Digital Promise

JUNE 28, 2022

The post Promoting Digital Literacy for Adult Learners: A Resource Guide appeared first on Digital Promise.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 28, 2022

CASEL competencies are the foundation of academic success, educational equity, relationship building, and professional growth. They are the key areas of the wider concept of social-emotional learning which revolves around personal development. In modern schools and academic settings, training these competencies and relevant soft skills can be as important as teaching the subject-specific class material.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 26, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Self-care is a word thrown around a lot these days in education. In the real world of teaching, answers aren't always easy. In fact, as I release this episode, “self-care” is the reason I did not go to #ISTELive that is this week. I need to focus on my health.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 26, 2022

Over the years, I have made the point of highlighting some of the many teachers who not only had a positive impact on me as a student but also have a tremendous amount of influence on me today. In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , the stories of Mrs. Williams (kindergarten), Mr. South (middle school science), and Dr. Hynoski (high school science) were shared.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2022

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take time this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found, are well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, offering inclusive solutions to the issue of tech t

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 30, 2022

Advantages of IPS display panels: Faster response times. Wider viewing angles. Better color/contrast than many VA and TN panels. Outstanding color accuracy and screen consistency . If you’ve ever begun searching for a new computer screen, chances are you’ve probably come across the term IPS. It’s at this point that you may be asking yourself, what is an IPS monitor?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The ISTE Mainstage event today had several great takeaways relating to AI, creativity, Game based Learning, and more. Here are the things I learned from this event. 1. Our Influencers are on. YouTube. If you dig into the awesome Zhoriel Tapo student reporter, you'll see that although she is twelve, if you dig into her story , she had a speech go viral that she gave about leadership when she was six.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 29, 2022

If anyone thought technology wasn’t here to stay (I see a few hands up), the pandemic and remote teaching exploded that vision. Teaching from homes has shown many how ill-prepared we are to use even the most intuitive technology in the education field. Honestly, as a tech teacher, I’ve been a bit disappointed we didn’t do better. I was thrilled to find this article from Programming Insider providing a great starting point for tech tools that are a natural fit with education: Be

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

Many school districts are rushing to spend state and federal dollars allocated to ed tech before losing that money for good over the next two years. However, some may not have a sustainability plan in place. This lack of planning is a huge concern for Donna Williamson, who has served as a CTO and educational technology leader since 1982 and now works with the Consortium for School Networking’s Early Career K–12 CTO Academy.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 29, 2022

The post Un-Siloing Edtech: Stimulating Reflection and Metacognition in the Classroom appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. So, I'm not sure if artificial intelligence is right. Somehow, it feels as if these tools are augmenting intelligence. I learned about a tool Verse by Verse ([link] ) created by Google. As I selected a quattrain and an ABAB rhyming scheme, I sat down to compose my first poem using AI as Wadsworth, Longfellow, and Emerson came alongside me to suggest what they might have written.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 25, 2022

Studying overseas is becoming more popular than ever. The Institute for International Education of Students (IES) explained why based on a survey they conducted to explore the long-term impact of study abroad on the personal, professional, and academic lives of students. Here are some interesting findings: 95% of the students who were surveyed admitted that studying abroad served as a catalyst for increased maturity. 96% reported increased self-confidence. 95% said it had a lasting impact on th

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

These days, the ed tech solutions at K­­–12 school districts’ fingertips are abundant. Unfortunately, their time and budgets aren’t. The good news is schools don’t have to go it alone. “In the school districts, we want to do all of these great things, but we also have to teach kids how to read,” said Bill Bass, the innovation coordinator for instructional technology, information, library media and federal programs in the Parkway School District in St.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 27, 2022

Most of you are too laid-back in your hiring attempts. A talent pool is a long-term endeavor that produces a list of prospective prospects for you to contact when a position needs to be filled. A number of smart strategies must be developed and implemented in order for a business to succeed. Hiring is no different. If your firm has ambitious development objectives, you will need to recruit the appropriate individuals at the right times to meet business objectives.

