Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. How can I blend it into what I already do without taking time I don’t have? When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. For example, book reports were typed on the computer instead of handwritten, or math facts were practiced with a math game instead of flash cards.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2016

You don’t need power tools and 3D printers to start a makerspace. Instead, get creative. Where others see trash, I see treasure. Reusing, repurposing, and recycling items that can be found in the kitchen garbage can, on the curb, or collected by friends and families helps educators to save money while protecting the environment. Today, our library makerspace has developed into a 21st century learning laboratory, with funding from grants and through the generosity of individuals and organiz

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TeacherCast

MAY 23, 2016

As technology advances and the disadvantages are dealt with, elearning is becoming ever more competitive. The post 8 E-Learning Trends Changing The Learning Landscape appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 21, 2016

“It isn’t that they cannot see the solution. It is that they cannot see the problem.” – GK Chesterton. Did you know a web browser has many free incredible extensions (Chrome/Safari)/add-ons (Firefox)/plugins(IE) to support teachers and learners? Teach your students how to enhance their reading, writing, literacy, studying, and research skills with these powerful web browser tools.

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Neo LMS

MAY 26, 2016

Success. What a fine idea. Everyone wants to be successful. Yet when you ask people to define success, you get a gazillion of different answers. Success just means different things to different people: be a good student, graduate all levels of school, travel the world, find your dream job, your dream house, build a family, have kids that are good students, and so on.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2016

By Meg Conlan This weekend’s event highlighted student innovations and offered resources for educators looking to bring the Maker movement to their schools.

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Digital Promise

MAY 24, 2016

Through the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) initiative, we work with schools that are committed to transforming learning environments with always-available access to technology and powerful, personalized learning. We’ve even created a blueprint for schools to help them successfully navigate this journey. Undertaking this transformation is a challenge, and requires buy-in and commitment from district leadership, school administrators, and teachers in order to be successful.

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Ditch That Textbook

MAY 23, 2016

Using Google Apps like Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drawings and MyMaps give you access to features that can take your activities to the next level. However, when you use them together — smash them — you can pull the best of several tools into one superb activity. In today’s post, Karly Moura and Sean Fahey introduce [.].

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2016

By Meg Conlan Advances in K–12 learning technology and the popularity of one-to-one initiatives will bring about big gains in the education IT market over the next three years.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2016

Case studies provide a glimpse into how vision, strategic planning, and implementation drive results-oriented change. In education, they connect people to stories of how schools and districts have improved school culture and the specific steps that were taken. These detailed stories have the ability to provide great context through an explanation of the following: Goals Challenges Solution Success Overall, a case study provides readers with details on how problems were solved, outcomes achieved,

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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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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 27, 2016

“The hashtag, that ubiquitous pound sign followed by a keyword, are part of the language of social media.”- Neil Patel, Forbes. This summer learn more about teaching trends by exploring hashtags. Hashtags (text with a # sign front) are found all over social media on sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine, and GooglePlus. Hashtags are the key for educators to learn about the latest teaching trends and find lesson ideas and free resources from teachers who put these trends into

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Ditch That Textbook

MAY 26, 2016

The “paperless classroom” is a buzzword that flies around education and edtech discussions a lot. It’s for good reason, too. A paperless classroom can … promote discussions at any time in any place. bring in information, perspectives and experiences from all over the world. give classrooms great efficiency. boost the creativity factor in new ways. help [.].

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 23, 2016

You expect that when you search for a book on Amazon, or a sweater on Zulily you’ll find the price front and center. It’s normal in the consumer world. But in business-to-business sales, like in education technology, it’s not always that easy. Some ed-techs companies list their prices, others don’t. That often leaves teachers and administrators scratching their heads.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 27, 2016

By Meg Conlan As the convertible notebook market expands, K–12 schools and districts put their faith in the devices.

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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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User Generated Education

MAY 23, 2016

Watch children, youth, and even adults when they are immersed in learning something of interest of them, and you will see often complete engagement and personal joy. When education is done “right”, learners often feel and experience the following in their both formal and informal educational environments: Joy. Engaged. Excited. Wonderment.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 27, 2016

Matific is simply excellent. It’s available at Matific.com or alternatively as an app (available on both Google Play and the App Store). It allows teachers to set individual students, groups or the whole class challenges and activities. My students are big fans and are always pleased when they see that Matific has been incorporated into a lesson.

