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Cybersecurity Roundtable: Guarding K–12 Schools from Bad Actors

EdTech Magazine

With a growing number of cyber incidents targeting K–12 schools, it should come as no surprise that cybersecurity is a top priority for IT leaders and administrators across the nation. In the Consortium for School Networking’s most recent EdTech Leadership Survey Report, respondents confirmed that “cybersecurity and the privacy of student data are the top two technology priorities.

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Making educators’ lives easier for World Teachers’ Day

Neo LMS

Happy World Teachers’ Day! October 5th is all about celebrating all the wonderful educators around the world. At the same time, this day is also about supporting teachers so that every learner can have access to quality education. It’s no secret that teaching is already a stressful profession and the pandemic hasn’t made their jobs any easier. In fact, more than three in four teachers say that job-related stress has taken its toll on them during the 2020-2021 school year.

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The Universal Laptop Program Helping One State Narrow the Digital Divide

Edsurge

When this school year began, parents, teachers and students rejoiced over the long-awaited return to in-person instruction. But just when the pandemic appeared to be over, the Delta variant has caused districts to rethink their plans for bringing students and staff back to school. In some states, the seven-day rate of new coronavirus cases is twice as high as it was this time last year.

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14 Effective Teaching Strategies For Inquiry-Based Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

One obvious way to promote inquiry learning in your classroom is to design lessons and units that benefit from, promote, or require it. The post 14 Effective Teaching Strategies For Inquiry-Based Learning appeared first on TeachThought.

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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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Should Robots Replace Teachers?

Edsurge

Last week brought one of those surprising new gadget announcements from a tech giant, with Amazon unveiling a home robot it calls Astro, a rolling contraption about the size of a small dog with a screen for a head and a cup holder so it can bring its owner a drink. This got us thinking—what could the rise of low-cost robots mean for education? One person who has dug into that topic is Neil Selwyn, a research professor of education at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

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5 Podcasts for Middle Schoolers

Teacher Tech

Melody McAllister, Community Facilitator for AK Teacher Tech on Facebook, shares five, FREE podcasts that were recommended by amazing middle school teachers! The post 5 Podcasts for Middle Schoolers appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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500 digital learning activities for the in-person or virtual classroom

eSchool News

When schools abruptly shifted to online learning in March of 2020, a flurry of announcements about free digital learning resources followed. Gradually, schools returned to hybrid learning and, now, most districts are back to full in-person learning. But a new move puts 500 daily resources into teachers’ hands for free, no matter where students are learning.

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Augmented Reality in Education: Five Powerful Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Augmented reality has a huge potential for us in education. It helps engage students in hands-on and immersive learning experiences and boosts their self-directed learning and "their social and.read more.

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4 SEL success tips for elementary schools

eSchool News

Five years ago, we had about 900 students in our K-5 elementary school, with roughly 40 percent of them either eligible for free or reduced lunch. Being in a geographic area that’s challenged by generational poverty and other socioeconomic issues, we needed a way to overcome some fairly steep challenges on the SEL curriculum front. Some students, for example, were struggling with managing their emotions and their bodies.

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Nearly Half of Education Companies Have Plans to Pursue VC Funding, Survey Shows

Marketplace K-12

An EdWeek Market Brief survey of more than 300 executives of education companies found that nearly half are considering seeking venture capital to fuel growth in the next year. The post Nearly Half of Education Companies Have Plans to Pursue VC Funding, Survey Shows appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Skills vs. Schema: Teaching Math How the Brain Learns

MIND Research Institute

The terms skills and schema can be interpreted as synonyms. However, when we look at the bigger picture of how our brains learn, we can better see the difference between these terms. Even more so when we look at them specifically in the context of learning mathematics. For example, conventional teaching methods present math as a set of procedural components that, through continuous practice, will eventually lead to mastery.

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Student Engagement Strategies for Pandemic Teaching (Closing Keynote by Jen Giffen) – SULS0130

Shake Up Learning

The post Student Engagement Strategies for Pandemic Teaching (Closing Keynote by Jen Giffen) – SULS0130 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Catch the audio version of Jen Giffen’s closing keynote from the 2021 Back to School Conference! Jen shares some AH-mazing student engagement strategies that work in this crazy, COVID world! And don’t forget, you can still catch ALL the conference sessions until Oct. 30 for FREE, or for one year with the ALL-ACCESS PASS !

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Best Cybersecurity Lessons and Activities for K-12 Education

techlearning

Tech and Learning curates the best K-12 cybersecurity lessons, games and activities

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How to Start an Online School in 2021: The Complete Guide

Sell Courses Online

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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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Best 3D Printers For Education

techlearning

The best 3D printers for education are ideal for teachers and students learning to model.

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Sharing Some Higher Ed Scholarship Opportunities

EmergingEdTech

While this is certainly not my typical fare for the sight, soeone sent a list of solid scholarships they wanted to promote and I don't have any other pending content for the moment, so I figured, [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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What is your compelling reason? #MindsetMonday

The Principal of Change

As I have shared before, ideas will pop into my head, and I tend to jump in without much planning and figure out where things will take me. I heard this in a podcast one day, and although I do not know the source, it challenged my thinking: “The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people launch.” Unknown.

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Subscriber Special: October

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. October. Sign up for our newsletter. Then get 10% off your next purchase! First Name. Last Name. Special Interest: Email Format. html. text. Marketing Permissions Structured Learning will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and marketing.

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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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THRIVE! Webinars: Tomorrow, "Parenting for Academic Success;" Next Week, "How to Help Students Manage their Anxiety" and "Starting Your Own School"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Parenting for Academic Success in Turbulent Times Part of the LearningRevolution.com 'Survive and Thrive!' Series TITLE: Parenting for Academic Success in Turbulent Times OVERVIEW : Greg Smith and Chris Loper will share key ideas about academic success from psychology and neuroscience that are most relevant for parents at this time, and how to apply this knowledge at home.

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Income inequality can harm children’s achievement in maths – but not reading, 27-year study suggests

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

Inequalities in income affect how well children do in maths -- but not reading, the most comprehensive study of its kind has found.

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Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment. Blended learning is the thoughtful design and facilitation of learning experiences that strive to shift control from teacher to learner by weaving together active, engaged learning online and offline.

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Deployment Do’s — 5 Top Tips for School IT Teams

Edsurge

I’ve worked in education technology for years and, most recently, spent 18 months leading the deployment of the Adobe Spark app to more than 900,000 students and teachers in Wales and Northern Ireland. So, the following may come as some surprise: I don’t believe that technology drives outstanding teaching and learning. What I do believe is that technology can provide powerful support for educators and learners and that it has the potential to make both exceptional teaching and successful learnin

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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.