Digital Promise

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) has created a list of model Terms of Service that should be included in non-disclosure agreements. Recent articles emerged as a result of remote learning, including: Remote Learning Software Tracked Kids’ Data to Sell to Advertisers and Brokers.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 29, 2021

What I think we can all agree on is that in the face of disruptive forces, conditions in classrooms need to empower learners to replace conventional ideas with innovative solutions to authentic problems. While some will remain the same, others will evolve or change completely depending on the disruption at the moment.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2021

The term most often refers to school classrooms but may include any designated place of learning such as science laboratories, distance learning contexts, libraries, tutoring centers, teachers’ lounges, gymnasiums and non-formal learning spaces. In this post, I am going to focus on where learning can and should happen.

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Learning Flipped Classroom LMS Outcomes 471

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ambient Lighting Condition & Room Size We’ve all been in presentations held in brightly lit meeting rooms where slide readability was a challenge. Whether you need a meeting room projector or one for your lobby, begin by evaluating the typical lighting conditions and installation location.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Recently, I’ve been reflecting on the conditions that made this group so successful. This three-part blog series, featuring guest authors from Michigan Virtual , describes the formation of the Learning Continuity Workgroup and how it has supported their edtech procurement and decision-making processes.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

Here in the United States, many school districts are adopting a hybrid model when they open in the fall, while others have made the decision to start remotely. With the latter, it is imperative that any challenges and mishaps from the spring are addressed now to ensure better implementation at scale. Pedagogy Let’s begin with engagement.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

As the nation grapples with the profound effects these challenges have on school communities, the term “ learning loss ” has made its way into the spotlight. This term is commonly used in stories detailing what children across America lost during remote learning. All the kids are upset. The teacher pipeline is no longer leaking.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

It’s actually one of the reasons I took the job — I believed I could create the precise conditions for everyone to feel safe. This colleague, who I manage, shared that during a recent meeting I had facilitated, my tone made them feel psychologically unsafe. I kept thinking, “Me? I made someone feel psychologically unsafe? What should I do?

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 3, 2020

With more and more schools either extending school closures or completely shutting down for the remainder of the academic year, a focus on remote learning will continue into the foreseeable future. In both cases, I can't commend enough the efforts of teachers and administrators for rising to the challenge. Here's the bottom line.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

Districts that created opportunities for feedback from a technical team and a curriculum team before piloting at the classroom level created conditions for long-term success should the pilot data prove promising. How might districts find edtech to support learning? Districts will have access to the nearly $190 billion which the U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2023

One of the best and most gratifying aspects of my job is getting into classrooms and providing feedback to leaders, who, in turn, help their teachers grow. Most of my blog ideas materialize during these times of bliss. Without this practical lens, I don’t think I would be able to write anything of value. An article by Y.

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Classroom Competency Based Learning Pearson Strategy 440

The Thinking Stick

JUNE 5, 2023

” Learn more about our guests: www.bethskelton.com tankhuynh.com And be sure to learn more about their book. ” Learn more about our guests: www.bethskelton.com tankhuynh.com And be sure to learn more about their book. Use special code “Save20” on checkout to get a discount. Check out this episode of Shifting Our Schools

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex, multifaceted condition that touches the lives of many individuals and families around the world. To shed light on this diverse condition, TED Talks have served as a powerful platform, offering voices to those with firsthand experience and expertise in autism.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I’ve been playing around with ChatGPT from OpenAI. Below are a few prompts and the responses generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) of ChatGPT. Be sure to see the last question below! Your thoughts? — Can Holden Caulfield be considered a tragic hero? Holden Caulfield, the main character in J.D. There are many different forms of energy.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2019

The issue, however, was that the conditions under which learning was supposed to take place were not conducive to the process at all. The key is to create the conditions for our learners where we, as the adults, would want to learn. Do you remember the classrooms that you learned in as a child? not run away from." Here is the rub.

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Blended Learning Learning Social Media Outcomes 349

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2023

Moreover, use of the term has evaporated. And those in education also report hearing the term less. The dwindling use of the term is probably because it’s ambiguous, says Jeffrey Pomerantz, co-founder of Proximal XR. What’s actually happening now is that the terms are becoming more cleanly defined, Pomerantz argues.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 17, 2021

Maybe some educators will go back to business as usual, but many more will embrace edtech and a hybrid education model as part of a long-term strategy. A version of this post was originally published in Education Technology , on April 14, 2021. And that is something that should be a part of the new “normal.”. Asynchronous lessons.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 4, 2022

Color blindness is one condition in particular that can really impact someone’s online experience, and a company’s ability to connect with them in a meaningful way. While there are several solutions on offer today that aim to address these issues, color blindness itself is not quite as simple a condition as its name implies.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

Now before you think that this is a “doom and gloom” outlook, let me elaborate. The COVID19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our world more than we could have ever imagined. There has been a myriad of challenges that have, and will, continue to be overcome. In times of chaos, opportunity arises. That is how we must look at the present situation.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Maybe, I inspired some student-teachers to think about teaching for the long term. The explicit goal is to examine the characteristics of teacher professionalism as it relates to race and social context in the nation’s largest public school system. ” I felt seen. Ancestors saw me, and I saw them, too. But to what end?