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Brilliant or Insane

MAY 25, 2016

Brilliant or Insane. Listen to the podcast episode In the new Hack Learning Series book, Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love (June, 2016), school leaders Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis discuss how important it is for leaders to be present and engaged with all stakeholders. The Hack Learning Podcast episode embedded […].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2016

Memorial Day is the time we remember all of those soldiers (and anyone in the Armed Forces) who gave their lives in the defense of American freedom. In war and peace, they made the ultimate sacrifice, and because of them we are privileged to live the American Dream. Once a year, we honor them, their sacrifice, and those they left behind. Here are some activities to help students understand the import of this day: Folding the American flag.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 21, 2016

This year I’ve had the incredible privilege of working with the Johnston (IA), Emmetsburg (IA), and Prior Lake-Savage (MN) school districts in an Innovation Academy format. I thought that I’d share what that work has looked like in Johnston as we’ve progressed through the school months. At the core of the Johnston Innovation Academy has been five full days – each about a month apart – of in-depth work with over forty district, building, and teacher leaders.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 24, 2016

Pop Art Studio is a great website in which you can apply Pop Art effects to an image. Our topics this term are World War 2 and Pop Art, so my class created an Andy Warhol style effect on an image associated with the war: Click to view slideshow. How do I create Pop Art? First go to www.popartstudio.nl and choose which filter you require: Next, upload a picture file (I asked my students to download a suitable picture from Google Images ): Finally you can change things such as the size, colou

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 23, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 13. Driving Question: How can play support and promote healthy development across the Pre-K to 12 Spectrum? When you think of your schooling experience, what is the first word that comes to mind? It is probably not "fun." Common words that pop up are "hard," "important," "college," but rarely do people share "fun" or "joyous.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 27, 2016

Here are thirteen of the top writing-with-tech tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: A Helping Hand: Assistive Technology Tools for Writing. Tech Tip #124: Editing is Easier with Digital Writing. Revision Assistant–the Most Comprehensive Virtual Writing Assistant Available for Students. 4 Ways Students Can Plan Their Writing. 7 Innovative Writing Methods for Students.

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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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EdTech Magazine

MAY 23, 2016

By David Andrade With the application deadline looming, we take a look at the program and changes that could be confusing to some districts.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 23, 2016

Recording your students is a brilliant way to help them improve their speaking, drama and performing skills. My students all bring an iPad to school and they use the basic video or voice recorder on it. How can I use recording effectively in lessons? When a pupil has completed a piece of writing or if they are performing something, record them! I recently asked my students to write, for our World War 2 topic, letters home from soldiers to their mothers.

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 25, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 16. Driving Question: What if students play In a STEM school? Webster Dictionary defines play as an "activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children." Piaget suggests that play can form the foundation of formal logic, as students experiment with cause and effect. In psychoanalytic literature, play is thought to facilitate the learning of identity and encourage the development of self-regulated behavior.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 22, 2016

I am so excited to share this TED Talk given by athlete and creative genius, Martellus Bennett. On a personal note, my huband plays basketball with him. This video is as authentic as it gets and is an inspiration for all kids. Please listen and share with your classroom if appropriate. You will love his talent, animation, work and above all…he will just make you smile.

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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.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 27, 2016

By Steve Zurier New support from technology vendors signals a potential boost in the adoption of Web Real-Time Communications.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 23, 2016

Google Apps for Education and Chromebooks have become truly awesome resources for schools and Google just keeps improving them. Here are some of the recent announcements: Android apps are coming to Chromebooks! - some Android apps have already been available for use on a Chromebook. I've been using the Evernote app for a while and love it. But in order to get them to work, developers had to do some work themselves.

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Battelle for Kids

MAY 24, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 15. Driving Question: What happens if we play with ideas? The first of Mouse's five learning design principles: "Learning loves play.". The etymology of "play" includes "vigorous movement," "leap for joy, dance," "care for / tend to (with devotion)," "compete.". We are nowhere more serious than at play -- the stakes are too high.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 21, 2016

In March it was ‘World Maths Day’ As a maths coordinator, I ran a whole school event which included class competitions, home learning and a ‘maths bee’ I have put all the resources I used into the ‘Lesson Plans / Resources’ section of this website – this links to a Google Drive folder. Click here for access.

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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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