The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As you adapt lesson plans for distance learning, ecology offers great opportunities for backyard learning and learning at a distance. Today, Sara Owen talks about stream walks and outdoor classroom opportunities and how she uses the outdoors to teach. Sponsor: Wipebook Flipchart Wipebook is an excellent solution for educators, no matter where you’re teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here are the most-read posts for the month of August: 13 Tips for using an iPad. The Most Important Skill Students Need. Energize Remote Learning with JotForm Reports. Free Tech Safety Posters. Typing Timesavers for iPads. Great Kindergarten Websites. Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Teacher-Authors. CBA–What it is, pros and cons, using it. Great 1st Grade Websites.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In an ongoing effort to support Educators during the COVID-19 Pandemic Shaelynn Farnsworth and I continue to look for ways to use research-based instruction during remote, hybrid or face-to-face instruction. This week we look at Formative Assessment, how it works and why it can be a powerful tool no matter what your teaching and learning looks like.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As early as March 2020 — and virtually overnight — IT managers and tech professionals in school districts across the country were faced with the daunting prospect of supporting millions of K–12 students through online platforms in the wake of COVID-19. Today, many institutions are also proposing hybrid teaching environments: a combination of online and in-class scenarios that involve staggered student attendance schedules to better accommodate social distancing in school buildings.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

College classes are back in session around the country, or at least something that resembles them. The word “weird,” was how several professors and students described their classes during the first week of this pandemic semester. At Purdue University, for instance, officials spent the summer installing five miles of plexiglass barriers in classrooms and other spaces on campus.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

PALO ALTO, Calif. — At this moment in history, we must acknowledge that the United States has not risen to the great challenges brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than lean into a society-wide effort to protect the most vulnerable from Covid-19, we have allowed this event to expose and expand divisions within American society. These differences appear in personal actions, such as wearing masks (or not), and governmental policies, such as those that make testing and equipment freel

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, many warned that it would increase educational gaps between the haves and the have-nots. Now the proof is starting to come in. College attendance among Black students dropped a whopping 8 percent during the summer of 2020, compared with the summer of 2019, according to the first “ Stay Informed ” report published in September 2020 by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It is way too easy to accidentally use Control Q to quit Chrome. You can prevent this by enabling a warning in the Chrome Settings. Chrome Settings In the upper right hand corner of Chrome is a 3 dots “More options” icon. Click on this and go to Settings. Appearance Section In the “Appearance” section, […]. The post Chrome Browser: Confirm Control Q to Quit appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

A Texas district was allegedly duped by a man who posed as a bank employee and convinced school officials to wire him $2 million. The post Texas District Bilked for $2 Million in Email Scheme, Feds Say appeared first on Market Brief.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Jenith Mishne is a relentlessly positive person. Not even a global pandemic can dampen her enthusiasm when talking about her job as Director of Education Technology in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District (CA), where she serves 22,500 students at twenty-two elementary schools, two intermediate schools, four high schools, one alternative education center, and one adult education center.

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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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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Think quality education instead of remote instruction. Before we begin, a quick word about Linways LMS. It is an online academic management solution for an educational institution that helps teachers and institutions to simplify their daily tasks and manage the academics online. It helps institutions to set up a complete virtual environment for managing learning and it saves a lot of time and energy for all.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Issues students wrestle with in the traditional classroom may be magnified during online learning. To address them, we need to adapt our regular classroom strategies to help students succeed. Teaching expert Barbara Blackburn looks at six common issues.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

NEW YORK — One of the first lecture demonstrations of Accent Dance NYC took place at an elementary school in the South Bronx, where a large percentage of children lived in temporary housing and shelters. Most had never seen a professional dance performance. They became transfixed watching a diverse sampling of ballet, tango, salsa, hip-hop and more.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The post The InterACTIVE Class in a Post-COVID World – SULS079 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Creating an engaging classroom is harder than ever in these post-COVID hybrid learning days. Joe and Kristin Merrill literally wrote the book on the subject, however, and they joined me to chat about their favorite tools and resources, what they are doing to keep the kids off the screen as much as possible, and different tactics you can use to boost the fun-level in your classroom.

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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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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Tech & Learning's "COVID Diary" series follows educators and administrators as they share how their districts are handling teaching and learning during the pandemic

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Georgia Test Prep

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As parents, we all want our children to succeed in life. In their early years, a large part of that involves doing well at school, and for Georgia state students a major landmark in their school years are the Georgia Milestones Tests. The question on all of our minds is, “What can I do to help my child ace the Georgia Milestones Tests?”. The most important thing to understand is that preparation doesn’t happen overnight.

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Buncee

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

A learning environment that is inspirational and encouraging is key to student success. Whether students are starting the school year in a physical classroom, or they are learning remotely from home, it’s important for students to cultivate a space where they can be motivated and excited to learn. With Buncee, students and educators can create a motivational learning space quickly and easily using unique and inspiring motivational posters!

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Now that a global pandemic and its multiple impacts on education have coincided with a renewed focus on equity, there’s a lot to be mindful about. And with the new school year about to present even more challenges and uncertainties, staying mindful and staying focused on providing an equitable education are likely to prove more difficult and important than ever.

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

If your students are using the new ST Math , I want to make sure you know about some of the new features that will make playing ST Math more productive, rewarding, and engaging than ever before—whether distance learning, in the classroom, or at home. Our team of user experience and design experts have spent the last three years talking with teachers, students, and administrators from across the country to find out what they love about ST Math and what they think should be improved.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Does math make you a little nervous? You’re in the majority. The phrase “number anxiety” was first coined by researchers back in the 1950s. By some estimates, as high as 93 percent of Americans feel some degree of math anxiety. In 2012, about 30 percent of high school students reported that they felt “helpless” when doing mathematics problems.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

here *Updates New character movements New search options making it easier to find scenes, characters, etc New items, characters, and scenes to choose from Storyboard That the wonderful resource that educators everywhere are using for a variety of educational purposes (i.e. timelines, digital storytelling, project based learning, etc), has just released a bunch of ideas/activities on how to use Storyboard That over the summer.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As our district has returned to school under non-traditional instruction (NTI), I have been visiting the teachers who are in our buildings -- planning, assessing, synchronously teaching, meeting online with students in small groups and one-on-one -- as the students are unfortunately at home. As always, I am impressed with not only the teachers' innovation but their positive attitude in less than ideal circumstances.

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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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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Education lies at the core of any society. It has a crucial role in shaping people to become strong pillars of society, capable of sustaining development in every domain. With all the changes that the digital era has brought about, it is imperious to adapt the teaching approach to suit new needs. The way we used to teach students in the past is no longer suitable and sustainable because it focused on the skills required for a different moment in time.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Listen on A pple Podcasts , Google Play , NPR One , Stitcher , Spotify , TuneIn or wherever you get your podcasts. . For as long as Connie LuVenia Williams can remember, letters have been giving her trouble. Sure, she learned the ABCs, but making sense of how these symbols we call letters combine to form the sounds that make up the English language – that part stumped her.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

I was searching for one of my old blog posts, and I found this one titled, “ 3 Reminders for the Beginning of the School Year ” from 2018. I feel a lot of the ideas apply, but I want to modify them a bit for the beginning of the 2020 school year. Here is a little bit of a remix of that previous post. As well, I recorded this accompanying podcast sharing these and other ideas.

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