The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

The AI Alliance includes some 200 member organizations, including nonprofits and edtech businesses, that have come together to identify steps companies can take to assess bias in algorithms and support educators using AI, said Jim Larimore, co-founder and chair.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 28, 2020

Whatever happens, online learning will play a huge role in our teaching. What better way to understand online learning than to take your summer PD online through Advancement Courses? With Advancement Courses , you never stop learning. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Code.org has different activities for elementary students to adults. T y nker is another student favorite that includes projects where students learn different programming languages to create, design, and play games. Kodable has different free activities for elementary students such as creating fuzzies and mazes peers can play on.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 2, 2020

Technological advancements, access to the internet, and improvement in communication technologies have equipped schools and teachers alike with the much-needed tools to effectively conduct online learning. A lot of parents are turning to online education for their young children. Benefits of investing in online education.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Resources: The Hour of Code website has tons of ready to go online activities that get students to write code that results in a number of cool outcomes. Code.org has different activities for elementary students to adults. Kodable has different free activities for elementary students that require no registration.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Anastasia Betts, VP of Curriculum Planning & Design, Age of Learning. education system.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Elementari – Create a free class account for up to 30 students. My Storybook – This web tool requires no registration and is simple to use with very young learners and elementary students. The choice of topics is endless! Tools and Apps for Creating Digital Storybooks. Not able to embed.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! Elementary to high school students love these tools that provide teachers with lesson plans and a standards-aligned curriculum. Free Game Design Tools. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Seesaw (web, iOS, Android, Chromebook, and Kindle Fire) is the digital portfolio platform I currently use with my elementary students. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning or The 30 Goals Challenge or take a fully accredited online course for graduate credit ( Online Learning Best Practices , Connected Educators or TESOL Methodologies )!

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tabernacle Township School District’s 665 elementary and middle school students are one-to-one with devices. The goal was to get direct-from-the-classroom suggestions and feedback on everything technology and edtech. An edtech partnership that supports growth for the future. Within a week, H?para Request a demo.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! Free Virtual Learning Environments. Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

CoderZ , an online learning environment where students learn robotics and STEM by coding virtual robots, has been named a 2020 Tech Edvocate Award winner in the Best Coding App or Tool category. CoderZ enables them to acquire computational thinking, problem solving skills and learn coding as a life skill. About CoderZ.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

In this situation, teachers need technology tools that allow them to provide the same high-quality experience for students learning at home and in person. Yet, finding funds for edtech purchases poses a challenge for school districts. Need more help securing funding for your edtech purchase?

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Videoconferencing tools and online learning environments may be the answer. . Videoconferencing Tools Allow Learning Anywhere. At New Jersey’s Woodland Elementary School , one student’s determination to continue her education while she was sick transformed the way the school used videoconferencing tools in the classroom.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

While the Wild West era of edtech may be over, there’s still some mystery over how schools decide what digital materials to buy. The participants: Large district: Dr. Daryl Diamond, Director of Innovative Learning, Broward County Public Schools, FL. Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Skills for online engagement with students who are experiencing anxiety (and trauma) can be especially helpful for educators struggling with student disengagement in online classrooms. Learn More.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In the past several years, we have implemented a number of district-wide initiatives to support personalization and differentiation for students including the launch of our Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning (VITAL) program in 2008. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2020

Lunch was lengthened so students could eat with siblings, parents or guardians—or online with classmates for elementary students, which proved extremely popular. We taught our content better by making informed choices of when and where to use edtech tools.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Perhaps the most concerning survey result is that more than half of teachers (57 percent) say they do not feel prepared to facilitate remote and online learning.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

This 3-part blog series , featuring guest authors from The Learning Accelerator and MA DESE OET , highlights the importance of centering equity in edtech selection. In this third post, the author describes lessons learned while leading a cohort of diverse schools and districts through a process of strengthening their edtech systems.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 19, 2021

Thank you to Keith McCray for sharing his thoughts on the new Blended Learning with Google book on Twitter. Rethink how to use #EdTech and now more than ever the 1800s model of education is not working! Megan says that there are a lot of differences between online learning and face-to-face, but that many things do remain the same.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 8, 2017

To enhance the learning environment with technology and use the classroom time more wisely teachers start implementing additional types of activities such as working in groups, collaborative learning, independent preparation at home, and, in doing so, unwittingly start using the blended learning approach.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 24, 2023

ESSER, which stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief , was first established as part of the CARES Act, where additional funds were added to ESSER II and III. What is ESSER? It served as emergency relief funding to assist public schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

But some big names got the most listens, including our interviews with civil rights pioneer and longtime university president Freeman Hrabowski, with emeritus president of Columbia University's Teachers College Arthur Levine and with prominent edtech critic Audrey Watters. Below are the 10 top episodes of 2021 as voted by listeners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric: You could definitely use these with your elementary students without a doubt. The idea is that since the words that I chose are the Dolch words, the first about hundred or so are those words — those are definitely words that students are learning in K-1-2. You could definitely use this with your lower elementary students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2020

Take the course, Designing for Online Learning which is free. This is bigger than any of us so we need to work together and help each other. Note: This doesn’t discuss the policy issues involving meals, access, and equity but is meant to get you started and prepared. Today it is free.

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eSpark

AUGUST 4, 2021

With so many options for online learning available, one thing that can set a program apart from the others is a curriculum grounded in proven educational research. Our team submitted evidence to Digital Promise confirming a link between eSpark’s curriculum design and established research on how students learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 14, 2020

As students stay home, learn some ideas to help students be healthier at home during this time with some videos you can share with the students. Show Sponsor: Advancement Courses has a free micro-course – Launching Online Learning. Register for this free micro-course.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich started his teaching career as an elementary school teacher in the Seattle area. Then add in the pandemic forcing the use of online learning. He is a national speaker who has presented on a range of emerging EdTech topics, including OER, digital badges, and technology-enhanced pedagogy. (This episode sponsored by H?para.)

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

It sounds like a drastic measure: moving every school to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. At Seoul Foreign, LeClair says elementary teachers are trading a lot of videos with students using Seesaw, with parents helping to upload them. Here in the U.S. and Khan Academy, which allows for timed tests.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Find a set of exercises on the Internet that you can do at home, don’t forget to do an elementary warm-up in front of the screen. Cooking is often ignored when learning remotely so fast food or snacking becomes a common practice. Therefore, it’s vital to move enough to compensate for the forced sedentary lifestyle.

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Online education is everywhere. Especially after the COVID19, it has become the new normal in education, and institutions like colleges and schools are more reliant on online learning than ever. So what is quality in online learning? As we mentioned before, we already have the technology for online learning.

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There is no box

MARCH 21, 2020

Distance, online, flexible, at-home (my personal favorite) learning is the new reality and after a decade of talking about the importance of EdTech, we’re now living it. Paper Packets vs. Online Learning. To all the elementary folks out there, forgive me, I have my high school teacher lens on at the moment.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Dr. Gonzales’s district is reaching out to local non-profits for help with the shift to 100% online learning, which cannot be done quickly or cheaply, especially at a time when the district is receiving less state funding. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2020

While this past month was the ‘minimum viable product’ implementation of remote learning /teaching, schools will be expected to have a far more sophisticated approach the next time around. Online learning must ultimately minimize loss of teaching and learning efficiency and effectiveness. Things to think about.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

As edtech buzzwords new and old swirl , it is easy for educators to get lost among the fads du jour, much less apply the principles behind lofty ideas to make meaningful progress for students. My visit to Maple Hill Elementary School in the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, NY blew that notion to shreds.

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