EdTech Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

Schools’ one-to-one device programs will operate differently based on the students’ needs and the IT decisions that have been made to meet those needs. Consistently, though, K–12 leaders must have a plan for devices at the end of the school year. Without a plan in place, the additional challenge of managing students’ devices at the already-hectic end and beginning of the school year can overwhelm an IT staff.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2023

The post How Micro-credentials Can Unlock Success for Learners appeared first on Digital Promise.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Los Angeles City College has spent some time trying to refine its metaverse. A public community college in east Hollywood, it wasn’t one of the original schools that got grants to build out a “ metaversity ,” a digital alternative campus influenced by the tech company Meta. But the concept resonated, says Marcy Drummond, the college’s vice president of economic and social mobility innovation.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2023

In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will rule about whether colleges can consider race in admissions decisions, deciding two cases, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. the University of North Carolina. The case against affirmative action is based on the argument that some colleges are discriminating against Asian and white students and giving an unfair advantage to Black and Latino students.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO – Swing Education , an online marketplace that connects schools and substitute teachers, announced today $38 million in Series C funding. The funding round was led by funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (“Apax”), a leading global private equity advisory firm, and by edtech investment firm Reach Capital. The funding enables Swing Education to invest in its growth and better address the nation-wide substitute teacher shortage.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: The research is clear: Childrens’ developing brains are permanently altered by the corrosive effects of poverty.

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techlearning

JUNE 15, 2023

New event brings together top executives from the K-12 industry

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

Key points: School grants can help educators make ends meet and connect students with valuable opportunities Digital learning is often a funding priority for states and districts Each day, teachers are tasked with doing more and more with increasingly fewer resources. And despite federal emergency funding to help schools provide staff and resources as the pandemic abates, school leaders still grapple with funding challenges.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JUNE 15, 2023

So very important, we are happy to bring you an update fromTHE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAID IN EDUCATION in conjunction with The Council of Administrators of Special Education The post THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAID IN EDUCATION appeared first on Equity in Education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

Sylvia Stein, president of StickTogether Products, discusses ISTE plans including the announcement of their latest innovation, the Puzzle Face Image Key app. 5 Sessions to Bookmark Innovating Education with Esports: A Forum for Sharing Ideas Sunday, June 25, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin 1/2 Join leaders from the Pennsylvania Scholastic Esports League and Garden State Esports for discussion, collaboration, and networking for all those involved in scholastics esp

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JUNE 15, 2023

AI AND THE FUTURE OF BUILDING INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS… A VISIT WITH TEXTHELP…Open the schoolhouse door, Hal………WELCOME TO THE AGE OF AI which is just starting to percolate for PreK-12 education concerning learning and building equity and inclusion for all students and Keep Reading AI AND THE FUTURE OF BUILDING INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS The post AI AND THE FUTURE OF BUILDING INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS appeared first on Equity in Education.

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MiddleWeb

JUNE 15, 2023

Educator Jason Ablin has what you need to begin to asssure gender equity and fairness to your classroom. K-12 educators will benefit by reading about the research and theory surrounding gender supported by the stories of actual teachers and students, writes Kasey Short. The post Gender Equity and Fairness in Schools first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

ORLANDO, FL, June 14, 2023 – Optoma, the No. 1 4K UHD and DLP® brand worldwide and in the Americas in projection technology,¹ today at InfoComm introduced the Optoma ML1080 and the ML1080ST, first-of-their-kind portable, premium RGB triple laser projectors with a wide BT2020 color gamut normally only available in larger, more costly home theater projectors.

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Lightspeed Systems

JUNE 15, 2023

Powered by Lightspeed – How Hays CISD Empowers Staff to Support Student Safety, Wellness, & Engagement Hays Consolidated Independent School District’s safety, IT, and classroom leaders join Lightspeed for the next webinar in the Powered by Lightspeed Series. You’ll hear how Hays CISD harnessed the power of a single platform to transform its approach to student safety.

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Sell Courses Online

JUNE 15, 2023

Thinkific is a powerful course-building platform that comes packed with features to help you start and run your course business.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JUNE 15, 2023

So very important, we are happy to bring you an update fromTHE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDICAID IN EDUCATION in conjunction with The Council of Administrators of Special Education The post THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDICAID IN EDUCATION appeared first on Equity in Education.

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PlagiarismCheck

JUNE 15, 2023

AI content detectors are tools that check text for AI presence. How do AI detectors determine whether AI or humans created the content? There are two main types of AI content detectors: rule-based and machine learning-based. Rule-based AI content detectors Rule-based AI content detectors use specific rules or heuristics to identify AI-generated content.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 15, 2023

Online tutoring has become a much-discussed solution, with many terms like “high-dosage” and “high-impact” circulating as ways to replace traditional learning interventions. The question is, how do you know how much online tutoring is enough? And how do you identify effective online tutoring strategies that can benefit student math performance, even those who may not need it?

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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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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

JUNE 15, 2023

This post first appeared at Grading For Growth earlier this month. There is a second part as well which I'll repost here later, or you can just click and read it now. I've added some new thoughts to the end of this post just for rtalbert.org readers! With summer officially underway, I'm going to be writing for the next two weeks about the grading system I had in place for the semester that just ended, in my Linear Algebra and Differential Equations classes.

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SplashLearn

JUNE 15, 2023

In an era where knowledge and education hold immense significance, homeschooling has emerged as a prominent force in the education industry. According to an article published by NHERI, the homeschool population has been steadily growing at an estimated 2% to 8% annually. However, the growth witnessed from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021 was remarkable. As we embrace […] The post Top 10 Homeschool Math Curriculum Choices for Every Grade first appeared on SplashLearn Blog.

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