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News, Hot Topics, and Tips for Teachers for 2025

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teachers need to know what is happening and how technology (specifically AI) impacts their classroom.) Throughout 2025 I will create episodes for my podcast and radio/TV show that will cover these topics. In order to collect all of the hot trends and topics for 2025 in one place that I cover, I've created this post which can be bookmarked at [link] January 2025: Planning Your Year, Classroom Management, Apple Intelli

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Top Ten Posts and Tips for 2024

Ask a Tech Teacher

Since we started Ask a Tech Teacher fifteen years ago, we’ve had almost 6.3 million views and 3300 comments from about 11,500 followers who read some or all of our 2,454 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ) Edtech Reviews Lesson plans If you’ve just arrived at Ask a Tech Teacher, sta

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School Technology Leaders Reveal What Life Is Like in the Cloud

EdTech Magazine

As K12 schools increasingly embrace the cloud, some are taking a hybrid cloud approach while others are fully migrating applications and data to public cloud providers and Software as a Service solutions. As they do so, they can face adoption challenges.

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Introducing the Teacher Leader Corps Toolkit: Advancing Digital Equity through Teacher Leadership

Digital Promise

The post Introducing the Teacher Leader Corps Toolkit: Advancing Digital Equity through Teacher Leadership appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Enhancing Higher Education with Generative AI: A Responsible Guide

Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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AI Has Changed Student Cheating. But Strategies to Stop It Remain Consistent.

Edsurge

Teachers and professors can make adjustments in how they teach that will greatly reduce incidents of student cheating with AI. It turns out, those changes arent much different than what worked to deter previous cheating methods. Thats the argument of Tricia Bertram Gallant, a longtime expert in academic integrity who is director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego.

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How To Help Kids Use Devices Responsibly

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast , I sit down with Jordan Shapiro, author of The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World. We tackle one of the most pressing challenges for parents and teachers today: how to help kids develop healthy relationships with their devices.

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K–12 Cloud Innovators Look Back While Moving Forward

EdTech Magazine

A bit over a decade ago, some forward-thinking school districts began to transition their on-premises email to the cloud. Around the same time, Chromebooks popped up, and as more schools invested in one-to-one device initiatives, more students connected to Googles suite of cloud applications. Then came cloud-hosted student information systems, learning management systems and countless learning apps that allow students to do everything from study their math facts to virtually dissect frogs.

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Building Real-World Skills Through Social Entrepreneurship in the Classroom

Digital Promise

The post Building Real-World Skills Through Social Entrepreneurship in the Classroom appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Designing Systems for Change: A Path to Differentiation and Literacy

Education Elements

Over the past two years, 40 states and the District of Columbia have adopted guidelines or legislation mandating the use of Science of Reading (SoR) methodology in school districts. These changes often come with high expectations and tight timelines, requiring leaders to overcome significant challenges such as limited resources, deeply ingrained instructional beliefs, and complex implementation barriers.

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From Ego to Excellence: School Leadership Growth with Dr. Samuel Nix

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter School leadership is not about ego; its about transformation. Whether you're striving to improve school culture, make assessment meaningful, or rebuild your reputation as a leader, this episode is packed with practical insights to guide you in your school leadership growth journey.

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Enhancing School Device Management for Improved Learning

Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.

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Tech Tip #156: How to Turn on Google and Duck Duck Go SafeSearch

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogythe tech topics most important to your teachingas well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Category: Parents Here’s how to turn on SafeSearch on Google: Open [link] in a web browser.

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AI Trends in Ed Tech to Watch in 2025

EdTech Magazine

If youre wondering when the artificial intelligence wave will crash down upon education, the October 2024 release of the federal governments toolkit for AI integration, Empowering Education Leaders, serves as a bellwether for the state of AI in K12: a lot of talk but little action. For administrators, this emerging technology is another item on a full plate that includes pressing issues related to staffing and student mental health.

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Strategies for Building Agency through Student Dialogue

Digital Promise

Teachers have the power to grow student agency through interactive dialogue in their classrooms, one proven strategy is through Socratic Circles.

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Connecting learning to career exploration

eSchool News

Key points What students learn must change alongside new technologies and career demands Early STEM career awareness drives future success for students Real-life work experiences: The unseen curriculum for high school success For more news on career exploration, visit eSNs Innovative Teaching hub According to the Post Graduation Readiness Report by YouScience, 83 percent of students cannot connect the skills from school to future employment.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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5 Things Educators Need to Know in January 2025

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Welcome to a brand-new year of teaching! January is the perfect time to refresh your strategies, embrace new tools, and set yourself up for success in 2025. In this episode of Cool Cat Teacher Talk , we cover the top five things teachers need to know to make this year a great one.

