Tue.Apr 13, 2021

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Podcast pedagogy: Leveraging audio programs for learning

Neo LMS

It was probably over ten years ago when our after-school multi-media club began creating podcasts for our school using GarageBand on our MacBook Pro. The students put a lot of work into each episode – adding intros and outros, recording segments of trivia and riddles, and playing around with bumpers and stingers. Unfortunately, our audience was small – basically the families of the students in the club and one loyal second grade teacher who played them for her class each week.

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Q&A: Felisa Ford on ‘Good Trouble: Lessons in Social Justice’ for Minecraft Education

EdTech Magazine

Minecraft: Education Edition’s “Good Trouble: Lessons in Social Justice” brings the discussion of equality to students by introducing them to the late U.S. Congressman John Lewis. The lesson, which has more than 2 million downloads since its release last November, helps educators explore the ideas of social injustice with their students. Other lessons in the series will cover identity, diversity and inclusion.

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What If Students Didn’t Have to Leave Community Colleges to Earn Bachelor’s Degrees?

Edsurge

Set a few miles from the sea and surrounded by swampy state parks, Indian River Community College was for years a lone outpost of higher education on Florida’s Treasure Coast. The nearest university—Florida Atlantic—was nearly 60 miles away, a long haul down I-95 for someone seeking more schooling but bound to her community by a home, a job, a family.

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EdTech Tools for Inclusive Classrooms

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

One of the key strengths of learning technologies and more specifically assistive technologies is that they help students with disabilities tap into their full potential and provide inclusive.

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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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What the Odd History of ‘Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps’ Says About Education Equity

Edsurge

There’s a phrase that’s used a lot when talking about the American Dream, a phrase that captures this idea that anyone can rise up and make their own fortune: “Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.” And it turns out, the idiom has a precise—and surprising—origin story. It starts back in 1834, with an inventor from Nashville, Tennessee, named Nimrod Murphree.

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Here Is How to Easily Generate Citations and Bibliographies Using Google Docs

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google Docs has a cool feature called Citations which allows you to easily add citations and generate bibliographies for your documents. Students can use Docs citation to add in-text references in.

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5 tools to amplify student voice

eSchool News

As we prepare students for college, career, and life, it’s vital that we foster skills that will ensure students are successful. As educators, we’ve heard about the importance of the “21st century 4 C’s” to our students’ future success. Post-secondary schools and employers are looking for students and a workforce that can communicate effectively, work collaboratively, think critically, problem-solve, and use creativity in various settings.

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OPINION: New research shows that ninth grade matters more than ever

The Hechinger Report

Most of the next class of ninth graders spent half of their middle school lives in an altered educational environment. And, as a result of the pandemic, many tenth and eleventh graders will need extra support to graduate on time. That’s why the time is now to adjust practices that work better for students and for teachers — beginning in ninth grade.

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Professional development should remain a pandemic priority

eSchool News

For Diane Lauer, Assistant Superintendent of Priority Programs and Academic Support at St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado, COVID couldn’t stop teacher training. In fact, her work became that much more important. In this conversation with eSchool News , Diane breaks down her strategies for keeping faculty on point with technology and instruction. [ Edited for clarity.]. eSN : Before the pandemic struck, would it be fair to say there was a general resistance amongst some teachers, who would be s

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Developing Data-Driven Equity Practices and Partnerships

edWeb.net

By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Using data to determine the needs of economically disadvantaged students and make good decisions about them has helped one school district provide more equitable outcomes, meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increase opportunities for high school graduates to succeed in college and their careers.

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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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From Learning Loss to Unfinished Learning: Resources for Changing the Conversation

MIND Research Institute

COVID-19 intensified some long-standing problems with math education, educational inequity, and society’s poor relationship with math. Researchers predicted that math learning would be heavily impacted by COVID-related school closures, and that is proving to be true so far this school year. COVID-19 cost students learning time and educators teaching time.

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How to Lighten Your Google Classroom Banner Image

EdTechTeam

One of our most popular blog posts to date is, “How to Create a Custom Theme in Google Classroom,” and it’s no secret why, especially now with all of the virtual learning happening. Teachers work tirelessly to create engaging and unique content online for their students. And Google Classroom is the hub and jump-off point that students visit over and over, so this space should be engaging and unique.

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How To Write School Newsletters Parents Actually Read

Hubbli

School newsletters remain the most common tool that administrators use to keep parents up to date. Below is a video from a Montessori Administrator course offered by the CGMS that features Hubbli founder Jono Landon teaching the “do’s and don’t’s” of using emails and writing killer school newsletters that parents actually read.

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Basketball Mathematics scores big at inspiring kids to learn

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

New study with 756 1st through 5th graders demonstrates that a six-week mashup of hoops and math has a positive effect on their desire to learn more, provides them with an experience of increased self-determination and grows math confidence among youth.

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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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Building Community at a Distance

The Daring Librarian

I really should name this post "What I did during Covid" Which, in short, was a LOT OF Geek Squad Tech help to my kids, families, teachers, & staff. I created content to help my kids to connect, lots of tech troubleshooting tips, held numerous LIVE Tech-Help-Desk sessions, and hosted #MediaBreaks. Media Breaks are Virtual Lunch Bunches, read alongs, contests, & community bonding experiences.

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Must-Have Google Skills for Teachers (Part 3 – Google Drive) – SULS0105

Shake Up Learning

The post Must-Have Google Skills for Teachers (Part 3 – Google Drive) – SULS0105 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing the must-have Google Drive skills for teachers. Google Drive is much more than just cloud storage. And once you start using Google tools with your students, it’s imperative that you use and understand Google Drive.

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Recognizing Our Own Strengths and the Gifts of Others

The Principal of Change

As I write this, it is my birthday (April 12), and I was thinking about something that I heard while working out this morning. . I thought a lot about this quote. On the one hand, it seems sad because it feels to be true somedays. Anyone can feel unappreciated, underappreciated, and sometimes unfairly criticized. We all have those days. . In the last year, I have really focused more on the things that I am proud of and my strengths than on what I can do.

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How A Single Platform Enables Successful Co-Teaching and Engagement in Remote Learning

Edsurge

Over the course of three years working together, Ohio teacher Heather Nesler and her co-teacher perfected a smoothly choreographed approach to co-teaching inclusive eighth-grade math classes. Their strategy—which included using Pear Deck’s platform —was supportive and engaging. Even the quietest students participated. Then the pandemic hit. Over the course of three years working together, Ohio teacher Heather Nesler and her co-teacher perfected a smoothly choreographed approach. then the pandemi

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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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Rural schools have a teacher shortage. Why don’t people who live there, teach there?

The Hechinger Report

For the past six years, Shari Daniels has tried to be the person she wishes she had in her life as a student. This story also appeared in USA Today. Daniels grew up on the Fort Peck Reservation , home to about 6,000 members of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, in northeast Montana. Now 48, she struggles to remember the name of even one of her teachers, and she has no memory of making a personal connection with any of them.