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8 Ways to Annotate Readings, Websites and Online Articles with Examples

Teacher Reboot Camp

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” – John Locke. One of the most important skills for our digital learners is inspecting the information they consume with a critical eye. The challenge is to turn this into a habit students do outside the classroom. One idea is to get students to annotate their readings regularly.

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Q&A: Vince Bertram Leads the Way Toward STEM in Schools

EdTech Magazine

By Jena Passut Project Lead The Way's president and CEO says students should be engaged and excited about their futures and careers.

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Snip, Snip, Hooray! Announcing Snippets and Inbox Bump for Outlook

The CoolCatTeacher

We’re on a mission to bring the same delightful Outreach experience you have in our app into your inbox -- after all, the average salesperson spends half their day in their inbox. Today, we’re excited to announce two new features that will increase productivity and organization when sending emails from your Outlook inbox: Snippets and Inbox Bump. Let’s just say, unlike the ill-filling pajamagram Aunt Judy got you for Christmas, these are two holiday presents you won’t want to return 😉 Sn

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Fumio Matsumoto 3D printed mega model brings 35 world famous buildings together

EdTech4Beginners

If you fancy yourself an expert in architecture, we’ve got a fun challenge for you. Fumio Matsumoto, an architect and a professor at the University of Tokyo in Japan has designed and 3D printed a complex homage to architectural history which includes building details dating back to the 18th century BC. The challenge is: can you identify them all?

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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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12 Incredible Ideas for Using Technology to Teach English Language Learners

Teacher Reboot Camp

For over two decades I’ve taught English language learners from the ages of 2 to 90 in over 20 countries. I’ve seen how technology motivates learners of all ages to find their voice, connect with language learners around the world, and have access to knowledge and resources in multiple languages. I’ve taught in really poor areas where sometimes the electricity didn’t work.

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These geometric cakes combine algorithms, 3D printing, and gourmet ingredients

EdTech Magazine

A Ukrainian pastry chef by the name of Dinara Kasko is making waves ? both figuratively and literally ? with a new cake baking technique that combines traditional confectioner craftsmanship with mathematical algorithms and 3D printing.

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How This Social Entrepreneur Impacts The Slums Of Mumbai To Silicon Valley

EdNews Daily

Kunal Sood is a social entrepreneur, the Founder of The Novus Summit , and X Fellows. He is also a partner at the X-Impact Group. Sood is breaking ground at the intersection of education, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Sood is engaged in high-tech startups, curates high-octane flagship summits, and serves on the board as an advisor to various education and entrepreneur initiatives.

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Ditch That Textbook’s Best of 2017

Ditch That Textbook

And just like that, 2017 is in the books. Technology in classrooms has seen some great changes. For instance, “Flipgrid Fever” (flipgrid.com) has really taken off. Students have really shown their voice by recording short Flipgrid videos and sharing them with their classmates and the world. In some ways, though, a lot has stayed the […].

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Why Hyperimaging May Be the Next Big Thing for K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

By Erika Gimbel Technology that increases vision is less than 10 years away, according to experts.

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Trouble Growing Sales? Solution #2: No More Bad Prospects

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve been working on growing sales for over 30 years. First with Nautilus Exercise Equipment, then in the insurance business and for the last 23 years with Anthony Cole Training Group. It’s been at least 25 years since I heard David Sandler, on a cassette tape, say; “there’s no such thing as bad prospects, just bad salespeople.” Not bad as in character, morals or integrity- just bad a selling.

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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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OEB 2017: Getting up close and personal(ized) with learning

Neo LMS

Earlier this month we attended OEB – an event aimed at shaping the future of learning – and the main theme for the event was ‘Learning Uncertainty’. Currently, the education landscape is in the midst of change; there is a constant shift in the way things are being taught, learned, delivered and captured. One of the solutions that stood out as an overarching trend in this conversation, and something that we spoke to Training Journal about, is the idea of personalized learning.

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Using Social Media to Screen Applicants

A Principal's Reflections

Social media is one of the most popular phenomena in today's society, facilitated by the widespread use and reliance on technology for virtually everything throughout our lives. We use technology to go to school online, making time for advancing our careers easier than ever before. Many workplace functions are carried out through technological devices and Internet connections.

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How to Be Ransomware Savvy

EdTech Magazine

By David Hutchins Apply a mix of cybersecurity awareness and best practices to guard against digital extortion attempts.

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In the News: Criminals Make Schools’ Data a Target

Doug Levin

As quoted in: McCray, Vanessa. “ Criminals in cyberspace make schools’ data a target.” Atlanta Journal Constitution. 24 December 2017. There have been at least 283 cybersecurity incidents at K-12 public schools since 2016 , according to a tally by education technology consultant Doug Levin. He thinks his count underreports the scope of the security troubles.

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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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Tapping into creativity with Google Drawings (GTT036)

Ditch That Textbook

Google Drawings is like a blank slate. It’s a simple digital sheet of paper just waiting for your images and text. In this episode of the Google Teacher Tribe podcast, Wanda Terral talks about lots of cool ideas to let students work visually with Google Drawings. Some ideas we talk about include: Meme yourself Timeline […].

