Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 19, 2016
I led a training last week on blended learning and asked teachers to brainstorm the biggest challenges they face in the classroom. One answer resonated with me. “Learned helplessness.” On my drive home, I kept mentally returning to this phrase. Then in my own classroom last week, my students were beginning a research project that would culminate in student presentations.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 20, 2016
By Amy Brown More schools are transforming their traditional libraries into innovative makerspaces, giving students the chance to experiment and grow in new and exciting ways.
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Digital Promise
JANUARY 19, 2016
Ken Eastwood is the superintendent of Middletown City School District , NY, a member of our League of Innovative Schools. In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability. We're mainstreaming those with special needs. And we're serving more and more students who are just learning English.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 18, 2016
Every Classroom Matters Episode 204 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Game mechanics are elements of gaming that you can design into your lesson plans to engage learners. Teacher Michael Matera shows us how to use them. We can engage students, even going up to year-long junior high version of “Game of Thrones” like teacher Michael Matera has done.
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Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 18, 2016
Flipped classroom is definitely a buzzword in education. It has been for years. And rightfully so — the model leverages technology to create an environment that can make a huge difference in many classrooms. Some people see the flipped classroom as something complex or hard to reach. With a little direction and some determination to [.].
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 20, 2016
By Amy Brown More schools are transforming their traditional libraries into innovative makerspaces, giving students the chance to experiment and grow in new and exciting ways.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 17, 2016
Every Classroom Matters episode 203 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The four minutes beginning and ending class matter most according to teacher Brian Sztabnik. Today we talk about how to make the most of those valuable minutes. How you handle these minutes may just determine whether you’re a good teacher or a great one.
Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 21, 2016
Jam-packed curriculum. State assessments and required lessons. Field trips and school assemblies. Our lesson plan books are already packed to the gills. Class time is so precious. With all the interruptions and impositions on it, we feel like we have to make the most of every minute, especially when lots of goals and benchmarks ride [.].
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 20, 2016
By D. Frank Smith A version of Minecraft customized for the classroom will give educators new tools and options to tailor the boundless game world to lesson plans.
A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 17, 2016
For following is a guest post authored by Dr. Bill Daggett , Founder and Chairman of the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). I believe that this a time when education can change in fundamental ways. The recently passed Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) will reverse the decades’ long trend of centralizing decisions about what students need to learn and how they must be assessed and put them back in the hands of local school districts as well as state education departments’ ha
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.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 16, 2016
A conference run by students [Guest Post] From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In 2015, Marymount School of New York’s Student Technology Team pose the question: what if students and teachers from around the world could share ideas about using technology in the classroom? As a result, the Student Technology Conference was born.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 20, 2016
Keeping parents informed about classroom activities is a challenge. They are busy with work, their children, and whatever personal life they can eke out of the sixteen hours that make up their waking day. The best method to reach them is with a short, pithy message that’s informative and easy to access. Here are three tools educators agree do exactly that: DialMyCalls.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 22, 2016
By D. Frank Smith School districts equipped with online learning options aren't hindered by snow closures.
Battelle for Kids
JANUARY 17, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 1, Number 7. Driving Question: What Does Blended Learning Look and Sound Like In A Classroom? Our district is gigantic. Buses travel more than 30,000 kms each day to deliver students to our many school sites. Virtual Connections enhance our students' learning opportunity so that no student has to miss any course or topic in the curriculum due to the size or isolation of the local school.
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.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 19, 2016
Every Classroom Matters episode 205 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The BBC Microbit is making its way into the hands of 1 million UK students. With BETT kicking up this week in the UK, learn the UK edtech news from teacher Mark Martin. From tools that he’s excited about, to the new Computer Science curriculum in the UK, Mark shares his views on edtech.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 18, 2016
Storyboard That is a leader among online digital storytelling tools thanks to its comic-based themes, clean layout, vast collection of story pieces, varied strip options, and intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Students can map out ideas, write stories, or relay events in a comic format using Storyboard That’s huge library of backgrounds, characters, text boxes, shapes, and images.
