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5 Ways K–12 Schools Can Push Back Against the Consent Phishing Trend

EdTech Magazine

We all think we know about phishing emails and how dangerous they are, particularly to K–12 school systems. However, educators may not be familiar with the growing trend of “consent phishing.” In consent phishing attacks, bad actors use malicious apps hosted on legitimate cloud platforms to gain “access to an organization’s cloud services and data,” according to Microsoft.

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15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s summer, that time of rest and rejuvenation, ice cream and bonhomie. Like the American plains or the African savannas, it stretches endlessly to a far horizon that is the Next School Year. It represents so much time, you can do anything, accomplish the impossible, and prepare yourself quintessentially for upcoming students. So what are the absolute basics you should learn this summer that will make a difference in your Fall class?

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4 Shifts Protocol sessions at InnEdCO 2022

Dangerously Irrelevant

This year there are not one… not two… but THREE 4 Shifts Protocol sessions at the annual InnEdCO conference ! I do a basic introductory workshop on Monday. Gina and Robbi have created a fabulous workshop and I can’t wait to see their session in action on Tuesday. Then I will try and extend all of this work even further during my Wednesday workshop. Descriptions are below… .

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Every Student Deserves an IEP

Edsurge

Early in my career, I taught at a school with a very progressive inclusion policy. Within my completely integrated classroom, a diverse group of learners had the beautiful opportunity to experience one another’s strengths and different ways of learning. Core to the spirit of an IEP is each student having a sense of belonging, being known in an affirmative way and supported to succeed at school.

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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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Key Educational Technology Concepts Teachers Should Know About

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Educational technology is a dynamic field of research and study. This dynamism stems mainly from the constant flow of new educational web technologies and the emergence of novel educational.read more.

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One Month with @Sony’s AI Robot Dog, aibo #AIrobot #robotics #sonyaibo #aibo @SonyElectronics

techieMusings

I learned about aibo, Sony’s “robotic puppy, powered by AI,” a couple years ago. What initially sparked my interest was that aibo learns and grows over time when given human care and attention. How could this robot dog provide companionship and bond with its owner? My teacher brain also went straight to the visual programming that you can use to teach aibo tricks and the potential for using aibo to help children develop social-emotional learning skills.

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Best Practices for School Leaders to Support Well-Being

techlearning

Under the leadership of Alena Zachery-Ross, Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan has developed award-winning wellness programs.

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What’s so great about online teaching?

eSchool News

Had I been asked what I thought about online teaching two years ago, I would probably have given you quite an earful of the many known shortcomings of virtual teaching modalities, including the challenges to student engagement and community building. Ask me now and my answer could not be more different. Amid the latest push for a return to in-person teaching , many instructors have been adamant about the advantages of digital classrooms and look forward to continuing teaching online in a post-pa

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It’s Never too Early for Your Students to Write Their Autobiography (Lesson Plan)

TeacherCast

Who are your students? What do they know about themselves? What have they done with themselves before they entered your classroom? These are just a few of the questions that might come up at the beginning of the school year. It can be said that the most important thing that a student learns how to do during their 13 years of education is to have the skillset to introduce themselves to the world and be able to clearly articulate their identity.

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Jamf celebrates 20 years of helping organizations succeed with Apple

Jamf on EdTech

Jamf celebrated our 20-year anniversary on June 10, 2022. Thank you, Jamf Nation, for helping us to grow and reach so many milestones along the way!

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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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It’s Never too Early for Your Students to Write Their Autobiography (Lesson Plan)

TeacherCast

This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. Who are your students? What do they know about themselves? What have they done with themselves before they entered your classroom? These are just a few of the questions that might come up at the beginning of the school year.

