Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2020

Even though teaching online may feel like a different animal than teaching face-to-face, there are many similarities in terms of the building blocks of a lesson. The tools teachers use to engage students online are indeed different. It is also true that engaging students in learning activities online will require (at least initially) that teachers onboard students to those technology tools and support them in learning how to navigate online tasks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 11, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The current education climate has created unique social emotional challenges for students, parents, and teachers alike. Today, Dr. Amy Cranston helps us understand how to create effective social emotional learning (SEL) environments online. As we move forward and plan, we need to make sure that the environments we create for learning help children thrive educationally and emotionally.

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Ditch That Textbook

MAY 11, 2020

PowerPoint education templates create meaningful interactive activities for students. Find free templates and how to make your own. Templates are productivity boosters. They can help us get more done in less time. They're also great lesson design frameworks. They help us craft a path for students to take their thinking -- or for them to guide […].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2020

Tech tools often seem focused on core classroom subjects like math, science, and history. Many forget the wealth of webtools available for classes many schools call ‘Specials’–those that round out a student’s day and prepare them for college and career. Here are three life-skill classes and online tools that make learning more relevant and fun: 1.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

School’s out, and it’s time for both teachers and students to relax before preparing for next year. But even over summer break, students still need educational opportunities so they can return to school strong and ready to learn more. Unfortunately, not all students have the same academic opportunities available to them during the summer. One of the most common causes of the achievement gap , or the differences in scores between disadvantaged and advantaged children, is summer learning loss (als

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 11, 2020

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over. Episode 024 is below. Thank you, Michael Walker and Sean Beaverson , for sharing how the Edina Public Schools in Minnesota are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 11, 2020

Immersive technologies such as AR and VR have the potential to transform student learning in the K–12 classroom. They can help educators provide a hands-on approach to learning , accommodate students’ diverse needs and promote a sense of curiosity and wonder. “In an ongoing quest to maintain students’ attention, new visualization and interaction tools are a natural fit,” says Eric Abbruzzese, principal analyst at ABI Research, in a press release for their “Augmented and Virtual Reality in

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Even amid the uncertainty of what the school year will look like in the fall, teachers are itching to get back to some semblance of normalcy. Greeting students at the door each morning, chatting with them about their weekend, providing in-person feedback on projects, and facilitating student-led conversations are among the many joys we miss during this pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Unencumbered by groups of jubilant students snapping selfies in their caps and gowns, absent the usual bumper-to-bumper caravans of out-of-town vehicles and free of swarming crowds in maize and blue, a pedestrian could do what would otherwise have been unthinkable on a University of Michigan graduation day: walk the length of Main Street downtown without breaking stride.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Almost 19 years ago, I started a new teaching position that introduced me to the world of online instruction in higher education. That summer, I was selected to be an assistant professor of psychology for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The position came with the added—weighty—responsibility of serving as a program coordinator for the Department of Psychology’s first fully online Bachelor of Science program.

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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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MAY 11, 2020

This 1959 book, known as the Conant Report, is the source of the 250-to-1 student-to-counselor ratio recommendation, according historical research conducted by Harvard graduate student Tara Nicola. (Image from Amazon.com). Schools are commonly advised to hire one counselor for every 250 students. The figure has been recommended and publicized by the American School Counselor Association since 1965.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 11, 2020

The demand for education technology has never been this urgent and pertinent as is the case during the coronavirus pandemic when most of the people work from home. For teachers, using EduTech tools.read more.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2020

For a relatively new buzzword, grit certainly has a lot of supporters. It is grit, and not necessarily IQ or talent, that can predict students’ academic success. And as educators seek to understand students from a motivational and psychological point of view, grit pays an important role. “Grit is passion, perseverance for very long-term goals, stamina,” says Angela Duckworth in her now-famous 2013 TED Talk.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 11, 2020

Read Along is a new Google app designed specifically to help young learners develop their reading skills. The app offers some really exciting features that would probably make it one of the best free.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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Teacher Tech

MAY 11, 2020

I think I have an addiction to creating drop shadows in Google Drawing (and Google Slides.) It just adds a little pop to all of my text. Notice the two images I created in Google Drawing. The one on the left ,the Control W (which closes a browser tab by the way) has a drop […]. The post Google Drawing: Create a Drop Shadow appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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SpeechTechie

