eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on creating an online elementary program. Elementary education is the foundation for early learning, providing students with the skills and community they need for future success in school and life.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Music can provoke deep emotions while taking us back in time. Given this trajectory, it also has the power to help us learn and retain information. Emotions and learning go hand-in-hand. Maya Angelou stated, “At the end of the day, people won’t remember what you said or did; they will remember how you made them feel.” This is how good teachers become great.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We are always learning more about the science of teaching. Technology and societal changes shift what we can do and what we value. Here are 10 outdated teaching techniques. The post 10 Outdated Teaching Techniques appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The pandemic’s impact continues to upend life in education, and we have yet to reckon with its extent on health and the economy. That’s why we should give serious consideration to paying students 16 and older to attend after-school enrichment programs, extended summer learning and work-study programs. Recent NAEP scores showed startling declines that could amount to as many as 22 weeks of learning loss, according to Thomas Kane, faculty director of Harvard University’s Center for Education Polic

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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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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2022

By Zach Vander Veen This is something school districts have talked about for years. They have dreamed about it. They have danced around it. They have spent billions to warehouse it. They have pulled their hair our worrying about it. They have worked their teachers to tears, to exhaustion, and often to quitting to try to organize and control it. They have stockpiled untold quantities of it.

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techieMusings

DECEMBER 28, 2022

“Congratulations! The people have spoken and your article, “How to Use Edtech to Engage Introverted Learners,” has won 1st place in our 2022 EdTech Update MVP Awards Technology category!” I am so honored to share that my article, “ How to Use Edtech to Engage Introverted Learners ,” placed first! There were such great entries , so this recognition truly means a lot.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 3rd most-read story focuses on edtech insights from every part of a school and district. In this episode of Innovations in Education , hosted by Kevin Hogan: Why back-office systems are an essential element to successful learning 9 priorities

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. — It was a Thursday morning in November, a few minutes into Ruby Voss’ and Amber Benson’s eighth grade math class at Northside Middle School just outside Roanoke, a city of roughly 100,000 in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Thursdays are spent in review in preparation for tests each Friday. The teachers posted a question on screen — “What’s the slope of the equation below?

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Edthena

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The end of the year is here and perhaps you’re catching up on good reads from December 2022. Maybe you’re looking for ideas for a strong 2023 start in the classroom or ways you can provide better professional development to teachers. We’ve rounded up recent resources for teachers and instructional coaches and included highlights here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In case you are not familiar with neural networks or have not used AI-based tools, you will be surprised to learn that solutions like ChatGPT tend to use the principles of transformer architecture. The core idea is an analysis of the lengthy bits of text where the system analyzes the keywords and sequences used to create a natural language flow. It also makes learning through ChatGPT and similar tools suitable for learning purposes and even works with autistic and dyslexic students who require m

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Do you speak two languages? Has it made a difference in your professional life? (Please scroll down to the middle of this interview if you’d like to hear Martha Carrasco-Salazar‘s story first). My Journey Toward Dual Language My journey toward a second language began when I was in middle school. I have always loved language and was excited to start learning Spanish.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

FAIRFAX, Va. — For years, the Fairfax County NAACP’s small education committee devoted itself mostly to fights over Confederate school names and acts of racism against individual students. It waged battles that mattered for some, “but rarely made us feel like we were having a profound impact on the system,” said Sujatha Hampton, who became chair of the committee in 2019.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Like educators and students across the U.S., folks here at EdSurge are enjoying a holiday (and publishing) break during the last week of 2022. But we couldn’t bear to leave you without some worthwhile reading and listening material during this wintery week, filled with short days and long nights. So our reporters and editors have been reflecting on the articles, books and podcasts that have resonated with us most this year and we’re sharing them with you.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Want to be more creative? Have more fun with your resources? Check out FREE - Canva for Educators a digital creativity tool with so many applications. You can also use Canva for teaching. The post FREE – Canva for Educators appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2022

New Year is celebrated around the world in different ways. Beyond the conventional fireworks and drinks, New Year celebrations in many countries are associated with different unique and idiosyncratic traditions some of which date back to ancient history. It is always intriguing to learn how other people from different cultures welcome the new year and what kinds of rituals and traditions they perform right before or after the stroke of midnight. [ Related: 10 best New Year resolution ideas ] In

