EdTech Magazine
JUNE 25, 2021
When officials at Fort Smith Public Schools in Arkansas began preparing an online-only option for fall 2020, they expected to have about 500 sign-ups from the district’s 14,000 students. Instead, online enrollment hit 3,500. “As we got closer, we were surprised to see our estimate keep growing,” says Gary Udouj, director of career education and district innovation for FSPS.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JUNE 25, 2021
Some faculty members are like race horses out of the gate. They’re focused Assistant Professors, they’re publishing immediately in ‘top tier’ journals, they’re presenting at conferences, they’re connecting strategically with grant funders and research colleagues, and they slide right into the tenure track slipstream and travel quickly through the Assistant Professor / Associate Professor With Tenure / Full Professor pathway.
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EdTech Magazine
JUNE 25, 2021
As most K–12 schools prepare to return to in-person learning in the fall, many students are eager to reconnect with classmates, and educators look forward to getting back into the classroom. To make this possible, however, measures must be in place to help prevent the spread of disease. While COVID-19 infection rates have fallen, younger students are not yet able to be vaccinated, and new variants have some experts concerned about potential outbreaks.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 25, 2021
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: How to Create a Chart Really Fast.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 25, 2021
In today's post, I am sharing with you three of my favourite random name picker tools to use with your students in class. These are ideal for both online and in-person instruction. The tools are.read more.
Teacher Tech
JUNE 25, 2021
It is the end of the semester archive your Google Classroom classes. The post Archive Your Google Classroom Classes appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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eSchool News
JUNE 25, 2021
During the COVID-19 disruption to education, the use of edtech tools surged. In fact, according, recent research , downloads of education apps in the U.S. increased by 130 percent. . Within this surge, math saw the biggest jump in edtech tool usage. Math has historically been board-based in the classroom and paper-based at home. And while students had used digital tools like math games and at-home practice apps, these were strictly supplemental.
myViewBoard
JUNE 25, 2021
myViewBoard Clips is a unique Video-Assisted Learning (VAL) platform that makes it easy and convenient for teachers to do lesson planning with video content. With Clips, gone are the days where teachers have to search through endless video sharing platforms with inappropriate content and advertisements just to find videos for their lessons. Clips is built with educators in mind, so it is educationally curated, ad-free, and suitable for different types of curriculum.
eSchool News
JUNE 25, 2021
As school districts across the country make plans for their stimulus funding, it’s critical that they prioritize the purchases that will spur equitable student growth. To ensure short-term relief funds have a long-term impact, here are three key strategies district and school leaders can utilize. Strategy #1: Understand how the funding works and consider its intention.
techlearning
JUNE 25, 2021
SMART Learning Suite lets teachers deliver lessons, assess, collaborate and more all in one place.
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.
ignitionEDU
JUNE 25, 2021
Sometimes the auto-generated YouTube subtitles / captions need a bit of tweaking. Here is how to do that: Sign in to your account at [link] Choose Content from the left sidebar. Hover over the video for which you wish to edit the subtitles. Click on the pencil icon to go to edit the video’s details. 4. In the right sidebar, click the pencil icon on the Subtitles button. 5.
techlearning
JUNE 25, 2021
Take advantage of the fantastic free educational videos YouTube provides.
GoConqr
JUNE 25, 2021
Things change. Nothing lasts forever. It is with regret that we announce our intention to completely decommission the GoConqr Calendar tool on 30th September 2021. For the last number of months, access to the Calendar has been restricted to users who had previously created Calendar events. Today we are announcing our intention to remove the Calendar tool completely on 30th September 2021.
techlearning
JUNE 25, 2021
On July 28, the NYCSchoolsTech Summit will offer workshops, expert speakers, and panel discussions about equity, pandemic lessons, and more.
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.
ignitionEDU
JUNE 25, 2021
Wanda’s sessions at #ISTE21. Grab all my resources by visiting bit.ly/wandas-stuff !
Edsurge
JUNE 25, 2021
As early childhood researchers, we’ve spent our careers steeped in an enormous body of work that documents the long-term positive impacts of quality early care and education on the lives of those fortunate enough to experience it. The pre-academic and social-emotional skills children develop in preschool—the ability to manage frustration, work with peers, ask for help, and recover from setbacks and disruptions—create the foundation upon which future school and life success is built.
ignitionEDU
JUNE 25, 2021
Check out this page that links to all my Neat Stuff Wakelet collections.
edWeb.net
JUNE 25, 2021
Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. Looking through the lens of three district leaders, a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , highlighted how school districts are working with their staff and students to assure accessibility for all. The presenters discussed and reflected on five compelling steps that school districts must take to ensure accessibility.
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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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