Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in EdTech Magazine , on June 18, 2021. Teaching is a profoundly caring profession. Just like doctors, nurses, and therapists, teachers deeply impact the lives of all the people they work with. Their jobs come with high moral obligations, as well as a highly regulated work environment. That alone makes any caring profession deserving of the highest respect from society, as such individuals deal with a specific combination of stress factors daily.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Nancy Barile has an incredible story of how she uses the show The Walking Dead to engage learners in writing skills and more. Her administration has let her recraft the curriculum around this show with pretty astounding results. Sponsor: Advancement Courses is sponsoring DonorsChoose projects from August 18 – September 24.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, taught for 36 years before retiring. Here is Part 2 of his discussion on technology’s place in education: Part II Technology is Here to Stay: A Conversation with Teachers. In my previous post, I wrote about the permanency of technology in the instructional setting for educators. Over the past weeks, I have spoken to a few educators about what has changed for them in this area.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I had the pleasure of chatting with Matt Miller this week for my podcast, The Balance. During our conversation, we explored aspects of the teaching profession that are time-consuming and create work-life imbalance. One culprit is the mentality that, “If I don’t grade it, the students won’t do it.” I disagree, especially when it comes to assignments designed to provide students with opportunities to review concepts and practice specific skills.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

When it comes to blended learning, it is essential first to have an underlying understanding as to why this pedagogical strategy is valuable in the classroom. Let’s take a step back before diving into the nuts and bolts. Over the years, I have written a great deal about personalization, which is basically a shift from “what” to “who” as a means for students to demonstrate more ownership over their learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Despite being one of the most in-demand sectors of the job market, STEM education is frequently subpar in districts serving minority students. As of 2018, students did not have access to Algebra II lessons in a quarter of high schools that primarily serve Black and Hispanic students, according to an article in Forbes. The lack of access to higher-level science, technology, engineering and math classes in K–12 education shows.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today's show, we are working to develop empathy for some of our most struggling students – students who are refugees. Looking at Syrian Refugee students in Lebanon, we are spotlighting students who need our encouragement and help. This is not an easy topic, but we should all consider it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to. Blendsapce –if you create your lesson plans in BlendSpace, it includes opportunities to assess learning. Easy CBM. Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app). Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app). Flipgrid — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer and decorations; appears as a grid of answers to th

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Cyberattacks on our nation’s K–12 schools are on the rise. They’re targeting a rich cache of data and IT resources. Since 2016, there have been 1,180 cyber-related incidents in K–12 public schools, and this number continues to grow. With the shift to online and hybrid learning, schools have found themselves more exposed than ever. In light of the new vulnerabilities, an FBI alert issued in the summer of 2020 warned K–12 institutions of new cyberattacks ahead of these schools resuming virtual lea

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Need some lesson ideas for class tomorrow? The Applied Digital Skills curriculum from Google for Education teaches practical digital skills with free video lessons.Post sponsored by Google for Education You've got lessons to plan for tomorrow. Or next week. Or your next unit. Let's be honest. Time is not something we teachers have an overabundance of.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The post Watch MY World 360° Media During the Global Week to #Act4SDGs appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

District Administration recently published an interesting article on how mindfulness creates kinder classrooms and reduces problematic behaviors by 18%. Click the link and check out their thoughts. If you’d like background on Mindfulness, check our article published earlier on. How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Class. Students learn best when they are relaxed, happy, and feeling loved.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Well-run IT operations are proactive about identifying problems and working on a fix — hopefully before end users notice. Network monitoring, an important tool in every IT manager’s toolbox, can help sound the alarm on potential problems. Here are some need-to-know facts and fallacies to help you get the most out of your network monitoring system. Fallacy: Automatic Configuration Is Helpful Most monitoring systems have network discovery built in to get you started, but automatic network discover

