Fri.Jul 16, 2021

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Improving Learning Continuity with Tech: 4 Ways Schools Can Use Relief Funds

EdTech Magazine

When the pandemic closed schools across the country, K­–12 districts undertook the herculean task of moving millions of students and staff to remote learning as quickly as possible. This allowed educators to continue providing learning to students, but the rapid shift wasn’t without difficulties. Among the many setbacks stemming from this upheaval, 57 percent of educators now estimate that students are behind in their social-emotional development by more than three months.

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We Landed on the Moon July 20 1969

Ask a Tech Teacher

update. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Commemorate that this year with an exciting collection of websites and apps that take your students to the Moon. Here are some you’ll like: Apollo 11: Countdown to Launch via Google Earth. Apollo 11 VR. Google Moon –see the Moon in 3D with your Google Earth app.

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Canva Comic Strip Maker- A Great Tool Teachers and Students Can Use to Create Educational Comic Strips

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Canva comic strop maker is a good tool teachers and students can use to create cartoons. Comic strips can be used for a wide variety of educational purposes including digital storytelling,read more.

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Tip: Talk to Type with Windows 10 Accessibility Feature

Teacher Tech

Educator and Blogger, Victoria Thompson, shares how utilizing talk to type with Windows 10 can help people with accessibility issues. The post Tip: Talk to Type with Windows 10 Accessibility Feature appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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Report gives colleges a roadmap for high-quality online education after the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

The March 2020 shift from face-to-face classes to what many call “Zoom University” was triage for faculty and administrators accustomed to being in the same room as their students. The cobbled-together approach could be compared to building an airplane while it’s flying. The pivot to emergency remote learning differed greatly from what is considered high-quality online education, said Deb Adair, executive director of Quality Matters, a nonprofit that seeks to measure and guarantee quality in onl

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New Research: Flipped Classrooms Improve Student Academics and Satisfaction

techlearning

A new analysis of more than 317 studies found flipped classrooms to be tremendously successful although a partially flipped classroom might be best of all.

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Colorado leads the way in closing the door to legacy admission

The Hechinger Report

GOLDEN, Colo. — Half a dozen nervous-looking high school students and their parents browse a table of pamphlets and freebies, then settle into molded plastic chairs to hear a hyper-enthusiastic admissions officer sing the praises of the Colorado School of Mines. The campus of the Colorado School of Mines. Beginning August 1, the university will end the practice of giving partial preference to applicants whose parents are alumni.

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3 ways to create curriculum with real-life relevance

eSchool News

When a school is fortunate to have exceptional teachers with diverse backgrounds, those teachers can draw on their experiences and interests to create a strong, engaging, and original curriculum. Our school, Laurel School , is one such school. Laurel School is a nationally recognized independent K-12 day school for girls, and it includes a co-ed pre-primary as well.

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Best Virtual Lab Software

techlearning

Get the best virtual lab software and hardware to turn your classroom into an experiment heaven.

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5 ways peer networks lead to better student support systems

eSchool News

Student support services didn’t live up to their potential during the global health pandemic, economic ups and downs, political turmoil, and more upheaval, according to a report from the Clayton Christensen Institute. As a result, many students turned to each other to gain support as they navigated challenging issues. Students often turned to social media–and, by default, used their own social capital–to learn about emergency aid, support networks, and available resources.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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International Private Schools Experience Price Point Enrollment Shift During the Pandemic

Marketplace K-12

An increasing number of parents are looking to enroll their children in more affordable international private schools, according to a new report from ISC Research. The post International Private Schools Experience Price Point Enrollment Shift During the Pandemic appeared first on Market Brief.

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Oklahoma State Department of Education Names i-Ready® a Reading Sufficiency Act K–3 State Approved Screening Instrument

eSchool News

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., July 14, 2021— The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OKSDE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready as a Reading Sufficiency Act (RSA) K–3 State Approved Screening Instrument. With this approval, schools across the state can start using the award-winning Diagnostic in the 2022–2023 school year to screen students’ reading skills and receive actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver impactful student instruction.

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What Do Alabama And California Have In Common? Top-Notch U.S. History Standards

MindShift

Updated July 15, 2021 at 7:55 AM ET. A new review of states’ learning standards brings fresh insight — and facts — to the heated debate over critical race theory (CRT) and America’s K-12 schools. Critical race theory is an academic approach that looks at how race and racism has shaped U.S. institutions — and the discourse around it has been hard to miss.

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