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Three New Resources to Put Evidence at the Forefront of Edtech Selection

Digital Promise

The post Three New Resources to Put Evidence at the Forefront of Edtech Selection appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Review: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight EDR Helps Schools Soar Against Endpoint Threats

EdTech Magazine

These days, K-12 schools are just as much in attackers’ crosshairs as organizations in other industries are. Besides being randomly targeted by bots, automated attacks and the normal threats that come with any online presence, schools also face threats from organized and professional criminals. These bad actors try to compromise school defenses directly with ransomware and other attacks, hoping to find a soft target and a quick payday.

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The Major Benefits of Speaking More Than One Language

EdTech4Beginners

In today’s society, it’s more common for a person to speak more than just one language. Roughly 3.3 billion individuals, or 43% of the world’s population , are bilingual. It doesn’t matter if the language is your mother tongue or if you speak it fluently or only the basics. Speaking more than one language is a gift that activates the brain.

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Science of Learning: Why it Matters

EdNews Daily

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark The science of learning uses research from a range of disciplines, including cognitive psychology, education and especially neuroscience to understand how learning occurs in the brain and how learning experiences can be most effective. It is a rigorous, evidence-based approach to understanding how we learn and how to improve learning outcomes.

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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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Celebrating Youth Creators and Change Makers at the YouthMADE Festival

Digital Promise

The post Celebrating Youth Creators and Change Makers at the YouthMADE Festival appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Service Learning: a Valuable Opportunity for Your Learners

EdNews Daily

By Zach Vander Veen On March 14th, the neighborhood school district took a freshman math class down to the local food pantry to serve pies. It was Pi Day. Students were learning about pi and the many applications it has in the real world. Beyond core academics, their school district emphasized service learning and community service as part of their mission and vision.

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Instructor Spotlight: Sam Kary

EdTechTeacher

WHO IS SAM KARY? Sam Kary is a keynote speaker, writer, and the dynamic founder of New EdTech Classroom, a popular YouTube channel that supports teachers with purposeful technology integration. His career in education began in Richmond, CA, as a Teach for America corps member, and subsequently, he spent seven years teaching middle school Humanities in San Francisco.

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Tackling the Youth Mental Health Crisis Head-On

Edsurge

The sobering statistics on a growing youth mental health crisis have become frequent headlines. In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that as of 2021, more than one-third of high school students, including nearly three in five teen girls, had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. In a survey conducted in 2022 by the Institute of Education Sciences, leaders from more than two-thirds of public schools reported an increase in the number of students see

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How AI enhances personalization in education

eSchool News

Key points: AI can provide new opportunities and allow us to see things differently AI tools can help create learner profiles to give educators a more accurate impression of students Learning now is so much more than making notes from a textbook and critiquing other people’s ideas. It is cultivating your own vision of the future and how things can be improved to better our lives and advance the next generation.

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Undocumented High School Students Are Now the ‘Post-DACA Generation’

Edsurge

For thousands of high school students who are graduating, this time of year is all about looking to the future — namely, preparing for college in the fall. Their undocumented peers, however, might feel like they’re going backward. That’s because the federal policy that has, for the past 10 years, given immigrant youth who lack permanent legal status in the U.S. the ability to work and pay for college has been effectively cut off.

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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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5 to thrive: SEL resources to help students grow

eSchool News

Key points: SEL teaches students to think and behave like healthy, mature adults SEL helps students become better learners and take ownership of that learning Every educator hopes to equip their students with the knowledge they need to thrive as a healthy adult. It’s a daunting task, especially considering there is so much to teach in such a small amount of time.

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NAESP ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR PRINCIPALS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT

American Consortium for Equity in Education

NAESP ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR PRINCIPALS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT with Principal Dr. Ryan Daniel of Fort Washington MD’s ‘Fort Foote Elementary’ and president of Maryland’s NAESP affiliate. The post NAESP ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR PRINCIPALS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT appeared first on Equity in Education.

