Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

What kids learn today shapes the world we live in tomorrow, and we know kids learn best when their schools reflect their cultural identity,” Justin Steele, head of Americas at Google.org, said in a statement. as they build out more inclusive classrooms for diverse learners.”

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Empowerment and ownership need and should be associated with learning to increase relevancy, value, meaning, and outcomes. The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. Image credit: www.peoplematters.in

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At first glance, it seems like a hefty fine—and it’s what the Federal Trade Commission ordered Google to pay as a settlement over complaints that YouTube had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, or COPPA. But is it really all that much? But privacy advocates are not sure whether such technology is accurate or reliable.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 2, 2018

We all know that Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool and one of the main core applications of Google. It allows students the opportunity collaborate in live time from any device, and from any location, in addition to constantly making learning visible. Google currently has over 600 fonts- say what?!?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Someone would need to pick her up before noon every day, even as the rest of her peers continued learning and playing together. This year, millions of students have had their schooling curtailed, prompting serious discussions about the effects of lost learning time. Credit: Google Maps. This story also appeared in USA Today.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2019

EdTechTeam today announced that it has received the Google Cloud Global Partner of the Year Award in Education. This award was presented at Google Cloud Next ’19. EdTechTeam was recognized for the company’s achievements in helping schools implement and increase meaningful adoption of the Google Cloud ecosystem.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Code.org has created a great compilation of resources for how students can continue learning. There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). Take an online course. Some favorites (all free!) Start a club.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Continuing reverberations from pandemic-era remote learning, gun violence and social media to name a few. Google saw a 565 percent increase in searches for the phrase a couple years ago. Getting governments to change is a big task (although not impossible, as those young Montanans learned.)

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

A few days later the district switched to Google Meet, according to Ashley Boyd, whose two children—ages 9 and 12—attend school in Berkeley Unified. The district has been quite open about how challenging this migration to video distance learning has been for their teachers,” says Boyd.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

The post 10 Reasons to Think Before You Share Photos of Children Online – SULS0153 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. I say this all the time, “You must both fear and respect Google (and Facebook, etc.) © Shake Up Learning 2022. The photo may seem innocent to you. 2 Data Mining and Tracking. See: Copyright Policy.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights. Barrera, whose son attended the Auburn School District, south of Seattle, said she often felt cut out of his learning. Teachers are frustrated too.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

That includes Brown University and Google Student ambassador Cliff Weitzman (22), who founded Speechify to help students with reading disorders and other difficulties. BrainStation founder Jason Field (27) was given the honor for his blended-learning-based coding school, which reaches nearly 25,000 learners throughout the Americas.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive.

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The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. They can turn in assignments whenever/wherever and just hope Google can give them the answers if their teacher isn’t online at the moment.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A Google form on the site will collect questions, along with context relating to grade level, location, and the category of the inquiry. Librarians may be struggling with how to support kids socially and emotionally, and with assuming that responsibility of how to get kids through this malaise that many now bring to their learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2018

But few of these apps are developmentally appropriate and most fail to teach in ways preschoolers need to learn. Many apps provided rewards like high scores as an incentive although research shows that the learning itself, and getting to new levels of an app, should be the desired reward for children.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Learn more here.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In that year the two organizations hosted a National Forum on the topic, sponsored virtual town halls to learn about the needs of library staff as they relate to teen services, and interviewed library staff and stakeholders to learn about models for successful CE. As the Leadership Anchorage.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

Along the way, Seldin enlisted the help of 17 colleges and higher-ed advocacy organizations, including the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, to review, test and spread the word about the website. Perryman, the Howard University student, learned about it through others.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2024

The ARPA funds allowed her to bring in outside teachers to lead dance and music classes, and to teach social-emotional learning lessons, but those programs stopped when the funding was cut off. “No It’s stripping children of learning in a meaningful way,” she says. No more outside experts, unless they can do it for free,” Gale says.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

In terms of young women, school counselors and really all educators can help young women and really all of our students learn more about computer science and technology by thinking about how it intersects with every area of interest. Angela has 15 years of experience as a professional school counselor and is a Google Certified Educator.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2020

Among other subjects, the students here take courses in sociology, psychology, English composition, science and math — all at the site of the kind of business where the principles they learn in the classroom and from textbooks can be put into practice. “We Yet another runs classes for its students at Google, where they simultaneously work.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

This week on the Learning Revolution we have two new weekly live and interactive shows starting - " Thrive in EDU " with Rachelle Dene Poth and " Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Children " with Rebecca Muller. It has had a huge impact on learning for those with special needs and, at the current time, resources are scattered.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. I heard the quote that, “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” I hope you enjoy!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

place-based approach to instruction, both for student learning and, equally important, for professional development. When cultures come together to learn both with and from each other, there is often an unintended dissonance. Learning sticks when skills transfer to action. In order to do so, we’ve adopted a.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

That’s why, even though half the school’s students still learn remotely, Santiago-Diaz and two other social workers, along with the two school resource officers, spend half their work day doing in-person home visits. Santiago-Diaz said sometimes they’ll send a private link via Google Meet to students who seem to be having trouble.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. It is essential to translate practice in order to communicate with our stakeholders and to support and inspire learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

So he reached out to me, his digital learning coach, to give him a better idea of how implementation might happen in a more intentional and sustainable way. We need the opportunity to reflect on our practice and to learn from one another’s strengths in pedagogical practice. Establishing Trust The first step in this process is to meet.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We We need to change that.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran. This multi-part series will run over the next several Mondays. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country struggle to move their brick-and-mortar classrooms to remote online learning environments. Director at Hayutin & Associates, during Studyo’s recent edLeader Panel. Fostering a Culture That Promotes EF. Join the Community.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

What does Virtual Reality have to offer to the learning process? If you want to learn more about Virtual Reality check out. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or. Recently, Vicki, I watched a young woman in one of our high schools. I like technology. I kind of like that.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. The Climate Action Project : Sign up to participate in the October 2019 global collaboration project!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

The goal of digital equity is to ensure that all students have access to devices, high-speed internet, and opportunities to learn both in school and out. One of the struggles in Wisconsin is digital learning days, where students with limited or no access to WIFI at home cannot access their education. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Effective Advocacy. In 2002, UNESCO followed those leads choosing to name the subset of open content that was useful for teaching and learning “open educational resources,” instead of a name with “free” in the title.). releases of the Linux kernel came from employees at Intel, IBM, Google, Facebook, Samsung, RedHat, and SUSE.

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