Hapara

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Strategic use of digital tools can help educators who are teaching during uncertain times by providing structure and space for effective learning. There are many technology tools available that can help educators provide clear instruction and foster relationships regardless of when and where students are learning. Using messaging programs and learning management systems, teachers can set clear goals and instructions for assignments, as well as provide instant feedback.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Students have become more outspoken about the type of education they want. As a teacher, I constantly hear about their desire to learn by doing, see how things develop, contribute to and witness the results of their work. In other words, students want information and tasks that are real and useful outside the classroom. Defined by PBL Works as “an approach to teaching in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects while they investigate and respond

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

How would one define great leadership? What are the characteristics of influential leaders? Each of these questions leads to various responses. I am sure that each of you reading this post can develop a quick list of critical characteristics or behaviors that one must utilize to help move people to where they need to be to improve culture and performance.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The K–12 Cybersecurity Act, signed into law last October, initiated the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s review of the cyber risks facing K–12 institutions. Per the timeline detailed in the Act, CISA would have 120 days to review the threat landscape and then 60 days to create guidelines for districts based on its findings. The review and impending guidelines could mean changes to the way cybersecurity is managed in school districts across the country.

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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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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Colors vary in many different ways, in terms of hue, saturation, brightness, and gloss. What we perceive as ocean blue, mustard yellow, or Bordeaux red is caused by how light is reflected back to our eyes. However, each of us sees colors differently. The same dress can be seen as black and blue by one person and white and gold by another. This is the same for how different screens show and reproduce color.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Here are popular 3D Printing resources teachers are using: 3D Bear. Cricut Machine –to cut materials. Create 3D Printing Designs. 3D Doodler Pen. MakerBot PrintShop. Onshape. SculptGL. Sketchup. Tinkercad –create your own 3D print designs. Download 3D Printing designs. GrabCad. Smithsonian X3D –download 3D print designs of Smithosonian artifacts.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Data analytics tools may be the answer to questions that IT leaders are only beginning to ask in K–12 education. Though they are not yet widely used to their fullest extent, they could help IT teams gain visibility into their networks, detect uninvited devices and even prepare for the impending funding cliff, as described in Part 1 of this content. There’s a further benefit to these analytics tools: helping K–12 educators evaluate the impact of their chosen digital solutions and manage their vir

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The future of USB-C is looking bright, especially for monitors. The display technologies already made a huge jump over the last 20 years, moving from CRT to flatscreen devices. And the significant increase in resolution and color depth led to the astonishing image quality and versatility we know today. Let’s take a look at what to expect in the upcoming years and discover why USB-C is now the name of the game.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Here’s a great list of shortkey helps for keyboarding on the Internet, software, or anywhere else: More articles: Computer Shortkeys That Streamline Your Day. Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs. 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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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A school leader in one of my Facebook groups asked if anyone had a discussion guide for the next time their teachers held vertical discussions across grade levels. Here was my response: I’ve done this with schools before. Not exactly sure what the desired outcome of your conversations is, but I’ve seen really powerful discussion arise from the simple questions of “ What do you expect students to know and be able to do by the end of their school year with you?

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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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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Cloud technologies are growing in popularity in K–12 school districts, with IT decision-makers adopting collaboration tools, Software as a Service applications and cloud-based backups. Among IT decision-makers surveyed, 93 percent use Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or a combination of the collaboration platforms in their districts, according to “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You,” a report by Edweek Research Center and ManagedMethods.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In an industry that values innovation, cutting-edge design, and lightning response to changing market needs, how can edtech products demonstrate their effectiveness? Typically, efficacy studies serve as a metric for understanding the value of a learning tool. While efficacy studies play an important role in determining product quality, they require a tremendous amount of time and resources.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In my classes, there are still a lot of technology skills that are difficult for students. One–developing good enough typing skills that they can find keys without slowing their thinking. Another–all those menus! They want to jot a note on a PDF or a webpage, but don’t know where to find the tool for that. Keep in mind, I’m the tech teacher and still, I complain heartily about technology!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Covering content and preparing students for life success are not the same thing. . Download this file. See also my other slides. Related Posts. Can’t we do better than the evolutionary filmstrip? [SLIDE]. We’ve got no time, no time… [SLIDE]. Higher-level thinkers don’t just magically emerge from low-level thinking spaces [SLIDE]. Are they learning or just parroting?

