The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts. You know what time it is its the end of the week, and that means its time for your 10-minute edtech news briefing from a real classroom. Im Vicki Davis, a full-time teacher, instructional tech coach, and IT director, bringing you the stories Im actually sharing with my students this week the prompts, tools, and questions were exploring in real time.

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Lightspeed Systems

MAY 12, 2025

Budgets are tighter. Teams are leaner. And the pressure to justify every tool, license, and device has never been higher. But school districts are getting smartcutting costs without compromising on safety, instruction, or access. Weve pulled together 7 proven cost-saving tips, backed by large district leaders and recent data from the 2025 CoSN EdTech Leadership Survey , to help you focus your strategy and stretch your budget.

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There is no box

MAY 11, 2025

I’ve got this archive of content from two podcasts from long ago, before podcasting was cool and mainstream, where I’m talking with smart and interesting people about the future of education, edtech and teaching and learning in the “digital” age. In revisiting a few episodes, it ridiculous how optimistic I was that by now we would be having much different conversations about teaching and learning because technology would have disintermediated the existing knowledge-inform

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 11, 2025

Professional learning is an embedded element of every district and school, but the focus is usually on teachers. Leaders deserve support as well. Recently, on Unpacking the Backpack , I discussed the value of job-embedded and ongoing coaching for administrators backed by research after revisiting blog posts I wrote in 2018 and 2021. Listen on Spotify or wherever you access your favorite podcasts.

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This article explores how educators can ethically and effectively integrate generative AI into higher education using the RESPECT and CREATE frameworks, fostering student co-creation, critical thinking, and inclusive course design through backward design.

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Lightspeed Systems

MAY 14, 2025

Managing a modern classroom means keeping students engaged, minimizing disruptions, and tracking movement in and out all without losing valuable instruction time. But without the right tools, tracking student behavior both online and offline can be overwhelming. Thats why were excited to introduce two new features in Lightspeed Classroom : Hall Monitor and Class Highlights!

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ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

MAY 15, 2025

New research shows that cyberbullying should be classified as an adverse childhood experience due to its strong link to trauma. Even subtle forms -- like exclusion from group chats -- can trigger PTSD-level distress. Nearly 90% of teens experienced some form of cyberbullying, accounting for 32% of the variation in trauma symptoms. Indirect harassment was most common, with more than half reporting hurtful comments, rumors or deliberate exclusion.

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MiddleWeb

MAY 11, 2025

If you teach students from immigrant families, EL teacher Dina Strasser is offering her list of what can I do? actions to prepare and support them. How you honor your duty of care depends on your students needs, your districts policies and resources, and your political environment. The post 4 Critical Moves If You Teach Kids from Immigrant Families first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

MAY 14, 2025

If you use spreadsheets, you have a need to make columns wider or skinnier. However, you also need to make rows taller and shorter. Getting just the right height or width helps your spreadsheets reach Nirvana. Tall rows can be shrunk down all at once. Tall Rows to Skinny Rows You will notice in spreadsheets. Read more The post Rows Are Too Tall – Spreadsheet Solution appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 11, 2025

Do students like going to school here? Do teachers like teaching here? Here are 30 questions teachers can ask at their next job interview.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

During the pandemic, school districts amassed an enormous amount of digital tools sometimes out of necessity, sometimes out of urgency. But with pandemic relief funding winding down and pressure mounting to demonstrate educational impact, many districts are now facing a new challenge: cleaning house. According to LearnPlatform , U.S. school districts used an average of 2,739 edtech tools during the 202324 school year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2025

Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. There are endless backups, shares, cleanings, changed settings, and vacation messages that if not done right can mean big problems when you return from summer vacation. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Key points: Through video game design, students built storytelling skills Benefits of gamified learning in literacy education 5 ways we used our literacy platforms to engage students For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Teachers generally frown upon students who play video games in class, but a public school in the Bronx has found a way to use video game design as an educational tool–and the results are astounding.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2025

Nearly 4.5 million low-income college students would lose some or all of their federal financial aid if Republicans in the House get their way. Thats according to an analysis from the left-leaning Center for American Progress, shared exclusively with The Hechinger Report. The report looks at the ways a GOP House budget bill would affect Pell Grants, the federal financial aid program that covers college expenses for students from low-income families.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

A new social media trend may be encouraging students to damage Chromebooks in schools. Videos show students putting metal such as aper clips, folded foil gum wrappers and springs into the charging ports of the devices. This causes the device to short-circuit, which leads to overheating, toxic smoke and, in some cases, fires. A Plainville Community Schools student was hospitalized following inhalation of smoke from a device.