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2022

According to a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) study , the number of children aged 3 to 17 diagnosed with anxiety increased by 29 percent between 2016 and 2020, while those diagnosed with depression increased by 27 percent. The situation worsened with the pandemic. And now, stressed students are hurting others and themselves. There’s a dire need for safety in schools and other educational institutions — it’s time for strategies that help create safe learning environments.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The isolation of spring 2020 sent Lindsay Richmond’s 13-year-old son AJ into severe depression. This story also appeared in USA Today. Born with a traumatic brain injury, he’d been diagnosed in kindergarten with a serious emotional disability and severe ADHD. Stuck at home during the early months of the pandemic, his mental health declined. That fall he was briefly admitted to a psychiatric hospital after threatening to hurt himself—just after he started seventh grade at Sobesky Academy, a publi

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Despite New Year’s resolutions having a staggeringly low success rate , there’s something infectious about the spirit of renewal at this time of year. We can’t help but forget about the disappointments of past years and try again… often without doing anything differently , which repeats the cycle from fierce ambition to epic fail.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the strategies to get students engaged and motivated to learn is to incorporate materials that they love and use in their daily life. Social media is one of them. An increasing number of our students use social media and especially Facebook to socialize, connect, and (hopefully) learn. The good news is that we can leverage the potential of this social media website to enhance students learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As a school administrator, you’re faced with a range of challenges every day. One of the most common at the moment is mitigating the negative impacts of teacher shortages. After all, without a consistent and functional faculty, the quality of students’ education is likely to suffer. Therefore, it’s important to examine the elements that affect teacher retention.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Coaching for teachers “is a powerful process.” That’s how Courtney Groskin, an instructional learning coach with St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colo, recently described effective coaching. But effective coaching doesn’t just happen. Though she has over 20 years of experience in education, Courtney Groskin reflected, Just like teachers are always working to improve, I’m always looking for ways to elevate my own coaching practice.

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 28, 2022

It's fun to go into my Twitter analytics and see which tweets got the most engagement each month. My top tweets from each month of 2022. ? Like Wordle? Take a look at 9 grid-based word and number guessing games. [link] pic.twitter.com/9eWtiqbuKm — Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) January 29, 2022. ? CLOSEit is a free add-on for Google Docs. Underlined or highlighted words are replaced with blanks and a word bank is added to the end of the document.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Wherever you are, I hope you are enjoying your holiday and having a good time with your family and loved ones. If you are looking for a good movie to watch with your kids during the holidays, the list below features some amazing options. These are all holiday movies for kids that have received higher positive ratings by viewers. The movies are not in any particular order, though I must admit that I did place Happy New Year, Charlie Brown atop of the list because it is my favorite of them all.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Post-pandemic academic achievement is showing encouraging signs of improvement, although not evenly across school years, according to NWEA , a nonprofit, research and educational services organization serving K-12 students. The new research findings are based on fall 2022 assessment data from nearly 7 million US students in grades 3-8. The new report is part of NWEA’s ongoing research effort to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted student achievement in reading and math.

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techieMusings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

As the year comes to a close, I want to share how I’ve been using NotePlan to reflect on my progress and set goals for the future. I’ll also be highlighting some of my favorite new features in NotePlan that have improved my daily workflow.” Table of Contents. 0:00 Introduction. 1:04 New weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly note preferences. 1:46 Example of how I plan a day in NotePlan. 2:40 Moving and rescheduling tasks. 3:00 Drag & drop from a note onto the calendar. 3:2

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 27, 2022

"Science can be a language of distance which reduces a being to its working parts; it is language of objects." Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass Educators and education policymakers have discovered a new word "science." Well, it's not new to them, but some educators have figured out that by placing the words "Science of" before whatever topic they wish, somehow transforms that topic into something that is to be heeded and given authority.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 25, 2022

With the start of a new year the resolutions list starts piling up with all kinds of ideas, expectations, and projects that we hope to accomplish during the year and probably beyond. However, a number of these resolutions go to the graveyard before they see the light and some of them go the whole way to fruition. When we decide to take a new course of break up with an old one, we are actually engaged in forming a new habit.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. The benefits of esports are well documented.

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PlagiarismCheck

DECEMBER 27, 2022

ChatGPT ’s release stirred the internet community in general and educators in particular. Actually, the technology behind it, GPT-3 , isn’t brand new. But the fact of how easily it empowers a chatbot to answer and write like a human is astounding. ChatGPT by OpenAI needs just a few prompts to dwell on any topic and produce high-quality content. It went viral and caused another round of hot discussions about whether AI will replace content makers and influence academic writing.

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The Thinking Stick

DECEMBER 26, 2022

On this special episode, Jeff and Tricia sit down with a listener of the show: Joe Taranto. Joe reached out to Jeff and Tricia about his experience podcasting with students. Joe shares what he has learned over the years of launching and sustaining a podcast that is truly student-led. This episode is great for fellow educators who are curious about what a podcast might bring to their community as well as for educators reimagining student agency and student leadership.

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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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