EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Teachers in K–12 education face increasingly high rates of burnout, and many have chosen to leave the profession altogether. While there are many reasons for this, the struggle to balance new technologies and multiple teaching modalities amid an ongoing pandemic unquestionably contribute. Pandemic-inspired technology will continue to permeate classrooms.
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Promoted by National Geographic, here’s what you should know about Geography Awareness Week which occurs November 15-19, 2021: Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite people about geography as both a discipline and as a part of everyday life.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Flipgrid is an excellent video discussion platform that teachers can use to empower students voice and boost their creative thinking. The way Flipgrid works is simple: teachers create Groups for.read more.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Starting after his freshman year of high school, Amiri McKinnon packed his bags every summer and left his family home in Los Angeles for a five-week stay at the University of California, Los Angeles. McKinnon lived in the dorms and took classes alongside other teenagers interested in science, technology, engineering and math. At no cost to him or his family, the program even provided him with his own laptop to use for his coursework.
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eSchool News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
It is encouraging to observe an increasing number of educational leaders calling out the importance of student-empowered, student-owned, and student-centered learning. A.J. Juliani, John Spencer, Katie Martin, and Alan November, to name a few, are inspiring the shift that so many educators already know needs to happen–from a mechanical, soulless approach to learning to an inspired, student-honored approach. .
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Digital team-building games serve as positive SEL experiences and also provide a helpful brain break to split up lengthier online lessons. The post 50 Digital Team-Building Games For Students appeared first on TeachThought.
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Teacher Tech
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Easily create formative assessments digitally with formative.com. Sync your Google accounts to Formative. The post Connect Your Class to Formative appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Flipgrid is a video discussion platform that enables students to engage in meaningful learning experiences using video responses. Teachers, the Group creators, post topics and invite students to.read more.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine — The ergonomic chairs, glass-walled conference rooms, ubiquitous technology and smell of new carpets and fresh paint scream well-funded startup. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. And that’s what the Roux Institute is: a brand-new university campus backed by $200 million of donated money. The institute, which opened last year in borrowed space with sweeping views of Casco Bay in Portland’s fast-developing East End, is offering master’s degrees , certificates and pr
techlearning
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Professors are experts in their subject matters but many have limited training in actually teaching their students.
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.
Edthena
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Supporting teachers is more important than ever. Steve Ventura, author of multiple books including “Engaged Instruction: Thriving Classrooms in the Age of Common Core,” knows the research-backed strategies for how to do it more effectively. And the strategies that don’t work? “[Take] into account some of the things that weren’t that effective before the pandemic and [put] those things in timeout,” advised Steve Ventura.
Marketplace K-12
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
D2L, a Canadian producer of learning management systems, has raised $120 million in an initial public offering, in the latest move by an education company to raise capital through public markets. The post D2L, Major Provider of Learning Management Systems to Schools, Goes Public appeared first on Market Brief.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
IRVINE, CALIF. & DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 09, 2021 — Illuminate Education and MetaMetrics ® today announced a new partnership connecting the Lexile® Framework for Reading with FastBridge aReading scores, providing powerful insights on students’ reading skills. The Lexile Framework for Reading evaluates reading ability and text complexity on the same developmental scale, providing a mechanism for matching each student’s reading ability with texts such as books or reading passag
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
I have previously written about the motivational and engagement value (thus promoting communication) of "room based" games. Now that we have transitioned back to in-person groups, we are incorporating some distanced card play, but this tech-mediated piece still serves a purpose (kids can use their own devices, stay far apart). Jackbox is a bit pricey and I wanted to share a few free options I have tried out.
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.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, November 9, 2021) —Arkansas’ Corning School District (CSD) is entering a new age of digital teaching and learning through a partnership with Discovery Education. Through this new collaboration, educators districtwide?have begun integrating?Discovery Education’s award-winning suite of digital resources into science instruction for all students in grades 3-8 as well as grade 10.
Think Exam
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
It is almost three-decade, the IELTS exam has been conducted conventionally. However, after the advent of the CBT exam, it emphasized delivering education. IELTS exam would be the same in both CBT and PBT exams.[.].
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Boston – Nov. 9, 2021 – At the fifth annual CSforALL Summit, VHS Learning announced its plans to further its commitment to expanding student access to computer science education. The longstanding nonprofit revealed its new statewide initiative with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. A total of 115 organizations disclosed commitments during the CSforALL summit, which took place October 19-20, 2021.
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Blog post by Eileen Belastock based on this edWebinar. The growing concerns about security among families, school systems, and legislature increased teacher and student reliance on internet accessibility. As a result, school cybersecurity is subject to more scrutiny than ever. Yet, alarmingly, many school systems are not sufficiently aggressive in getting ahead of cybersecurity.
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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
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
(Los Angeles, Calif.) October 28, 2021 — Twig Education , creators of the leading elementary level science program Twig Science, today announced the launch of Twig Science Next Gen for grades 6–8. Twig Science Next Gen for middle school is an investigation-based science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) solution developed for the three-dimensional Next Generation Science Standards.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. November 9, 2021 – Renaissance® (“Renaissance” or the “Company”), a global leader in pre-K–12 educational technology, today announced its entry into a definitive agreement for private equity funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE:BX; “Blackstone”) to make a significant equity investment in the Company alongside existing investors including Francisco Partners and TPG’s The Rise Fund.
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