Helping students connect using Google Hangouts Google Hangouts offers educators various opportunities to integrate the technology into classroom lessons, writes Andrew Marcinek, an instructional technology specialist in Boston. In this blog post, Marcinek writes about a recent project in which his students presented projects over Google Hangouts -- allowing them to broadcast their work to a wider audience, encouraging more feedback. Edutopia.org/Andrew Marcinek's blog (3/19)  | Network and Online Solutions for Language Learning Instructional technology is an increasingly important component for every language learning program. SANS provides network-based and online virtual language learning tools that enable educators to engage their students more deeply in language learning so they're ready to compete in the global marketplace. Read the latest news on our blog. | | Virtual desktop infrastructure takes off in R.I., Kan. schools Virtual desktop infrastructure is used in Rhode Island to allow students to access educational software from labs, classrooms and elsewhere. Eventually, officials say, the goal is for students to be able to access the resources from home. For some, virtual desktop infrastructure is seen as a way to better deploy bring-your-own-device programs, and a district in Kansas has successfully used VDI to cut costs and lengthen the life of their computers and other technology. EdTech magazine (3/2013) Flipped teaching comes to professional development for educators The flipped instructional model is being incorporated into professional development for teachers, said Nicole Tucker-Smith, a former principal in Baltimore County, who described the system at the recent ASCD conference. Educators began creating LessonCasts, or teacher-created videos, with short voice recordings in which they explain a particular teaching strategy, education reporter Liana Heitin writes in this blog post. The recordings are typically accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation or a video, which teachers watch and listen to at home, Tucker-Smith said. Education Week Teacher/Teaching Now blog (3/19)
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 | Students turn to social media for confessions An emerging trend in social media is the popularity of so-called Facebook confession pages, in which high-school and college students post anonymous confessions. The pages are unofficially tied to schools, and some teachers, law enforcement officials and others say they are concerned about the pages, which at times reveal inappropriate and even illegal confessions. Others, however, say the anonymous posts offer a type of therapy for students. Chicago Tribune (tiered subscription model)/Reuters (3/18)  | 100% pure Common Core. 100% guaranteed.
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 | Poet Angelou encourages educators at ASCD conference Educators were urged to persevere in the profession -- with sass, passion and humor, among other things, by poet Maya Angelou during her address at the ASCD 68th Annual Conference & Exhibit Show this weekend in Chicago. Angelou shared with attendees her gratitude for educators and told stories of how many of people influenced her throughout her life. Angelou asked the educators to be aware of the sacrifices others make, be grateful even during difficult times, and to have courage, Melissa Greenwood, SmartBrief's senior education editor, writes in this blog post. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education (3/18) |  | Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have." -- Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist | | Please contact one of our specialists for advertising opportunities, editorial inquiries, job placements, or any other questions. | | Publisher, Education Group: Joe Riddle P: 202.407.7857 ext. 228 | | | | |
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