Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2020

Following nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd and others at the hands of police, I have received a slew of emails from edtech companies containing statements of solidarity and inclusion, explaining that the company supports diversity and does not tolerate racism. Sadly, many of these emails feel not unlike the emails sent at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that attempted to sell me their product to improve my remote teaching experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2020

Space units are always exciting. Part of it’s the history, but a lot is that space is our final frontier, a wild untamed land that man knows so little about. Now that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has safely delivered American astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time in almost a decade, the fever of excitement over space couldn’t be higher.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 12, 2020

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of check-ins with educators all over. Episode 032 is below. Thank you, Scott Elias and Kelly Williams , for sharing how the Futures Lab program in Fort Collins, Colorado is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

A new Google for Education feature saves educators and students time and energy while ensuring the integrity of student work. What Are Originality Reports and How Do They Work? Google’s originality reports do the heavy lifting of identifying unattributed citations, finding sources and identifying plagiarism — intentional or unintentional — by automatically searching the web for matching text results.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

This is the second of a three-part series looking at how social-emotional learning strategies can support teachers of students with learning differences during the pandemic. You can read part one here. The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted daily life for virtually every educator, parent, and student in the U.S. It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

The infusion of educational technology into K–12 classrooms fueled debates about students and screen time. A divide emerged, with some wealthier parents seeking reduced screen time while other parents and educators dealt with concerns about students having basic access to devices and internet as well as other related issues of equity. That conversation shifted when most of the nation’s schools began implementing remote learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

Online classes are not new to K–12 schools, but until recently they generally played out in a very different way. Students at traditional public schools may have taken one class online, but not all of them. The duration of virtual instruction is another example. Of the schools that dabbled in remote learning, most saved it as an option to continue operations during inclement weather or similar emergencies.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 12, 2020

If you are new to Chromebook or are planning to use it in your (online) teaching, the visual below contains some helpful tips that will help you better understand what you can and can not do with.read more.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

CDW•G and Clarity Innovations introduced a new cybersecurity resource hub at CoSN2020, the Consortium for School Networking’s annual conference, in May. Called K–12 Blueprint Security , the toolkit was designed to help IT leaders get buy-in for stronger cybersecurity programs. It features a plethora of materials — from a security self-assessment checklist to an overview of data privacy and security regulations IT decision-makers and district leaders should be familiar with.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2020

Although COVID-19 has disrupted education for everyone, college-bound high school seniors have seen pronounced disruption in both the abrupt end to their senior year–an end without milestones or fanfare–and in the uncertainty surrounding how they will begin their college experience in the fall. New Eduventures research sheds light on the best ways to support high school seniors as they prepare for a new educational chapter.

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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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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 12, 2020

The post The Anti-Racist Educator [interview with Keisha Rembert] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. While this topic branches out more broadly for the Shake Up Learning listeners and readers, I want to use this platform to support the movement and to raise awareness and inspire action. I’ve asked Keisha Rembert, award-winning teacher and co-author of “ Being an Anti-Racist Educator is a Verb , to share her knowledge and advice for teachers.

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techlearning

JUNE 12, 2020

For a school board, Successful navigation of a crisis requires trust, consensus, and mutual focus on clear goals and priorities

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N2Y

JUNE 12, 2020

As unique learners transition to post-school activities, teachers and caregivers face a basic question: “What’s next?”. Join us to see how to prepare students with new assistive technology tools and organizational techniques for transition planning, as students move from high school to post-secondary education, vocational training, employment, adult services, independent living, or community participation.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 12, 2020

The interim CEO of the ACT talks about the company's recent acquisitions and what's ahead for the major provider of assessment and other services. The post ACT Takes Stock Under Direction of New CEO Janet Godwin appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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techlearning

JUNE 12, 2020

Kajeet has released a new generation of managed and filtered mobile hotspot devices with unlimited data plan options.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Two months after the COVID-19 crisis forced educators across the United States to leave their classrooms and start teaching online, the scope of the changes and challenges have now become clear, and educational leaders have started to identify what’s working and what still needs improvement. During a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by The ProEthica® Program, the superintendent of one of America’s largest school districts spoke with a former state superintendent a

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N2Y

JUNE 12, 2020

Social narratives are an evidence-based strategy used for increasing or improving desired social behaviors like raising a hand, greeting a peer, and engaging in conversation. They can also be effective as a behavior prevention strategy. Proper use of social narratives can help decrease problematic behaviors , increase on-task behaviors, and increase student understanding of expectations.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 12, 2020

Engaging learners can be difficult in any context. Engaging them in online environments can amplify the problem. You're not in the room to intervene, and behaviour management is much more of a concern when you're separated from your students. It's not as if you can run down the corridor and bang a few heads together. All you have is your voice. And perhaps your social presence, if you know how to invoke it.

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ExcelinEd

JUNE 12, 2020

College acceleration opportunities can help high school students prepare for college-level work while they earn valuable college credit or work toward a postsecondary credential. Learn how your state can improve these opportunities for all students in Excel in Ed’s new playbook, Accelerating Students from High School to College and Careers. What Others Are Saying.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 12, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler In previous posts here and also here , I wrote about how to engage learners in online collaborative writing. I developed a 5 step model based on the work of Lani Gunawardena (1995) which I used to promote deeper and more critical engagement for online learners working in wikis. Here's a snapshot of the model: The model starts with Exploration (where students are finding out about their new learning environment, discovering the do's and dont's and generally orientating them

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2020

During a Senate hearing this week lawmakers asked tough questions about how to safely reopen the country’s schools this fall. State superintendents said resources are dwindling, just when more funds are needed to make preparations for students and educators to return. But a handful of school districts in Mississippi are attempting to make up for the disrupted school year by holding in-person summer school, starting as soon as this week.

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