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Your Questions About CETL Certification, Answered

EdTech Magazine

People might understand K–12 education, and people might understand IT. But in today’s K–12 landscape, you need to understand both. Whether they aspire to leadership positions or simply want to make a meaningful difference in their school systems, understanding the intersection of IT and education — particularly how technology empowers teachers and students to thrive — has never been more imperative.

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Tech Tip #67: How to Add Accents and more

Ask a Tech Teacher

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each week, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: I teach Spanish and need a quick way to add accents to words. Can you help? A: You can go through the symbols library, but there’s an easier way.

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The Power of the ViewSonic Education Ecosystem

ViewSonic Education

As EdTech evolves, the ViewSonic Education Ecosystem unites with educators to empower them and unlock new possibilities in education. Adaptable to diverse learning environments, our Education Ecosystem seamlessly integrates educator-tailored hardware, cutting-edge software, and dependable services, creating synergies that boost student learning outcomes and streamline school operations.

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Nurturing Teacher Well-Being: Advocating for Time and Energy

Digital Promise

The post Nurturing Teacher Well-Being: Advocating for Time and Energy appeared first on Digital Promise.

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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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The US Is the Fifth-Largest Spanish-Speaking Country. Where Are Our Bilingual Teachers?

Edsurge

At the beginning of her now nearly 30-year career, Leslie M. Gauna was given a warning: Bilingual education wouldn’t be a viable career option in the long term. Yet nowadays the need for Spanish-speaking teachers in the United States is as strong as ever, with districts around the country struggling to hire them fast enough. The dearth of bilingual teachers is especially counterintuitive in Texas, where Gauna is a professor and where she conducted a qualitative research study on what she calls t

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6 ways principals can improve family engagement

eSchool News

Key points: Improving family engagement methods can be challenging, but not impossible See article: 5 tips to increase parent engagement See article: 3 tips to cultivate meaningful parent engagement For more news on school communication, see eSN’s Educational Leadership page As a school administrator, I thought a lot about family engagement. How could I get more parents and guardians to feel connected and interested in getting involved?

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Occupational therapy is the antidote for pandemic skill loss

eSchool News

Key points: Occupational therapy addresses many more skills than most people realize See article: Finding the learning loss data needed to drive learning recovery See article: When it comes to learning loss, don’t reinvent the wheel For more news on learning loss, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page Over three years since the pandemic’s onset, students’ social, emotional, and academic development have clearly suffered.

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How Can EdTech Startups Benefit from Hiring LATAM Developers

EdTech4Beginners

In the rapidly evolving world of educational technology (EdTech), startups are constantly looking for innovative solutions to stand out and effectively serve their educational clientele. One strategy gaining traction is hiring developers from Latin America (LATAM). Here’s how EdTech startups can significantly benefit from this approach. How Does Leveraging Diverse Talent Pools Enhance Global Competitiveness for EdTech Startups?

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Building Bridges That Cultivate Teacher Growth

MiddleWeb

The authors of C.R.A.F.T. Conversations for Teacher Growth offer sustainable practices school leaders can implement immediately to build positive relationships with teachers and help them cultivate expertise. The reflective questions are particularly helpful, writes Tanya Roy. The post Building Bridges That Cultivate Teacher Growth first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Bamboozle Lesson Plan

techlearning

This Bamboozle lesson plan is designed to help educators implement the digital tool into their instruction

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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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Washington State Releases K12 AI Guidance

The Thinking Stick

I am proud to announce the first of many documents being released by the @waospi on guidance for K12 educators in the state of Washington. Of course this type of guidance starts with state level leadership and Chris Reykdal has set the bar high for the state of Washington educators and students. This is just the first of many documents that will be coming from the AI Committee that I am honored to be co-facilitating in doing this work.

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State Spending Is Poised to Remain Strong. Here’s What that Means for K-12 Education

Marketplace K-12

State revenues are still strong, but not growing at the rapid clip they have over the past few years, an analysis of state budgets finds. The post State Spending Is Poised to Remain Strong. Here’s What that Means for K-12 Education appeared first on Market Brief.

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AI: Data Privacy Friend or Foe? How can AI be both a challenge and a solution for data privacy?

techlearning

Education leaders recently met at an event sponsored by Lightspeed Systems in Anaheim, California, to discuss AI in education, including its implications for students, teachers, workflow, and data pri

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Bluum Launches Innovative Esports, STEAM, and Security Solutions

American Consortium for Equity in Education

To partner with schools in solving some of their biggest challenges, the edtech provider is offering customizable kits to help educators achieve their own specific goals At its recent Impact 2024 conference, Bluum, a leading provider of education technology, unveiled Keep Reading Bluum Launches Innovative Esports, STEAM, and Security Solutions The post Bluum Launches Innovative Esports, STEAM, and Security Solutions appeared first on American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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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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Business Process Automation (BPA): What it is and how IT Service Providers can implement it

SecurEdge

Business process automation (BPA) is a strategy where you use software to remove repetitive, manual tasks usually done by a human with software.

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Announcing the "AI and Libraries" Mini-Conference from Library 2.0

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far? How have libraries responded to these evolving technologies to better support their communities?

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Business Process Automation (BPA): What it is and how IT Service Providers can implement it

SecurEdge

Business process automation (BPA) is a strategy where you use software to remove repetitive, manual tasks usually done by a human with software.

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How the anti-CRT push has unraveled local support for schools

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! In 2021, there was a sudden shift in how school board meetings around the country were conducted: Routine meetings turned heated, with angry community members often accusing educators of teaching their kids about critical race theory without their knowledge.

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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