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What’s the Difference Between Project- and Challenge-Based Learning, Anyway?

Edsurge

Here’s a quick exercise for those in education: What do the letters CBL stand for? For many, competency-based learning might have been the first thing to pop in their heads. But others might have considered challenge-based, community-based or even case-based learning. The fact that three letters can mean so many different things raises an obvious question: Have we reached peak “based” learning?

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5 Reasons You Should Read the Free Cyberlearning Community Report

EdTech4Beginners

As a computer science teacher who likes staying current with the best ways to integrate useful technology in my classroom, I found the recently published Cyberlearning Community Report: The State of Cyberlearning and the Future of Learning With Technology full of great ideas! What you should know for now is that cyberlearning is all about the designed use of new technology to create effective new learning experiences.

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How To Scaffold Learning Through Station Teaching

TeachThought - Learn better.

How To Scaffold Learning Through Station Teaching by TeachThought Staff Teaching through stations—or ‘station teaching’—is a flexible and underrated teaching and learning strategy that can add versatility to your craft. This approach requires unique classroom management strategies, precise time management, and a clear relationship between the design of each station and the learning objective itself. […].

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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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Hear the best ideas from #DitchSummit from participants

Ditch That Textbook

Technology. Brain-friendly learning. Gamification. Happiness. The topics shared at the Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit — a free online conference for teachers — have been timely and useful. As this year’s summit is wrapping up (ending on Dec. 31, 2017), participants in the regular Thursday #DitchBook Twitter chat shared their key takeaway points.

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5 Risks Posed by the Increasing Misuse of Technology in Schools.

Edsurge

At any given moment in the day, I am attached to my cellphone, my iPad or my computer. As a writer, I was an early convert to the computer. I began writing on a TRS-80 from Radio Shack in 1983 on wonderful writing software called WordPerfect, which has mysteriously disappeared. I had two TRS-80s, because one of them was always in repair. I love the computer for many reasons.

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20 Great YouTube Channels for Math Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

December 28, 2017 For those of you teaching math, here is a collection of some of the best YouTube channels we reviewed this year. You can draw on these resources to access and find educational video.read more.

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Should Sandbox Learning Be The Future Of Education?

TeachThought - Learn better.

Should Sandbox Learning Be The Future Of Education? by Terry Heick Two decades into the 21st century, highly-structured, formal learning environments may have run their course. If nothing else, they have a pronounced limp and awkward speech patterns that students are increasingly finding, well, academic. In many ways, the internet was the catalyst for this. […].

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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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What Google Tool for 2018?

Teacher Tech

What Would You Like More Blog Posts On? To be honest I want to blog a fancy spreadsheet solution but I need some data to demonstrate the spreadsheet solution. So I thought I would double dip. What Google tools would you like to see me blog more about in 2018? Fill out the Google Form […]. The post What Google Tool for 2018? appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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?Up, Out and Away! The 2018 Higher Education Technology Events Calendar

Edsurge

Some college students travel or study abroad to enhance their learning. Why shouldn’t the faculty, administrators and innovators who shape students’ on-campus education experience do the same? Conferences offer a place to network, grow perspective and skills—and not to mention some much-needed leisurely exploration! So we’ve compiled a list of the education technology events for the higher-ed community happening across the world in 2018.

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This Is How to Create A Website for Your Class Using Google Sites

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

December 27, 2017 Here is another of our popular posts published in 2017. This is a step by step guide to help teachers create class websites using the new Google Sites. Teachers will particularly.read more.

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What are Schemas?

MIND Research Institute

The word schema has been used for more than 100 years by psychologists but unfortunately, in its long history, researchers have not settled on a clear and precise definition of what exactly is meant by it. Nevertheless, in the following, I will (hopefully) provide a useful description of what a schema is and how it is related to learning and education.

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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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Google Sheets: =UNIQUE()

Teacher Tech

Find Unique Data in a Spreadsheet A function unique to Google Sheets is =UNIQUE(). This can be really handy when you have data from say a Google Form that repeats information and you want to find out how many unique instances there are. For example what if you use a Google Form to have students […]. The post Google Sheets: =UNIQUE() appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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3 Ways to Put Balance Back in Education in 2018

Edsurge

There was a question making the rounds on Facebook recently asking about the biggest shift we educators have seen in the past ten years. The comments mention technology shifts, online and blended learning, active and creative lessons. All of these have been wonderful for our students. But many teachers are concerned about the pace, trends, and screen time our students are exposed to these days.

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Some Important Google Docs Tips Teachers and Students Should Know about

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

December 26, 2017 Here is one of our popular visuals we published early this year. The visual features some important Google Docs tips teachers and students should know about. More.read more.

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Are You Professionally Driven? A Conversation with @JBormann3

TeacherCast

In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, we speak with Technology Integration Specialist Jarod Bormann, author of the book Professionally Driven. Together, we break down the role of professional development in the school district and begin to understand why it is vitally important to every district to have a clear system from which professional development is given.

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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.