Wed.Jul 03, 2024

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14 Essential Digital Tools for Educators to Streamline Daily Activities

Ask a Tech Teacher

There are a lot to digital tools people swear are essential to educators. Here’s a list of fourteen put together by the Ask a Tech Teacher team. I use about half of them. How about you? 14 Essential Digital Tools for Educators to Streamline Daily Activities In 2024’s fast-paced educational environment, teachers and all those in the academe face the daily challenge of managing their school or course’s efficiency.

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K–12 Leaders Find Technology Helps Speed Physical Security Responses for All

EdTech Magazine

Like many school systems over the past several years, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District in California recently faced a spate of fresh security issues. Incidents of vandalism were up, and sometimes unauthorized individuals would camp on school property. MPUSD’s 20 schools already included hundreds of aging, networked IP cameras to help ensure physical security, but their usefulness had started to wane just when administrators needed a more reliable, flexible and adaptable solution.

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How AI Detects Student Engagement to Transform Classrooms

Digital Promise

The post How AI Detects Student Engagement to Transform Classrooms appeared first on Digital Promise.

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ISTELive 24: Get Started with Video Creation Projects for Students

EdTech Magazine

Allowing students to create videos to showcase their learning can more fully engage them in the lessons. While many of today’s digital natives come into the classroom knowing the basics of video creation, thanks to the medium’s popularity on social platforms, they often still need guidance from teachers to connect videography to learning. Tools from Microsoft and Adobe make it easier for K–12 educators to teach and incorporate video creation in their classes.

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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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5 edtech tools for the statistics teacher (and other teachers, too)

eSchool News

Key points: Classroom tech is essential–and these edtech tools are valuable math allies Learning in the digital age A new teacher’s perspective: Today’s best edtech resources For more news on edtech tools, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub As technology continues to infiltrate and expand in our classrooms, teachers need access to high-quality, subject-relevant edtech tools.

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Slidesgo: How to Use It to Teach

techlearning

Slidesgo uses the power of AI to make slide based presentations more powerful and targeted than ever.

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Teacher Retention: Numbers of Teachers Leaving Education continue to rise

Twinkl International Publishing

In this blog article, we discuss the key findings within the Department of Education's 'School Workforce in England Report' and delve into the impact that the increasing numbers of teachers leaving the profession has on the entire educational field. We look at what 'retention' means and possible reasons as to why teachers are leaving the profession in the first place.

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Tech investments determine school success

eSchool News

Key points: Tools like printers can have a surprising impact on budget, especially within education systems 3 top priorities for K-12 administrators 5 ways to engage your school community with tech-powered communication For more news on budgets, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub In recent years, school system leadership has been confronted with many complex decisions, ranging from security concerns and public health crises to budgetary constraints and the diverse needs of students, fa

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New children's eBooks for July - Twinkl Originals

Twinkl International Publishing

Find out what’s new for July. Teach young children to recognise and identify different emotions as you share ‘We All Have Feelings’, our inclusive and diverse new book for children in the Early Years. Enjoy a technology-themed novel with ‘My Name Is Cato’, our latest release for children in KS2 (aged 7 to 11).

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Grammar in Key Stage 1: What will my child learn?

Twinkl International Publishing

If you’re wondering what your child will cover in grammar in KS1, look no further! We’ve put together information for you about what they will learn, as well as a selection of our resources to help you to support their learning at home.

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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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Activities for Diwali in School

Twinkl International Publishing

Check out our activities for Diwali in school or at home. We have everything from Diwali art activities and worksheets to Diwali rangoli ideas and so much more.

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Author Spotlight: Sue Whiting

Twinkl International Publishing

Discover Sue Whiting's inspiring journey from hesitant writer to celebrated author, her unique writing habits, and advice for aspiring writers and educators.

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Bright five-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds struggle to catch up by the time they reach GCSEs

Twinkl International Publishing

A study funded by the Nuffield Foundation shows disparities that occur between bright, disadvantaged children and their richer peers at secondary school age.

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10 Activities for your Library During Winter Lunchtimes

Twinkl International Publishing

Transform your library into a winter haven with 10 creative lunchtime activities that inspire and engage students during the chilly season.

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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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Ten Ways to Help Your Child with Maths

Twinkl International Publishing

If you’d like to help your child with maths, then you’ll find ten supportive ideas in our blog, plus links to a range of maths activities.

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Surviving Parenthood: The Power of Walks

Twinkl International Publishing

As a parent of an extremely high-energy child with some, shall we say, fun behavioural quirks, I have only one secret weapon - walks.

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KS2 Digest: July catch-up 2024

Twinkl International Publishing

KS2 Digest brings you the latest news as the summer term comes to an end in our handy monthly round-up…

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Summer Reading Challenge: Building reading resilience in KS2

Twinkl International Publishing

How to encourage reluctant readers and their families to get involved over the summer holidays.

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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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2024 discounts for teaching assistants

Twinkl International Publishing

How, where and why to save money this summer as a teaching assistant.

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Parent Digest weekend catch up – July 2024

Twinkl International Publishing

Your weekly round-up of all the news and advice from Parent’s Digest.

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TA Digest July 2024 catch up

Twinkl International Publishing

A weekly round up of the weekly Digest updates in one place.

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