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Cloud Computing in Education and the Impact on K–12 Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

With more than 300 million COVID-19 vaccines distributed, life across the U.S. is slowly shifting toward the next, new normal. For many K–12 schools, this means a return to in-person classes in the fall that are less disrupted by pandemic pressures. But even as in-person learning ramps up, remote education won’t vanish. Recent survey data found that 45 percent of parents would still opt for partial virtual learning given the chance.

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On Self-Care and Leadership

Education Elements

With summer break already in progress for most school districts, leaders can finally plan a week or two to step away from the daily grind and have a chance just to be. But if you are like me, this is not as easy as it sounds. When most of our time is dictated by a calendar of events, meetings, to-do’s, and small pockets of time to focus on family and friends, genuinely unplugging can be challenging.

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K–12 Leaders Look to Innovate the Future of Learning

EdTech Magazine

Before the pandemic, the way we delivered education hadn’t changed much in 100 years. But March 2020 became a turning point almost overnight, not just for the world, but for education as we know it. In the pre-COVID-19 world, many K–12 students had to show up to school buildings, file into rows of desks and, for some, take notes by hand as their instructors spoke from the front of the room.

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The Case for Embracing Messy Leadership in Schools

Edsurge

Leadership has always been a bit messy, especially in schools, where leaders have always had to navigate ambiguity and complexity. But prior to 2020 much of the messiness was hidden. Before the pandemic, strong leaders were often expected to focus their leadership on process, accountability and strategic planning that presented a very controlled picture of leadership.

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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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Bingo On A Spreadsheet, Please!

Teacher Tech

Melody McAllister shares how using BINGO is a fun way to build community and introduce/review academic units. Go to alicekeeler.com/bingo for a copy of htis fun game to play with your friends, staff, and class! Continue reading → The post Bingo On A Spreadsheet, Please! appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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21 Realistic YA Books Offer Teaching Insights

MiddleWeb

Reading books written for today’s middle schoolers helps teachers gain insight into the different ways students experience their adolescence. ELA teacher Kasey Short spotlights 21 novels, memoirs and collections that explore a wide range of race and gender issues and social-emotional challenges. The post 21 Realistic YA Books Offer Teaching Insights first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Here Is How Students Can Collaborate on Wakelet

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Wakelet is a powerful curation platform that allows you to make the best of the educational web. Wakelet promotes collaborative teamwork by offering users the ability to co-construct collections and.read more.

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Educators: Returning to 2019 is a Mistake

techlearning

As pressure mounts to get back to normalcy, some educators stress that we need to remember the lessons of the pandemic.

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3 familiar tools that enable trauma-informed teaching

eSchool News

While the awareness of trauma-informed teaching has been a concept I have grappled with, teaching amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has moved this concept to the forefront in terms of how to be effective as a trauma-informed educator in the virtual classroom. Trauma is prevalent in the lives of both educators and learners. Though prevalent, it can also be silent in that it is not always a visible or known quantity.

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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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Create a Dynamic Instructional Coaching Newsletter using Google Sites Today!

TeacherCast

In this episode of Tech Coach Weekly, we demonstrate how you can create a weekly newsletter using Google Sites. About Tech Coach Weekly Tech Coach Weekly is a new weekly video series to help Instructional Coaches and Educators learn the 3T's (Tips, Tricks, and Templates) of Instructional Technology. Episode 1: How to Archive Google Classroom Episode 2: How to Archive Google Forms Episode 3: Microsoft Teams: How to Plan A Summer Vacation Your Family Will Never Forget!

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3 ways students can develop solid online research skills

eSchool News

Today’s students don’t know the world without the internet. They spend days and nights on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat but hardly know how to translate all this information into learning. Gen Z doesn’t necessarily think critically about what they find online. As educators, we can teach the academic side of the internet to them.

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Google Sites: How To Create A Dynamic Tech Coach Newsletter

TeacherCast

In this episode of Tech Coach Weekly, we demonstrate how you can create a weekly newsletter using Google Sites. About Tech Coach Weekly. Tech Coach Weekly is a new weekly video series to help Instructional Coaches and Educators learn the 3T's (Tips, Tricks, and Templates) of Instructional Technology. Episode 1: How to Archive Google Classroom. Episode 2: How to Archive Google Forms.

