Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Do you ever worry that core subjects are getting lost in the muddle of all the other stuff that is becoming part of the accepted curriculum in K-12 schools? AS THE COUNTRY engages in a heated debate over what civic education should look like, a new report by The Thomas B. getting good grades on civics, history.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

During the Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Release of the National Research Findings, Dr. Evans, along with a panel of K-12 student voices, discussed findings from this year’s Speak Up Research Project. Student Engagement. But one of the key factors emerging is equitable access to quality teachers.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2021

David Miyashiro, Cajon Valley Union School District (CVUSD) supports a diverse community of learners through a modern curriculum that embodies the district vision of developing “happy kids, engaged in healthy relationships, on a path to gainful employment.” You can experience these missions and go to these stations.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

As students and teachers return to school this fall, they will be using more technology than ever before. Fortunately, educators can leverage learnings from some leading-edge K-12 districts who have developed thoughtful processes for making edtech decisions despite limited available evidence.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“Connection is the most important piece of the puzzle for the student-teacher relationship. … Students are more successful when they feel that their teacher understands them and understands where they’re coming from.”- High school teacher, Tennessee.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 21, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter “In today's episode, we're thrilled to have Jay Schroder, author of “ Teach From Your Best Self, A Guide to Thriving in the Classroom. ” With this in mind, we dive into a critical yet often-neglected aspect of teaching—teacher well-being.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. They fit into the categories of SEL, digital instruction, engagement/management, and leadership. Understanding mental health is more important than ever. Students need us to understand them so we can teach them. All opinions are my own.

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

Summer is always a good opportunity to explore new ideas, particularly ideas for boosting student engagement or perhaps taking some risks with trying something a bit different in our classrooms. Read more: Is Artificial Intelligence the best sidekick for teachers? Getting started with learning about Artificial Intelligence.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old white man went on a targeted shooting rampage across Atlanta, driving 30 miles to three massage businesses and killing eight people, the majority of whom were Asian women. A vigil attendee honored the victims of the anti-Asian spa shootings in Atlanta by remembering their names on March 21, 2021.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Why digital citizenship is important Digital citizenship instruction should start in kindergarten and continue through grade 12. In 2021, 3,446 high school students participated in a study about online civic reasoning. Kids also need to understand what kind of personal information they should not share online.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Highlights from the survey include: Keeping Up Academically and the Digital Divide : Eighty-two percent of teachers say it’s been difficult for their students to keep up academically during the pandemic, though only 45 percent of parents have the same concern for their own child.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The difficulties with engaging children in math learning grows each year. I have several articles coming up next week that discuss that issue (links won’t work until publication date): What is ‘Technical Math’ –December 10, 2021 (this article). Returning to Rigorous Mathematics –December 16, 2021.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Still, sometimes Jackson, a relatively new teacher, worries that he’s pushing students too hard, he says. It’s not the style all male teachers would model in trying to demonstrate masculinity for young boys. In 2021, the latest publicly available data, 79.5 This approach sounds old-fashioned, with its emphasis on social pieties.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many of the micro-credentials we launched in 2021 focus on topics such as learner variability, digital fluency, STEM, flexible mindsets, early literacy, and more. Teach for America Las Vegas has published their first micro-credential, Solving Challenges Using Design Thinking in a K-12 Classroom. Delaware Department of Education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Research from McKinsey revealed that, on average, K-12 students lost up to four months of mathematics and four months of reading progress in the last school year. Summer and after-school programming, tutoring, truancy intervention, teacher hiring and training, and improved data systems are all part of the solution.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This podcast with Jennifer Seravallo is dedicated to helping reading teachers improve their teaching methods by providing practical tips and in-depth insights into differentiated reading strategies. Why skill progressions instead of text levels?

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The right learning platform apps and tools can produce engaging content ranging from science videos to English lessons. They watch a prerecorded video where the teacher gives an instruction, explains a concept, or assigns homework. Khan Academy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

CLEVELAND – TeachingBooks.net today announced a unique collaboration with Pear Deck , providing expanded opportunities for student engagement and learning. When used with the Sora student reading app , a complete interactive literacy experience is created that engages students of all ages and provides unique learning opportunities. “By

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. For first-year teachers, it was baptism by fire. In summer 2020, EdSurge profiled nine first-year teachers to understand what it was like for them to launch their careers during the pandemic year (2019-20).

