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JULY 6, 2022

The SAT will be moving online for students in the United States beginning in 2024. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam will be taken entirely online next year. Many other states already have fully online tests—and in response to the pandemic, graduate entrance and career certification exams have shifted online as well. But as more high-stakes exams transition to an all-digital format, experts warn that students who are not as digitally literate as their peers could

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 6, 2022

If you ask Alena Zachery-Ross, superintendent of Ypsilanti (Mich.) Community Schools, to share one of the most positive ways that the pandemic impacted education, she will talk about technology. “Our teachers didn’t have the tools and technology before,” she said, speaking on a panel of three superintendents during ISTELive 2022. “Now with the technology and the innovation that had to happen during the pandemic, I’m seeing classroom instruction look so different.

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Digital Promise

JULY 6, 2022

The post Teachers Partnering with Artificial Intelligence: Augmentation and Automation appeared first on Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 6, 2022

K–12 school IT leaders can take some small but powerful steps to help them properly manage cybersecurity and protect data privacy in their schools. We talked with Robert Olsen, senior managing director with Ankura, about how job postings and social media can provide unintended openings for threat actors. DIVE DEEPER: Learn how outside experts can help schools beef up cybersecurity.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 6, 2022

It’s always a challenge to evaluate teachers. I’ve been through many systems, often different each year, and honestly, none seems better than the other. But Christian Miraglia, Education Consultant and part of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew, suggests asking students to evaluate the teacher. Here’s how that would work: A Teacher’s Best Evaluator.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2022

Principals, in many schools, are seen as the person responsible for the mental health and well-being of their staff, serving as sounding boards and problem solvers for their teachers, who are carrying the emotional burdens of their own personal and professional lives as well as the struggles, stresses and trauma of their students. In effect, principals absorb the experiences and exasperations of both students and staff, and in many cases, hear complaints and worries directly from parents and mem

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EdNews Daily

JULY 6, 2022

By Margot Machol Bisnow Among the many arguments out there about why it’s time for the SAT, ACT, and any other college admissions tests to go, there’s one that barely gets any airtime: These tests do nothing to help select the future trailblazers who will think outside the box, create disruptive companies and nonprofits, and shake up the world. This is exactly the type of kids our world will need as tomorrow’s leaders.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 6, 2022

Here is a collection of some very good spelling games for both Android and iOS operated devices. You can use these games with your kids and/or students to help them develop their spelling skills and.read more.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 6, 2022

By Jeff Waller In times of great uncertainty, unrest, and even fear, much can be learned from our history. Great men and women have given us a model for how to not only survive but use adversity as a catalyst for personal and collective growth. While current events have set our world into new uncharted territory, episodes in our history have tested our resolve in a similar manner.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

JULY 6, 2022

Unfortunately Google Forms™ does not have version history. HOWEVER, Martin Hawksey saves the day with his Google Forms History Add-on. The post Google Forms History – Essential! appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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JULY 6, 2022

By Charles Sosnik My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From ev’ry mountainside Let freedom ring! If you grew up in the United States, chances are you used to sing this song, “America,” regularly. I did. I grew up singing patriotic songs, and learning about our government.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2022

This school year marked the first “almost normal” school year since the 2018-19 school year. Most began the school year with mask mandates, and many quarantined entire classes or grades due to COVID-19 outbreaks, but schools remained open and students filled classrooms. The fact remains that learning is forever changed. The pandemic highlighted vast inequities in communities across the nation, teacher burnout increased tenfold, and the issue of students’ learning preferences

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EdNews Daily

JULY 6, 2022

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark As the scientific community’s understanding of the brain increases, the knowledge reaching outside the research community does too. One concept that has strong scientific consensus and is starting to be embraced more broadly in the classroom is “Neuroplasticity.” Neuroplasticity is almost household word today, and it should be.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JULY 6, 2022

You get your roster for next year, and scan for familiar names…and then you see it. A coworker’s kid’s name. Maybe you’re excited by this news — you love their kid! You love them! This is going to be great! Or maybe your stomach drops instantly. You know that you haven’t had the best relationship with them, and now you’re going to be responsible for their most precious gift — their child.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 6, 2022

By Ryan Lufkin Prior to the pandemic, online courses were most often viewed as “less than”…lacking in sound pedagogy and without measurable and pedigreed outcomes. The subpar offerings of for-profit online institutions were frequently referred to as diploma-mills. But much as working from home has gained wide-spread acceptance, online learning has enjoyed a major rethinking.

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edWeb.net

JULY 6, 2022

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. Culturally relevant books are essential for all children in the classroom. Every student needs exposure to books that reflect the mosaic of our society and prepare them to see themselves as active citizens in their communities, their country, and all around the world. These books should be part of every classroom library.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 6, 2022

By Robyn D. Shulman, Image by Charlein Gracia on Unsplash There are 4.9 Million Multilingual Learners in the United States If you are a multilingual teacher, you have made it through one of the most challenging times in history as an educator. Although the pandemic brought on trying times in education, there are always silver linings in problematic situations.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 6, 2022

Discover how mentor texts and text sets become multitaskers, providing vision, purpose, and the confidence students need to take learning risks. ELA consultant Anne Anderson highly recommends Pamela Koutrakos’ Mentor Texts That Multitask as a tool for literacy integration. The post Multitasking Mentor Texts for Integrated Literacy first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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