Fri.Jul 31, 2020

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First Impressions: In East Tennessee, School has Started

EdNews Daily

By Christy S. Martin, Ed.D. Amid the fear and the virus, school has begun. The opening of Alcoa, Maryville, and Blount County Schools in East Tennessee preceded many districts in the state and country and will be an example for all to follow. This is just the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year and all stakeholders are anxiously awaiting every day’s events.

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What You Might Have Missed in July

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of July: Tech Ed Resources: Online Classes. Tech Ed Resources: K-12 Tech Curriculum. Tech Ed Resources: Mentoring and Coaching. Celebrate the Anniversary of the Moon Landing. Common Tech Problem: Browser Doesn’t Work. Free Mouse Skills Posters. How Educators Empower Students With Tech. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Indoor Air Quality Tips Every School Should Follow Before Reopening

EdNews Daily

By Dr. Marilyn Black As the K-12 education system considers bringing students and staff back into the classroom for fall session amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it faces unprecedented challenges led by in-school health concerns. School leaders are facing tough, high-stakes decisions as they navigate uncharted waters and try to figure out the best way to safely reopen schools and protect the health of students, staff, and faculty.

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New Student-Led Nonprofit Aims to Counter COVID Misinformation

Edsurge

A group of high school and college students from around the world who met on a social network popular among video gamers are putting their tech skills to work against the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. Their effort began in early April, when a Harvard University student, Lucas Chu, sent out a message to a group of people he had met on the social platform Discord.

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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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Leadership: The Connective Tissue of Educational Change

EdNews Daily

By Mac Bogert “True leadership only exists if people follow when they have the freedom not to.” –Jim Collins Connective Tissue I delivered my first virtual class in 2009. I was in front of a blue screen, behind a desk. Across the studio in front of me was a huge monitor which showed me on one side, my slides on the other and the U.S. capitol in the background.

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To Combat the ‘COVID Slide,’ Tutoring Program Pairs Elementary Schoolers with College Students

Edsurge

Michelle Lamont’s 7-year-old daughter, Savannah, was already struggling with reading when her school shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic in March. The prolonged closures—and in her case, lack of any formal instruction—only exacerbated the problem. Shortly after Savannah’s school, located in the rural town of Hampshire, Tenn., transitioned to remote learning, staff mailed out optional paper packets for students to work on for the remainder of the semester.

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Add a Rubric to Google Classroom with Google Sheets

Teacher Tech

You can add a rubric to a Google Classroom assignment using Google Sheets. This is my preferred way. Template Make a copy of the rubric template to help you successfully upload your rubric. It has to be in a specific format. I created a no code template. Rename Spreadsheet Google Sheets automatically saves to Google […]. The post Add a Rubric to Google Classroom with Google Sheets appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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When Life Gives You Lemons

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen To say this has been a crazy year is an understatement. Like you, our team has been trying our best to stay ahead of the curve and make adjustments to keep up with the ever-changing needs of our schools and districts. It has been a challenge, as we pivot often and change the way we serve our members. And while we sometimes become discouraged, we keep coming back to the same realization.

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This Is How to Use JotForm Report Builder for Remote Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In our “new normal” of remote teaching, figuring out how to effectively run a virtual class can be difficult. That’s why it’s so important to find easy-to-use technology tools to make the process as.read more.

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Jobless college students are being given summer jobs to mentor younger peers

The Hechinger Report

With their summer jobs and internships canceled and anxiety about getting Covid-19 — or just succumbing to boredom — college students have found at least one type of work that they largely can do at home this summer: mentoring even younger students. Several programs aimed at keeping incoming freshmen on track for college and others that provide tutoring to elementary students are scooping up jobless undergraduates as mentors in relationships that benefit everyone.

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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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An Easy Way to Save Images from Google Docs

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

If you use Google Docs in your instruction you might have noticed that saving images from a Google document is not straightforward. But there is a hack to solve this issue. Of course we are talking.read more.

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Free Distance Learning Templates for Back-to-School

Graphite Blog

Pandemic or not, a new school year can be an opportunity for a fresh start. It may be hard to feel fresh if you're overwhelmed by the circumstances, but back-to-school traditions can help keep spirits up. Maybe for you it's buying new school supplies, planning out a brand-new unit, or incorporating some of the tools and strategies you've discovered over the break into your lessons.

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What is Google Sheets and How Does It Work for Teachers?

techlearning

Google Sheets is a super flexible tool that can help make teaching easier and more comprehensive with these tips.

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Considerations & Essential Questions for the Upcoming School Year

EdTechTeacher

This blog post shares some important considerations and essential questions for schools and teachers to consider when planning for the upcoming school year. Infrastructure and access To begin, schools must answer questions of what infrastructure and access students and teachers need to participate in digital learning experiences. Some technological considerations include: – Internet.

