Fri.Jun 05, 2020

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If all we offer is uninspiring learning, we?re in trouble

Dangerously Irrelevant

Our students come to school for a variety of reasons: to see their friends; to participate in electives, extracurricular activities, and athletics; to interact with and get support from caring teachers; to get a credential for college, career, or the military; because their parents need child care; because state law requires them to attend; etc. What about learning?

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7 Ways to Pick PD that Fits Your Personal Plan this Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Summer 2020 will need to be one of healing and rest but it is also a summer where we need to learn and level up. ln today’s show, Danielle Strohmeyer talks about seven things to consider as we design a personal learning plan this summer. We’ve also included links to the courses from advancement courses.

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Still learning? Still growing?

Dangerously Irrelevant

As a history major in college and former Social Studies teacher, I am aware of the racial abuses that have permeated our nation’s history and continue to be present. As a former attorney and current school law instructor, I also am cognizant of the laws and policies that perpetuate existing injustices and active harm to people of color. . AND… AND… as a tall, White, straight, cisgender, financially secure, male professor, I must continue to confront my privilege, bias, and need to take greater a

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How Schools Are Recruiting New Teachers Virtually

EdTech Magazine

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many school districts to quickly embrace new ways of teaching and learning. It also led them to move teacher hiring online amid uncertainty about the profession. While some districts — especially those in high-poverty areas — have dealt with teacher shortages in STEM, special education and bilingual education, the pandemic’s impact on school systems may have exacerbated those.

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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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Coronavirus Chronicles 029 ? Burlington Public Schools

Dangerously Irrelevant

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 check-ins with educators all over. Episode 029 is below. Thank you, Patrick Larkin and Dennis Villano , for sharing how the Burlington Public Schools in Burlington, Massachusetts are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.

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New 360? Guide Showcases 27 Stories from Around the World

Digital Promise

Since 2016, Digital Promise’s 360° Story Lab has supported people in using emerging and interactive technologies to create media that goes beyond the frame of traditional media and journalism. Through experiential storytelling and immersive design, creators and activists globally share their perspectives and inspire positive action on issues they care about.

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How to Make the Case for Cybersecurity

EdTech Magazine

The education sector still lags behind other industries when it comes to cybersecurity. A 2018 SecurityScorecard report found that education ranked last out of 17 industries in the country in terms of overall cybersecurity posture. It also found that education ranked poorly in three key areas: application security, patching cadence and network security.

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30 Reflection Prompts For Teacher Well-Being

TeachThought - Learn better.

30 Reflection Prompts For Teacher Well-Being. by TeachThought Staff. Reflection prompts are usually for students so reflection prompts for teachers aren’t something you see every day. The big idea is simple enough: Reflection leads to growth–well, accurate, well-framed, and intentional reflection can lead to growth. Thus these prompts. Just as metacognitive prompts help students reflect on the process of learning, the following prompts can help teachers reflect on the full picture of

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How K–12 Schools Can Measure Ed Tech ROI

EdTech Magazine

The COVID-inspired rush to distance learning is putting pressure on already-strained IT budgets in school districts nationwide as educators strive to provide students with needed devices and online tools. That comes on top of the $13 billion districts already spend on ed tech tools each year. Over the past five years, K–12 technology spending grew more than 8.6 percent a year, Technavio reports.

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8 Helpful PowerPoint Templates for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Inspired by this list of PowerPoint templates for efficient meetings, we went ahead and curated for you this collection of what we think are some helpful PowerPoint templates you use for a wide.read more.

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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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10 Tips to Support Mental Health in Online Learning Environments

techlearning

Advice for educators to help support positive mental health during remote learning, including during times of crisis

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Here Is A Good Reading Extension for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Just Read is a Chrome extension that can help you turn your online reading into a pleasurable experience. It provides you with a distraction-free environment where you can focus on the content of.read more.

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Charting a new path for strategic edtech planning

eSchool News

Budgets. Student outcomes. Constituent communications. Previously, these were key elements in developing a strategic technology plan. And while those issues are still important, school and district leaders must now factor in that schools may never function the same way again. In the edWebinar “ Strategic Technology Planning: Aligning Priorities, Costs, Outcomes and Sustainability ,” the presenters discussed new items that must become part of strategic plans.

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10 Best Practices for Teaching with Digital Content

BYOT Network

10 Best Practices for Teaching with Digital Content. As students and teachers continue to have increased access to digital tools and resources, there is a shift in the traditional instructional practices that have been used for teaching and learning. Textbooks are no longer the primary source of information, and students can fact check their teachers with the devices in their pockets.

