EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Before K–12 students even step onto school grounds, they are supported by an invisible matrix of technologies that make learning possible. As they navigate the school day, those technologies continue to work on their behalf to seamlessly usher them from one experience to the next. But take away one or more of these tools, and teachers, school resource officers and even administrators would have a more difficult time supporting the student population.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Education is no longer contained within classroom walls or the physical site of a school building. Learning isn’t confined to the eight hours between the school bell’s chimes or the struggling budget of an underfunded program. Today, education can be found anywhere, by teaming up with students in Kenya or Skyping with an author in Sweden or chatting with an astrophysicist on the International Space Station.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Too often, teachers are rapidly elevated from the classroom to school leadership positions, whether to fill an unexpected vacancy, act as an interim administrator or to take on a permanent leadership role. But ushering teachers into administrator roles before they are prepared and without adequate support poses risk of burnout — or worse, opens up the possibility of causing harm to themselves or their school community, out of sheer lack of experience.

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Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the hottest topic among educators over the past year since ChatGPT made its mainstream debut last November. Much of the discussion, however, has been one-sided, focused on generative AI ’s abilities to enhance student learning outcomes. But AI offers so much more for educators, including the ability to save precious resources, the most precious of all which might be teachers’ time.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Key points: The practical constraints on teachers’ time present a significant obstacle to the wider adoption of team teaching To make team teaching viable, we need innovations that can dissolve these practical constraints and facilitate efficient and sustainable collaboration within existing cost structures See related article: Teacher burnout persists, but solutions are emerging For more news on teacher burnout, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being page Teacher burnout is a real and gro

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For funsies, would you like to make your Google Slides in curvsive? I have updated Randomize Slides to have a feature that turns all of your textboxes into cursive. The post Google Slides in Cursive appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Active classrooms can foster more engaged student-led learning and better academic outcomes

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Interest in pushing a "science of math" approach could rise, despite the lack of a research base in that subject, said a group of panelists at the EdWeek Market Brief Summit. The post California’s New Math Framework, and the Prospects for a “Science of Math” appeared first on Market Brief.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the first step in a new partnership focused on equity in math education, Casio and Open Up Resources (OUR) have joined forces to integrate Casio’s ClassPad.net technology into the Algebra 1 Program of Open Up High School Mathematics, the organizations announced today at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference.

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SplashLearn

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Mathematics – it’s a subject that has haunted many of us during our school days, and for some, the haunting never seems to end. But why is math so hard? Why does it strike fear into the hearts of students and adults alike? According to the Child Mind Institute, there’s a prevailing sentiment in America […] The post Why is Math So Hard?

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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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PlagiarismCheck

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is intellectual theft. Hence, it is considered a serious offense in the academic and creative communities, entailing legal and reputational consequences. But how can theft be unintentional, you may ask? Let us dig deeper into the concept of plagiarism and the different types of plagiarism we encounter. What is plagiarism The most vivid example of plagiarism is verbatim copying, when a person takes someone’s text partly or entirely and submits it as

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SplashLearn

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We often focus on literacy, teaching kids to read and write. But numeracy, the ability to understand and work with numbers, is equally crucial. It’s not just about being able to do math in school; it’s about setting the foundation for a lifetime of learning, understanding, and problem-solving. In this blog, we’ll explore some engaging […] The post 21 Best Number Activities for Preschoolers: Count on Fun!

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Gaggle and Tech & Learning surveyed Tech & Learning’s audiences in April 2023 to shed light on the current state of student mental health – and how districts and schools are addr

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This month, TeachAI, an initiative led by Code.org, ETS, the International Society of Technology in Education, Khan Academy, and the World Economic Forum, launched an AI Guidance for Schools toolkit to help education systems globally address gaps in AI guidance and policy. This resource was co-authored by Code.org, CoSN, Digital Promise, European EdTech Alliance, and PACE with input and review from policymakers, school leaders, teachers and leading tech organizations.

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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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