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How to create a supportive classroom environment

Neo LMS

One thing about teaching that everyone learns sooner or later is that you can’t follow a cookie-cutter approach. You might get a few insights from your fellow teachers or remember useful strategies from your former educators, but you always need to be prepared for all sorts of situations. While most students thrive in groups, others find it challenging to collaborate and come out of their shells.

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Groundhog Day and the 100th Day of School

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are some activities for Groundhog Day–February 2nd: Free Printables and Worksheets. Fun Facts About Groundhogs –video. Groundhog Day Digital Activities –grades 3-5. Groundhog Day for Kids –a video. Groundhog Day Games. Groundhog Day Teaching Resources. History of Groundhog Day –from History.com. Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Website.

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Q&A: How Laser-Focused Learning Can Support Student Engagement

EdTech Magazine

The pandemic disrupted learning for millions of K–12 students and caused student engagement to plummet in many districts. At the same time, the crisis accelerated the adoption of technologies and tools that connect students and teachers across varied classroom environments. As educators focus on re-engaging students in person and online, digital content display has taken on a more important role.

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EdTech Top of Mind for 2022: Skills Certifications, Security Compliance and Student Data Privacy!

EdNews Daily

By Robert Iskander When they close the book on this era, 2020 will be remembered as the year of COVID. 2021 was the year that the world learned to live remotely, the year that everything was on the table, and the phrase, “That’s the way we’ve always done it,” was generally removed from educators’ vocabularies. And 2022 will be remembered for an increased focus on three crucial areas: Skills Certifications, Security Compliance and Student Data Privacy.

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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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TCEA 2022: In-Person Sessions to Address Pushing Through Challenges Facing Education

EdTech Magazine

Educators are going through a lot right now. With that in mind, the 42nd TCEA Convention & Exposition, to be held Feb. 7-10 in Dallas, aims to be a respite. Organizers say that while things remain difficult in education, the convention will be an opportunity for thousands of attendees to just spend time with others who understand the unique challenges educators are facing today.

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For a Self-Destructive Student, a Restorative Circle Fostered a Sense of Belonging

Edsurge

Ralphie came to us via a disciplinary hearing in the spring of 2019, after he was charged with multiple disciplinary infractions including fighting and drug use. He was 14 years old. Ralphie’s case resulted in long-term suspension and assignment to Marietta Alternative Program and Services (MAPs), an alternative program within his local high school in Marietta, Ga., that provides increased academic, social-emotional and behavioral support for students who aren’t thriving in traditional settings.

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Mentimeter- An Easy Way to Create Interactive Polls and Presentations (Full Review)

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Mentimeter is a polling tool that allows you to create interactive presentations and quizzes with real-time voting. The way it works is simple: use Mentimeter's online editor to create.read more.

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Edtech tactics for both success and failure

eSchool News

In this episode of Getting There: Innovation in Education, with Kevin Hogan: How a more equitable school-home communication system helped one district 3 ways to better engage remote students Exclusive interview with Carl Hooker on his new book Ready, Set, Fail!

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10+ Must Have Add-ons for Google Classroom Teachers

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

10+ Must Have Add-ons for Google Classroom Teachers. This list is created by Sam Kary of New EdTech Classroom and Alice Keeler. The post 10+ Must Have Add-ons for Google Classroom Teachers appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Best Presidents Day Lessons and Activities

techlearning

These Presidents Day lessons and activities are all free, easy to access and provide many different ways of teaching and learning about U.S. presidents.

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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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Protecting Students in a Digital World – SULS0143

Shake Up Learning

The post Protecting Students in a Digital World – SULS0143 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey chats with noted education technology author , podcast host, and edtech CEO, Al Kingsley. Kasey and Al discuss how to protect students online and the ever-growing need for digital citizenship skills. He’s been in edtech for more than 30 years and has written and spoken extensively on student privacy and security, from enabling active, life-saving student interventions to d

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How to choose the Best Online Exam Software for your Institute?

Think Exam

With the growing acceptance of virtual learning, the world is witnessing growing demand for online exam software. It is essential for conducting any kind of virtual exam. Assessment is an important part of the education[.].

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Healthy Living as a Selfless Act

The Principal of Change

This blog post is part of my personal challenge to take one quote from this beginning of the year compilation and dive deeper into what the quote means to me! This would be a great challenge for not only someone diving into blogging, but it could also be great for a podcast challenge as well. It would also be great for student prompts as well! Check out the quotes from the January 2022 post , and if you decide to write or talk about one of them in-depth, please feel free to tag me on Instagram o

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New AI Coach Platform Expands Access to Coaching for All Teachers

Edthena

Today, Edthena is announcing the AI Coach platform. We’ve been working on this for close to a year, and we’re excited to welcome you to the future of teacher development. Wary of robots gone awry? Not to worry. Edthena’s first-of-its-kind solution isn’t trying to replace humans. Rather, the AI Coach platform helps schools and districts provide all teachers with supportive coaching in order to improve teaching effectiveness.

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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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Rethinking Attendance in Edtech

MIND Research Institute

In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology and strategic initiatives. In our latest episode, MIND’s Chief Data Science Officer Andrew Coulson returns for the latest chapter of our ongoing conversations about edtech evaluation and implementation.

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Getting Things Done in Your School District

MiddleWeb

When Dina Strasser feels at a loss or stymied in something she is trying to do for her students, she often turns to her list of options to gets things done – developed during her 20 years working with school districts and their occasionally labyrinthine bureaucracies. The post Getting Things Done in Your School District first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Albrecht Podcast: "Service: The Walt Disney Way" | Webinar: "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Your Library"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've just posted a new Dr. Albrecht podcast in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " Service: The Walt Disney Way." Listen to the audio here. While Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are our regular mini-conferences and all the conference recordings , we also offer a series of Dr.