Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2022

The post 4 Tips for Creating Powerful Challenge Based Learning with Students appeared first on Digital Promise.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Digital learning has become a significant part of education as a result of the pandemic, and schools are continually finding innovative ways to engage and motivate students online. So, with Ofcom revealing six in ten children played games online in 2021 , what might the use of video gaming in the classroom look like to engage students with a model they’re already invested in?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 14, 2022

Morale can best be defined as the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time. Thriving cultures that produce results make every effort to keep this on the positive side. However, this is easier said than done. While the pandemic has undoubtedly played a monumental role in decreasing morale, other factors continuously play a role, such as leadership, mandates, lack of time, systems that are in place, a toxic culture, inadequate pay, or trying to maintain a wo

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

Immediately after winning a prestigious fellowship and becoming North Dakota’s first Albert Einstein distinguished educator fellow, physics teacher Michelle Strand had little time to celebrate. She resigned from the job she loved. Strand was denied the yearlong leave of absence she requested to help guide federal STEM education efforts. In refusing to guarantee that Strand could return to the school district afterward, her superintendent in West Fargo cited, somewhat ironically, the teacher shor

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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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User Generated Education

AUGUST 14, 2022

It’s the start of a new school year. I am often baffled why teachers (all levels including college) jump right into covering content when the students are in a state of disequilibrium. wondering about the other students, the teacher, and the classroom climate. As such, I begin my classes with experiential, personal connections activities. During the first days of class, the messages I want to give my students, through these activities, include: I want to see and get to know everyone of you

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

In my last two posts on self-awareness and self-management , I explored strategies for helping students identify, understand, and regulate their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. The next social-emotional skill is responsible decision-making. This competency requires students to take their heightened self-awareness and ability to manage themselves and make responsible choices about how they respond to different situations and interact with others.

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techlearning

AUGUST 16, 2022

Flipped classroom enthusiasts say the pandemic has eliminated the technical barriers to flipped learning.

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 15, 2022

Whether you’re a recent teacher ed graduate, newly emergency certified, or an experienced teacher who’s suddenly learned you’ll be teaching STEM this year, you’re in good hands with veteran STEM teacher and curriculum designer Anne Jolly. Here are her five “do this first” tips. The post New to STEM Teaching? Five Things to Do Now. first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, former teacher and now education consultant, has suggestions for apps to help the history class: Essential Tech Tools for the History Class. The school year begins in a couple of weeks, and you are excited about using the trending application that your colleagues have suggested will work with your students.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 16, 2022

Even during the summer, educators are always thinking about returning to school, particularly when it comes to back-to-school activities. Learning never stops, whether engaged in professional development through conferences or online events, reading books, listening to podcasts, or exploring new ideas and reflecting. . During the school year, time is hard to find as teachers focus on students’ skills and needs and explore ideas to create a supportive, meaningful, and engaging learning envi

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 18, 2022

Video-assisted learning is a growing strategic teaching approach in many modern classrooms. Educational videos are now more accessible than ever and teachers are increasingly making use of this readily available resource. But with increased use of screen-time comes increased controversy and debate. While videos are great for things like social-emotional learning, cognitive ability, and inclusivity, if not properly utilized in the appropriate setting, videos will not be used to their full potenti

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

Ahead of the coming school year, Zoom is rolling out new features intended to benefit students and educators. The company is seeking to introduce functions teachers and administrators need for sustained remote learning, a model many districts are considering as they move away from the emergency remote learning model of the past couple of years. Many of Zoom’s new features are built around interoperability and accessibility.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2022

There are great notetaking apps and suggestions out there for students. Check out this article from The Tech Edvocate with a list of six ideas, including: Google Keep. Notes. ClickUp (not familiar to me). Note-taking and Study Apps. Taking notes from discussions helps greatly in remembering important points raised and in aiding you to study for exams and other assessment activities.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 15, 2022

By Charles Sosnik “Still, it’s a real good bet, the best is yet to come You think you’ve seen the sun, but you ain’t seen it shine” –Frank I was tempted to quote Dickens for this one; that trite and quite overused line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” But as I see what lies before us, I just don’t believe that quote is appropriate.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

