Waterford

MAY 20, 2024

The end of the school year can evoke a bittersweet feeling. It marks a moment for celebration as educators contemplate the growth and achievements of their students, as well as the sense of community fostered within their classrooms. However, bidding farewell to your students and preparing them for the next academic year can be challenging. Now is the time to reminisce about the moments that made the school year special and to create lasting memories that students will carry with them to the nex

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

Like digital screens built from tiny pixels, Minecraft is a virtual world of pixilated landscapes crafted by players using digital building blocks. Playing Minecraft is like playing with digital Lego bricks: Players build elaborate structures and interact within blocky landscapes, either solo or with friends. Its open-ended nature, paired with straightforward yet deep gameplay, fosters creativity, problem-solving and collaboration.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2024

Great end-of-year projects for high school students, from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers Project-based learning has gained significant popularity in recent times. Emerging as a creative and insightful way for youngsters to learn and practically implement their knowledge, the idea of project-based learning has been encouraged and applauded by teachers worldwide.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

As in any industry, IT teams supporting K–12 schools must navigate a challenging landscape. But with education on the line, IT staff take on significant responsibility for ensuring that the technology they support provides an optimal digital experience for teachers and students alike. Despite strict budgets and small IT teams, school districts must keep devices safely and continually refreshed.

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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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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2024

Updated Technology Sustainability Toolkit helps districts plan their budgets with ending of COVID relief funds.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2024

Imagine you’re at a new, highly recommended restaurant, eager to try what you’ve heard is an exceptional dining experience. As you sit down and open the menu, your excitement dims—you realize it’s a fixed menu with no options for substitutions or alterations. You’re vegetarian, and all the courses feature meat. You speak with the server, hoping for flexibility, but there are no alternatives that accommodate your dietary needs.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

Grading papers is hard work. “I hate it,” a teacher friend confessed to me. And that’s a major reason why middle and high school teachers don’t assign more writing to their students. Even an efficient high school English teacher who can read and evaluate an essay in 20 minutes would spend 3,000 minutes, or 50 hours, grading if she’s teaching six classes of 25 students each.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

When Mysa School started about eight years ago, the microschool movement was new. A school with about 40 students in Washington, D.C., and with a second location in Vermont, Mysa stresses mastery-based learning, where students have to show comprehension before advancing. The idea is that having smaller school sizes enables students to develop much deeper relationships at school, says Siri Fiske, founder of Mysa School.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2024

Key points: Superintendent Carvalho’s vision for his district includes innovative, future-looking progress LAUSD launches revolutionary AI tool Redesigning the educational model after COVID For more news on district management, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Alberto Carvalho leads the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)–the nation’s second-largest district.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the areas requiring support for progress toward learning goals. While thoughtful assessment design and implementation are necessary for student success, building a strong assessment culture in schools is often overlooked but equally important.

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MiddleWeb

MAY 20, 2024

Education professor and researcher Julie Hasson has spent years interviewing people about their memorable teachers. Read what three former middle school students told her about the teachers whose actions and interactions in the classroom made a lasting impact on their lives. The post What Makes Some Teachers So Memorable? first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2024

Key points: Strong news literacy skills are a must-have in today’s online world Turning media literacy into civic engagement Is it fake? How to teach with news and media sources For more news on media literacy, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub News literacy skills are of paramount importance in today’s world, and are especially key for students, who must be able to critically assess information sources and vet resources effectively.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

PITTSBURGH — Maria Hubal sent one student back to class just as another walked in. The sixth grader, slouched over with his hood pulled low, made a beeline to a hammock chair and curled up. Hubal, Bellevue Elementary’s behavioral health school educator, gently asked if everything was OK and what she could do to help. He said he was at a “red” — based on a color thermometer posted by the door that students can use to describe their stress level.

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techlearning

MAY 20, 2024

I tested GPT-4o, the new model powering some versions of ChatGPT. It combines text, audio, visual, and video outputs and inputs, and is faster and more natural in its responses, which has many implications for teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

LAS VEGAS and RENO, Nev. — They exist in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access. They often emit laughter – and the sound of tumbling blocks, bouncing balls, and meandering tricycles. They’re child care centers based at workplaces. And in the increasingly fraught American child care landscape, they are popping up more frequently.

