Tue.Aug 03, 2021

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What Is an Asset Tag, and How Can It Help Districts Reconnect with Lost Devices?

EdTech Magazine

Come fall, K–12 school buildings will welcome back students, educators and staff members who are ready to reconnect with one another after many months of online learning. To support this digital shift, IT teams supplied laptops, tablets and other peripherals to make learning anywhere a possibility. Now, all of those devices will come back to school buildings.

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The Strange Past and Messy Future of 'Gifted and Talented’

Edsurge

Below is a partial transcript of this episode. It is designed to be heard, though, so we recommend listening to the EdSurge Podcast episode on Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , or wherever you listen. How would it feel to be a bookish kid—a kid who feels like they don’t quite belong—and have someone come in and tell you that you’re special. That you have hidden talents that aren’t being recognized.

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Upgrading and Securing Your Network for Students’ Return

EdTech Magazine

Students are coming back, and after a year of being connected virtually, many of them are ready to reconnect — to the district’s wireless network. Learning didn’t stop during the pandemic. Instead, it happened at home, on home networks. In the rush to implement remote learning, many K–12 IT teams and administrators rolled out devices directly to students because they didn’t have time to configure each device.

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Tons of Free Graphic Organizers, Posters, and Infographics to Use in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today's post I am sharing with you two interesting resources where you can access a wide variety of educational materials to use in your classroom including graphic organizers, infographics,read more.

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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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6 ways edtech tools help teachers save time

eSchool News

According to the National Council on Teacher Quality (2012), the average teacher in the United States gets 45 minutes of planning time per day. If a teacher has five classes, that gives them just 9 minutes per class to create an engaging lesson that meets the needs of every student in the room. Needless to say, educators don’t have nearly enough time to plan lessons.

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An Excellent Tool to Record Meet Captions and Chat Messages

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Meet Transcript is an excellent Chrome extension that allows you to record Meet's captions, live chat, and screenshots to Google Docs. I learned about this tool through this video from Eric Curts and.read more.

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How to Create Dynamic Charts and Graphs using Google Sheets to Analyze Data from Google Forms

TeacherCast

Do you have data in a Google Form that you would like to analyze so you can create a Data Dashboard using Google Sheets? In this episode of Tech Coach weekly , we will show you how to export your Google Forms data into a Google Sheets project and then walk you through the steps of creating a variety of Charts and Graphs so you can quickly see and analyze your data.

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FREE Illustrative Math In GeoGebra

Teacher Tech

Melody McAllister shares about how Illustrative Math in GeoGebra is FREE for grades 6-12 and is customizable for the needs of your class! The post FREE Illustrative Math In GeoGebra appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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How to Create Dynamic Charts and Graphs using Google Sheets to Analyze Data from Google Forms

TeacherCast

Do you have data in a Google Form that you would like to analyze so you can create a Data Dashboard using Google Sheets? In this episode of Tech Coach weekly , we will show you how to export your Google Forms data into a Google Sheets project and then walk you through the steps of creating a variety of Charts and Graphs so you can quickly see and analyze your data.

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New California Law Pours Money Into Open Educational Resources

Marketplace K-12

A budget measure signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom bankrolls the development of openly licensed materials at the higher education level, but it could have implication for K-12, too. The post New California Law Pours Money Into Open Educational Resources appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121

Shake Up Learning

The post Back to School with Choice Boards – SULS0121 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Back to School is the PERFECT time to jump into choice boards! In this episode, Kasey shares her best tips and ideas for creating and using digital choice boards in the K-12 classroom. She also shares choice board examples and product ideas. The first piece of advice when starting to use choice boards is to know that not all choice boards are equal.

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Empowering the Adults

The Principal of Change

This is one of my favorite quotes on education from my friend, AJ Juliani : We talked about this recently on my podcast , and I discuss thinking about shifting from moving to engagement to empowerment. . When I first started teaching, my focus was to make sure students were really interested in the way that I presented information, but then realized, what happens if they don’t have someone doing that for them?

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Purposeful Teacher-Student Interactions Every Day - Really!

Turning Learning On Its Head

Do you struggle with making sure every teacher-student interaction has a purpose? Do you feel like you have enough interactions with your students each day? Do you want more meaningful conversations with your students? Do you want to make your school year awesome? As I write this many of you are immersed in your summer break (so am I). It is a time of rejuvenation.

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Students Need To Be In Classrooms, With Masks, This Fall, Education Secretary Says

MindShift

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has a message for schools across the country ahead of the new school year: Students need to be in classrooms. “That’s where students learn best,” Cardona told NPR’s A Martínez. “Schools are more than just places where students learn how to read and write — they’re communities.

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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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New Blog Post: "Solving Conflicts Between Library Employees: A Tool For Getting Along When No One Wants to Get Along"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Steve Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0 : "Solving Conflicts Between Library Employees: A Tool For Getting Along When No One Wants to Get Along" As a longtime HR trainer (uh, that would be me) once said in a daylong team-building training program, “When it comes to your bosses or your co-workers, you don’t have to love everyone you work with.

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Book Birthday!

Hack Education

It's here!

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4 Ways teachers can use edtech to create personalized learning experiences for students

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published on April 13, 2021, in Independent Education Today. Education technology (edtech) is on the path to conquering every classroom. With schools opening their gates again, the forced transition to online learning environments from the past year has made it clear that a hybrid learning model works and should continue to safeguard and minimize future disruptions to learning.

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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

According to a CoSN report , more than half of school districts and about one-third of public schools in the United States are in rural areas. Rural communities have unique challenges, ranging from poverty and vast travel distances to a lack of affordable internet access. In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , Ann McMullan, Project Director for CoSN’s EmpowerED Superintendent Initiative, stated, “The last 18 months have taught us that we have many c

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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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Down With Toxic Positivity! For Teachers and Students, Healing Isn’t Blind Optimism

MindShift

New York-based English teacher Irene Yannascoli was already drained after jumpstarting distance learning in March 2020 and facing uncertain school plans for the fall. So when Irene had to come into school to have in-person meetings about whether or not school buildings would be reopening, she felt even more depleted. . “I had a lot of concerns on a lot of levels: the condition of my old school building, [and] whether I was going to have the support or the PPE to do my job properly and safely,”

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Striving to Keep Students Mentally Healthy

edWeb.net

The Tonasket School District (WA) experienced two student suicides in the last three months, surprising everyone. Steve McCullough, the district superintendent, described the students as active in high school and great athletes with bright futures. Nobody thought they had any problems. The suicides are among related incidents that have occurred in the district.