Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. – Peter Drucker. A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2014

'Yesterday Northern California was hit by massive storm. My school was closed because of weather for the first time in my teaching career. I know this is a fairly regular occurrence in colder climates; however, it’s a new situation for many of us in more temperate climates unused to extreme weather patterns. When I received notification that our school was closing three days before final exams, I was dismayed.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'PROFESSORWORD® is now a federal trademark registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. If you''re thinking of registering a federal trademark for your startup, here''s what we learned through the process. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

'As a practitioner I am always looking to learn how to better assist educators at all grade levels. Superintendent Scott Rocco provided me with a great opportunity to not only work with teachers in his district, but to also push me outside my comfort zone, which has always been secondary education. In my position as K-12 Director of Technology Integration and Innovation in the Spotswood School District, I am assisting with the district’s transition to Google Apps for Education (GAFE) as well as

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2014

'Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. – Joseph Pulitzer. The best kind of learning motivates you to question, explore, make it your own, then pass it on.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2014

'The Periodic Table of the Figures of Speech: 40 Ways to Improve Your Writing is a nice resource that helps you use figures of speech in your writing to help you convey your meaning. It covers metaphors, onomatopoeai, hyperbole, irony, personifications, climax, parenthesis, ellipsis and alliteration. Everything is categorized and organized with descriptions to show you how to use it.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2014

'Welcome to a very magical entry… one that has been a traditional post each holiday season. It is a time of year that I wish to express my gratitude to those wonderful educators that have welcomed me at their schools and conferences and join me at this blog through out the year. I would like to share with all of you a very special letter I found under my Christmas Tree several Christmas Eves ago.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. – Hamilton Wright Mabie. Students are excited about the holidays and celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or their school break. Get them learning and celebrating with digital devices, web tools and apps.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 10, 2014

'I am a type A personality in many ways and I''ve always been organized at work (not so much at home). As an engineer, it was vital to be organized. As a teacher, I was too, but harder to do. I learned some great things from United Technologies when I worked at Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft. They use a system called ACE, Achieving Competitive Excellence, and parts of it are related to having an organized work space so that you can be more efficient.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

DECEMBER 8, 2014

'Technology should be present but ‘invisible’ When we pick up a pen or pencil, we don’t call it a ‘pencil activity’, the same goes for any other technology. Blogging isn’t blogging, it’s conversing, editing, creative writing, expository writing, journalism, reflection, presenting, and so much more… As I have shared before, it is not the tool, but how you use it that matters !

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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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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'SAN FRANCISCO — December 11, 2014 — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today to approve Chairman Wheeler’s latest proposal to complete modernization of the 18-year-old federal E-rate program. EducationSuperHighway applauds the Chairman and the Commissioners for ensuring that every school can connect to high-speed broadband, every classroom to Wi-Fi, and every student to a brighter, more connected future.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2014

'Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. – Hamilton Wright Mabie. Students are excited about the holidays and celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or their school break. Get them learning and celebrating with digital devices, web tools and apps.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'Molecular Workbench is a free and open source site with some really nice interactive simulations in science. There are hundreds of simulations in physics, chemistry, biology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. There are embedded assessments and the ability to create your own simulations and even create modules with text, simulations and more all together.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 7, 2014

'Whether workshops, panels, keynotes, or classes there is one mistake presenters should never make. It is a mistake I learned to never ever do from a wise lady early in my career. I've heeded this advice and seen the negative ramifications of those who do not. Ramifications such as a frustrated, unsatisfied, and anxious audience as well as less than favorable reviews and feedback.

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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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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 9, 2014

'The hour of code is upon us! and we are so excited about all of the possibilities for coding in class. If you made plans for what to do during hour of code a month ago, it might be time to change those plans. Coding app developers have been staying up late to get the best tools in your hands for computer science education week. I just found out that after spending the day at Hausner''s family coding event, Neil and Grechen went back to Kodable HQ and launched the web version of Kodable.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

'Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. – Peter Drucker. A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'Sometimes you need to download a video to show to your class. The site, YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, etc. could be blocked at school, bandwidth could be an issue, or the ad that loads at the beginning may not play due to filtering and prevent your video from playing. Here is a simple way to download a video from these sites: Go here: [link] Enter the URL of the video in the box and click download.

