Ed Tech from the Ground Up
JANUARY 29, 2015
'Flipping your classroom is not just about the videos. The flipped classroom really revolves around increased face-to-face interaction between students and teachers. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
The Journal
JANUARY 26, 2015
While computer technology can be used to drill information into students’ heads, we have to ask whether that is indeed an appropriate pedagogical strategy for the 21st century. We present an argument against drilling; join into the conversation, please!
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A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 25, 2015
'Portions of this post are adapted from the Future Ready Schools website with permission. Advances in technology continue to impact society in amazing ways. The evolution of the Internet allows anyone with access the ability to communicate, collaborate, acquire information, and learn with anyone, at anytime, and from anywhere. Learners today have embraced this digital world and have begun to explore their passions in ways never imagined.
Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 20, 2015
'For teachers who are just getting started with Google, Google Drive can be intimidating! In preparation for a Google training, I’ve put together a short explanation of Google Drive and its basic features. Although an increasing number of people have a Gmail account, I run into teachers all the time who are not sure what Google Drive is or how it works.
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EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2015
'By Steve Zurier School districts recognize they need a solid network infrastructure to support ambitious plans for technology in the classroom. .
Digital Promise
JANUARY 26, 2015
'Each year, students at Owsley County Schools miss nearly a month of school because of snow and ice. The time away from class takes a real toll on student learning, says Jason Hall, an elementary school teacher in the rural Kentucky district. “As educators, we always worry about summer dip,” Hall says, explaining how students tend to forget things over the long break. “With snow days in the past, we missed so much that students would come in and it would be almost like winter d
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The Journal
JANUARY 13, 2015
A study looking at the use of a collabrified text editor by fourth- and fifth-graders showed a small but positive effect in favor of the group using the collabrified text editor, with an interesting condition: The low SES students benefited more from working collaboratively than did the high SES students. VERY suggestive, indeed!
A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 18, 2015
'Adapted from an article I co-authored, Real-World Ready: Leveraging Digital Tools Digital tools are transforming essential elements of the education space. Understanding how they are impacting teaching and learning will help guide your consideration of which tools are useful and how to best implement them. Image retrieved from https://l2lbyte.wordpress.com/learning-videos/ Currently, online tools.
Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 19, 2015
'Most of my blog posts are inspired by the work I do with my high school students. This post is inspired by my own children–ages 6 and 7. My children attend a Spanish immersion school, where they receive 90% of their instruction in Spanish. As part of their homework, they must read each day. My daughter, who is in 2nd grade, is expected to read independently for 25 minutes a day in Spanish.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 21, 2015
'By D. Frank Smith A game-based learning event, executive summit and hands-on sessions are highlights of the opening day of the conference.
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.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 26, 2015
'We hear a lot about 'personalized learning' – the importance of reaching every student at their level, including their interests and passions, and giving them choices. This isn’t really a new concept. Teachers have been trying to do this forever, and the only difference is that we now have tools to do this more efficiently and effectively than we could before.
User Generated Education
JANUARY 19, 2015
'One of the best indicators that I am doing teaching right is the spontaneous comments made by my learners. This qualitative information, for me as an educator, is a much better measure of success in the classroom than any type of quantitative information. What follows are some comments I love hearing from my learners: I really like coming to class.
Educational Technology Guy
JANUARY 29, 2015
'I''m a huge fan and user of Evernote , and lots of people ask me for tips on using it, so I''m starting a series of blog posts on Evernote Tips and Tricks to share some great tips and ideas for using Evernote. Tip #9 - Searching your Notes Evernote makes searching through your notes very easy and powerful. There are multiple ways to search in Evernote.
Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 29, 2015
'It hit me a couple days ago. It hit me on a day when things were going really well in all of my classes. I was finding new ways to give my students choice, from choosing vocabulary for their lists in Spanish class to helping pick activities for lesson plans that week. (Recently, I decided [.].
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.
Class Tech Integrate
JANUARY 20, 2015
Currently one of the biggest challenges for Google Classroom or any paperless classroom is, how do I "send" the student's work home to parents. Sure you could print out every assignment the student does, but doesn't that negate the purpose of a paperless classroom? I suppose you could have the student give the parent their password to their Google account, but there have to be better options.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2015
'By Sandra Gittlen Software-defined networking gives resource-strapped IT departments the ability to remotely manage network devices.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 23, 2015
'Imagine yourself trying to find a job when you don’t have a high school diploma. You go to a local community center and ask about the GED classes they offer, but you are too late – the next opening isn’t for months. Most people don’t get much further than this. Life intervenes and they drift away. Even for the persistent, there’s no guarantee they will find the services they need.