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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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I'm about to head to physical therapy this morning but before I do, I wanted to share my favorite resources from yesterday's ISTELive shares. This went out in my newsletter this morning as well. I'm also adding a few items of my own hat I would be talking about if I was there.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2022

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. Here’s July’s: July 2-9th. 50% discount on sidebar sponsors (instead of $100 per month, you get the same program for $50 a month). Required: Minimum of 4 months paid in advance. We place your logo and link in the blog sidebar. Additionally, once a month, I’ll share an optional update on your product with my readers (which you write).

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

Jaymian Campbell-Milner, who teaches at Kings Valley Academy II in Hanford, Calif., doesn’t want his students to get left behind. For the innovative educator, connecting emerging technology with curriculum is not optional — it's a hallmark of an effective 21st-century education. He shared his thoughts at this year’s ISTELive 2022 conference in response to a panel discussion titled “The Future is Now: Embedding Immersive Technology into the Classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2022

Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook—is running a new TV ad showing a future in which college students slip on a lightweight VR headset to enter a lecture hall where a professor can toss 3D models of biological cells to students who can pull them apart to demonstrate some concept. It’s the latest sign that Big Tech sees education as a key piece of the rush to build a metaverse, the immersive Internet of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality that so far is a disconnected mix of clunky tech

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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.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 28, 2022

Bloom's Taxonomy is a framework that classifies human cognition into various levels. Developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom and his colleagues, Bloom's taxonomy consists of 6 key cognitive.read more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 28, 2022

If you want a job coding, you have to know how to get around a database, and that means SQL. I know–a geeky, scary three-letter word that makes even math aficionados decide to choose advanced calculus rather than computer programming. One of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew has suggestions on how to test it out and what are the most important elements to learn: How High School Students Can Try Out SQL and 4 Things They Should Learn About It .

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Teachers, school administrators, technology leaders and technology providers are preparing to kick off the summer at one of the largest K–12 ed tech conferences in the world: the annual gathering of the International Society for Technology in Education. The June 26—­29 event will feature hundreds of professional development opportunities under the theme of “Empowering Educators.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2022

Shea Smith starts the middle-school digital media class he teaches with a ritual: He asks his students to open up their Chromebooks and answer a simple question, “How are you feeling today?” The students answer on a Google form by clicking on one of three emojis—a happy face, a straight face (indicating “Meh”) or a frowny face. A second fill-in-the-blank question invites students to add if there is anything else they’d like to tell the teacher, though that’s optional.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

eSchool Media is pleased to announce the return of the eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards , and that the awards nomination period opens June 27, 2022. This year’s K-12 Hero Awards Program, sponsored by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , will recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2022

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month (or so). . Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I’ll cover it in a future tip.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Panelists for “Continuing Digital Equity Advocacy in the Wake of Emergency Remote Learning” at ISTE kicked off the session by recapping some of the good, bad and ugly that came out of the pandemic and affected educational technology. Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking, pointed out one of the positives: A CoSN survey revealed that some 90 percent of students went to a one-to-one environment during the pandemic.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2022

The education landscape looks a lot different than when educators last gathered in person for ISTE’s annual convergence of classroom tech aficionados. So much so that CEO Richard Culatta thinks of events in two categories: B.C. and A.D. That’s “Before COVID” and “After Disease,” he said Sunday from a New Orleans stage. It was the official welcome to the organization's first in-person conference since the pandemic sent the country into quarantine.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Artificial intelligence offers opportunities to enhance teaching and learning, but not if classroom educators fail to understand its capabilities and limitations, speakers at an ISTE panel said this week. The post How to Make Teachers Informed Consumers of Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Market Brief.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2022

Even before the pandemic, a third of U.S. students struggled with anxiety, depression, trauma, or attention issues that made it difficult to focus, stay motivated, and learn. That number has grown exponentially during the pandemic and recovery: now half of students feel persistently sad or hopeless. This is an urgent need that schools can no longer ignore.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

JUNE 30, 2022

Google Form fonts have been limited. Here is how you can customize your Google Forms to choose from a variety of Font styles. The post FUN Google Forms Fonts appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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The Jose Vilson

JUNE 30, 2022

“Vilson, you should read the names of the graduates. You know them anyways.” We’re at a retirement party that my wife and I organized for Ms. Nuevo (now that she’s retired, I can name her) when another colleague (we’ll call Mrs. A) mentioned that my sixth graders were now eighth graders. It’s been two years since I left the school I called a second home for 15 years.

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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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