by EmergingEdTech | Oct 15, 2020 | Academic Technology
The year 2020 has been synonymous with the word change. We’ve had so many pivotal moments in 2020, including an abrupt and revolutionary change in our corporate and educational landscapes. The institutions that we had come to think of as unchanging, the...
by EmergingEdTech | Oct 12, 2020 | Academic Technology
I am proud of maintaining my enthusiasm to teach and inspire students even after 25 years of teaching. In fact, I am comfortable writing that I am enthusiastic to promote a love for learning more than ever. The majority of my teaching career has centered around...
by EmergingEdTech | Oct 5, 2020 | Academic Technology
Photo by August de Richelieu from Pexels As distance learning becomes part of our “new normal”, teachers are working harder than ever to implement effective online teaching methods and to make good use of tools for online learning. It can be hard to decide which new...
by EmergingEdTech | Sep 24, 2020 | Academic Technology
My daughter is in her senior year in high school this year and this “test optional” situation has certainly caused her, and my wife and I, some confusion. I’d been meaning to look into it further and this guest post from Matt Larriva helped me get my head around...
by EmergingEdTech | Sep 21, 2020 | Academic Technology
After advocating for video as a tool in the flipped classroom for many years now, I feel like this guest post by Victor Blasco may seem a little redundant. But he covers a lot of ground here, and with the pandemic still upon us, this may be more useful and thought...
by EmergingEdTech | Aug 27, 2020 | Academic Technology
There are as many ways to learn as there are learners in the world. Though several tried and true techniques are emulated or replicated by students worldwide, and while certain curricula or professors require certain areas of focus and/or methodologies when it comes...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 7, 2020 | Academic Technology
I misplaced my phone a few days ago, and I went crazy until I could find it. It was almost as if I couldn’t function. The funny thing is, I didn’t even own one until a few years ago. Yet, I somehow managed to get through my days in relative peace and...
by EmergingEdTech | Jun 30, 2020 | Academic Technology
Introduction Instant messaging is already an integral part of the average student’s life, and it can also have many uses to boost their education. Additionally, advances in technology mean chatbots are becoming increasingly versatile, and are now capable of enhancing...
by EmergingEdTech | May 27, 2020 | Academic Technology
When Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered schools closed throughout the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sending home millions of students to learn remotely, Cicero School District 99 was ready. The K-8 district of 14,000 students, southwest of...
by EmergingEdTech | May 26, 2020 | Academic Technology
A few months back, the College Board announced that the administration of the SAT tests was being significantly altered to to the COVID-19 pandemic. I recently connected with Sara Roberts, a tutor for Math Nation, who seemed well informed about these changes. I asked...
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 30, 2020 | Academic Technology
Over the past weeks, we’ve been talking with school and district leaders as they continue to navigate these new challenges we’re all facing. As students adapt to a new way of learning, it’s important to recognize that the pressure to succeed remains, now...
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 28, 2020 | Academic Technology
Photo Credit: https://edubirdie.com/blog/what-to-do-during-quarantine This is a great opportunity for students, especially as some head into slower summer months soon. This is also a good opportunity for those who may have been occupationally displaced due to the...
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 27, 2020 | Academic Technology
Tips for taking your instructional show online and reflections from our experience at The College of Westchester On Friday, April 17th it was my pleasure to be a guest on my friend David Mahaley’s new weekly webcast delivered on LearningRevolution.com....
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 21, 2020 | Academic Technology
Image source As the events of 2020 continue to unfold, daily life is changing in unprecedented ways. Overarching shelter-in-place and social distancing orders have left the bulk of American families with plenty of free time — too much free time, many would argue. For...
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 17, 2020 | Academic Technology
The Corona Virus pandemic has resulted in the majority of students being displaced from schools. The parents’ worries right now are: What will children be doing all day? Many are now scrambling to find ways to engage their kids at home. Students are used to following...
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 14, 2020 | Academic Technology
The image above is from KLogixSecurity, who published this informative infographic about the growing cybersecurity skills shortage back in 2017. The shortage continues, and by some forecasts, worsens. This is an incredible opportunity for today’s students and IT...
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 9, 2020 | Academic Technology
Technology is an amazing resource for students, but many schools around the globe are struggling to more fully take advantage of its benefits in the classroom and beyond. As students get comfortable with technologies, especially business-critical technologies, they...
by EmergingEdTech | Apr 7, 2020 | Academic Technology
When we get through this pandemic, and we will get through it, we’ll be thinking differently about how, and where, we educate our students. – KW “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” – John Dewey, American philosopher,...
by EmergingEdTech | Mar 27, 2020 | Academic Technology
Teaching can be extremely challenging. Often you find yourself faced with a classroom made up of a diverse student body. Catering to each student’s individual needs can be difficult, if not impossible. As a result, many teachers are looking for research-backed study...
by EmergingEdTech | Mar 24, 2020 | Academic Technology
As we experience this time of increased remote teaching, paying attention to data privacy is more important than ever. Remotely accessing data creates additional opportunities for data theft or unauthorized access. It’s always a good time to review the...
by EmergingEdTech | Mar 20, 2020 | Academic Technology
Image Source As a small, nimble, proprietary college, we’ve been able to stay ahead of the curve and ease the transition to virtual teaching, support, and administration for our students, staff, and faculty so far. In these challenging times, it’s hard not...
by EmergingEdTech | Mar 17, 2020 | Academic Technology
With students lacking the structure of the traditional school day while staying at home during this period of wide-scale Coronavirus-driven school closures, it is more important than ever that they strive to be proactive about learning and preparedness. Hopefully some...
by EmergingEdTech | Mar 16, 2020 | Academic Technology
In these challenging times, many companies are making their tools and resources free to educators and students. I’m collecting resources here to share and will add more as I come across them. This is a rather hodgepodge collection (no particular order or logic,...
by EmergingEdTech | Mar 12, 2020 | Academic Technology
Today’s youth is in the centre of an unplanned, extensive experiment, surrounded by digital technologies that were hardly around a decade ago. Mobile apps are at the very apex of this boom and educational mobile apps are spearheading the current learning revolution. ...
by EmergingEdTech | Mar 10, 2020 | Academic Technology
BTW – this piece has nothing to do with the remote teaching movement happening as a result of the spreading coronavirus – KW The Internet age has influenced almost every facet of our daily lives, including education. Over the past decade, online learning has gained...
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