Neo LMS

MAY 12, 2020

Faced with a pandemic that has dramatically altered the way we do practically everything in a matter of weeks, teachers, in particular, have been tossed outside of their comfort zones as schools remain closed and educators are asked to teach remotely. Read more: On challenges and opportunities: Emergency remote teaching. While this sudden turn of events has caused much anxiety for both teachers and learners, there have been valuable lessons learned about how we can leverage technology to benefit

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Ditch That Textbook

MAY 12, 2020

The end of the year is unique. Google tools can help! Here are 20 ways to use them in class.?When the end of the school year is in sight, it's a time of excitement coupled with the importance of finishing the year STRONG.The end of the year is a time unlike any other.State tests are […]. The post 20 ways Google tools can make the end of the year ROCK appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Waterford

MAY 12, 2020

School funding issues have been both brought to light and exacerbated due to the COVID-19 crisis. As schools adapt to teaching in these new circumstances, many educators are in need of resources to make their lessons accessible online. And existing issues, such as a lack of educational technology in schools with low budgets, have only become more limiting during this time.

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Digital Promise

MAY 12, 2020

As schools and districts across the country transition to remote learning, educators are seeking new ways to engage their students in powerful learning experiences at home. In this post, we highlight how HP Teaching Fellows Josh Luukkonen , Chad Sorrells , and Mahfuza Rahman are designing authentic learning experiences that connect learners with real problems and audiences.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

Immersive technologies such as AR and VR have the potential to transform student learning in the K–12 classroom. They can help educators provide a hands-on approach to learning , accommodate students’ diverse needs and promote a sense of curiosity and wonder. “In an ongoing quest to maintain students’ attention, new visualization and interaction tools are a natural fit,” says Eric Abbruzzese, principal analyst at ABI Research, in a press release for their “Augmented and Virtual Reality in

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Class Tech Integrate

MAY 12, 2020

by guest blogger David Sohn from Copyright & Creativity Want to teach your students about copyright and fair use? A nonprofit project called Copyright and Creativity has created a full suite of K-12 of free lesson plans, slides, and videos designed to make it easy. There’s a self-paced online professional development course too, since teachers often feel they need a little more background before they tackle this topic with students.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. by Terry Heick. In 2015, someone asked me what I thought about innovation in higher ed in an email, so I responded with a couple of hundred words, which I added to in creating this short blog post. Today, I’m going back and updating the post with some new thinking, examples of innovation, a revised order, some links for context, and excerpts from longer papers on innovation at the university level.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks. When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages,

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Teacher Tech

MAY 12, 2020

I have an Add-on (not available in the marketplace) to quickly create a unique bingo board for each student. Use the Bingo template to create a unique choice board per student. Tell students to choose 5 in a row from the choice board to make Bingo! The Add-on randomizes your choices for each student and […]. The post Create a Choice Board from Bingo Add-on appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

The essential ingredients for a data-driven culture have little to do with data itself, experts say. The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. “That’s what exemplifies higher-performing schools that have transformed their entire culture: District leaders, school leaders, teachers and students are all working around the common goal of improving learning outcomes for students based on the

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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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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2020

During the COVID-19 impact, many aspects of student life have come to a grinding halt. To help address an acute shortage of accredited teachers , even under these extraordinary circumstances, Alliant University’s California School of Education (CSOE) has been forming partnerships to appropriately provide alternative approaches for teacher candidates to meet clinical practice, field experience, and performance assessment requirements.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

It’s the field trip fifth-grade students in Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 buzz about. They chat excitedly during the bus ride to Olson Elementary in Woodstock, Ill. Then they reach the Challenger Learning Center , which is housed in the school, and they step into a new world. The center is elaborately decorated with a space theme that includes a replica mission control room.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

In an opinion piece published in EdSurge on April 15, “ How a New College President Views the COVID-19 Crisis ,” president Philomena V. Mantella of Grand Valley State University, lays out her thoughts on the COVID-19 crisis. President Mantella’s op-ed was published on the Wednesday during the final week of classes while faculty members were engaged in bringing to a close what has been an exceptional semester.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. There’s also the question of whether students have at-home support to guide them through technical difficulties, and whether the tools their district is using for remote learning meet their individual l

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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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Sell Courses Online

