8 principles to help you advance to Flipped Learning 3.0

BY LAURA ASCIONE, eSchool News

Flipped learning pioneer Jon Bergmann outlined critical steps to building an effective flipped learning school. At ISTE 2017, flipped learning pioneer Jon Bergmann introduced session attendees to Flipped Learning 3.0, and described the 8 principles that are crucial to any school’s flipped learning journey. Bergmann referenced the Flipped Learning Network’s definition as a pretty solid explanation for educators who are unsure: “Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into a dynamic, interactive learning environment where the educator guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively in the subject matter.”

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/07/27/flipped-learning-30/

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Fascinating library project has students award peace prize

BY ANDY PLEMMONS, eCampus News

A media specialist’s grade-wide interdisciplinary project shows students that their voices have power around the world.The Barrow Peace Prize is a cross-curricular project that allows 2nd-grade students to consider the character traits of peace and extend their voices to a global audience. Named for our school, David C. Barrow Elementary, the project begins with each student selecting one of six nominees from civil rights history to research. They then create a persuasive video essay as well as a watercolor painting showing why their chosen nominee best displays the qualities of peace. The videos are voted on by people from all over the world, and the nominee with the most votes (and the students who researched them) is awarded the Barrow Peace Prize.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/07/28/library-project-peace-prize/

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Students list the top 5 benefits of a campus app

BY LAURA ASCIONE, eCampus News

The right campus app can help support students’ academic success. A new survey reveals that while 38 percent of students are somewhat or very worried they will not graduate on time, students also say their campus app helps them stay on top of their academic responsibilities. The 2017 Student Life and Technology survey comes from DubLabs, a provider of personalized campus mobile applications focused on the student experience. The survey aims to understand today’s postsecondary student experience and it reveals potential barriers to graduation and how students are leveraging campus resources to stay on track.

https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-administration/top-5-benefits-campus-app/

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Senate Bill Aims to Provide Shot in Arm for CTE

By Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology

Career and technical education (CTE) will get a boost if bi-partisan legislation moves ahead. Recently, United States Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced a bill that would expand dual and concurrent enrollment in multiple directions. The Workforce Advance Act would allow states to invest dollars in increasing the number of courses offered and encourage school districts to bolster their CTE programs by incorporating college credit opportunities. The move came at the same time the House Education & the Workforce Committee voted to reauthorize the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which forms the baseline funding for CTE in this country.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/07/27/senate-bill-proposes-shot-in-arm-for-cte.aspx

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Poll Everywhere Update Adds Live Surveys

By Joshua Bolkan, Campus Technology

Poll Everywhere has updated its clicker-free response system, also dubbed Poll Everywhere, to offer live surveys. Poll Everywhere allows presenters to ask audiences questions, which the audience can then answer through mobile devices, Twitter or a browser. As a result of the update, teachers or students will now be able to give multi-question surveys to a class and get real-time results, embedding the surveys directly into PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides presentations.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/07/28/poll-everywherre-adds-live-surveys.aspx

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Earth Becomes Fertile Learning Ground for VESSS Program Students

by ECN Magazine

The VESSS program is an online Earth System Science course featuring a NASA scientific research and data-learning experience. In order for students to be selected for the summer academy at NASA Langley, they had to successfully complete seven web-based modules and a final project during the course of the school year. Students selected to participate in the summer academy were immersed in NASA-related research through interaction with scientists, engineers and technologists. The students were tasked to design a mission to explore the Earth systems through the launching of a satellite mission. The program is a partnership between the Virginia Space Grant Consortium and NASA Langley Research Center. Hampton University’s Center for Atmospheric Research and Education provided funding to offer the online course and Thomas Nelson Community College partnered to provide three dual-enrollment college credits.

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What Google’s virtual field trips look like in the classroom

By Stephen Noonoo, eSchool News

Google Expeditions are field trips with a virtual reality twist – google-expeditions. Last spring, Hector Camacho guided his high school economics class on comprehensive tours of the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve banks, and the Treasury Building. Students swept their eyes up countless Neoclassical columns before heading inside for a detailed look — all without leaving the library of their Mountain View, California school. The catch? Students were plugged into Google’s latest virtual reality creation — Expeditions, which creates immersive, 360-degree tours out of a cardboard viewer and a smartphone.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/07/23/google-expeditions-class-599/

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Growth of a combined high school, community college program

by Associated Press

More students flock to program that allows for simultaenous high school diploma, associate’s degree college-diploma. A River Parishes Community College (La.) program that lets students simultaneously earn a high school diploma and an associate’s degree will have its largest freshman class yet when school begins Aug. 10. The Advocate reports more than 100 ninth-graders have enrolled in what’s called the Early College Option program, a partnership of the community college and the Ascension Parish school district.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/07/24/combined-college-program-674/

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University gives students mobile personal assistants

By Andrew Barbour, eSchool News

Texas A&M at Galveston hopes a new personal assistant app will help students manage their time more effectively, engage more fully with the campus community—and stay in school. Many freshmen find the freedom—and responsibilities—of college overwhelming. Loosed from tightly scheduled lives overseen by hovering parents, they lack the ability to manage their own time and can struggle as a result. Nationwide, about a third of college freshmen drop out every year. Texas A&M at Galveston is hoping that a new mobile app will help address the problem by serving as a personal smart assistant for its students.

http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/mobile-personal-assistants-299/

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Three new developments in K-12 technology integration

By Laura Devaney, eSchool News

Technology skills for students and educators are essential for college and workforce success, particularly in an increasingly global economy. But how does technology integration match up with education leaders’ goals? Bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives continue to increase across the nation, and an annual school technology survey reveals that BYOD use or immediate planned use in secondary schools jumped from 60 percent in 2013 to 66 percent in 2014. According to the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 2014 Vision K-20 report, 85 percent of secondary, 66 percent of elementary, and 83 percent of K-12 district survey participants said mobile devices will be allowed in schools in the next five years.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/07/23/technology-integration-findings-934/

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Cornering a Missed Pocket of the Ed-Tech Market

by Julia Freeland, Entrepreneur

Pegged at an estimated $8 billion in 2013 by the Software & Information Industry Association, the education-technology market is reaching unprecedented heights. According to EdSurge, the ed-ech industry received more than $327 million in venture-capital investment in the second quarter of this year alone. Yet amid the boom in private investment and technology talent migrating into education, entrepreneurs don’t always know how new apps and tools will align with schools’ day-to-day needs. Technology companies would have a better chance of developing products that school systems would actually pay to use, if they had better insight into the market and knew what schools were trying to accomplish as they integrate technology, the variety of tools that schools are currently using and where schools’ demands remain unmet.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/235795

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Unexpected Ways Millennials Are Impacting Higher Education

by Zach Cutler, Huffington Post

The flipped classroom can be a great way to get Millennials involved and collaborating toward their own education. According to the NYU study, retention jumped to 90 percent when students were put in a teaching role. Allowing students to teach each other puts them in control of their own educational journey, getting students involved in the learning process with a hands-on perspective. Millennials are rapidly expanding the traditional college classroom, demanding more online learning solutions and a more collaborative atmosphere between students and teachers. If higher education institutions take note, they’ll be ready not only for Gen Y, but also for the upcoming Gen Z.

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