Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Here’s a great list of age-appropriate, safe websites that will inspire 5th graders whether they’re in your classroom or at home: Animals. Wolfquest—simulation–DL. Civics games. FBI Games. Looking Glass—animated story. Snap!—runs in your browser. Tynker. Wolfram Alpha widgets. Dig hole through the earth with Google Earth. Whyville–Social Media Sim.
The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Creativity Now with Best Selling Author Sean Thompson Sean Thompson, author of Creativity is Everything , talks about his first day back at school and how he is bringing creativity, physical and emotional wellbeing to his students. He also shares free courses you can use with your students and ways you can bring creativity into your classroom now.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Dear Linda, Fifteen years ago you let a pigtailed 2nd grader walk down the hall and take 5th grade math. We came to you as the principal of our elementary school in Minnesota and said, “She’s ready for something more.” You smiled at us, looked at the data, and said, “We’ll find a way to make it work.” And then you and your teachers did exactly that.
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
“It’s all happening!”. –Penny Lane, Almost Famous. This month, those of us who love the movie Almost Famous got to feel really old as we were reminded that this lovely coming-of-age story came out 20 years ago. For the uninitiated, this movie is about an atypical learning experience, in which a high-school student joins a rock-band for a road trip as he attempts to learn how to be a journalist.
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EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Last week, Cisco gave a preview of Webex Classrooms , a new platform that can help schools manage online and hybrid classrooms. The platform works hand in hand with Webex Meetings , Cisco’s videoconferencing service, and gives educators, students and parents a single secure place to connect online. With Webex Classrooms, teachers can schedule and launch their online classes, host virtual office hours and parent-teacher conferences, and organize classroom resources that students can easily ac
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Student engagement is one of the most overused terms in education. We talk about engagement in the classroom, between peers, with families, with the content, and now, virtual engagement. Engagement is certainly important if we talk about it this much, but what does it really mean?
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
John Sweller is one of the most influential learning science researchers, best known for his “ cognitive load theory ,” which suggests that educators should present information without extraneous details. Otherwise, the brains of students can literally overload with what amounts to intellectual clutter. Sweller’s latest line of research offers a new insight: the human brain may need regular breaks when learning to help it refresh its “working memory” capacity.
EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Congratulations! If you’re on the list of 30 K–12 IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2020 , spread the news and grab our influencer images for your social media pages or websites. Below you will find a header image for your Twitter profile and a social object to share on your social media pages. Please be sure to tag @ EdTech_K12 when you post!
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
In what seems like forever ago, but was actually only May, images circled the internet of preschoolers in France, newly returned to school, sitting alone in chalk drawn squares that may as well have been surrounded by invisible walls. The photographer who took the photo said the half dozen or so kids were told to stay inside their zones, which they do, more or less.
EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic not only transformed what learning looks like for high school students today, but also changed their post-secondary education plans. Some graduating seniors from the Class of 2020 are choosing to work instead of going to college this year. Yet despite those changes, high school students are still largely interested in pursuing higher education.
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.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Over the past decade, the world’s largest educational assessment nonprofit has been testing the waters of education technology investments. Now, it is taking the plunge. ETS, short for Educational Testing Service, has set up a new investment arm to make more— and bigger—deals in this space. It’s looking to acquire some companies as well. The organization says these activities are part of a broader effort to expand its portfolio of services beyond the second word in its name.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Here is a handy visual you can use with your students in class to help them become better Google searchers. We have outlined 8 search tips that students can use to narrow down their search and get.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
When our school closed in the spring, my physics class still had two units left to cover for the school year – waves and electricity. I immediately thought about how I was going to teach remotely when a lot of the lessons are experiments and hands-on activities. I started brainstorming and collaborating with my peers and fellow teachers about ways to successfully teach hands-on physics remotely.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. I was the mother of a 4-year-old daughter, and I was consumed by worries about child care, the car note for my used Honda Civic and saving for my own apartment. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt. In recent years, as U.S. student loan debt climbed to $1.6 trillion , the country has finally begun to talk about the punishing financial costs of obtaining a college degree.
