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ISTE 2018: Excite Students and Save Money with Tech Repair Programs

EdTech Magazine

ISTE 2018: Excite Students and Save Money with Tech Repair Programs. Tue, 06/26/2018 - 09:01. Simonson, Secondary Technology Integration and Learning Specialist Kristin Wallace and four WTI students presented a poster Monday at ISTE’s 2018 Conference & Expo in Chicago about how to start a similar program.

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How to Help Your Students Learn Healthy Communication Skills

Waterford

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. Classroom activities like reflective writing in journals is a great way to teach communication skills to PreK, elementary, or secondary students. April, 2018.

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Improve Student Behavior Now!

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Darrian Tanner, the Florida State High Impact Teacher award winner for 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 talks about how to help teachers improve their classroom management skills. This school year will mark ten years of teaching secondary ed ELA. Darrian Tanner’s Bio as Submitted Ms.

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

Digital Promise

For edtech to fulfill this potential, school system leaders need to better understand how to center equity in edtech-related decisions. This is up from an average of 703 edtech tools during the 2018-2019 school year, representing a more than 200% increase in just three years.

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Why Are Americans’ Math Skills Slipping?

Edsurge

A secondary mathematics specialist for the Utah State Board of Education, Henderson was asked to interpret the results of the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, for the state. There was very little change from the last round of testing, held in 2018. as in 2018, math scores slumped.

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How to Host a Student Media Festival

The CoolCatTeacher

Mike Lawrence, a current organizer of the longest running student media festival in the country, shares how to set up and run your own media festival. With a big hat tip to our mutual friend Hall Davidson who started this event, we learn the ins and outs of student media festival and how you can “steal” their ideas and run your own!

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These Education Books Sparked Conversation in 2018—And Give Us A Glimpse At What’s Ahead

Edsurge

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. What should educators learn from 2018 and where are we going next year? For 2018, consider four that caught my attention.