EdTech Magazine
APRIL 23, 2021
Few were more prepared than Neria Sebastien when schools across the country went fully online last March. Sebastien has been teaching remotely since he started his job at Alpha Omega Academy, a fully online school based in Iowa. In fact, Sebastien says he saw his class size grow over the past year as more families began looking for permanent online solutions.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 23, 2021
Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to reinforce and teach word study: Grammar games –a collection of easy-to-use games that cover grammar, vocabulary, parts of speech, and more. Vocabulary-Spelling City –the ever-favorite word study program that lets you enter your class word lists and the site will turn them into engaging games.
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EdTech Magazine
APRIL 23, 2021
Whether you’re teaching from home with little noisemakers in the background or working in a crowded school or office, if you want to focus with minimal distractions, you need a noise-canceling headset. With a wireless range of up to 100 feet, the Jabra Evolve 75 UC stereo headset allows teachers navigating a hybrid model to maintain an open line of communication with their remote learners and help in-person learners from anywhere in the room.
Waterford
APRIL 23, 2021
Beloved educator and children’s television host Fred Rogers once said , “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning.”. There’s more truth to this quote than you might expect. Play can lead to social-emotional and intellectual growth, and it should be treated less as a break from learning and more as something just as essential.
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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.
eSchool News
APRIL 23, 2021
When some people hear the term “artificial intelligence,” they think of robots like the ones in the Steven Spielberg movie AI. In education today, AI is something less glamorous. As a tool among others in the software developer’s toolbox, it is used under the hood in many services and applications that teachers and students use every day in schools and families rely on at home.
Waterford
APRIL 23, 2021
History is much more than a few wars and things some dead guys did a few hundred years ago. It’s all too easy to fall into that trap, especially for children. But when you focus on historical thinking skills, history comes alive for your students. Here’s how teaching students to think like a detective, examine source materials, and think critically moves history lessons from memorization to critical thinking and exploration—skills that will serve them well even beyond history class.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 23, 2021
Today as I finished reading The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley (a book I discovered through The Thesis Whisperer), it dawned on me to share with you this short list of books on pandemics. This is.
eSchool News
APRIL 23, 2021
When school districts made the rapid shift to online learning due to the pandemic, many educators scrambled to find the right mix of learning tools, apps, and platforms to support instruction. As a result, more and more companies began offering online learning apps and products for free–often for a limited trial period. While free online resources can be useful, if left unvetted they can pose data security and privacy risks.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 23, 2021
The subject line should be the topic of the conversation. If the to. The post Gmail: Start a New Subject Line appeared first on Teacher Tech.
eSchool News
APRIL 23, 2021
A collective commitment to principal leadership is underway in Central Nebraska, with a trio of school districts — Grand Island Public Schools (GIPS), Hastings Public Schools (HPS) and Kearney Public Schools (KPS) — announcing the launch of the Tri-City ASCEND Academy. This organic principal initiative was grown out of the districts’ need to focus on systematic improvements to the preparation, hiring, support and management of school leaders.
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.
Teacher Tech
APRIL 23, 2021
Guest Post by Rachelle Dene Poth As a Spanish and STEAM teacher, I love bringing emerging technologies into my classroom. One area that we spend a lot of time on in my eighth grade course is artificial intelligence. For educators looking to get started with artificial intelligence in the classroom with students or for parents […]. The post Getting Started with AI!
edWeb.net
APRIL 23, 2021
By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. About one in five kids will exhibit some type of severe social-emotional behavioral symptoms that would qualify for some level of support. And yet, very early since the pandemic began, there has been over a 20% increase of kids experiencing depression or anxiety after one month of lockdown with a disproportionate impact on students from minoritized populations.
eSchool News
APRIL 23, 2021
A New Urban Libraries Council Leadership Brief Highlights Action Strategies for Library Executives to Lead the Charge for Anti-Racism, Starting by Looking Inward. WASHINGTON & FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The Urban Libraries Council (ULC) has published a new Leadership Brief on Anti-Racist Executive Leadership for Public Libraries , sponsored by Gale , a Cengage company.
Hubbli
APRIL 23, 2021
The idea of word-of-mouth enrollment marketing is a bit of a misnomer because, if you think about it, word-of-mouth leads are a result of having a good school rather than a marketing strategy. . Below is a video clip of Hubbli founder Jono Landon as part of the course on private school marketing provided by the Center For Guided Montessori Studies. If you prefer to read rather than watch, we’ve provided the transcript of the video below.
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
APRIL 23, 2021
Leading wireless connectivity provider launches London office, extending award-winning solutions to the U.K. McLean, Va. – April 21, 2021 – Kajeet ®, a leading provider of mobile IoT connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe, reliable and controlled internet connectivity to students, enterprises, state and local governments and IoT solution providers, announced today its global expansion into the U.K. market.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 23, 2021
Across the U.S. there are thousands of women struggling to keep their child care programs open. Most are working hard and following the rules. But what these child care business owners don’t know is they’ve been fighting an uphill battle from the start. The very structure of their business — with revenues based on market demand and pricing, but costs driven by quality teaching standards and administrative requirements beyond the capacity of a small child care program — often dooms them to failur
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 23, 2021
As the needs of the post-pandemic economy evolve and new Democratic leadership gets settled in Washington, several fabled ideas for revamping the Pell Grant program could have new life pumped into them. Three proposals now in play would transform the Pell grant as it approaches its 50th birthday. The proposals would expand eligibility to short-term certificate programs, increase grants by $400 and allow DACA students to apply for the first time.
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