The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. But what if the answer is a question that helps create social connections? I recently wrote about this on my blog called 7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development. Blog = [link] Twitter = @zeitz.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 24, 2023

Within K-12 education, there is no greater priority than student welfare. While never far from being top of mind for school district leadership and parents, recent news has brought the issue of student data privacy to even greater prominence. Student welfare is the mission that brought so many of us to the space.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Schools exist in very different geographical, political, social, economic contexts, but deep truths can be transferred and applied,” said Tony Jackson, vice president for the Center for Global. Schools exist in very different geographical, political, social, economic contexts, but deep truths can be transferred and applied.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2019

That’s just what people have been doing in the greater Pittsburgh region for the past few years as part of the annual Remake Learning Days. These region-wide events are a celebration of learning in the community with long-lasting impact. The kind of learning that supports this growth is hands-on, experiential, and student-centered.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaborative and Networked Collaboration has always been a cornerstone of effective teaching but its importance has even skyrocketed in the 21st century educational settings. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role.

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Buncee

MARCH 15, 2022

It is focused more on recognizing how women from around the world and from different cultures have impacted society and supported others. To help students learn more about impactful women from history, teachers can get started by exploring some of the templates available and lessons from the Ideas Lab. Choosing a focus.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 16, 2017

Through ICT, there are greater opportunities for interactive communication and exchange of information through global collaboration, authentic learning, expansion of the learning community and empowerment for all learners.”. In a 2015 blog post , she explained that technology should be used by inquiring students to sort, gather and share.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 25, 2011

I was also adamant that social media had no place in an educational setting, but most of you who read this blog know about my radical change of mind in regards to this. technology, including social media. This small change evolved into my present philosophy on how schools can, and should, use social media.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Let’s call them micro-trends as they are smaller in scale, but nonetheless likely to have an impact on how and what we learn. This trend can sometimes be found in concepts such as social learning, or collaborative learning, but in a K-12 context the phrase “peer-to-peer” makes it simpler to grasp. Top 4 microtrends in e-learning.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

I was only there for a two days, 1/24 – 1/25, but the time was jam-packed with networking, learning, and celebrating being together. We had a great crowd, and it was so fun to co-host with Kari Stubbs , Senior VP of Stages Learning Kari and I presented a session together on The Impact of the Teacher Short age on Neurodiverse Students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

In a state with 96 percent of its teaching staff being white, choosing teaching was to be no different,” the 27-year-old high school teacher in Minneapolis wrote in her blog this winter. . … It took Jasmine Lane five years to discover and fulfill her passion for English literature and teaching — but a year and half to burn out.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Pittsburgh: Sunanna Chand from the Pittsburgh Remake Learning Network shared the success of their Remake Learning Days, which held over 237 events, drew 30,000 participants from 270 unique zip codes, and garnered 97 commitments to support innovative teaching and learning in the region. Mapping EdCluster Ecosystems. Prioritize Equity.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 20, 2023

The following Q&A aims to help EdTechTeacher readers understand Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT in context and outline how they are impacting education. How is Artificial Intelligence being used in education now and how might ChatGPT impact its use in the future? What is Artificial Intelligence? What is Machine Learning?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

To be clear, learning space redesign is not about being pretty for Pinterest, it’s about design that impacts the brain, and ultimately, learning. #ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”. meghan.bogardu…. Tue, 02/27/2018 - 15:10. Simply adding technology to a classroom doesn’t make it an innovative space.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 16, 2020

Over the past twenty years, my work as a classroom teacher, curriculum designer, and social- emotional learning and mindfulness researcher and practitioner, led me to author the book Mindful by Design (Corwin Press, 2019), a guide to fostering aware, advancing and authentic learning environments. by Caitlin Krause. Start With the Why.

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edWeb.net

MAY 5, 2021

Being a teacher during a pandemic may seem challenging enough without taking on potentially divisive political and social issues, but for three teachers who were recently named the Teacher of the Year in their states, working on equity issues with their students is a crucial part of the job and well worth the effort. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 21, 2021

They need to examine the social, legal, and economic factors that have supported systemic racism. First, to address educational inequity in Kansas City, Dr. Bedell said he and the district leaders, including the board, needed to understand how historical policies and practices impact the classroom. By Stacey Pusey.

