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How to Use Google’s Free Applied Digital Skills Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Google's Applied Digital Skills Curriculum is a fantastic free resource of lesson plans, videos, and learning experiences for students everywhere. Today's guest Coach Victor Hicks talks about how he's used the curriculum for grades kindergarten and up. Sponsor: Today's podcast includes sponsored content from Google and their Applied Digital Skills Curriculum.

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Helping Students Take the Next Step in their Career and Education Journey

Digital Promise

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question adults often ask young people. Used to help gauge kids’ interests, the expected response is usually tied to a future profession or job. In the Cajon Valley Union School District, they’ve added a few follow-up questions: “What skills and experiences will you need? What do you do well? How can we help you to meet your goal?”.

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Here’s a Preview of September

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in September: What is Genius Hour and Why Should I Love it? teacher-Authors. Free Posters. Websites to teach Chemistry. 9/11… Mouse Skills Webtools. Tech Tips. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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How to Efficiently Find Edtech to Support Powerful Learning

Digital Promise

Poised for another unique school year, how can educators save time finding the right edtech tools for their learners? In partnership with more than 100 educators across the country, we’ve co-developed criteria that clearly names educators’ expectations from edtech. Digital Promise vets applications with evidence submitted by edtech products to let you know quickly whether a product meets your needs.

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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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5 Strategies To Support Struggling Students

Teacher Tech

Marcia Carrillo, Teacher Mentor, shares five strategies to support struggling students and how to grade with GRACE. The post 5 Strategies To Support Struggling Students appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Five Reasons Why Traditional Classrooms Can No Longer Keep Up with Growing Technology Today

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It might have been long coming, but one fact is becoming quite clear. Traditional classrooms can no longer keep up with growing technology today. For example, one factor contributing to this trend is.read more.

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Over 3 Million Rights-cleared Images to Use in Media Projects in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Britannica ImageQuest offers students, teachers, and schools access to a huge media library encompassing over 3 million rights-cleared images that can be used to support teaching and to enhance.read more.

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Amid Legal Battles, Masks Become Part of One School’s Dress Code

Edsurge

A battle is raging in Texas over whether schools can mandate mask-wearing, with the state’s Supreme Court so far allowing mandates to stay in place. But a small district northeast of Dallas found a workaround to find a different way to keep masks in use—dress codes. The Paris ISD Board of Trustees voted earlier this month to include masks in the district's dress code for its approximately 4,000 students, as well as staff.

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8 fun digital learning tools for the new school year

eSchool News

This fall’s back-to-school season brings with it a variety of emotions–excitement, relief, anticipation, and hesitation prompted by concerns around COVID-19’s Delta variant. And because schools may move to hybrid or virtual learning despite starting in person, digital learning tools that work in the physical or virtual classroom can prove invaluable.

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Wellness for Innovative Educators - Supplements

The Innovative Educator

As the pandemic hit the United States, I found myself working extremely long hours to help our schools move to emergency remote learning. I also spent an abundant amount of time publishing numerous articles around ways to do remote learning successfully. As a result, I was not finding the time to exercise. I was eating convenient (often unhealthy) food.

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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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Zoom for Education: 5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of It

techlearning

Many educators are still only using the basic Zoom features despite new upgrades to the video conferencing software.

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How esports can boost teamwork skills

eSchool News

Teamwork and communication are the top skills employers are looking for, a new survey of hiring managers reveals. That bodes well for the students at a Los Angeles secondary school who are taking part in an innovative program that uses esports to teach critical 21 st century skills: Teamwork and communication are also the skills these young gamers have seen the most improvement in so far.

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You Can Now Insert Flipgrid Videos to Create Engaging PPT Presentations

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

PowerPoint has recently added a new feature which enables users to easily integrate Flipgrid videos into their presentation slides. The integration of Flipgrid into PowerPoint is a surefire way.read more.

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How to Resize Google Slides for Creation Projects, Templates, and More!

Shake Up Learning

The post How to Resize Google Slides for Creation Projects, Templates, and More! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. This is a game-changer! One of my favorite uses of Google Slides is creating new projects that are not just presentations. One way to open up the possibilities for your and your students is to learn how to change the size and orientation of your slides!

