The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2025

But what if there were tools to help educators break free from these filter bubbles? In this episode, William Coach Jeffery shares how tools like Flipboard and the Fediverse enable educators to take control of their professional learning and curate content that truly matters. Austin University.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

He has multiple master’s degrees in education, and at one point he considered becoming a school principal. Before William Pierce began his career in K–12 information technology, he was a classroom teacher for nearly a decade with Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 10, 2025

The introduction of Gemini, Googles generative artificial intelligence tool, offers educators many opportunities to enhance their productivity via one of K12s most popular platforms, Google Workspace for Education. I have been using AI in my Spanish language and STEAM classes at Riverview School District in Oakmont, Pa.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Not only do educators need to understand effective graphic design, we need to teach it. Sadie Lewis helps educators understand and teach graphic design in this quick, helpful show full of graphic design resources for educators. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Educator wellness is now more important than ever.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Schools faced more ransomware attacks than hospitals or governments faced in 2023, according to research from Emsisoft. Districts were targeted more in 2023 than they were in the previous two years combined. Because of the heightened risk, schools need tools that provide security directly to users without further straining IT budgets.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 5, 2024

Department of Education released the nation’s signature educational technology policy document — “2024 National Educational Technology Plan: A Call to Action for Closing the Digital Access, Design and Use Divides.” EdTech: Focus on K–12 talked with four experts about the NETP’s strengths, opportunities and key takeaways.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sharing artificial intelligence projects as an art teacher yields mixed reactions, Tim Needles said at FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Episode 859: “ How to Use AI to Promote Equity Now “ Guest: Victoria Thompson Original Release Date: August 18, 2024 Link: [link] Book: Elevate Equity in EdTech by Victoria Thompson Meta Llama 3: The most capable openly available LLM to Date. Time Magazine. February 9, 2024. April 18, 2024. December 23, 2009.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Editor’s note: To help IT leaders prepare for the year ahead, EdTech is pulling together the biggest tech trends for K–12 districts in 2022. You can find our overall top trends here, and be sure to check out our trends in cloud technology and asynchronous learning.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

K12 educators hold the future in their hands. The NSBs 2023 Explorations in STEM PreK12 Education Final Report concluded that dramatically and quickly improving the STEM education trajectories at [the PreK12] level will have the largest long-term impact on the health and security of our nation.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2023

A report by PowerSchool notes that 32 percent of teachers surveyed say that they struggle to integrate new edtech tools into the classroom. We spoke with educators at ISTELive 23, one of the biggest edtech conferences in the country, where educators met in Philadelphia for hundreds of professional development opportunities.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

While at the 2025 TCEA Convention & Exposition in Austin, Texas, EdTech: Focus On K12 Managing Editor Taashi Rowe spoke with Brian Brown, the organizations board president. Brown also serves as CTO for Duncanville Independent School District.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Among them: how to navigate the use of artificial intelligence in education.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

As a former high school English teacher, I constantly find myself looking for the stories in the world around me. Whether they happen through social media platforms or face-to-face conversations, our stories define us. They help us understand ourselves and learn from each other.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 18, 2022

This year, EdTech sought out the IT innovators and collaborators who are making meaningful changes in K–12 education. Their work is driving the next iteration of educational technology and digital transformation. There is no innovation without innovators.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Consumers expect their apps and gadgets to work together seamlessly, but in K–12 education, it’s often a battle of the brands. Bearden, who is also the former chief innovation officer for the Consortium for School Networking, spoke to EdTech about why interoperability is necessary.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This is the question educational technology experts will tackle Oct. 8 in a CDW Education webinar titled “Achieving Better Student Outcomes with AI and Interactive Solutions.” How can K–12 leaders ensure artificial intelligence is appropriately integrated into classrooms?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

When it comes to choosing educational technology, K–12 IT leaders have the opportunity — after more than a year of using whatever was available to achieve learning — to choose tools intentionally.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Many students found that online education suited their learning style and opted to stick with it even after classrooms reopened their doors. In a poll of K–12 educators in August, a majority of respondents said that self-… A year and a half of online and hybrid learning showed the nation that there is more than one way to learn.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

30: the rollout of generative AI, and ChatGPT as the first one out of the gate,” says Mark Schneider, director of the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. “When we talk about AI today, what we’re really talking about is post-Nov. After the…

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 7, 2022

When schools transitioned to remote learning two years ago, tech took on a new role in educational instruction. The comfort level got a little bit better,” Hall says.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2021

What role will artificial intelligence play in the future of education? For educators, AI can feel like an exciting development — or a terrifying unknown. The pandemic spurred the development of educational technology out of necessity, including the development of AI.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

The current momentum of artificial intelligence technologies shows no signs of slowing down. IT circles are finding new use cases and AI solutions all the time. Schools, meanwhile, cant keep up with this explosive growth due to their slower rate of change.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

Bovell — the founder of WAYE (Weekly Advice for Young Entrepreneurs)— told attendees at the conference’s opening session on Sunday that AI, like electricity, will soon become so deeply embedded in the fabric of society that educators must prepare students to work with it. she asked conferencegoers.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

This saves the educators time, while also providing insight into students’ learning processes and patterns. The average U.S. With interactive tools like practice sets, students can receive one-to-one feedback and support without ever leaving an assignment.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Teachers in K–12 education face increasingly high rates of burnout, and many have chosen to leave the profession altogether. In many ways, these advancements in educational technology will benefit educators and students by providing new opportunities and expanded experiences.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

There is a lot of conversation around generative artificial intelligence in K–12 education. Experts discuss whether it should be used, while schools contemplate how to incorporate it. However, all the talk around AI has yielded very little movement.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Between April and September 2020, the percentage of adults who reported computers were always or usually available to their children for educational purposes rose from 88 to 91 percent, according to the National Center…

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

The role of instructional coach is a complicated position in education. Just as teachers modify instruction each year when new students enter their classrooms, coaches modify their practices to meet the needs of different educators. It requires flexibility, self-reflection and a thick skin.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2024

Google has been digitally transforming the education industry for 10 years since it launched Google Classroom in 2014. Now, more than 150 million students and educators rely on Google Workspace for Education.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Classroom technology supports the daily needs of educators and students across the country. As K–12 leaders endeavor to design classrooms to best serve today’s learners, they must leverage technology to ensure that the educational experience is relevant to students’ learning goals and outcomes. To maximize the educational returns…

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2022

Professional development builds character and confidence in K–12 educators. When PD focuses on educational technology, it allows educators to seamlessly integrate the tech tools into their classrooms, lesson plans and overarching pedagogy.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

If youre wondering when the artificial intelligence wave will crash down upon education, the October 2024 release of the federal governments toolkit for AI integration, Empowering Education Leaders, serves as a bellwether for the state of AI in K12: a lot of talk but little action.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Examples of How to Use IoT Ed Tech in the K–12 Classroom Many IoT devices in the classroom are changing the way educators… Schools increasingly are using IoT technologies to support classroom learning, as well as on- and offsite operations, says Michael Flood, senior vice president and general manager of Kajeet.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic presented the United States with a public education emergency. EdTech brought together a panel of IT and educational leaders to discuss how they’ve…

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 20, 2022

This saves educators time and provides insight into students’ learning processes and patterns. The average U.S. With interactive tools such as practice sets, students can receive one-to-one feedback and support without ever leaving an assignment.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2024

As a professor of educational leadership at the University of Colorado Denver and an EdTech IT influencer, Scott McLeod spends his days preparing educators to join a rare breed of K–12 principals and superintendents.

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