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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

You’ll learn how to identify conditions such as PTSD and how to help students through natural and healthy grieving processes. In addition, you’ll create practical tools such as rubrics for teacher observation, surveys for self-assessment reports, and data collection checklists and notes for interviews. Learn More.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education.

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Solving Mysteries on Mars: TimePod AR – SULS0202

Shake Up Learning

It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. Subjects: math, science, engineering Age group: K-12 Technology needed: iPhone or iPad The app leverages augmented reality and encourages design thinking and STEM learning to engage students in both space and future STEM careers.

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Top 20 Tech Tips for Teachers

Shake Up Learning

We still have a huge digital divide. So not only should you leverage students to help you learn new digital skills, but you should also use them as go-to experts for other students in your classroom. Learn more about developing a student tech team for your school from this blog post series: The Chrome Squad.).

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Will giving greater student access to smartphones improve learning?

The Hechinger Report

According to our principal, roughly 75 percent of Fern Creek students are considered “gap” kids under Kentucky’s definition — students who belong to groups that, on average, have historically performed below achievement goals. Students Tony Rogers (center), Alvin Thomas (right), and Haley Senter (left) relax after finishing group work.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Remote Learning Is Not Going Away Soon. This Is How to Make It Better.

Edsurge

In recognition of that reality, a new report has outlined “10 ways to make online learning work,” covering a range of best practices. The report is the work of the COVID Collaborative, a coalition of education, health and economic experts, written by the former directors of the U.S.