Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 21, 2020
xx. Teacher-authors–do you write fiction? I do! And it feeds my soul in the same way that teaching does. Click to view slideshow. Two of my novels– To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days –are tech thrillers so fit well into my geeky tech-teacher world. The rest deal with how man survived the traumas of prehistoric times. xx. I feature my fiction writing over at WordDreams. xx.
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 21, 2020
Finnish Schools International, A Global Online School is calling for innovative teachers to co-design, co-teach, and co-own their new online school. FSI GO is a Global Online School that provides world-class education to children around the world at an affordable price. They are looking for innovative and outstanding teachers from around the world to join and co-create and co-design their program as part of the “Founding Teachers Program.
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Education Elements
AUGUST 21, 2020
Planning Amidst Change. “Aim small, shoot small,” is an old saying that many of us who occasionally enjoy a round of target practice embrace. But in our case, planning small for how to serve kids during this pandemic, simply was not going to work long-term. Our district Warren County is a rural county in Tennessee with a population of approximately 41,000 people.
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 21, 2020
By Dr. Christina Counts Here’s how a new career-focused high school used flexible furniture and other modular elements to transform a 180,000 sf building into a modern learning space. Focused on providing education and experience in career fields, Boone County Schools’ Ignite Institute is creating a reality where industry and education work together to ensure that students have the skills and creativity to succeed in a fast-paced, technology-driven society.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 21, 2020
Minecraft: Education Edition is now officially available for Chromebook educators. If you use Chromebooks in your instruction you and your students will now be able to access all the features.read more.
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 21, 2020
By Christy Martin, Ed.D. Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested that students should learn outside as much as possible. To some educators that are relying on technology, that scenario may seem impossible. Others say students will be too distracted. Not so, say many of the experts. Schools’ Wi-Fi should be able to handle student Chromebooks from some remote areas on campus.
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eSchool News
AUGUST 21, 2020
Creating a daily morning TV show is just one part of what makes school life at Whitney High School in Rocklin, CA so unique for the broadcast media class. With the school on lockdown and everyone remote learning, the production team had to overcome new challenges to continue communicating from individual student homes. Although the school year is over, students are already thinking about how they will deliver their show if distance learning is still in effect in the fall.
Sell Courses Online
AUGUST 21, 2020
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eSchool News
AUGUST 21, 2020
In an effort to help ensure that students are prepared for fall classes, McGraw Hill is offering new customers a free two-month trial of its ALEKS MathReady program, allowing current and rising college-age students and others to refresh their math skills efficiently and effectively. First launched in June, ALEKS MathReady is a new, direct-to-consumer version of McGraw Hill’s personalized ALEKS program, which helps support millions of K-12 and college students each year.
Fractus Learning
AUGUST 21, 2020
As the proud owner of my brand new shiny new new iPad (did I mention it was new?) I have spent a lot of time researching the vessel in which it will travel… Yes, much like [.].
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.
Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 21, 2020
Curt Bonk and I recently published a Preface for a special issue of ETR&D on Systematic Reviews of Research on Learning Environments and Technologies. It is largely a collection of personal stories and reflections about the arc of learning technologies over the last 30 years. However, we close with some advice which I believe to be profoundly important for everyone working in and around the learning technologies field, include open advocates.
techlearning
AUGUST 21, 2020
Use a service design model to find new ways to deliver school services during times of change.
eSchool News
AUGUST 21, 2020
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. Will Cooke. High School Choir Director. Charlottesville High School. Charlottesville City Schools, VA. “Right now, connecting is absolutely the most important thing we can do.”.
Cycles of Learning
AUGUST 21, 2020
I wrote daily about my experience during triage distance learning last spring here. My system in the fall was heavily dependent on Google Forms as the primary learning interface. This year I have significantly simplified the system to involve weekly Google Doc "Notebooks" templates pushed out to students each Sunday. In this revised system, Google Doc responses and public products posted using Padlet (click here for an example in my Robotics class), provide the primary interfaces for learning an
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.
SecurEdge
AUGUST 21, 2020
During the last two episodes , we've taken a deep dive into the safe return to campus for students, faculty, and staff in higher education. The focus has been centered around technology, primarily how your network infrastructure investments can help everyone stay safe and connected. While we're keeping with the same theme, in this latest episode, we're taking a closer look at on-campus housing and what life will be like for those students who live in dorms and residence halls both during the pan
Georgia Test Prep
AUGUST 21, 2020
Every one of us has a mindset about our own abilities and potential. And this mindset is so powerful that it will strongly influence how we approach learning and problems in life, and can even predict success. Psychologist Carol Dweck coined the idea of “fixed mindset” and “growth mindset”. An individual with a fixed mindset gets stuck in the face of a challenge and has trouble moving ahead.
SecurEdge
AUGUST 21, 2020
During the last two episodes , we've taken a deep dive into the safe return to campus for students, faculty, and staff in higher education. The focus has been centered around technology, primarily how your network infrastructure investments can help everyone stay safe and connected. While we're keeping with the same theme, in this latest episode, we're taking a closer look at on-campus housing and what life will be like for students who live in dorms and residences halls during and post-pandemic
Buncee
AUGUST 21, 2020
At Buncee, our goal is to create a fun, educational, and engaging experience for our students. We strive to make creativity easy and accessible , and to encourage students to illustrate their thoughts in their own way. It’s so inspiring to hear the many stories of student success that the educators in our community have shared with us; and it’s amazing to hear students share about their own success with Buncee!
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MindShift
AUGUST 21, 2020
In this post, five school administrators from across the country reflect on their experiences leading schools and districts during the COVID-19 outbreak. They describe successes and challenges of emergency distance learning, how they have practiced self-care and the lessons that will carry them into the new school year. MindShift interviewed these educators between early June and late July.
Veative
AUGUST 21, 2020
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 21, 2020
The calls started at 6 a.m., and Patrick McCauley was ready, having retreated to the privacy of his garage where he sat waiting for Angelenos to share how they’re coping with the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. For the last 14 years, McCauley has worked as a mental health counselor and consultant in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 21, 2020
Using Technology to Manage the Complexity for Parents In this episode of the Learning Counsel’s EduJedi Report, Guests, Dr. Travis Taylor, Instructional Technology Specialist from Little Rock School District, Arkansas, and Berj Akian, CEO of ClassLink, have a lively conversation about one of the biggest organizational conundrums for schools as quarantines went into effect and how to better prepare for the future.
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.
MindShift
AUGUST 21, 2020
For Sarah McLaren, who lives in a suburb of Minneapolis, talking about the spring is painful. Her daughter, a rising fourth-grader, struggles with auditory processing and receives special education services. But McLaren says her daughter had trouble keeping up with teachers on an iPad because the instruction was almost all talk. “They’d tell her, ‘Look at this problem, look at that problem.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 21, 2020
In this file photo, a school bus in Holmes County transverses the rural roads of the Mississippi Delta. Since the pandemic, the district has used school buses as traveling mobile hotspots in an effort to provide families with reliable Internet. Credit: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report. Francine Jefferson tries to be careful about small talk these days.
MindShift
AUGUST 21, 2020
Paying off student loans can be a financial nightmare. The system is loaded with confusing payment plan options, bad information and pitfalls to avoid — and one wrong move can cost you thousands of dollars. COVID-19 has added even more confusion. Federal student loan payments have been suspended temporarily. (At the moment they’re on hold until the end of 2020.
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