EdTech Magazine
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Editor’s note: To help IT leaders prepare for the year ahead, EdTech is pulling together the biggest tech trends for K–12 districts in 2022. You can find our overall top trends here, and be sure to check out our trends in cloud technology and asynchronous learning. There’s no question the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to everyday life.
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 8, 2021
What could be more organic during Hour of Code than creating your own app? There are a lot of ways to do that, often expensive, time-consuming, and coding-intensive. There’s a new online option available that’s none of those. In fact, it’s intuitive, uses tools you already know, and–dare I say?–fun. Check out Jotform Apps: You may know Jotform as one of the most popular tools in the form builder category, recognized for its versatility, ease-of-use, and sophisticati
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EdNews Daily
DECEMBER 8, 2021
EduJedi Leadership Society Celebrates Attainment Level Awards at the Learning Counsel’s 2021 National Gathering With the pandemic as the backdrop the last two years, two major national surveys showed teachers, school and district leaders have taken major steps in digital transition. Now in its ninth year, the Learning Counsel’s Digital Transition Survey had 21,098 educators participate, with 373 districts, 202 schools and 819 teachers eligible for recognition by the EduJedi Leadership Society.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Recent Food and Drug Administration approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds means that thousands of children who have continued to learn from home will dust off their lunch boxes and climb onto the school bus, destined for in-person instruction once again. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools indicates, students benefit from in-person learning, and face-to-face should be the primary method of instruction.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Quizlet Live is a collaborative gaming system that allows teachers to engage students and boost their learning using a wide variety of game-based activities. As students play the games, teachers.read more.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 8, 2021
10 teachers hand-picked as part of Labster’s Teacher STEM Excellence Awards supporting the changemakers across the globe The Labster awards recognizes global changemakers in the education sector Winners have developed student-centered learning programs and applied creativity and innovation to teaching during a difficult year. BOSTON, ZURICH and COPENHAGEN – Wednesday, December 8, 2021 – Ten educators across the globe that have blazed a trail of innovation and creativity in schooling
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eSchool News
DECEMBER 8, 2021
With 640 students in grades K-4, our Mississippi elementary school serves a diverse population. In 2020, we were at a point with the third-grade reading test where we weren’t as prepared as we should have been. We knew we had to dig deeper to better prepare our K-2 students, and we also knew this was an ongoing journey. We started working with the Barksdale Reading Institute to help improve our students’ reading capabilities.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Student trauma is widespread in schools today. School psychologist Katelyn Oellerich explores several actions we can take to help alleviate its ill effects – from deliberate steps to strengthen adult-student relationships to systemwide planning to improve trauma support. The post Actions We Can Take to Reduce Student Trauma first appeared on MiddleWeb.
TeachThought - Learn better.
DECEMBER 8, 2021
While there are toys and video games, the list has everything from horticulture kits to books and microscopes to engineering kits, and more. The post Editor’s Choice: 50 Of The Best Educational Toys & Gifts For 2021 appeared first on TeachThought.
techlearning
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The ongoing stressors of pandemic teaching and learning have led many school districts to schedule mental health days.
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.
Turnitin
DECEMBER 8, 2021
We are thrilled to highlight a few of the latest Gradescope features that will continue to help instructors grade fast and fair
eSchool News
DECEMBER 8, 2021
SAN MATEO, Calif. — December 7, 2021 — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 12 million students, announced an agreement with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) to supply two of its award-winning platforms to the district’s 334,000 students and 17,500 teachers. More than 500 schools will use IXL to supplement math instruction and approximately 20,000 students can access one-on-one virtual tutoring opportunities through Wyzant , the nation’s lar
Hansen's Link to Tech
DECEMBER 8, 2021
In the world of communications you can never have enough design related resources at your finger tips. Outside of great designer resources such as Adobe Spark and/or the entire Adobe CC stock content is highly beneficial if you do not have readily available image libraries. Unsplash. Unsplash is a library of a variety of free (and licensed) images and photos that you can download and use for any project.
Think Exam
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Online exam software is a hot cake in the market at this point. The main objective is to focus on students’ skill development and learning. Online examination is helping schools for examination continuity and determining the student’s performance.
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.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Schools this fall have, for the most part, found their rhythm—at least by pandemic standards. Most opened fully in-person at the start of the academic year and have stayed that way, with some quarantines, closures and other interruptions sprinkled in. That’s not to downplay the ongoing hardship of staff shortages, occasional COVID-19 outbreaks, and increased mental health concerns.
Think Exam
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Online exam software is a hot cake in the market at this point. The main objective is to focus on students’ skill development and learning. Online examination is helping schools for examination continuity and determining the student’s performance.
Gaggle Speaks
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Here at Gaggle, our mission is to ensure the safety and well-being of students and schools by leveraging people and technology. Gaggle analyzes student activity on school-provided digital accounts and platforms 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to provide districts, administrators, teachers, parents, and fellow students with peace of mind.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 8, 2021
One week, after our Wednesday seminar, Esme asked to meet. A student teacher in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s early childhood program, Esme had failed the Wisconsin Foundations of Reading Test, known as WFORT, for the second time, with graduation only a month away. She was worried about her ability to pass on the third try without the support of her student teaching cohort—many of whom would move on after passing the test themselves.
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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
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