Neo LMS
JANUARY 20, 2016
Everywhere we go, here and there, people always seem to have a mobile device in their hands, be it a smartphone or a tablet. It’s almost a sin not to own a mobile device. Our mobile devices are online 24/7. People in a café now usually ask the staff for the Wi-Fi password, and if there’s no Wi-Fi one can always tap the power of cellular data and stay connected to friends.
Battelle for Kids
JANUARY 20, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 1, Number 9. Project Based Learning + Technology = Deeper Learning. Why are Project Based Learning and technology a winning combination? How can they lead to Deeper Learning? How can I make it happen in my classroom? The Oxford dictionary defines integrate as "to combine of two or more things to make something more effective." Integrating technology and instruction can make learning more effective.
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Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 21, 2016
This year, I’ve focused on using the Station Rotation Model to create smaller learning communities within our larger class, spend more time working in small groups with students, differentiate instruction, and make the most of our limited technology. Bestseller! Available on Amazon.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 19, 2016
How do teachers filter out all the social media noise to find the tech products that will transform their classrooms? I’d like to think we troll the online tech-in-ed ezines, review what the experts say and draw conclusions that fit our class environment. Truth is, most teachers I know don’t have time for that. They’re busy teaching, mentoring, chatting with parents, and grading papers.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JANUARY 21, 2016
Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers remind us that it’s important for school leaders to disconnect from their digital, online environments and be reflective. But Steven Johnson reminds us that ‘the great driver of … innovation has been the historic increase in connectivity.” Finding the balance is tough but essential… No related posts.
Battelle for Kids
JANUARY 18, 2016
Volume 3, Issue 1, Number 8. Driving Question: What Does Blended Learning Look and Sound Like In A Classroom? "I give up. I can't keep up. It's all way too much!" Ever felt like giving up when trying to monitor the managing 28-30 students doing projects at one time? Ever wonder how you are going to deal with all the mandates such as Common Core and Next Gen Standards at one time and still reach all our kids?
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.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 21, 2016
By Geoff Mulligan The Internet Protocol for Smart Objects Alliance focuses on how devices can communicate with each other. .
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 16, 2016
Most prospective buyers start by going to the seller’s website before purchasing. An online presence has become a vital importance for not just business owners or service providing companies, but teacher-consultants who offer online classes, mentoring, and lesson plans to fellow educators. Thanks to a plethora of reliable and affordable web hosting companies, you no longer need ‘weebly’ or ‘wordpress’ appended to your online profile.
Educational Technology Guy
JANUARY 21, 2016
Evernote Clearly is a great browser extension that cleans up a web page so that jus the article is visibgle for viewing, eliminating distractions like ads and other links. It is a great tool for students to use to help them focus on what they are reading. Unfortunately, Evernote is not going to support it anymore (to focus more on their core app) and you won't even be able to download it after tomorrow.
Education Elements
JANUARY 20, 2016
In some ways, creating a successful personalized learning classroom is similar to winning a basketball game.
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.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 19, 2016
By EdTech Staff Managed tablet subscriptions can help IT leaders meet mobility requirements without overspending. .
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 22, 2016
Dear Otto is an occasional column where I answer questions I get from readers about teaching tech. If you have a question, please contact me at askatechteacher at gmail dot com and I’ll answer it here. For your privacy, I use only first names. Here’s a great question I got from a reader: I have a lesson plan I created in MS Word and then converted to PDF so I could share with my grade level team (everyone doesn’t have Word).
Brilliant or Insane
JANUARY 18, 2016
Brilliant or Insane. Today is a holiday. If you are like many people around the country and don’t have the day off from work, you may not have realized it. It’s not Christmas or Thanksgiving or even the 4th of July. Today is, however, indeed a holiday. Students around America recognize it as Martin Luther King Day — […]. The post Are You Talking About Martin Luther King?
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JANUARY 16, 2016
January 16, 2016 Below is a collection of some useful iPad apps to use to turn your photons into comics and create carbonized pictures. Students can use to create beautiful cartoons to use in their.read more.
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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