Sat.Jan 02, 2016 - Fri.Jan 08, 2016

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In-Class Flip: The Flipped Classroom Meets the Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

When I work with school districts shifting to blended learning, I often train teachers on the station rotation model and the flipped classroom. Both of these strategies for blending face-to-face and online learning work well for teachers in a traditional school setting. The station rotation model does exactly what its name suggests. Students rotate around the classroom to different learning stations.

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8 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement

Ditch That Textbook

So often, people think of presentation slides as just that: a visual aid for delivering a presentation in front of an audience. But these slide apps (like Google Slides and PowerPoint in Office 365) really are powerful tools for delivering interactive user experiences. They can also create visually stimulating products to deliver a message and valuable [.].

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6 Easy ways to make e-learning fun

Neo LMS

E-learning, for some, can be boring if they just stick to the “rules”. You know like, not expanding the already-existing e-learning concepts and techniques instructors and educators already know. It can be boring if educators just, for example, don't maximize the features of the LMS they’re using such as integration to cloud storage services, or use collaboration tools to increase engagement from students.

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Kids Can Learn to Code Games Outside the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

By Dan Sagmiller Programmer says kids have lots of opportunities outside classrooms to learn how to create and develop their own games.

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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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What Makes a Great Education Tweet?

Tom Murray

Since getting its start less than a decade ago, more than a billion users have signed up for Twitter, with an estimated 320 million of them currently active. While Katy Perry ( @katyperry ) may top the charts with the most followers (80 million and counting), the average number of Twitter followers for those of us who aren’t pop sensations is a more modest 208.

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Teaching Pitfalls: Signs That You Are Out of Balance & Burning Out

The CoolCatTeacher

Every Classroom Matters episode 196 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Do you feel unbalanced in your classroom? Is something off and you don’t know what it is? How can you restore balance? You’re not losing your mind. This feeling is normal. It happens to pretty much every teacher I know. In this episode, Alicia Roberts and I discuss how it feels to be out of balance and what we do about it.

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What Powers the Modern Classroom? [#Infographic]

EdTech Magazine

By Meg Conlan A K–12 expert explains how his school district used technology to give students a leg up in the classroom.

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4 Infographics to Transform Your Teaching in 2016

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the Effective Technology Integration Category. I often create infographics to help inspire teachers to try new ways to integrate technology or share ideas. Below are 4 infographics I created to help you integrate mobile learning , engage your learners with lesson starters , help you become a teacherpreneur , and use web tools and devices effectively.

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10 ways for teachers, students to share links in class

Ditch That Textbook

In a class with technology, links are like digital currency. If you have the right ones to the right places, you can quickly open up doors to great learning opportunities. The key is having them at the right time and being able to deliver them to students. Sometimes, teachers ask me, “That’s a great activity, [.].

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Feedback vs Criticism

A Principal's Reflections

" Feedback is the breakfast of champions. " - Ken Blanchard Throughout my professional career as a teacher, administrator, author, and presenter, feedback has been and always will be a powerful conduit for growth. There is nothing more vital to our professional roles than good feedback that paints a picture not only of what we are doing well, but areas where we can either become much better or outright improve.

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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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Schools Tap Big Data To Understand Trends

EdTech Magazine

By Wylie Wong New analytics tools help districts identify at-risk students and gauge college and career readiness.

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20 Posts To Help You Integrate Technology the Right Way!

Teacher Reboot Camp

“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” ~ Bill Gates. In my book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers , I describe the many ways in which technology has impacted our traditions, rituals, communication, language, relationships, values, and learning. We have a generation of digital learners who need guidance on how to navigate the web, be good digital citizens, and problem solve and collaborate with their di

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6 Pillars to Successfully Integrate Technology In Your 1:1 Classroom

Securly

Inspired By Gary Spracklen of Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA), United Kingdom. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. In the last quarter of 2015, they released their findings in “ Students Computers and Learning: Making the Connection”.

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How Teacher Talk Affects Student Vocabulary Growth

Voyager Sopris Learning

Rather than focusing on text reading this month, let’s turn our attention to one of the critical components of language necessary for comprehension: vocabulary. Educators often point to the importance of expanding students’ vocabularies, but how is verbal learning acquired? A new line of research has confirmed, not surprisingly, that the way the teacher talks and how the teacher uses language directly affect student vocabulary growth.

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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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CES 2016: Lego’s New Classroom Robot Brings STEM Lessons to Life

EdTech Magazine

By D. Frank Smith Lego’s WeDo 2.0 has a knack for making students smile as they take their first steps into the world of programming.

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Groovy Grammar! Tools, Apps, & Ideas for Learning Grammar

Teacher Reboot Camp

“Who climbs the Grammar-Tree; distinctly knows Where Noun, and Verb, and Participle grows… “- Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Satire VI. With digital devices, learners are writing and speaking everyday. Often, our learners communicate with an international audience. The activities below get students to use their devices to learn grammar in engaging ways.

