 2020
In today's post we are sharing with you this collection of platforms that can help you make the best of your online education during this time of pandemic. These are websites that offer free.read more.
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 13, 2020
Fabulously Fun Fiction from LeiLani Cauthen In this EduJedi Report Podcast, LeiLani Cauthen, CEO of the Learning Counsel, talks about PODS, the new trend in homeschooling-tied-to-schools. With the advent of the pandemic, a scenario she first talked about in her book, The Consumerization of Learning, is coming true. She reads a purely fictional account of a student’s journey in a POD from the last chapters of her book, giving a glimpse into the future.
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 13, 2020
Have you at any point lost your significant records and information because of unforeseen events? You're not the only one. It's a typical event. This is more often than not because of overheating of.read more.
techlearning
AUGUST 13, 2020
From creating the best video to engaging more with your Grid, these are the Flipgrid tips and tricks you need to know.
Teacher Tech
AUGUST 13, 2020
Follow all three communties or choose your favorite, but you can't go wrong with these three leaders in building community with families! The post Top Three Parent Partnership Communities to Follow by @MjmcalliWrites appeared first on Teacher Tech.
eSchool News
AUGUST 13, 2020
In the first installment of this series , we highlighted our belief that educators nationwide are unsure if the school year will begin with in-person instruction, remote learning, or a hybrid of both. We also explained that we believe that no matter where instruction is taking place, students need a strong academic scaffold to build upon. Finally, we offered a series of suggestions on how to do so in a remote learning environment.
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.
N2Y
AUGUST 13, 2020
Being a special education teacher is an extremely rewarding job, especially when you see students learning new content and making friends of their own. Each one comes to school (or logs on from a computer!) in the morning having had experiences that we cannot see. Any given day, unforeseen issues may rise to the surface and plans will need to change.
MIND Research Institute
AUGUST 13, 2020
The National K-12 Game-a-thon challenges students to design, build, and share a game that features creative and unusual solutions to mathematical problems. Teams of one or more students, along with a teacher or parent in a coordinator role, invent card games, board games, apps, and outdoor games that address one or more mathematical topics. Throughout the process, students develop critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration skills, and more.
eSchool News
AUGUST 13, 2020
In the Wilson County School District, using educational data to inform our decisions has reinvented the way students learn, and it has given educators a newfound confidence in their teaching practices. In August, we were recognized by the state as an exemplary district , and we’ve achieved level five status, meaning our students are growing at a rate that’s two years beyond what’s expected.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 13, 2020
Matt Glover shows teachers how they can marry genre units with craft and process studies to give students choice and agency throughout the school year. ELA teacher Rebecca Crockett thanks Glover for revealing ways to teach state standards and give writers more autonomy.
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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
ExcelinEd
AUGUST 13, 2020
During the Great Depression, the government funded major infrastructure projects, like dams, bridges and airports, that not only provided jobs but also had a long-lasting impact on the U.S. economy. A 21st-century equivalent of building the Hoover Dam is an equally important investment: our K-12 teachers. Especially during this pandemic year, states are wisely providing devices for students to learn at home.
Reading By Example
AUGUST 13, 2020
This week, in between Zoom chats and preparation for the fall, I have been slowly weeding my professional library. I’m using the process recommended by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein in their book Joy at Work. With each book, I look it over, check the inside for highlights, and ask myself if it still is needed and/or beneficial to my work. In one of my textbooks from graduate studies on school business administration, I found this quote: Public education is woven so tightly into the fabric of
MindShift
AUGUST 13, 2020
Most days, Jen Lamott would describe her daughter, Katie, as cheerful and kind. Lately, though, the 7-year-old has been acting moody and sometimes grunting instead of talking. “It’s like we have a teenager suddenly,” Lamott said. But while teenagers’ attitudes are usually chalked up to puberty, Lamott knows that something else is at play in her house: exhaustion.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 13, 2020
Robert Marzano and two colleagues have developed what will surely become the go-to resource for planning, designing, implementing, and assessing teaching art and music, using Marzano's New Art and Science of Teaching framework, writes curriculum coordinator Alex Valencic.
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.
N2Y
AUGUST 13, 2020
Designed to accommodate and enhance remote learning, Positivity’s Schedule On Demand is a major new feature that educators and students will love! Plus, we have a simple but powerful update to SymbolStix PRIME that brings universal access to changing symbol skin tones.
Learning with 'e's
AUGUST 13, 2020
It has been quite a long time since my last blog post (more than 6 weeks!). There are several reasons for this, but perhaps the most important one is that I have been spending my time writing. I'm used to writing academic content, papers, conference papers, keynote speeches, chapter for books, peer reviewed journal articles. It's all run-of-the-mill stuff to any academic and we tend to take it in our stride.
N2Y
AUGUST 13, 2020
According to our scope and sequence, the first thing we are meant to teach in middle school English language arts is “Citing Evidence and Analyzing Central Idea/Theme.” Can you see some of the students’ eyes glaze over from where you are? I truly believe this is because concepts like central idea and theme seem rather nebulous to the students who struggle.
MindShift
AUGUST 13, 2020
Families with school-age kids are in a serious bind this fall — but you don’t need us to tell you that. A growing number of school districts are offering solely remote learning this fall. Even those that are opening up for in-person classes may be operating only a few days a week to increase social distancing — and they may be prone to closing down again unpredictably if coronavirus cases spike, or if someone at the school tests positive for the virus.
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.
User Generated Education
AUGUST 13, 2020
Many of us have been discussing educational reform for decades. Given the unprecedented time of COVID19 and its effect on education, it is a perfect time to revisit and reimagine the purpose, operations, and skills related to a powerful education. Some of the issues that have emerged and are still emerging include: the social emotional health of learners, a realization that students aren’t able to be independent and self-directed learning, and an awareness of inequities that exist in the U
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