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A Magical Summer Reading List | Edutopia : " The phenomenon of the summer slide is well established. It relates to a number of factors that aren’t always simple, though for families and communities with resources it’s a fairly straightforward matter of being aware and finding easy ways to keep kids reading. But regardless of resources, using fairy tales in summer is one great solution with younger kids." 'via Blog this'

The One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade. Here’s What’s Next. | EdSurge News : "“The mental model of how schools are organized is very strong, especially when it comes to staffing,” says Bryan Hassel, the co-president of Public Impact, which authored the report along with the Clayton Christensen Institute. “So changing that requires some effort.” For the report, called “Innovative Staffing to Personalize Learning,” the two organizations scoured their personal networks and lists of high-performing schools to find ones that took a different approach to classroom organization, eventually finding eight schools and school networks with instructive lessons to share." 'via Blog this'

Where Are All the Faculty in the Open Education Movement? | EdSurge News : "Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. And as an active member in what advocates define as the “open education movement,” I frequently hear about the growing dissatisfaction of textbook costs and pedagogical concerns among faculty about outdated course materials." 'via Blog this'

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GROWTH MINSETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT GROWTH MINDSET A Simple Tool for Fostering Growth Mindset You can have students use an old technology—ballpoint pens—to keep their mistakes and revisions, and their learning, visible. By  Courtney Sears September 21, 2017 ©photoalto/500px 1K  SHARE 24  COMMENTS READ LATER   BOOKMARK Our second-grade team works hard to nurture a growth mindset in our students. We begin the year with morning messages about how our brains can grow and change. We read and discuss books about characters who learn from their mistakes. In our classroom makerspaces, we explicitly teach lessons on persistence and flexibility, and in math class our students work collaboratively to solve problems with multiple solutions or multiple paths to the solution.

JP-ik unveils a new retail brand - mymaga After years of experience providing ICT Education solutions with over 6 million netbooks delivered throughout the world, JP-ik has taken another step forward and created mymaga, a new brand that aims to form a new educational concept. mymaga delivers portable solutions able to take learning anywhere, and powerful enough to perfom scientific assignments. A close relationship with Intel and the identification of new learning possibilities were the spark that created mymaga. The first line of devices is called FLUX and brings a 7 an 10-inch childproof tablets with some exclusive features that will be in the european market soon. With round edges and a rugged surface, FLUXmini (7'') and FLUX (10'') are designed to keep up with the agitated pace of young learners. Packed with Intel Education Software and an exclusive Science Kit that includes a Microlens, a Thermal Probe and a mymaga Earphones, students...

mymaga : mymaga™ is a brand of JP – inspiring knowledge. Founded in 1989, JP – inspiring knowledge drawn from the experience gathered for years in the Technology sector to enter the Education field in 2008. Our beginnings  - mymaga is a brand of JP – inspiring knowledge. Founded in 1989, JP – inspiring knowledge drawn from the experience gathered for years in the Technology sector to enter the Education field in 2008. JP-IK quickly became the leader of a global reference initiative pioneering ICT -based Education. The partnership with Intel® allowed JP-IK to become the largest company deploying Intel® Classmate student devices, having delivered over 6 million netbooks throughout the world, directly and through partners.With a vast experience providing educational solutions, JP-IK has created mymaga™. This new brand aims to be a breath of fresh air in the market and a revolutionary concept that will engage children and parents into a funnier and rewarding learning experience. Our...

How Online Education Has Changed In 10 Years | Edudemic : We all know that education, specifically online education, has come a long way in the last few years. We’ve already taken a look back –  way back  – at online education as we rarely think of it (in the 1960′s and 70′s), but it is also interesting to see just how much online learning has evolved in just the more recent past. Thanks to this handy infographic from OnlineColleges.org, we can take a look at the past decade of online education – and see just how much has been happening. Highlights To be considered ‘Online Learning’, 80+% of the content must be delivered online Only 30.2% of academic officers believe their faculty accept the value and legitimacy of online education 32% of students are currently taking at least one online course – an all time high 88.8% of academic leaders believe that a lack of student discipline is the biggest barrier to online education success

Pupil 104 Computer : A Notebook, A tablet, An E-book Reader in One | Tuvie : Take  Education  three steps further with  Pupil 104 , this convertible MG series computer provides a world of new possibilities, with a notebook, a tablet and an e-book reader. All in one machine! The design is based on round edges, with no sharp points, increasing the protection of children from all angles. Pupil 104 has also robust chassis, resistant to falls up to 80 cm. With an ergonomic design, the triangular shaped pen makes handling more comfortable. The keyboard keys are hard to remove and the lowercase characters are easily recognized by children, because is the way how they learn to write in school.

Foradian Technologies - Official Blog : Interesting story about the origin of ‘+’ and ‘-’ signs in arithmetic We can we never think of mathematics without the ‘+’ plus and ‘-’ minus signs. While we do have a plethora of mathematical symbols for division(÷), multiplication (×), integral ( ∫) etc, at its core its always the ‘+’ and ‘-’ symbols. From our elementary days, we’ve been taught about these two integral symbols. It could be considered as the ABC’s of mathematics and things wouldn't have been the same without them. The same symbols are used everywhere, around the world. A little curiosity to know how these originated and evolved to present form wouldn't hurt. The signs as used in the earliest civilizations The plus and minus signs (+ and −) are mathematical symbols used to represent operations of addition and subtraction as well as the notions of the positive and negative. Moreover, the Plus and Minus are Latin terms meaning "more" and "less", ...