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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 Vygotsky Theory Explained

Fractus Learning

Lev Vygotsky believed teachers could control many factors in an education environment. Vygotsky proposed with his unique theory on social learning that learning occurred through social interaction in a social environment. Table of Contents What Is Vygotsky's Theory? Human Development-Child Development Social Interactions And Cognitive Development Vygotsky's Theory and Language Speech Development External Speech or Social Speech Private Speech Or Inner Speech Vygotsky's Sociocultur

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Homework Routines and Beginning?of?Year Advice for Parents?

N2Y

The new school year is here—how are you feeling about it? With schools reopening (or reopened) across the country, families are easing into what can only be described as “the new normal.” The pandemic is not in the rearview mirror, but the great majority of schools have opened their doors and are welcoming students back to in‑person learning. For many, the chance to learn face‑to‑face is a welcome relief.

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Adept Questioners Are Empowered Learners

MiddleWeb

Empowering Students as Questioners by Jackie Acree Walsh provides teachers with the skills, strategies and structures to help every student become an effective questioner, a deeper thinker, and a more self-assured learner, writes education consultant Helene Alalouf. The post Adept Questioners Are Empowered Learners first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Build Math and Life Skills in a New Cooking Game

N2Y

It’s time for a fun breakfast in our new L 3 Skills game! Students will develop their ability to follow directions and their math skills (including number recognition and fractions) while completing a recipe for some delicious waffles, one ingredient at a time.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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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Extron Now Shipping Enhanced GlobalViewer Campus Communication Suite to Further Unify Communications

eSchool News

Anaheim, California (August 25, 2021) – Extron is pleased to announce the immediate availability of enhanced functionality and powerful new capabilities for GlobalViewer® Campus Communication Suite, which combines bells, public address announcements, intercom, and network monitoring and control of classroom AV into one software package. Users will experience a more intuitive interface with an improved visual icon library, plus a broader range of configured preset buttons to provide quicker

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Women’s Equality Day and Turnitin’s commitment to integrity

Turnitin

On Women's Equality Day, we highlight the mission and work of Turnitin's female-identifying employee resource group.

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Tomorrow's Webinar: "Ten Tools for the (New) Library Supervisor" PLUS New "Survive & Thrive!" Webinar Series

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

"Ten Tools for the (New) Library Supervisor: Starting Out Right" Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht Please consider joining us for tomorrow's webinar with Dr. Albrecht. The information for the " Survive & Thrive! " webinar series from LearningRevolution.com is at the bottom of this page. OVERVIEW : A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr.

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How CBT And Remote Proctoring Is More Effective Than Offline Exams?

Think Exam

The education system has changed in numerous ways over the last decade, with the most visible changes in learning and examination. It is moving towards online learning and teaching and altering the perception of teaching and learning amongst students and teachers. There.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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10 Top tips for creating more effective online learning forums

Neo LMS

Asynchronous teaching is more challenging when it comes to creating learning activities. There’s a wealth of information and materials that you can use to teach online, but activities have to be carefully planned. It takes some trial and error to figure out what works and what doesn’t for a particular group of students. Online learning forums are the most accessible way to engage students.

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Climate Change Is the Ultimate Teachable Moment

Edsurge

“A ‘Code Red’ for Humanity.” That’s how the New York Times chose to title its podcast summary of the recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Other outlets were similarly grim. “Climate Change is Real, and it’s Permanent,” blared the Washington Post, while the Guardian focused on the “Possible Loss of Several Countries Within the Century.

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OPINION: Doubling Pell Grants is just one side of the college cost coin

The Hechinger Report

Sending your child to college is a daunting process — even for someone who has spent decades working alongside workforce and education systems. I’ve spent more than a dozen years at the U.S. Department of Labor and another dozen leading Jobs for the Future, or JFF. But as I’ve helped my daughter, a rising senior in high school, navigate the college search process, I am still struck by both the exorbitant price tags of attending college and the alarming lack of transparency around the value of th

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