Tue.Dec 27, 2022

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5 ways to create a stellar online elementary learning program

eSchool News

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. 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 4th most-read story focuses on creating an online elementary program. Elementary education is the foundation for early learning, providing students with the skills and community they need for future success in school and life.

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How Music Changes Learning

EdNews Daily

Music can provoke deep emotions while taking us back in time. Given this trajectory, it also has the power to help us learn and retain information. Emotions and learning go hand-in-hand. Maya Angelou stated, “At the end of the day, people won’t remember what you said or did; they will remember how you made them feel.” This is how good teachers become great.

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Prioritizing teacher well-being can help schools retain talent

eSchool News

As a school administrator, you’re faced with a range of challenges every day. One of the most common at the moment is mitigating the negative impacts of teacher shortages. After all, without a consistent and functional faculty, the quality of students’ education is likely to suffer. Therefore, it’s important to examine the elements that affect teacher retention.

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Free Editable Facebook Templates for your Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

One of the strategies to get students engaged and motivated to learn is to incorporate materials that they love and use in their daily life. Social media is one of them. An increasing number of our students use social media and especially Facebook to socialize, connect, and (hopefully) learn. The good news is that we can leverage the potential of this social media website to enhance students learning.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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LINQ K-12 Customers Anticipated to Serve Nearly 4 Billion Meals to Students in Fiscal Year 2022

eSchool News

WILMINGTON, N.C. (PRWEB) — LINQ , creator of leading nutrition software solutions, today shares that its Nutrition customers’ usage data shows that nearly 4 billion meals were served to students in fiscal 2022 reflecting a 44 percent increase over the 2.7 billion meals served in fiscal 2021. LINQ Nutrition customers supported serving these meals while managing their reimbursements through state and federal nutrition programs.

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How Artificial Intelligence Helps Coaches Provide More Coaching for Teachers (District Administration)

Edthena

Coaching for teachers “is a powerful process.” That’s how Courtney Groskin, an instructional learning coach with St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colo, recently described effective coaching. But effective coaching doesn’t just happen. Though she has over 20 years of experience in education, Courtney Groskin reflected, Just like teachers are always working to improve, I’m always looking for ways to elevate my own coaching practice.

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When Educators Use the Word "Science" and the Need for Critical Thinking

The 21st Century Principal

"Science can be a language of distance which reduces a being to its working parts; it is language of objects." Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass Educators and education policymakers have discovered a new word "science." Well, it's not new to them, but some educators have figured out that by placing the words "Science of" before whatever topic they wish, somehow transforms that topic into something that is to be heeded and given authority.

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NAACP targets a new civil rights issue—reading

The Hechinger Report

FAIRFAX, Va. — For years, the Fairfax County NAACP’s small education committee devoted itself mostly to fights over Confederate school names and acts of racism against individual students. It waged battles that mattered for some, “but rarely made us feel like we were having a profound impact on the system,” said Sujatha Hampton, who became chair of the committee in 2019.

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Artificial intelligence vs academic integrity: Are university and college writing at risk?

PlagiarismCheck

ChatGPT ’s release stirred the internet community in general and educators in particular. Actually, the technology behind it, GPT-3 , isn’t brand new. But the fact of how easily it empowers a chatbot to answer and write like a human is astounding. ChatGPT by OpenAI needs just a few prompts to dwell on any topic and produce high-quality content. It went viral and caused another round of hot discussions about whether AI will replace content makers and influence academic writing.

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Increasing Enrollment in K-12 Private Schools

Hubbli

Enrollment in private schools is on the rise, and it’s no surprise why. Many parents are looking for a high-quality educational experience for their children that they may not be able to find in their local public school system. As a director or head of school at a K-12 private school, you have the opportunity to capitalize on this trend and increase enrollment for your institution.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.