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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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Disrupting Racism ? Resources for Educators

Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

This site has served as a platform for sharing resources with educators. While those resources tend to be technology-based, it’s never really about the technology. This site exists to help teachers create more meaningful, engaging, and relevant learning experiences for all students. This week I’m choosing to share resources surrounding a much more important topic.

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How to Setup Google Classroom 2020

techlearning

Get started using Google Classroom to go from nothing to lesson planning right away.

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Conversations about Racism, Humanity, and Who We Actually Want to Be

Adjusting Course

Our team is continuing to have conversations about racism, humanity, and who we actually want to be, but everything I'm learning tells me the conversation and work can't stop at school. We've leaned into some of these conversations on UnearthED the past few years, but I'm humbly realizing we have so much more to do. I'm sharing a message I sent to our school community earlier this week below.

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Help Students Navigate Their Day With a Visual Schedule

N2Y

Many students can benefit from visual schedules to help them navigate their day. When a student has a meaningful source of information about their day, they experience reduced anxiety and gain independence in moving about throughout the day. By relying on a visual schedule for information, students become less dependent on adults to initiate and support their transitions.

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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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FREE Blended & #RemoteLearning Student Facing Activities from Teaching Matters

The Innovative Educator

Teaching Matters has developed new student-facing activities for schools. They contain topic-specific content, content to support ENL, and other specific needs. Resources are developed as follows: They are searchable, and filterable by teacher needs i.e. culturally responsive-sustaining education , English as a new Language, individualized education plan supports.

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#FactFriday: Dual credit and AP improve chances of college success

ExcelinEd

College acceleration opportunities—including Advanced Placement (AP), Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE), College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), dual enrollment, early college high schools and International Baccalaureate (IB)—can help high school students prepare for college-level work while they earn valuable college credit or work toward a postsecondary credential.

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3 Ways to instantly switch your classroom into remote for online teaching!

Think Exam

Currently the E-Learning market is on a boom and on your search to a useful online learning tool you would find many options. You need to weigh your priorities and look for a tool that will effectively connect you with your students and promote continuous learning. The post 3 Ways to instantly switch your classroom into remote for online teaching! appeared first on Thinkexam Blog.

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The Weekend Edition - Presentations from The Learning Revolution Online Daily Education Conference #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Welcome to the weekend June 5 - 7 edition of the 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference. The next three day's sessions are below. To see all sessions submitted so far, and to correspond with presenters, click here. Recordings of past sessions are listed on the Recordings page. The conference hashtag is #learningrevolution. FRIDAY'S SESSIONS (June 5) : 3:00 PM - Building learning biodiversity projects in Crisis.: an App, a classroom, and some enthusiasm. with Mirko Labbri, Middle School

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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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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

Edsurge

It’s an art competition unlike most others. Contestants must use a graphing calculator and “draw” every line, curve, shade and highlight with an equation. One entry looks like an animation straight from a video game. Another is a recreation of Vincent Van Gogh’s famous “Starry Night.” Others could pass for postcards of the iconic Hong Kong skyline or the Eiffel Tower.

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For Breonna (Equitable Outrage for Change)

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

I. On Friday, June 5, 2020, Breonna Taylor would have turned 27. She shouldn't be a hashtag, or a news story. Breonna should be celebrating today in our shared hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, laughing with friends and family, opening presents. Instead, three months ago in March, she was killed by Louisville Metro police officers who obtained a dubious no-knock warrant, decided not to wear body cameras, and shot without warning into her house.

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Human Rights Aren?t a Political Agenda. Why Don?t Public Schools See It That Way?

Edsurge

When Colin Kaepernick began kneeling for the National Anthem, a teacher friend of mine felt compelled to offer her support, so she started kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance. Many of her students thanked her after class, saying her silent protest made them feel heard and understood. And then came the backlash. Some parents complained that her statement was “liberal” and “too politically charged.

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Buildings are closed, but this district is still teaching and feeding its students

eSchool News

Up until schools started shutting down in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, teachers in Dawson Independent School District didn’t use our website much. This wasn’t because they didn’t want to. It was because, like most teachers, they were more focused on all the other hard work of teaching young people. With all of our buildings closed since March, they’re all online teachers now, and they got up to speed on running their teacher pages on our site in less than a week.

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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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Internet Safety Month?Rules to Live By

Ask a Tech Teacher

June is National Internet Safety Month , thanks to a resolution passed in 2005 by the U.S. Senate. The goal is to raise awareness about online safety for all, with a special focus on kids ranging from tots to teens. Children are just as connected to the Internet as adults. This is a great list of internet cautions I got from an online efriend a few years ago.