The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

With help from Hameed, the lead instructor, and several teaching assistants, students learn how to use search engines like Google, how to research and verify information, create presentations online, answer emails in a professional manner and use Google products like Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Drive.

Learning 144

Learning Advocacy Report Google 144

The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. They can turn in assignments whenever/wherever and just hope Google can give them the answers if their teacher isn’t online at the moment.

Advocacy 192

Advocacy Social Media Microsoft Company 192

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A Google form on the site will collect questions, along with context relating to grade level, location, and the category of the inquiry. And, I think a lot of the of us who are doing this understand what particular kind of advocacy is critical right now–advocacy on behalf of the learner. Harvey II; Dr. M. Martin; Leslie B.

Advocacy 81

Advocacy Libraries Broadband System 81

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In school-provided gloves and masks, they try to meet students and parents outside on front porches or at a neighborhood park to follow social distancing rules. Santiago-Diaz said sometimes they’ll send a private link via Google Meet to students who seem to be having trouble.

Technology 119

Technology Broadband Meeting Advocacy 119

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

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Advocacy Survey Study System 163

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

I say this all the time, “You must both fear and respect Google (and Facebook, etc.) Will your child appreciate your advocacy when they are overcoming handicaps, obstacles, or just throwing a fit and you hit their face with a slice of cheese? 2 Data Mining and Tracking. because they know a lot about you.”

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Advocacy Data 101

Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Together they discuss how inclusive learning is meeting the needs of all learners. Two of Mike’s favorites include Read and Write for Google and Book Creator. The post Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning – SULS0164 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Every teacher should fight exclusion!

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Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 98

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. And yes, you’ll hear birds chirping, but that is ok! Students just turn in work. I really became a student of success.

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How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 239

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

When we meet with school counselors, one of the things that we share out is the data regarding Bachelor’s degrees that are being conferred in this country, and the number of jobs that are available. Angela has 15 years of experience as a professional school counselor and is a Google Certified Educator. Angela: Right.

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STEM Company Industry System 339

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

CE that enables partnerships and collaborations between library workers and those in other fields including education, technology, leadership development, advocacy, and diversity and inclusion is critical to supporting the learning needs of all library staff. As the Leadership Anchorage.

Libraries 40

Libraries Advocacy Education Learning 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The local archives offer great lessons on digging deep for text-based evidence when meeting English Language Arts Standards. Google Earth : SUCH a powerful tool for all content areas and ages. Visit local landmarks together and encourage teacher teams to develop supplemental lessons to enhance current units of study.

Advocacy 127

Advocacy Meeting Resources Libraries 127

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

Establishing Trust The first step in this process is to meet. When we circled back in mid-winter, James had implemented some online collaborative tools with his students, such as Padlet and Google Classroom, to help students communicate digitally and work together on projects.

Advocacy 92

Advocacy Secondary Technology Meeting 92

edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Pioneered by Google in partnership with Kajeet, rural districts in over a dozen states are using rolling study halls. The presenters all agree that there are many hurdles, especially in a rural district, to meet the digital equity challenge. She teaches grades six through eight in the growing CTE program at the school. About the Host.

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Edcamps Accessibility Advocacy Mobility 55

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. Check out Jen’s website [link] for more ideas, resources and inspiration.

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Education Social Media EdTech Advocacy 71

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

One Oregon advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about shortened school days from September 2016 to December 2018. One advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about this issue from September 2016 to December 2018, according to the complaint. Credit: Google Maps.

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Pearson Education Learning Report 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others.

Education 95

Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 95

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Monday, March 4, 5 p.m. Why Not Both?

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 93

Connecting 2 the World

JUNE 8, 2022

As part of Karen's presentation, she used a Google Jam Board. One of the questions I asked at the first committee meeting (all Senators were required to be part of a committee) was why Senators for PT employees (which was the group I represented) were not elected by PT employees. How was it achieved?

Education 63

Education Industry Advocacy Report 63

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. Once I was speaking in Virginia and some teachers told me I had to meet Pam, that she was a “teacher’s and student’s superintendent.” Date: January 15, 2018.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 194

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

Company 144

Company Assessment Report Gamification 144

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Regularly exchange ideas, attend meet-ups, and collaborate on projects. This approach encourages self-reflection, self-advocacy, and a sense of ownership over one’s education. Participate in relevant discussions and follow thought leaders in the field.

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Trends Education Robotics Blended Learning 52

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Jamie Foreman, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Albemarle County Public Schools (VA), said that his schools have focused on culturally responsive content to meet the needs of their diverse community. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 56

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. Though only about 40 miles north of Silicon Valley, home to technology giants such as Google and Apple, Oakland was deeply underconnected when the pandemic shuttered its schools.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 107

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Many teachers use “synchronous” classes, where they and students meet simultaneously on platforms like Google Hangouts or Microsoft Teams. The Richmond (Va.)

Learning 68

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 68

SpeechTechie

MAY 2, 2014

He designed Stick Around ($2.99, very Fairly Priced and meeting all other points of the FIVES Criteria ) to be a blank slate where educators--and students--could create these self-checking puzzles for learning in all contexts. So let''s take a look at it.

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iPad Advocacy Libraries Conference 98

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

In T&L’s first Google+ Leader Community Hangout, we discussed how district leaders are implementing SEL initiatives. She always begins her meetings with a mindfulness exercise. We now work with the Panorama survey tool as it is much better than Google Survey. Our superintendent has been modeling it for a few years.

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Survey Advocacy Training Exercises 46

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

As of mid-April, schools had distributed supplies to meet about half of that need, said Darling-Hammond. InspireNOLA also began trying to get teachers at all levels acquainted with the learning platform Google Classroom, which it had previously used for high school. When schools closed for the coronavirus, an estimated 1.2

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 112

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2015

Maker Camp – Here is an opportunity to join young inventors and artists from around the world on Google+ to make awesome projects, go on epic virtual “field trips,” and meet the world’s coolest makers. Discover an abundance of STEM ideas, facts, research, and resource to help with STEM advocacy.

STEM 60

STEM Resources Khan Academy Flipped Classroom 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

The result was a tool called Learning Lists, which was prototyped by one of the school’s math teachers in 2013 using spreadsheet features on Google Sheets. For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

During a district board meeting, Ms. Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 130

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

When we connect our students through Skype, Google Hangouts, or other web tools, they experience the power of the read aloud and realize that they are connected with a bigger world that is both the same and different from them. World Read Aloud Day “calls global attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories.”

Social Media 39

Social Media Google Libraries Meeting 39

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 1, 2020

When a teacher does SBG well (after support, experience and practice), SBG is clearly much better at meeting O'Connor's four characteristics of effective grading. Of course, the opposite is also true -- for example, Google Classroom offers no gradebook beyond one with traditional points and percentages.

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LMS System Course Assessment 52

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 20, 2017

We decided that at the end of our school-level book clubs, we would use Skype and Google Hangouts to connect our schools together across the district so that our students could talk to one another. We used Google Hangouts and a set of slides to guide our conversations.

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Elementary Groups Google Meeting 47

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. Still, the biggest challenge for any virtual mentor or guidance counselor is replicating the sort of trusting relationships that builds more naturally when meeting face to face.

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E-rate Training Advocacy Mobility 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Our online school and EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Services, has really provided us with the flexibility to meet the needs of families as soon as they arrive. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 She has spent numerous hours advocating for school libraries at the state level with many trips to the state capitol to meet with lawmakers.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 118