Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 1, 2020
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying is no longer relegated to the playground or the neighborhood. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld. Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying.
Neo LMS
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Last time we talked about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education , we’ve seen how smart speakers can help university students navigate campus life. However, voice-assisted technology isn’t the only one making a splash in universities; text-based communication is also a big hit. It’s no secret that younger generations prefer text-based communication and they expect to find accurate information whenever and wherever they might be.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in September 2020… Parable of the Sower , Octavia Butler [sci fi]. Parable of the Talents , Octavia Butler [sci fi]. All Systems Red , Martha Wells [sci fi]. Lord Foul’s Bane , Stephen Donaldson [fantasy]. The Illearth War , Stephen Donaldson [fantasy]. The Power That Preserves , Stephen Donaldson [fantasy].
EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2020
By Christy S. Martin, Ed.D. Our school calendar, based on factors that are long gone, is one of the most antiquated things that still exists in schools. We are no longer hampered by the agriculture calendar that was necessary for families in the nineteenth century, yet it still dictates how our schools do business. We have been unexpectedly yanked into the technology age of education and it is long overdue.
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EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 1, 2020
IT staff at Beekmantown Central School District in upstate New York spent six years working on a digital transformation that involved equipping students with Chromebooks , providing professional development to teachers and letting students borrow Wi-Fi hotspots. Then in February, as cases of COVID-19 erupted around the globe, Superintendent Dan Mannix gave the team three weeks to develop a distance-learning plan.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 1, 2020
If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 1, 2020
When schools abruptly moved online as COVID-19 swept across the U.S. this spring, teachers improvised and traded tips on what worked with colleagues. Many also ended up serving as tech support for students and their parents, who themselves struggled to learn new tools as well. That’s a major takeaway from a survey of more than 700 teachers in 40 states conducted this spring, just after schools first shifted to remote instruction due to the pandemic.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Editor’s Note: This Q&A is part of a series featuring educators and technology experts from our 2020 K–12 IT Influencers list , weighing in on the innovations happening in their school community and in education at large during remote learning. Pivoting to remote learning in the spring presented schools and districts with new challenges, some of which they’re still working to resolve.
EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2020
By William Zhou This past spring, schools all across the U.S. faced similar challenges but experienced wildly different outcomes. When Covid-19 forced building closures in March, administrators quickly found out which end of the spectrum they inhabited?from “completely ready for remote learning” to “this building closure is basically a school closure.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Organizations across industries are deploying new cloud services almost daily. Whether they’re choosing a cloud infrastructure provider for the deployment of large-scale cloud data centers or selecting a Software as a Service provider for payroll processing, each of these decisions alters the organization’s cloud security posture. The adoption of a new service creates new risks to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive data, and cybersecurity professionals must adapt quickl
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.
EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2020
By Alex Fernandez As schools across the country resume instruction this fall, there are few certainties and seemingly endless questions. As the assessment director for Imagine Schools, a system with more than 30,000 K–12 students spread across seven states and the District of Columbia, I was particularly interested in not just how we’d assess our students this fall, but in how consistent our results would be from one school to the next—and even from one state to another.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 1, 2020
This fall, Microsoft Education is rolling out new features on Teams and OneNote that support social-emotional learning. These updates come at a time when students and educators are experiencing unprecedented changes and challenges in education due to the coronavirus pandemic, which have led to increased stress and anxiety, experts say. Beginning in late September, Teams will feature SEL-specific badges that teachers can give to their students as part of the Praise app.
EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2020
In this episode of the EduJedi Report Podcast, Host and Learning Counsel CEO LeiLani Cauthen discusses the general education tech chaos with Tricia Kennedy, Executive Director of Instructional Development and Support at Gwinnett County Public Schools in Atlanta. Kennedy has led years’ worth of preparedness to have a fully integrated learning ecosystem so that total chaos was never evident for them in America’s March 2020 quarantine.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Whether education takes place online or on campus, it's essential to ensure that classrooms are inclusive. One way school districts can lead that effort is by evaluating the technology platforms they use. . However, this work is not just for technology departments to manage alone. It's essential for curriculum and instruction departments, as well as school leaders and educators, to partner with technical staff.
