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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

In his latest EdSurge column , Michael Horn laid out how Google Maps offers an aspirational metaphor for what the future of educational tools could look like. Today, Google Maps is an open ecosystem for accurate, real-time geospatial and navigation data. K-12 learners.

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Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment

Neo LMS

In addition, the federal government has made attempts to standardize the curriculum across US schools through the introduction of the Common Core, a set of “high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy”. To learn about the Google forms and its new features, try this quick tutorial.

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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

They also need to be aware of what type of images they can use in Google Slides or other presentations. Google offers games about protecting privacy, which is a fun way to start learners thinking about this topic. ✔️ K-12 lessons and courses will help your school make digital citizenship a priority in addition to academic standards.

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What an Admissions Fight at America’s ‘Best’ High School Says About Educational Equity

Edsurge

And last fall, the Fairfax County Public School Board proposed a radical change to the TJ admissions process: Scrapping the admissions test to replace it with a lottery of students who meet a minimum academic standard.

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Adding a Computational Boost to Your K-8 Lessons

Digital Promise

We also wanted to center each districts’ CS mission and vision and integrate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Computer Science and the KAS for Technology. The teacher then adds all of the final questions to Google Forms and leads students in coming up with answers for each. A bit of Appalachian ingenuity.

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Kids Don’t Always Believe in Climate Science. Are Schools Miseducating Them?

Edsurge

Listen on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player on this page. Worth joins us this week on the EdSurge podcast to talk about her findings, as well as what great schools are doing to integrate climate science across the curriculum.

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What is pedagogy? Understanding the foundations of effective teaching and learning

Hapara

Educators can do this through consistent formative feedback based on academic standards so learners can progress toward more complex activities. Or they can be activities such as a science lab write-up, a low-stakes quiz or a Google Drawing. After learners complete a formative assessment, they need specific feedback.