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Teaching and learning in the 21st Century - meeting the pedagogical challenges of digital learning and innovation for the iGeneration
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Understanding Effect Size by BRIAN LETENDRE

Chief Data Science Officer Andrew Coulson comes back to the Inside Our MIND podcast for an ongoing conversation on edtech evaluation. Andrew provides an overview of effect size, as well as its importance in evaluation. How can educators and administrators dig deeper when looking at impact numbers?
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Next Vista - students making videos to help others learn  - A Student Explains How to Use Quotes via @rmbyrne

Next Vista - students making videos to help others learn  - A Student Explains How to Use Quotes via @rmbyrne | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Next Vista for Learning is a great place to find examples of students making videos to teach concepts to other students. Earlier thi
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32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies - Is your teaching practice continually improving?

32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies - Is your teaching practice continually improving? | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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10 simple ways to create more class time for instruction by @Angela_Watson

10 simple ways to create more class time for instruction by @Angela_Watson | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Every teacher needs more class time. And every year, it seems like there’s more and more content that needs to be covered and less time to teach it in, due to
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Why maths should be fun and creative, not a test of rote learning

Why maths should be fun and creative, not a test of rote learning | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Mathematician and educator Solomon Garfunkel believes instructors should favour originality and creative problem solving
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11 Sites to Teach You How To...

11 Sites to Teach You How To... | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
A wide variety of topics, with one thing in common--they teach you about technology in education: Common Core training–the Hunt Institute Common Craft--videos on wikis, phishing, etc. How-to videos...
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Use the Psychology of Surprise to Grab Your Learner’s Attention

Use the Psychology of Surprise to Grab Your Learner’s Attention | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
In order to capture your learner's attention, break a pattern, introduce the unexpected. Play with an essential emotion: surprise.
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How to Use the Ninja Program - Free Google Apps instruction for your students... and for you!

How to Use the Ninja Program - Free Google Apps instruction for your students... and for you! | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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9 Questions Every Successful Teacher should Ask

9 Questions Every Successful Teacher should Ask | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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3D Animations Demonstrating the Way Objects Work - K-12 Technology - via BigDealMedia

3D Animations Demonstrating the Way Objects Work - K-12 Technology - via BigDealMedia | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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If, When and How to Use Video in the Classroom by CURTIS CHANDLER

If, When and How to Use Video in the Classroom by CURTIS CHANDLER | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Teacher educator Curtis Chandler looks at the possibly excessive ‘video-fication’ of students and shares tips and tools to make sure videos augment learning.
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Khan Academy - Learn anything for any grade!

Khan Academy - Learn anything for any grade! | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
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Why the Best Teachers Won't Ditch the Lecture (EdSurge News)

Why the Best Teachers Won't Ditch the Lecture (EdSurge News) | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Recently, Stephen Kosslyn, the founding Dean of Minerva Schools, offered a great explanation of
why active learning is superior to lectures. While I admire and appreciate radical innovations in educational models like Minerva, I’d like to share a point of view that presents the lecture and act
Phillip Morgan's curator insight, August 5, 2015 6:13 AM

Creating an interactive learning session is a marking character of a good teacher.

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John Hattie & His High Impact Strategies

John Hattie & His High Impact Strategies | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
John Hattie's review of research revealed that teachers make a difference to how well kids do at school despite other hurdles they may face. Discover why
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Report: To Unlock Potential of Ed Tech, Use a 'Closed-Loop' Instructional Approach -- THE Journal

Report: To Unlock Potential of Ed Tech, Use a 'Closed-Loop' Instructional Approach -- THE Journal | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
A new report from the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group finds skills gaps in language arts, math science, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and curiosity among a range of countries and income levels and suggests that technology could help address the issue.
James J. Goldsmith's curator insight, March 19, 2015 9:43 AM

For those interested, a primer on the "Closed Loop" instructional approach.  Many are using this approach already but may not be calling it as such.

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Three ways to use iPads in the languages classroom

Three ways to use iPads in the languages classroom | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
Sponsored feature: 'It is the ability to marry teacher and tech that makes the iPad so formidable.' Will Strange explains his innovative approach to teaching modern foreign languages
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5 Obsolete Practices and Ways of Doing School We Need to Abandon

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Using Twitter and video in Training and instruction

Using Twitter and video in Training and instruction | iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation) | Scoop.it
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