Today's Roundup begins at Education Dive with the news that Edudemic's founders, Jeff Dunn and Katie Lepi, have launched a new site designed to help teachers (and everyone) become better technology users. The article, "Edudemic Founders Launch New Online Learning Platform: Modern Lessons," outlines the site's goals and mentions that the majority of the site content is available free of charge!
Ed Surge has a new post detailing "How Teachers, Entrepreneurs Can Create Common Ground." The post covers Chicago's Education Technology Startup Collaboartive from last week. The Edtech event was a "collection of roundtables where entrepreneurs could engage in small group discussions with educators." No giant vendor booths, no flashy presentations, just conversations between teachers and product designers. Check out the article for more info.
Teach Thought starts off with a post outlining "The Defining Characteristic of Early 21st Century Learning." The article argues that in order to be a successful 21st century educator you really only need to be a master of one skill: being open to possibility. If you are able to run a "highly curious, question-based, connected and joyful" classroom that is open to possibility, and the rest will fall into place.
Teach Thought also has a post on "20 Reflective Questions to Help Students Response to Common Core Texts." The article discusses the basics of the new common core assessments and reflects on the questions presented in the image below (click for full size):
Teach Thought also has a post on "20 Reflective Questions to Help Students Response to Common Core Texts." The article discusses the basics of the new common core assessments and reflects on the questions presented in the image below (click for full size):
Free Tech for Teachers has four new resources to check out:
EduTech for Teachers has a new guest post up on "The Benefits of Multimedia Feedback for Students." The post offers the excellent suggestion of using software like camtasia to record yourself (the teacher) going through a student's assignment, offering "live" feedback, and adding comments to your assessment. It's an excellent (and speedy, once you get the hang of it) way to improve feedback.
I'm a big proponent of offering coding and programming classes in school and learning how to code is a great way to practice problem-solving and critical thinking skills. To that point, James Walker at Getting Smart has a new post up entitled, "Coding is Not Just for Computer Programmers." Walker argues that in addition to skills coding can teach a student, the number of job opportunities available to those who know how to code is ever-increasing. It's a subject should be taught in every school.
Alison Anderson at Getting Smart also has a new article on "Transforming Special Educaiton with iPads in LAUSD." The post focuses on the Los Angeles school district and how their special education program has been using iPads to transform their daily curriculum and intervention strategies.
Finally, if you're not familiar with the SAMR (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) Model it is used to understand how computer technology might affect teaching and learning (here's a good video explanation) To help make better connections between SAMR and 21st Century Skills, Susan Oxnevad at Getting Smart has a new post, "The SAMR Ladder Through the Lens of 21st Century Skills." In the article, Oxnevad has an interactive image (via ThingLink) that helps explain the connections between SAMR and the 21st century skills.
Alison Anderson at Getting Smart also has a new article on "Transforming Special Educaiton with iPads in LAUSD." The post focuses on the Los Angeles school district and how their special education program has been using iPads to transform their daily curriculum and intervention strategies.
Finally, if you're not familiar with the SAMR (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) Model it is used to understand how computer technology might affect teaching and learning (here's a good video explanation) To help make better connections between SAMR and 21st Century Skills, Susan Oxnevad at Getting Smart has a new post, "The SAMR Ladder Through the Lens of 21st Century Skills." In the article, Oxnevad has an interactive image (via ThingLink) that helps explain the connections between SAMR and the 21st century skills.
Finally, Ed Reach has four new podcasts up!
The Lightning Round...
- Teach Thought shares 10 Popular Blended Learning Resources Teachers Actually Use
- Educational Technology has a new Google Plus Cheat Sheet for Teachers
- Ed Tech also has 5 Great iPad Apps to Explore the Human Body in 3D
- Finally, Educational Technology shares 5 Great Ted Talks for Teachers
That's it for the Roundup today! Thanks for reading! We'll be back tomorrow and then on a short break until Tuesday. See you tomorrow!
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