Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2019

If your child has many teachers, it’s difficult to find a personalized gift for each that is both affordable and valued. Many are free and others allow you to spend only what you can afford while still giving a gift the teacher will love. Holiday gifts for teachers are a challenge. Most popular gifts. A Thank You Letter.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

We cannot realistically afford to continue on this path and expect positive results. Their learning experiences need to include opportunities for them to delve deeply into topics that concern or excite them, to explore cognitively complex ideas and to build skills they will use outside the classroom. So what must we do?

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

This year you can look forward to ever-more interesting news and views on the hot ed-tech and e-learning topics currently doing the rounds of academics, pedagogic experts and teachers across the globe. Welcome to NEO Blog 2018! Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 8, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Although the exact time frame remains unclear, Ayoub expects K–12 adoption will be more likely as holographic technology becomes more affordable. “You’re completely untethered,” Ayoub says. Augmented Reality Fast Forwards the Learning Process. Pull Quote.

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Neo LMS

JULY 25, 2019

Quiz students about a topic. That being said, to be able to do all that, teachers need a device such as a smart speaker, that can blend in the classroom setting, is affordable and easy enough to use. In fact, the Google Home Mini is a fairly affordable option, which also comes equipped with Google Assistant.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S. This is good news and cause for celebration. I’m deeply grateful for the support and collegiality of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation over this time, including for allowing me to attend this year’s annual OER meeting.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

If the tour’s goal is to inspire and empower young voters on topics important to their demographic, it should actively include them in the plan. They engage students in open dialogues, affording them the opportunity to pose unvetted inquiries and receive forthright responses. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2019

They’re affordable. It is a physical device connected to the Internet via WiFi that you can talk to, ask questions of, and get help from on particular topics. About 15% of them are for education while the rest cover categories like games, families, news, home control, shopping, sports, music, and weather. And why not?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2018

If your child has many teachers, it’s difficult to find a personalized gift for each that is both affordable and valued. Many are free and others allow you to spend only what you can afford while still giving a gift the teacher will love. Holiday gifts for teachers are a challenge. Most popular gifts. A Thank You Letter.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These approaches afford students a greater latitude to explore personal experiences and beliefs in relation to what they learn at school. This year, one of the topics for the 10th grade final paper was "violence"—assigned before George Floyd’s murder. Killed not by the people who hate you but those who protect you,” says Michael.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

As controversies about the pandemic, climate change, and social justice continue to make headlines, these same topics also provide opportunities for students to learn and apply media literacy skills that will help them with their course work, personal lives, and civic engagement. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by News Literacy Project.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We imagine that some of you, especially teachers and school administrators, have encountered narratives about how COVID-19 has devastated learning and created new anxieties for students. News headlines dwell on the risks, challenges and deprivations experienced by students, crystallized in the ubiquitous phrase, “learning loss.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

The other five proposed rights draw on older ideas about affordability and value that advocates hope feel more urgent as students gear up for an uncertain fall semester. The former community college vice president and his team tracked down about a dozen students from news stories and invited them to join a conference call.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Meta-analyses sweep up all the best research on a topic and use statistics to tell us where the preponderance of the evidence lies. Because many schools cannot afford to buy a new instructional program, Heggerty says it also explains how teachers can modify older auditory lessons. Sign up for the Proof Points newsletter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Games include arcade-style games, Pac-Man, Breaking News generator, crosswords, and more. Each unit covers one or more topics and each features a specific game genre or mechanic, giving maximum flexibility to design a program that meets the needs of students. No sign-up, log-in, or password is required. Units are modular.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

” The Campbell Collaboration study is a meta-analysis, which means it is supposed to sweep up all the best research on a topic and use statistics to tell us where the preponderance of the evidence lies. For some, it could be a classroom separate from their peers, but that is rarely the case.” Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2023

And the essay on Russian Blue cats (like my Franny) is full of fun facts that I will definitely share the next time I’m at an awkward dinner party and at a loss for conversation topics. This column about ChatGPT was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Inspired by the maestros of transformational learning at the Academy for the Love of Learning , we’re giving our seventh and eighth graders an opportunity to pick any topic, from astronomy to graphic design, dog-training to journalism and anything else they are interested in. Visit Education Reimagined for more.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

The news hasn’t been buzzing among students like it has in recent news headlines, Piñero said. So the nonprofit’s plan is to talk with students individually when the topic comes up. This week’s news about the recent college admissions scandal brings to light a corrupt practice that has been taking place for far too long.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2019

Related: Fast-rising room and board costs worsen college affordability problem. If development of new housing supply lags behind demand, “ rents go up considerably,” said Hermann. You might limit who can live there in significant ways.”. It will probably have to take the form of both carrots and sticks.”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Over the next half hour, the boys and a group of girls positioned a block up will interview a postman, a construction worker, a pair of teenage girls in fleece Snoopy pants, and several others about their access to healthy, affordable food. Reynoso, we must do something!” he concludes, and adds his signature: a smiley face giving a thumbs up.

