Digital Promise
OCTOBER 23, 2024
A new report shares learnings from a cohort across K-12 education that tested ways to leverage AI toward equitable outcomes for students.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 22, 2024
As the threat landscape continues to evolve, so does security. But amid all of the change is a constant: the importance of identity and access management. IAM is a cornerstone of cyber resilience and security preparedness. But the longer it’s around, the more misconceptions about it arise. We investigated some of the biggest myths about IAM so that users can separate fact from fiction.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Teigue Linch recalls the email she got from Pine Forest, her daughters’ child care center in Burlington, Vermont, encouraging families to take advantage of the new state law that allows more people to qualify for child care assistance. But Linch, who works full time as an office manager for an engineering company, has twin 17-month-old toddlers, a long to-do list and the heavy mental load shared by all parents of young children.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
K–12 schools are No. 1, and not in a good way. Last year alone, the number of ransomware attacks on K–12 schools topped the number on secondary schools, hospital systems and governments. Other numbers schools may be considering come from Microsoft, which reports that “password-based attacks make up over 99% of the 600 million daily identity attacks” in the company’s own digital ecosystem.
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.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 20, 2024
" Leadership clarity is the light that cuts through the fog of uncertainty, guiding others toward a clear and purposeful path." During my early years as a principal, I was literally flying by the seat of my pants. No one person or program can adequately prepare you for the realities of the job, as things are coming at you from every direction. While putting out fires comes with the territory, the real work lies in developing a learning culture prioritizing relationships and student outcomes.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free to Ask a Tech Teacher subscribers: Summary This video discusses using student presentations to enhance speaking and listening skills, aligning with Common Core standards. Highlights Engaging Topic: Student presentations warm up students and foster excitement for learning.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 24, 2024
According to recent federal data, schools are still struggling with a shortage of teachers and other staff. An upcoming CDW webinar aims to provide solutions to help K–12 leaders bridge the gaps that result from having fewer staff on school grounds. Titled “Accelerating K-12 Education: Empowering Classrooms with Smart Solutions and AI,” the Nov. 7 webinar will showcase a panel of experts from LocknCharge, Microsoft, SMART Technologies, Teq and Kokomo24/7.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The post Flipping the Status Quo: Outcomes Based Contracting May Ensure Edtech Reaches Its Full Potential appeared first on Digital Promise.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 23, 2024
No one disagrees with the importance of the visual in communicating. The problem usually is creating it. Most teachers aren’t adept at matching colors, picking fonts and font sizes, and then laying everything out artistically. It’s much easier to use text with a few pictures tossed in and leave the artistry for the art teacher. When Microsoft Publisher came out a lifetime ago, it was the first major desktop publishing effort to blend layout, colors, and multimedia that was accessible
Edsurge
OCTOBER 25, 2024
New federal survey data on the education workforce shows that a majority of schools had a tough time filling at least one fully certified teaching position this fall. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Public schools reported having six teacher vacancies on average in August, based on responses to the School Pulse Panel by the National Center for Education Statistics.
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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.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Like many organizations, technology teams in K–12 are the gatekeepers that make it possible for students and employees to access the tools they need to do their schoolwork or their jobs. Proper user lifecycle management can ensure that teachers, staff and students won’t have to worry about not having access to Microsoft Outlook or their Google Workspace for Education documents.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Data is now everywhere in our lives, informing our decisions about which new show to watch, what path to take or whether to grab an umbrella. But it’s practically absent from the way our kids learn. Our approach to teaching data science and data literacy has hardly evolved since I started my teaching career in 1995. Yet now more than ever, K-12 students need basic modern data science skills.
Securly
OCTOBER 24, 2024
A new school year means different things to different people. The experience of an administrator is different from that of a teacher, and a teacher’s experience is different from a student’s. For K-12 edtech leaders, the start of the 2024-25 school year brought some familiar pressures, like systems to deploy and staff to train. But they’re also navigating new priorities and edtech challenges, including AI integration, student mental health, and digital equity, all while ESSER funding begin
Edsurge
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks. “They're pretty sneaky, so you wouldn't always know that that was the reason,” says Fleck.
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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.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The post Student Guest Post: Shifting our Mindsets about AI: Reframing AI as the Sidekick Rather than the Villain appeared first on Digital Promise.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Key points: AI can help develop soft skills, but they are uniquely human capabilities AI’s transformative role in accessibility When it comes to AI use, educators are more comfortable than students For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub With the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, many parents are now asking: Should I let my kids use AI as a learning aid?
