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3 Ways a Company Can Personalize Its Support for Teachers

Edsurge

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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The School Hall Pass Is Going Digital. Is That a Good Thing?

Edsurge

In the last couple years, though, many schools have brought digital innovation to this seemingly simple process, namely by adopting electronic hall pass systems. Proponents of the approach say it’s an easy win to help prevent students from abusing more-informal paper systems. It’s a filter to help us eliminate some of those things.”

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6 Cutting Edge EdTech Companies to Keep An Eye Out For This Year at the ISTE Conference!

TeacherCast

This year, I had the opportunity to work with so many great educational technology companies on the podcast and I'm excited to have the opportunity to walk the vendor floor and meet everyone to say THANK YOU for being a part of the TeacherCast podcasting family. I would love to meet you! Microsoft Education – Booth 2900.

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How a Free Early Learning Program Educates Toddlers, Teen Parents and Their Families

Edsurge

Special workshops and outings get students acquainted with the idea of college and other postgraduate opportunities. Classrooms use a teacher-directed and project-based curriculum called The Creative Curriculum, from the company Teaching Strategies, to outline objectives and design teaching plans.

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The Energy Bus: 5 Ways to Elevate Your Campus Vibe

The CoolCatTeacher

Additionally, Jim speaks to schools and districts across the country with keynotes, trainings, workshops, and student assemblies. So if I'm a principal, I'm going to announce it maybe broad to a staff meeting. So I come from a secondary system back home in Florida where we had teachers that it was project -based, team -based learning.

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Can Schools and Colleges Bring an In-Person Feel to Remote Campuses?

Edsurge

Bryan Lee, a rising senior at Harvard, has spent the last five months building a videoconferencing system called Congregate. For instance, Frank Noschese, a physics teacher at John Jay High School in New York City, used the Congregate system at a workshop for physics teachers last month. Hey, it worked for Zuckerberg.)

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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. In fact, they find much more than tips and tricks online, they find a veritable support system. They solve this by offering PD days, which tend to be long days filled with workshops.

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