A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Putting all kids on a device simultaneously and having them watch a video or work on an adaptive learning tool is not personalization. Data was used to establish the groups that were staffed by two teachers (math, SPED) and two teaching assistants. There is not one best or right way to personalize. It wasn't very easy for me at first.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

If you are a teacher looking for a summer gig, or unique ways to make extra money over your break, please find 10 companies hiring now. Varsity Tutors is a nationally recognized company that connects students with personalized tutoring services in both academic and test prep subject areas. Some of these jobs are remote, too.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

It’s no secret that remote work is growing rapidly, thanks to advancements in communication and productivity tools. A study by the International Workplace Group estimates that 50 percent of people globally work outside their headquarters for at least 2.5 My former company, Big Universe ( now acquired ) was a fully-virtual operation.

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EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The founder of Arizona Autism Charter Schools stated that students on the spectrum can learn in-demand tech skills through EdTech tools, like STEM Lego kits. She also points out that small group or one-on-one tele-lessons on tablets are effective in building crucial communication skills for students with autism.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, announced today the Utah State Board of Education approved its flagship 95 Phonics Core Program ® and 95 Phonics Intervention and 95 Phonological Awareness Intervention as Recommended Supplemental Literacy Curriculum Resources. Lincolnshire, Ill. –

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

Teaching Writing in Small Groups A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences. 2023), TEACHING WRITING IN SMALL GROUPS (March 2021), A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO READING CONFERENCES (2019), and UNDERSTANDING TEXTS AND READERS (2018). How is that going to meet the needs of every kid in my class? And I think teachers need tools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After witnessing companies and organizations renege on their commitment to DEI after the police murder of George Floyd, I promised myself that I would not work with an organization or a company that treated DEI as a trend or an item on a compliance checklist. You’ll be called where you’re meant to be.”

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2023

The tall tree might never meet the trout in the stream, yet the bald eagle will get in close contact with both: eating the fish and resting on the tree’s branch. Designed with educators in mind, ViewSonic has a storehouse of resources and other interactive tools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

As I kick off Season 12 of the 10 Minute Teacher (after a much-needed break), I'm sharing 21 uses of AI tools, 4 conversation starters (including eight concerns of negative uses of AI), and a lesson plan I used to teach AI. It can also type up a very solid meeting summary. So using notion and the AI tool for meetings is fantastic.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. NOTE: I also recommend the Teachers Using Jamboards Group on Facebook. They are online and self-paced, so you can take them anywhere, any time with up to six months to complete.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

Startup to IPO – Students help take a company from startup to Initial Public Offering (IPO) as students take the role of a consultant. Keys to Investing – First, students meet with a financial advisor to understand risk and reward. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “ sponsored blog post.”

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You might spend your time standing behind a booth or, perhaps, setting up a series of 1:1 meetings with district leaders. How Can an Educational Technology Company Enter the Classroom? The first thing for any company to know about Instructional Coaches is that they are all certified and former teachers. Certified Teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

However, I'd like to note that if you create a group space as I did with my students, you're limited on the number of blocks you use to 1,000, which goes surprisingly fast.) You’ll get access to activities, strategies, and tools to improve the four domains of wellness. Recently, my students wrote a website on Web 3.0 using Notion.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The metaverse is a tool that blends experiences typically associated with either the virtual or physical worlds. At the same time, because the metaverse is also being used in areas like social media and the creation of video games, its use as an educational tool has not necessarily been fully understood by all.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? School leader, Jordan Silvestri and Kiddom representative, Melissa Giroux, describe what it takes for an edtech company to deliver the kind of personalized experience to its customers that teachers give to their students.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2018

According to educational theorist Etienne Wenger-Trayner , CoPs “are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” Community: A group of people, with this shared purpose, engages in collaborative work and cooperation by sharing resources and ideas.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

“With Cascadia, schools can now meet this need by providing teachers with a communication tool that offers mobility, simplicity, and immediacy.” To that end, the company has brought powerful instructional audio solutions to K–12 institutions around the globe for more than 30 years.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

Fortunately, TGR Foundation and Discovery Education are partnering to help STEM teachers reach a more diverse group of learners and generate student interest in STEM. This resource can help you not only learn the techniques you need, but give you access to many valuable tools and resources to use with your students.