Iterating Toward Openness
JANUARY 30, 2015
'Rereading Ben Bloom’s 1968 “ Learning for Mastery ” I am once again impressed and humbled by his ability to cut straight to the absolute core of the issue. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard these points made more clearly or more persuasively. Absolutely inspiring. If students are normally distributed with respect to aptitude for some subject (mathematics, science, literature, history, etc.) and all the students are provided with the same instruction (same in terms
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Educational Technology Guy
JANUARY 28, 2015
'There are some apps and extensions that are better blocked in the Google Apps Admin Console to prevent some issues. Here is a list that I recommend blocking. In the Admin Console, go to Device Management > Chrome > User Settings and then Allowed Apps and Extensions. Select Allow All Apps and Extensions except the Ones I Block and then click Manage.
Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 26, 2015
'I’m a teacher, and for the last two years, I’ve been trying to promote my own personal brand. I know that by writing this, many in the education world will instantly equate me with a sleazy used car salesman peddling worn-out sedans. I’ve seen several blog articles and posts on social media calling out such educators [.].
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
JANUARY 31, 2015
'I want to take a break from my Over 70 STEM Resource Series to have a conversation on Personalized Learning and its relationship to the Walls of education. Please take a moment to read and reflect on my ideas of what Personalized Learning might be and realize that there may be other translations. I also would like to invite you to a free ISTE OLN Webinar on Personalized Learning with Andrew Miller.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 20, 2015
'By Matt Renwick The popular social media site has revolutionized how some schools communicate with students and parents.
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.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Cognitive scientists have discovered a great deal of information about the mind, brain, memory and learning. While some of these findings have influenced the design and development of educational materials, few have been directly translated to practitioners and students. A group of learning scientists recently identified easy-to-use learning techniques that can help teachers and students achieve their learning goals.
Iterating Toward Openness
JANUARY 31, 2015
'The Parable of the Restrictive Roads. Once upon a time there was a pastoral country of beautiful fields and rolling hills. The simple people there enjoyed a relaxed pace of life, part of which included a good deal of walking. CC BY photo by Marina del Castell. One day, a young lady announced a remarkable invention. She called it an automobile. The people had never seen anything like it, and everyone was immediately smitten with the speed and comfort of travel it provided.
Educational Technology Guy
JANUARY 26, 2015
'Edcamps are the "unconference". They are free, attendee led and driven, places to share and learn. Edcamp is a great series of free, unconferences for educators. It is a great method of professional development, being run by teachers, for teachers. The Edcamp model is unique in that attendees set the agenda the morning of the conference and the sessions are not led by one person, but are rather a collaboration of both the facilitator and attendees.
Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 22, 2015
'YouTube is a behemoth. Each month, more than 1 billion unique users visit the site to view 6 billion hours of video per month. It’s the second-largest search engine in the world, bigger than Bing, Yahoo!, Ask and AOL combined. It’s not out there just for watching practical jokes, how-to’s on renovating your house or ridiculous [.].
Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions
The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.
Baker's B.Y.O.D.
JANUARY 26, 2015
'I allow my students to turn in work late. I don''t take points off, but I do have a conversation with the student about why the assignment is late. Sometimes I get a litany of excuses, but other times I learn about my students as people rather than scores in a gradebook. My students who choose to open up know that I care about their overall wellbeing.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2015
'By D. Frank Smith Author Jane McGonigal and MakerBot’s Yuri Salnikoff led the first two keynotes of the conference.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 16, 2015
'When Howard-Suamico School District went digital, giving every student in grades 3 and up tablets or laptops, the change was immediate and dramatic. Teachers were transforming their instruction. Students were excited about learning. Something else that was immediate and dramatic: the gap between students who had Internet access at home, and those who didn’t. “What you find out very quickly as teachers is not just the power of using technology in the classroom, but the power to exten
Perry Hewitt
JANUARY 23, 2015
'There’s a reassuring familiarity to Google search. Launched in 1999, Google today accounts for two-thirds of all searches in the U.S. But behind the scenes, the search product is constantly evolving , determined to stay dominant in an era tilting rapidly toward mobile and social. Physical proximity meets content sharing with viral app Plague.
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