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Searching for innovative ways to deliver integrated STEAM education that also help students attain industry-ready skills? Then this punchy 30-minute thought leadership webinar is for you. Join fellow education leaders as we share: National data on STEAM performance and student engagement that indicates post-pandemic learners are craving inspired intervention 10 research-backed reasons why game design is the leading method for practically teaching integrated STEAM education An inside look at live

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PlagiarismCheck

MAY 14, 2025

2025 has already been generous for AI-related releases like DeepSeek and Claude AI. Therefore, well-known for Chat GPT, OpenAI has to keep up with the competition. And they seem to thrive in it: GPT 4.5 , launched in February 2025, is called one of the most effective and innovative chatbots released by the company. What is so promising about the GPT 4.5 release, and what new features can it boast?

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

Key points: Staff must feel empowered and involved in emergency response protocols Tiered response protocols help schools define emergency procedures Most school staff worry about emergency situations and physical safety For more news on emergency planning, visit eSN’s Emergency Resource hub Safety response protocols are foundational to creating a culture of safety in schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2025

Haishan Yang is a success story and a cautionary tale. Yang was the first person from his rural village in China to earn a scholarship to attend graduate school abroad. After receiving his masters degree in Austria, he earned a doctorate in economics in the United States and was working on a second Ph.D. when the University of Minnesota expelled him last fall.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2025

The Student Privacy Pledge a voluntary promise to protect student data ceased. The pledge was started to convince edtech companies to adopt transparency standards for working with K-12 schools. Its an artifact of the early days of the edtech industry, when many states had yet to create laws around how these companies handle data. Now that states are governing this area more thoroughly, the nonprofit behind the pledge recently retired it, according to a note on the website , which nodded toward

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

Networks are the backbone of many schools technology initiatives. Networks support nearly every component of digital learning, including online tools, modern collaboration spaces and school safety. As school districts invest in artificial intelligence and cloud tools, having a strong network becomes even more important. Many IT teams need help figuring out how to bridge the gap from on-premises storage to the cloud amid their digital transformation journeys.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Key points: In the post-COVID era, millions of U.S. students remain academically behind Beyond digital literacy: Why K-12 educators must prioritize data literacy Rethinking student assessment: Tools and strategies for meaningful evaluation For more news on student success, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Five years ago, the COVID-19 virus was declared a pandemic, and we quickly retreated into our homes, shuttered schools, and socially isolated.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2025

NEW HAVEN, Conn. When Cai-Lonni Haywood left the Navy, she wanted to go back to school to become a nurse. She tried a for-profit college, but it shut down suddenly. So she started attending community college in her hometown of New Haven, Connecticut. Soon something more important came up: a son, Landin. Once Haywood, now 31, gave birth, she needed child care to attend class.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2025

Gen Z may be the first generation to have childhoods rife with screens and defined by having a second life online , but some of their cohort might also be first to say that connectivity has its downsides. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. New data from the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Gen Z teens say social media harms people their age , and roughly the same share say they spend too much time scrolling.

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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.

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ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

MAY 15, 2025

In Project Chimera, a game lab combines a VR computer game with educational problems in order to convey scientific content in a motivating way.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

Key points: More than half of students worry about AI use in education Data shows growing GenAI adoption in K-12 With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A new survey highlights a demand for clear guidelines around ethical and responsible AI use, as well as a disconnect in how AI use is perceived–balancing positivity about its impact with concern regarding the potential for over-reliance,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2025

The single fastest-growing group of students in college? It may come as a surprise: Theyre still in high school. So-called dual enrollment also known as early college and concurrent enrollment seems a win-win. Institutions get students, at a time when demographic shifts are making that more difficult; thats especially true at community colleges, whose enrollment has declined the most.

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Learning Confluence

MAY 13, 2025

On May 8-9 I attended a small but robust conference in another town in Finland called Lahti. I was surprised to find out that Lahti has a lower population, at about 120,000, compared to Jyväskylä of about 140,000 because the city itself seemed bigger and more active. The conference, the 12th International Symposium on Creative Education Education Leadership Summit , was hosted by the Council for Creative Education and held at Lappeenranta University of Technology LUT (Lahti campus).

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 16, 2025

There are a lot of reasons K12 schools are vulnerable to cyberattacks. Teachers are busy and dont always have the most up-to-date security training. IT leaders with security expertise often take private sector jobs for more money than schools can afford to pay. And today, using artificial intelligence, cybercriminals are formulating attacks that are more sophisticated and harder to detect than ever.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. This story about math recovery was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2025

The recent decision to cancel $400 million in AmeriCorps grants is nothing short of a crisis. With over 1,000 programs affected and 32,000 AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members pulled from their posts, this move will leave communities across the country without critical services. The cuts will dismantle disaster recovery efforts, disrupt educational support for vulnerable students and undermine a powerful workforce development strategy that provides AmeriCorps members with in-demand skills across

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MiddleWeb

MAY 12, 2025

Patty McGee shows how anchor charts can transform grammar from a set of abstract rules into a practical toolkit that students actually want to use. These sticky note charts become trusted companions in the writing process, turning hesitant writers into confident communicators. The post Grammar Made Friendly: Using Anchor Charts first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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