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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

While we don’t fully know what the 2020–2021 school year will look like yet, it’s sure that taking care of your overall health and well-being will be essential for students, teachers, and parents alike. Gamification. For elementary students, options for experiential learning may be limited. Gamification and student motivation.

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Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – May 15

Discovery Education

Learn More Learn More --> Conversations with Amy Nakamoto: Teacher Appreciation Week Amy Nakamoto, Discovery Education’s General Manager of Social Impact, sat down with 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year, John Arthur, who teaches 6th grade in Salt Lake City, Utah to talk about what appreciation looks like to him. from 2023 to 2030.

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BoomWriter and Walch Education joins forces to provide world-class EdTech solutions

eSchool News

In 2020/2021 the two companies launched two major technology solutions: GoRead and the Curriculum Engine. Teachers and students from more than 37,000 elementary, middle, and high schools in more than 105 countries are already using the platform. BW Walch has over 1m registered users of its technology solutions combined.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(1), 118-137.

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Learning Revolution Shows Today and Tomorrow: "Connected Classroom," "Exceptional Learners," "Thrive in EDU," and "REINVENTING.SCHOOL" #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Louis is principal at SG Reinertsen Elementary School in Minnesota. Debi has been married for 22 years, has an 18-year-old daughter who recently graduated high school and twins(boy/girl) who will graduate in June of 2021. Our conversation will focus on gamification and anywhere learning.

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

Once they join edWeb, they can join communities for 21st century learning or gamification and many more topics. Jennifer : These are our edWeb PLC numbers from the year we started, the 2016-2017 school year, through the 2021-2022 school year. JoAnn Wood has taught many years at the elementary and middle levels.

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

Once they join edWeb, they can join communities for 21st century learning or gamification and many more topics. Jennifer : These are our edWeb PLC numbers from the year we started, the 2016-2017 school year, through the 2021-2022 school year. JoAnn Wood has taught many years at the elementary and middle levels.