Buncee released a brand new experience for users this summer. I have been using Buncee quite a bit at my school for student-created presentations. The two stand-out features that drew me to Buncee initially were: 1. ability to record audio (slide voice-overs) right within the web tool; 2. ability to add images/video via search within the web tool to eliminate having to navigate away from the presentation to search for media. MORE
Teacher Reboot Camp
AUGUST 26, 2015
Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward ! . “[The hashtag] it served as a way to carry on a conversation with a diverse audience.”- The Huffington Post. Venezuela, Jan. 2015. Goal: Initiate or support a hashtag movement. Accomplish this goal by creating your own hashtag on social media, getting your students to create their own hashtag movements, or working as a class to create a class hashtag movement.
Battelle for Kids
AUGUST 26, 2015
August 27, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 9, Number 13. In my recent article in the Future of Education MediaPlanet supplement , I talked about how the 21st century is the time when we have to stop envisioning education as existing exclusively within classroom walls, and instead focus on all the myriad learning experiences a child has throughout life that prepare him or her for the real world.
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EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 26, 2015
By Eric Patnoudes It's time to move beyond incremental changes in the classroom.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 26, 2015
Jason is the communications director at Digital Promise. You can reach him on Twitter @jtomassini. We hear a lot about the need for students to “learn at their own pace.” That instead of sitting in rows of desks with a teacher delivering the same information to everyone, students should be able to develop skills and explore knowledge whenever and wherever is best for them.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 26, 2015
If you subscribe to Ask a Tech Teacher, you are eligible for specials on tech ed books and ebooks every month. Here are some of the specials subscribers have received: 25 lesson plans for $21. Discount on tech ed resources like 98 Tech Tips. Free tech ed resources like 19 Posters. There’s one coming up in a week–be sure to subscribe so you are eligible.
Brilliant or Insane
AUGUST 26, 2015
Brilliant or Insane. With summer in full swing, many parents are still be looking for ways to keep their child occupied and on the path to success. Extracurricular activities, regardless of the student’s age, are a great way to do this. Rather than just plopping them down in front of the T.V., getting kids involved with a soccer camp, […]. The post Why Extracurricular Activities Are Crucial to Learning appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Teacher Reboot Camp
AUGUST 26, 2015
Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward ! . “[The hashtag] it served as a way to carry on a conversation with a diverse audience.”- The Huffington Post. Venezuela, Jan. 2015. Goal: Initiate or support a hashtag movement. Accomplish this goal by creating your own hashtag on social media, getting your students to create their own hashtag movements, or working as a class to create a class hashtag movement.
TeacherCast
AUGUST 26, 2015
As the 2015 school year begins, I’m looking forward to several major events. I’m excited to be starting a new position as a Technology Integration Specialist in a fantastic school district in North Jersey. I am also excited about the relocation of my family almost 120 miles north. Due to this move, I am extremely excited to be able to create a pretty wicked podcasting studio to become the home of TeacherCast.
EdTechTeacher
AUGUST 26, 2015
Here at EdTechTeacher, we take pride in the fact that all of our Instructors and Presenters have been experienced classroom teachers as well as dynamic speakers. Not only do they have a wide array of knowledge in their field, but they also possess insights into the future of education. This summer and fall, we want to introduce you to our EdTechTeacher instructors and some of our EdTechTeacher iPad Summit Boston Featured Speakers in a new series called #ETTchat.
techieMusings
AUGUST 26, 2015
Buncee released a brand new experience for users this summer. I have been using Buncee quite a bit at my school for student-created presentations. The two stand-out features that drew me to Buncee initially were: 1. ability to record audio (slide voice-overs) right within the web tool; 2. ability to add images/video via search within the web tool to eliminate having to navigate away from the presentation to search for media.
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.
EdTechTeacher
AUGUST 26, 2015
Check out this new video from EDUCAUSE with four experts, including EdTechTeacher co-founder and iPad Summit Boston Keynote Speaker, Justin Reich addressing the question, “Why is measuring learning difficult?” On his blog, EdTechResearcher , Justin says this video has “some good reflections on learning analytics, data, MOOCs, testing, pyschometrics, and more with a nice balance of humility and optimism.
MiddleWeb
AUGUST 26, 2015
Of all the ways educators can improve learning in their classrooms, "the Number 1 way is to strengthen students’ speaking and listening skills and habits," writes teaching coach and literacy expert Sarah Tantillo. Oral fluency deepens understanding dramatically.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 26, 2015
August 26, 2015 Google Slides is a powerful application that allows you to create, edit and share presentations. There are a wide variety of interesting features provided by Slides which make it an.read more.
ProfHacker
AUGUST 26, 2015
[ Maha Bali is Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Her primary role is a faculty developer but she also teaches educational game design to undergrads and ed tech to in-service teachers. She is a co-facilitator of edcontexts.org and columnist at Hybrid Pedagogy. She blogs at [link] and tweets @bali_maha.].
