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Fall VirtCon 2016 - free online conference from Discovery Education - Oct 22

Educational Technology Guy

Discovery Education is hosting a free, online conference - 2016 Fall VirtCon - on Saturday, Oct 22nd. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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How Science of Reading Research Affirms the Impact of Waterford’s Evidence-Based Reading Intervention Program

Waterford

In connection with the Science of Reading Virtual Summit , Waterford.org is sharing an article series exploring the science behind how students learn to read and what administrators can do to guide school and classroom strategies. ESSA Tier 1 is the highest possible ranking that an early learning program can meet according to WWC standards.

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Advancing educational equity with UDL and generative AI

eSchool News

Good teachers are finding ways to meet the learning needs of all of these diverse brains within the same classroom. Ralabate (2016) gives us five fundamental questions that allow teachers to begin to transform their practice. Reliability measures the ability for a learning activity to meet its goals. Ralabate P. 2023, June 5).

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How to Start a High School Esports Team & Benefit Your School

ViewSonic Education

These include big-name sponsors, competitive pro leagues, college competitions and, in 2017, more global viewers than the 2016 NFL regular season. This article will give you a step-by-step guide on starting a high school esports team and takes a look at how having a team will benefit your school and its students. Decide on the details.

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Government Accountability Office, nearly one in four Foreign Service officers do not meet the language proficiency requirements that they should meet to do their jobs. Read the original article.

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College Bound? Made of Compassion and Creativity: Meet Ethan Sawyer, College Essay Guy

EdNews Daily

Each year he helps thousands of students and counselors through his online courses, workshops, articles, products, and books, and works privately with a small number of students. His book, College Essay Essentials (released July 2016), is currently the #1 bestselling book worldwide on the college essay.

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Research Webinar: Equity and Maker Learning

Digital Promise

Since the fall 2016 meeting of the League of Innovative Schools , superintendents from around the country have connected with leading researchers in the field of maker learning. Their second meeting featured Dr. Edward Clapp, director of Harvard University’s Agency by Design initiative, on the topic of maker empowerment.

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