The Thinking Stick
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Professor Anna Mills discusses the evolving landscape of AI literacy in education, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach to integrating AI into writing and learning processes. She reflects on the challenges of defining boundaries for AI use in academic settings, the importance of fostering intrinsic motivation among students, and the necessity of bridging the gap between K-12 and higher education.
Shake Up Learning
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The post A Balanced Approach to Tech and Learning: Revising the Dynamic Learning Model appeared first on Shake Up Learning. As educators, finding the balance between meaningful technology integration and effective teaching practices is an ongoing challenge. In this episode, Kasey revisits the Dynamic Learning Model to explore how it can evolve to better serve today’s classrooms, particularly with the increasing role of technology and AI without sacrificing mental health and wellness.
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.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 24, 2024
The post Micro-credential Platform: Our 2024 Fall Updates appeared first on Digital Promise.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Key points: Hands-on learning can build teacher-students’ STEAM confidence A surefire way to make science relevant to kids Pandemic-related science losses hit underrepresented groups harder For more news on STEAM, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub In my fall 3rd-year “STEM in Early Childhood” class, I noticed a common trend: The pre-service teachers, who were all women, shared a stereotypical belief that they were not math or science people, and therefore not equipped to teach STEAM.
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn show how to balance the process of teacher evaluation (number of observations, conferences and written reports) with the importance of using the evaluation system to support teacher improvement and re-enforce effective teacher habits. The post Teacher Evaluation That Works for Everyone first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
OCTOBER 23, 2024
EdTech can and should be a balanced approach. Paperless is not a pedagogy and not everything we do should involve tech. For the parts of the lesson that do involve technology, how to we seamlessly integrate them with the non tech elements? Lesson planning is challenging and particularly challenging for planning for students who aren’t. The post How to Organize a Blended Lesson with FigJam appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.
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.
Learning in Hand
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Google Forms has a brand-new question type—ratings! You can now ask respondents to rate things using a customizable scale, ranging from 3 to 10. You can also choose an icon for the rating, such as stars, hearts, or thumbs up. When respondents submit their ratings, the icons fill with color, making it more visually engaging than other question types.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Chicago — Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles Unified) has chosen ClassVR from Avantis Education, a global leader in educational virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology, to introduce groundbreaking immersive learning experiences to students. With more than 16,000 ClassVR headsets deployed, this collaboration supports Los Angeles Unified’s Instructional Technology Initiative and is designed to provide the district’s students with access to cutting-edge VR and AR tools to enh
edWeb.net
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast If we want students to succeed in college and the workforce, they need to be familiar with STEM and CTE, but that’s easier said than done. As important as building sustainable STEM programs is, it can also be very difficult. During the edLeader Panel “ Critical Factors for STEM Program Sustainability ,” Annie Burnett, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at SmartLab, spoke with Mark Whelton, Superintendent of Bridgeport-Spaulding Communit
Minga
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Digital hall passes for schools are modernizing campus management, making it easier to monitor student movement and reduce disruptions. However, there is often a misconception that schools need to provide each student with a device to use a digital hall pass system. Implementing a 1:1 device policy in high schools depends on factors such as budget, infrastructure, equity, curriculum integration, device management, cell phone bans , community support, and long-term sustainability.
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Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t
techlearning
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Build your AI understanding and toolbox with these teaching platforms, sites, and apps as well as expert advice
eSchool News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Keisha Ray and Susan Gentz, co-founders of k20 connects, tackle two of the most popular, but sometimes confusing, topics in the world of education and technology. The computer-generated transcript is below: Kevin Hogan OK. Hello and welcome to another episode of Innovations and Education. The podcast where we dive deep into the intersection of education and technology.
PlagiarismCheck
OCTOBER 25, 2024
AI detection in recruitment may be confusing. On the one hand, HR departments use an AI detector to ensure the CV is human-written and authentic. At the same time, they implement AI-based technologies to scan the applications and filter out the most relevant candidates. So how is one supposed to navigate this controversial situation and ensure the resume brings the intended result?
Edthena
OCTOBER 25, 2024
In the news EdTech Digest recently spotlighted Edthena’s latest video coaching innovation in their “Cool Tools” feature , showcasing the newly launched VC3 video coaching platform. This next-generation tool represents a significant advancement in professional development technology for educators, building upon Edthena’s established success in video-based instructional coaching.
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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