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Automation Delivers Economic Advantages for K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

As digital initiatives take off in more schools and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund windfall winds down this year, school leaders want to know that they’re getting the highest return on their investments. According to a 2023 report from Snow Software,…

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6 Creative Ways to Spend K–12 ESSER Funds Before They Expire

EdTech Magazine

billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. ESSER II funds must be spent by September 2023, and remaining ESSER III funds must be allocated by… Three stimulus bills passed by Congress in 2020 and 2021 provided nearly $190.5 Adding to the pressure, time is running out to spend the money.

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What Do Today’s K–12 Schools Look Like After Help from ESSER?

EdTech Magazine

However, support through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund came with mandates requiring districts to spend three separate rounds of funding by September 2022, September 2023 and September 2024. EdTech brought together a panel of IT and educational leaders to discuss how they’ve…

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22 Classroom-Focused Resources on AI from Teachers Everywhere

The CoolCatTeacher

— Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) July 25, 2023 Scott McLeod started by sharing some teachers who are doing the work! Steve Dembo and Donnie Piercey — Scott McLeod (@mcleod) July 25, 2023 Steve Dembo, AI and Writing So, I recently sat down with Steve Dembo to talk about what he's doing in his classroom. Enough of the junk.

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Is 2023 the year of the microschool?

eSchool News

With all the surprises sprung on the world over the last few years, it can be both exciting and frightening to imagine what 2023 might hold. These two challenges are at the heart of why one-room schoolhouses were replaced by age-graded elementary schools and subject-specialist secondary schools.

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Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

eSchool News

2023 calculations by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report reveal that fewer than 1 in 5 countries have legislation in place to prevent and act on cyberbullying in school. ” At the center of the study was a new, easy-to-implement protocol for secondary school teachers to use to help increase reading fluency of their students.

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How to Use AI to Help You Make Substitute Teacher Lesson Plans in a Snap

The CoolCatTeacher

One Class at a Time In secondary, I have found it is best to generate lesson plans one class at a time. Elementary teachers have a different format and prompts below that they can use and refine. Monday, August 10, 2023) Class Time: (e.g., Assume the substitute has no content area knowledge. Class Grade: (e.g.,

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