Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. Some want to gain better job prospects, others seek to socialize in new circles, while still others just want an educational way to entertain themselves. That’s an opportunity largely reserved for children. Achievement is not comparable.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A Hechinger Report/Associated Press analysis of CTE enrollment data from 40 states reveals deep racial disparities in who takes these career-oriented courses. The analysis offers a comprehensive look at data that states will be required to report to the federal government at the end of this year under the Carl D. Perkins Act.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Watching videos and interacting with visual media are engaging ways to help students learn. Visual media can be great for learning, and not just because it's engaging! Just as students learn to read and write, being media literate in today's world also demands that students can "read" visual and video-based media.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Vito, co-founder of The Lamp , highlight the need to combine media literacy and civic education efforts, in order to help students move beyond media consumption and into informed action. While the two fields are often considered separately, their union enables a move beyond media and information consumption , into action.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

It's when many of you have the breathing room to reflect on your teaching practice, gain new skills and approaches to your work, and connect with peers to learn from them and share your expertise. We include books, blogs, and newsletters that cover a range of topics from social media and disinformation to Gamergate.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

By Thom Markham. Is there any educator in the world who wouldn’t want his or her students to demonstrate the following qualities: Committed, Creative, Confident, Courageous, and Curious ? Or to see students leave school at the end of the term and describe themselves as Skillful , Passionate , and Humble ? Let’s get going.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is good news for the 1.9 million students who graduated this past spring Also good news is the fact that employers are estimated to hire about 5 percent more graduates from the class of 2016 than 2015. This is good news for the 1.9 By Sarah Wallace. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 9, 2018

Educator Innovator’s newest partner, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, provides educational resources for students and teachers to engage with underreported issues in global affairs. Lessons can be filtered by grade level, media, subject area, and global issue.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2020

It was startling, Nia thought, how studying history could leave her feeling the same heaviness she’d felt scrolling social media after police had killed Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Laquan McDonald, young Black people of her own generation. It was the summer of 2019, and Nia was 15. Along with four of her classmates from Julia R.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map , including a couple of new TV news reports of the same. additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map , including a couple of new TV news reports of the same.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In August 2020, Amanda Nemergut was looking for alternatives to in-person public school for her three daughters. Her fourth grader, Paige, has ulcerative colitis, and she worried about the risk from Covid-19 of sending her back. Her other two girls, in third and fifth grades, would be home on alternating days under the school’s hybrid schedule.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2022

Ninety percent of schools have increased the number of substitute teachers on staff or are trying to, according to a July 2022 RAND report, but schools are struggling to find new hires, feeding into an overall perception of shortages. Most departures were filled with new hires. Credit: Terra Fontriest for The Hechinger Report.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 30, 2018

” That many academics rely on social media goes without saying. .” ” That many academics rely on social media goes without saying. Yet, I am dissatisfied with my social media. The ongoing conceit of Genius is that registered users may add new or correct existing annotations for "I.Q."

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Those are my excuses for combining the last two weeks of news clips into one ‘best of’ roundup. Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

If so, what new challenges have emerged? What problems have we solved—and what new ones have we created? We’ve largely succeeded—according to a recent Common Sense Media survey , eight out of 10 K-12 teachers have computing devices in their classrooms. The new problem we have created is a dramatic increase in student anxiety.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

A media literacy opportunity like this comes along every four years. It is already inspiring journalists, data visualizers, and more to look at political TV ads in a new way. It is already inspiring journalists, data visualizers, and more to look at political TV ads in a new way. Center for Responsive Politics.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

With a recent focus on "fake news" and the realization that many of us (adults and kids alike) get our news primarily through social media , the concept of "media literacy" is buzzing. " -- Common Sense News and Media Literacy Topic Backgrounder. See example to the right.).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

A prominent anti-vaccine campaigner, Heckenlively made world news in 2017 when he was denied entry to Australia for a lecture tour to encourage parents to stop vaccinating their children, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This story also appeared in USA Today. Last October the pair released another book.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Catholic bishops, is spending $5 million on a marketing and branding campaign and hiring five new marketing employees. Still, she says she was surprised to learn the university is spending $5 million on a new marketing and branding campaign. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2020

