A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

" In the absence of knowledge, assumptions fill the void—where clarity is lacking, rumors take root, and uncertainty breeds misdirection. " - Eric Sheninger Imagine trying to navigate a maze blindfolded, with no idea where you're going or what obstacles lie ahead. Frustrating, right? Now, picture having a leader who hands you the map, explains the terrain, and guides you step by step.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This post is sponsored by Swivl.MirrorTalk has captured the attention of many educators on and off social media and for good reason. It’s a simple AI-powered tool designed to facilitate meaningful reflection in just 5 minutes a day. Emphasis on the word simple because it truly is.Simple. So very simple.And now, MirrorTalk is even simpler […] The post 10 easy ways to use MirrorTalk in your classroom appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The big, once-in-a-lifetime Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund bonanza is now officially over, and that loss could be particularly tough for K–12 students and teachers who rely on educational technology. No longer flush with federal funds, schools will now need to make very tough decisions for the 2024-2025 school year and beyond as they revisit their pre-pandemic funding strategies.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The best handheld gaming device isn’t just a gadget; it’s your gateway to gaming anytime, anywhere. With on-the-go gaming becoming more popular than ever, choosing the right device means you’re never far from your favorite games, whether you’re at home or on the move. But why stick with a small screen when you could scale up the action to a larger portable or desktop gaming monitor and really crank up your gaming experience?

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching in the classroom is a joy to me. My students are exceptional, work hard, constantly learn new things and continually teach me new things. My heart is in the school first and foremost. Since 2002, I've taught middle and high schools and coached teachers on instructional technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

18 Digital Tool Musts in the Classroom This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: Summary 18 essential digital tools for classrooms, emphasizing their impact on modern education. Highlights Annotation Tools: Essential for digital note-taking. Avatars: Promote digital citizenship and privacy.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Imagine stepping into a meeting room where joining a virtual meeting and sharing content to the meeting from your laptop happens effortlessly. While BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) meeting rooms were once the norm, the evolution to advanced solutions like Microsoft Teams Rooms has taken the experience to the next level—faster, more intuitive, and more secure.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This episode will release on YouTube on September 18 at 11 am and first aired on WDJY FM 99.1 in Atlanta at 4 pm on September 11, 2024. These shownotes are provided for our radio and television viewers and listeners until the show releases. The YouTube video will be posted here when it goes live.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Music can help your students learn. Suno (suno.com) creates custom songs for you in a minute -- songs that can support learning and the classroom. Here's how. Music is a connector in learning. Want to connect students to a new concept so they can remember and understand it? Put it to music. Want to connect WITH your […] The post How to make custom songs for your class in a minute with Suno appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Experienced educational technology leaders will gather later this month to offer their expertise to teachers, IT staff and other K–12 professionals in a webinar hosted by CDW Education. The webinar, titled “Developing a Unified Classroom Ecosystem: Device Management, Connectivity and Student Safety,” will feature voices from the CDW Education team and pre-eminent industry partners Incident IQ, Kajeet, Lexicon Tech Solutions and Securly.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Introducing the Makeblock mBot2: A Fun and Educational AI Robot for Coding The Makeblock mBot2 is a delightful and educational AI robot designed to captivate the interest of children aged 8-12 in the fields of STEM. This robot toy not only provides an engaging visual learning experience but also teaches essential skills in programming, electronics, robotics, and computer science.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

What is the instructional leadership gap and how does it affect the learning outcomes of our students? I recently sat down with three district leaders, Sean Bulson, Superintendent, Hartford, (MD) Public Schools, Jerry Boyd, Superintendent of Washington County (TN) Schools, and Portia Slaughter, Chief Academic Officer at Harrisburg City (PA) School District to discuss these critical questions.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

HOUSTON — On a Saturday morning in August 2023, a crowd gathered outside the Houston Independent School District administration building with protest signs in hand. The brutal, sticky heat of Texas summer already had people wiping sweat from their brows and handing out bottled water from ice-filled coolers. Teachers, parents and politicians took turns at the microphone, united in their criticism of the controversial state takeover of Texas’ largest school district.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The post Announcing the Launch of the HP AI Academy: Empowering Educators with Generative AI appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

