EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In recent years, esports has become increasingly popular. Its audience increased by 38 million from 2019 to 2020, and it’s projected to reach more than 576 million by 2024. Female participation in the sport, however, hasn’t quite mirrored that pace. Sixty percent of female gamers in the U.S. and U.K. say there’s a significant lack of women participating in esports; nearly as many feel the gaming community isn’t doing enough to encourage female participation in the sport.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Tract can engage students and get them excited about learning. Every student needs a reason to come to school, and Tract will help you do that. Tract is a personalized Project-Based Learning (PBL) platform with rich, individualized projects for students that can be tracked and managed from a centralized teacher dashboard.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Guided and independent practice look different in the online classroom than in the physical one. This doesn’t mean that practicing what students have learned is any less effective or important. However, some teachers have found it difficult to find a balance between the two. Guided practice seems like the best approach in synchronous online instruction, whereas independent practice is often overused in asynchronous settings.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Digital portfolios are an essential part of the modern student's creation process. In this show Tisha Poncio shares her tips on digital portfolios and classroom teaching. Learn how to plan ahead to allow for project based learning and digital portfolios and best practices for implementing them in the classroom.

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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.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Leave it to tech billionaires to try to reinvent college scholarships. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy, who serves as president of the family foundation, last week announced the 100 winners of their Rise Talent Competition, a new kind of youth talent contest that promises to provide a lifetime of financial backing toward winners’ education and business endeavors.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By Dr. Ana Gabriela Bell Jimenez I’m a native Costa Rican who moved to the United States as a foreign exchange student when I was 20. I know what it feels like to learn a second language—to be an English language learner (ELL), and to be biliterate. That’s why I focus my work on literacy for English language learners and other historically marginalized populations.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By Dr. Lynn Kepp To offset lost educational opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and educators are seeking new ways to expand access to learning and address students’ social-emotional and academic needs. Recent data reveals nearly two-thirds of states are choosing to use American Rescue Plan funds to expand tutoring programs. Each state is responding to learning loss by taking a unique approach to increasing tutoring capacity, but will those programs match up to evidence-based bes

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Two years ago, EducationSuperHighway was getting ready to hang up its proverbial hat. The nonprofit said it had reached its goal of ensuring that 99 percent of U.S. schools were connected to high-speed internet, a boon to digital learning. Founder and CEO Evan Marwell was even looking forward to a sabbatical after eight years leading the organization.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By Tracy Weeks At this point last year, we hoped we’d be on the other side of COVID-19. Instead, the combination of the Delta variant and back-to-school means educators and administrators are finding themselves in a state of flux. Cases in school districts are on the rise. Large numbers of students are quarantining. In some instances, there aren’t enough teachers in school buildings to conduct in-person learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We can't control everything and apologizing for things out of our control can set unrealistic expectations of teachers. The post 10 Thoughtful Ways To Improve Teacher Mental Health appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Over the past several years, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with many innovative student teachers and have taken advantage of several blended learning instructional opportunities in my building. These experiences have been the best thing to happen to my teaching practice. Between the small group instruction and differentiation used in the special education classroom that translated perfectly to my inclusion and general ed classes, the new technologies I’ve learned about from my co-teac

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N2Y

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Are you wondering how to bridge communication barriers with your students? Cultural differences affect everything we do, including our language, tone, and curriculum. Dr. Hamilton will share what she’s learned about what works in classrooms and how to improve communication. In this webinar you’ll learn: How culturally embedded behavior, speech, and language influence classroom& communication.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Consider this: 95 percent of students have the capacity to learn to read, according to the National Institutes of Health, yet only about 34 percent of fourth and eighth grade students read proficiently, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Is this disparity an achievement gap or an opportunity gap? How we answer this question frames our thinking about solutions.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We can't control everything and apologizing for things out of our control can set unrealistic expectations of teachers. The post 10 Thoughtful Ways To Improve Teacher Mental Health appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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myViewBoard

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Today’s world of technology demands us to stay updated and competent. myViewBoard ecosystem is also evolving constantly to empower the education system and the pedagogy of delivering lessons. We thereby welcome you to check out our product updates in What’s New in November. Major updates include features from Classroom and Whiteboard for Windows.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

During a recent Tech & Learning webinar hosted by Dr. Kecia Ray, educators shared tips for improving how math is taught.

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myViewBoard

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Today’s world of technology demands us to stay updated and competent. myViewBoard ecosystem is also evolving constantly to empower the education system and the pedagogy of delivering lessons. We thereby welcome you to check out our product updates in What’s New in November. Major updates include features from Classroom and Whiteboard for Windows.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Wednesday, November 3, 2021) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National STEM Day observances nationwide. Held annually on November 8th, National STEM Day unites communities in celebrating the importance of teaching science, technology, engineering, and math to students in grades K-12.

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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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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The post How to Create and Publish a Website with Canva appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Canva is Teacher Template Heaven! But did you know you can create AND publish a full website using just Canva? Yep! I’ll show you how easy this is! I love Canva and it is completely FREE for Teachers and Students ! Don’t miss our two-part series on 30+ Ways to Use FREE Canva Templates in the Classroom!

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Congratulations to the InfoComm 2021 winners.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Recently, a high school student told me she was terrified to go back to school. “I know,” I responded, “it’s hard to feel safe with Covid and the Delta variant and everything.”. “Oh, it’s not Covid — it’s the other students and the teachers,” she told me. “I had gotten so used to virtual school and not having to deal with everyone misgendering me and devaluing me, and I’m scared to go back to seeing everyone in person.”.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. For thousands of years, explorers from every continent set sailed on journeys of exploration and adventure. Each of these journeys had one thing in common. There was some type of question in need of being answered.

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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

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For thousands of years, explorers from every continent set sailed on journeys of exploration and adventure. Each of these journeys had one thing in common. There was some type of question in need of being answered. It might have been “Is there land over there?” or “What happens if we sail to the west instead of to the east?” Either way, these quests were first planned and designed to answer a single question, otherwise known as an “Essential Question.

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