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Sal Khan’s New Online School Wants to Make ‘Mastery Learning’ Global

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For 50 ninth graders, showing up to school this fall meant taking part in an experiment. The students had enrolled in the latest effort by Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, the online tool he started by making videos on YouTube that is now used by hundreds of districts in the U.S. Khan’s new project is a fully online school with a mix of self-paced online learning and group activities.

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TCEA 2023: Schools Learn How to Boost Cybersecurity with Limited Funds

EdTech Magazine

There is no doubt that even with competing priorities, cybersecurity is top of mind for school districts. However, budget constraints can make it tough for K–12 schools to fully address all their cybersecurity concerns. That could explain why the “Cybersecurity on a Shoestring” session at TCEA 2023 in San Antonio was jampacked. “The average school spends less than 8 percent of its IT budget on cybersecurity, with 1 in 5 schools committing less than 1 percent,” notes a 2022 report from the Center

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#EDvice: Interest Powers Learning and Outcomes

A Principal's Reflections

Humans crave a deep connection when it comes to learning something new, especially if they initially don't see any value in what's being taught or facilitated. We expect this as adult learners, so it goes without saying that our students both want and need this as well. In the absence of authentic meaning there is a tendency to disconnect or go off task, putting the learning experience at hand in jeopardy of not being successful.

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No Longer a Luxury, Coding is Now Core

EdNews Daily

By Chris McMurray One of the most valuable skillsets we can teach our students is the ability to code. Not only does it enhance their writing and math skills, but it also gives them a valuable mindset for future life and employment situations. Perhaps the top reason to teach our students how to code is that it gives them a strong basis for problem-solving and helps them understand the way things work.

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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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Portraits and Pathways: Computational Thinking Pathways Fulfill a Portrait of a Graduate

Edsurge

At Indian Prairie School District (IPSD), located just west of Chicago, one of the crucial alignment points—a “north star,” if you will—for the district’s 35 schools is its Portrait of a Graduate profile. Widely adopted by school districts across the country, Portrait of a Graduate outlines the interdisciplinary skills that a district believes its students should embody and exemplify by high school graduation.

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What America Needs to Tackle the Youth Mental Health Crisis

EdNews Daily

By Duncan Young and Jerry Barone Editor’s Note: This is the first of a four-part series on the student mental health crisis and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for in-school mental health resources. Our children are facing a mental health epidemic. From 2009 to 2021, the share of American high school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” rose from 26 percent to 44 percent.

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New Thinking for Becoming Matrix Digital

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen There are several divergent points of thinking when it comes to considering adoption of a Matrix Digital Model of teaching and learning. Becoming organized and more efficient digitally involves a recasting of many of the methods and procedures of traditional schooling. These are the essential ones Distinguish Analog vs. Digital Every point of the GVC needs a clear distinction between teaching content via human discourse or interaction, and self-directed learning or information

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OPINION: Can we please stop talking about so-called learning loss?

The Hechinger Report

In recent weeks, news outlets and social media have been filled with depressing stories about “declines” in student achievement, in both reading and math. These reported downturns were not observed in terms of student problem-solving or thought processes, but on standardized test scores. This measured dip in performance, according to the stories, can be attributed to the attention-grabbing phenomenon called “learning loss,” a post-pandemic term that has become common parlance in educational circ

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Podcast: EdTech for Emergent Bilinguals: Interpreting the Research

EdNews Daily

In this episode of the Learning Leadership Society Podcast, your host, Learning Counsel News Media and Research CEO LeiLani Cauthen, talks with Nicholas Feroce, Ph.D., Research Scientist at Lexia Learning about research design in the area of emergent bilinguals, and program causality to effect notable gains among that population. Click Here to Listen The post Podcast: EdTech for Emergent Bilinguals: Interpreting the Research first appeared on EdNews Daily.

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What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean?

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Critical thinking is the suspension of judgment while identifying biases and underlying assumptions in order to draw accurate conclusions. The post What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean? appeared first on TeachThought.

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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.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Engaging classroom Teaching Videos

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Educational videos can be a great way to engage students and create a more interactive learning experience. With the right tools and a bit of creativity, anyone can create an educational video that’s both informative and engaging. In this blog post, we’ll provide a step-by-step guide to creating educational videos to help you get the most out of your video-making efforts.