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.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 26, 2015
August 26, 2015 Lesson Flows is a new service provided by Common Sense Graphite to enable teachers to effectively integrate technology in their lesson plans. The premise behind Lesson Flows is to.read more.
eSchool News
AUGUST 26, 2015
Collaboration and creation do not lend themselves to rows of desks. What is the future of learning spaces? Ed. note : This post, the first of a three-part series, was originally published on SmartBlog on Education. The spaces we inhabit have a profound effect on how we inhabit them. Space induces a particular way of feeling, of being. What are we saying to our children with we line them up in 5×8 rows facing the same direction toward a voice of authority?
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
AUGUST 26, 2015
August 26, 2015 For those of you using or planning to use Macs in their instruction, the apps below are absolutely worth considering. These are apps we have covered in separate posts in the past. We.read more.
Edutopia
AUGUST 26, 2015
Pernille Ripp Student Voice Students' ownership of the classroom and learning begins when you communicate that you're listening, that you respect them, and that they can trust you.
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eSchool News
AUGUST 26, 2015
Career and technical education in Arkansas takes a leap forward with CP. The students at Hot Springs High School in Hot Springs, Arkansas will soon have another option to choose from when it comes to high-quality preparation for college and career readiness. Hot Springs High School was recently authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate’s newest educational program, the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme, or CP.
Edutopia
AUGUST 26, 2015
Photo credit: woodleywonderworks via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Matt Davis Diversity How can teachers prepare for diverse classrooms? There isn't a definitive answer, but there is a wealth of resources online. Here, blogger Matt Davis rounds up some helpful links for teachers.
Gaggle Speaks
AUGUST 26, 2015
Last Friday, an electric equipment explosion in downtown Los Angeles left a dozen buildings without power , including the nearby Staples Center. While one of the buildings is home to professional sports teams, more importantly to us another building maintains one of our data centers. Throughout the loss of power, we continued to serve our customers.
Edutopia
AUGUST 26, 2015
Photo credit: U.S. Department of Education via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Mary Beth Hertz Classroom Management Before getting into the minutiae of classroom management, consider how you organize your space, what learning looks like, and how you're building relationships with families.
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.
eSchool News
AUGUST 26, 2015
myON introduces new user interfaces and experiences for students and faculty, new writing tools and updated reporting features. myON has announced a redesign of its personalized literacy environment for PreK-12. myON spoke with administrators, teachers, library-media specialists, and students throughout the development process to ensure their feedback was incorporated within the new design and features. myON 3.0 includes new student and educator interfaces, advancements in content recommendation
Teacher Tech
AUGUST 26, 2015
The Google Classroom team is always listening to teachers and in response to feedback they have added the feature to be able to reuse a post in your stream. Plus Icon To add an assignment, announcement, or question to the stream click on the plus icon now located in the bottom right-hand corner. The top […].
eSchool News
AUGUST 26, 2015
Naviance Test Prep aims to support students preparing for the redesigned version of the SAT exam. Hobsons has launched Naviance Test Prep, a new online learning platform that is intended to make test prep engaging and personalized for students. The new solution uses game-based mechanics to deliver content from leading publishers, including McGraw Hill, Allen Prep, Cengage Learning, and MasteryPrep. “At Hobsons, we recognize the importance of early preparation and academic preparedness when
techlearning
AUGUST 26, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00 ) Hear how former Superintendent, Dr. Gregory Firn, incorporated technology to build a data-driven culture that improved.
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.
ProfHacker
AUGUST 26, 2015
Internet Explorer’s got ’em. Firefox’s got ’em. Chrome’s got ’em. Safari’s got ’em. Just about every major browser’s got ’em: extensions. What’s a browser extension? I’m guessing you already know this: it’s a free add-on tool designed to supplement or customize the built-in functions of your Web browser. You can use extensions to do such things as. improve your workflow , enhance and streamline your research process , evaluate a web page for accessibility , or. block advertisements that intrude
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
AUGUST 26, 2015
We are over the moon with excitement that Cassie Beasley is coming to our school on September 3 thanks to her, her publisher Penguin Random House, and Avid Bookshop. Sometimes author visits happen at the last minute, but this one has been in the works since the summer. I read the book and fell in love with the story. Even before I was done, I was talking with Avid Bookshop about the possibility of Cassie coming to our school.
Edutopia
AUGUST 26, 2015
Photo credit: Berkeley Unified School District via flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Darri Stephens Back to School When establishing that first contact with parents on back-to-school night, start the year right by being transparent, direct, and consistent.
Learning with 'e's
AUGUST 26, 2015
In this series of short posts, I'm writing about my top ten selfies with people who have inspired me or have influenced my thinking. Previous selfie posts can also be viewed on this blog. I met American teacher, artist and edupunk Amy Burvall last year. Our pathways crossed when we were attending different events in London and so we arranged met up for a few drinks.
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