Taryn Southern is a performer who likes to experiment with cutting-edge technologies. She’s recorded a pop album that she co-wrote with some AI code, for instance, and she’s created a digital clone of herself that she can use to make videos for her popular YouTube channel. Southern has been a celebrity ever since she was back in high school: She was a contestant on American Idol when she was 17, in that popular reality show’s third season.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

Every school district has data storage needs, and student records are just the beginning. IT systems demand storage as well: Internet logs, security events, building systems, security cameras and more all require storage. No matter the storage option, having storage is the easy part of the data management problem. The challenge is making use of the data once you have it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 17, 2022

Every month or so, we share themed posters you can re-share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired. This month: Keyboarding. –for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Hapara

AUGUST 17, 2022

Has your school district started to use open educational resources (OER) yet? Maybe educators in your district have collaborated on finding and curating openly-licensed nonfiction or fiction, videos, images, simulations or audio clips to add to lessons. If so, they’ve found out how many great resources are available online to use, share and modify. But has your school district considered K-12 OER textbooks?

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

The struggle for equity in education stretches back beyond our nation's living memory. But, as the COVID-19 pandemic has made painfully clear, we've still got plenty of work to do. In a recent discussion with global education leaders , we took a hard look at some of the inequitable practices that continue to plague our schools. The conversation was refreshing, raw and relevant to the current situation in our public institutions, highlighting major issues that may not have been considered previou

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 17, 2022

So you’ve been told to play outside, and you’re not sure what to do. There’s no electricity, no Wi-Fi, and the sun's glaring on your iPad. The post How To Play Outside: 50 Things For ‘Digital Kids’ To Do appeared first on TeachThought.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 19, 2022

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Habits of Mind. Category: Pedagogy.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 15, 2022

Jigsaw Explorer is a website that offers a wide variety of online jigsaw puzzles that you can use with kids and students in and out of class. Jigsaw Explorer also allows you to create your own puzzles based on your photos and you can share these puzzles with others via email or through social media websites. Jigsaw Explorer offers various features that make it an interesting game-based learning platform to use in your instruction.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2022

There was a shift in Cheryl Gonzales’ life—a period of transition that seemed full of possibilities—around the time of a high school graduation. Not hers, her youngest daughter. The 43-year-old mom of four (and grandmother of two) turned her thoughts back to an associates degree that had sat unfinished since she left St. Philip’s College, in San Antonio’s east side, rather suddenly 20 years before.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Summer is over and schools are back in session across the country. If you missed the chance to prepare and test your cybersecurity protocols while students were living their best lives on summer break, there are actions you must take at the start of the school year to get your programs in shape. Teachers and administrators are ready to kick off a great year of learning, but must match that same preparedness to ensure their cybersecurity safety house is in order.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

AUGUST 18, 2022

Have fun with a Bingo Ice Breaker! Try out this free Add-on by Alice Keeler to create a fun activity to get students or participants up out of their seats and getting to know each other. The post Bingo Ice Breaker with Alice Keeler appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 19, 2022

Looking for math editors and equation writers to use on your Google Slides? The add-ons below have you covered. They provide you access to visual math editors to use to write and insert math equations right into your slides and Google Docs. Some of these editors also support handwriting, meaning, you can handwrite your equations on a touch device and have them converted into digital versions to insert in your presentations or any other document online.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

A popular communication and collaboration tool for K-12 teachers that’s been around for more than a decade is closing for good. Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. It’s no longer viable “for us to maintain the level of service you deserve and that we can take pride in ourselves,” the company wrote in an online explanation of its closure.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

By Anita Mattek After several years of using a homegrown social emotional learning (SEL) approach, our district decided it was time for a more official curriculum that would support our middle and high school students’ mental health, academic achievement, and overall well-being. With about 840 students in grades 8-12, we’d already developed a homeroom/advisory period meant to create community among students.

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techlearning

AUGUST 15, 2022

Teaching proper digital etiquette to students starts with modeling it.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 17, 2022

It's about time of the year we, teachers and educators, start getting ready for the start of a new school year. To help make this return as smooth as possible, I am sharing with you this collection of back to school worksheets and printables to use with your students in class. These worksheets offer tons of first week of school ideas and activities from getting to know me activities to find a friend games, you will definitely not run short of ideas to employ during those first days of the new sc

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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