Some purist frat members weren’t amused and took to social media to lambaste Boosie’s audacity in publicly wearing Kappa’s letters. Not sure if you’re doing this for a laugh or because you think you’re above order due to your celebrity status,” one Kappa member wrote, according to news site the Griot. Source: Instagram/Boosie Badazz.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2020

With huge numbers of veterinarians nearing retirement, the need to train new ones in programs like this one in Massachusetts is expected to grow — with or without a recession. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour. When somebody retires, we can’t replace them.”. Credit: Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 14, 2019

BCBA/COBA, Director of the Behavior Department at Monarch Center for Autism during an edWebinar. “It ” Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a technological and professional systematic approach, is designed to analyze and change behavior by identifying a behavioral problem, gathering relevant data, and formulating/testing a hypothesis.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 25, 2020

The Texas pilot is being copied in Colorado, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Knowing postgraduate placement rates and incomes “has not changed behavior, and that is hard to understand,” said Tony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. They’re following their passions.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #edi20 on their social media posts about the event. Our third Library 2.023 mini-conference: " EDI 2.0: The accepted concurrent presentations are listed below the keynote panel information. Our special conference chair is Julius C. Please also join the Library 2.0 Jefferson, Jr.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #edi20 on their social media posts about the event. Our third Library 2.023 mini-conference: " EDI 2.0: EDI principles and their practical implementation have a profound impact on the cultural fabric of libraries and the relationships we have with users and staff. Jefferson, Jr.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While many people look to news headlines about innovations and promising practices, we are also wise to note several new and substantive books that sparked important conversation over the last year. Bernard Bull was nominated to share his thoughts by futurist Bryan Alexander, who wrote for the project in 2017.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 13, 2015

ALEXANDRIA, VA Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) revealed.

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MindShift

MARCH 21, 2018

Smart speakers are so new that we don’t yet know for sure how they are impacting learning and development. But it’s a question of great interest to many media and child development experts as they, like the rest of us, try to keep up with the ever-evolving technology around us. “Alexa, tell me a story.” Siri, what is 32 divided by 3?”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Her essay recounted overcoming obstacles: moving to New York City from the Dominican Republic at 12, learning English, navigating bullies in school and an abusive father at home. Massa was among the higher education leaders pushing for new ways of fixing the system and restoring trust. Photo by Edwin Martinez.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

So when the founder of the MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte, announced that he was forming a nonprofit to build a $100 machine for kids, it was a feel-good story that was painted as beyond critique. It was all over the news. At the time, a typical laptop cost well over $1,000. How was it pitched?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In her edWebinar “Meeting the Needs of Students with ASD Within the Mainstream Classroom” , Finkler outlined the biggest challenges with mainstreaming and key strategies for helping them thrive in their new environment. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is, at its heart, a processing disorder.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 2, 2017

This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Monarch Center for Autism , STAR Autism Support , and VizZle. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Multi-disciplinary sessions appeal to students’ creativity, are relevant to their everyday lives, and help them acquire important skills. About the Presenters.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In a recent edWebinar , Christian Karter, MA, Educational Technology Specialist at Monarch Center for Autism, reviewed the benefits of some of this helpful technology. There are constantly new technologies on the horizon offering even more potential benefits than what already exists.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Often, stereotypes about kids and technology can get in the way of what's at stake in today's complex media landscape. Sure, our students probably joined Snapchat faster than we could say "Face Swap," but that doesn't mean they're any better off at interpreting what they see in the news and on the web.

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edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2017

Communicating can be a challenge for certain individuals with autism. In “ Communication Innovations for Individuals with Autism ,” Howard C. Shane, Ph.D., Shane, Ph.D., We might want to think about how we begin to introduce materials to individuals on the autism spectrum,” he said.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — The “Netflix for education” analogy has become somewhat of a cliché for edtech companies using student data to recommend anything from courses to textbooks. That idea relies on a technology known as predictive analytics, a statistical model that analyzes past data to make estimations about some future event or trend.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. Diamond: When her district identifies a need, her team does an exhaustive competitive analysis, using an RFI and not an RFP, to see what products will work. Similarly, researchers and developers have their own approaches to the sales process.

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