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.
MiddleWeb
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Science consultant Kathy Renfrew hopes we can shift our attention away from “remediation” by building on the bright spots we’ve experienced during pandemic teaching. She shares the story of a STEAM engineering design project and how it was adapted for distance learning.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
California-based provider Renaldo Sanders with a child in her care, who holds an activity box with toys and crafts. Renaldo Sanders was determined not to let the coronavirus pandemic stop her from serving kids. That meant she kept the in-home day care she runs in Compton, California, operating this spring even as the virus closed businesses and schools across the country.
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
ETS Strategic Capital will make private-equity investments and participate in mergers and acquisitions in K-12, higher education, and workforce education. The post ETS Launches New ‘Strategic Capital’ Investment Vehicle for Education appeared first on Market Brief.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
It’s common knowledge that students have to have access to the right resources sand opportunities to follow their interests and excel in school and beyond–and key among those resources, although often-overlooked, is students’ social capital. A new report from the Christensen Institute delves in to these complex–but increasingly important–issues surrounding students’ relationships.
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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
Linways Technologies
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Digital education definitely has it’s perks. We have spoken a lot about online learning and the impact of technology on education in our previous blogs. But this time, we are going to explore a different perspective. Digital distractions. It’s one of the biggest ironies of the 21st century that we save a lot of time using technology only to spend it back in the same.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Student safety leader Impero has created Impero back:drop , a new free cloud-based solution to help schools manage and record student safety and health information, from first aid to COVID-19 symptom tracking, to more complex mental health issues. Impero back:drop gives districts a way to keep track of and communicate about potential concerns safely and securely.
edWeb.net
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Regardless of one’s political views, there seems to be consensus on one political reality: America is dangerously polarized. According to Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut, in an edWebinar sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources, “The future of democracy presents a case for the critical need for school librarians in every school.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Discovery Education–the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources and professional learning for K-12 classrooms–today introduced update s to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience platform designed to support educators and students in distance and hybrid learning environment s. Th e updates focus on increasing functionality, capability, and personalization for all users. .
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.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
These best free trials for education allow educators to test online platforms and products before buying.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
What do Billie Eilish, Serena Williams, Albert Einstein, and SpongeBob SquarePants have in common? They rank among students’ most popular interests, based on responses collected by NoRedInk from millions of students in grades 5–12. Top student interests. NoRedInk is an adaptive writing curriculum that engages students by personalizing exercises according to their interests.
Turnitin
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
From community building and instruction to academic integrity, ?here is a list of our most popular Turnitin posts on remote learning.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. The report released by GoGuardian , an education technology company supporting thousands of K-12 schools and over eight million students through powerful tools and research, captures field research from the GoGuardian Research and Insights team, with insights from more th
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.
Technology Tidbits
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The Escape Classroom is an innovative site where educators can find excited workshops for their students. These workshops workshops are designed for K-12 and can be used/customized for any curriculum. Best of all, the workshops: "Mystery Classroom" and "Hero Classroom" can be used remotely for distance learning. Below is a brief demo. Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, in coordination with participating publishers, is providing US schools and districts that have adopted the EL Education Language Arts Curriculum the ability to easily obtain permission to use grade level texts for distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cycles of Learning
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Although I'm sure this is not a new strategy for many of you, I am ABSOLUTELY loving the ability to not only hyperlink to specific portions within a Google Doc, but I am finding the ability to link to specific spots within a Google Doc from an EXTERNAL site very useful as well! So many applications.Click here for a quick tutorial if you don't know how to do this already.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
BIOZONE has just published an exciting new AP Environmental Science title (in print and eBook) dedicated to addressing the College Board’s new APES Course & Exam Description (2019). Using engaging, current, and relevant case studies, this includes activities on: COVID-19 pandemic (snapshot up until July 2020). Increased incidence and severity of wildfires (California, Australia, Brazil, Siberia).
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