9-11 Day has become Patriot Day here in America, but it doesn’t change its purpose: to show how much we love our country. If you aren’t familiar with this terrorist attack, here’s a 2-minute overview: –Comments are closed to enjoy the day more completely. Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] “The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduc

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] School cell phone usage has become a hotly debated topic across the U.S. Recently, Christian Ruiz of the Dallas Independent School District joined Robert Bailey of Hāpara for a frank discussion on cell phones and social media in school. In this webinar, Robert and Christian discussed the benefits and drawbacks of cell phones, student attention issues and teacher and parent perspectives.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade students scored proficient or above in mathematics. Even more concerning is that only 9 percent of Black eighth-graders are at a proficient level, or above. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The post 5 Research-Backed Strategies to Help Learners Build Spatial Skills appeared first on Digital Promise.

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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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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The next issue of Educate AI Magazine is now available, free of charge. By Charles Sosnik Congratulations to Joel Backon and the team at Educate AI Magazine for another stellar issue. This is an amazing collection of articles, running the gamut from AI in Special Education to AI’s new role in creating a pathway from school to workforce readiness.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A classroom where learners build positive relationships, share ideas and solve problems together is one with deep engagement. Schools also need to prepare learners for a future career, and an essential skill for any job is the ability to collaborate with others. While there are many ways to support collaboration in the classroom, technology can take it to another level.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are developmentally, what academic, social and emotional skills they bring, and what support they need to set them up for a successful school year. That job has become more difficult in recent years, according to numerous surveys , research studies and EdSurge interviews, as the last few classes of kindergarteners

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

When you ask students to research a topic, what happens? Chances are some students will struggle. The authors explain how they use Inquiry Charts to help middle grades students navigate the pitfalls of research and also develop agency as researchers and knowledge builders. The post Use Inquiry Charts to Boost Student Research first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

AI, as we all know, has created a new “normal” in teaching. Our students are increasingly using generative AI tools for a wide range of tasks, from research to creative projects. As educators, it’s essential that we adapt to this shift, not just by incorporating AI into our teaching but by doing so ethically and effectively. To help guide this transition, I’ve compiled key do’s and don’ts for using AI in the classroom.

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Discovery Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Educators today wear many metaphorical hats, especially as technology develops. They are expected to become film directors, vloggers, and coding experts, not to mention navigating the world of AI and feeling the burden of their students’ online safety. It can be easy to forget that a key part of the mission of educational technology (EdTech) […] The post Five Ways to Create Immersion in the Classroom appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Integrating technology into the classroom involves more than just adding gadgets and software; it’s about creating a dynamic learning environment where students are actively engaged and teachers can teach more effectively. This journey requires collaboration among technology teams, instructional coaches and educators. Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology t

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The pandemic disrupted education in previously unimaginable ways. It limited testing and pushed schools toward remote learning and easier assignments, along with softer grading and a more relaxed attitude around attendance. These accommodations were supposed to be short-term, but most are still with us and are having a negative impact on students. This needs to change.

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

".it was in the 1990s that shop class started to become a thing of the past, as educators prepared students to become 'knowledge workers.'" Matthew B. Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work The education system has taken on the role of distributing people in the niches needed by business and industry. When business calls for "knowledge workers," the education system reacts and cuts funding of some programs and distributes students into the chosen learning niches of

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Key points: Microcredentials open up a work of possibilities to students–particularly systematically excluded learners 5 steps to boost CTE programs and fill workforce pipelines CTE advocates want more funding as demand increases For more news on college and career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As the U.S. offers more opportunities for skills-based hiring and advancement, microcredentials and learning and employment records (LER) can certify student learning and succ

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“When I present myself in front of students in a positive emotional state, I can increase student cognition, effort and long-term retention of information, Dr. Timothy Kanold excitedly shares. “The brain research on emotional intelligence as it relates to student learning is clear.” Timothy Kanold Co-Creator and Author, Wellness Solutions for Educators As Kanold explains, teacher and administrator mental and emotional well-being is an essential component of student learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In today’s post, I am sharing a collection of important tips to help you take care of yourself. Teaching, as we all know, is a demanding and often stressful profession, making it all the more important to prioritize your well-being. After consulting several trusted sources, I’ve gathered these practical and effective strategies to help you manage stress, boost your energy, and maintain balance in your personal and professional life.

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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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