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One8 Foundation Announces $5.7m In Statewide Grants For Districts To Implement Ignite! Reading’s Virtual, One-On-One Literacy Tutoring Program

eSchool News

BOSTON – The One8 Foundation today announced it is providing over $5.7 million in grants to 13 Massachusetts school districts to implement Ignite! Reading’s one-on-one, virtual-powered literacy tutoring for 3,000 first grade students this fall. The One8 Foundation is expanding schools’ ability to access programs like Ignite! Reading by providing grants to schools that offset the costs of adopting new programs.

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

CLEVELAND — Eric Gordon, CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, is on an extended farewell tour full of surprises. It’s a chilly Wednesday in April at the end of his last-ever quarterly meeting with the district’s parent advisory committee. The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers.

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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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Opening the Doors to Girls’ STEM Success

MiddleWeb

We have a severe shortage of tech workers that’s growing geometrically. Today, women make up just 27% of people in STEM careers. How do we finally get girls fully engaged in STEM? Anne Jolly shares a series of questions and tips that can guide STEM teachers and school leaders. The post Opening the Doors to Girls’ STEM Success first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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What is Do2learn and How Can It Be Used for Teaching? Tips & Tricks

techlearning

Do2learn is a resource hub for learners with special needs or anyone that wants to enhance social skills and more.

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The Fish in the Tree: Rethinking Traditional Standards of Intelligence

MindSpark

By Cade Gafford While in college, I remember having a conversation with my mother that changed the way I view education. After coming home for winter break, and having accumulated a high GPA, my mom praised my hard work and achievements. Along with the praise, however, came a statement that forever stuck with me. She went on to say, "Oh, you're so lucky that you are smart.

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We've Got the Teacher Shortage We Deserve in 2023

The 21st Century Principal

American school systems are experiencing a teacher shortage so severe that some positions go months and months unfilled due to lack of applicants. This is especially true in some certification areas like math, science, and special education. And, I would add that policymakers can't apply band-aids fast enough to fix this problem, because it is a problem that unfortunately we deserve.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Unleashing Creativity and Potential: Computer Coding for Kids

Kyle Pace

In today’s digital age, we’re witnessing a new paradigm in education that integrates technology and learning in unprecedented ways. Among the most revolutionary changes is the introduction of computer coding for kids. Unlike traditional subjects, coding goes beyond rote memorization and encourages children to become creators in their own right.

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How to check ChatGPT plagiarism?

PlagiarismCheck

The latest technologies allow us to achieve results even faster and in a better way. Both students and specialists in many fields use ChatGPT and similar AI generators in their learning and work. But is it always successful and virtuous? The impact of AI in education and beyond: verifying Human vs. ChatGPT authors Universities and businesses are now actively working on policies for using artificial intelligence.

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How to Connect Thinkific and Squarespace the Right Way

Sell Courses Online

Thinkific is a popular online course platform, and Squarespace is the world’s leading website builder.

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Why AI Ethics is Not a Choice But a Necessity

Evelyn Learning

The journey of AI is nothing but a roller coaster ride filled with remarkable advancements but also occasional pitfalls. These dynamic shifts have brought about a series of consequential outcomes, both good and bad, especially in education. AI ethics is crucial in education as it ensures the rights and well-being of students. The ongoing wave of AI innovations has been building up for quite a while.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Proposed bill to ban suspensions for attendance violations falls short in Arizona

The Hechinger Report

A bill that would have stopped Arizona schools from issuing out-of-school suspensions to students who miss class failed to make it out of the Legislature this year, despite bipartisan support. This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting Rep. Laura Terech, a Democrat, crafted House Bill 2748 in response to a nearly yearlong investigation by AZCIR and The Hechinger Report, which revealed for the first time the scope of the controversial disciplinary practice of suspendin

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Why Ed-Tech Industry

Evelyn Learning

It has never been better than today to be involved in the ed-tech space. The learners and institutions have realized the growth potential of this sector with comprehensive technologies, innovative learning styles and systems, institutional transformations, and so on. According to Fortune Business Insights, the market size of global ed-tech and classrooms was valued at USD 88.82 billion in 2021 and is expected to increase to USD 319.65 billion by 2029.