Tom Murray

JANUARY 29, 2018

Simply put, educators are some of the most dynamic, creative, brilliant people on the planet. When we work alone, our effectiveness will be capped at our own potential. When we work together, our brilliance will only be capped by our own egos and pride. So how can we best leverage our collective expertise? Attending a large number of conferences each year, and running a number of Future Ready events, I have the opportunity to work alongside so many educators from coast to coast.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Pam Moran on episode 241 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran.

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Ditch That Textbook

JANUARY 29, 2018

Many classrooms are coming into the digital age, but that doesn’t mean that face-to-face interaction has lost its value. In fact, when they’re both used together, fantastic, engaging learning can happen. That’s the beauty of blended learning: a combination of in-person, face-to-face activities and digital learning. G Suite has plenty of options for making this […].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Swiss-based Cikumas makes the creation and implementation of virtual classrooms quick, intuitive, and without the steep learning curve that so often accompanies LMSs (Learning Management Systems). The minimalist nature of this ecosystem makes it easy for students to complete their work and teachers to engage with them. In the crowded field of K-16 LMSs, Cikumas offers a refreshing philosophy that online learning is about engagement between participants facilitated by the automation of assignmen

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 29, 2018

7 Mistakes That Quality Assessments Avoid contributed by Daniel R. Venables, Founding Director of the Center for Authentic PLCs This post has been updated with additional resources and republished It’s that time of the school year when teachers are facing writing their first or second wave of unit tests and assessments. The following list of items […].

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Battelle for Kids

JANUARY 29, 2018

In just a few months P21 will welcome 400 educators from around the world to our Patterns of Innovation conference in Napa.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 29, 2018

The New Google Sites has released today a new feature which allows you to control who can see the content you publish on your Google Sites. This feature allows you to publish your content to a.read more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2018

One of the most prominent researchers and critics of how learning technologies are built and used in higher education is joining, temporarily, one of the biggest tech companies in the world. As first reported by Inside Higher Ed, Candace Thille, an assistant professor of education at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, will be working for Amazon as the company’s Director of Learning Science and Engineering.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 29, 2018

In this episode of the Microsoft Innovative Educator, Spotlight Series Podcast, we speak with Principal Product Manager Mike Tholfsen from the Microsoft Education Team about his favorite moments from 2017. The post Looking Back at 2017 and reflecting on amazing moments with Microsoft Education appeared first on TeacherCast. In this episode of the Microsoft Innovative Educator, Spotlight Series Podcast, we speak with Principal Product Manager Mike Tholfsen from the Microsoft Education Team about

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 29, 2018

20 Of The Best Tutoring Apps For Teachers by TeachThought Staff What are the best tutoring apps for teachers and students? Well, believe it or not, what actually qualifies as a ‘tutoring app’ isn’t clear-cut. Is it a tutoring platform–one where actual tutoring of content is available? Is it mainly for teachers wanting to tutor […].

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2018

When the word “collaboration” is spoken in a school, it is not always welcomed with open arms. Educators or leaders who have had success or are comfortable working solo may feel they are being encroached on or that their ideas are being invaded. However, when your school community respects each other and acknowledges individual skills and participation, all staff can move forward in a positive environment while also becoming learners.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

This essay is crossposted from the #OER18 website. 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of open content. I’ll be writing a range of essays this year reflecting on two decades of work toward opening the core intellectual infrastructure of education (textbooks and other educational materials, assessments, and outcomes / objectives / competency statements) in order to increase access to and improve the effectiveness of education.

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ProfHacker

JANUARY 29, 2018

For those who like to keep class records electronically, a quick search of the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store will turn up a variety of attendance apps. (See, for example, Attendance2 for iOS, which Brian wrote about some years ago, or Attendance for Android.) Many such apps allow you to add photos and can integrate with Google Sheets. It’s also possible, though, to create such a mobile “app” yourself, using Google Forms.

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The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 29, 2018

Most teachers don't just teach at one school. They teach at multiple schools at once. There's the school we work in, the school that happens outside of our classrooms, the school that gets presented to any number of stakeholders for pomp, circumstance, and evaluations, and the school that shows up in the data sets somewhere in a dozen offices and "great schools" websites.

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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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TeacherCast

JANUARY 29, 2018

In this episode of the TechEducator Podcast, we discuss how any teacher, no matter what subject or grade level can bring robotics into their curriculum. Our guests tonight are from Microbric, the creators of the Edison Robots and from Sphero, the creators of the Sphero and BB-8 Robot. The post STEM Education: Can We Really Bring Robotics into the General Education Classroom?

