4 Things to Know About Montessori Schools Today
techlearning
APRIL 27, 2022
Developed in the early 1900s the Montessori method is gaining popularity today yet continues to be misunderstood.
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Want to Shape the Future? Support Emerging Scholars!
Digital Promise
APRIL 27, 2022
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Trends in K–12 Esports Arenas
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 27, 2022
School esports arenas are popping up across the country as competitive gaming teams grow in K–12 districts. Schools, administrators and communities have begun to see the value esports provides to students and districts. As a result, district personnel who wish to start esports clubs are facing less pushback in making the case for these programs. For schools that face problems with limited budgets, it can help to start with a smaller setup.
The Gmail survival guide for busy teachers
Ditch That Textbook
APRIL 27, 2022
Email can consume our lives. With some strategies, though, we can minimize the impact it has. Here are some tips to help with email overwhelm. Does it feel like email consumes your life — or too much of your time at school or at home?I once heard someone describe email as “requests for your time […]. The post The Gmail survival guide for busy teachers appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.
Enhancing Higher Education with Generative AI: A Responsible Guide
Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.
With No Federal Solution in Sight, States Step Up to Improve Pay for Child Care Workers
Edsurge
APRIL 27, 2022
In the last few years, bipartisanship has come to seem more like a practice from folklore than any political reality that would pass through legislative buildings today. So it means something when a body of elected officials in the U.S. votes unanimously to approve a bill. And it meant something earlier this month when Maine’s state legislature voted 130 to 0 on a proposal to supplement the wages of child care workers.
STEM careers are among students’ top choices
eSchool News
APRIL 27, 2022
Students’ interests in various career fields had an overwhelming STEM and digital focus, according to a survey from the nonprofit American Student Assistance (ASA). ASA, which aims to change the way middle and high schoolers learn about careers and navigate education-to-career opportunities, used its free immersive digital Futurescape platform to survey more than 2,000 students as they explored real-world careers beyond the classroom.
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2 years after COVID, remote learning lessons are clear
eSchool News
APRIL 27, 2022
While many American parents and students say they are now ready to move on from the COVID-19 pandemic – 77 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, a number that has not changed much in recent months – the coronavirus seems likely to remain with us in some form for the time being. The number of infections is once again rising in the U.K. and Europe, which may presage another wave of cases here in the U.S.
Join Google Meet from Docs, Sheets, or Slides
Shake Up Learning
APRIL 27, 2022
The post Join Google Meet from Docs, Sheets, or Slides appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Now, you can easily join a Google Meet from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. In addition to the present to Meet option, you can select “Join the call” from the comfort of your favorite Google apps! To quickly join and present a document, spreadsheet, or presentation to all attendees, click on the “present to a meeting” on the top right.
MTSS for Educators
techlearning
APRIL 27, 2022
Providing an MTSS for educators and students helps schools grow academically and emotionally.
Inheritance Boxes Help Kids Share Knowledge
MiddleWeb
APRIL 27, 2022
In Katie Durkin’s ELA classroom, seventh graders pass along what they’ve learned to future classes via this Inheritance Box project, part of a literacy plus history unit that also teaches collaboration and promotes student choice. Katie takes us through it step by step. The post Inheritance Boxes Help Kids Share Knowledge first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Enhancing School Device Management for Improved Learning
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Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.
How To Make Kinetic Sand
Fractus Learning
APRIL 27, 2022
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3 Easy Tips for Meeting Your Students’ Sensory Needs
MindSpark
APRIL 27, 2022
Most kindergartners can recite the common human senses -- touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. But did you know there are actually EIGHT sensory systems in the human body ? Did you also know that up to 16% of children struggle with sensory processing disorder (SPD)? Within that number, 95% are individuals with autism, 40% have ADHD, and 33% are gifted and talented.
Creating Problems to Improve Student Engagement
Gradelink
APRIL 27, 2022
KEY STRATEGIES: IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. Guest Blogger | Jessica Allen, Teacher of Mathematics in Puebla, Mexico. Last week I explained to a parent that his son was apt in mathematics because of his visual and artistic nature. This parent was just one among the many that believe math is for the conventional and therefore only a small elect population will ever be successful in the subject.
Science Uninteresting? Not if It’s Project Based!
edWeb.net
APRIL 27, 2022
Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. Traditional science education in a nutshell: Students get lots of often-disconnected teacher-fed facts in a classroom, memorize procedures, read dull textbooks, and take a test to gauge recall. BORING. Not the ideal way to immerse students in the excitement and possibilities STEM learning offers. A better approach to STEM education is project-based learning (PBL), emphasized by veteran teachers in the edLeader Panel, “ Impacting Student Achievemen
Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
The Annual All-Access Pass Programs (Individual and Institutional) for the Library 2.0 Webinar Series
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 27, 2022
Library 2.0 has a collection of 31 recorded webinars and four "bonus" videos from Dr. Steve Albrecht in our Service, Safety, and Security collection. These are available for unlimited viewing as part of an individual or organizational annual all-access pass, as well as any webinars held during the year after purchase (one or two a month). Individual all-access annual passes are $495 and can be purchased by credit card directly here.
What do classroom conversations about race, identity and history really look like?
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 27, 2022
Parents, politicians and activists flooded school board meetings across the country in recent months, desperate to be heard. This story also appeared in AL.com and The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. In 60-second soundbites, they exploded over masks, books and so-called critical race theory. Their voices often echoed across social media and fueled viral news segments.
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