EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you’re planning to upgrade to Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E, you might think your network design should be identical to your Wi-Fi 5 (or earlier) setup, but that’s not exactly true. While you should definitely start with your existing network as a base for Wi-Fi planning, to really take advantage of Wi-Fi 6, you must consider three key network design best practices: proper access point positioning, proper AP selection and matched infrastructure support.

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EdTech4Beginners

AUGUST 2, 2023

Academic success is a critical aspect of a student’s life, shaping their future endeavors and fostering confidence in their abilities. However, the journey to academic excellence can present challenges that hinder progress. During such times, tutoring proves to be an effective ally, offering individualized assistance and direction to aid students in realizing their full potential.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2023

The post How Community Input Enables Users to Help Build Learning and Employment Records appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is the third in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. Read the first part here and the second part here. Before we get into the educator perspectives shared below, there’s something I have to explain about Latino culture. Something perhaps not exclusive or applicable to the way all 62.5 million of us in the United States were raised, but important for context just the same.

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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you’re not listening to the Latent Space podcast, you’re missing some of the best thinking on generative AI happening right now. The show notes for a recent episode begin, Stop me if you’ve heard this before: “GPT3 was trained on the entire Internet”. Blatantly, demonstrably untrue: the GPT3 dataset is a little over 600GB, primarily Wikipedia, Books corpuses, WebText and 2016-2019 CommonCrawl.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2023

I’ve loved literature since I was a little girl. I was always eager for a new book, a new word, a new understanding, a new connection, a new… knowing. I’ve read about what happens to a dream deferred. I’ve read about southern trees that bore strange fruit. I’ve read about why the caged bird sings. Literature has taken me toward the warmth of other suns and dropped me off at the intersection of awareness and identity.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2023

Key points: One of the biggest issues surrounding school emergency plans is a reliance on disparate and disconnected technologies Automated emergency response and streamlined communications are two ways to improve school emergency response plans See related article: How our school handled the chaos of an active shooter hoax As school violence has reached a 20-year high , schools and first responders are feeling more pressure to make sure they’re prepared to respond to and resolve school safety i

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 2, 2023

Recess games to play at school is the topic of our post today! Ah, recess! That precious pocket of time where our students get to shed the structure of the classroom, let loose, and simply be kids. As a former teacher, I’ve seen firsthand the vital role that recess plays in recharging young minds, promoting physical health , and fostering social skills.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2023

Key points: Poor digital asset management can lead to lost class time, missing devices, and lost funding Innovative approaches to asset management let K-12 educational institutions optimize their operations See related article: 5 ways our district streamlines edtech ecosystems With kids out the school door for the summer, IT leaders now face the daunting task of organizing, identifying, and managing the many thousands of devices per district that have been in the hands of students over the past

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Yvette Hernandez started applying for college scholarships when she was still a junior in high school — 50 in all, by the time she was done — because she knew her family could not afford to pay for her tuition, room, board and other expenses without them. This story also appeared in Marketplace Most scholarship applications demanded an essay, a personal statement, a resumé, references, an interview, letters of recommendation and good grades, which Hernandez kept up even while also juggling colle

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2023

Key points: Poor asset management can lead to lost class time, missing devices, and lost funding Innovative approaches to asset management let K-12 educational institutions optimize their operations See related article: 5 ways our district streamlines edtech ecosystems With kids out the school door for the summer, IT leaders now face the daunting task of organizing, identifying, and managing the many thousands of devices per district that have been in the hands of students over the past year.

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techlearning

AUGUST 2, 2023

Cybersickness affects more than half of those who use virtual reality experience to some degree. Here’s what educators need to know about cybersickness and how to prevent it.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Georgia Department of Education (GA DOE) recently added the Classworks Reading Universal Screener assessment to two state-approved lists. The Classworks screener is now approved by the state as a Universal Reading Screener and a Qualified Dyslexia Screening Tool for Grades K–3. In April 2023, the Georgia Early Literacy Act (HB538) required the state to, among other requirements, establish a uniform standard for measuring literacy, approve high-quality literacy instructional materials for tea

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Sometime this fall, in a classroom in New York City, second graders will use pipe cleaners and Post-it notes to build a model of a tree that could cool a city street. They’ll shine a lamp on their mini trees to see what shade patterns they cast. Meanwhile, in Seattle, kindergartners might take a “wondering walk” outside and come up with questions about the worms that show up on the sidewalk after it rains.

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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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Hubbli

AUGUST 2, 2023

Introduction: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is no longer a term confined to the e-commerce and corporate world. Its applications have reached various industries, including education. Private schools, aiming to increase their visibility and enrollments, can utilize SEO in their marketing strategies. This guide provides an overview of how SEO can be implemented in private schools marketing. 1.

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

AUGUST 2, 2023

Knowledge Avatars - Best AI Solution Emiliano for E… Wed, 08/02/2023 - 12:45 The Knowledge Avatars Platform provides an AI-powered personal teaching assistant to help people learn new skills and knowledge. We are a 2023 finalist. Read the article on Ed Tech Digest.

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Sell Courses Online

AUGUST 2, 2023

Kajabi is an all-in-one platform that allows you to sell knowledge products, such as online courses and coaching, and manage … Kajabi White Label: All the Available Options and Their Costs Read More →

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Knowledge Avatars Platform provides an AI-powered personal teaching assistant to help people learn new skills and knowledge. We are a 2023 finalist. Read the article on Ed Tech Digest.

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MiddleWeb

AUGUST 2, 2023

The reality of teaching in a co-teacher role was sometimes a rough ride, writes author and co-teaching coach Elizabeth Stein. Three things helped keep her strong, and one of them proved to be the key to solving all her co-teaching puzzles: the Universal Design for Learning. The post How UDL Can Help Us Elevate Our CoTeaching first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN: DIGITAL LEADER, MEDIA LITERACY LEADER ETC ETC…A CONVERSATION WITH SCHOOL LIBRARY CHAMPION SHANNON MCLINTOCK MILLER and we we will be previewing her new book as well “Sonia’s Digital World , published by Capstone and ISTE The post THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN: DIGITAL LEADER, MEDIA LITERACY LEADER ETC ETC appeared first on Equity in Education.

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N2Y

AUGUST 2, 2023

Download our guide “The Science of Reading: The Five Pillars of Reading Instruction” for insight into what they are, their importance, and implementation.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

In recent years, educational technology (EdTech) has transformed education. To address the challenges of emerging technology, navigating diverse hardware, learning platforms, and file types, ViewSonic developed the advanced and user-friendly Open Learning Format (OLF). Device-agnostic and future-proof at its core, OLF offers an easy-to-integrate solution that enables teachers to use legacy Interactive Whiteboard content more dynamically and engagingly.

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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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Minga

AUGUST 2, 2023

DOVER, Delaware – August. 2, 2023 – Minga, a leading SaaS company in the education sector that provides campus management software to K-12 schools, today announced a new partnership with Clever, the most widely used single sign-on (SSO) portal in K–12 schools across North America. Minga’s software solutions are reshaping the campus experience for K-12 schools.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Here are the 17 words from Florida’s new social studies guidelines that lit a fire under much of America, on every side of the debate: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” In typical fashion, many on the conservative side initially lauded this news, although some, including presidential candidate and Senator Tim Scott, eventually began to criticize the standards after national backlash ensued.

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