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EdTech4Beginners

AUGUST 7, 2017

They fill the demand for those that cannot afford the high price tag by offering rental of the headsets. Author bio: Stephen G Davies MSc writes about world news, finance, marketing, technology, business and covers product reviews for global firms. This is where virtual reality hire companies come into play. Endless Possibilities.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

They would just tell me it was too expensive for them to afford right now, especially during this time,” said Matamoros. Related: Universities that boost the poorest students to wealth are becoming harder to afford. Credit: (Photo courtesy of Mittzy Matamoros). We’re texting with 173,000 students through the chatbot,” Waldo said.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? They include topics in earth sciences, animal, human and plant biology, astronomy, and high school physics — even computer science and engineering. science research adapted for students. Do you want to save some cash?

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EdNews Daily

JULY 3, 2019

Math textbooks today assert that their “scripted” way of teaching is best for all schools, all classrooms, all teachers and all topics, and that the biggest challenge is to ensure that they are used with “fidelity”. 3D printers have become common place and affordable, enabling many complex products to be manufactured one at a time, as needed.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2022

Thirty-eight governors raised the topic of higher education spending during their state-of-the-state addresses, an analysis by the National Governors Association found. The people most likely to take up such offers are those from low-income families, while their higher-income counterparts can afford to study what they like.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2023

John King, the new chancellor of the State University of New York system as well as the co-chair of This Is Planet Ed, just appointed the system’s first-ever chief sustainability officer and executive director of climate action at SUNY. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Those are my excuses for combining the last two weeks of news clips into one ‘best of’ roundup. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition). Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2021

The future of higher education and the state of child care were big topics at the ASU-GSV summit in San Diego. colleges are also getting reassuring news in the pandemic, boasting of vast application increases – especially those with the ability to offer generous scholarships and financial aid. The most prestigious U.S

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2021

Credit: " Historic Crisis, Historic Opportunity ") The good news—there is some of that—is that smaller class sizes weren't necessarily a bad thing for children’s learning and development. They allowed those who could benefit from it the chance for greater individualized care and education.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2023

She felt a little guilty about going, knowing that not everyone could afford this trip. Although currently banned, abortion remains a hotly contested topic in South Dakota. At her med school in South Dakota, Bhagia says these topics often feel “taboo.” . — The journey to Boston was more than 1,500 miles. The hotel: another $400.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

News & World Report national rankings had any significant online degree presence. Student and employer demands and competitive pressure are each driving master’s programs to become more online, more modular, more accessible and more affordable. Only a handful of colleges and universities in the top-40 of the U.S.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 21, 2019

Math textbooks today assert that their “scripted” way of teaching is best for all schools, all classrooms, all teachers and all topics, and that the biggest challenge is to ensure that they are used with “fidelity”. 3D printers have become common place and affordable, enabling many complex products to be manufactured one at a time, as needed.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The many interconnected parts of this approach should focus on critical areas that exacerbate higher-education affordability, including higher-education financial initiatives, pathways to college, early career guidance and broader racialized social issues. Higher-education finance initiatives should be central to this holistic approach.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

Each of these institutions are home to optimistic changemakers: people who are passionate about supporting engaging, relevant learning experiences that are accessible and affordable to all. Rise of new organizational models for collaboration. Each of these topics shared more questions than answers. But who are these people?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

News and World Report – giving colleges props for fostering access, diversity and affordability, for example, instead of rewarding them for admitting students with high test scores and good grades, or for rejecting large numbers of recruited applicants so they can boast about selectivity. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

I recently had a couple of long chats with Wakelet’s developers and came away even more impressed with the tool’s affordances for curation (and more), as well as the team’s commitment to discovering and meeting the needs of users. collaboratively sharing news around a theme. sharing professional development resources.

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