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 29, 2018

Preview Student Work and Add a Screenshot Faster than opening students documents is to preview their work in Google Drive. I try to be in the habit of taking a screenshot of student work when I look at when I comment on it. In an age of dynamic documents, your comment may not match the […]. The post Preview Student Work and Add a Screenshot appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 29, 2018

Welcome to the Jersey Educator Podcast, a show created by NJEA members … for NJEA members. Whether you are a teacher, an education support professional, or a New Jersey Student Education Association member, this show will serve as a platform to help YOU bring out the best in your students. each and… The post Surprise Medical Bills: What Can You Do … and Who Should You Call?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2018

The sun was high overhead as we stood in the open, slowly baking in the hundred- degree heat, which was abnormally hot for late October, even by southern California standards. It was late in the afternoon of day three of our expedition, and we weren’t sure what to expect as we got out of the van. As one of 26 middle school teachers participating in EarthEcho International’s Water by Design Expedition, part of an annual program that leverages exploration and discovery to bring STEM education aliv

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

A new report says the state of Mississippi does not do enough to regulate for-profit colleges. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Mississippi’s regulatory oversight of for-profit colleges is weak, and the state does not do enough to protect students from these sometimes predatory institutions, according to a new national report by the Children’s Advocacy Institute.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 29, 2018

Looking for some good and reliable photo editing tool? Fotophire software has you covered. It provides you with a host of interesting features that help you turn your photos into beautiful works of.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. One of the big policy debates in education is whether paying teachers bonuses increases student achievement along with teachers’ bank accounts. A new federal report puts a fresh twist on this old debate: does it matter if something works if the benefit is very tiny? And its findings also shed light on why even the very best research doesn’t tell us much about how merit pay works and whether it’s worthwhile.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 29, 2018

Every year, writes teacher leader Jennifer Smith, schools "muddle through" standardized testing days trying to design schedules that take less time away from productive learning. Her 5th grade team tried a fresh approach that both engaged and energized test-weary kids.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

. In the global marketplace, business students are demanding coursework that gives them a window on the world. They want to develop a global mindset, understand the world and find inspiration to come up with the next big thing. Businesspeople need to understand human nature more than ever before. That’s why the liberal arts and business education must go hand in hand.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 29, 2018

If you're headed to the TCEA Convention and Exposition you can join us live and face-to-face for one or both of two Global Education Day sessions we'll be holding there on February 5. See the additional information below, and the registration link. Or if you won't be with us in Texas , you can follow along and get all the resources online and for free!

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

In 2008, three years after Hurricane Katrina, Joey LaRoche returned to his native New Orleans to teach math. Through Teach for America, he was assigned to teach in a charter school. After Katrina, the state legislature had wrested control of New Orleans’ public schools from the local school board and turned most of the schools into charters. These new schools needed to address the city’s abysmal test scores and graduation rates, so they put more resources into academics and college preparation.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 29, 2018

When Ms. Foretich (art teacher) and I finished sharing Love by Matt de la Pena & Loren Long with our 3rd graders, we flipped back to one image in the book. This image always surprised students when I read the book aloud. It’s the only image in the book that is zoomed in so close. There was always a collective gasp or audible reaction, and we often had to stop and talk about what this image was all about.

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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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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 29, 2018

Ed-tech businesses including LearnPlatform and TeacherGaming raised funds. Also, education management solutions provider ASSIST and Brainly announced acquisitions. The post K-12 Dealmaking: LearnPlatform, TeacherGaming Raise Funds; ASSIST, Brainly Make Acquisitions appeared first on Market Brief.

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MindShift

JANUARY 29, 2018

The lack of clear evidence that adding technology to classrooms makes them more effective has dimmed some of the excitement around its potential to radically transform learning. Advocates for technology are quick to point out that implementation matters , and getting the most out of technology that allows students to create, collaborate and connect across space and time will require fundamental shifts in teaching.

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Reading By Example

JANUARY 29, 2018

When I am not blogging, it usually means I am on a tech sabbatical, on vacation (I wish!), or working on a writing project. Lately, I have been reading and enjoying Regie Routman’s new resource Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence, and Equity for All Learners. Like Regie’s previous work, this book is a necessary text for any teacher of literacy (see: you).

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 29, 2018

Help Teaching is an excellent site for educators, parents, and others looking for educational resources such as quiz/test creators, online assessments, or worksheets/printables. These printables are for K-12 and cover a wide range of subjects. Also, there is a test/virtual room where students can take online assessment and get results in real time. I highly recommend checking out Help Teaching by clicking here !!!

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AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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