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MindShift

JULY 18, 2017

Now, new research indicates that social support isn’t just valuable for mothers of young children, it’s beneficial for moms of teens, too. The study , published this spring in the journal Family Process, suggests that these support networks may help mothers develop closer relationships with their teens. ” Jodi J.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

As controversies about the pandemic, climate change, and social justice continue to make headlines, these same topics also provide opportunities for students to learn and apply media literacy skills that will help them with their course work, personal lives, and civic engagement. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This blog was originally published by Rockwell Automation and is reposted here with permission. Aside from already reaching more than 1 million students and 44,000 teachers at 3,200 schools in 45 states, ST Math’s effect size and impact at scale continue to validate the program as a worthy investment.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

This situation has sparked a lot of conversation across the education landscape about how student learning will be impacted. Basic Needs and Social Emotional Support. The health-related and economic impacts of the current situation means that for many families, basic needs are the priority right now.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It can sometimes be difficult for teachers to recognize a personal need for an instructional coach, but the right person, with the right tools, can have a significant impact on helping teachers grow and develop their craft. Here are six powerful instructional coaching tools you will want to utilize on a daily basis: .

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2020

If circumstances call for social distancing (think COVID-19!), But, vetted virtual programs can match the depth and impact of in-school learning experiences. For greater movement, they can explain the stacking steps to someone (guardian, parent, sibling) with whom they are back-to-back or who is blindfolded.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

Putting a thoughtful transition to digital learning in place affords us the opportunity to provide greater clarity and coherence regarding our district’s vision of teaching and learning to educators, students, and our community. You can view our evolving implementation timeline here.) Scaling Innovation.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

In 2015, someone asked me what I thought about innovation in higher ed in an email, so I responded with a couple of hundred words, which I added to in creating this short blog post. I thought I’d share it because I haven’t talked much about higher ed, but for better or for worse, it is a big part of what we do in K12. An example?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Episode 127 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Donnie: The original idea this past October… You know, I’d given them some geography questions to work on, as I’m a fifth grade social studies teacher. Sponsor: Owl Eyes. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Leadership is second only to teaching among school-related factors that can improve student achievement, and it tends to show greatest impact in traditionally underserved schools ( Leithwood, Seashore Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom, 2004 ). Knowing this, what is the best way to foster and provide ongoing support for good teaching practices?

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This, in turn, can lead to greater engagement in the education process. These sorts of discussions are part of a continuum of creative expression that includes writing, performances, and the use of social media.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It's been edited for this blog. There’s also a network of colleagues who have a stake in your work and your students: Your department chair, the chairs of other departments where your students live, deans, the president, and so on. We’ll call that network administration. They have other things to think about.

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Connecting 2 the World

OCTOBER 10, 2011

This week, my computer mediated communication class will be looking at filtering and curating, and the impact these have on traffic to sites. the ideal key word, the correct network to access) and choosing those resources that meet my needs. The more traffic to a site, the greater legitimacy it is given in cyberspace.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Gladys Cruz of the Questar III Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York, explained during a recent edWebinar hosted by AASA, The Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network , how partnerships with other organizations were helping students achieve their goals by enabling districts to provide more comprehensive solutions.

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Connecting 2 the World

JANUARY 16, 2008

In my previous blog I mentioned there being four categories of technologies: those for CMC, information sharing, collaborative work, and social networking and community building. There is also a greater level of security as written grades need to be hid from students for privacy reasons. mobile technology).

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 10, 2013

I have previously written on this blog about how mobile technology can give the edge and also about some of the social implications of learning on the move. The power of the network increases as numbers rise and more connections are made. Will the use of social media increase as a result? billion accounts). Undoubtedly.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 13, 2019

And while pumpkin races are good fun, makerspaces like SMV’s aim for that fun to translate into greater equity for low-income groups and people of color. This, then, has an impact on future employment opportunities and social interaction. Now the network has grown to some 30 spaces across the U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Unfortunately, this results in a different problem, which is that schools have now invested significant money, time, and energy into digital technologies but are using them sparingly and seeing little impact. Teachers who used to lecture with a chalkboard or whiteboard may now lecture with an expensive interactive whiteboard.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 1, 2013

His vision of the future requires humanity to become increasingly intelligent, made smarter because of increased opportunities to connect, create and find knowledge across the network. Whether this occurs as a direct result of access to technology and greater opportunities for networking, is yet to be established.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The app was only one piece of Youth Radio’s election coverage, which included real-time social media posts and interviews. Is signing a Change.org petition really that impactful? Ten days later, the Know Your Props web app was up and running. Meanwhile, other members designed the user experience. Photo/Sophie for Youth Radio Raw.

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