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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. Helping Students Overcome Trauma In this course, you will explore the different types of trauma and how they affect students’ behavior and academic performance.

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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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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about the Digital Divide. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the NEO Blog

Neo LMS

Here are 10 of the NEO Blog’s best posts from the third year of its existence: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. The figures in that report indicate that the digitization of the classroom is not happening as rapidly as the tech media would have us think. TED Talks are awesome.

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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. Students will work through questions to help them think through how to best utilize and secure water on Mars. This back-to-school season, new curricula are available from partners including Discovery Education, McGraw Hill, and NYU.

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Top 20 Tech Tips for Teachers

Shake Up Learning

But we have too many teachers, even new teachers fresh out of college, with no idea how to utilize digital tools to increase student learning. You will probably notice that most of these tips are NOT about tech tools specifically, but how to maximize their use to improve student learning.

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Addressing the Digital Access Gap: One District’s Success

edWeb.net

The district took strategic steps to achieve both, including: Engaging a technology standards coordinator to get devices into students’ hands and analyze usage reports to determine whether learners use the devices to their benefit. CCISD serves as a model for other nationwide communities seeking to narrow the digital divide.