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ISTE 2018: Cisco Uses Animation to Inspire Students to Enact Global Change

EdTech Magazine

ISTE 2018: Cisco Uses Animation to Inspire Students to Enact Global Change. Thu, 06/28/2018 - 14:56. Students in Ochoa’s seventh- and eighth-grade history classes beta tested Cisco’s free STEM program, which officially launched this week at ISTE’s 2018 Conference & Expo in Chicago. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Jena Passut.

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Guest Post: How We Can Reframe Edtech Selection to Promote Equity

Digital Promise

In this first post, the authors outline how they centered equity as they developed an edtech selection, implementation, and evaluation guide for school systems leaders. For edtech to fulfill this potential, school system leaders need to better understand how to center equity in edtech-related decisions.

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The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs

EdTech Magazine

The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. Sun, 04/29/2018 - 20:12. Elementary teacher Amy Pietrowski adds a dash of STEM into all of her classes. For Karly Moura, a computer science teacher and teacher on special assignment (TOSA) for technology at Sun Terrace Elementary, those T’s are: Teaching, Tech and Twitter.

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OPINION: Distrust of science in the coronavirus era reminds us why we must boost elementary science education

The Hechinger Report

Typically, K-5 science education is considered the lesser of equals in a school system that places a premium on mathematics and English language arts (ELA) instructional time and state test scores. There are several conditions that currently prevent this. Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. This story about U.S.

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Young children misbehave. Some are suspended for acting their age

The Hechinger Report

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 In elementary schools across the country, an incident as common as a playground fracas over a football could result in kids being suspended. JOHNSBURG, Ill. —

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Over the last 12 years, the school system has undergone major upheavals. In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit. Responsible Fiscal Stewardship.

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PROOF POINTS: When schools experimented with $10,000 pay hikes for teachers in hard-to-staff areas, the results were surprising

The Hechinger Report

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. Some school systems have been experimenting with targeted financial incentives. Fixing the problem is not easy because those shortages aren’t universal.

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