Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 12, 2015

Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers ! “Radio is the most intimate and socially personal medium in the world.” – Harry von Zell. One of the safest ways to integrate technology is to get students to record their thoughts, ideas, or learning with web tools and mobile apps. Students can create podcasts, host radio shows, broadcast the news, make a radio drama, post reviews, add sports commentary, deliver announcements, animate a pet or object, and much more!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2015

Secrets to Living an Excellent Life In the end, you are not a renewable resource. You can burn yourself so far down, you have nothing left to burn. Do things that will renew you. Take a day. Take a week. But take a sabbatical. Everyone you know will thank you. Sabbatical comes from the term “sabbath.” The Israelites were told in the fourth commandment: “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.” On the seventh day of the week, they were to restrain from work of any kind.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 10, 2015

My school is FINALLY a Google Apps for Education (GAfE) School! I’m beyond thrilled. Last year, I could not use Google Classroom because only GAfE schools had access to Google’s new online platform. Now, I get to experience how Google Classroom makes it easier to communicate with students, manage student work and provide meaningful feedback.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 11, 2015

In my previous post, we reviewed the first half of how to make a free intro/demo video for your product with software you probably already have. Today, we're tackling part two. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 7, 2015

Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers ! The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. – Vladimir Nabakov. During one of my teaching internships, my mentor had us create books we read to children from the Boys and Girls Club. I still have my construction paper book with my poor drawings.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2015

How Webinars Work with Peggy George There are so many ways to learn. Webinars are an online learning tool that educators love. In her role as moderator of Classroom 2.0 webinars, Peggy George has experience leading some of the most popular webinars on the planet. As Peggy says, “it is important for educators and teachers to realize that education is something we create for ourselves, not that is done for us.” Listen to the show online.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 9, 2015

Students and teachers are looking forward to summer break and so are we. We're taking this time to do strategic planning and make important decisions for the future of this startup. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2015

After twelve years of teaching K-8, I know as sure as I know August comes earlier every year that kids will try harder if its fun. The challenge for us as teachers: How do we make a the geeky side of technology ‘fun’? The answer is keyboard shortcuts–aka shortkeys. According to Wikipedia , keyboard shortkeys are: a series of one or several keys that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered by the user. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 8, 2015

Secrets to Living an Excellent Life I was whirling out of control. Up through the leaves, up towards the clouds, even into space towards the cottage cheese moon. My mind soared as my eyes looked skyward. The creek was bobbing with human flesh. The family lashed together on their rafts in front of me sang a spirited tune in Spanish. The Korean family upstream had two teenage boys sleeping in their daisy chain of plastic tubes.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 9, 2015

Vol 1:4, click here to read the other EduGems issues ! This EduGems issue includes messy learning, creating digital books, 250+ STEM ideas, autism apps, and more! I also regularly share these incredible resources on Twitter, @ShellTerrell. If you’re on Twitter, follow these educators! Challenge: Try one of these ideas, resources, tips, or tools.

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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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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 12, 2015

Curation, as many of you know, is near and dear to my heart. (Heck I even wrote a book on the subject!) And especially now, for teachers, its becoming increasingly important as more and more digital devices begin to enter the classroom. Finding the right apps, videos or other digital resources can be tough. And keeping it all organized can be even tougher.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 10, 2015

Students said: “The teachers used to talk at us all the time, non-stop, but they never actually spoke to us.”. “Can you remember what it feels like to sit at a desk for a whole class, just listening? Have you any idea how much I just want to scream?”. “So, I get the practice part of homework, but when I understand the concept or idea the first time, why do I have to repeat it twenty times?

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Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2015

You may have seen my friend, Eric Sheninger's recent post, "Finally, an SIS Worth Switching For". Eric and I are both on Alma's Advisory Board and like him, I'm excited about this platform. As an SIS, it's the best-in-class. Schedule a demo and you'll see how much thought and attention went into designing the interface. Alma gives users an experience that'll make teachers, administrators, students, and parents excited.

