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6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

eSchool News

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. The benefits of esports are well documented.

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Unthoughtful consumption

Dangerously Irrelevant

We should be more alarmed that we’re not doing more about this issue in our elementary and secondary classrooms. Not yet, not in most school systems. A few token ‘digital citizenship’ lessons from a teacher or librarian and we seem to think we’ve addressed this concern. But we don’t seem to be.

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Embracing diversity in the classroom: Strategies for inclusive education

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Systemic issues reflected in teacher bias and bullying We can’t ignore the fact that in the United States today, learners who are different often become the victims of bullying and bias. These issues may appear isolated but largely stem from systemic problems facing the nation’s schools. Why is diversity an issue for schools?

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Online Courses from Vector Solutions Help Schools Address Pandemic-Related Behavioral Challenges

eSchool News

The company also offers a set of Student Safety and Wellness courses for students on topics such as bullying, suicide and digital citizenship and resources such as whitepapers and webinars to help teachers and administrators deal with issues of student mental health and trauma stemming from the pandemic.

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Three Digital Equity Leaders Call to Action for Students Without Home Internet Access

techlearning

Green Bay Area PS had a laptop cart model until 2017 when they established the Ninja Deployment initiative that resulted 1:1 devices at the secondary level and 1.5:1 1 at the elementary level. Omaha PS took an approach of pushing digital literacy and digital citizenship with a five year public service grant from Cox.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. By improving access to district systems and processes, school leaders will be able to better serve and meet the needs and expectations of the families they serve.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Librarians should plan programming and provide tools that encourage creativity, collaboration and communication, i.e. STEAM and makerspace activities like code.org courses and digital citizenship curricula like Common Sense Education. An achievable roadmap for success This road map is very achievable. As the U.S.