MAY 11, 2020

I just stumbled across the website E-Learning for Kids - it has tons of content applicable for a number of levels and in various subjects. You may gravitate toward Language Arts, but note that the other topics have content for teaching many language underpinnings (e.g. concepts in the Math activities, description in the Science activities. The lessons here would be good for screen sharing and having students verbalize choices, or with cursor control, and have engaging animations.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 11, 2020

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ed-tech companies' digital marketing practices, as online activity surges during COVID-19. The post Federal Lawmakers Urge FTC to Monitor Digital Marketing During COVID-19 appeared first on Market Brief.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

Teachers have said for decades that inflexibility on teaching, testing and innovation keep them from adapting to student needs. We should’ve listened. Now, coronavirus measures have put more than 55 million students out of school, and a year of performance observation could be lost by our inability to administer exams to students who aren’t sitting quietly in neat little rows.

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MiddleWeb

MAY 11, 2020

Amid global fear and incredible teaching and learning challenges generated by the pandemic, Cheryl Mizerny has decided to take Mr. Rogers’ advice and look for the helpers. Here’s her list of six 'silver linings' she's discovered as her school supports "virtual" students.

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techlearning

MAY 11, 2020

Esports levels the playing field and allows all students to compete, plus can build social-emotional learning and STEM skills

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2020

Elementary educators looking for a free resource to teach students about the Coronavirus and COVID-19 will have help from a zany book character named Mrs. Can. Thanks to a grant from Northwestern University and its Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research, a free download of “The Class That Can: Coronavirus” will be available to teachers nationwide, along with a virtual resource to libraries and school systems by request.

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ExcelinEd

MAY 11, 2020

This is National Charter Schools Week, and it feels different this year. Health crises, deepening education divides and economic disaster come to mind. Robin Lake ( CRPE ) summed it up when she briefed Congress last week. “There is no way to buy our way out of this problem. More federal funding will almost certainly be needed, but it will be imperative that every dollar is spent on evidence-based solutions.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2020

You might think that teaching a high school programming course in which students are asked to code simple games and interactive websites would be motivating and exciting, but there are unforeseen elements of dealing with the teenage brain and the influences on their lives that seem to creep into the most well-designed plans. Students come to class with various types of anxiety, fears, and coping issues from daily stresses.

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MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

Every other day, a McKinney-Vento program coordinator with San Leandro Unified School District travels to the marina on the district’s eastern boundary. There, she drops off meals, hygiene kits and school supplies to families who are sheltering in their cars. She also provides information such as where to access public WiFi so students can keep up with classes.

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Cycles of Learning

MAY 11, 2020

I am really excited, and proud, about the lesson I created for my Biochemistry class today. A fully asynchronous day designed to last approximately 2 hours, the lesson marks the end, or "extension" phase, of an inquiry learning cycle on protein structure and hemoglobin discussed here. Speaking to fellow science educators, the the flow of content delivery in the lesson really excites me.

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myViewBoard

MAY 11, 2020

New in myViewBoard this May: Polls, remote highlights, proxy server support, and more. ? ? ?. Get Feedback from your Students. Add more interactivity to your lessons by including a Poll/Quiz in your lessons. This feature supports the following question types: Multiple Choices. True/False. Rating. Free Response. Poll/Quiz supports a variety of question types.

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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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edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. To help teachers with the transition to online instruction, an edWebinar hosted by SETDA featured educators sharing what is working for them as they teach students online during the COVID-19 crisis. The presenters also provided recommendations for other educators who are now making the shift from being in a classroom to working remotely with students.

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Prodigy

MAY 11, 2020

Recent changes to our day-to-day lives are leaving many parents with the monumental task of working and taking care of their children at home. And although we’re starting to adjust, things don’t seem to be getting much easier. Parents are working hard to find a balance, but many are becoming more overwhelmed and starting to […]. The post 8 Effective Work from Home Tips for Parents [From Other Parents!

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MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

We are social creatures. So it’s no surprise that quarantine fatigue has begun to set in. “Humans are wired to come together physically,” says psychologist Judith Moskowitz of Northwestern University. But, loneliness has become widespread in modern life. And, social distancing has just exacerbated the problem,” Moskowitz says.

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Reading By Example

MAY 11, 2020

For the past couple of months, I’ve been putting together an e-course on instructional walks. I researched the different learning management systems, selected one, and started setting up the content. After hours and hours of preparation, I couldn’t get the registration process to work with this site. When I opened up memberships, spam would get through.

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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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