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Neo LMS

MAY 12, 2020

Though there are many inequities that have been revealed in the amount of access that students have to the tools needed for distance learning, there are also many ways in which global collaboration has, directly and indirectly, benefited educational institutions during this crisis. Read more: 5 Edtech tools to try out this year.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

With little to no oversight from government or industry regulators to hold them accountable, companies can ride into town with a new product and lofty claims. There are also some companies that invest heavily in third-party assessments, hoping they will be arbiters of what students know.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

News & World Report and adding others that are “prominent” or that have been featured in media reports about facial recognition tools, according to Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future. To create its scorecard, the campaign contacted nearly 100 higher ed institutions, starting with the 40 institutions ranked highest by U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The PowerLite ® E20 , X49 , W49 , 118 , 119W , 982W , 992F , and 1288 range from budget-friendly, network-ready classroom projectors to wireless, portable meeting room solutions. The company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. global.epson.com/.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2023

But how prepared are K-12 districts to handle the thorny privacy and security issues that these tools raise? to find out which edtech products those schools most often use or recommend to students — as well as what risks those tools raise and whether schools are prepared to meet them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

I’ve also included courses from this blog post sponsor, Advancement Courses that meet the criteria for each topic. In her qualitative study, she found that when schools meet this challenge head-on, student achievement increased and behavioral challenges decreased. Social-Emotional Learning. We have to relate to educate.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2024

Since ChatGPT was released in November 2022 and exploded into public discourse, the emergence of generative AI tools has been met with both excitement and concern, across virtually every industry, ideology and age group. Celia Stokes Stokes shared that her company is already guided by a slow, thoughtful approach. “We

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Schools are following suit: Technavio’s “ Artificial Intelligence Market in the US Education Sector 2018-2022 ” report predicts a nearly 48 percent growth rate for AI tools over the next three years. . It is crucial to define key needs AI tools can meet and shortcomings it can address. How K–12 Schools Are Using AI Tools Now.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 24, 2021

Thankfully, we have technology that enables us to find a way that meets our specific preferences, and that enables us to be able to see and hear each other, engage in conversations, and learn together. It can be for a very casual conversation to share ideas or tech tools. Read more: How to overcome digital fatigue as a teacher.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. So far, data sharing capabilities are fairly limited in today’s education technology tools, because there is no standard agreement on how to share data between them.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

’ The company saw the metaverse as the future of online social interactions and as the evolution of existing social media. This makes the metaverse an accessible tool that many students may benefit from, both educationally and socially. . ViewSonic Education. Learning Solutions For the Future. Learn more >.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

Maggioncalda calls Coach a “hands-on, interactive” tool, one that lets learners set their own pace with the material. The company also uses a customizable assignments generator that it acquired, for an undisclosed amount, from a Bulgarian startup in 2019. It’s a dance that Sourabh Bajaj is familiar with.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 22, 2020

With all the virtual tools out there, it can be overwhelming for coaches – and especially new coaches – to know what is going to work best for their needs. Here are a few tools I have used as an instructional coach that may be worth looking into as you continue navigating this new territory. Tool #1: GroupMe.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You might spend your time standing behind a booth or, perhaps, setting up a series of 1:1 meetings with district leaders. How Can an Educational Technology Company Enter the Classroom? Certified Teachers The first thing for any company to know about Instructional Coaches is that they are all certified and former teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2023

Meet the Money Monsters stories introduce elementary aged students to ideas, habits, and activities that they'll need as you grow up and start to manage money. 00;00;58;22 – 00;01;09;29 Vicki Davis Brian has spent 15 years as an educator and was a former working group member of the U.S. Teachers can order free classroom sets!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Goldsmith is no longer CEO, and the Salt Lake City-based company is now privately owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Also note, and ironically so, that due to the extended nature of this episode and that we have four speakers, the AI tools I use to write the transcript had a bit of a meltdown, and I've had to apply a significant amount of human intelligence to the transcript which delayed this episode to Thursday. I'm sorry Canva Classroom author.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

But if they want to thrive, both groups might need to learn to meet each other’s gaze. To compete, companies will have to “relentlessly” focus on learning outcomes, just as educational institutions will have to focus on the business outcomes of their institution, Chou said. The companies note that they forbid cheating.)

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