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

I worry for them, not just in terms of their career prospects, but for the impact that being told they have failed will have on them. Some can’t wait to leave, others get nostalgic, and some feel paralyzed, unable to make plans for what they want to do next. How will it shape their self image and how their loved ones see them?

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Social Media Meeting Industry Assessment 190

Neo LMS

JULY 9, 2020

When you set up the goals for your online class, make sure they are reachable under the current conditions. In terms of content and goals to achieve, having too much to do could discourage them, and in terms of feedback, receiving it all at the end could be useless. For many educators and students, this has been a bumpy road.

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Online Learning How To Learning LMS 358

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With stressful working conditions, low wages and health risks, many teachers have been making their exit — and with particularly acute shortages for substitute teachers , it’s been tough to find long-term solutions. The role of PCM was an added responsibility for paras. Health and safety guidelines were changing daily.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The ability to swiftly and seamlessly adjust to the unknown, short- and long-term future of curriculum facilitation is essential for maintaining education continuity for all students whether they are remote, in-class, or a combination of both.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2018

public schools a collective grade of D+, saying 53 percent of schools need improvements to reach “good” condition; 24 percent were rated either “fair” or “poor.” public schools a collective grade of D+, saying 53 percent of schools need improvements to reach “good” condition; 24 percent were rated either “fair” or “poor.”

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How To Education Elementary EdTech 268

Hubbli

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Importance of a Financial Management Policy Financial management is more than just school finance; It involves setting long-term financial goals, ensuring liquidity, planning for contingencies, and providing a transparent accounting of how funds are used. What percentage goes towards academics, staff salaries, and other operational costs?

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

Most mental health challenges do not arise because of an underlying sudden biological change; rather, there are risks and protective factors that promote or hinder development and impact the risk of developing mental health conditions. The sobering statistics on a growing youth mental health crisis have become frequent headlines.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 9, 2020

Individual district reports of daily "attendance" varied widely, as districts defined the term so differently.) With the pandemic not letting down in many places, schools are beginning to focus less on re-entry and more on starting the year with remote learning. What one must do is step into the shoes of a student.

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Learning Blended Learning Survey Personalized Learning 536

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2020

When the dust settles, long term planning should commence to install or upgrade air filtration systems and make hand sanitizer stations permanent. After some time, we have seen an initial move to all remote learning, depending on where you live, a shift to some sort of hybrid model. One day the pandemic will be over.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Based on her (and her family’s) review of the unfavorable Terms of Participation in the Scholastic Art & Writing Award program, 8th-grader Sasha Matthews took to the internet to make her case. Sometimes it pays to be a squeaky wheel. And then this happened: Update! They haven’t said yet what they’re going to change.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

It allows the user to adjust brightness, contrast, sepia filter, dark mode and font setting.These features are really useful for students with eye conditions facilitating reading and general usage of the Internet. With Christmas just around the corner, these browser extensions are like Santa’s little helpers. Dark Reader. Open Dyslexic.

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Accessibility EdTech Study Tools 369

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

And one of the things that she's found is that in a study done at Stanford, she took over a small room in the computer science department and in one condition, she populated this room with these artifacts of geeky masculine culture, like a Star Trek poster and Diet Coke cans. Who could I be here? Who could I be here?

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the case of distance learning, this also helps to meet a number of students’ and school districts’ needs in the current climate, particularly in terms of accessibility. In the wake of the coronavirus, remote working and distance learning are concepts that are undoubtedly here to stay. Here are some ideas to keep in mind: #1.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 31, 2019

Often, we settle on what the feedback is in terms of what people have done well, or not, through our own lens. Instead of preparing how you are going to “deliver” the message think about creating the conditions where the receiver will value the recommendations. Feedback allows animals like us to follow a purpose.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

This financial condition perpetuates economic inequality and reflects systemic racism, with early childhood education programs continuing to be subsidized through the long hours that Black, Latina and indigenous women work for unjust wages and limited benefits. times higher than other teachers. billion in tax and business revenue every year.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2020

Development and reinforcement of wellness-related skills, habits and mindsets for teachers—the leaders in establishing classroom conditions—have been overlooked in creating contexts to help our children thrive. In other words, skills that once required intentional thinking eventually become second nature and automatic.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Now, he and Baselice collaborate to create and test games and are actively trying to gather evidence that these activities aren’t just good for engagement, but for long-term learning. Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events.

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