Neo LMS
MARCH 25, 2021
Teachers have a saying: There’s no tired like teacher-tired. Being a teacher has always been a tough job that can drain the last ounce of energy out of you regularly. In the past year, “teacher-tired” has changed into “digitally fatigued,” moving towards a new exhaustion level. Read more: The impact of digital fatigue in the educational system.
A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 21, 2021
I love visiting classrooms around the country to not only support but to see educators in action. In my opinion, I learn just as much, if not more, from them as they hopefully do from me. During the spring of 2020, I connected with the Juab School District in Utah and began what would be two years of longitudinal work to help them take personalized learning to the next level.
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Catlin Tucker
MARCH 21, 2021
When I work with teachers who are new to blended learning, there is often a knee-jerk concern about the time required to design a lesson that strategically blends active, engaged learning online with active, engaged learning offline. It is true that blended learning requires a higher level of intentionality when it comes to design. I want teachers to think of themselves as architects of learning experiences, sketching out a blueprint that will position the students to do the “building̶
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
In late February 2020, Maj. Allen Williams and a handful of his colleagues from Aberdeen High School returned home to Mississippi, feeling revved up about the Computer Science for All training they’d just attended in Washington, D.C. Williams, a 25-year Air Force veteran who runs the school’s JROTC program, understood the opportunity in front of his students, and was excited to introduce his cadets to new computer science learning initiatives and expand the initiatives schoolwide.
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
MARCH 25, 2021
Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired. . This month: Research. –for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.
Neo LMS
MARCH 23, 2021
If there’s anything we have learned from the past year’s events, it’s that well-being is now more important than ever. In truth, we can’t ask students to do great in any circumstances. Schools must create those circumstances, whether offering the right edtech tools or the resources to help them succeed. Unfortunately, many young people struggle with isolation, which can have lasting negative effects , even after going back to a semblance of normality.
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EdTech Magazine
MARCH 26, 2021
At North Canton City Schools in Ohio, supporting a one-to-one deployment of devices to students represents a daunting physical task that can overwhelm the district’s small tech team as it’s left to the time-consuming work of unboxing, configuring and preparing as many as 1,500 devices. “I’ve been in a situation where we had to deploy 1,000 devices in the middle school, and I’ve had my own children come in and help and teachers volunteering to help us,” says Technology Director Kim Nidy.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 26, 2021
I had an opportunity to chat with Doruntina Alshiqi about the education system in Kosova. I love hearing how learning is accomplished around the world. It reminds me that we live in a bubble, thinking our approach is great but often, other systems work just as well. I found it fascinating to hear Doruntina’s experience. I think you will too. Primary education is provided for students here.
Education Elements
MARCH 23, 2021
Like many this past year, I suffered the effects of deprivation from proximity – that is to say, I miss humans. It was this dearth of face-to-face interaction that led me, quite fortuitously, to reach out to Brittany Barnett , founder and president of the nonprofit organization Girls Embracing Mothers [GEM] to seek out volunteering opportunities. Renowned criminal justice advocate, decorated corporate lawyer, and best-selling author, Brittany is a force of nature.
Ditch That Textbook
MARCH 24, 2021
This post is written by Jon Kelley, bacon and coffee-loving educator in Delaware, Ohio, and 2019 Canvas National Educator of the Year. Jon is a Teaching and Learning Coach for Delaware City Schools. You can connect with Jon on Twitter @MrKelley64. The homepage of your Canvas course is the first glimpse students and families have of your virtual […].
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EdTech Magazine
MARCH 22, 2021
Schools are responsible for protecting students from harmful internet content, which requires K–12 IT teams to figure out how to keep the bad out and let through only material that is safe and educational. But past efforts have often fallen short. The internet is constantly evolving and adding content, and students are notoriously ingenious at subverting content filtering measures.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 24, 2021
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: Backup Your Work Often. Category: Maintenance, Security, Email.
Waterford
MARCH 26, 2021
One of the most important factors in a child’s school success, even more so than economic or social status, is parental or family empowerment. How involved caregivers are with a child’s education is the major factor in academic achievement. But it can be difficult for families to be active in their child’s education if those families can’t get their basic needs met.
Edsurge
MARCH 25, 2021
As the acceptance of new types of credentials grows, a number of employers have become learning providers in their own right, in a way that could shake up the broader higher education landscape. A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education.
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.
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 23, 2021
Life in the Big Apple is fast-paced. That kinetic energy extends to the sprawling New York City Public Schools, which serves 1.1 million students, making it the largest school district in the nation. It was here and in Atlanta that Gautam Sethi cut his teeth in a 20-year career in educational IT. Urban districts present problems with density, equity and student engagement.