Education Week: Districts Forge School-to-Home Digital Connections : But education leaders are wrestling with how to put measures in place to allow school-issued digital devices to go home with students Ashley McCaslin teaches in a one-room schoolhouse on the island of Frenchboro, about eight miles off the coast of Maine. In her classroom, where seven students span six grade levels—from kindergarten to 7th grade—each has his or her own state-issued MacBook. Whether class members are participating in a video discussion via Skype in reading groups with students in other communities, writing essays in Google Docs, or building a social studies wiki, McCaslin sees the laptops as their key link to the outside world. And, she says, for the 7th graders, who take the devices home in the evenings and on weekends, they offer nothing short of salvation.

Digital Inclusion 'Imperative' for American Education -- THE Journal : Despite tough economic circumstances and sequestration, federal investment in education technology "can't wait," according to United States Representative George Miller, who addressed education leaders Monday at the CoSN 2013 conference in San Diego, CA. Miller, senior Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, has introduced legislation that would bring back funding specifically targeted toward technology in education, funding that has dried up with the end of Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The legislation, Transforming Education Through Technology (PDF), would authorize $750 million in fiscal year 2014 "and such sums as may be necessary for each of the succeeding 4 years" to provide for the purchase of hardware, software, and services and to provide professional development for educators and ad...

Is This Now A Typical Classroom? - Edudemic : I just stumbled across an interesting photo originally posted on  Gizmodo . Their title was ‘Are Computers Ruining Education?’ which of course catches the eye but it’s really not the story. While there may be an influx of computer in classrooms these days … it’s nothing new. There are countless 1:1 classrooms now. It’s all in how those computers are used.

How A School Gets Students Excited To Learn Outside The Classroom  | edudemic While controlling an underwater remotely operated vehicle, Te’shon Dickens carefully collected submerged items, confident of his wiring and waterproofing. His team spent more than a month configuring the device. “This is pretty awesome – making and controlling your own submarine,” said 12-year-old Dickens, standing beside a pool Feb. 22 at Woodmen Hills Recreation Center in Peyton, Colo. He’s not a marine robotics technician.

Should teachers bring ICT into the classroom? | EurActiv : Education experts and lawmakers gathered this week in Brussels at the invitation of US software giant Microsoft to debate the role that information and communication technologies (ICT) should play in education. The new generations of children use ICT on a daily basis at home, but not as much in school as they should in order to stimulate creativity

Are Students' School Records Safe in the Cloud? | Care2 Causes : Would you want your child’s school records to be stored online in the cloud? These days, technology is an integral part of the school experience. From e-textbooks to internet research, most students do some of their schoolwork online every day. And soon, students (and their parents) may be able to access their school records from cloud-based services. But what are the benefits and risks that come with storing data in the cloud?

Old Computers Makes the Number in Monroe's Schools Misleading - Monroe, CT Patch : ...  Technology has played an important role in Connecticut schools for decades now, and up-to-date computer system infrastructures will be a necessity for the state's school districts beginning in 2014-2015, when state-wide testing of the  Common Core State Curriculum is fully implemented . While CMT and CAPT tests worked with old-fashioned pencil and paper, the 2014-2015 common core tests will use computer adaptive testing almost exclusively to more accurately assess how well students understand the material,  according to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium website.  As students take the tests, the exams will adjust the difficulty level depending on how well students are answering the questions. "The State Department of Education is currently undertaking a modeling exercise to analyze districts' technology capacity and needs related to the Smarter Balanced assessments, i...

When computers run the classroom: The challenge of teaching in a technology-driven world - The Western Front: Education: education, teaching, internet, online classes, : It’s no secret that technology is changing education. Much of learning is done through the Internet; students blog, comment and take classes fully online. Western Washington University has  online-only courses and degree programs . Case in point? You’re reading this online right now. It serves to reason, then, that teachers have to take the next step by learning how to teach in a technology-driven world. This isn’t easy, particularly for those who didn’t grow up in the Facebook generation.

Poor computing education widening UK skills gap | Game Development | News by Develop : Just 3,420 A-Level students take up computing during 2011/12; Only 376 in London The low take-up of computing in UK schools is hurting growth in UK tech industries, a new report from Next Gen Skills has claimed. The report highlighted statistics from the Department of Education that showed just 3,420 A-Level students had taken up computing during 2011/2012, down from a high of 12,529 in 1998. Of those who entered, only 376 students enrolled in computing A-levels in London. Six central London boroughs such as Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Southwark meanwhile only had 33 A-level students in computing, despite being identified by the Greater London Authority as having the highest concentration of tech in Europe. In response to the statistics, industry luminary and Next Gen Skills co-chair Ian Livingstone said that English schools were “failing to produce students ...