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RafranzDavis.com

DECEMBER 8, 2014

'In a perfect world, all teachers would not only have the desire to be instructionally creative but also the freedom to do so. Academic excellence would not be based on test scores but on the backs of students excitedly learning and basking in the glow of the learning process. In a perfect world, there would be no “genius hour” nor would there be an “hour of code” because students would explore their interest at will and computer science would be embedded as early as kids

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'I wrote about the Justand iPad Document Camera Stand in 2012. It was one of the very first contraptions designed to hold an iPad above a surface so you could use it as a visualizer. Justand''s inventor, Justin Franks, has learned a lot from teachers'' feedback and has released the Justand V2. Watch him show it off in this video. Justin was kind enough to send me a Justand V2.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar with a new idea each day! Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. – Joseph Pulitzer. The best kind of learning motivates you to question, explore, make it your own, then pass it on.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'Blubbr is a free site that allows you to create and play video trivia games. You can use your own video clips or search online for them. It''s easy to use and there are a lot of games already there that can be used. There is an Education section with over 8,000 "triv''s" there to use. Take a look. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 7, 2014

'What a day! with over 200 parents and kids in attendance we had a great Hour of Code! We had Robots and dancing, cup stacking, and apps apps apps! This event is my favorite all year and I am lucky so many people helping make it possible. It was a real treat to have the news show up. #hourofcode.

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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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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 6, 2014

'I have had the honor of being nominated for Best Individual Blog in this year''s Edublogs awards. Each year this event serves as a reminder of the importance of social media in education, as well as a great place to find new blogs and other resources for ideas in your work. As has been the trend, SLPs have made a good showing this year, including: The Speech Dudes ( Best Group Blog ) Yapp Guru ( Best New and Resource Sharing Blog ) Dr.

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Class Tech Integrate

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Many teachers and parents are on the never ending search to find productive apps and websites to help students learn. Of course it's great that there are games out there that offer educational value, but teachers also need to know what tech sites and apps can be utilized for high quality lessons. If you feel overwhelmed with the amount of TechEd resources out there, then you should check out graphite.org.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'It''s Computer Science Education Week and part of this should be exploring the fact that the world, and work force, are globally-connected and cross-cultural. You can find some programs and resources that help to Educate Global Citizens here at Pearson Labs'' site: [link] Here is a summary of some of the resources: programs that train students to collaborate with non-local students to come up with 20 solutions to globally relevant problems National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)’ Cha

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Ed Tech Now

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'In calling for better teaching and better leadership in secondary schools, OFSTED and its political masters are failing to recognise the fundamental problem facing formal education. There have been three interesting contributions to the ed-tech debate by the BBC in recent days.

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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 Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 6, 2014

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews Stop Letting Good Students Do Bad Presentations Nov 19, 2014, 3391 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement?

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 8, 2014

'In my Learning Through Projects series, I wrote about crafting questions that drive projects. Developing interesting, relevant, and meaningful driving questions is challenging. To help teachers with project based learning, Global Digital Citizenship Foundation has free publications with ideas and resource links. The publications are PDFs and are licensed under Creative Commons, so you may distribute or print them as long as you do not modify them in any way.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 11, 2014

'Access is Microsoft''s well known data base tool. However, it only comes in the higher priced versions of Office and many people don''t use Office at all. Here are two alternatives : 1. Grubba - free, web based, easy to use database app. Useful for Chromebook users and others looking for a web based solution. There is also a growing community of users and tutorial videos and support.

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 10, 2014

'Collaborative problem solving is awesome, and this week I got to experience it at it''s best. One of my Kindergarten teachers and I were talking about how hard it is for her students to hold the ipad up and film. We want them to be able to interview each other in front of their work and film it. Our solution started with her handing me a strip of fleece and saying "Try to do something with this.

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