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Review: Google Gemini Offers K–12 Educators Endless Possibilities

EdTech Magazine

The introduction of Gemini, Googles generative artificial intelligence tool, offers educators many opportunities to enhance their productivity via one of K12s most popular platforms, Google Workspace for Education. I have been using AI in my Spanish language and STEAM classes at Riverview School District in Oakmont, Pa., for several years. And I have been exploring the capabilities of Gemini on a personal and professional level ever since its release.

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How Fortnite Can be Free Physics Fun for Everyone!

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In the ever-evolving landscape of educational technology, Fortnite Creative is emerging as a groundbreaking tool for physics education and game-based learning. Andrew Vanden Heuvel, an innovative educator, is transforming the way students engage with STEM education through virtual laboratories and interactive learning experiences.

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Why a Term Paper Writing Service Is the Best Way to Assist with Your Assignments

Ask a Tech Teacher

I know–many consider online services that write papers for you as a hard no, but let’s talk about that. Anecdotal data indicates 5-15% of students use these services, just don’t tell their teachers or parents. Why do they consider them useful rather than unacceptable? The Ask a Tech Teacher team came up with a list of reasons. Here me out.

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How Do Clinical Nurses’ Responsibilities Differ from Registered Nurses?

EdTech4Beginners

Nursing is a diverse field with many avenues to pursue depending on your ambitions. Registered nurses (RNs) hold the most common nursing position, and some RNs use this as a platform. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) starts your career as an RN and opens the door to other positions. Such positions, like clinical nurse specialists and leaders, carry more responsibilities and require a masters degree.

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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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How Innovative Leaders Practice Leadership for Digital Transformation

Digital Promise

The post How Innovative Leaders Practice Leadership for Digital Transformation appeared first on Digital Promise.

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How Augmented Reality Glasses Could Support Learning

EdTech Magazine

The integration of AI into tech tools has become inevitable, and augmented reality is no exception. While use cases for AR have evolved over the years, the technology has gained most popularity in the wearables sector through the introduction of headsets (Microsoft HoloLens, Meta Quest and Magic Leap) and, more recently, AI-integrated smart glasses (XREAL, RayNeo).

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Tech Tip #144: 11 Ways X/Twitter Improves Education

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: How Twitter improves learning Here are 11 ways X/Twitter improves education: Students learn to be focused.

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Why Media Literacy Should Be Taught in Public Schools

EdTech4Beginners

As adults, we often navigate a sea of contradictory media reports. With age, it becomes easier to pick up on the nuances, biases, and misinformation within such reports. However, we cant expect the youth to understand the complexities of the media. Thats because their sole understanding of the media often comes from what they see on social media or their parents.

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From Classroom to Career: Reshaping Learner Pathways for All

Digital Promise

New report reimagines education and career pathways by emphasizing adaptability, learner agency, and competency-based approaches

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AI Agents Reveal New Tech Possibilities in K–12 Education

EdTech Magazine

The current momentum of artificial intelligence technologies shows no signs of slowing down. IT circles are finding new use cases and AI solutions all the time. Schools, meanwhile, cant keep up with this explosive growth due to their slower rate of change. This has created a huge gap between school systems ability to change quickly and the speed of change in AI.

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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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Reading comprehension loses out in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers werent explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the sentences and paragraphs. Some kids naturally got it. Some didnt. Since then, reading researchers have come up with many ideas to foster comprehension.

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The 5 most important tools for virtual learning

Ditch That Textbook

This post is written by Paula Johnson. By day, Paula teaches virtual special education to 8th-12th graderswhere her flexibility rivals her coffee intake (which is dangerously high). By night (or whenever she has Wi-Fi), she is deep in the world of AI, helping shape policies that keep education innovative and responsible. She serves on the […] The post The 5 most important tools for virtual learning appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Is an Online Doctorate Worth It? Comparing ROI with Traditional Programs

EdTech4Beginners

A doctorate degree is as far as you can take your education. The academic summit. In a world where about forty percent of the population goes to college at all, and a small fraction of that minority goes onto graduate school , doctorate degrees are truly rarified air. Online learning, though increasingly popular, is often viewed with a degree of skepticism by those who have only been exposed to more traditional learning avenues.

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Promoting student attention in your K-12 school or district

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Attention is at the heart of every successful learning experience. Whether learners are discussing, problem-solving or diving into assignments, their focus plays a big role in their success. Keeping that focus in a busy classroom environment is not easy, especially in a digital environment where the internet competes for learners attention.

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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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Review: Microsoft Copilot Could Transform K–12 Education for Good

EdTech Magazine

Employees want AI at work and they wont wait for companies to catch up. The urgency in this statement from Microsoft and LinkedIns 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report is undeniable. And with the same report indicating that 66% of leaders wouldnt hire someone without AI skills, its clear that our students will transition into a workforce where being adept at AI is an expectation.