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Brilliant or Insane

JUNE 10, 2015

Brilliant or Insane Here are myths about gifted kids and some realities, based on years of classroom observation and interaction with teachers who work with them. Myth 1. Gifted kids learn easily. The reality: Learning is a fantastically complex phenomenon, and while gifted kids may learn differently from others, they certainly don’t learn easily. Many wrestle with curiosities that are so […] The post Debunking 10 Big Myths About Gifted Kids appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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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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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 9, 2015

By D. Frank Smith Three universities will soon begin digging into the results of the nation's largest virtual school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

High school senior at Newton North High School in Newton, MA, Yishai Barth, feels strongly about the importance of Universal Design Language (UDL). He explains his specific learning needs and calls on all educators to see life from his and millions of other students’ perspective. By sharing his specific needs with teachers, needs that are faced by millions of students across the world, he hopes to provide help in supporting their learning.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2015

I’ve recently discovered an exciting new company called Alma, which has built a groundbreaking new Holistic Student Engagement Platform (an SIS/LMS hybrid) that I believe in so much that I’ve joined their Advisory Board. As a former school district principal and technology director, here’s why I’m excited about Alma’s potential to make a big impact on K-12 education: - Alma is actually easy to use.

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Brilliant or Insane

JUNE 6, 2015

Brilliant or Insane “To me, math is numbers: it’s concrete; it’s black-and-white. I don’t understand why you need to bring this conceptual thing into math — at least not at this age.” This was a quote from a parent of a ten-year-old Pennsylvania child from a May 15 article at the NBC Washington (DC) website. Let’s consider another […] The post If Reading Were Like Math appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 8, 2015

By EdTech Staff Recent changes to E-Rate help to speed your school’s review process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 8, 2015

This assessment is comprehensive, designed not to test students. but assess their knowledge as an aid to you in determining where to begin. Use it when you start a new class or to determine where are the holes in their learning. All of these skills are covered in a multi-year once-a-week project-based program, such as described in other parts of this blog.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 9, 2015

Jennifer Bradley said: The fourth grade classes also held an end of the school year movie and party. Students were allowed to choose between 4 classrooms with 4 different movies, but there was a catch. They had to pay for admission and snacks, and admission cost 10 ‘good behavior’ tickets. Students who did not have enough tickets were to be sent to a separate room to read. via [link].

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Brilliant or Insane

JUNE 12, 2015

Brilliant or Insane We devote a lot of space to the exploration of feedback and its influence on learners. This is for good reason, too: it’s likely that quality feedback does more to improve learning and performance than anything else that happens inside of schools. We’ve learned much about how to provide great feedback, but I’m wondering about […] The post Focal Points for Feedback: Who Should Choose?

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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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Ditch That Textbook

JUNE 8, 2015

Today’s post is written by Robert Morris, an online tutor and freelance writer from NYC. Follow him on Google+! As an educator, you have a great responsibility to teach your students how to write essays. This can be difficult since many of them are indifferent towards the topics you present. Many teachers assign projects without explaining how the students [.].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2015

How to Make Differentiation Fast and Easy with Tech. Starts Monday! Last chance to sign up. This Ask a Tech Teacher online class is only offered for college credit.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2015

Jennifer is the Director of the Educator Micro-credentials initiative at Digital Promise. Educators across the nation are constantly searching for new ways to prepare their students for the rigor of college and career. “ Deeper Learning ,” a framework established by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, identifies the skills, understandings, and mindsets students need to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving economy.

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Brilliant or Insane

JUNE 9, 2015

Brilliant or Insane Summer break is not just for teacher vacations. Sure, you need to unwind and recharge your batteries, but working to hone your craft is also good medicine for making the next school year your best one yet. These 9 tips will make every teacher better this summer break and will help your students be better […] The post 9 Things Every Teacher Should Do Over Summer Break appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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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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The Journal

JUNE 8, 2015

If collabrified apps are truly going to make a difference in the classroom, then teachers need curriculum that shows them how to use such technology. This week’s post is an open invitation to join our team of writers in creating a new generation of curriculum that explicitly leverages collaboration technology.

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Battelle for Kids

JUNE 8, 2015

June 9, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 7, Number 5. Driving Question: Who Is In Charge When Students Learn Out There? Ephie was facing her first solo outside the school walls. It was her senior capstone project. It wasn't her first official learning experience "out there". In her two years in the Global Studies School, she had completed internships, researched in the local library, traveled to the city for another project and taken a course at the local community college.

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K12 Open Ed

JUNE 9, 2015

The K-12 OER Collaborative has taken a great step forward as Karl Nelson has agreed to join the organization full-time as of later this month. Karl has been the Director of Digital Learning for Washington state’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for five years and prior to that worked with Puget Sound ESD. He is a creative thinker about digital learning and a skilled manager.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this fifth post you will discover how careful examination of the verbs in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration. You may want to click on the link below to the first, through fourth posts of this series.

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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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