A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 23, 2022
If it’s true that life is a test, then the COVID-19 pandemic represents the most challenging one education and everyone in the field has ever faced. The impacts are far and wide. Not a single person is unaffected, and everyone needs help in some form or another. However, one group, in particular, stands out as they are on the front lines every day working with kids – our teachers.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2022
Armed with more educational technology and the professional development to meaningfully use it, more educators in K–12 are considering the flipped-classroom approach. At the onset of the pandemic, schools found ways to make virtual learning work. They rolled out one-to-one device programs and made investments in educational technology. Educators learned to use new tools and found new ways of bringing content to students.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 25, 2022
One of my favorite resources for explaining tech in the classroom is Richard Byrne. In this article, he discusses helpful YouTube Features for Teachers. Five Helpful YouTube Features for Teachers. YouTube offers a bunch of features that are sometimes overlooked or under-utilized despite being quite helpful when sharing videos in your classroom. In this new video I demonstrate five of those features. .
Neo LMS
JANUARY 27, 2022
Almost two years ago, life took a different turn and the unexpected happened. The pandemic caused havoc and damage in every area of our lives. We all felt its impact more or less and we witnessed the unthinkable. Among all the negativity, this time has also provided us with awakening, collaboration, creativity, and evolution. I want to focus on this evolution, highlighting how the pandemic has offered opportunities for education to change for the better.
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.
ViewSonic Education
JANUARY 24, 2022
Offering the most powerful and adaptable solution available to cabling, USB-C has become a must-have feature in electronic products, especially monitors. In the office environment, this cable-of-all-trades is saving time, energy, and money while maximizing data transfer speeds. . Continue reading to learn more about the benefits of USB-C Monitors or discover other ways to optimize the way you work with ViewSonic solutions. .
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 26, 2022
Vocational classes for special education students used to entail mainly custodial training. Now, special education teachers are setting out to change that. We spoke with two special education teachers in California who use science, technology, engineering and math lessons to introduce advanced technology to their students. Using STEM devices gets the students excited about learning, shows them — and everyone else — what they are capable of and sets them up for future technology careers.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Neo LMS
JANUARY 25, 2022
A learning management system (LMS) is a powerful tool that helps you streamline teaching activities and offer students a personalized learning experience. One of the main capabilities that enable such systems is automation. Although the sole name ‘’automation’’ might be intimidating if you’re the non-tech-savvy type, don’t worry. Most LMSs are intuitive, so using automation comes easily to more and more educators.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JANUARY 25, 2022
When the always-marvelous Catlin Tucker invited me to be a guest on her podcast, The Balance, I accepted immediately. I think the world of Catlin’s work. My episode was released a few days ago. Catlin and I talked about my new book ( Leadership for Deeper Learning ), leadership during the pandemic, how school administrators could (and shouldn’t) support educators’ self-care, and much more.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 26, 2022
At Val Verde Unified School District, Darren Crist’s classroom was the first with a 3D printer. “I told my kids it was coming. We went on Christmas break. They came back already knowing how to use programs and what it can do and can’t do,” says Crist, a special education teacher at the district’s elementary school. The students were so excited to use a new technology that no one else in the school had, he says.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 26, 2022
Tech Learning recently shared an excellent lesson plan by Dr. Stephanie Smith Budhai that incorporates the amazing Google Earth into learning. Here’s the beginning: The 3D interactive online exploration platform Google Earth provides a pathway to endless learning adventures around the globe. For an overview of Google Earth and a breakdown of its unique features, check out How to Use Google Earth for Teaching. .
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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
ViewSonic Education
JANUARY 25, 2022
If you have laid your eyes upon the woods of Lothlórien, the desert dunes of Arrakis, or the façade of the Grand Budapest Hotel, you’d have seen how color sets the tone of every film. Color is often used to evoke emotions and set the mood and sometimes, they help to tell the story. . Continue reading to learn more about DCI-P3 and why it is ideal for video editing.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 27, 2022
In the quickly shifting workforce, digital skills have become fundamental for social mobility. Though an estimated one-third of US workers across industries and occupations would benefit from developing digital skills—particularly among workers of color —fewer than 10 percent of people who need digital skills training and support are able to access education services due to longstanding systemic inequities.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 28, 2022
This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference brought educators and IT leaders together in Orlando, Fla. The annual event gave attendees the opportunity to meet in person, shake hands and forgo problematic videoconference mute buttons. It comes as no surprise that innovation and collaboration were two major themes at this year’s conference. In sessions and workshops, presenters shared ideas for moving forward and working together.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 24, 2022
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: Speed up MSO with Quick Access Toolbar.