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

The two companies will collaborate on developing educational news content aimed at grade 7-12 children. million followers across its network of owned brands, TNM meets Gen Z where they are, providing them with engaging journalism to help them understand and navigate the world around them. With over 1.7 billion views and 1.1

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers. 10 Tips for Instructional Technology Teachers - Transcript #775.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 29, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in Education World , in March 2021. According to a recent USA Today poll , 60 percent of parents with K-12 children said they were more likely to consider home-learning than sending their children back to school. Read more: Exploring 4 types of Flipped Learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

16, 2021 – Carolina Biological announced that two of its elementary school science programs are among the rigorous list of new science materials just adopted by the South Carolina State Board of Education for the state’s K-12 science curriculum. The new SCCCR standards were adopted in 2021. COLUMBIA, SC, Dec.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

This makes it far easier for teachers to measure individual student progress and provide relevant feedback, while ensuring that they intervene at the earliest possible opportunity should they start to fall behind. between 2021 and 2026. On a similar note, educational technologies are adaptable to the needs of students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

She shot the colorful 12-inch missile into the air with abandon on the last day of summer camp. In addition to such traditional activities as sports, canoeing and arts and crafts, many included hands-on projects that improve kids understanding of science, math and language. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this show, AR/VR guru Rachelle Dené Poth delves deep into the transformative potential of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom. She was named one of 30 K-12 IT Influencers for 2021.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 17, 2021

This is a great tool to help understand high school student social-emotional needs and how to support them with strategies and interventions. March 10, 2021) — Goal-setting and having a voice in their own learning are powerful motivators for students, especially those in high school.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Administrators, technology leaders, classroom teachers, and educators in all roles have persevered as they taught each and every one of their students during a global pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

A 2021 study showed that the pandemic disproportionately impacted Black students, prompting a heightened distrust of education. But teachers were heroic during the pandemic, and data shows that students continued to strive toward meaningful learning, even with many forms of chaos erupting all around them.

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Neo LMS

MAY 10, 2022

Not all educational institutions could properly equip all their teachers with technology to ensure a smooth remote teaching experience. According to a 2021 McKinsey report , disruptions such caused by the pandemic left K–12 students five months behind in some key subjects such as Math. Some are quite easy to close.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 12 million students, announced that the IXL platform won two SIIA CODiE Awards in the Best Advanced Mathematics and Best Foundational English Language Arts (ELA) categories. SAN MATEO, Calif.,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Tonya Clarke, the coordinator of K-12 mathematics for Clayton County schools, and her colleagues shared the Cardi B lesson at a math convention earlier this fall as an example of a culturally relevant lesson that can lure students into thinking about math in a way that is engaging and exciting.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

20, 2021) — Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released the Winter Edition of How Kids Are Performing: Tracking the Midyear Impact of COVID-19 on Reading and Mathematics Achievement , a new report detailing the academic impacts associated with COVID-19 school disruptions. (Apr. BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2023

Kay Ivey ousted the state’s early ed director over a teacher training manual that mentioned bias, privilege and racism. For children to actually fully lean into and engage, they need to also feel safe; they need to feel comfortable,” Iruka said. “So, That’s why a lot of our standards don’t just say, ‘Teachers, teach reading.’”

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

The national average rate of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools has significantly increased in recent years. percent of the student population, were chronically absent in the 2021-22 school year. We are using that funding at the high school level to establish two re-engagement coaches. According to data from the U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Heroes at Work is a three-part series featuring excerpts from conversations with the grand prize winners of the 2021 eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox. Here, eSchool News highlights the San Diego Unified School District –one of three K-12 Hero Awards winners. I thought, “Hey, teachers are at home.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only would such an approach be more relevant and increase student engagement, it has the potential to reduce the widespread vulnerability to misleading information shared via social media. high-achieving students engage in what is known as a “race to calculus,” missing courses in middle school to get to the calculus pinnacle.

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