MAY 12, 2020

The post Top 25 Online Learning Statistics You Need to Know in 2020 appeared first on Sell Courses Online. The online learning industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, presenting a huge opportunity to organizations, individual learners as well as online course creators. Now, experts have argued for years that because of factors like affordability and accessibility, online learning will be the future of education and so, this shouldn’t really come as a … Top 25 Online Learning Statistics

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

With the rapid transition to remote learning, it’s been a trying time for many school districts across the country. After all, they’ve had a lot to figure out — from finding ways to bridge the digital divide to ensuring student security and privacy online. Another major challenge is maintaining student attendance. When the novel coronavirus pushed schools to close their doors and adopt a remote learning model, many educators saw a drop in class attendance, according to Education Dive.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

It’s often said that education is counter-cyclical to the market, especially during times of economic downturns. When jobs are scarce, people turn to schools and services to reskill and prepare themselves for the rebound. But not all sectors of the market follow that rule, says Jeff Silber, a managing director at BMO Capital Markets who follows the education industry.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

Hamilton County (Tenn.) Schools has put their 3D printers to work in recent weeks in support of frontline COVID-19 responders. At the outset of the crisis, the district rounded up its digital fabrication resources in a single lab and has since digitally printed nearly 4,500 headbands to secure face shields for healthcare workers. “We want to educate future leaders who can be thoughtful and can work together to solve real-world problems.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2020

If circumstances call for social distancing (think COVID-19!), distance learning comes into play. It has its benefits, wearing PJs among them. It also has its challenges: lots of screen and seat time; virtual tools that might not fully engage learners; and programs that may not be a good fit with the curriculum. In short, they don’t always measure up to the “real thing” that is school.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 12, 2020

A new grant authorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act will be weighted heavily toward benefiting economically disadvantaged students, which could alter purchasing choices of funding recipients. The post Federal Ed. Department Launches $3 Million District Grant Program For Disadvantaged Students appeared first on Market Brief.

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techlearning

MAY 12, 2020

Tips and tricks for Google Classroom to help you get the most out of the teaching platform.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2020

DRI-STEEM Corporation (DriSteem), the leading manufacturer of humidification, evaporative cooling, and water treatment products, announced today that the company will offer a free webinar discussing the use of humidification to reduce virus transmission in K-12 Schools. David Baird, Senior Applications Engineer, will use the webinar to discuss how maintaining relative humidity between 40 and 60% RH, as recommended by healthcare experts, decreases the amount and infectivity of viruses in the air,

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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.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 12, 2020

Here at MIND Research Institute , we believe that every student has the potential to deeply understand, and truly love math. This statement, a personal favorite, can be broken up and dissected to uncover so much meaning behind our organization-wide belief. But unpacking it would require its own blog. So, to put it simply, MIND believes that math is for everyone.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2020

Huge gaps in funding already existed between schools in districts like Wilmington, Delaware, which serve some of the most vulnerable children, and schools in wealthier communities. Credit: Photo: Saquan Stimpson for The Hechinger Report. Our way of life has shifted so radically as we distance ourselves from one another to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, it’s even hard to properly mourn the death of loved ones lost to it.

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SpeechTechie

MAY 12, 2020

SMART Notebook is free software designed for interactive whiteboards, but activities available for it work well in telepractice sessions. Notebook activities are similar to PowerPoints but have interactive elements that will be useful if you are giving students cursor control or perhaps just screen sharing with students making verbal choices. No need to re-invent the wheel, instead take a look at activities available on SMART Exchange , the free website (access w a free SMART account).

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 12, 2020

The post Lessons Learned from Remote Learning – SULS062 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Last week we explored the remote learning situation from the student’s perspectives. This week I’m chatting with a highly- respected leader and author. Evan Robb has been a building level principal for over 20 years, and he’s sharing what this time has been like from his perspective, and lessons learned from remote learning.

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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.

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techlearning

MAY 12, 2020

Teachers and students can go online to make learning easier and smarter with Google Classroom. Here's how.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 12, 2020

Google Lens has recently released some exciting features that will enhance your search experience and help you better understand the world around you. Lens users now are able to scan documents.read more.

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techlearning

MAY 12, 2020

From repurposing devices to partnering with local internet providers, edtech leaders have been resourceful in ensuring that the tools for remote learning are in place and working

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Philly Teacher

MAY 12, 2020

As this whirlwind, unprecedented school year comes to a close, many schools are grappling with how to close out their gradebooks for the year.

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AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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