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.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JANUARY 25, 2022
I had the pleasure of talking with some folks from the Actionable Innovations community last week. Here are the show notes and the video is below. Thank you, Lucy and Don , for the invite! Happy viewing! Related Posts. Podcast – How to take our leadership and teaching to new levels. Podcast – Harnessing technology for deeper learning. Podcast – Talking with Richard Byrne on the Practical Ed Tech Podcast!
Digital Promise
JANUARY 25, 2022
The post Supporting Social-Emotional Development with Self-Awareness and Self-Management appeared first on Digital Promise.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2022
While audio may seem like an afterthought when selecting audiovisual technology, high-quality sound is crucial in the classroom, says Gene Osborn of Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia. “Learners will limp through a grainy display, but if the audio’s not right — and I’ve heard this from other educators — we really will lose our kids,” he says.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 27, 2022
Every lower-grade teacher I know has huge numbers of students who love math but the older they get, the more those numbers shrink until by Middle School, they’re anemic, at best. The solution according to some students, is to instill the cerebral skills that support math prior to kindergarten. Here’s a great article from ASCD and EdSource on that subject: Math in early childhood is key, studies show.
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.
Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 26, 2022
Coaching provides teachers with personalized support as they cultivate the mindset, skill set, and tool set needed to navigate the fluid nature of the pandemic. As challenging as the last two years have been, they’ve presented a unique opportunity to reimagine the way teachers design and facilitate learning. . This course offers instructional coaches, administrators, TOSAs, and teacher leaders: A blended learning coaching framework to guide your work.
EdNews Daily
JANUARY 22, 2022
Many schools are still working in a remote or hybrid learning and teaching situation. Universities such as The University of Central Florida have been experimenting with this learning mode since the 1990s. The influx of adult learners seeking to hone their skills and gain additional qualifications spurred hybrid learning early. The global pandemic has accelerated the process manifold.
Education Elements
JANUARY 24, 2022
School district leaders face the enormous challenge of understanding and responding to how professional learning has been impacted by the global pandemic. This at a time when professional learning is so critical for educators who are navigating uncertainties around in-person consistency, increasing responsibilities, and shifting instructional modalities.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 27, 2022
The post Meeting the Digital Promise appeared first on Digital Promise.
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
JANUARY 24, 2022
The first ghost that Ebenezer Scrooge meets in “A Christmas Carol” is the spirit of his business partner, Jacob Marley. When the specter appears, he has a chain “wound about him like a tail,” made out of “cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel.” Scrooge asks the spirit of his old friend why it’s shackled. “I wear the chain I forged in life,” the ghost replies.
Hapara
JANUARY 28, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. H?para partners with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium to offer Student Dashboard Digital Backpack free in Alberta. Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 24, 2022– The Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium (ERLC) announced Monday that it will support pilots of H?para’s Student Dashboard Digital Backpack for all K-12 schools in the province of Alberta until the end of August 2022.
Learning in Hand
JANUARY 24, 2022
The original Wordle is a free game you can play online at powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle. Every day there is a new five letter word to guess, and you've got up to six guesses to figure out the word. After each guess, the game displays gray, yellow, and green boxes around the letters in your guess. Gray boxes indicate that the letter is not in the word. A yellow box indicates the letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 27, 2022
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Edsurge
JANUARY 27, 2022
My last article, about how teacher care is more than self care , was the most read on EdSurge for the month of November. And while I was pleased that the words resonated, it is also disturbing that something so fundamental as care and wellbeing is hitting a nerve with the education community. Nelson Mandela once said that “The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
Hapara
JANUARY 28, 2022
Alberta learners and educators secure long term commitment. H?para has provided learning technologies to Alberta school divisions since 2011. Over these nine years, Alberta school divisions and classroom educators have shaped the development and feature sets of H?para to meet their needs. Over the past decade, H?para has become an international edtech company that supports learner equity and learning excellence.
Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
JANUARY 25, 2022
Create a choice board with Alice Keeler badge game. Use the option to add Google Slides tutorials to your game. The post Choice Board: Tutorial Slides appeared first on Teacher Tech.
EdTechTeacher
JANUARY 24, 2022
Post by Tom Driscoll of EdTechTeacher. Full Sutori Video Tutorial Can Be Accessed Here. When considering the value and impact of edtech tools and platforms, I always take a close look at the following factors: Does the tool enable teacher’s and students to actively create and engage with others? Is the tool simple and intuative to use? Does the tool integrate seemlessly with the other powerful educational technologies widely used by teachers.
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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