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How to help ESL students improve writing skills

eSchool News

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. And it becomes even more challenging for ESL learners. Not only do they learn a language but they also have to deal with other school subjects in it. And while listening and reading aren’t that difficult to conquer (both are passive skills about consuming the language, so they are easier for students to handle), active skills like speak

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The Top 50 Best Books for Teachers – Professional Development Education Books You’ll Love

Fractus Learning

There are a LOT of great books for teachers out there. Picking just fifty is no easy feat, but we’ve done our best to cover the best books for teachers from five different angles. All of these are exceptional reads.

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AVer Launches World’s First All-in-One Camera with AI Audio for the Classroom

eSchool News

Fremont, CA – AVer Information Inc. USA, the award-winning provider of video collaboration and education technology solutions today announced the launch of the A30 , the world’s first All-in-One Camera with AI Audio for the Classroom. The A30 is a multi-functional classroom tool that enhances the teaching experience by combining a document camera, web camera, microphone, and speaker.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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SUSTAINING A HIGH QUALITY PRE-SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO

American Consortium for Equity in Education

SUSTAINING A HIGH QUALITY PRE-SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO A conversation with the film’s producers Aaron Steinberg and Tamra Raven of “Tomorrow’s Hope” and and a cast member the current Director of Early Childhood Quality & Impact at Startearly.org, Brenda Keep Reading SUSTAINING A HIGH QUALITY PRE-SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO The post SUSTAINING A HIGH QUALITY PRE-SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | Th

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What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean?

TeachThought - Learn better.

What It Really Means To Think Critically by Terry Heick What does ‘critical thinking’ mean? Well, that depends on who … What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean? Read More The post What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean? appeared first on TeachThought.

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CTE IN PENNSYLVANIA

American Consortium for Equity in Education

CTE IN PENNSYLVANIA Kim Cosklo is the President of the PA Association for Career and Tech Education, is a Cosmetology teacher and she’s bringing a student with her. My friends at IZZIT.org introduced me to her, so thank you Izzit. The post CTE IN PENNSYLVANIA appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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What is Labor-Based Grading? Its Pioneer Explains

techlearning

Labor-based grading is an approach pioneered by rhetoric and composition professor Asao Inoue to be fairer for all students and separate learning from assessment

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Honoring Black History Month with Buncee

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Since the 1970s, February has been dedicated to Black History, which is a great time for students to learn about the milestones of Black History , and celebrate the powerful African American historical figures that have an influence on today’s society. The information learned during Black History Month is important to carry with us all year long, as this is part of African American culture that will forever be connected to the present day.

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Tech & Learning Names Winners of the Best of 2022 Awards

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This annual award celebrates recognizing the very best in EdTech from 2022

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Announcing the First Library 2.023 Mini-Conference: "Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our first Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Libraries have the power to help transform lives, both for staff and patrons, through efforts that promote mental health and wellness.

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What is Wikipedia and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

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Wikipedia is a digital online encyclopedia that covers most topics and is volunteer maintained.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Georgia’s Clayton County Public Schools Announces New Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting STEM ? 

American Consortium for Equity in Education

Georgia’s Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting STEM education in K-8 classrooms across the district. Through this new collaboration, educators, and students in 13 district schools are now using Discovery Education’s award-winning Keep Reading Georgia’s Clayton County Public Schools Announces New Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting STEM   The post Georgia’s Clayton County Public Schools Announces New Partnership wi

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250: How do you find a balance with flexibility and student agency?

The Thinking Stick

This episode debunks a few misconceptions about Maker education and design projects. We have help with the debunking from Lindsey Simmons, an educator who has partnered with Mackin Maker , who have been a phenomenal sponsor of this show. Our conversation goes on to explore ways we can use the design cycle in many different ways and how understanding that cycle can set us up for all types of projects in our personal lives.

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The pandemic robbed thousands of New York City children of parents. Many aren’t getting the help they need

The Hechinger Report

This story was originally co-published on January 26, 2023 by THE CITY, Columbia Journalism Investigations, Type Investigations and City Limits as part of “MISSING THEM,” THE CITY’s COVID-19 memorial and journalism project. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organ

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PROOF POINTS: Federal funds to combat pandemic learning loss don’t reflect need

The Hechinger Report

Why is it that some states, like Alabama, have more than $1,000 to spend on each student for each week of pandemic learning loss, and other states, such as Massachusetts have only $165? This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The answer, according to a January 2023 report by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, is that $122 billion in federal pandemic recovery money has been allocated to schools based on the percentages of children from low-income families even though there’s not a tight c

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.