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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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The Easiest Way to Make a Bitmoji Classroom

Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

Bitmoji Classroom Bitmoji Classrooms are really catching on as teachers try to have fun and increase engagement by designing their virtual environments. In the simplest form, a Bitmoji classroom is just a Google Slide with hyperlinked images and objects that link out to class information and resources. Check out the Pinterest collection at the bottom.

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How our students avoided the ‘COVID slide’

eSchool News

When the pandemic forced schools to shut down this spring, ensuring that our nearly 250 students remained fully engaged in learning from home was a significant challenge. A researcher from the American Enterprise Institute estimates that only one in five schools across the United States offered what he describes as “rigorous” instruction online. Other scholars warn of the effects of the “COVID slide,” or the disruption in learning that hit the most vulnerable student populations the hardest when

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Today: The Future of Teaching & Learning Post-COVID-19

The Innovative Educator

Join me today, Friday, July 29th at 4:00 pm to hear education experts discuss the future of teaching and learning post-COVID-19. We will listen to a panel together, then myself and co-moderator Laura Ogando will lead participants in a discussion about what we've heard and how it applies in our own context.

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Using Stories in PD to Promote Reflection

MiddleWeb

In his new book James Dillon takes a unique and potentially powerful approach to professional development, writes Anne Anderson. Dillion replaces the usual data and research with a collection of stories about teaching and learning gathered during his 40+ years’ of education experience.

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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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An integration specialist meets students–and teachers–where they’re comfortable

eSchool News

In partnership with eSchool News, Illuminate Education is spotlighting teachers in a series recognizing educators, the way they have moved instruction online during COVID-19, and how they have prioritized the needs of their students. Krista Barbosa. Integration Specialist. TVT Community Day School, CA. “We are all trying different things and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but then you come in the next day and it’s a new day.”.

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Erase all Kittens

Technology Tidbits

Erase all Kittens is an interesting online game that I just found out about from Free Technology for Schools. This game has a rather cool concept as it has kids hacking into levels to help them complete the game and rescue all the kittens by editing html code. It's very easy to get started and has students learning basic concepts of coding/programming.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. Hunter and her colleague Rachel Krumenacker at the Chattanooga Public Library in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had filmed the DIY craft on a Zoom call from their respective living rooms. They posted it to the library’s YouTube channel as part of their new summer programming, the majority of which is taking place online due to COVID-19. .

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FREE Google Certification Resources for Educators

Shake Up Learning

The post FREE Google Certification Resources for Educators appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Looking for some help to reach your Google for Education Certification goals? Look no further! Here you will find Google Certification resources to help you become a Google Certified Educator Level 1, Google Certified Educator Level 2, or even a Google Certified Trainer!

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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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Free Distance Learning Templates for Teachers and Families

Graphite Blog

Pandemic or not, a new school year can be an opportunity for a fresh start. It may be hard to feel fresh if you're overwhelmed by the circumstances, but back-to-school traditions can help keep spirits up. Maybe for you it's buying new school supplies, planning out a brand-new unit, or incorporating some of the tools and strategies you've discovered over the break into your lessons.

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Case Study: Chicago Connected

Education Superhighway

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. On June 25, 2020, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced the launch of Chicago Connected , a groundbreaking, multi-year, public-private partnership to close Chicago’s digital divide and ensure that CPS students a

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Talented Young Men Overcoming Tough Times

MiddleWeb

Thomas P. Hébert looks into what enabled five talented young men to overcome adversity and at the factors that influenced the emergence and sustainability of their resilience. Included in what helped, the young men credit teachers, writes educator Elizabeth OBrien.

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TeachVid

Technology Tidbits

TeachVid is an amazing online tool for learning foreign languages that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. TeachVid reminds me a tad like EDpuzzle where educators use interactive videos to assess student's learning. Also, educators can create a "virtual" classroom and create assignments that contain: videos, worksheets, etc. Finally, TeachVid makes it easy to flip a classroom or lesson and let student's learn at their own pace.

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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.

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Cloud Stop Motion

Technology Tidbits

Cloud Stop Motion is an innovative site for creating and storing stop motion video projects. This is ideal for educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom and can be used for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more. Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to track and manage student accounts, organize all projects, and export/watch all videos, all from w/in the web/browser.

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Vocab Victor

Technology Tidbits

Vocab Victor is a free innovative mobile (iOS/Android) app for building vocabulary words/skills that is ideal for ESL/ELL. Vocab Victor uses "game based learning" to help students develop their vocabulary through 4 different styles of games through 11 levels. These games offer high replay as well as different varieties of game play, such as: matching, sorting, targeting, and more.