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Personalized Learning

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the digital education landscape, modern technology collects a large amount of data. While it’s important to protect student data, it’s also important to note that there is more digital data available to educators than ever before. With the right mindset — and proper professional development — educators can use this data to drive positive outcomes in the classroom.

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Ditch That Textbook

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Student interest surveys help us know what makes our students tick, which helps us build relationships and learning that matters.When we know what makes students tick, it can help us create learning that they'll really love. But that's not the only reason to get to know our students' interests. When we know them and what they're into […]. The post Student interest surveys to connect learning to their world appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, retired teacher and education consultant, Christian Miraglia: Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change. In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for classroom instruction. Here, the focus is how students use social media to advance their causes and concerns. As a history teacher, I emphasized the concept of taking action on social issues to affect change.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

[ Sharing my ISTE Certification journey… ]. ISTE Certification has kept me busy! Despite my familiarity with all of the ISTE Standards, I have found that I am thinking much more deeply about the ISTE Standards for Educators as I go through this process with my cohort (which I appreciate)… One of our activities asked us to reflect on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines.

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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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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Editor’s Note: In this Virtual Learning Diary, high school student Ayla Kickhofel shares a first-person account of the online learning experience during the pandemic. The COVID-19 virus began when I, currently a sophomore in high school, was in eighth grade. My school was only supposed to be closed for two weeks, but it stayed closed for about a month.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A satellite launch expected later this year could expand the availability of high speed internet for the nation’s students. The launch of ViaSat-3, a trio of ultra high capacity GEO satellites, is part of ViaSat's ambition to create a global network of high-capacity internet. Each of the satellites will offer more than one terabyte per second of total network output, a thousand times the capacity of the company's first generation satellites, which the company says will allow educators and studen

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

K-12 grading hasn’t changed a lot in decades. Edutopia thinks they’re due for an update. Here’s an eye-opening article on three grading practices that should be overhauled: Teacher: Reconsider these traditional grading practices. There are three key grading practices that should be overhauled, writes Alexis “Lexy” Tamony, a high-school math teacher in California.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

These past three years have been very difficult for students, teachers, and school leaders. It seems that as life is getting “back to normal” there is something that comes in and disrupts the progress being made. What this time has shown us, though, is that this is the perfect opportunity to start fresh.

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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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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

By 2024, the SAT will move entirely online. Students will take the test on computers and tablets at testing centers, rather than filling in scantron bubbles with their No. 2 pencil. The test will also be shorter — two hours instead of three — thanks to shorter reading passages, and test-takers will be allowed to use a calculator for the math portions of the exam.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

With COVID-19 still very much a factor on college campuses, virtual office hours have become an increasingly critical aspect of the education that students are receiving in this hybrid world. Virtual office hours have become an increasingly critical aspect of the education that students are receiving in this hybrid world. UNC’s Learning Center states the case plainly for its students : “Attending office hours, whether in person or online, can give you [the student] valuable time to better unders

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Netiquette is the digital equivalent of the traditional etiquette. Netiquette (net + etiquette) is the code of proper conduct applied to communication on virtual online spaces.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Have I started with purpose and pedagogy instead of the tech? How will this tech empower students to control their own learning? The post 15 Questions To Ask About Tech Integration In Your Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While the awareness of trauma-informed teaching has been a concept I have grappled with, teaching amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has moved this concept to the forefront in terms of how to be effective as a trauma-informed educator in the virtual classroom. Trauma is prevalent in the lives of both educators and learners. Though prevalent, it can also be silent in that it is not always a visible or known quantity.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s a dry, hot day in south Phoenix, but my dimly lit classroom is cool and comfortable. Quick footsteps approach outside the door and two-dozen 8- and 9-year-olds return from recess, sweating and smiling. They calmly walk to their desks while a children’s mindful breathing video plays on the whiteboard. Some students quietly grab their water bottles and head out to fill them up, and others sit on the carpet and stretch.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Loom is a screen and camera recording tool that allows you to create screencasts and video tutorials. Loom is available for Mac, Windows, as a Chrome extension, and as an app for iOS and.read more.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We have nothing to lose in getting observed. If we're doing well, the feedback will show that. If not, feedback shows where we can adjust. The post The Benefits Of Teachers Observing Other Teachers appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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