EdTech Magazine

MARCH 3, 2022

Education leaders have taken a strong stance on preventing cyberattacks, especially with so many users learning and working from home during the pandemic. Attackers have taken advantage of the recent chaos, launching more attacks than ever. Even before the pandemic, ransomware attacks on K–12 schools had become increasingly common. In 2021, more than a thousand schools fell victim to ransomware attacks, according to a January 2022 Emsisoft report.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. So if you can afford it, 16 GB of RAM is not an unreasonable baseline for your 2022 machine. You might not take advantage of all that power right now, especially if you don’t use your computer for intensive tasks. But these are expensive machines that should last us longer than the upgrade cycle of a smartphone, and an extra $200 for RAM today is much better than $1,000+ on a new laptop three years from now.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark When the term “gamification” comes up in the context of education, it is usually introduced as a way to improve student engagement and motivation. Given the dismal state of student engagement in school work, maybe that by itself would be enough. But research has documented a variety of other benefits, including developing persistence and resilience, honing problem-solving skills, building creativity, and much more.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Google is rolling out a handy new tool for Workspace admins who use Google Meet to keep in touch with staff. Starting today, admins can see a record of participant bandwidth during meetings. So if you were hoping to fake a bad connection to get out of a meeting early, prepare to be called out.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

At 8:30 sharp, as the enthusiastic crowd was gathering their coffee and heading for their seats, the Phoenix Digital Transition Discussion rolled into high gear. LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher of the Learning Counsel began her Digital Transition Briefing, based on the results of the Learning Counsel’s National Digital Transition Survey, the most comprehensive national survey of its kind.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

Technology’s pivotal role in education can’t be denied, and it will remain a constant in classrooms. Many schools are turning to active learning environments to effectively use technology to help engage students in learning. When students are engaged in their learning via active learning environments, they absorb more content and they intuitively explore concepts at a deeper level.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

RIDGELAND, Miss. , March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SchoolStatus , a leading provider of K-12 school communications solutions designed to improve student outcomes through data and parent engagement, announced today the acquisition of TeachBoost , a privately-held, education software company that builds tools to support educator observations, evaluations, and coaching.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2022

Students who are learning English often face extreme barriers to getting an education in the United States. From kindergarten through 12th grade, they’re entitled by law to the resources it takes to get them the same education as their English-proficient peers, but what they receive varies drastically depending on where they live. As a result, about 67 percent of English Learners earn a high school diploma, compared to about 84 percent of the general population.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, March 3, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Women’s History Month observances nationwide. Discovery Education is honoring the incredible accomplishments of women leaders during Women’s History Month and beyond with STEM-focused resources encouraging young women everywhere to reach their fullest potential.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

MARCH 3, 2022

"You should always assume that the district is reading your school emails". The post The School District Is Reading Your Email appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

AMERICAN FORK, Utah, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, YouScience announced its career guidance tool, YouScience Discovery , is now available for students in 48 KIPP Public Schools , a network of national public charter schools. With the recent expansion, YouScience Discovery now reaches over 3,000 high school and 200 middle school students.

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techlearning

MARCH 3, 2022

Encouraging purposeful play through tools such as LEGO Education to engage students and improve STEAM learning outcomes

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

CONCORD, NH (March 3, 2022) — In less than eight months, more than 215,000 digital resources have been used by New Hampshire educators, students and families through Discovery Education’s innovative learning platform. “These instructional materials have been incredibly valuable to the state’s educational system. Connecting teachers to a vast collection of standards-aligned content that is easily accessible in digital lessons provides them with a unique opportunity to support students,” said Fra

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2022

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Desktop Icons Disappeared. Category: PC.

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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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SpeechTechie

MARCH 3, 2022

I have been a longtime fan of maps as therapy tools. They promote spacial description skills, situational awareness and (literal) world knowledge, and can be used to link to narrative and expository language. Let's start with Wordle though. A huge fad, one this Jeopadevotee has used to shore up his skills with the anagram category that didn't appear in his game.yeah, I am still in some kind of transitional phase.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — March 3, 2022 — Savvas Learning Company , a leading provider of next-generation learning solutions across all K-12 grade levels and disciplines, announced today its acquisition of Rubicon Publishing, Inc., the developer of Canada’s most widely used all-digital math program. Headquartered near Toronto, Rubicon is the provider of MathUP, an inquiry-based math program for students in grades K-8 that has become the best-selling online math product in Canada.

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Cycles of Learning

MARCH 3, 2022

During the time of 100% distance learning I gathered my thoughts together and produced the below book for my colleagues at my school site titled "Teaching in the Time of COVID: A High School Teacher’s Rules for Effective Quarantine Teaching". Given how hectic that time was, I never got around to sharing my work with my colleagues or PLN. So I'm doing that now!

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 3, 2022

Be sure to check out STW for all their St. Patrick's Day ideas such as: educational games, word searches, activities, and more!!! Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and recently released new crossword puzzle worksheet generator.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 3, 2022

We've just posted a new Dr. Albrecht blog post in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " The 'New' Methamphetamine: Some Library Patrons Might Be Using a Bad Drug." Word on the street is that there is a new menace, a more powerful (and even cheaper version) of meth, that is chemically different than the previous meth.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 3, 2022

"Game-based learning (GBL) is a type of game play that has defined learning outcomes. Generally, game-based learning is designed to balance subject matter with gameplay and the ability of the player to retain, and apply said subject matter to the real world. ( wikipedia )" Game Based Learning has stood the test of time and been going on since schools have been around.

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Josie Ahlquist

MARCH 3, 2022

Chances are high that multiple articles have come across your feed about the great resignation, staff morale, or employee disengagement. The spring is usually a heavy recruitment season for entry-level positions in student affairs. But this year, there are openings all across the board. It’s a candidate’s market, which means more power for job seekers and an attraction to currently employed campus.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

MARCH 3, 2022

@alicekeeler assume your school is reading your emails. #teacher #teaching #privacy #email ? FEEL THE GROOVE – Queens Road, Fabian Graetz. Whether you are a teacher at a school or an employee at a corporation… your work email is NOT yours. Company (or school) email is owned by the company or school. This gives them the right to read your emails at any time.

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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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MiddleWeb

MARCH 3, 2022

After two years of pandemic strain and distraction, it's time for educators to reclaim the "why," writes district leader Brian Taylor. "10 Perspectives on Learning in Education" can help teachers and administrators refocus attention "on what we do every day for students.". The post Ed Leaders Share Ideas for Going Forward first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 3, 2022

TestMe is a wonderful new site for creating online flashcards. What separates TestMe apart from other similar learning tools is that it can take educators notes or lesson plans and turn them into educational flashcards that can be used for: studying, quizzes, and more. Finally, a student can answer/respond to the flashcard easily "natural language" allowing TestMe to automatically grade their responses and then share their results.

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Brainscape

MARCH 3, 2022

Welcome to the first of the minefield of exams you have to step through in order to become a WSET Ⓡ Master of Wine! The WSET 4 D1 on Wine Production essentially tests your knowledge of everything that happened to the wine in your glass to make it the way it is, from shoot to shelf (Read: vineyard site, rootstock, climate, soil conditions, vine diseases, fermentation, barrel aging, bottling, and distribution.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

With the realization that COVID will stick with us, and with determination to live with it and resume aspects of pre-pandemic life, educators are once again eager to gather at edtech conferences and experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital learning resources, and professional learning opportunities. In Dallas, TCEA began with keynotes and sessions from top edtech thought leaders and real-world practitioners.

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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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