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7 tips for teacher mental health

eSchool News

When COVID struck, schools and teachers had to pivot quickly, adapting to lockdowns and online classes on the fly. Naturally, there were a lot of stumbles. Teachers are only human, and trying to become familiarized with a new world of online technology and new teaching techniques while trying to keep students engaged–well, it was difficult, to say the least.

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5 Best Security Practices for Working Remotely

ViewSonic Education

Establishing security practices for working remotely is critical when working from home. There are many things to consider when onboarding a new employee or reviewing proper security protocols with existing staff. Below are some helpful tips for any organization to follow to help strengthen and secure their company’s data when some or all team members work remotely. .

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3D Printing Brings Burgh Buses — and Creativity — to Life

EdTech Magazine

At West Jefferson Hills School District, fourth and fifth grade students in the district’s TJ3D club are making light of newsworthy events in Pittsburgh from the past couple of years. Using design software and 3D printers, the club is creating Burgh Buses, small bus-shaped levels. The idea stems from multiple bus-related incidents in Pittsburgh, including one in which a city bus fell into a sinkhole and another that needed a lift from a collapsed bridge downtown.

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Station rotation: Save time, engage students in any K-12 classroom

Ditch That Textbook

Station rotation keeps students engaged in multiple activities. Plus, it isn't hard to set up! Here are some ideas. When we think of stations or centers we often think of young children moving around the room to various activities. While stations can, and do, work well in lower elementary classrooms they also have a very […]. The post Station rotation: Save time, engage students in any K-12 classroom appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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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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Best Practices for Balancing Budgets with Pandemic-Era Government Funding

EdTech Magazine

At the height of the pandemic, K–12 district leaders had to make tech purchasing decisions on the fly. They invested in solutions that were available to get students and staff online to preserve the continuity of learning. Government relief funds rolled out to support these ed tech initiatives. The multiple rounds of ESSER funding, the Emergency Connectivity Fund and other grants helped some schools make necessary purchases.

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How to defeat fake news–one teacher’s ideas

Ask a Tech Teacher

Differentiating between reliable websites, books, information has always been a topic in classrooms. Kids tend to think if a site is at the top of the Google hit list, it is the most reliable. It requires teaching to explain why that isn’t true. What has increased in the last decade is the prevalence of ‘fake new’, what used to be called ‘yellow journalism’, where news is presented ina way that garners views and clicks rather than disseminates the truth.

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Kids’ Media Use Is Up. Blame the Pandemic — And TikTok.

Edsurge

It’s official: Kids are spending more time on screens now than they were before the pandemic. That development is perhaps not surprising given the fact that many school and social activities migrated online during the past two years, says Mike Robb, senior director of research at the nonprofit Common Sense Media, which recently released a research report detailing the findings.

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Kids can learn more from guided play than from direct instruction, report finds

The Hechinger Report

What happens when you stop teaching young children via direct instruction and instead set up purposeful opportunities to play? They could learn just as much—or more— when it comes to literacy, numeracy and executive function skills critical to early academic success, according to a new review of 17 studies of play. Researchers looked at 39 studies of play and included 17 in a meta-analysis that found when children ages three to eight engage in guided play, they can learn just as much in some dom

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3 Great Ways to Boost Classroom Creativity

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

According to Gallup, 80% of teachers say that using technology creatively helps to personalize students’ learning. Also, educators who ignite creativity with tech-based projects are likely to see big.read more.

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How do we measure personalized learning’s impact?

eSchool News

Personalized learning is more critical than ever–it can help students recover lost learning and boost social-emotional growth. What’s more, it helps educators in dire need of learning solutions. New edtech developments have helped these learning techniques become more efficient, scalable, and achievable for educators over the last decade.

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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 With Word Games Beyond Wordle

techlearning

Wordle isn’t the only word game that can teach children while also entertaining them.

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Riverside Insights and 7 Mindsets Partner to Improve Student Well-being with Lessons for SEL

eSchool News

ITASCA, Ill. – March 24, 2022 – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a new partnership with 7 Mindsets to offer Lessons for SEL , a cloud-based solution featuring a streaming platform of video lessons and social and emotional learning (SEL) content with specific focuses on self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship skills and decision-making skills.

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LRP National Institute 2022

N2Y

We’re excited to attend LRP 2022 in Louisville, KY! We look forward to hearing from our community and sharing ways you can support students with disabilities. Come explore our new collaborative IEP development solution at booth #406. Discover how Polaris is a changing the education landscape for IEP teams. Plus, find out how every learner can achieve meaningful growth and independence with Unique Learning System.

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Phonological Disorder: Helping Children & Knowing the Treatment Strategies

SplashLearn

Phonological disorders in children prevent them from being able to pronounce words correctly. Even when they know to use the correct sounds, this disorder keeps them from forming the words correctly. Find out here how to help children with phonological disorders. The post Phonological Disorder: Helping Children & Knowing the Treatment Strategies first appeared on SplashLearn.

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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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Best of Bett 2022: Top Tech Innovations For Education

techlearning

This is the best of Bett 2022 with all the tech innovations and more.

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How to Help Children with Phonological Disorder and Treatment Strategies

SplashLearn

Phonological disorders in children prevent them from being able to pronounce words correctly. Even when they know to use the correct sounds, this disorder keeps them from forming the words correctly. Find out here how to help children with phonological disorders. The post How to Help Children with Phonological Disorder and Treatment Strategies first appeared on SplashLearn.

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An Inspiring Quote for Every Day of the Year

MiddleWeb

365 Quotes for Teachers: Inspiration and Motivation for Every Day of the Year does what author and principal Denny Steele intends – motivates, challenges, and helps keep the job in perspective. Reviewer Anne Anderson suggests ways to use the book and offers some samples. The post An Inspiring Quote for Every Day of the Year first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Teachers Can Positively Impact Education Policy, We Just Have to Use Our Teacher Voice

Edsurge

It was the Fall of 2020, and I delivered my testimony on Zoom to the Texas State Board of Education. As I finished my comments, I turned off my camera and sat silently in my classroom, unsure of how the board members received my words. This was the first time in many years that Texas was revising its sex education standards, which would impact millions of students in Texas for many years.

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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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Case Study: How Edison High School Is Using Rise Vision to Serve Its Students’ Diverse Needs

eSchool News

(March 24, 2022) –– Rise Vision has released a new case study of Edison High School, a small school in Elmira Heights, New York, with a student body of 110 students with learning differences. Thomas A. Edison High School has long been rated in the top 10% of educational technology environments in the USA and is committed to find new ways to improve emergency response effectiveness and preparation using digital signage.