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OPINION: Let’s give unaccompanied immigrant children a better chance in school

The Hechinger Report

In August of 1999, when I was 9, my mother, sister and I arrived in this country after an arduous eight-hour walk across the Arizona desert. The hot summer night of our journey will forever be ingrained in my childhood memories, along with countless moments when I felt unwelcome and unsafe at school after arriving. As difficult as this was, I was one of the lucky ones — I traveled and arrived with a parent and was able to stay with relatives in Texas.

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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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Transforming a School District’s Leadership and Literacy Instruction to Increase Equity

edWeb.net

When only 28% of a school district’s third graders are reading at grade level, changes are clearly needed. In the Aldine Independent School District just outside of Houston, Texas, the need for change resulted in a dual focus on improving the district’s leadership bench and revamping literacy instruction, in order to provide an equitable education for all students.

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Smart Chips in Google Docs- A New Way to Hyperlink Documents

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Smart chips is one of the latest updates in Google Workspace and is meant to boost workflow and enhance users productivity by interconnecting various Google services. In Google Docs users are now.read more.

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What is Kialo? Best Tips and Tricks

techlearning

Kialo is a powerful online debate and argument structuring tool with Kialo Edu aimed specifically at class use.

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National Lexile Study Shows Accelerated Reading Growth Across Ethnic Groups

eSchool News

Red Bank, NJ, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Lexile Study, a respected and recognized independent research analysis conducted by MetaMetrics®, the creators of the Lexile® Framework, was released today by Achieve3000. The study found that some 800,000 students in grades 2-12 who were active in Achieve3000 Literacy from 2020-2021 achieved nearly two times their expected reading gains.

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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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Distance Learning For The Long Haul- Student Readiness Tips

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The pandemic has changed every aspect of human existence, including the way education is imparted. Regular schooling is no longer the way students learn. Right now, online and hybrid models are the.read more.

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Iron Age Games

Fractus Learning

It’s hard to believe, but we now have proof of the types of board games and other fun games people in ancient times played to keep busy. An incredibly fascinating find! Archeologists discovered at a cremation patch in Western Norway two thousand years old Roman Iron Age board-game pieces and an elongated die, a very rare type of dice. Such discoveries have only occurred a few times in Norway or Scandinavia.

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eSpark and NWEA Partner to Support Data-Driven, Personalized Learning

eSpark

We’re proud to announce our new partnership with NWEA, which will help teachers deliver differentiated reading and math instruction to their students and precisely target learning gaps to improve student achievement. NWEA’s MAP Growth Assessments support students and educators worldwide through assessment solutions that provide key data insights to help tailor instruction.

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I stopped being a “polished professional” and started showing up in my classroom as an authentic, messy human. Here’s what happened.

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Victoria Hanson. My first year of teaching landed me in the corner of my classroom. I had my face turned away towards the wall in an attempt to hide a torrent of tears as our school’s Occupational Therapist ushered my students out for a “bonus recess” in the middle of the day. I was at my wit’s end but mortified with myself for not being able to keep it together.

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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.

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eSpark and NWEA Partner to Support Data-Driven, Personalized Learning

eSpark

We’re proud to announce our new partnership with NWEA, which will help teachers deliver differentiated reading and math instruction to their students and precisely target learning gaps to improve student achievement. NWEA’s MAP Growth Assessments support students and educators worldwide through assessment solutions that provide key data insights to help tailor instruction.

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For many students, double-dose algebra leads to college attainment

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

In the United States, low-income and minority students are completing college at low rates compared to higher-income and majority peers -- a detriment to reducing economic inequality. Double-dose algebra could be a solution, according to a new study.

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Inside Out and SEL: A Movie Guide and Lesson Plan for Your Classroom

Graphite Blog

Pixar's Inside Out is a movie that's all about feelings, and this makes it perfect for sparking discussions with kids about social and emotional learning. Since the central characters all embody a different emotion, students learn to see parts of themselves or their experiences in each character. Refreshingly, the movie doesn't make learning about emotions such a heavy-handed endeavor.