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App Overload: An Administrator’s Guide to Navigating EdTech

EdTechTeacher

Guest Post by Don Sterrett (Director of Instructional Coaching and Teacher Training at The Principia School ) You became an administrator to help kids learn and not to settle disagreements between your teachers and the IT department. However, so many of us find ourselves in the following scenario: It is Friday morning, and your IT Director just emailed you saying that three teachers want to load different apps onto their students’ devices for use in their classes next week.

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11 Online Resources About Physics

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are popular online resources for physics classes (click for updates): CK12 Physics simulations Concord Consortium –chemistry, earth science, engineering, life science, physics Crash Course: Physics (videos) Monster Physics PhET Simulations for chemistry and physics Physics Catalyst Physics Classroom Physics Forums Physics instructional videos Roller coaster simulator Simple Physics Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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Compare Google Bard and Chat GPT

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter For me, this eighty days of AI journey is about looking at every AI tool that might be helpful to teachers. I know too many teachers who spend too much time creating their own materials. Unfortunately, many students and parents have bought answer books and answer keys for our materials.

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COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

Edsurge

When schools were forced to go remote during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it shone a spotlight on inequities that had long plagued education. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. For example, teachers serving schools with high levels of student poverty were far more likely to report that their students lacked appropriate remote-learning workspaces free of distractions during the pandemic, according to research from the U.S.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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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Preparing for the worst, hoping for the best: School leadership for emergencies

eSchool News

According to The Washington Post , more than 331,000 children at more than 350 schools have experienced gun violence during school hours since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. And while school shootings tend to capture news headlines, they are not the only ill plaguing schools today. According to the CDC , about one in five high school students report being bullied on school property.

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Best Grants for Education

techlearning

The best grants for education are available to support a wide range of programs, initiatives, and more.

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Evaluate Edtech Use and Save Thousands

EmergingEdTech

It is always a good time to review spending and look for possible savings United States schools spent over $27 billion on edtech in 2021. If your district is like many others, there’s plenty of opportunity to trim the fat in edtech budgets. Virtual learning led to experimentation, which is good. Now that school is evolving and federal COVID relief dollars are running out, it’s time to take a good, long look at edtech efficacy, use, and budgets.

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EdXchange: Applying the Science of Reading to Unique Learners

N2Y

Tue. May 9 @ 5 pm Eastern Explore the Science of Reading and special education literacy instruction.

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The Importance of Plagiarism Checkers in Modern Education: Why Academic Integrity Matters

PlagiarismCheck

Table of contents Preventing Cheating and Promoting Ethical Behavior The Negative Impact of Plagiarism on Academic Progress How Plagiarism Checkers Benefit Educators and Students Improving Academic Integrity in a Digital Age The Link Between Plagiarism and Professional Ethics FAQ Preventing Cheating and Promoting Ethical Behavior Academic honesty is the #1 issue in the educational landscape.

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ETS Looks to Overhaul Praxis Exam as Teacher Shortages Continue

Marketplace K-12

The assessment provider says changes to the teacher-preparation exam can open doors to more aspiring educators, though critics worry about reinforcing biases and barriers to entry. The post ETS Looks to Overhaul Praxis Exam as Teacher Shortages Continue appeared first on Market Brief.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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ChatGPT is still no match for humans when it comes to accounting

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

ChatGPT faced off against students on accounting assessments. Students scored an overall average of 76.7%, compared to ChatGPT's score of 47.4%. On a 11.3% of questions, ChatGPT scored higher than the student average, doing particularly well on AIS and auditing. But the AI bot did worse on tax, financial, and managerial assessments, possibly because ChatGPT struggled with the mathematical processes required for the latter type.

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The Importance of Plagiarism Checkers in Modern Education: Why Academic Integrity Matters

PlagiarismCheck

Table of contents Preventing Cheating and Promoting Ethical Behavior The Negative Impact of Plagiarism on Academic Progress How Plagiarism Checkers Benefit Educators and Students Improving Academic Integrity in a Digital Age The Link Between Plagiarism and Professional Ethics FAQ Preventing Cheating and Promoting Ethical Behavior Academic honesty is the #1 issue in the educational landscape.

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Discovery Education & USC Shoah Foundation Present a New Virtual Field Trip Exploring Student Leadership

American Consortium for Equity in Education

Discovery Education and USC Shoah Foundation today announced a new virtual experience – The Courage to Act Virtual Field Trip – showing students in grades 6-12 the power of student voice and leadership to effect change. This virtual field trip Keep Reading Discovery Education & USC Shoah Foundation Present a New Virtual Field Trip Exploring Student Leadership The post Discovery Education & USC Shoah Foundation Present a New Virtual Field Trip Exploring Student Leadership appeared first

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8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools Now

MiddleWeb

Learning Transformed offers a still timely blueprint of practical ideas to reinvent schools so all students receive a useful education, all teachers are treated as professionals, and all families and community members are welcome and value the role schools play, says teacher Theresa Wood. The post 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools Now first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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Ohio Department of Education Names Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Assessment an Approved Dyslexia Screener for Grades K–3

eSchool News

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.— The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment as an approved Comparable Assessment to Ohio’s K–3 Diagnostic Assessment for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee with Dyslexia Screening (K–3 Diagnostic/Dyslexia Screener) and Tier 1 Dyslexia Screening Measure (Dyslexia Screener). Starting in the 2023–2024 school year, districts across the state can now use i-Ready ’s online Diagnostic and offline literacy assessment tasks to scr