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Josie Ahlquist

MAY 20, 2024

Summer’s here, but the pressure to deliver outstanding social media results isn’t taking a break. Whether you’re part of a team or a team of one, I want you to know you’re not in this alone. Social media is far from the days when I first became a strategist. Myspace, “The Facebook” and Instagram when it was only available on iPhones.

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techlearning

MAY 20, 2024

Forward-thinking educators collaborated during a day of information sharing, fact finding, and a bit of entertainment at the Tech & Learning Summit in Boston.

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The Thinking Stick

MAY 20, 2024

Jeff Utecht and Tricia discuss the importance of AI literacy and introduce their AI literacy course. They also talk about the recent updates from OpenAI and Google in the field of AI. They highlight the significance of AI in social-emotional learning and discuss the potential of AI to support people with disabilities. They also explore the power of play and share prompts for creating interactive stories using AI.

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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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Mira Education

MAY 20, 2024

Education was interrupted in 2020. From virtual learning to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant shift in the profession. In response, the federal government bolstered district budgets with COVID relief funds. Now, just four years later, district leaders must shift again as those funds come to an end. Before the next school year, they will make hard decisions around ESSER funding and must pivot to meet the needs of students and staff.

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SplashLearn

MAY 20, 2024

Have you ever wondered how well your child gets along with other kids? Strong social skills are what help children make friends, do well in school, and feel happy and confident. In this blog, we’ll explore 12 fun and engaging social skills activities you can do with your child or students! 1. Online Social Skill […] The post 12 Best Social Skills Activities for Kids of All Ages first appeared on SplashLearn Blog.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 20, 2024

The world of reading is undergoing a fascinating transformation. While physical books remain a cherished format for many, audiobooks are experiencing explosive growth. About 53% of readers in the USA listened to an audiobook in 2023, and the numbers are only growing. This surge in popularity can be attributed to several factors. Audiobooks offer unparalleled convenience, allowing listeners to enjoy their favorite stories while commuting, exercising, or completing chores.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

MAY 20, 2024

Listen as Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of AERDF, discusses the role of R&D for the future of education. And watch their webinar about the essential role of R&D in propelling our nation’s future through uncovering new, transformative breakthroughs. We also recommend Keep Reading THE ADVANCED EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FUND The post THE ADVANCED EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FUND appeared first on American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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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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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 20, 2024

The crossover from print to digital textbooks has ushered in a new era for publishers and K12 learners. Prioritizing convenience and accessibility, this shift has widened the reach of eBooks. At the same time, it has eliminated the need to store books physically and maintain them. Further, digitization has made it possible to reproduce and distribute eBooks effortlessly.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 20, 2024

We've just posted a new blog post by Dr. Steve Albrecht in our " The Safe Library " section of Library 2.0 : " Are the Most Dangerous Libraries in the US in California? Five Reasons Why." I have lived in the Midwest for seven years now, but I keep in close touch with my parents in San Diego and still have a lot of friends there too. Library security news follows me everywhere and I see the same stories that perhaps you do: crime and violence problems at the main branch of the Oakland library; fe

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 20, 2024

A vast amount of reading material is stored in PDF files, as PDF is an exceptional format for presenting content. However, many people consider ePub preferable for reading eBooks due to its adaptability in terms of adjusting pages, font size, and other functionalities. Amazon’s Kindle platform sells over 487 million eBooks annually, making it a popular choice for publishers looking to improve the readability of their content on eReaders like Kindle or Kobo.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

For Janelle Bell, a 39-year-old working mom, completing her degree wasn’t financially or personally possible. Her priority was providing for her family on an annual salary of just $30,000. Drowning in $40,000 of student loan debt, she was forced to drop out of college and work full time. Janelle’s story is all too familiar throughout the U.S. — stuck in a low-paying job, struggling to make ends meet after being failed by college.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 20, 2024

As digitization continues to rise, so does the threat of cybercrime, highlighting the need for enhanced protective measures. One measure that is gaining popularity across industries like education and publishing is Digital Rights Management (DRM). DRM, short for digital rights management, employs technological tools to safeguard content against unauthorized use and reproduction.

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