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TCEA 2023: Schools Learn How to Boost Cybersecurity with Limited Funds

EdTech Magazine

“The average school spends less than 8 percent of its IT budget on cybersecurity, with 1 in 5 schools committing less than 1 percent,” notes a 2022 report from the Center for Internet Security and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center. In the session…

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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Apart from careful studies conducted in complex laboratories, science also runs on data collection, observations, and statistical analysis. Begin looking for upcoming or ongoing citizen science projects in the newspapers, magazines, or on relevant government and organizational websites. This is where citizen science comes in.

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How to Teach Divergent Thinking Skills in the Classroom

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Additionally, divergent thinking strategies teach students how to problem solve.[2] Journaling is a great way to encourage self-analysis and help students think through many solutions to a question.[13] Play this Animal Soup Activity to teach students how to come up with many outcomes to a situation. Toca Magazine.

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Phishing in K–12: How to Avoid Taking the Bait

EdTech Magazine

Phishing in K–12: How to Avoid Taking the Bait. Others use managed detection and response services to get round-the-clock, worldwide surveillance and analysis of attacks. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 07/17/2019 - 10:35. Cybersecurity is critical to making sure students are safe as they use digital tools. by Adam Garry.

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Drones Take Their Place in the K–12 Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Sevits’s North Middle School students master the art of flying drones as they learn the conceptual physics of how the aircraft work, their different parts and how to fix them when they crash or break. Besides becoming a pilot, they could look at jobs in programming, design, engineering, mechanics and data analysis.

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How to apply the Universal Design for Learning in the classroom

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This post was originally published in the October 2018 issue of the Education Today Magazine. There are three basic principles to UDL , and before we go on to the part about how to apply it in the classroom, these principles need to be highlighted. Read more: How to create accessible e-learning design.

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From Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience

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When did you last watch YouTube to figure out how to do something complicated, from cross stitch to car repair? In addition learning how to read and consume digital texts, our students must know how to author and publish in the digital realm. We can not omit digital literacy from our curriculum.