EmergingEdTech

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Image Source: Pexels. Pre-K often has the reputation of largely introducing children to socialization and collaboration through play. Yet, it can be a vital formative experience in children’s lives. Pre-K helps to prepare young kids to navigate the outside world and in their transition to more structured K-12 learning situations. As such, many parents and teachers are looking toward resources that can help kids get the most from their pre-K schooling.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School is not a typical K–12 campus. When SVAHS Technology Director Joshua Shearer recently upgraded the school’s wireless network, he provided faster, stronger Wi-Fi connectivity, both in traditional classrooms and in unique learning environments, including barns full of goats, pigs and other animals. The public school in Northampton, Mass., educates 550 students across 15 vocational programs.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It was spring 2022 and we were completing our first full year of in-person learning since the start of the pandemic. The kids had been through so much. We all had. Throughout 2020 and 2021, my students, colleagues and I were in and out of the building between virtual, hybrid and in-person learning because of closures and frequent quarantine periods.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Student mental health is in a state of crisis, with 70 percent of school districts reporting an increase in the number of students seeking mental health services as the 2021-2022 school year came to a close, The Washington Post reports. Schools are looking to address the situation: There’s been an almost 26 percent increase in social-emotional learning tools purchased during the last school year compared with the year before.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A venn diagram is a visual organizer composed of two or more overlapping circles. Venn Diagrams, named after their inventor John Venn, are especially used to contrast or compare a set of elements, ideas, concepts, items, etc with the purpose of drawing out similarities or differences. You can also use Venn diagrams to highlight important points or to outline and draw attention to the interrelatedness of elements.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Plagiarism is becoming ubiquitous in academia as an increase in AI-powered writing tools become more advanced and available to students. As a result, educators are faced with preventing, identifying, and stopping plagiarism even as plagiarism becomes increasingly harder to detect. But why should educators even continue to tackle plagiarism? What are the documented and potentially long-lasting impacts of students plagiarizing their work?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

eSchool Media is pleased to announce the three winners of the eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards : Dr. Ann Hughes, Director of Student Intervention for Sanger ISD in Texas; Kim Leblanc, Chief Technology Officer for Calcasieu Parish School Board in Louisiana; and Daniel Olivas, Network Analyst at Austin Independent School District in Texas. Winners were chosen for their commitment to education during and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, their creativity and innovation in helping all students cont

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BUILDING A POSITIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH RESPONSIVE ADVISORY MEETINGS… a key RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM Practice :SEL author Kristin Vincent of CRS Publishing with Rio Clemente a 6th grade social studies teacher and Teacher of the Year in Randolph NJ. Learn more. Keep Reading BUILDING A POSITIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH RESPONSIVE ADVISORY MEETINGS. The post BUILDING A POSITIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH RESPONSIVE ADVISORY MEETINGS appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium fo

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Exclude assignments from reporting in Google Classroom. You want to have more control over what gets reported to guardians and other stakeholders. Decide what to exclude from the progress report. The post EXCLUDE Assignments in Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

OCTOBER 3, 2022

HOW PENSACOLA TURNED AROUND LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS an ACE-ED.ORG equity presentation Our guests are Tim Rose , principal of Warrington Elementary in Pensacola, a “D” level Title 1 school, now a “B” with the help of The Rensselaerville Institute whose president, Keep Reading HOW PENSACOLA TURNED AROUND LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A national group that seeks to curb student absenteeism is sounding an alarm after finding that the number of chronically absent students continued to surge even as pandemic closings abated. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. The organization, Attendance Works, believes that the number of students missing at least 18 days* of school a year doubled to 16 million in 2021-22 from 8 million students before the pandemic.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 3, 2022

While logic and skill are two important elements in advancing math knowledge, students also need to be immersed in the language of math to succeed. Kathleen Palmieri brainstormed with her fifth graders to develop fun strategies that help them understand and apply math terms. The post How We Pumped Up Our Math Vocabulary Study first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Members of student tech teams provide their districts with much-needed tech assistance and gain valuable real-world experience in the process.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Recognizing the country’s best examples of K-12 success during the pandemic-era school year, eSchool News recognizes three winners for their exceptional efforts to help all students continue learning, while ensuring students felt safe, empowered, and engaged. Gaithersburg, MD (Monday, October 3, 2022) — eSchool Media is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards , sponsored by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , and dedicated to recognizing the innovative contribut

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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.

Technology

The Thinking Stick

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Sponsor: FlexiSpot.com. Save $20 on the Pro Plus Standing Desk (E7) when you use offer code shifting20 at checkout. Guest: Nancy Lhoest-Squicciarini. After 36 years of working in schools, I continue to wake up each day passionate, enthusiastic and proud to be an educator. My goal is to facilitate teams to elevate their collective wisdom to positively impact student learning.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In Ready-to-Use Resources for Grit in the Classroom, Sanguras calls on her extensive experience to create a book that will assist teachers in their goals to help students to develop passion, perseverance, and commitment – the three components of grit – writes Anne Anderson. The post Activities & Mini-Lessons to Build Perseverance first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The death of Queen Elizabeth and the coronation of King Charles can be a great teaching opportunity.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2022

When educators are researching and comparing edtech tools, they’re not just looking for a solution to a problem. They’re looking for a solution to their problem—suited to the unique needs of their students. So what’s the best way to choose edtech when what worked for a small district in the Midwest might not have the same outcome for, say, an urban district in New England?

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I waited anxiously as the professor returned our retake exams. Flipping through mine, I remembered how much I had desperately wanted more time to finish it. As I expected, her red marks filled the blank spaces that the exam clock had not allowed me to fill. I had nearly failed my exam, again. After scoring low on the original test, I had become determined to improve my performance.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. SEPT. 22, 2022 — ParentSquare , continuing its momentum in partnering with Texas schools, announces over a dozen additional independent school districts (ISD) have adopted the platform to streamline communications and empower administrators and teachers to engage every student’s family. To further support Texas districts, ParentSquare is now a platinum corporate partner in the Texas Fast Growth School Coalition.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Limiting the craft of writing in the classroom to a single content area has damaged the perceived power and potential of writing. The post It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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