The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

The trend is especially acute for Black men, with about 138,000 fewer Black men enrolled in college last year than in 2017. The situation has become so worrying that some colleges have started to treat men as a group that needs additional support, seeking ways to both attract male students and keep them enrolled from one year to the next.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Many students may be reluctant to speak out in a group setting, or not want to share their thoughts and feelings with classmates. As they listen, teachers can also show students how to be judgment-free listeners. This is also helpful by modeling for students how to be good listeners to their peers. November, 2017.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2018

Because AATT is a resource blog, we share lots of tips our group comes across in their daily teaching as well as materials shared by others we think you’d like. Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2017: Top 10 Tech Tips. Here are the Top Ten tech tips from 2017. What changed this year?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Indeed, a desired discussion about where and how to draw the lines of ethical behavior too often turns into one about whether such a line is even necessary or fair … I don’t claim any special moral authority here. How to make sense of the new eRate gift rules ). It is as if I am speaking a foreign language.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition). " Tagged on: July 23, 2017 Education Division Strategic Plan | National Governors Association → NGA's Education Division has a new strategic plan (2017-2020), which includes a focus on personalized learning. I think the latter."

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Required reading: Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you’ve failed via Troy Hunt.). The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools.

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Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

11] If you don’t currently teach your students specifically how to listen, it may be time to add activities to your curriculum that strengthen this skill. The Benefits of Teaching Students How to Listen. Learning how to listen can also teach students how to communicate their ideas.[14] Improved relationship skills.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2023

The 2017 Clovis, New Mexico Library Shootings: The Teenage Attacker Reveals His Motives Part of the Library 2.0 On August 28, 2017, he walked into the Clovis-Carver Library, in downtown Clovis, New Mexico, went into the public restroom and loaded a pistol he had stolen from his father’s unlocked gun safe at home.

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Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Essentially it includes the reading, analysis, and writing necessary to tell historical stories—not just what we know about the past, but how we know about it.[1]. The Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) has created a rubric for educators to help students strengthen their historical thinking skills.[3] January 2017.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

2017 was a year filled with makerspaces, student engagement, personalized learning, and more. Here, two seasoned librarians shed light on their biggest lessons learned in 2017 and look forward to the up-and-coming trends for the new year. We also painted an entire wall green to utilize the Green Screen with larger groups.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Additionally, divergent thinking strategies teach students how to problem solve.[2] You could, for example, assign students an art project or have them perform a skit in small groups. Play this Animal Soup Activity to teach students how to come up with many outcomes to a situation. How to Teach Divergent Thinking.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 4, 2019

These include big name sponsors, competitive pro leagues, college competitions and, in 2017, more global viewers than the 2016 NFL regular season. Because of this, many high school teachers, students and administrators are thinking about how to start an esports team at their school. How to Start a High School Esports Team.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson. Date: Monday, December 4, 2017. But if I’m teaching how to use Scratch Jr., app is designed to help people learn how to use it. I’ll spend about a month noodling around in Scratch, learning how it works, and then I’ll bring it to my fourth grade students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

It’s no small feat making Forbes “30 Under 30” roundup, which in 2017 boasts an acceptance rate of less than 4 percent. And although no current classroom teachers are included this year, 2017 brought with it another batch of former Teach for America (TFA) educators. Shots at getting into Stanford and Harvard are both higher.)

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

In classrooms where students are told what to do and how to do each task, they may not have the opportunity to develop the initiative, resourcefulness, and persistence needed to develop their ability to self-regulate (Zimmerman & Moylan, 2009). My focus is positioning the student as an active agent at the center of learning. Zeidner (Eds.),

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Those days are over: 2017 was OER’s breakthrough year. But it never seemed to gain broader adoption beyond that group of pioneers. That happened in 2017. Meanwhile, at least 70 OER-related bills were introduced in more than half the country’s state legislatures in 2017. Ohio University is doing the same.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Monday, October 9, 2017. How Well, we have the author of the book, Making Your Teaching Something Special , with us Rushton Hurley @ rushtonh. So, Rushton, how can we make our teaching something special? Rushton: “… you know, figuring out how to cross the river just in your mind.” ” Whatever.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Instead of a typical classroom, Knight designs her room to be more like a makerspace where kids work in groups on different problem-solving activities, like coding. Coding) is the new literacy of today and children pick it up very easily, and at least in my experience, seem to love really it,” said Knight.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

