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K–12 Leaders Get Creative to Make the Case for Network Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

Two years ago, IT Services Director AJ Phillips needed to persuade her school board to purchase new network infrastructure, so she tapped her prior experience as an elementary school teacher and presented a show-and-tell. Educate Stakeholders About Cost Comparisons and Success Stories. Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:02. Public Schools.

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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. With the help of technology, you can introduce your classroom to opportunities and resources they may not otherwise be able to access.[5]

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What Educators Need to know about Social Media, Online Bullying, and Hate Speech in Schools

Waterford

Because many students have 24/7 access to a smartphone, online bullies can follow them around, giving no sense of relief. 8] Half of US states have laws about bullying in schools, and 12 states have laws specifically targeted at cyberbullying in elementary schools.[13]. Hate Speech on Social Media: Global Comparisons.”

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Blended Learning – How to Make it Work in the Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

In comparison with a traditional classroom-based learning, a blended learning offers a teacher much more flexibility and shifts a teacher-centered classroom toward the student-centered one. As you see, the blending learning has a bunch of benefits, but only when it is applied wisely.

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What Future Teachers Can Tell Us About Why People Enter the Profession Today

Edsurge

Jacobs said he decided in elementary school, after seeing the passion that his mother — another teacher — had for her students. Alternative Pathways Expand Access About half of the people we interviewed were taking advantage of one of the growing number of flexible, alternative pathways to teaching.

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Swarming the Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

Contemporary classrooms (from elementary school to graduate school) are structured similar to a manufacturing line and typically produce students who are full of information. Dr. Rosenberg’s comparison is fascinating. What’s even more amazing is how we can use this comparison for a classroom environment (see Table 2).

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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

eSchool News

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. Needless to say, our access to reliable data improved significantly once we had a unified literacy program in place. Easy access to valuable data.

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