EdNews Daily
MARCH 20, 2021
By Grant Hosford The last twelve months have been tumultuous for families, businesses, schools and teachers. With schools closed in most states for the past 12 months, educators came together district by district to re-imagine a new approach to education focused on virtual classes and student empowerment. Teachers and administrators delivered admirably in most cases but of course there are many unavoidable hurdles with remote learning.
Teacher Tech
MARCH 22, 2021
Students can find all of their missing work for all of their classes in Google Classroom. The post Students Find Missing Work in Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Edsurge
MARCH 24, 2021
When schools shuttered suddenly more than a year ago, teachers and staff scrambled to recreate their school communities as best they could in a virtual environment. And while teaching and learning is a central component, not to be overlooked are the other, auxiliary experiences: the relationships forged, the support services provided, the social-emotional needs met.
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.
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 24, 2021
After nearly a full year of remote learning, the Los Gatos Union School District in California reopened its schools in February with a hybrid learning model: Half the students attend school for in-class instruction, while the other half join live through videoconferencing, allowing teachers to teach both groups simultaneously. To ensure safe social distancing, each cohort attends class in person on alternate days.
EdNews Daily
MARCH 26, 2021
By Ian Fagan and Julian Fagan Since the start of the pandemic, the incidence of students struggling with anxiety, emotional detachment and mental health issues have increased exponentially. Remote learning has caused isolation and a very serious interruption in the routines that youth depend on. Technology it seems, with all its promise, is the principal culprit in an unprecedented rise in emotional disorder among our young people.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 26, 2021
What Is Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy? by TeachThought Staff. The Definition Of Bloom’s Taxonomy , I said, “In one sentence, Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can, among countless other uses, help teachers teach and students learn.” Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy is simply an update to the original taxonomy that made expanded on the vision of the original while revising the language and hierarchy of the popular Cognitive Process Dimension (wh
Edsurge
MARCH 25, 2021
Sometimes, a great idea takes an unexpected turn that makes it even better. When VoiceThread’s founders first started dabbling in software, they aimed to answer a key question: If you took an image and recorded the audio stories behind it, would this digital artifact have more value? Sometimes, a great idea takes an unexpected turn that makes it even better.
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.
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 26, 2021
The CineBeam 4K UHD HU85LS by LG is an ultra-short-throw laser projector that delivers a remarkable viewing experience. With 8.3 million pixels (3840x2160 resolution), the HU85LS produces picture detail four times the resolution of Full HD with jaw-dropping image quality. While no projector I’ve ever reviewed can display perfect blacks, the HU85LS comes as close to true black as I’ve ever seen.
EdNews Daily
MARCH 26, 2021
By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark The term cognitive learning is used to characterize specific aspects or theories of learning and generally implies a view of learning that: Relates to conscious understanding rather than behavioral knowledge (skills). These two different types of learning are also referred to as declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge.
Teacher Tech
MARCH 26, 2021
Guest Post by Melody McAllister Today is #SELday, but celebrating social emotional learning can happen any and every day! Here are some of my favorite authors sharing their SEL stories. Share them with your class today or any day and may wonderful conversations ensue! Not an elementary teacher? Well, big kids like children’s books, too. […]. The post #SELday Read Alouds By @mjmcalliwrites appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Edsurge
MARCH 23, 2021
When an outbreak of COVID-19 cases led Norwich University to put the campus on lockdown, the school asked students to stay in their dorm rooms full time, except to use the bathroom. Pretty soon, the university’s president, Mark Anarumo, began to worry about the mental-health impacts of that social isolation. So Anarumo made an unusual decision: He moved into a campus dorm himself.
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 25, 2021
Near the end of Delilah McBride’s second month of kindergarten in Taylor, Michigan, her family received jarring news from her principal: Delilah would be allowed to come to school only in the morning. Someone would need to pick her up before noon every day, even as the rest of her peers continued learning and playing together. This story also appeared in USA Today.
EdNews Daily
MARCH 26, 2021
By Tamara Fyke “What do we do now?” This is THE question on the minds and hearts of educators and administrators trying to determine next steps for re-opening schools with only a few months of this current year remaining, all the while knowing that there are many students who will not ever return to in-person learning. I believe that there is much more to this question than the present moment.
MiddleWeb
MARCH 23, 2021
Every co-teaching partnership has a story. One of language specialist Tan Huynh’s partnerships started off rough but became the most collaborative team-up in all his years teaching. Why? They created a schedule that included co-planning time and used the time strategically. The post Turning Around a Co-teaching Relationship first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Edsurge
MARCH 25, 2021
Earlier this month, two education researchers revealed an unsettling (though perhaps unsurprising) truth about today’s educators in an article here on EdSurge. During a professional-development project designed to address complex trauma in students, every participating educator said they’ve experienced secondary traumatic stress as a result of the pandemic.
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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