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Sharin Tebo

Turn snow days into e-learning days with these 6 simple steps | eSchool News | eSchool ... - 40 views

  • It’s time for e-learning to become common place in public schools, starting with snow days.
    • Sharin Tebo
       
      Just because students are not at school doesn't mean the learning stops. What instead of mandating kids have internet access at home, there are pre-made activities that don't foresee the dependency on the Internet and instead, can be approved by a parent/guardian signature that such learning activities took place during the day off school for whatever reason.
  • Online learning also helps teachers reduce their stress load. It provides a predictable avenue for educators to budget their curriculum goals with available teaching days. Finally, e-learning days provide students with academic consistency and predictability, eliminating any snow day confusion.
Patty Cunningham

New copyright ruling affects educators | Communication and Collaboration | eSchoolNews.com - 112 views

  • The Copyright Office deemed K-12 teachers and students ineligible for the exemption, and instead indicated that they should use only screen captures of a film, because K-12 education doesn’t need access to visually high-quality clips, officials ruled.
    • Nancy White
       
      Why???
    • Seth Bowers
       
      I think the answer is in the following paragraph. $$$
    • Patty Cunningham
       
      I agree with Seth. Many of our high school students are taking college classes or AP classes, so that doesn't make any sense.
ExergameLab

Reading instruction: Getting it right the first time | Best Practices News | eSchoolNew... - 44 views

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    In his sweeping 2004 article, Preventing Early Reading Failure, Joseph Torgesen established that the reading skills students acquire in their earliest elementary years are critical predictors of their academic success throughout elementary, middle, and high school. It's during those early formative years, Torgesen contends, that we need to closely monitor growth and provide the appropriate interventions for struggling students.
Elizabeth Resnick

Don't plan for technology; plan for learning | eSchool News - 119 views

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    learning design facilitator.  What information do we need? Make thinking visible.  Pedagogy.  Right information at the right time.  Shift learning process to students.
Jennie Snyder

Why schools must move beyond 'one-to-one computing' | eSchool News - 42 views

  • “Horrible, horrible, horrible implementation from every program I visited,” he said. “All of them were about the stuff, with a total lack of vision.” His research convinced him not to move forward with one-to-one computing.
  • “Yes. Unfortunately, too often I concur.”
  • Unless we break out of this limited vision that one-to-one computing is about the device, we are doomed to waste our resources.
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  • they are nothing more than “shiny new spaceships.”
dmassicg

Aspiring teachers ill-prepared to use ed tech effectively | eSchool News - 1 views

  • In spite of their comfort with using technology tools, two-thirds of aspiring teachers say they are learning how to integrate technology into instruction mostly through their field experiences as student teachers and by observing their professors, rather than the assignments they get in school.
Glenn Hervieux

Why your tech PD might be all wrong | eSchool News - 72 views

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    Tech training and PD should be about more than the device; it should have purpose. The key to professional learning is having an objective for your learning and then time to apply what you've learned. It does take time!
gomez nunez

10 of the best apps for education | eSchool News - 227 views

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    As iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches become included in curriculum, here are several education apps you might enjoy
acaciatrevillyan

This app is designed to reduce job burnout-and it's free for educators | eSchool News |... - 109 views

    • acaciatrevillyan
       
      To "destressify" just find 10 more minutes in your schedule. Hmm, not to sure about this one.  
Maggie Tsai

Why more schools aren't teaching web literacy-and how they can start | eSchool News - 95 views

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    See how Diigo is being used in schools
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