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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

Some schools spent the summer engaged in magical thinking that everyone would be back in person this fall, just like before the pandemic. Others paid attention to the data and rising number of coronavirus cases and used their summers more wisely to design for better remote/hybrid learning and teaching than the mostly-low-level direct instruction, digital worksheets, and paper homework packets that we saw last spring.

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A New Approach to Bring Computational Thinking to More Students

Digital Promise

How can schools address the lack of diversity in computing education and related careers? One path is to make computational thinking (CT) learning opportunities more readily available to students, especially in the early grades. While many schools may not have the resources to offer courses in computing, integrating CT with the core STEM disciplines can lower barriers and prepare students to participate in authentic, STEM-integrated learning.

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The SEL classroom checklist

Ditch That Textbook

This post is written by Mika Jain. Mika is an SEL specialist and educator in Los Angeles, CA. She most recently was a program director at MindUP, where she worked as an SEL practitioner. Mika’s teaching experience includes founding a growing K-4 public charter school with the KIPP Foundation as well as serving in the […]. The post The SEL classroom checklist appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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How to Improve the Teacher of Color Pipeline? Ask Teachers of Color

Digital Promise

Black, Indigenous, students of color make up more than 50 percent of the K-12 student population, yet the number of non-white teachers in schools is only 20 percent. How can we collaborate with and learn from teachers of color to create solutions to address this systematic shortage? In Adrienne Maree Brown’s recent book, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good , she states, “Our radical imagination is a tool for decolonization, for reclaiming our right to shape our lived reality.

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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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Tech Tip #1–The Insert Key

Ask a Tech Teacher

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: The Insert Key. Category: Keyboarding.

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How to Secure the Work-From-Home Environment

EdTech Magazine

Working from home is part of the new normal for K–12 schools and districts. How can IT managers secure teachers and staff in online environments? Here are some questions and answers. What’s the Biggest Security Risk? End users remain the biggest security vulnerability — and educators are naturally more curious, open minded and excited to try new things, making them information security’s worst nightmare.

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‘Colleges should not abandon student parents to fend for themselves’

The Hechinger Report

As colleges across the country start classes this fall, students who are on campus must follow a host of social distancing measures that drastically change the college experience, while those taking classes remotely must grapple with learning mainly from a screen. One subset of students has particularly tough adjustments to make: those who are parents.

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6 Common Misunderstandings About Assessment

TeachThought - Learn better.

One misunderstanding about assessment of learning? That it's a one-way communication: the teacher provides feedback and students listen. The post 6 Common Misunderstandings About Assessment appeared first on TeachThought.

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How to Create an Engaging Virtual Classroom

EdTechTeam

Excitement and anticipation comes with the beginning of any new school year no matter whether you are a teacher, parent, or student. That is certainly true even more so now. In fact, with all that is going on in education as a response to the pandemic, we could give these emotions more honest monikers like anxiety, worry, trepidation, fear, and discomfort.

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The Evolution of Education: The New Normal Could Be Better Than Ever

techlearning

The evolution of education will require vision, clear and consistent communication, and a plan with measures of success

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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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OPINION: Tips on teaching reading in the time of coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

SANTA FE, N.M. – When Juan Pablo entered third grade, he was not yet reading in English. He was beginning to lose confidence in his abilities and worried about being held back. His teacher referred him to Reading Quest , the nonprofit I run, where he could receive free, weekly personalized tutoring. After just a few months, Juan Pablo grew one full grade level in reading.

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5 tips for overcoming low-level reader challenges

eSchool News

As the sole literacy director and reading specialist for our entire district, I work with students—including those with low-level reader challenges–in elementary, middle, and high school, and I also help out at other district schools—one of which is five hours away. Our district encompasses seven schools and 1,350 students spread across a rural area in Kanab, Utah, where I’m in charge of reading intervention programs and early literacy assessments right now.

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Connecting with My People Through YouTube with @TwstedTeaching

Teacher Tech

No matter who you are, when you come in contact with me whether it is face-to-face or virtually, I want you to know that you are one of my “people” and I want you to win. The post Connecting with My People Through YouTube with @TwstedTeaching appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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4 ways to prioritize cybersecurity education in schools

eSchool News

What would happen if we didn’t have the millions of cybersecurity professionals needed to fight hackers and prevent cyberattacks? Unfortunately, that’s not a hypothetical question. Data suggests that, by 2021, there will be a deficit of 3.5 million cybersecurity professionals globally and 300,000 in the U.S. alone. Without these workers–and the cybersecurity education to prepare them–cyberattacks will only continue to increase in frequency and severity.

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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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5 Computer Science Teaching Resources That Enhance Your Lesson Plans

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

There are several essential computer science teaching resources to optimize your weekly lesson plans. With job demand in the software development industry consistently growing, there is an increasing.

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What does same-day support mean to you?

Jamf on EdTech

With Jamf ready to offer same-day support for a ninth year in a row, we asked our Jamf Heroes what same-day support means to them.

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Personal Connections. Essential Standards.

MiddleWeb

In a school year when frustration, fatigue and uncertainty make teaching and learning an unprecedented challenge, principal Rita Platt is leading her staff to focus on two top priorities: (1) limit instruction to essential standards, and (2) build personal connections with EVERY student.

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PROOF POINTS: Depression and anxiety rise among Chinese teens during coronavirus pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Students waited in line to take the National College Entrance Examination, also known as Gaokao, at a high school in Beijing, China. In a 2020 study, rates of anxiety and depression increased among teenagers during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly among females and high school seniors, who were coping with the stress of exams along with the health crisis.

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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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New Google Books from Kasey Bell COMING SOON!

Shake Up Learning

The post New Google Books from Kasey Bell COMING SOON! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. New Google Books from Kasey Bell COMING SOON! Two new Google books from the Shake Up Learning series by Kasey Bell are coming soon! (1) Blended Learning with Google, and (2) Google A to Z: The Google Glossary for Teachers. Sign up to get updates about the release, pre-order bonuses, and more!

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How Much Leadership is Enough?

Adjusting Course

I was working on a project outside this weekend and had to chuckle to myself about the leadership that's been required from educators over the past several months. (And when I say, "chuckle" I think I mean wince.) I'll share more about the project I was working on in a second, but first I want to acknowledge something. I know many educators are pouring themselves into their work and the people they serve.

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Owl Ventures Launches Two New Funds. Their Value: $585 Million

Marketplace K-12

The venture capital firm Owl Ventures has created two new funds that will support new investments and follow-on investments in its existing portfolio. The post Owl Ventures Launches Two New Funds. Their Value: $585 Million appeared first on Market Brief.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Catlin Tucker

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. I highlighted how blended learning can help educators more effectively provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and ensure all students can successfully engage with learning experiences. I shared strategies designed to develop self-regulation skills, sustain effort and persistence, and recruit interest.

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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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Cisco Announces New Platform for Hybrid Learning

EdTech Magazine

Last week, Cisco gave a preview of Webex Classrooms , a new platform that can help schools manage online and hybrid classrooms. The platform works hand in hand with Webex Meetings , Cisco’s videoconferencing service, and gives educators, students and parents a single secure place to connect online. With Webex Classrooms, teachers can schedule and launch their online classes, host virtual office hours and parent-teacher conferences, and organize classroom resources that students can easily ac

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Best Practices for Teaching Math to Unique Learners: Examples and Scaffolding

N2Y

Every student knows what it feels like to be puzzled by a math problem. Sometimes the confusion happens because the teacher didn’t present a particular kind of problem in the instructional examples. Other times the student lacks the prerequisite skills needed to solve the problem. When students get stuck, some choose to dig in and practice trial and error.