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Capitalizing on investments: 4 ways to use calculators beyond math class

eSchool News

Key points: Robotics, coding, financial literacy–its easy to incorporate calculators Using free resources to connect the environment to education Helping science-averse teachers integrate STEM and literacy For more news on STEM learning, visit eSN’s STEM & STEM hub When you hear the word calculator, I bet your mind immediately goes to math class and solving problems that cant be solved efficiently in your head or on paper.

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Empowering student voice with TED Ed Student Talks

Ditch That Textbook

This post is written by Trinidad Algorta. Trini is an EFL teacher, mentor, and teacher educator at the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos with experience in F2F, online, and remote teaching. She has taught in programs like Ceibal en Ingls and Sembrando, as well as the Access Microscholarship Program. Passionate about broadening students' horizons and strengthening […] The post Empowering student voice with TED Ed Student Talks appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers

Edsurge

Americas schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. The recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that only 31 percent of 4th graders and 30 percent of 8th graders were reading at or above a proficient level. Dr. Julie A. Evans, the CEO of education nonprofit Project Tomorrow , has found that educators across the country are grappling with the intertwined challenges of declining student engagement and persistent social-emotional issues.

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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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Why Pasadena Unified School District relies on Hāpara for classroom management

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) is an independent school district located in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County. Just northeast of downtown Los Angeles, it serves K-12 learners in the cities of Pasadena, Sierra Madre and Altadena. The district includes 23 schools with over 14,000 learners.

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10 Best Solutions for Student Engagement Tracking

EdTech4Beginners

Keeping your students engaged is crucial to effective learning, but how do you know if theyre truly paying attention? Top-rated student engagement tracking solutions can help. These tools give you real-time insights into participation and progress, helping you identify who needs extra support and adjust your teaching strategies. With the rise of education technology, tracking engagement has never been easier.

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Using The 3-2-1 Learning Strategy For Critical Thinking

TeachThought - Learn better.

The 3-2-1 strategy is a simple way to frame a topic or task, making it useful for anything from discussion prompts to inquiry learning.

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10 Free AI Trainings and Certifications for Educators

techlearning

These free ai trainings can help build your professional learning and improve your approach to using AI for instruction and assessment

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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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When Teachers Left My School, I Felt Like a Failure. Here's What I Learned.

Edsurge

A couple of months ago, I had a conversation with another leader who was listening to some of my frustrations about how the school year was going. This school year is unique as we just opened a new building with over 450 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, consolidating three different elementary and middle campuses from different neighborhoods across New York.

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Can Students Expect a Relevant Education to be Delivered by Irrelevant Educators?

My Island View

As a veteran teacher of forty years in the classroom, let me be clear, teachers are not completely at fault for becoming irrelevant in their profession. It results from a system that doesn’t prioritize Professional Development for its teachers. It is a system developed in the eighteenth century that devised a way to teach its teachers and the model has been carried on ever since.

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Leveraging edtech for differentiated instruction

eSchool News

Key points: Edtech makes differentiated instruction manageable and measurable Edtech teaching strategies that drive sustainability Quality over quantity: Rethinking edtech time in the classroom For more news on edtech trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Meeting the diverse learning needs of students has long challenged educators who recognize that each student processes information differently and progresses at their own pace.

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147 Logical Fallacies: A Master List With Examples

TeachThought - Learn better.

Logical fallacies are irrational arguments made through faultyreasoning common enough to be named for its respective logical failure.

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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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Blockly Games: How to Use It to Teach Coding

techlearning

Blockly Games teaches coding using a simple coding system.

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Schools are surveilling kids to prevent gun violence or suicide. The lack of privacy comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, is investigating the unintended consequences of AI-powered surveillance at schools. Members of the Collaborative are AL.com, The Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Hechinger Report, Idaho Education News, The Post and Courier in South Carolina, and The Seattle Times.

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Teaching at a Crossroads: How AI is Reshaping the Classroom

Educate AI Magazine

The introduction of artificial intelligence is changing education, prompting teachers to reevaluate their roles and methods. While uncertainty and fear accompany this change, educators are encouraged to embrace growth and experimentation with AI tools. By fostering critical thinking and maintaining personal connections, teachers can enhance their impact and adapt meaningfully to this transformation.

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We are just beginning the uphill climb to improve student reading scores

eSchool News

Key points: Educators can’t give up, despite hard work to be done in reading instruction Science, math, history teacherswere all reading teachers now NAEP scores show disheartening trends for the lowest-performing students For more news on reading scores, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Millions–probably billions–of dollars invested.

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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.