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4 ways to reclaim your love of teaching

eSchool News

If you feel like this year has been more stressful, more overwhelming, and more difficult to find the joy of teaching than ever before, you’re not alone. With pandemic protocols, political unrest, and increasing workloads and responsibilities ravishing the classroom, the heart of teaching can at times feel lost. It doesn’t have to be this way, though.

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What Are Legacy Systems, and Why Should K–12 Schools Prioritize Updates?

EdTech Magazine

Performing well in today’s digitally driven workforce requires learning the relevant skills and putting in hard work, no matter the profession or industry. But success on the job also relies on employees having access to a variety of technological tools, including software and hardware that support collaborative work, data searches and mobile operations in our 21st-century economy.

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Using VR to Visualize Complex Information

Ask a Tech Teacher

Virtual Reality is one of the hottest newish education strategies that keeps getting better. Here’s an excellent article from eSchool News about using VR to better understand topics traditionally considered complex: VR helps students visualize complex information. Educators can use virtual reality to bring learning into the real world and improve outcomes for students, assert Shannon Cox, superintendent, and Candice Sears, director of instructional services, both of Montgomery County Educa

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How do we accelerate learning? The US Department of Education Roadmap for Reopening Safely says that “accelerated learning provides opportunities for students to learn at grade level rather than through tracking or remediation….” Simply put, acceleration “builds on what students know as a way to access new learning.

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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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Who is the Theranos of Education?

Edsurge

Over the last few months, biotech company Theranos has re-entered the conversation due to a slew of newsworthy happenings—the Elizabeth Holmes trial finally came to an end with four of 11 charges of fraud, and Hulu announced The Dropout’s debut while Apple Original Films’s Bad Blood is currently in production. Throughout the years of coverage, journalists, bloggers and commentators alike have each taken to their respective channels and platforms to identify their own Theranos stories in differen

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Blast the Boring out of Book Reports with Spaces Edu!

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

Guest Blogger, Melody McAlliser uses Spaces with her students because it allows for voice and choice, teachers can tag curriculum standards to learning artifacts, and students can build their digital portfolio without leaving the platform. Blast the Boring out of Book Reports with Spaces Edu! The post Blast the Boring out of Book Reports with Spaces Edu!

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PROOF POINTS: College students often don’t know when they’re learning

The Hechinger Report

The research evidence is clear. Learning by trying something yourself is superior to passively listening to lectures, especially in science. It’s puzzling why more university professors don’t teach in this more hands-on, interactive way. Logan McCarty, director of science education at Harvard University, is a prime example. Ten years ago, he told me, he was aware of the anti-lecture studies dating back to the 1980s.

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Help Students Improve Literacy with Free MS Tech Tools

The Innovative Educator

Helping students learn to read is a priority in public education. However, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress only 35% of fourth graders read at grade level. It is difficult to give students the individual attention they need to support literacy development. Fortunately, for innovative educators and their students, Microsoft has come out with some impressive tools including the brand-new Reading Coach and Reading Progress which provide accessible, individualized, and da

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Online Solitaire - Free Games to Keep Your Brain Sharp

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Besides being one of the most popular games in the world, solitaire is also a great way to keep your mind sharp. Today we'll be having a look at Online Solitaire, a website where you can play.read more.

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A Roundup of Mathematical Pie Activities to Celebrate Pi Day

MIND Research Institute

March 14, Pi Day, has always been one of my favorite days of the year. Occasionally celebrated in my elementary school classes, but a much bigger deal once I reached middle and high school grades. There would be activities, teachers would dress up in quirky pi (or pie) socks and accessories, and of course —there were usually slices of pie doled out in celebration.

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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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OPINION: How to better serve students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

We need to rethink school systems and environments if we are going to better serve students with the highest levels of need. Traditional systems, practices and policies in many cases cater only to general education students. Ask yourself: What is your current system for helping students with disabilities fill skill gaps? If these students are only receiving remedial instruction, will you close those gaps?

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Explaining SEL to Parents

techlearning

SEL has become a flashpoint in the education wars. However, when parents understand what SEL is, they rarely oppose it.

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3 financial literacy tips students can use now

eSchool News

While moving into adulthood, teens are faced with a number of paths. Empowering students to select which path works best for them and determine how to best financially plan for the future are key to ensuring that some of their first adult decisions set them on a trajectory toward success. While research shows a positive connection between higher education and economic status, it’s important to recognize that the traditional route to higher education does not work for every student.

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Preparing Kids With Real-World Skills via Ed-Tech

EmergingEdTech

Image Source. There are many uses for technology today that improve our society and the way we live our lives, but one form of tech having a particularly significant impact is ed-tech. When kids are younger, they are more receptive to learning new things and skills that will affect them as they get older and enter society as an adult. Educational technologies enable children to learn things on a whole new level, broadening their minds and their capabilities.

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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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Sora App’s New Curated Bundles of Digital Comics Save Schools Time and Money

eSchool News

CLEVELAND – March 14, 2022 – In response to educators’ need for more digital content to engage students, OverDrive Education now offers popular digital comic books to schools around the world via the Sora student reading app. Schools can purchase age-appropriate and cost-effective curated bundles totaling more than 1,500 digital comic books. These titles include simultaneous use rights so all students can access titles for their age group instantly.

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Screencastify Lesson Plan for Middle and High School

techlearning

This Screencastify lesson plan is designed to assist educators with leveraging a multimedia edtech tool to support teaching

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How I’m Shaking Up My Daily Math Lessons

MiddleWeb

Using a variety of teaching strategies is a great way to ensure students are cognitively engaged, writes math teacher Kathie Palmieri. Their responses to strategic prompts start productive discussions, and this helps kids feel they have a voice in shaping their learning. The post How I’m Shaking Up My Daily Math Lessons first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Implementing High-Quality Instructional Materials

techlearning

Tech & Learning Innovative Leader Awards (Dallas): Best Example of Sustainable Classrooms

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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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Kajeet Private 5G™ Platform Launched, Enabling Private Wireless Networks For All

eSchool News

MCLEAN, VA. (PRWEB) MARCH 14, 2022 — Kajeet® , a leading provider of wireless connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver secure, reliable and managed IoT solutions to over 3,000 businesses, schools and districts, and state and local governments, today announced the launch of Kajeet Private 5GTM, a next-generation, cloud-based private 5G and LTE platform designed to simplify private wireless with an end-to-end turnkey managed service that allows customers to design, install and ma

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Big Feelings in Little People – Ways to Support Children in Managing Difficult Emotions

MindSpark

Joyous laughter to a piercing cry in a matter of moments – a child’s emotions can be difficult to follow, much less manage. Educators and parents alike ride the waves of kids’ and students’ feelings. They try to empathize and support them through challenges, and search for teachable moments when navigating these difficult feelings. With the right tools and strategies, you can help the children in your life learn how to keep reason in the driver’s seat.

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SmarterServices Integrates Calculator Application into SmarterProctoring to Eliminate Distractions, Create Equity, and Promote Academic Integrity

eSchool News

PITTSBURGH, PA – Student success is an utmost priority for SmarterServices, which has led to a recent partnership with ClassCalc to integrate features that eliminate student distraction, create equity, and promote academic integrity. ClassCalc is a calculator application that has been most recently integrated into all of the SmarterProctoring Virtual Proctoring modalities.

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