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What You Might Have Missed in October–What’s up in November

Ask a Tech Teacher

Assistive technology tools for writing. Teacher Tech Training is Critical. National STEM/STEAM Day. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Here are the most-read posts for the month of October, including: Freebie for history teachers. Digital Citizenship Week. 100+ Digcit websites.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Laura Fischer, VP, Learning Design & Content Development, Learning A-Z Looking ahead, I anticipate that in 2024 the generative AI training wheels will come off and propel adoption of this technology. This will necessitate a reevaluation of curricula, training methods, and the development of future-ready skills.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

She’s also a teacher-in-training. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report In two and a half years, the teacher training program, run by nonprofit Reach University, has grown from 50 applicants to about 1,000, with most coming from rural areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

Diamond: Her district has a team of personnel to manage edtech initiatives from integrating it with their LMS to teacher training. For Diamond, communicating with the end user is key: what’s coming, what they’re required to do, and what training is available. Howard: Her concern is the amount of training educators need with new edtech.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Laura Fischer, VP, Learning Design & Content Development, Learning A-Z Looking ahead, I anticipate that in 2024 the generative AI training wheels will come off and propel adoption of this technology. This will necessitate a reevaluation of curricula, training methods, and the development of future-ready skills.

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With 3D Technology, Special Education Students Can Focus on Content—Not Access

Edsurge

That was the confounding question assistive technology specialist Neal McKenzie faced a year and a half ago from one of the 100-plus visually impaired students he helps in the classrooms of Northern California’s Sonoma County. “What’s an ox?” But the boy had never touched an ox or even a cow and had no reference for the animal.

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How a Blind Student Who Felt Locked Out of STEM Classes Challenged—and Changed—Her University

Edsurge

He and his colleagues are organizing a series of trainings on campus to raise professors’ awareness of the issue—and to show them ways to make their materials more accessible. But some STEM textbooks are produced by smaller and more niche publishers who may not have the same awareness of the issue, she adds. But I can’t do that.”

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