Fri.Oct 15, 2021

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Should K–12 Schools Be Hesitant to Spend Federal Funds?

EdTech Magazine

K–12 schools are seeing a wealth of federal funding in response to the pandemic, yet in some cases — such as with the latest round of Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) support — this money is going unclaimed. Of the ECF’s available $7.17 billion, more than $2 billion remained after the first application window closed. This prompted the Federal Communications Commission to open a second window for applications and encourage schools and libraries to apply.

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Retrieval practice, CBE, and what we value regarding student learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

A number of educators across the country are finding great value in ‘learning science’ books such as Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. In Powerful Teaching , the authors focus on the potential of: Retrieval practice – “pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., quizzes and flashcards), rather than cramming information into students’ heads (e.g., lectures)” (p. 4); Spaced practice – “spreading lessons and retrieval opportunities out over time” (p. 4); I

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Digital Citizenship Week–Oct. 18-22–Here’s What You Need

Ask a Tech Teacher

Learning that will help you learn how to teach digital citizenship to your students. Below, you’ll find everything from a full year-long curriculum to professional development for teachers: Resources: Digital Citizenship: What to Teach When (a video). Curricula: K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. More on Digital Citizenship. How to Grow Global Digital Citizens.

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Restoring America’s Democracy Through Education?

Edsurge

“If the ladder of educational opportunity rises high at the doors of some youth and scarcely rises at the doors of others, while at the same time formal education is made a prerequisite to occupational and social advance, then education may become the means, not of eliminating race and class distinctions, but of deepening and solidifying them.” This quote is 75 years old, but, shockingly, it could have been written without revision yesterday.

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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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Focusing on safety can help schools mitigate teacher stress

eSchool News

A defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic is the haze of uncertainty in which we now live. Are cases rising or falling? Which activities are deemed “safe” for the vaccinated? And now that most U.S. schools have re-opened in person, will they stay open, and can they keep COVID-19 at bay? This uncertainty has landed heavily on teachers and contributed to teacher stress.

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Do You Have These Top Traits of Effective Instructional Leaders?

Edthena

Instructional leadership can take many forms and have many titles: academic coach, curriculum specialist, principal, district administrator, and more. And according to one expert, all those instructional leaders share one thing in common. And it’s something that they don’t do. “Instructional leadership is [not] about being the smartest person in the building.

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Facing post-graduation “firsts” and uncertainty about DACA’s future, undocumented students turn to each other for support

The Hechinger Report

Life after college can be difficult to navigate for any graduate, but for undocumented students, the challenges can be greater. How do you decide which health insurance package to enroll in at your first professional job? What is a 401k, and how much should you contribute each paycheck? Graduates without citizenship are up against a lot of the same confusing “firsts” as everyone else, but are less likely to have parents or family members who have experience with these specific issues.

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iTutor’s Virtual Quarantine Classroom Offers Educational Lifeline for COVID-Affected South Carolina and New York Students

eSchool News

As many as 2,000 students on any given day this school year in Richland Two (South Carolina) and other school districts, and, in partnership with PNW BOCES, across the state of New York — required to quarantine at home because of COVID-related concerns — have been able to continue their studies uninterrupted, thanks to iTutor and its new Virtual Quarantine Classroom service featuring live, online, instruction provided by state-certified teachers.

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What is Apple Everyone Can Code Early Learners and How Does it Work?

techlearning

Everyone Can Code Early Learners brings coding to even younger students.

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Consider This: Civics!

SpeechTechie

Consider This has mostly been an exploration of resources used a bunch of different ways, but we also can consider how different curriculum topics can be used to target many speech and language and social communication objectives (and in this case, some resources that go with this idea). Speech and language pathologists can wrap interventions in contexts; check out this recent study, one that I'd like to describe in detail at some point, on science and Tier 2 vocabulary.

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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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Dr. Albrecht Library 2.0 Blog: "Best Boss-Worst Boss Exercise" | "Team Success" Webinar

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Steve Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0 : "The "Best Boss – Worst Boss" Exercise: Assessing Yourself as a Library Leader" One way to think about how to be a better library leader is to think about who was a good leader for you. A useful exercise in improving your leadership skills. is to take a pen and a pad and make a list of the traits, behaviors, characteristics, and even eccentricities of the best bosses yo

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The Need for RUE Followers, not Rule Followers: The Difficulty of Change

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Educational change -- in structures, in mindsets, in technology -- seems inescapable, but certainly has become even more so in the last two years. To be frank, during the pandemic, it has often been painful and not necessarily welcome. To take one example, I know very few teachers that Zoomed and Google Met and Microsoft Teamed with students that would prefer such distance learning over face-to-face teaching, and yet almost all would have to admit how their edtech skill sets have grown immensely

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Digital Magazines Now Available to K-12 Schools Worldwide in Sora Reading App

eSchool News

In response to educators’ need for more digital content to support classroom learning, OverDrive Education now offers popular digital magazines to schools around the world via the Sora student reading app. Schools can purchase an affordable bundle of 50 always-available educational and recreational magazines for all students who use Sora. Sora is the student reading app available in more than 50,000 schools worldwide.

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This district’s dedication to digital tech carried students through COVID

eSchool News

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings. The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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.