When she became the district’s first educational technology director in 2017, Briana Allen looked for a better solution. There was a small group at a table where the teacher was working on one piece of the lesson, but other students were working on other lesson pieces at their own table groups.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. Train: If you’re an administrator, schedule a faculty training session on how to use your school’s technology and answer any questions.[11]. Adobe Blog.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Elsewhere in the classroom, an instructor knelt to chat with two boys engrossed in playing with blocks, while a second teacher supervised a group of five students as they completed worksheets. Students in a transitional kindergarten class at Washington Elementary, a K-8 school in the Lindsay Unified district, work in small groups.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

What if you gathered a group of high school students, gave them fancy microphones and some training, and challenged them to make an investigative podcast about the issues they cared about the most?

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Edthena

JULY 6, 2023

In planning for a robust rollout process, you must examine how you define proficiency, differentiate resources, and provide accessible learning opportunities. Step 3: Sustain Support Users learn at different rates, and new students and staff will need to be brought up to speed on how to use the tool as well.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

A group of fifth grade boys trailed into the conference room in the front office of Johnsburg Elementary School and sat at the table, their feet dangling from the chairs. “It It was brought to my attention yesterday that there was an incident at football,” Principal Bridget Belcastro said to the group. JOHNSBURG, Ill. — million times.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 7, 2017

Here's an example of essential tech skills that a group of teachers put together over Christmas break. Have them save their recording to Google Drive and add a link to the video into a Google Presentation or document that the entire class has access to.Now every student has a mini lesson on all of the essential topics you are studying!

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Now that you know what eBooks are and you can make money selling eBooks let’s get into how to write an eBook effectively and efficiently. Once you know the target audience, ask yourself some more questions about them, like what is the exact age group, what do they like and why, which location they live in, what are their income sources, etc.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

Martin also serves in working groups to advise the US Department of Education on the accessibility of education materials, and Universal Design for Learning. What are Disruptive Innovations and how do you see them making a big impact on Education this year? I also expect to see a lot more robotics and makerspaces in schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2017

I am so excited to be at ISTE with PowerSchool on Monday June 26th, 2017 at 4 p.m. In today’s show, Peggy George discusses how to get the most out of ISTE 2017 even if you’re not at there: The #notatiste17 Google Group. How to share learning. How to deal with Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) if you can’t go.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Every year at about this time, The Herman Group issues its annual forecast. And by the way, due to advancing automation, the most valuable skill we can teach people is how to learn and the second most valuable is to how to embrace change. How to Use a Career Page to Positively Show off Culture to Candidates.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

With $600 billion in assets as of 2017, the combined value of U.S. Low-income students are perhaps the most vulnerable group that universities should spend down their endowments to support. The post OPINION: How to use university endowments for coronavirus recovery appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Why is it so hard to teach K-12 educators how to promote student agency and to provide choices around content and pacing—why is it so hard to teach educators how to personalize learning? My official title is “lecturer,” but that is a far cry from how I teach. The game-changer is that my peer group has changed.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The post How to Design Google PD That Works! Of course, every teacher/trainer is different, with a different personality and different strengths and weaknesses; and every group of participants varies as well. I presented a lot of these ideas last summer at ISTE 2017. How to Design Google PD That Works! How to/Now do).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 1, 2018

If you use this special tracking link , you’ll get an instant download from WE Volunteer, with information and resources on how to get started and access to the lessons. How to Apply for the Grant. The eligible school or youth organization must: Have an educator, administrator, or adult group leader to fill out this application [link].

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

High-Flying through your Curriculum Professional Development will be focused on one of the 4C’s (Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity) during each semester of the 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years. Training could be in the form of a 1:1 session, group meeting, or online learning module.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Professional Development will be focused on one of the 4C’s (Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity) during each semester of the 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years. Training could be in the form of a 1:1 session, group meeting, or online learning module. High-Flying through your Curriculum.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 18, 2017

Next we will examine some ideas on how to get the most out of any conference you attend this summer or beyond. From there we looked at Formative Assessment and how easy it is to do today. In the last post I gave you some ideas on how to better engage parents this upcoming school year.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

We are jumping right in to learning activities: icebreakers, group work, problem solving, etc. For the 2017-18 school year, I'm going to start with an editable Escape Room / Break Out activity created by Danielle Hall. So what do students do instead of passively sitting listing to me drone on about the course expectations?

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