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Schools aren’t preparing freelancers and entrepreneurs

Dangerously Irrelevant

[I’m back. I took an actual winter break. It was awesome. I highly encourage it!]. Freelancing is on the rise, with perhaps as many as a third of American workers now engaged in some kind of freelancing work. Of course this has enormous implications for overall employment, health benefits, and workforce and job stability. Dennis Yang, CEO of Udemy, notes that. this conversation will [soon] reach critical mass, especially around how freelancers continue to learn and upskill in such a fluid work e

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10 Most Popular Tech Tips and Click-throughs in 2015

Ask a Tech Teacher

Because AATT is a resource blog, we share lots of tips our group comes across in their daily teaching as well as materials shared by others we think you’d like. Some you agree with; others, not so much. Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2015: Top 10 Tech Tips. As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems.

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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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Q&A with Paperless Classroom Innovator Kerry Gallagher

EdTech Magazine

By Tara E. Buck Digital specialist looks for ways to use the Internet beyond looking up facts and figures.

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Goal: Visualize Your 2016 Goals

Teacher Reboot Camp

Flickr photo by Luigi Mengato https://flic.kr/p/hgwjYu. Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful ! Goal: Visualize your goals. Accomplish this goal: Don’t just list the goals you want to achieve this year. Instead, create a visual of your goals that inspires you to achieve them. Try sketchnoting your goals or creating a vision board of your goals.

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Five Predictions for Personalized Learning in 2016

Education Elements

My predictions over the last few years have come true. It has been demonstrated that any classroom can implement blended learning and, when done well, get superior results. Personalized learning is now part of an increasing number of district and school strategic plans. Organizations like XQ Super School Project and the newly formed Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are continuing to push everyone’s interest in personalized learning.

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Learn to Blend Tech into Your Class; Get College Credit

Ask a Tech Teacher

Starting January 18th, I’ll be teaching a class on blending technology into your classroom: the Tech-Infused Teacher — January 18th-February 21st. Click the link and scroll down to MTI 562 to sign up. Here are the basics: Course Description. The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment.

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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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3 Districts Share Their Telepresence Success Stories

EdTech Magazine

By Jacquelyn Bengfort Telepresence and other remote learning options turn absence into opportunity.

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Blended Learning: What’s In A Name?

Battelle for Kids

Volume 3, Issue 1, Number 1. Driving Question: Blended Learning- A Name Is Not Always the Same. I have asked a very purposeful question this month. After spending a month researching the topic and talking with school leaders and teachers who have adopted the "blended" label, I came to the conclusion that blended "learning" means many different things.

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This online high school is not going to change education

Dangerously Irrelevant

The headline at eSchool News reads ‘ This online high school could change education ’ (a slight modification of the original headline at the Santa Cruz Sentinel ). Okay, I’m game. I’ll check it out… I read about the founders. I read that they’re trying to make the curriculum relevant for students (awesome!). I read the claims that Silicon Valley High School will provide a ‘five star education.

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How to Qualify Online Tutoring Services

Ask a Tech Teacher

At some point in your child’s education journey, you’re going to feel the need for tutoring. Riley Patterson, one of our Ask a Tech Teacher team has experience with this. She’s a freelance writer who–in her free time–helps students with their homework. She lives in Illinois with her two-year-old Bridgette (who already knows how to count from one to ten) and a pet dog.

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The Roses and Thorns of an LMS Strategy: How to Flourish with the Right LMS

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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Can School Infrastructure Keep Up with Technology Demands?

EdTech Magazine

By Marie Bjerede, Polly Gifford Experts from CoSN offer their advice about how to meet network demands as technology advances.

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Safe Image Search Resources for Students

Securly

The rise of edtech and 1:1 devices affords teachers to encourage online research. Recent Pew Research Center data suggests that the very nature of research has drastically changed: students quickly find just enough information to satisfy research assignments via big name search engines and stop there. Transfer a few sentences and an image onto a Prezi slide and voila!

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Digital Magic in My Blended Learning Classroom

Battelle for Kids

Volume 3, Issue 1, Number 1. Driving Question: How Do My Students Discover Digital Magic? I view technology as a means to achieve a larger, academic end. That said, my 5th grade students and I blend different digital tools on a daily basis into our PBL units of study. Depending on what we're studying, what they need to do, their interests, or where we are in a project based learning unit's cycle, I make our technology choices.

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10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2015

Ask a Tech Teacher

Since I started this blog five years ago, I’ve had over 4.8 million visitors to the 1,454 articles I’ve written on integrating technology into the classroom. They may be about how to use wikis or blogs in the classroom or what I’ve learned from my students as we got through another tech week. I have regular features like: Tech Tips.

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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.