The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Yesterday, the World Economic Forum's “ Global Risks Report 2024 ” ranked AI-derived misinformation as a top global risk ahead of climate change, war, and economic weakness. NPR reported this morning that Taiwan is struggling with misinformation as its presidential election happens this Saturday.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 11, 2024

The post How Instructor Support Impacts STEM Results at Minority Serving Institutions appeared first on Digital Promise.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

If you’re a district or school IT administrator, you’re familiar with the role of a school web filter. Web filtering is an essential component of K-12 student safety, ensuring your students are protected from online content that’s distracting, inappropriate, or harmful. Despite the critical role web filters play, their administration and management shouldn’t be a … Continue reading Are You Spending Too Much Time Managing Your School Web Filter?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Key points: Microschools may disrupt conventional schooling if they evolve correctly See article: For school leaders, routine decisions aren’t so routine See article: 4 areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure For more news on district and school management, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page This article originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

If you’re a district or school IT administrator, you’re familiar with the role of a school web filter. Web filtering is an essential component of K-12 student safety, ensuring your students are protected from online content that’s distracting, inappropriate, or harmful. Despite the critical role web filters play, their administration and management shouldn’t be a … Continue reading Are You Spending Too Much Time Managing Your School Web Filter?

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Alana Winnick was able to write "The Generative Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Education" in under a year because she used AI to make her writing process more efficient.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

The world of education technology is expansive. With so many options and tools out there, the challenge for many K-12 leaders and teachers is identifying which tools can actually help enhance the learning experience. AI-Powered Coaching In a session at the National Charter School Conference , presenter Donna McDaniel explored how AI Coach by Edthena , played a critical role in helping Donna (a ninth-grade science teacher with 30 years of experience) evolve her teaching practice.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Key points: Great classrooms are great because of the teachers in them See article: 5 ways to use edtech to engage shy students See article: Innovative ideas for school libraries For more news on teaching strategies, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page All classrooms are different and require different teaching strategies to address various concerns, goals, and learning trends.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 11, 2024

edWeb.net is a free professional learning network that provides educators with online learning communities and edWebinars. edWeb has grown to a global community of over 1 million educators from preK – higher ed. edWeb provides personalized, collaborative learning—anytime, anywhere. The benefits of virtual professional learning became even more apparent during the pandemic, and continue to provide teachers, administrators, and all staff with more choice and flexibility that makes learning m

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

JANUARY 11, 2024

Join Alice Keeler, Google Developer Expert, as she joins the 5th season of Totally Unscripted as a co-host with Martin, Charles, and Kara. The post Join Alice Keeler, Google Developer Expert, on the New Season of Totally Unscripted appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.

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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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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 11, 2024

Students Taking Action Together goes deep into five techniques to cultivate civic engagement and a healthy democracy. The strategies – Norms, Yes-No-Maybe, Respectful Debate, Audience Communication, and PLAN – work across content areas, writes Katie Durkin. Highly recommended. The post SEL, Civic Engagement, & a Healthy Democracy first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Lightspeed Systems

JANUARY 11, 2024

Dedicated Categories for Drugs and Weapons Allow More Control on Review and Escalation of Alerts AUSTIN, Texas—January 11, 2024 — Lightspeed Systems® , the edtech market leader in digital safety, security, and equity solutions, announced today the introduction of Spanish language alerting capabilities and additional weapons and drugs categories to Lightspeed Alert , enabling districts to better identify students in crisis, empowering early intervention and more effective support.

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PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 11, 2024

“You need to cite your sources” is the first advice on upholding academic honesty and ensuring that the plagiarism checker proves your paper to be original. But what does that exactly mean? What is citation Citation is an indication that your work is based on other sources. The paper may contain an exact quote, use some data, or be inspired by someone’s research – no matter how small your appropriation is, it is crucial to mention the original author.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 11, 2024

As teachers, we’re constantly exploring new avenues to enrich our professional lives and, let’s be honest, to supplement our income. The pursuit of a second job is not just about financial gains; it’s also about personal growth, exploring new interests, and applying our unique skill set in diverse contexts. This blog post is dedicated to all my fellow educators who are considering a second job.

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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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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tennessee’s Hardeman County Schools (HCS) today announced a new phase in its partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education that is bringing new digital resources to students districtwide. Thanks to this new collaboration, teachers and students across HCS will have access to a suite Keep Reading Tennessee School District Begins 2024 with New Digital Resources Supporting College & Career Readiness The post Tennessee School District Begins 2024 with New Digital Resources Supporting

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2024

Want to know how I handle and combine assignments for my students? From the Ask a Tech Teacher crew, here are some real-life examples. How I Merge and Manage Assignments for My Students: Some Examples Teaching is not all about delivering lectures to students. In addition to this, you also need to make sure all your students can access their assignments without any hassle.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 11, 2024

edWeb.net, in partnership with Stages Learning , has published the results of the second annual survey on the “Impact of Staffing Shortages on Special Needs Students.” The survey is designed to get quantitative and qualitative feedback from edWeb members on the impact of teacher and paraprofessional staff shortages, the professional learning support that is being provided, and strategies that may help to alleviate the staffing shortages.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Though college enrollment seems to be stabilizing after the pandemic disruptions, predictions for the next 15 years are grim.

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If you’re a district or school IT administrator, you’re familiar with the role of a school web filter. Web filtering is an essential component of K-12 student safety, ensuring your students are protected from online content that’s distracting, inappropriate, or harmful. Despite the critical role web filters play, their administration and management shouldn’t be a time drain.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Key points: A single web-based platform lets districts streamline student data collection See article: 3 ways to improve access to speech-language therapy See article: Innovative ideas for school libraries For more news on IEPs, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Educators generate and collect student Individualized Education Program (IEP) data daily.

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