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Designing Systems for Change: A Path to Differentiation and Literacy

Education Elements

Over the past two years, 40 states and the District of Columbia have adopted guidelines or legislation mandating the use of Science of Reading (SoR) methodology in school districts. These changes often come with high expectations and tight timelines, requiring leaders to overcome significant challenges such as limited resources, deeply ingrained instructional beliefs, and complex implementation barriers.

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A Phone for All Seasons and Reasons

EdTech Magazine

Office phones have come a long way in a relatively short period of time. And with the introduction of Internet Protocol phones, new features make those devices more akin to computers than simple phone systems. There are only two things that have held back IP phone deployments: connectivity issues and complexity. The new Cisco IP Phone 8865 solves both of those issues, making it perfect for deployment in places such as K12 schools that dont have sufficient IT staff to manage the devices or highly

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How Students Use Construction and Technology Skills to Improve Living Conditions in Their Community

Digital Promise

The post How Students Use Construction and Technology Skills to Improve Living Conditions in Their Community appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Engaging the reluctant reader: Benefits of gamified learning in literacy education

eSchool News

On average, about 25 percent of children in the early grades struggle with reading. These students are often reluctant readers because they find the process complicated, and they lack confidence in their abilities. At the same time, the percentage of students who say they read for pleasure is declining : Fewer than half of all children ages 8-18 (43 percent) say they enjoy reading in their spare time, down from 58 percent in 2016.

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At a Time When Students Feel Alone, Affinity Groups Connect Us All

Edsurge

In affinity, we find kinship. Our shared interests move us toward one another and give us opportunities for connection, deep empathy and shared experiences. Our worldviews collide, and we are no longer alone; we are in a community. One of the first times I felt like I was in community was in my high school jazz band as a teenager. I auditioned to be a part of the Ravinia Scholars , joining a group of teenage musicians from high schools all over Chicago.

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27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

TeachThought - Learn better.

Whether you're using data to personalize learning or refine curriculum, the ability to easily check for understanding is critical to your teaching.

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New Zealand has a problem with mathematics. Can a new strategy make a difference for students?

The Hechinger Report

DUNEDIN, New Zealand When Principal Jen Rodgers took a 10-week sabbatical in 2021, she was on a mission to find a way to improve mathematics instruction at the primary school she leads here in one of the countrys oldest cities. Rodgers, who has led the 420-student St. Clair School since 2016, is hardly alone in worrying about maths. Mathematics scores on international tests have been stagnating or falling for years in New Zealand and many other countries, with the exception of a few Asian natio

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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SchoolAI: How to Use It to Teach

techlearning

SchoolAI supports teachers and students in bespoke learning using artificial intelligence.

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We are all digital immigrants now

eSchool News

Key points: Educators and students alike are learners in todays new digital frontier Teacher support is the key to unlocking AIs classroom potential Exploring generative AI through the lens of science fiction For more news on generative AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In the emerging age of generative AI, the boundaries of digital expertise are being redrawn, reshaping how we interact with technology and redefining what it means to be digitally literate.

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These Higher Ed Stories Resonated Most in 2024

Edsurge

Weve been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in. Heres the countdown of the top EdSurge stories about the college world in 2024, based on readership. Nearly half of the stories in our top 10 involve the impact that AI tools like ChatGPT are having on campuses. No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how theyre using them on assignments.

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Educating the AI Generation

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Generation Alpha: Digital natives, visual learners, short attention spans, struggles with face-to-face skills. These are just a few characteristics of the current generation of students that educators must consider as they develop their lessons. But now that AI has become ubiquitous in both home and work environments, administrators need to think about how their schools will integrate AI into their classrooms so that students are prepared for jobs of the

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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OPINION: Want to stop superintendent turnover? Take a hard look at how school systems really operate

The Hechinger Report

Being superintendent of a public school system is one of the hardest jobs in America. One hundred of the 500 largest school districts in the country turned over superintendents in the past year, amid declining student achievement. This kind of churn begs the question: Do school boards understand what a superintendent must do to drive and achieve system change?

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Perusall: How To Use It To Teach

techlearning

Designed to harness the best of social media, Perusall is a digital annotation tool that helps students to complete assigned readings.

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FETC 2025: Transformation, innovation, and 5 new sessions

eSchool News

Key points: Explore the infinite realms of edtech at FETC 2025 How AI can unleash student curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking 3 tips to authentically engage students in real-world STEM learning For more news on FETC, visit eSN’s LIVE@FETC 2025 hub At the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), forward-thinking educators and edtech leaders gather to brainstorm strategies and promote innovations that transform and teaching and learning in their classrooms, schools, and dis

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4 Benefits a Digital Credential Program Offers Right Now

Edsurge

Imagine a recent graduate armed with a degree but struggling to convey their specific skills to potential employers. Now picture that same graduate confidently presenting a suite of microcredentials that precisely showcase their abilities. This scenario isnt just possible; its becoming increasingly necessary in todays competitive job market. Yet, some educational institutions view microcredentials with skepticism, dismissing them as unfamiliar to employers and not worth the investment.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.