eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Guide shares best tech practices, insights, and resources from educators, administrators, and technology experts. Plans should include goals and objectives, action steps, who is responsible for each step, and resources that support goals. How to set up a tech committee to evaluate needs and resources. •

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Peter Bohacek, Chief Executive Officer of Pivot and physics teacher, and Matthew Vonk, Chief Science Officer for Pivot and physics professor, founded Pivot Interactives by developing a library of interactive video-based activities funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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myViewBoard

JUNE 20, 2019

Quick take: Find out how most teachers are finding their educational videos for their lessons and the 5 problems that come from using free resources: Advertisements. Could using free resources from the internet be detrimental to education? How teachers find free educational video resources. Inappropriate content.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Superintendents, principals, and others in positions of authority in school systems are instrumental in providing the vision, time, and resources to support continual professional learning, a positive school climate, and success for all students (Leithwood et al., 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012 ).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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Waterford

MARCH 31, 2020

Because approximately 1 in 59 students are diagnosed with autism, learning how to help students with this disorder in the classroom is so important.[1] Use these social skills activities to teach kids with autism how to recognize social cues, practice empathy, and learn other important life skills. Name Game [3]. Sharing Time [5].

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

On September 27th, School Library Journal will ask readers to vote for the best video trailers that promote books and encourage reading. Winners will be announced at the School Library Journal Leadership Summit on the Future of Reading on October 22, 2010 in Chicago. Here''s a teachertube video on how to create one!

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

Since he introduced Khan Academy in 2006, the free, open-access education platform has inspired several knock-offs focused on specific disciplines. Sharma has a background in technology and video production (he actively researches and writes about educational technology and knowledge translation) led him to consider how to bridge that divide.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

We''re doing a disservice not teaching our kids HOW to use it and how to cite it.as Tech Terms Here: I love me s ome traditional research resources! (IE: IE: the hard copy books of the reference section of our library) I do! Hi, My name is Gwyneth and I use Wikipedia every day. There, I said it. No definition.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

I started blogging in 2006, a few months after I saw the amazing (& now retired TL) Francey Harris’s present her landmark blog, Gargoyles Loose in the Library at my first AASL05 in Pittsburgh. Why struggle with a static library web page when I can have an ongoing conversation with my students, parents, & community with a blog?!

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Join yours truly, The Mighty Little Librarian Tiff, and fellow Mover & Shaker Jennifer LaGarde for a casual discussion at the TL Virtual Cafe to generate ideas on how to build school allies, support new teachers & become indispensable to admin & staff at the beginning of every school year. This year is no different!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

DECEMBER 6, 2015

I have been teaching since January of 2006, in both public and parochial (Catholic) schools in Texas. I took a year off to help raise my three beautiful, young children, but I’ve been working hard trying to get ready for when I go back by creating resources for myself and other teachers. Use Class Dojo to manage your classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Even as early as 2006 and 2007, it was apparent to sociologists Lori Peek and Alice Fothergill, authors of the book “Children of Katrina,” that students were falling way behind as a result of the storm and its aftermath. Certainly, Louisiana schools still have limited resources and tools to help struggling students, White said.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

In this time of pandemic, when schools and colleges have shifted teaching online, more teachers find themselves making videos for their students, who in turn are seeking out such resources on their own. How does Green see his podcasting in relation to his educational video work? Green is also a bestselling young adult novelist.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Equitable access should be a part of a larger discussion about how the schools are serving their students’ needs. None of them talk about technology; instead, they look at how to leverage technology to achieve that goal. For instance, one barrier to access was library cards.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Familiarity does not equal experience or understanding: Just because staff have some knowledge about technology does not mean they understand how to scale it for effective digital learning. Administrators need to have a detailed home survey for every student to understand how to serve them.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots. While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. And while teachers may embrace using technology, they won’t necessarily understand how to use it effectively.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2020

So, some of their learning programs come with parent licenses so that everyone can take advantage of the resources. With all of the back-to-school plans, administrators are also preparing to go into quarantine again, and they need input on how to make sure all students are moving forward.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Pringle said that the NEA is currently working with the FCC on how to get increased investment in the E-rate program because, through that program, dollars can be distributed in an equitable manner. Next, although teachers may have the technology, they might not understand how to use it effectively, especially for remote learning.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Evolving school services: It’s not just the learning that’s become virtual; schools need to figure out how to continue all of their offerings, like speech therapy and counseling. Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

During the edWebinar, “ Leading Digital Learning: Successful Strategies for 1:1 Implementations ,” the presenters focused on how to get buy-in from within the school and across the community to improve chances for success and sustainability. Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

100+ Game Based Learning Resources to Get Started in Your Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Additionally, I’ll give you 100+ of my favorite game based learning resources. We should learn how to do it right. 100+ Game Based Learning Resources. Games are fun.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

School leaders should have a plan for each system: how the information is backed up, how to shut down the affected system and disengage it from the network, and how and what recovery will look like. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Moving to a 1:1 environment requires an overhaul of every district building and technology resource. If it is, it is not going to be successful because your principals aren’t going to know how to support the teachers on a daily basis…you have to make sure that your principals know how to support and are part of the creation of that vision.”.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Use Assessment Data Effectively: Leaders shouldn’t rely on teachers knowing how to use and share the data with students and families. During that time Ann also co-chaired the Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Education Agency’s Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

VLACS is headquartered in a former high school in Exeter, New Hampshire — a brick edifice used for a century until the town opened a new high school in 2006. They make their own way through online lessons, digital texts and multimedia, and follow links to extra, explanatory resources. Relationships Matter. They upload all their work.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The training not only gave teachers the opportunity to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement, but also taught them how to pull documents from the archives to enhance and enrich their classroom materials. 0 — Number of fourth-grade classrooms in Mississippi that use a social studies textbook published more recently than 2006. “It

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. Their answers to that question, and their own stories, make incredibly compelling listening for those trying to figure out how to move forward as traditional school models have been disrupted.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2017

Armed with research showing that preschool delivers long-term benefits, particularly to low-income students, states more than doubled their spending on pre-K between 2006 and 2016, when total spending reached $7.4 In Phoenix , parents join their children for a seven-session “boot camp” held at library branches and community centers.

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