A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2024

Personalization is the future of education because it recognizes that every student is unique, with distinct learning preferences, paces, and goals. This approach shifts away from the traditional one-size-fits-all model, allowing students to learn at their own rhythm and delve deeper into concepts that pique their interest. By creating experiences that make instruction personal and address individual needs, personalized learning enhances engagement, motivation, and ultimately, student achievemen

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 12, 2024

Did you know that device broadcasting systems can significantly bolster campus safety protocols? By improving campus communication, they reduce confusion among students and staff and minimize response time delays during emergencies. So, how can we effectively integrate this technology into our campus security strategies? Read on to discover how integrating campus communication systems , like ViewSonic Manager , can elevate your campus security measures.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Technology is everywhere in a district, from operational buildings and grounds down to the classroom. Just as tech is so well integrated in the many functions of a school, IT leaders need to be integrated in strategic planning to keep these systems running. The Consortium for School Networking’s Framework of Essential Skills looks at where technology leaders are involved and whether they have a voice and understanding of district strategic planning and how technology is a part of that planning.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 14, 2024

Digital Promise’s new Digital Equity Framework provides guidance for bridging the digital divides for states and K-12 education systems.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2024

Digital storytelling is a modern form of storytelling that uses digital tools and multimedia elements to craft and convey narratives. It blends traditional storytelling with digital technologies, allowing stories to be told through various digital formats, including videos, podcasts, blogs, social media, interactive websites, and multimedia presentations.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2024

Feedback is critical for helping students enhance their conceptual knowledge and skills. Despite its value, with the time constraints and the large number of students in classrooms, providing focused, actionable, and timely feedback often feels unattainable. Feedback is an essential yet time-intensive task that artificial intelligence (AI) can effectively scale, ensuring every student receives the targeted support they need to confidently apply their learning.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2024

The post Vote For Digital Promise’s Transformative SXSW EDU Panel Submissions appeared first on Digital Promise.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of

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Ditch That Textbook

AUGUST 13, 2024

Jacob Carr is an educator, author, and education consultant specializing in pedagogy and integrating artificial intelligence into the classroom. He also co-hosts the "What Teachers Have to Say" podcast, maintains an active presence on social media at @MrCarrOnTheWeb, and is the author of the "The EduProtocol Field Guide: ELA Edition.” As educators, we've all faced […] The post Transform Your Classroom with EduProtocols (ELA edition) appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced last October that Wi-Fi for school buses will soon be eligible for E-Rate funding, the goal was to help K–12 districts add another piece to the connectivity puzzle. “We are going to help close the Homework Gap and get more kids connected for school,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement.

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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.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 12, 2024

The post Celebrating Student Voice, Creativity, and Innovation on International Youth Day appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 13, 2024

It’s the time of year that we start heading back into our schools and classrooms - some of us are already in school, and some of us are still counting down our last few precious days of summer vacation. Setting the stage for a new school year is crucial, but it can also be a complex undertaking. So we decided to round up some resources to help you start the school year off right!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school. Some of them travel to the campus during the school day to take courses in introductory English, history, psychology and sociology. Others stay right at their own secondary schools and learn from high school teachers who deliver college-course lessons.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

For K–12 schools that have opted into the Google ecosystem, the magic acronym these days may well be EDLA. Google’s Enterprise Device Licensing Agreement makes cutting-edge applications and capabilities readily available across a range of devices, such as LG’s recently released CreateBoard TR3DK. Thanks to its EDLA compatibility, teachers already familiar with Google Drive can easily store and share files, access teaching tools and incorporate those tools into their classroom activities through

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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.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2024

The post 9 Expert Teachers, Coaches, and Principals Share Their Tips for Successful Collaborative Learning appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Securly

AUGUST 15, 2024

As a school web filter, Securly Filter’s primary purpose is to protect your students from harmful and inappropriate content. But a school web filter can and should do so much more , especially as we head into the 2024-25 school year. Many web filters haven’t evolved much beyond content blocking. But Securly Filter isn’t just any web filter. It’s continually evolving to meet the needs of K-12 educators.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2024

2023 was the hottest year ever recorded on the planet — by far. More than halfway in, 2024 is on track to exceed it, with June the hottest month on record and July 22 the hottest day. Everyone is feeling it — energy bills are up, social plans are disrupted, sleep and exercise are more elusive. In early care and education, children and caregivers are finding that it’s disrupting their everyday routines and experiences.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman instructs students on atoms, matter and, she says, how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility in class: developing students’ reading skills. For about 20 of the 80 minutes of almost every class, she engages her chemistry students in literacy skills, she said: closely reading passages from their textbooks, “breaking apart” prefixes and suffixes for relevant vocabulary and identifying root words.

