EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The 4-year-old in the photo is wearing a tan suit with a complementary tie. His broad smile shows a full set of teeth. And now, the man who was that child says the photograph still makes him smile as well. “The suit, the smile, it lights up my face every time I see it,” said Quentin J. Lee, principal of Childersburg Middle School in Alabama. “Behind that smile, you don’t see the guy who’s never met his father, you don’t see somebody who actually failed the eighth grade.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In the ‘60s, most learning science researchers agreed that students learn by association and reinforcement, ignoring the individual factors that influence learning. However, that all changed when a renowned researcher, Martin Seligman, and his collaborators posed these fascinating questions: Can people learn to be helpless? Can they learn to be optimistic?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Schools have often been tasked with teaching and educating young minds on what it means to be a helpful, productive, considerate and thoughtful member of society. As life and learning has become more digitized, however, there's a need to similarly guide students and teachers on how everyone should responsibly conduct themselves when using technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Hour of Code–December 7th-12, 2020–is a time when teachers show students why they should love-not-fear coding and students find out that these activities — often seen as geeky or impossible — aren’t. They’re actually fun. Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for your Hour of Code. This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : Hour of Code?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Educators are struggling with keeping students engaged in virtual and hybrid environments. That's because videoconferencing without the aid of tools to engage audio and visual stimulation can leave kids feeling bored and unmotivated. There's a slew of tools and apps that teachers are experimenting with to make the virtual experience more active. We spoke with an educator from Hemet Unified School District who shared some of her favorite interactive student engagement apps for the remote learning

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Sitting in front of the computer for long periods of time is unhealthy for both teachers and students. One quick way to add movement is with a brain break. These breaks last a few minutes and get students and you moving through quick exercises, dancing, yoga, or calming exercises. Brain breaks provide a moment to have fun with your students in every lesson.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

If hindsight is 20/20, what do we hope for educators in 2021? The rapidly evolving conditions for teaching and learning in response to COVID-19’s collision with other, simultaneous disasters—natural and man-made—disrupted and overturned everything we thought we knew about educating our students, maintaining a positive school climate and community, and supporting educators’ and students’ health and well-being.

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Teacher Tech

DECEMBER 8, 2020

I created some templates for Jamboard that would allow students to practice handwriting if they have an iPad or a touchscreen chromebook or touchscreen PC. These templates are free. Kindergarten Handwriting Template This template is 1 inch lines with a half inch dotted line in the middle. The template has 20 frames that students can […]. The post 5 Free Handwriting Templates for Jamboard appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The news of a safe, effective vaccine has been a rare bright spot during the yearlong fight against the coronavirus. Two pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and Moderna, are racing toward emergency authorization for their vaccines, both of which boast an efficacy rate of more than 94 percent. That authorization could come as soon as a few days from now, and the first vaccinations could begin later this month.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2020

There’s no point mincing words: School districts and administrators have had a heck of a year. Not only have you been under immense pressure from parents and state officials to reopen schools safely, but your teachers are also understandably concerned about virus transmission. What’s more, your plans keep changing and you’re being forced to adapt. Related content: How eLearning coaches can support teachers.

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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.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Strong educators know that starting with a well-thought-out lesson plan or curriculum is a key factor in effective teaching. But often planning time is precious and limited. Overwhelm is.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2020

While students have made some learning gains in reading and math since the beginning of COVID, average math gains were lower on average in fall 2020 than prior years–meaning more students are falling behind relative to their prior standing and raising concerns about COVID learning loss, according to new research from NWEA, a nonprofit assessment provider.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Today's post features some of the best educational websites to help your students develop strong reading skills.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 8, 2020

When the pandemic sent K-12 students and teachers home in the spring, the team at Premier Communications knew they had to offer their support. Premier, a telecommunications company serving largely rural Northwest Iowa, has long-standing relationships with the approximately 30 schools and school districts in their territory. . Scott Te Strote, their Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, is even on the school board at Sioux Center Community School District.

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Throughout this period of political chaos and a global pandemic, students have continuously been asked to adapt to the “new normal.” Though this pressure affects everyone, we have found it particularly difficult as LGBTQ+ students. Online learning makes it more difficult for students and teachers to form close, one-on-one relationships. As a result, students who are navigating their sexual orientation or gender identity are finding it harder to turn to their favorite teachers for advice.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 8, 2020

I recently had the pleasure of having Laurie McIntosh on the podcast , and she has so many great ideas about education and life in general. One of the things that she is known for is the concept of “D.N.A.,” which stands for “Dreams, Needs, and Abilities.” . She shares a lot about the idea on our podcast, but you can also read more about it in one of her posts on the subject. .

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EmergingEdTech

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Image Source: Unsplash This year has been a year of change, and that’s putting it lightly. It’s been a year of change, especially for children who are in school. Some of these children are used to. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Incorporating quick-to-prepare, visually appealing learning maps in your unit planning simplifies the process while increasing its effectiveness. In addition learning maps naturally guide co-planning between content teachers and language specialists, writes Tan Huynh.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 8, 2020

MIND Research Institute is a proud partner of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and the Education Commission of the States (ECS) – two of the most prominent and important venues for edtech policy discussion. And fresh off what I’ve been unofficially calling “Policy Week” – the virtual meetings of SETDA on November 16-17 and of ECS on November 18-19 – I wanted to share some of my thoughts and impressions of the key discussions.

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Jamf on EdTech

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Supervision has been a staple of iOS management, and it's now available for Mac. See what this means and how it helps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2020

1. Where Are Our Processes Not Working? Good security is a marathon, not a sprint. The way to win the race is by implementing solid security controls with repeatable processes, and consistently maintaining them. Make sure the assessor isn’t focusing on finding that single server with an expired certificate. The assessor should look for places where you’re making repeated errors. 2.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Working with local school districts, Polar Communications delivered broadband to North Dakota students in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 26, 2007, an EF4 tornado tore through Northwood, North Dakota. The twister’s 150 mile-per-hour winds leveled the town, leaving one dead, eighteen injured, and an entire community in shock. . The next day, Northwood’s class of 2020 was scheduled to begin kindergarten. “The class of 2020 has been through quite a lot,” said Northwood Public Sch

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This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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myViewBoard

DECEMBER 8, 2020

December has arrived, bringing new features and support for more languages. Easier Deleting. We’ve added a delete function to remove all drawing strokes, and nothing else. To access this feature, click on the eraser icon in the toolbar, and then click the new “open trash can” clear all strokes icon, seen in the gif image below. This currently applies to Whiteboard for Windows.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Listen to this week’s EdSurge Podcast episode on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player on this page. Below are lightly edited highlights from the conversation. How can educators make their teaching more inclusive? The question has only gotten more pressing—and challenging—in this time of social unrest and political polarization.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Companies offering proctoring tools that monitor students as they take online exams are now being watched themselves—by Democratic senators. Led by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a group of six Democratic senators sent letters last week to three proctoring companies—ExamSoft, Proctorio and ProctorU—inquiring about the technologies they use to monitor users, how they ensure accuracy and what steps they take to protect students’ privacy.

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