EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2024
At Sumner County Schools, in middle Tennessee just north of Nashville, Chris Brown is already seeing the practical benefits of a recent network upgrade for the students, administrators and IT staff. For example, a 1,500-student high school in the district was able to make a vast improvement in the delivery of online testing, says Brown, assistant director of schools for information services.
Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 14, 2024
Over the years, YouTube has grown and become a more common part of the classroom. So have student video assignments.Sometimes, students watch the videos all together in the classroom.Sometimes, they watch them individually.Pretty much all the time, we want to know that students paid attention and remember something from the video.How? Guided notes.Recently, a subscriber […] The post Classroom AI 101: Create guided notes for videos with AI appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 17, 2024
The post Instructional Leadership Teams: Driving Student Success through Feedback Loops appeared first on Digital Promise.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 16, 2024
Choosing Tech That Grows From Your Schooling Into Your Career Starting a career is an exhilarating journey, and in today’s tech-driven world, the technology you choose during your school years can be a foundational step toward your professional tech arsenal. Having the right gadgets and tools plays a pivotal role in academic success and setting a strong foundation for your professional life.
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.
Hapara
JANUARY 17, 2024
? Listen to an audio version of this post: As educators, we know that learners have different academic abilities, aptitudes and experiences. They also have their own interests and dreams. Using differentiation strategies in the classroom helps you meet learners where they are. Why is it important to use differentiated instruction in the classroom? When teachers successfully employ differentiation strategies in the classroom, academic achievement becomes accessible to more learners.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 16, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Kindness. We need more of it in the world today. Just meeting needs. And sometimes, people just need to be seen. They need to hear their name called. Have someone look them in the eye. Not a passing glance but to really look at them. Not a creepy-stalky weird look – just a normal human being “I see you” kind of look.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 15, 2024
Classroom management tools are useful for teachers to create an organized, productive, and conducive learning environment. Some reasons why you may find these tools beneficial are: Organization: organize lesson plans, assignments, and resources efficiently Communication: between teachers, students, and parents to foster a collaborative relationship, keep everyone informed Student Engagement: to make learning more interesting and interactive Time Management: schedule reminders, notifications, and
ViewSonic Education
JANUARY 18, 2024
As EdTech evolves, the ViewSonic Education Ecosystem unites with educators to empower them and unlock new possibilities in education. Adaptable to diverse learning environments, our Education Ecosystem seamlessly integrates educator-tailored hardware, cutting-edge software, and dependable services, creating synergies that boost student learning outcomes and streamline school operations.
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 15, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter If you want to know how to start an eSports program in your school. Or if you want to know why so many schools are getting eSports programs, this episode is a must-listen for you. Welcome to another episode of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast, where today we're diving into the game-changing world of scholastic esports.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 17, 2024
Educators, administrators and IT experts will kick off the new year with one of the biggest national ed tech conferences for K–12 educators: the Future of Education Technology Conference. Now in its 44th year, the conference will run from Jan. 23-26 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. With seven tracks including assistive technology, campus leadership, coaching, IT and library media, the event promises something for everyone.
Advertisement
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 18, 2024
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: I teach Spanish and need a quick way to add accents to words. Can you help? A: You can go through the symbols library, but there’s an easier way.
User Generated Education
JANUARY 15, 2024
I love bringing physical computing into my classrooms: Physical computing refers to the use of tangible, embedded microcontroller-based interactive systems that can sense the world around them and/or control outputs such as lights, displays and motors. Assembling the hardware elements of a physical computer and programming it with the desired behavior provides a creative and educational experience.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 18, 2024
The post Nurturing Teacher Well-Being: Advocating for Time and Energy appeared first on Digital Promise.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 19, 2024
Centralized management of every network component is a dream for all network managers. The famous “single pane of glass” (so named back when displays had actual glass in them) for configuration, security, monitoring, troubleshooting and reporting promised to reduce the effort spent on network management, shorten the time to resolve problems and give a global overview of traffic throughout a network.
Advertisement
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 19, 2024
If your third grader has to write a report about landforms, try these websites: Continents explained (with humor) Explore the Colorado Geography Games Geography Quiz Game Geologic movies–great and fun Landforms—matching games, etc. Mapping Game Rainforest life—people, etc. Rainforest tree house—virtual game Rainforest—Enchanted Learning Rainforests The Colorado River Virtual tour–undersea If any of these website links don’t work, please click here for an update.
