eSchool News
JULY 7, 2022
With growing concerns over health and safety, staff shortages and more, teachers are feeling the pressure. As a matter of fact, 90 percent of the educator-members of the National Education Association say that feeling burnt out is a serious problem–which in turn, is putting student learning at risk. In order to overcome these challenges, K-12 leaders need to identify the drivers behind them.
Waterford
JULY 7, 2022
What is one of the proven predictors of academic achievement? Studies show that a family’s engagement has a direct positive impact on a child’s learning success. When families are engaged in their children’s school lives, students have the home support they need to develop a lifelong love of learning. Encouraging family engagement is more than common courtesy.
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Digital Promise
JULY 6, 2022
The post Teachers Partnering with Artificial Intelligence: Augmentation and Automation appeared first on Digital Promise.
A Principal's Reflections
JULY 3, 2022
“T he single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” - George Bernard Shaw It is hard to deny how important communication is for any leader, no matter their profession. In many cases, it will make or break their success. All too often, we have seen headlines where leaders have come under fire for hiccups or missteps in their area, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 8, 2022
I update these suggestions every few years to remind teachers there are easy ways to techify your lessons even on a tight schedule. I’d love to hear your suggestions in the comments about how you do this in your classes: Because I teach graduate classes for educators, I talk to lots of teachers all over the country. It’s become clear that for most of them, adding technology to their lessons means layering more work on top of their already overburdened lesson plans.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 8, 2022
Ask librarians how technology has changed their work in recent years, and you’re likely to be kindly yet firmly corrected. “School librarians have always been at the forefront of technology in our schools,” says Jennisen Lucas, president of the American Association of School Librarians. “A lot of times, we are the first adopters.” Clunky microfiche readers, research databases, computers, 3D printers — all made their school debuts in the library.
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Neo LMS
JULY 5, 2022
Teacher collaboration has always been essential, but even more so during the past two school years as we faced new challenges in our practice. With all of us experiencing transitioning learning environments, we had to be flexible in our practice and open to new possibilities. When it came to professional development, in the absence of being together in the physical space, we had to explore and learn what worked the best.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 4, 2022
It’s America’s birthday and I’m celebrating. My Army Sergeant son is in Japan–Okinawa. My Navy LT CDR daughter’s in the DC area. I thank both of them and all those soldiers who fought for America’s uncertain future so long ago. God be with all of us. I want to include all my efriends from Canada in the celebrations though I’m a few days late for Canada Day: July 1 is Canada Day.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 7, 2022
As someone who was born in Thailand, grew up on a Wisconsin farm and then rose through the ranks to become CTO/CIO of the Green Bay Area Public School District when few others looked like her, Diane W. Doersch knows a thing or two about pushing past digital inequity. Doersch now serves as technology director for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative at the global nonprofit Digital Promise and was named board chair-elect for the Consortium for School Networking.
User Generated Education
JULY 3, 2022
Number one on my love list of teaching is spending time with my fantastic students. High on my list is also my love of designing and creating learning activities for my students. I get such joy of seeing my designs come to life in the hands of my learners. Recently, I designed a pinball machine using a pizza box, Strawbees, Makedo screws, and an optional micro:bit scoreboard.
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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
Waterford
JULY 7, 2022
Windows offer new views, while mirrors offer reflections. This metaphor is the heart of the Windows and Mirrors learning framework, which recognizes the importance of both perspectives. When planning lessons or choosing books for your classroom library , it’s important to include stories that both reflect the experiences of your students and provide them with insights into the experiences of others.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 5, 2022
Here are the most-read posts for the month of June. June is Internet Safety Month. World Environment Day: Living Responsibly with Nature. Tech Tip #91: Rollback Windows Updates. What you Need to Know about Evaluating Apps. 6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program. Looking for Summer Activities? Try These. 15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year. 6 Websites that Teach Letters.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 7, 2022
Many may not realize it, but digital equity and inclusion is a large part of technology work, says Marlo Gaddis, CTO for the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina and secretary for the Consortium for School Networking. We spoke to Gaddis and Diane W. Doersch, director of technology for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools at Digital Promise, about the crucial role IT can play in making sure school systems support diversity, equity and inclusion among students and staff.
Education Elements
JULY 3, 2022
Addressing the staffing shortage in public schools may seem like running a marathon barefoot, uphill, and in the sweltering sun. When faced with an ever-expanding school and district improvement checklist, it’s human nature to pick the seemingly more manageable task first. Why not run the morning mile on the padded track instead of the impossible race?
