Fri.May 08, 2020

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Here’s a Preview of May

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in May: Teacher Appreciation Gifts (for the geek). 12 Tech Tasks to End the School Year. 13 Bits of Wisdom I learned from my Computer (humor). Find Public Domain Images. College or Career? Check out These Articles. Memorial Day Websites. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Immersive Learning Takes Students Out of the Classroom — and Out of This World

EdTech Magazine

It’s the field trip fifth-grade students in Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 buzz about. They chat excitedly during the bus ride to Olson Elementary in Woodstock, Ill. Then they reach the Challenger Learning Center , which is housed in the school, and they step into a new world. The center is elaborately decorated with a space theme that includes a replica mission control room.

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Utilizing Teachers Remotely: Districts Find New Ways to Support our Front Line Heroes

EdNews Daily

Click below to see the virtual discussion Teachers have always been at the center of learning, but what we’re finding is teachers have become even more important as the world has been forced to shift to virtual learning due to COVID-19. As part of the Learning Counsel’s Emergency National Virtual Discussion series, leading districts explain the ways they have found to effectively support their teachers during this period of emergency virtual learning.

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How Educators Are Keeping Students Engaged Remotely

EdTech Magazine

When it comes to remote learning, keeping students engaged outside of the classroom can be tough. Teachers may find it challenging to provide hands-on activities to go with their lesson plans, maintain consistent interaction with their students and foster creativity and collaboration from a distance. Many students are feeling the same way today as their schools shift to an online learning environment due to the national pandemic.

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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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Determining the Right Plans Based on Your Inventory of Digital Resources

EdNews Daily

Click below to see this important virtual discussion In this Learning Counsel Emergency National Virtual Discussion, some of our nation’s most successful districts share how they kept the learning alive using resources at hand, while not missing a beat for their learners. LeiLani Cauthen is CEO and Publisher at the Learning Counsel, a research institute and news media hub with 215,000 readers that provides context for schools in digital transition from a deep understanding of tech user experienc

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How K–12 Schools Monitor Attendance During Remote Learning

EdTech Magazine

With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance. When the novel coronavirus pushed schools to close their doors and adopt a remote learning model, many educators saw a drop in class attendance, according to Education Dive.

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Zoom Video Tutorials for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Zooms seems to be leading the current video conferencing revolution with more and more users drawing on its services to connect, work, and socialize. Zoom is also popular among the education.read more.

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Courage, Cowardice, COVID-19 & Podcasts

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen Ivory Soap? Yes, but first courage and cowardice points leading to one of the great stories that New York’s famed Mad Men helped spawn back in the Great Depression. Courage is a confidence of reaching out, rushing toward whatever it is that needs to be attacked and overcome, accompanied by an assumption of success. It’s also, in some instances, a willingness to lose everything including possibly your life.

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Some Helpful Educational Resources for Music Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The sudden transition to distance education due to the current pandemic has caught the education community off guard. In most cases, teachers are left to themselves to improvise and search for the.read more.

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New Podcast Episode: What Really Happened with Quarantine & Education

EdNews Daily

Listen to the new EduJedi Leadership Society Podcast Special Guest: Senator Howard Stephenson, Utah LeiLani Cauthen and Senator Howard Stephenson of Utah discuss concerns about the sudden shift of all schools to remote learning, and what it really means for the future. Cauthen: Today we’re going to talk about what really happened with the quarantine and schools shutting down for so long now in America and what it really means.

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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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An overview of Immersive Learning by Dr. Manoj Varghese.

Linways Technologies

Presented at the Discussion BarCamp hosted by Linways Technologies Pvt Ltd. Discuss Education BarCamp by Linways witnessed the discussion on various topics that can bring diverse changes to the education system to improve the teaching and learning process. Artificial Intelligence is a technology that emerged to make miracles in the industrial, medical, and information technology field.

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Improving Communication With Children Using Speech?Generating Devices

N2Y

I often think about what it is like to only be able to speak with help. My grandson Joey is five and uses a speech-generating device (SGD) that he activates using his eye gaze. I wonder, “What is he thinking? Will people know that he is smart? That he is determined? That he is learning to read and loves going to school? That he has to work so hard to have a conversation?

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4 Best Practices for Distance Learning to Support Students Who Learn and Think Differently

Graphite Blog

With distance learning, schools and teachers face a whole new set of challenges as they aim to make learning equitable in this new environment. As a classroom teacher, you might be wondering what you can do to meet the needs of students with learning and thinking differences , like dyslexia and ADHD. You might be asking yourself, How can I support students who struggle with staying focused ?

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4 Ways for Paraprofessionals to Embrace Remote Work

N2Y

In these uncertain times we are challenged with the task of managing a variety of responsibilities while adapting to changing expectations. Paraprofessionals, who are typically hands-on with students every day, are now working from home and finding creative ways to stay productive and engaged. During this time they should be sure to familiarize themselves with and stay on top of their district’s current policy for work expectations.

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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 Most Important Decision You May Never Make

Adjusting Course

Distance learning is no joke. I’m not sure about you, but there are days I crawl across the finish line (a.k.a. final Zoom meeting) mentally drained. I’m not sure what it is, but I have to believe there’s more at play than me simply experiencing “Zoom fatigue.” Here's what I'm thinking. Many of us are trying to take familiar pathways to new solutions.