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.
Teacher Tech
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Math facts for many students, including myself when I was in elementary school, is anxiety producing. A worksheet filled with 30+ problems is hardly engaging either. A focus on number sense and viewing math as patterns helps students to get into math rather than fear it. “Sometimes we focus on memorizing math facts instead of […]. The post Math Facts Without Worksheets appeared first on Teacher Tech.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 1, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic transformed how high school students are learning about prospective colleges. Instead of attending traditional college fairs or visiting their dream schools this fall, students are now connecting with admissions representatives online and going on virtual tours. With the right technology, colleges are able to re-create most of the live interactions that students expect to get from an information session or campus visit.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.Unscreen is a good web tool that allows you to easily remove backgrounds from videos. The process is simple and easy: upload your video to.
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 1, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic transformed how high school students are learning about prospective colleges. Instead of attending traditional college fairs or visiting their dream schools this fall, students are now connecting with admissions representatives online and going on virtual tours. With the right technology, colleges are able to re-create most of the live interactions that students expect to get from an information session or campus visit.
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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
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. When teachers at Cable Elementary in San Antonio couldn’t reach four siblings who attended the school this spring, Monica Williams of Communities in Schools was able to arrange a meeting with them at their grandmoth
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 1, 2020
SlidesMania is a platform that provides access to a wide variety of pre-made templates that you can use on your Google Slides and PowerPoint. I have spent sometime going through its content and.
techlearning
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Here's what you need to know about the digital tools for teachers, such as Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and Flipgrid
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 1, 2020
One of the key questions that faces you as you make your transition to online education is that of resources. In order to make the best of your online teaching/learning experience, you will need to.
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.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 1, 2020
As schools across the country both open and close their doors, administrators are furiously working to keep students, parents, and educators in the loop and armed with information about the latest COVID-19 protocols. This, in addition to normal workloads and prepping for potential transitions to e-learning at the drop of the hat, is a monumental task in terms of effort.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Students work on a project during an Urban Promise summer program. The nonprofit pivoted to provide full-day care and distance learning supervision this summer. Credit: Brooke Brown Photography/Urban Promise. When schools in northern California shut down in mid-March due to the coronavirus, Casino Fajardo and his wife did their best to balance watching their children while working full-time.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 1, 2020
PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education related services for K-12 schools, today announced a new partnership with the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE). Through this partnership, PresenceLearning will support the professional development of CASE members by providing access to its clinical experts and influential partners, as well as offering exclusive webinars, presentations, and other programming throughout the year and at the upcoming 2020 CA
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Last spring, tens of millions of students were forced online as their institutions made the emergency transition to remote instruction. Many remain at least partially online this fall and possibly into 2021. The pandemic has clearly upended the college experience for a generation of students and higher education professionals. The needs, concerns and aspirations of students are shifting.
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.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Mentoring Minds , a leading provider of K-12 instructional and critical thinking materials, announces the availability of the Mentoring Minds Resource Library, a mobile app comprised of resources to support instruction and promote student success. The app, available via the Apple Store and Google Play , includes best practices, research-based strategies and practical ideas from Mentoring Minds.
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Gilmore and Deos’s Integrating Technology targets teachers in its early chapters and IT leaders later on in its broad messaging. The authors present a useful theoretical model, says reviewer Jeny Randall, short on "how to" examples but long on vision for the future.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Teachers around the country have a lot of questions this fall. How will the lack of summative assessment data from last spring impact the school year? How quickly can I determine what students may have missed in the chaotic close of the 2019–2020 school year? Are remote assessments accurate? How can I parse the interim and formative assessment data of incoming students and focus on the areas that will provide the greatest return?
Jamf on EdTech
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Oh the stories this Jamf Nation User Conference could tell. Want to hear them? Enjoy a recap and catch up on anything you missed.
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