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
Edsurge
JULY 6, 2022
Principals, in many schools, are seen as the person responsible for the mental health and well-being of their staff, serving as sounding boards and problem solvers for their teachers, who are carrying the emotional burdens of their own personal and professional lives as well as the struggles, stresses and trauma of their students. In effect, principals absorb the experiences and exasperations of both students and staff, and in many cases, hear complaints and worries directly from parents and mem
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 6, 2022
It’s always a challenge to evaluate teachers. I’ve been through many systems, often different each year, and honestly, none seems better than the other. But Christian Miraglia, Education Consultant and part of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew, suggests asking students to evaluate the teacher. Here’s how that would work: A Teacher’s Best Evaluator.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 7, 2022
Interactive displays that are bright, intuitive and easy to use can help enrich the classroom experience in meaningful ways. The Samsung Flip Pro line of products offers easy casting from devices, plug-and-play web conferencing from the board and the ability to draw on top of whatever you’re presenting without editing what’s underneath. DISCOVER MORE: Get expert reviews and insights on essential technology for your classroom.
Education Elements
JULY 2, 2022
To meet the needs of an ever-changing tomorrow , school districts must continue to grow and evolve. At its most desired state, a classroom is a laboratory of innovation and its teacher, a "mad" scientist - working everyday to make connections between students and the content. Unfortunately, the chaotic uncertainty of the last two years have left educators fighting to survive, leaving little time for experimentation.
Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions
The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.
Edsurge
JULY 5, 2022
If you ask middle school and high school students these days the most important skills they’re learning, they’re likely to name something they picked up on their own, outside of normal school hours. That’s according to Julie Evans, CEO of the nonprofit Project Tomorrow, who has been doing focus groups with students for years—both before and after the pandemic—and whose organization conducts an annual survey of middle and high school students about their learning.
EdNews Daily
JULY 6, 2022
By Margot Machol Bisnow Among the many arguments out there about why it’s time for the SAT, ACT, and any other college admissions tests to go, there’s one that barely gets any airtime: These tests do nothing to help select the future trailblazers who will think outside the box, create disruptive companies and nonprofits, and shake up the world. This is exactly the type of kids our world will need as tomorrow’s leaders.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 6, 2022
If you ask Alena Zachery-Ross, superintendent of Ypsilanti (Mich.) Community Schools, to share one of the most positive ways that the pandemic impacted education, she will talk about technology. “Our teachers didn’t have the tools and technology before,” she said, speaking on a panel of three superintendents during ISTELive 2022. “Now with the technology and the innovation that had to happen during the pandemic, I’m seeing classroom instruction look so different.
TeacherCast
JULY 3, 2022
This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. Last week, the educational technology world came together in New Orleans to celebrate student achievement through instructional technology at the annual ISTE conference. While the conference itself is still considered an annual event, something different was in the air.
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.
Edsurge
JULY 5, 2022
Content Warning: pregnancy loss/stillbirth. I sent this meme out to the faculty at my high school in May with an invitation to meet with me and reflect on this past year of teaching. I am an instructional coach and I teach emerging multilingual learners, but I also consider myself a practicing unlicensed teacher-therapist. Is that a thing? It should be a thing.
EdNews Daily
JULY 6, 2022
By Jeff Waller In times of great uncertainty, unrest, and even fear, much can be learned from our history. Great men and women have given us a model for how to not only survive but use adversity as a catalyst for personal and collective growth. While current events have set our world into new uncharted territory, episodes in our history have tested our resolve in a similar manner.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 6, 2022
K–12 school IT leaders can take some small but powerful steps to help them properly manage cybersecurity and protect data privacy in their schools. We talked with Robert Olsen, senior managing director with Ankura, about how job postings and social media can provide unintended openings for threat actors. DIVE DEEPER: Learn how outside experts can help schools beef up cybersecurity.
TeachThought - Learn better.
JULY 6, 2022
The difference between fallacies and biases is fallacies are real-time thinking errors while biases are pre-dispositions for future errors. The post The Difference Between Logical Fallacies And Cognitive Biases appeared first on TeachThought.
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Edsurge
JULY 7, 2022
Todd Burks teaches students to navigate the University of Virginia library. Photo by Ryan Kelly for EdSurge. Class starts with silence, and breath. Fill the balloons that are your lungs, the professor says, then empty them completely. “Thank yourself for making it to class,” she adds. “There’s nothing that happened in the past you can change at this time.
EdNews Daily
JULY 6, 2022
By Charles Sosnik My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From ev’ry mountainside Let freedom ring! If you grew up in the United States, chances are you used to sing this song, “America,” regularly. I did. I grew up singing patriotic songs, and learning about our government.
EdTech Magazine
JULY 8, 2022
As a leader in the interactive whiteboard category, Promethean knows a thing or two when it comes to collaborative classroom technology. The latest version of its ActivPanel 9 Premium series whiteboards were on display at ISTELive, and we had the opportunity to get a personal demo of some of the new functionality and enhancements that come with it. Teachers will have more flexibility when it comes to personalization, access to cloud-based files and resources, and more robust identity management
Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
JULY 6, 2022
Unfortunately Google Forms™ does not have version history. HOWEVER, Martin Hawksey saves the day with his Google Forms History Add-on. The post Google Forms History – Essential! appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon
Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks
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