Edsurge
JANUARY 16, 2024
When teachers think their students aren’t paying attention in class, they’re probably right. And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. That’s what Georgetown University professor Jeanine Turner found in her research about how tech has shaped social relationships. Her argument is that our internet-connected devices have changed the way people relate to others, even when devices are temporarily removed.
Hapara
JANUARY 16, 2024
? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] When your school adopts a new edtech tool, educators may be excited or apprehensive. There are educators who are power users of technology and can run with a new tool. Yet there are those who prefer traditional classroom activities and aren’t ready to completely transform learning with a new tool on day one.
The Jose Vilson
JANUARY 17, 2024
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a special professional development session on a snowy and icy day at PS 20 in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. (Yes, my home neighborhood.) Even though I’ve technically been out of the classroom for three and a half years now, I still have the opportunity to visit schools on a regular basis.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 17, 2024
Implementing Mindfulness Practices in Schools In recent years, mindfulness has gained significant traction, not just in adults’ lives but also in educational settings. Incorporating mindfulness practices in schools has proven beneficial for students’ well-being, emotional regulation, and academic success. Let’s explore why and how mindfulness practices are making their way into classrooms worldwide.
Edsurge
JANUARY 18, 2024
At the beginning of her now nearly 30-year career, Leslie M. Gauna was given a warning: Bilingual education wouldn’t be a viable career option in the long term. Yet nowadays the need for Spanish-speaking teachers in the United States is as strong as ever, with districts around the country struggling to hire them fast enough. The dearth of bilingual teachers is especially counterintuitive in Texas, where Gauna is a professor and where she conducted a qualitative research study on what she calls t
Ditch That Textbook
JANUARY 19, 2024
Choose Your Own Adventure books were always a hit for me in the school library. As a student, I probably read all of those CYOA books -- and read them over and over again. The premise was pretty innovative at the time: Start the book. Then give the reader a choice. Turn to a certain page to […] The post Classroom AI 101: AI text adventure stories for your class appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.
The Jose Vilson
JANUARY 15, 2024
It felt like a typical night for a Black student activist at Syracuse University back in 2002. In addition to the keynote speaker that the university hosts at the Carrier Dome, the African American Studies department would host their own event to deepen the conversations in community. On this brisk night, students of similar mindset would gather in a medium-sized room to listen to a panel of Black scholars discussing the legacy of Dr.
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.
eSchool News
JANUARY 15, 2024
Key points: Early exposure to STEM education is critical for students See article: Building a STEM pipeline needs to start in kindergarten See article: Here’s why STEM Career Days are a great idea For more on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM page In today’s fast-paced world, STEM education has become imperative for global progress.
Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2024
Definitions of Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI The Executive Order defines AI as: “a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments.” And Generative AI as: “The term generative AI means the class of AI models that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 15, 2024
Example of the talk meter shown to Cuemath tutors at the end of the tutoring session. Source: Figure 2 of Demszky et. al. “ Does Feedback on Talk Time Increase Student Engagement? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on a Math Tutoring Platform.” Silence may be golden, but when it comes to learning with a tutor, talking is pure gold. It’s audible proof that a student is paying attention and not drifting off, research suggests.
techlearning
JANUARY 16, 2024
OpenAI is making customized versions of ChatGPT much more easily available, including many education-specific tools.
Advertisement
Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t
eSchool News
JANUARY 17, 2024
Key points: With or without AI, it’s possible to engage students in authentic learning experiences See article: Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom See article: Expanding ‘through-year’ assessments to boost achievement For more news on instructional strategies, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page There is a lot of excitement surrounding ChatGPT, the cutting-edge chatbot powered by OpenAI.
Edsurge
JANUARY 16, 2024
Sociologist Casey Stockstill spent two years observing “all the richness happening” inside a Head Start preschool in Madison, Wisconsin. Then, she figured, she ought to look at one other early learning program, for good measure. The Madison preschools shared much in common. Though one was funded by the federal Head Start program and the other was private, they both had five-star quality ratings from the state, hired experienced educators, used play-based curricula and followed similar routines.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 14, 2024
Millions of families may now face a lack of child care following the recent expiration of pandemic-era federal funding. The child care “stabilization” funds included in the American Rescue Plan Act were just that — emergency funding to stabilize the sector amid a pandemic. As vital as that funding was, it was insufficient to address the many systemic problems impacting early childhood education and its workforce, including inequitable wages.
techlearning
JANUARY 17, 2024
Teaching chemistry and STEM by using crime scene-style forensic investigations
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.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
405 
Let's personalize your content