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BoomWriter and Walch Education joins forces to provide world-class EdTech solutions

eSchool News

Milton-based EdTech developer and publisher, BoomWriter Media Inc. , (BoomWriter) has merged with education powerhouse Walch Education. This puts the combined company on the map as the leading provider of applications supporting the core fundamentals of education. BW Walch, as the umbrella company will be known, brings a partnership that offers complete solutions for schools and teachers to create engaging in-class experiences and to provide better learning outcomes for students across all age g

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PROOF POINTS: Rethinking claims of racial bias in special education

The Hechinger Report

A May 2022 study of children with disabilities found that Black and white children who posted the same low test scores were equally likely to be removed from a general education classroom and placed in a separate special ed classroom. (Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images). Across the nation, 13 percent of Black students were diagnosed with disabilities at school, far higher than the 9 percent disability rate among white children, according to the most recent tally o

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IXL Learning Acquires Language Learning Software Developer Curiosity Media

eSchool News

SAN MATEO, Calif. — June 12, 2022 — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 13 million students, announced it has acquired Curiosity Media , the creator of innovative language learning platforms that empower people to more effectively communicate in Spanish and English. The acquisition of Curiosity Media includes its flagship products SpanishDict , inglés.com and Fluencia , which collectively help more than 100 million people each year grow their languages s

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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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OPINION: Early data offers a sobering look at interrupted and incomplete learning, but there is hope ahead

The Hechinger Report

As young people, families and educators near the end of yet another hectic pandemic school year, new research studying the early impact of remote learning offers a sobering look at experiences and outcomes, including interrupted and incomplete learning. The latest study from Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research is based on testing data from 2.1 million students across the country.

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

techlearning

Google Maps in schools is a powerful learning tool with lots of education potential.

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Wednesday: Lessons from School Shootings - Protecting Yourselves and Your Library Patrons

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

"Protecting Yourselves and Your Patrons: Important Lessons for Library Leaders and Staff from School Shootings" Part of the Library 2.0 Series with Dr. Steve Albrecht OVERVIEW : Once again we are faced with a national tragedy that affects the safety and enhances the fears of everyone, with another mass shooting, this time at a Texas elementary school.

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Best Coding Kits 2022

techlearning

The best coding kits let students take code into real world experiences.

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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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Top Five Books That Shape Coaching Culture

MindSpark

By Davis Turner With MindSpark turning five this year, I decided to narrow down my library of coaching books to create a more concise, must-read, tribute to our anniversary. Although I left a few of my favorites out, I think this list has shaped not only my coaching philosophy, but also coaching in general. Your athletes need your support. As a coach or athletic director, it is up to you to make sure your coaches and athletes are motivated, engaged, and ready to overcome new challenges.

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Fun with Lucidspark!

Kathy Schrock

I just spent the day exploring Lucidspark , a collaborative whiteboard educators and students can use for many educational activities and assessments! Lucidspark is brought to you by the folks at Lucid for Education , who have been supporters of education with their Lucidpress and Lucidchart products for many years. The Lucidpress and Lucidchart tools have many templates available for teachers, a few of which you can see below.

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Onboarding: Systems, Communications & Dashboards

Hansen's Link to Tech

When onboarding staff, it is essential to have a dynamic and linear strategy to not only document but communicate with your new employees providing mutual clarity amongst your new employee(s) and organizational team. This week I’m sharing a process I believe is successful when onboarding staff from the Technology Services lens. Onboarding Knowledge.

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It’s Time to Soften Schools, Not Harden Them

Edsurge

On May 24, the unfathomable happened. Again. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, and 17 more wounded, in the sanctuary of an elementary school. A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. School hardening proposals include protecting school entrances and windows, adding metal detectors and armed security on school premises, or even equipping teachers with guns.

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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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Learn 10 Reasons Why Your Students Are … AWESOME! (Lesson Plan)

TeacherCast

This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. At the beginning of the school year, it’s natural to create activities so teachers get to know their students. Some teachers might ask students to describe their summer or a recent trip they have been on.

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Learn 10 Reasons Why Your Students Are … AWESOME! (Lesson Plan)

TeacherCast

At the beginning of the school year, it’s natural to create activities so teachers get to know their students. Some teachers might ask students to describe their summer or a recent trip they have been on. Other activities might include asking students to write down a list of things they hope to accomplish in the coming year. I love this time of year because it gives me the opportunity to not only assess my student’s goals, hopes for the new year, and their personalities, but also it allows me