EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Across the country, “help wanted” signs are showing up in K–12 school windows as districts face a record number of staff shortages. For example, 3,600 education jobs in Illinois remain unfilled, teacher retirements are up 38 percent year over year in Oklahoma, and teacher vacancies in Florida were up 67 percent in August 2021 compared with the same time last year.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 28, 2021
PHILADELPHIA — College tech leaders gathered here this week for the first in-person Educause conference since the start of the pandemic. Attending sessions and walking the exhibit hall, it felt like the focus was on the city’s founding value: brotherly love. “Empathy seems to be a theme at this Educause,” said Ken Graetz, director of teaching, learning and technology services at Winona State University.
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EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2021
It wasn’t just that students were starting to log on to the school network in Southern Florida from Germany, China and parts of the Caribbean, it was the dramatically different times they were logging on that made Phillip Dunn II pause. The Broward County Public Schools CIO vividly remembers the shift. “On Friday, March 13, 2020, we shut down, and within the first couple of weeks we were watching the usage patterns of students and educators in our learning management system,” he recalls.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 28, 2021
When colleges in the California State University system sent students home from campus in spring 2020, it quickly became clear that some students lacked reliable access to the internet or computers through which to participate in their pandemic-era emergency remote courses. Institutions did what they could to help in the moment, trying “band-aid remedies” such as loaning out laptops or expanding Wi-Fi service into parking lots, says Mike Uhlenkamp, senior director of public affairs for the syste
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In this post, I am sharing with you 8 great Chrome accessibility extensions to use with students in class. The purpose is to enhance digital equity and make learning accessible to all students. Using.read more.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 28, 2021
One day I was sitting in a shared office with my teammate, Jessica. We just came from our monthly leadership meeting and were talking about the concept of distributed leadership. Distributed leadership was the model our district was moving towards under the direction of the new superintendent. Her vision was simple but revolutionary: reimagine school leadership by dismantling the hierarchy.
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Marketplace K-12
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Organizations providing social-emotional learning need to do more to explain to families the purposes of those resources, says company founder Sara Potler LaHayne. The post I Founded an SEL Company. Here’s What’s Wrong With SEL appeared first on Market Brief.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Another school year is underway, and many of you may be feeling an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. Pandemic preparedness, mask mandates, quarantines–it’s starting to sound a lot like where we were last fall. But, luckily, it’s not. Our public schools are not where they were at the start of the last school year. In fact, in terms of investment in new teaching and learning capabilities and student supports, we are currently leaps ahead of where we were in fall 2019, too–a not-so-distant
Edthena
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Teacher coaching is an important role in any school. Coaches support teachers’ growth and improvement, which leads to stronger student outcomes. And great teacher coaching starts with a great teacher coaching vision. Not sure where to start? Violet Christensen and Courtney Groskin, two learning coaches from St. Vrain Valley Schools (Longmont, CO), have 3 strategies for how to start, set, and solidify a clear coaching vision.
techlearning
OCTOBER 28, 2021
To create a diverse school IT staff, education leaders have to be intentional about recruiting, supporting, and developing professionals from all backgrounds
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.
Shake Up Learning
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The post How to Use Canva Templates in Google Slides appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Canva is Teacher Template Heaven! Canva for Education is FREE for teachers and students and includes hundreds of templates that you will love! Don’t miss my 2-part series on 30+ Ways to Use Canva Templates in Your Classroom ! I’ll show you all the awesome template categories that I dug up–and there’s so much more than you think!
MiddleWeb
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The Columns strategy developed by Jill Brown and Jana Schmidt offers the organizing tool teachers need to provide students in grades 2-5 targeted and well-paced reading intervention, making all of the data we collect both relevant and meaningful, writes AP Ginny Hornberger. The post Matching Reading Data to Interventions first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Fractus Learning
OCTOBER 28, 2021
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techieMusings
OCTOBER 28, 2021
If you’ve been reading my blog or watching my YouTube videos for a while, you know that I am very interested in the intersection of digital and analog. So when I learned about Boogie Board’s smart pen , I was interested in how this device can help students and teachers. This is where the Blackboard Smart Notebook Set comes in, which includes: The Blackboard writing tablet (you can choose between Note size or Letter size) — this is what you’ll be writing on The Blackboard smart pen —
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.
techlearning
OCTOBER 28, 2021
After applying for an education grant, here are the next steps to take whether you receive funding or not
N2Y
OCTOBER 28, 2021
When students visit the Mystery Mansion in our new L 3 Skills game, they need to use their math skills to figure out who has taken a book from the library. Can they eliminate suspects one by one to unravel the mystery?
Reflections
OCTOBER 28, 2021
It's been too long. Too long since I've updated my blog, too long since I've had dinner with dear friends, and too long since I've started and finished a project that was just for me. Since the pandemic started, I feel like I've been on a never ending escalator ride (up!) and don't seem to reach the destination I'm due to be at. I don't feel nearly as effective as I did pre-pandemic and am struggling with that.
N2Y
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Find out why Unique Learning System is the nation’s leading special education solution for instructing pre-K through transition! Our expert will show you how this solution empowers teams to support meaningful student growth and independence. In this webinar you’ll learn how to: Deliver age-appropriate, standards-aligned instruction at the right level of support.
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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 Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 28, 2021
This Friday is another in the series of Dr. Steve Albrecht's webinars, " Team Success: Better Results Through Focused Team Building, Internal Support, Clear Communication, and Conflict Resolution. " More information can be found below or online here. We've also just posted a new Dr. Albrecht blog post in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0 : "Gang Problems in the Library: A Rare But Challenging Security Concern.".More likely, gang members will meet at the librar
Neo LMS
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The fact that education is undergoing systemic changes is no news. Some of these changes are due to globalization, but the main “culprit” is technology, with its disruptive effects in all aspects of our lives. Gen Z students – or zoomers – the first generation of digital natives, relate to technology differently from previous cohorts. If technology is a tool for Millennials, zoomers naturally integrate technology into their everyday lives.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2021
A few years ago, I took my kids on the Hemings Family Tour of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation. We came to learn about people enslaved by our third president. At the start of the tour, the guide asked the group to guess the most valuable slave on a plantation. I knew the answer immediately, but as part of the only Black family on the tour, I wanted to know who the white people valued.
TeacherCast
OCTOBER 28, 2021
This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable. – John Wooden. The Staff Needs Assessment is by far one of the most important and at the same time, most stressful part of the process in creating an EdTech Integration Plan for your school district.
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.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Last year, schools ramped up social-emotional learning (SEL) to help students cope with the trauma of the pandemic and the nation’s racial reckoning.
TeacherCast
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable. – John Wooden The Staff Needs Assessment is by far one of the most important and at the same time, most stressful part of the process in creating an EdTech Integration Plan for your school district. When created properly, and rolled out with the support of administration, it can be used to springboard instructional coaches into the classroom.
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