Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2025

The post Building Language Proficiency through Community Engagement appeared first on Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

When a teacher stands in front of the classroom, one of the most powerful learning tools that he or she can unleash is one that allows students no matter where they sit to clearly see, hear and interact with the learning material. For decades, that has been the interactive whiteboard also known as an interactive display. However, in a learning environment where the only constant is change, our digital learning tools must work harder than ever, and that includes our digital displays.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2025

How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom. Quick writes are short, spontaneous writing exercises that allow students to express their thoughts and ideas without the pressure of formal writing tasks.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sharing artificial intelligence projects as an art teacher yields mixed reactions, Tim Needles said at FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla. Needles, who works as an art teacher and a technology integration specialist for New Yorks Smithtown Central School District, explained in a presentation Wednesday that the teacher and ed tech communities are often excited by the AI art he shares, whereas his artist friends and followers are more inclined to criticize it.

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Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2025

When we invite students in as R&D partners and honor their lived experience as experts, novel and groundbreaking solutions can emerge.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2025

I was recently sitting with my friends 9-year-old son, Guillermo, as he teed up a YouTube video on the TV. Id wanted to get a kids perspective on brain rot, Oxford University Press 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching too much of it. Naturally, I sought out someone with on-the-ground experience.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Forney Independent School District sought to break away from traditional classroom setups, aiming to enhance teacher mobility and foster greater interactivity. Their primary priorities were reliability, consistency, and cost-effectiveness. By pairing Vivi with a projector in every classroom, the district found an ideal solution that satisfied the needs of both teachers and technology staff.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2025

For all of the ways artificial intelligence is exhilarating and groundbreaking in education, it can be intimidating and alienating for many K12 teachers. For this reason, district leaders must be intentional when they introduce AI tools to their staff. At FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla., tech specialists who successfully implemented AI in their own districts shared strategies with eager-to-learn attendees.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2025

Can I have your attention? The challenge of getting and keeping the attention of students in schools and colleges was the topic of several of our most popular episodes of the EdSurge Podcast over the past year. Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education.

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Securly

JANUARY 16, 2025

Is your technology team spending too much time wrestling with your K-12 school web filter? You may think finagling your filter to do what you need is unavoidable. But how many headaches could you alleviate if you had a better, more capable school web filter instead? If you’re using a filter appliance or a free filtering solution , youre missing out on essential features designed to make your job a whole lot easier.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Key points: AI literacy is critical for students–and for teachers 6 tips to help your school unlock the most value from AI Navigation and guidance in the age of AI: 5 trends to watch For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Avoiding or banning AI in the classroom does students a disservice, and if teachers arent familiar with AI tools and how to use them, who is really in charge of teaching?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2025

Overhauling your schools physical safety strategies and technologies can seem like a massive undertaking, especially in older buildings. The average age of schools in my former district is 57 years. What we call our four new schools are 25 years old, said Kacey Sensenich, retired CTO of North Carolinas Rockingham County Schools. Presenting a session titled EVERY Second Counts: Ensuring the Safety and Security of Our Schools on Thursday, Sensenich encouraged FETC 2025 attendees in Orlando, Fla.,

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2025

The post Can Digital Pencils Really Revolutionize Math Learning for Students? appeared first on Digital Promise.

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techlearning

JANUARY 17, 2025

New edtech products introduced at FETC that have caught our attention

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. An instructional coach for K-5 math teachers in Milwaukee Public Schools in Wisconsin, Robinson can find herself zipping around several of the schools she works with in the city to assist teachers, give workshops or try to help vice principals grasp the nuances of math instruction.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

With 2025 barely in its infancy, educators are looking to new technologies and strategies to meet the needs of students. AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to the classroom. At the same time, schools are placing a stronger emphasis on mental health, equity, and future-ready skills, ensuring students are not only academically successful but also are prepared for the challenges of today’s every-changing world.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

As a former high school English teacher, I constantly find myself looking for the stories in the world around me. Whether they happen through social media platforms or face-to-face conversations, our stories define us. They help us understand ourselves and learn from each other. However, this means that we must be able hear the stories around us and be literate enough to amplify them.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 23, 2025

The post How One District Developed an Advanced Degree Equivalency with Micro-credentials appeared first on Digital Promise.

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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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techlearning

JANUARY 16, 2025

Polypad is an award-winning digital math playground

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ignitionEDU

JANUARY 16, 2025

I have created a number of Chrome extensions to meet specific needs of my district. This extension hides textbox editor for posting Google Classroom announcements. By default, when a new Google Classroom is created, the Stream is set to ‘Students can post and comment’ but that can lead to issues if the Classroom is not monitored by the teacher.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Key points: Generative AI is redefining educator professional development by offering tools and strategies to create smarter, more impactful learning opportunities Teachers: Its time to make friends with AI A look at one schools innovative approach to PD For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping education as we know it.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Recent federal data on school enrollment adds more detail to the picture we have about falling numbers of students in the nations public K-12 classrooms. Most of the countrys 100 largest districts by enrollment have seen declines since the 2019-20 school year. The National Center for Education Statistics released its data for 2023-24 in December. Nine out of the 10 biggest districts including New York City, Los Angeles and Miami-Dade have seen enrollment dip by up to 13 percent compared to the

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techlearning

JANUARY 21, 2025

Meta Glasses are one of the newer additions to a growing AI-enabled technology group. Find out how to identify these and what the key features are.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

JANUARY 16, 2025

A big decision for schools is choosing the right device for students, especially for our youngest learners, as well as finding a device that works well for teachers. As a classroom teacher and co-author of Google Apps for Littles, Ive found that the Lenovo Chromebook Duet EDU G2 is the perfect solution to address these. The post 5 Ways the Lenovo Chromebook Duet EDU G2 Solves Your Chromebook Woes appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

AI can’t replace teachers, but it can support them. Merlyn, a voice-controlled AI classroom assistant from Merlyn Mind, is designed to help teachers and students stay engaged and focused. Merlyn empowers teachers to move around the classroom and manage classroom technology seamlessly, keeping distractions to a minimum and ensuring teachers and students remain connected.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

One attendee at FETC 2025s Friday session on Cognitive Yoga: How Flexible Space Design Fuels Student Success said that in most modern or flexible classrooms, he sees a hodgepodge of mismatched furniture. Presenter Doug Konopelko, a senior manager of education impact for CDW, noted that the best modern learning environments are intentional. He pointed out the classrooms at Flagler County Schools in Florida as a leading example of intentional and well-executed modern design.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2025

JOLIET, Ill. After several challenging and stressful months in the neonatal intensive care unit, Karen Heath couldnt wait to take her triplet sons home. The boys had been born severely premature at 25 weeks, each weighing a bit over a pound. In the early hours, doctors cautioned they would not survive long. The triplets, thankfully, proved the doctors wrong.

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techlearning

JANUARY 22, 2025

Grok the AI tool from X and its polarizing owner, Elon Musk offers similar teaching opportunities as other popular generative AI tools, but also has some unique features and advantages that set it apart.

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Twinkl International Publishing

JANUARY 22, 2025

Our weekly trainee teachers newsletter to help you go into the classroom feeling confident!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. Gale , part of Cengage Group, is pleased to announce that it has received four platinum awards in LibraryWorks eleventh annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs) for its adult learning and youth large print resources. The MLAs were created to recognize the top products and services in the library industry in a truly unbiased format.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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