EdTech
Difference Making
How to Create Your Anywhere, Anytime Learning Playlist
By: Lisa Haugh. Just like a music playlist for working out or relaxing, you can build a customized learning playlist to get your career jamming too. Here are some tips for getting started.
EdTech
4 Features of Great Mobile Learning Apps
By: Alan Schwartz. The average U.S. student spends 8 to 10 hours per day on a mobile phone, mostly on social media platforms. So how can EdTech providers grab a small slice of students’ mobile time and turn it into more productive learning activities?
EdTech
The 6 Keys to Building a Community of Readers
By: Dr. Ruben Alejandro. A superintendent shares his approach to literacy, which includes providing free books for preschoolers, striving for universal connectivity and partnering with local businesses.
EdTech
Generic vs Coherent Teacher Prep
We’ve inherited sedimentary layers of local, state and federal EdPolicy--not system designed to prepare young people for the idea economy and not an easy system in which to teach. In contrast we know that good schools are coherent--everything is mission-aligned to benefit teachers and students. The benefits of purpose-built coherent teacher preparation hold the potential to extend quality learning for all teachers and students.
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EdTech Products Supporting ELL
Globalization means more interaction between native speakers of different languages, and continued U.S. immigration means more English Language Learners (ELL). Both are served by the expansion of mobile access, the explosion of EdApps and the rise of machine learning. Here are nearly 100 programs and apps we reviewed over the last month that can benefit ELLs in some way.
EdTech
What High School Students Thought of SXSWedu
By: Coronado High School Students. Two high school students share their perspective on what they enjoyed and what could improve after their visit to SXSWedu.
EdTech
El Paso Adopts Active Learning with Plan That Powers Innovation
El Paso ISD elected trustees have officially turned the corner from a decade of test prep to a new era of “Active Learning” by adopting a strategic plan called EPISD 2020 that includes expanding dual-language education, adding technology and providing active learning environments and stronger support systems.
Personalized Learning
5 Reasons Your Voice Matters in the ISTE Standards for Students Refresh
By: Carolyn Sykora. Have a voice in the development of the 2016 ISTE Standards for Student. Public comment is open until March 31. You can provide feedback via survey or lead a discussion with colleagues and students with an ISTE Standards Refresh DIY toolkit.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Everything You’re Missing While at SXSWedu
This week’s EdTech 10 is inspired by the news that you won’t find coming out of SXSWedu, all the stories that are keeping the home fires burning.
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EdTech 10: 20 Years from Now, Learning Will Look Like This
This week’s EdTech 10 is inspired by the predictions and energy from the voices and positivity generated from our exploration of what learning will look like in the year 2035.