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4 blended learning strategies for better student engagement

eSchool News

A 2019 Gallup study that included 128 schools and more than 110,000 students found that student engagement and hope were significantly positively related to student academic achievement progress in math, reading, and all subjects combined. This is why it’s even more concerning that we continue to see student performance decline, with the National Assessments of Educational Progress , also known as the Nation’s Report Card, reporting that students in the U.S. had the largest average reading score

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How to Make the Most of Google Workspace for Education’s Features

EdTech Magazine

There have been significant changes and advances made to Google Workspace over the past three years. Google is always adding products and features to its platform, and IT administrators may not be aware of the new capabilities at their fingertips. Educators and IT leaders must keep up with these advancements to make the most of what Google Workspace has to offer.

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6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

Ask a Tech Teacher

Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for your Hour of Code. This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : An Overview of This Week. Long list of websites by grade. 10 Unusual Projects. 6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities (today). These unplugged activities go back to the roots of coding. The idea started as a clever way to teach students to think critically and problem-solve.

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A Nonprofit Spent Five Years Counting a Million Credentials. What Does It All Add Up To?

Edsurge

For the past five years, researchers have been carefully counting all the degrees, certificates and badges available for people to earn in the U.S., a figure they say now totals 1,076,358. And for the past five years, some observers have scratched their heads about this enumeration endeavor and asked … why? The effort, run by the nonprofit Credential Engine, marked its half-decade this week with a virtual convening to describe its latest research report and a reception in Washington, D.C., to ce

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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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How to keep your students weird

eSchool News

Some years ago, when I was still working as a teacher, I had a student come to me in a state of distress. Like many young people her age, she was having trouble fitting in. Everything from her hair to her clothes to her overall demeanor made her stand out, and as a result, some of her fellow students had taken to calling her a “weirdo.” I am not proud of everything that I’ve done in education, but I am proud of what I told her next.

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Accessing Indigenous Narratives and Culture

MiddleWeb

The curated collection Resurgence is an invitation to dive deeply into authentic and meaningful Indigenous resources, preparing yourself and then your students to journey toward reconciliation, writes Sherry Liptak, a district teacher of multilingual learners in Canada. The post Accessing Indigenous Narratives and Culture first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Build Educational Equity and Develop Students’ Confidence

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. In its finest form, education is a path to prepare students to read, write, and speak with confidence. The conversation about how to achieve those outcomes for all students is much more complex. During the edLeader Panel, “ Expanding Educational Equity: A New Paradigm to Ensure Literacy for All ,” Kerri Larkin, Senior Education Advisor at Lexia Learning, walked us through a step-by-step process to build equitable literacy programs that devel

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Our Favorite Teacher Lanyards You Can Buy Today

Fractus Learning

Table of Contents. Top School Teacher Lanyards And Lanyard Keychains Compared. Best Teacher Lanyards For School Reviewed. Best School Lanyard For Librarians: Books Premium Lanyard. Fun Alphabet Lanyard For Preschool And Kindergarten: Alphabet Lanyard Keychain. Best Teacher Lanyard For Chemistry Teachers: Rainbow Lanyard Periodic Table Of Elements. Top Superheroes Lanyard Keychain For Superhero Teachers: Lanyard With Charm DC Comics Originals Justices League Lanyard.

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NYC Schools Postpone Vote on $31.7M, 7-Year McGraw Hill Contract

Marketplace K-12

The company says it is in contact with the major school district to answer questions that emerged last week about pricing of its materials. The post NYC Schools Postpone Vote on $31.7M, 7-Year McGraw Hill Contract appeared first on Market Brief.

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100 Affirming Letters from Fellow Educators

MiddleWeb

Michael McLaughlin reviews Brad Johnson and Hal Bowman’s Thank You, Teacher, a collection of 100 letters written by educators for educators with the aim of uplifting, affirming, and celebrating "the incredible work of our profession." What could be better for the holiday season? The post 100 Affirming Letters from Fellow Educators first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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Kajabi Tutorial 2022: How to Create a Course in Kajabi

Sell Courses Online

If you’ve read our Kajabi review, you’ll know that we highly recommend Kajabi for creating and selling online courses. But … Kajabi Tutorial 2022: How to Create a Course in Kajabi Read More →.

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HIGHLIGHTING AASA ‘LIGHTHOUSE’ DISTRICTS

American Consortium for Equity in Education

A VISIT TO WASHOUGAL WA AND HARVARD IL SCHOOLS ,TWO AASA ‘LIGHTHOUSE’ DISTRICTS Superintendents Mary Templeton and Corey Tafoya of these forward-leaning, exemplary districts are our guests. Please see all we do at ACE-Ed.org where this podcast is archived. The post HIGHLIGHTING AASA ‘LIGHTHOUSE’ DISTRICTS appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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Kajabi Tutorial 2023: How to Create a Course in Kajabi

Sell Courses Online

If you’ve read our Kajabi review, you’ll know that we highly recommend Kajabi for creating and selling online courses.

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Search Begins for 2023 America’s Top Young Scientist

American Consortium for Equity in Education

3M and Discovery Education open submissions to the 2023 Young Scientist Challenge 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) are excited to announce the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist) is now open to entries. As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist. Keep Reading Search Begins for 2023 America’s Top Young Scientist.

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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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New Dr. Albrecht Library 2.0 Podcast: "DEI and BELONGING" | Next Week Webinar: "First Amendment 'Auditors'"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've just posted a new Dr. Albrecht podcast in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " DEI and BELONGING." "I was on a panel with two other folks, and we talked this past week about DEIB. And I had never heard the B for DEIB, I'd heard of, of course, diversity, equity and inclusion, but the B is belonging. And I think that's such a great phrase.

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Civil rights at stake: Black, Hispanic students blocked from class for missing class

The Hechinger Report

This story about racial bias in school discipline was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting , an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide, data-driven investigative reporting. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter and the AZCIR newsletter.