Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Guest post written by Amy Tobener-Talley. September 8th is International Literacy Day, a great time to think about promoting a class culture that values reading. However, encouraging students to read in and out of class is challenging as small screens command much of their time and attention. It is becoming increasingly difficult to pry students away from Snapchat, Netflix, Spotify, Instagram, and video games to read anything longer than a snippet.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Instructional technology is a critical component of teaching and learning in today’s world. Technology, when aligned to research-based practices, supports teachers in delivering instruction that is adapted to meet the needs of all students. However, it’s not enough for teachers to simply use technology tools. Teachers need to be able to effectively use technology, select appropriate tools, and integrate technology into the curriculum in order to have impactful technology use.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

September 11th, 20 Years Later. Never Forget. Take a moment. Do a good deed [link] I was in EMS for 22 years before retiring due to a back injury. One of my most memorable experiences was responding to New York City as a Paramedic in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. I will never forget that experience. What I saw and did are still with me, as is a type of asthma from breathing the dust.

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I’ve seen it in my own life. I bought an old zero-turn radius lawn mower and learned how to drive it on the fly. I’ve tinkered with broken items around the house until I fixed them. I’ve seen it in the classroom. Students finally getting verb conjugation in Spanish after rearranging cards with word parts on them. It’s […]. The post 10 ways to make lessons more hands-on appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Schools have a lot of devices to manage. Students have devices, staff have devices and classrooms have devices, all of which need to be tracked, organized and managed. Educational technologies are a considerable investment for K–12 districts. To protect this investment, schools need robust asset management programs. An asset management strategy should include asset tags for all devices.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A researcher tested a new weight loss supplement. She gave it to 200 overweight adults and discovered that their average weight, as measured by a precise weight scale, declined after two months of taking the supplement. She concluded that the supplement promotes weight loss. Is that claim accurate, or faulty? Ask that question to a group of adults, and many are likely to tell you that the finding checks out.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. Reader Question: Dear Bonni, Do you have tips on how to spark curiosity for students who are in classes not in their major when I am female and most of my students are male engineers? I find it hard to get them to engage with me because of their preconceptions, and sometimes I feel like I have to prove myself to get their respect?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Wide Open School has this excellent resource featuring a wide variety of educational materials to use in reading and writing activities. These include audiobooks, writing prompts, interactive.read more.

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Jamf on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The new Jamf Educator platform offers a broad range of support for users who want to refine their understanding of the Jamf Teacher app. Learn more about why you should try out this program.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

There is an oft-cited parable in children’s mental health about two individuals fishing on the banks of a river. In the midst of their outing, they notice a child in the middle of the river, struggling to stay afloat and in obvious danger. One of the anglers drops their fishing pole, swims out and brings the child to safety on the shore. No sooner does the angler resume fishing then another child comes floating down the river, struggling to keep their head above water.

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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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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A quick message with glows and grows after a classroom observation is nice, but is it really effective teacher feedback? Giving feedback to support teachers’ improvement is not as simple as sending an email with a two-paragraph summary of what you saw during a lesson. It doesn’t have to be difficult, but to give truly practice-changing feedback, you’ll need to be more intentional.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Cultural Moments is an excellent Google for Education resource featuring a collection of educational resources and activities that teachers and educators can use to celebrate various popular holidays.read more.

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Buncee

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

At Buncee, we’ve always strived to find new and creative ways to support educators and encourage student success. We’ve kept this goal close to our hearts, and have had the pleasure of collaborating with others who value education as much as we do. Today, this tradition continues, and we are very honored to share some exciting news: Buncee has become part of the Capstone family!

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. Administrators, technology leaders, classroom teachers, and educators in all roles have persevered as they taught each and every one of their students during a global pandemic. The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox , recognizes the determined efforts of these educators and highlights their exemplary effo

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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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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Emmy Awards continue to be a rich source of teaching ideas for educators who have an interest in media, television and film literacy. Expert Frank Baker’s latest edition of his annual Emmys column offers background perspective, teaching ideas and additional resources. The post It’s Emmy Award Time: Why Should We Care? first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Heroes at Work is a three-part series featuring excerpts from conversations with the grand prize winners of the 2021 eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox. See below for the full interview. Here, eSchool News highlights the Navajo Preparatory School –one of three K-12 Hero Awards winners. Keep reading this interview with Sean C. Bekis, the school’s Network Administrator, to discover how school leaders did whatever they needed to do to get students connected to reliable

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Discord, despite the name, brings students together in online chat spaces for safe and open discussion

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

WOBURN, Mass. – Sept. 7, 2021 – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has approved FEV Tutor to be a full-service member of the state’s new Vetted Texas Tutoring Corps (VTTC). The corps is an initiative aimed at accelerating student learning through high-impact tutoring. The TEA vetted all VTTC members to ensure they have the research-based criteria for high-impact tutoring.

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Jamf on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The new Jamf Educator platform offers a broad range of support for users who want to refine their understanding of the Jamf Teacher app. Learn more about why you should try out this program.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday,?September 8, 2021) — Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting the district’s five-year strategic plan, Expedition to 2025: Purpose. Promise. Success. Through this new collaboration, educators and students districtwide will receive access to a suite of Discovery Education’s award-winning digital learning resources.

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Turnitin

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

?This year’s International Literacy Day (ILD) is particularly resonant for us here at Turnitin.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

CLEVELAND, Ohio – With many school districts continuing to look for ways to help students who don’t have robust internet service at home maximize their learning potential, Charter Communications, Inc., which operates the Spectrum brand, today announced that Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is deploying the Spectrum Enterprise Stay Connected K-12 solution as a multi-year solution.

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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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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This story about The Dream SMP was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. Back in the spring of 2020, before my tween daughters became obsessed with Minecraft YouTube, I thought I had pandemic parenting figured out. Their teachers were struggling to put together half-days of online instruction, so I filled the void with “Dad School,” folding my children into a world full

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Alissa J. Bratz. How to design meaningful standards-based assessments (that are also easy to grade!) . …even if your school does traditional grading. “Why do we have to learn this?” . “Will this be on the test?”. “How much do we have to write? How many pages does it have to be?”. Let’s take a moment to unpack what students are really asking us with these questions.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani was 13, her mother died before she could ask her about the changes her body would soon be going through. She was introduced to sex education during a required course in high school. To discourage premarital sex, the instructor offered a student a stick of gum. Then she chewed it, and asked whether the student still wanted it.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Alissa J. Bratz. How to design meaningful standards-based assessments (that are also easy to grade!) . …even if your school does traditional grading. “Why do we have to learn this?”. “Will this be on the test?”. “How much do we have to write? How many pages does it have to be?”. Let’s take a moment to unpack what students are really asking us with these questions.

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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.

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