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Google is a behemoth. With all of its tools and apps and programs and initiatives, there’s no way to keep tabs on everything. As such, it’s easy for newer Google tools — and even some that have been around for a while — to slip through the cracks. The problem with that: there are some really powerful, […]. The post Google’s buried treasure: 20 hidden tricks and tools appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In 2014, Education Elements promoted the notion of "Integrated Digital Content" as a core component of blended learning. In 2017 we changed this term to “Flexible Content and Tools,” recognizing that both online and offline content have an important role to play when personalizing learning. This change also represented a shift from blended learning, which focuses on the integration of technology into the classroom, to personalized learning, which is an instructional approach that empowers studen

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Many of my most popular articles are about mouse skills. Every year, tens of thousands of teachers visit Ask a Tech Teacher to find resources for teaching students how to use a mouse. No surprise because using a mouse correctly is one of the most important pre-keyboarding skills. Holding it is not intuitive and if learned wrong, becomes a habit that’s difficult to break.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Last March, Zoom, the ubiquitous online conferencing platform, became a staple of daily life for many students and educators as learning shifted online. Millions downloaded it—and first learned of it—back in early 2020, when lockdowns forced billions of students online, and at least 100,000 schools onto Zoom. But as the company itself will tell you, it didn’t spring up overnight.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Music education advocates have been fighting back against school budget cuts by claiming that that learning music makes kids better at learning other things. Numerous studies have found that students who play an instrument tend to do better in school across a wide-range of subjects, but not everyone agrees that music instruction is the reason why they do better.

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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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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Every first day of school is a new opportunity for a fresh start. As the first day of the 2021-2022 school year approached, teachers across the country were grappling with the question: How do I start fresh when faced with so much uncertainty?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This summer yielded a surprising announcement in the world of online education: that edX, founded by Harvard University and MIT a decade ago as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit online education providers, had agreed to sell its operations to a for-profit company, 2U. Though the deal must still be approved by regulators, officials hope to make it final by the end of the year.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

If you use Chrome browser the keyboard shortcuts below will help you quickly navigate your browser thus enhancing your overall productivity and saving you much time that you can use doing more.read more.

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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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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In Nevada, just 4 percent of students who took a career-oriented science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) course in the 2019-20 school year — 88 students total — were Black, even though Black students make up more than 11 percent of the state’s public school enrollment. Only 16 Hispanic students in Alabama took more than one information technology class — less than 1 percent of all those who did so.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Eight companies joined HolonIQ's list of global ed-tech unicorns over the summer, with companies that work in tutoring, skills, and corporate learning making their mark. The post Number of Ed-Tech Unicorns Jumps by 20 Percent, Includes Large Pool of U.S. Companies appeared first on Market Brief.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today one of the largest providers of course-management software for colleges and schools, Blackboard, announced that it plans to merge with Anthology, a company formed last year from the combination of three other edtech companies. The move creates a giant company that will reportedly be valued at about $3 billion , though officials did not disclose the terms of the deal.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

If you are like me a big fan of Google Docs chances are you use it on a daily basis. I personally use Google Docs for almost anything that involves some form of lengthy writing from jotting down.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In recent years, “microcredentials” and badges have been discussed as a means to certify marketplace skills and knowledge. There is even speculation that they will replace or erode degrees. Yet such nondegree certifications aren’t new to higher education: Colleges already offer certifications in everything from digital marketing and data analytics to cosmetology.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to a survey conducted by Amnesty International in 2019, Generation Z ranks climate change as the most vital issue facing the world today. With a generation that is so empowered, connected, empathetic, and with a drive to make a difference in the world, having real-life examples and tools to teach them about conservation and sustainability is crucial.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Georgia’s Fulton County School System is a large district, spanning 78 miles from top to bottom. And as one may expect, with this geographic span comes a wide demographic range. So, how does a district of this size and diversity innovate? And how do educators share best practices across the region? When we get kids thinking creatively, it unleashes a joy of learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Emojis (????????????) are semiotic representations of affection and feelings. They take the form of visual symbols used with text or without to express inner feelings, attitudes, and provide.read more.

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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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