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Essential Equipment Provides a Competitive Edge to K–12 Esports Teams

EdTech Magazine

When playing K–12 esports at a competitive level, every advantage counts. According to a Battlefy poll, 80 percent of esports competitors believe that the quality of their gaming equipment effects performance, giving them the advantages they need to win. “If all talent levels and skills are otherwise equal, the person with the better equipment is going to win 9 times out of 10,” says Josh Whetherholt, an esports learning environment adviser at CDW•G.

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Developing Yourself as an Instructional Coach

Education Elements

I became an instructional coach because I wanted to share my expertise with my colleagues, so that more of our students were reaching higher, and achieving greater. I spent six years in the classroom, perfecting my craft as an early elementary educator. So, I thought my experience plus my graduate degree was all I needed to be an effective coach. Oh, how little I knew.

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More Than Half of High Schools Offer Computer Science, But Access Isn’t Equal

Edsurge

In a year of continued challenges for educators, advocates for computer science education are serving up some good news. This year marked a tipping point for these tech-focused programs, with 51 percent of high schools nationwide now offering at least one computer science class. That’s according to the 2021 State of Computer Science report jointly released last week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance.

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Do Schools Actually Know Their Customers?

EdNews Daily

By James Stoffer A recent report from LearnPlatform shows a 40 percent increase in average products accessed by US school districts over the past year; from 1,033 in 2020 to 1,449 in 2021. Clearly, schools are working hard to solve the learning challenges before them. But sometimes, hard work is only a portion of the solution. All of this technology is getting in the way of student success.

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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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4 of The Best Wordle Tools to Make Word Clouds

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

A wordle is a word cloud created from words. The more frequent a word appears in the input text the larger its size becomes. World arts have huge educational potential and can be used in various.read more.

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FASTER! Reuse Google Classroom Assignments

Teacher Tech

Reuse assignments into Google Classroom FASTER! Try using the new home page of Schoolytics.com to reuse assignments. The post FASTER! Reuse Google Classroom Assignments appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Some families don’t want to go back to in-person school. Here’s how one S.C. district is dealing with this demand

The Hechinger Report

Before the pandemic, Patricia Woodward’s son Zion struggled in school. He was a shy kid, someone who didn’t feel comfortable asking questions in front of the whole class. Even when he needed help, the middle schooler didn’t ask for it. That changed when his school district in Fairfield County, South Carolina, switched to online learning during the pandemic.

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5 ways to teach students about Veterans Day

eSchool News

The history of Veterans Day is one of the most important we can share with our youth. Learning about how our nation was shaped, the various perspectives that make our country whole, and the sacrifices made for our freedoms is important. Sometimes as an educator, though, it can be hard to know how to bring up the importance of duty. We’re happy to share with you a new virtual field trip exploring the importance of service.

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PARENT VOICE: My endless quest of trying to get a good education for my immunocompromised child

The Hechinger Report

So much of parenting my 5-year-old son, Krishna, has involved advocating for him — first in pediatrician’s and pediatric specialists’ offices, then in emergency rooms, urgent cares and hospitals, then with therapeutic services agencies and specialty pharmacies and medical equipment and health insurance companies. This year, I began another complicated questwith an institutional behemoth: the New York City Department of Education.

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Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership Empowering Students to Engineer STEM Dreams

eSchool News

Silver Spring, Md. (Monday, November 1, 2021) – Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education today announced a new educational initiative – Reach for the Sky – that shows students nationwide the transformative power of STEM during a virtual trip to the tallest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

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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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Teaching Veterans Day: Best Free Digital Resources

techlearning

From lesson plans to quizzes, videos, and primary sources, these resources will help you plan your Veterans Day classroom activities.

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Assessing Digital Stories in the Middle Grades

MiddleWeb

To help in assessing students’ digital stories, Katie Caprino and Alyssa Marzili share tips on ways to engage middle graders in thinking about their stories’ purpose, genre, tone and audience, how to structure peer feedback, and how to use digital tools for ongoing evaluation. The post Assessing Digital Stories in the Middle Grades first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Online Learning Evolution: How Graduate and Undergraduates Are Learning

techlearning

Even with campuses reopening to in-person learning, online learning has increased in popularity for certain students.

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How to pick the best software for grading and assessment

Turnitin

What are key criteria and questions when finding the best grading solution for your students, educators, and institution?

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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.

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What is Project Pals and How Does It Work? Best Tips and Tricks

techlearning

Project Pals take collaborative project learning online making it perfect for class and remote learning.

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KidWind Supports New Children’s Book Featuring Women in Energy

eSchool News

(Saint Paul, Minn.) November 8, 2021 – Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the authors of the upcoming book Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy have partnered with several energy companies. EDP Renewables North America , Enel North America , Orsted , and Pattern Energy are sponsoring copies of the book to be distributed via KidWind’s network of schools and through other national science initiatives for children. .

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Tract+Genius Hour–a new twist on a popular project

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you haven’t heard of the learning platform, Tract , you are in for a treat. Tract is a new way to inspire students to become lifelong learners. It focuses on student growth rather than state or international standards (it does meet them–just don’t look for that in the detail). The purpose of its videos, hands-on projects, and lessons is to spark student creativity–empower them to explore their passion.

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Curriculum Associates’ Complete i-Ready® Classroom Mathematics Program for K–8 Now Rated as Tier 1 by the Louisiana Department of Education

eSchool News

NORTH BILLERICA, MA, November 8, 2021— Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics program for Grades 6–8 recently received a Tier 1 rating by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). With the prior Tier 1 rating of i-Ready Classroom Mathematics for Grades K–5, the complete program for Grades K–8 has now received the highest rating from the Department.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

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

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Did Students Really Take Pandemic Gap Years?

Edsurge

The high school class of 2020 faced a tough choice. They could start college during the pandemic—taking courses online at home, or in person wearing masks in emptied-out lecture halls. Or, they could try to find jobs—during a crisis that left frontline workers vulnerable and employment hard to come by. Then there was a third option that got lots of attention: a gap year.

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Scholastic And The Council Of The Great City Schools Announce The Inaugural Richard M. Robinson Literacy Champion Award

eSchool News

New York, NY – November 3, 2021 – Today, Scholastic , the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, in collaboration with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) , a coalition of 75 of the nation’s largest urban public school systems, has announced the School District of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA as the inaugural winner of the Richard M.

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How PE teachers are tackling ‘physical learning loss’

The Hechinger Report

Amanda Amtmanis, an elementary physical education instructor in Middletown, Connecticut, handed out cards with QR codes to a class of third graders, and told them to start running. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. The kids sprinted off around the baseball field in a light drizzle, but by the end of the first lap, a fifth of a mile, many were winded and walking.

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MobileMind Launches MobileMind Sync, a Full-Service Scheduling Solution

eSchool News

ATLANTA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2021 — MobileMind , the modern professional learning hub for schools, has launched MobileMind Sync, the first full-service PD scheduling solution. MobileMind Sync allows districts to seamlessly manage all asynchronous and synchronous PD efforts within the same platform. “MobileMind Sync has been a transformative tool for our district in the fact that it enables us to connect and carry out effective, informative PD from any location.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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.