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K–12 Leaders Get Creative to Make the Case for Network Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

During a school board meeting, Phillips arrived with a set of props: three PVC pipes she borrowed from the school division’s plumbing shop. Educate Stakeholders About Cost Comparisons and Success Stories. Parents and staff complained about slow, spotty performance. It was a visual that totally made sense to them.”. Public Schools.

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Tutor.com’s On-Demand Tutoring Meets ESSA II Standards, Demonstrating Positive Impacts on Student Grades and Attendance

eSchool News

The study, which examined outcomes during the 2022–2023 school year, included a matched analysis sample of 746 students (373 treatment, 373 comparison) in grades 9–12 from El Monte Union High School District. Follow Tutor.com on X (formerly Twitter) @tutordotcom , Facebook @TutorDotCom , and LinkedIn @Tutor.com. SOURCE Tutor.com

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8 Ways to Teach Financial Literacy

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As I was grading my student’s web pages today, one student’s goals struck me. Consumer Skills – Learning to comparison shop for cars, houses and being an informed consumer. She said she wanted to earn money, save it, and “create generational wealth.”

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

Meet other teachers in person. Friendly and inclusive learning communities include: CSTA Chapter meetings. csk8 Twitter chats (K-8 CS teachers chat about designated topics on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 5pm PT / 8pm ET). See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula.

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Blended Teaching: How Plagiarism Detection Software can Help Educators

Educational Technology Guy

Modern tools allow running student papers for comparison with many different sources. Meet ModiFind - an algorithm which detects various suspicious modifications and manipulations within the text. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. Luckily, plagiarism detection software has it. Take Unicheck , for instance.

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Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 117 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She also uses this for professional development for teachers when she’s preparing to meet them on-site. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you.

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Review: Yamaha YVC-1000 Speakerphone Gives K–12 Collaboration an Audio Boost

EdTech Magazine

The technology is designed to distinguish human voices from other background noise , enabling people in meetings to speak normally, even if they are sitting far away from a microphone or are in a noisy environment. For comparison, a manual tape recorder was left in the same room, placed near the YVC-1000 microphone. CDW VV2 Strategy.