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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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Digital Promise

AUGUST 12, 2024

The post How Inspiring Equity for Early Childhood Educators can Change the Trajectory of a Nation appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

AUGUST 16, 2024

Google Classroom allows students to submit work. Use this handout to help students to turn work in Google Classroom. Download PDF of Turn in Work to Google Classroom Poster Students Turn In Work to Google Classroom To submit work in Google Classroom students must view the full assignment instructions to add work to the “Your. The post Google Classroom Tutorial: How Students Turn in Work appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years , and they’re both a resource for students doing assignments and a symbol of the importance in higher education of learning to express yourself in text. But as generative AI tools like ChatGPT sweep into mainstream business tools, promising to draft properly-formatted text from simple prompts and the click of a button, new questions are rising about what role writing centers should play — or whether they will be needed

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

If we graded schools on how accurately they grade students, they’d fail. Nearly six out of 10 course grades are inaccurate, according to a new study of grades that teachers gave to 22,000 middle and high school students in 2022 and 2023. The Equitable Grading Project , a nonprofit organization that seeks to change grading practices, compared 33,000 course grades with students’ scores on standardized exams, including Advanced Placement tests and annual state assessments.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Key points: As we enjoy summer, we can’t forget school cybersecurity challenges It’s time to rethink cybersecurity in education Schools must bolster network continuity as they adopt more technology For more news on K-12 cybersecurity, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub School’s out for summer but, for admins, there’s no final bell. Ransomware attacks in education are doubling year-on-year and the arrival of the summer holidays doesn’t mean to expect fewer attacks.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

AUGUST 14, 2024

In the last month, I've been fortunate to attend two conferences, and from both I've gotten good ideas for digital and game-based learning. In today's blog entry, I'll share my reflections with you! Play Make Learn 2024 Play Make Learn is an annual conference first started in 2017, and is held at the beautiful University of Wisconsin campus in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

The first day of high school is usually filled with icebreakers, like the classic, two truths and a lie. Two truths and one lie I often share with my class are: I am a physics teacher I hate science I love dogs The lie, unfortunately, is that I love dogs — they’re fine; I’m just not a pet person. In this case, I really am a physics teacher who, at one point , hated science; in fact, I spent the better part of the past decade trying to escape it.

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techlearning

AUGUST 15, 2024

Tips for fostering screen time for media creation rather than media consumption in children, from NYU technology and gaming professor Jan Plass

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As a novice teacher in 1999, I was grateful to have a colleague across the hall who was also new to the profession. We swapped stories, shared strategies, and commiserated about our shared challenges around lesson planning and staying in touch with students’ families.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

AUGUST 12, 2024

39 Things I have Learned in my 39 Years in Education Tomorrow starts year 39 in education. Who would have thought? I will greet new students to my new room tomorrow. As I contemplate meeting my students, I am in a reflective mood and below are 39 things I have learned in my 39 years. Do you have any more? Students know if you care - they can detect if you aren’t genuine in like 3 seconds Students today are so busy - probably a societal thing - respect their time and they will give you all

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Educator wellness is more than buzzwords. Living a well-balanced and fully engaged life is essential for building a safe, supportive and collaborative school culture that positively impacts both student achievement and teacher retention. Learn the 4 dimensions of educator wellness and how they can help strengthen work-life balance and teacher efficacy.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

AUGUST 14, 2024

You put out a Google Form and you have some responses. However, who didn’t respond to a Google Form? Checking through the list of responses to see who is missing is certainly unfun. As a teacher with maybe 200 students, this is a regular need but who has time for that? Use my Add-on to. The post Who Didn’t Respond to a Google Form appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.

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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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