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4 Fun Learning Activities To Do at Home With Your Child

N2Y

Opportunities for children to learn are absolutely everywhere! With a few minutes of thoughtful preparation, you and your child can both enjoy hands-on learning activities using materials you already have at home. You won’t need more than 10 minutes to prepare, and your child with unique learning needs will benefit from these easily differentiated activities that engage all the senses and provide real-life applications.

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FREE Access to Fluency Tutor to Support Student Literacy Remotely

Shake Up Learning

The post FREE Access to Fluency Tutor to Support Student Literacy Remotely appeared first on Shake Up Learning. As a former reading teacher, I know how difficult it can be to support struggling readers, English Language Learners, and to improve the fluency of all of my students. I wish I’d had Fluency Tutor to help! I don’t endorse a lot of products, but Texthelp produces some of the best accessibility tools and they work seamlessly with my favorite Google tools.

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Google Classroom Review

techlearning

Free Google Classroom online schooling for teachers and students that can help when you can't teach in a physical classroom

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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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The online resources that make distance learning less distant

eSchool News

The ripple effects of COVID-19 have thrust the world into uncertain times, and especially schools and students. As K–12 educators try to adjust to a new reality, many stories in the media note a tension between maintaining academic expectations while also supporting students’ basic needs. But these priorities don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Students can and should continue their learning during stay-at-home mandates.

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More students are taking out private loans as college costs rise

The Hechinger Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. –As our higher education system is turned upside down, there’s reason to worry that more students will take out private loans and struggle to pay them back. Private student loan debt is rising at a faster rate than federal student loan debt, according to an April report from the Student Borrower Protection Center. Since 2012, the volume of new private student loan originations has increased each year, but the volume of new federal student loan originations has decreased during t

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Getting Started with #BookSnaps

Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

What are #BookSnaps? #BookSnaps provide fun visual ways to share our reactions to what we read. This post provides my quick take on #BookSnaps built on my experience working with teachers and students. For a more comprehensive look at #BookSnaps, please check out the amazing work of their founder, Tara Martin. #BookSnaps: Getting Started After. Read more.

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Online Teaching Reflection: Day 26

Cycles of Learning

In today's post I want to acknowledge something that I have been doing during our " Zoom Check Ins " that has forced serious reflection on an insecure tendency I have as an instructor. To summarize, I often feel an embarrassing disconnect between the type of teacher I want to be on blogs, during keynote presentations, in conversation with colleagues, etc., and the type of teacher I naturally am.

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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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Northwestern University Grant Delivers Free COVID-19 Children’s Book

eSchool News

Elementary educators looking for a free resource to teach students about the Coronavirus and COVID-19 will have help from a zany book character named Mrs. Can. Thanks to a grant from Northwestern University and its Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research, a free download of “The Class That Can: Coronavirus” will be available to teachers nationwide, along with a virtual resource to libraries and school systems by request.

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Support Unique Learners in Determining Their Own Paths

N2Y

Why is it that students with or without prerequisite skills are encouraged to pursue their goals while students with disabilities are often expected to master specific skills, identified by a team of specialists, before they are encouraged to pursue their goals? Current research calls for elevating the voices of individuals with disabilities in developing, planning, and achieving their own personal and professional goals.

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Virtual Tutoring Service

eSchool News

Swing Education, a staffing application that matches schools with substitute teachers, brings its highly-qualified and experienced substitutes directly to students across America with the launch of Swing Tutors, an online tutoring service for students in grades K-12. Launching during Teacher Appreciation Week, Swing Tutors matches classroom substitute teachers with students based on their grade level and subject area needs to provide additional real-time, one-on-one support in a secure online le

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Finding a balance

Learning with 'e's

Photo by Wiros on Wikimedia Commons Here's another response to a question I received from participants during the recent webinar I presented for EDEN. You can watch the entire webinar on YouTube at this link. The question is one of several I couldn't answer in full because of time constraints, so here is the question again with a few additional thoughts: A major challenge at the moment, especially for teachers, but also translated to students, is keeping up with the curriculum.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Ensure Your Instructional YouTube Videos Are Unblocked

Hansen's Link to Tech

Flexible/asynchronous instructional most likely will involve indirect instruction videos for student viewing. Whether you providing recorded screencasts, read alouds, directions, lectures, notes, etc you most likely are uploading to Google Drive or YouTube to share out to your students. One catch, are the videos unblocked on your District’s content filter?

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‘Equitable Services’ Funding – A Potential Lifeline for Private Schools

ExcelinEd

Schools are closed nationwide, but some are closed for good. The economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic recently forced the storied Institute of Notre Dame, Maryland’s oldest Catholic girls school, to shutter its doors. Today the Archdiocese of Newark announced that it would close 10 of its schools due to financial hardship. Many of these Catholic schools serve large numbers of low-income students.

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Today + Weekend Events - The Learning Revolution Online Daily Education Conference #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Welcome to the Friday/Saturday/Sunday, May 8th - 10th, edition of the 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference. The day's sessions are below. To see all sessions submitted so far, and to correspond with presenters, click here. Recordings of past sessions are listed on the Recordings page. The conference hashtag is #learningrevolution. All times are US-Eastern Daylight Time - to see them in your own time zone and to get the links for attending live, click HERE.

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#FactFriday: It’s Children’s Book Week!

ExcelinEd

We’re celebrating Children’s Book Week by sharing some of our favorite early literacy resources for at-home learning. Visit ExcelinEd.org to learn how your state can empower every child to read and succeed. Early Literacy Resources for Families. The Barbara Bush Foundation has created an educational toolkit to help parents and children learn together at home.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.