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Data literacy skills: what they are and how do we teach them to our students?

Neo LMS

We have access to more information than ever before. As the world has dealt with transitions in how we live, learn, and work, everyone has had to adapt in one way or another. Technology continues to evolve, new resources are becoming available, the world of work is changing and the skills that our students need now will not necessarily be the same that they need in the future.

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The Many Reasons Students Quit College

Edsurge

There are 36 million Americans who have earned some college credit, but not an actual degree. More colleges than ever are trying to help these students return to finish what they started. But so far, colleges are better at attracting these learners than helping them get across the finish line. Why is it so hard? What do these students want? What challenges do they face?

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ClassTag Awards $10,000 Community Engagement Grant

eSchool News

August 2, 2022 – NEW YORK: As schools and families prepare for back-to-school, ClassTag is announcing the winning district of its Community Engagement Grant , who received $10,000 in funding. Since launching The Community Engagement Grant in June 2022, ClassTag has received 65 passionate, compelling submissions on how school districts across the country have emerged out of the pandemic to build trust and strong relationships with their community.

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Resources for Teachers and Instructional Coaches – July 2022

Edthena

Summer is going by quickly. Missed the top resources for teachers and coaches from July 2022? We’ve got you covered! This past month, we’ve been reading about student voice and edtech choice, both important to intentionally incorporate into your classroom this fall. Here are our top picks for the July 2022 reads to catch up on. Read on for highlights, article links, and related content.

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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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Discovery Education’s Augmented Reality App Earns Spaces4Learning New Product Award

eSchool News

Silver Spring, MD (Tuesday, August 2, 2022) – Discovery Education—the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—recently earned the Spaces4Learning New Product Award in the K-12 Remote Learning Technology category for its Sandbox AR app. The Spaces4Learning New Product Award program honors the outstanding product development achievements of companies whose products or services are particularly noteworthy for their ability to enhance

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New Webinar: "Librarians as Mandated Reporters: Child Abuse, Dependent Adult Abuse, and Elder Abuse"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

"Librarians as Mandated Reporters: Child Abuse, Dependent Adult Abuse, and Elder Abuse" Part of the Library 2.0 Series with Dr. Steve Albrecht OVERVIEW : This overview session is another in our "Service, Safety, and Security" series for all library staff and library leaders to better understand the legal, ethical, and reporting requirements when staff witness, are told by victims, or they suspect child abuse, dependent adult abuse, or elder abuse.

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You Don't Have to Marry It!

The Daring Librarian

An update from the Archives. Ed Tech Relationship Anxiety It's so easy to get overwhelmed with new Ed tech trends going on in the world. It's exhausting and sometimes overwhelming. It's OK to date new technology, you don't have to marry it! You don't have to try to be the expert at everything. Sometimes, it's not what you have, it's the creativity of how you use it.

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How 3 past Hero Awards winners navigated COVID

eSchool News

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , has returned for 2022 and recognizes the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The nomination period runs from June 27 – September 1, 2022. “The great education beta test brought on by the pandemic has resulted in discoveries and innovations across education — from distance learning and closing the digital divide, to addres

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Hear from Our Expert: How to Accelerate Literacy Learning

techlearning

Despite the challenges of the last two years, there are many reasons to feel hopeful about the future.

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Next-generation tech for schools–right now

eSchool News

In this episode of Innovations in Education , hosted by Kevin Hogan and sponsored by Galaxy Next Generation : 7 things K-12 IT teams can do now to manage OT risks AI is the key to scaling personalized, one-on-one instruction A look at cybersecurity with past Hero Awards Winner Brevard Public Schools.

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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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Another example: Pic Collage for Mobility, Ease and Versatility

SpeechTechie

In my session on creating "stories" for SLP Summit last week (recording available free until August 15, Register here ), I focused on thinking about features of resources that might make a clinician pick one over another. You may pick Pic Collage if you like using your iPad, doing a pass-and-add playlike activity (I learned from the authors of We Thinkers that add-a-thought=play=conversation), or want the versatility of being able to quickly cut around any image.

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THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EQUITY FOR BLACK AND BROWN GIFTED STUDENTS

American Consortium for Equity in Education

Thank you NAGC THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EQUITY FOR BLACK AND BROWN GIFTED STUDENTS:Dr Javetta Jones Roberson , faculty at The University of North Texas and and Michelle Frazer Trotman from the University of West Georgia are our NAGC guests. Go. Keep Reading THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EQUITY FOR BLACK AND BROWN GIFTED STUDENTS. The post THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EQUITY FOR BLACK AND BROWN GIFTED STUDENTS appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium for Equity in Educ

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Here’s What to Know Before Studying Abroad in the US

Ask a Tech Teacher

While it’s become common for US students to study abroad, it is just as common for non-Americans to spend time studying in the US. If you live outside the US and are interested in study in America, here are some hints for how to make it happen, from one of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors: Where to apply. What to study. Type of Student Visa.

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Discovery Education’s Augmented Reality App Earns Spaces4Learning New Product Award

American Consortium for Equity in Education

Discovery Education—the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—recently earned the Spaces4Learning New Product Award in the K-12 Remote Learning Technology category for its Sandbox AR app. The Spaces4Learning New Product Award program honors the outstanding. Keep Reading Discovery Education’s Augmented Reality App Earns Spaces4Learning New Product Award.

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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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Blackburn’s Best Advice for Beginning Teachers

MiddleWeb

Teaching guru Dr. Barbara Blackburn's MiddleWeb articles – often written with new and novice teachers in mind – are crisp, succinct, practical, filled with examples, and respectful of teachers' time and the challenges they face. We've gathered a dozen of her most popular posts. The post Blackburn’s Best Advice for Beginning Teachers first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Award-Winning K-12 Training Courses from Vector Solutions are Now Available in Multiple Languages

American Consortium for Equity in Education

New AI -powered Course Translations feature helps schools deliver critical training to every staff member – including staff whose first language may not be English Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software solutions to help schools make their. Keep Reading Award-Winning K-12 Training Courses from Vector Solutions are Now Available in Multiple Languages.

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Rocking Mathematics at CAMT 2022

MIND Research Institute

Our ST Math team was excited to be face-to-face with Texas educators again at this year’s Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching Conference (CAMT) which was held July 13-15 in San Antonio, Texas. With nationally recognized speakers to a Reunion Tour theme, we knew it would be a jam-packed, fun week with educators and administrators from across the state.

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SELTODAY.ORG presents MEASURING THE K-12 STUDENT’S SENSE OF BELONGING

American Consortium for Equity in Education

MEASURING THE K-12 STUDENT’S SENSE OF BELONGING Qualtrics is back, always measuring what matters in schools, this time with Dr. Katie Johnson, their Principal Research Analyst for Education. Go to [link] for more info Please read about this outstanding PROFESSIONAL. Keep Reading SELTODAY.ORG presents MEASURING THE K-12 STUDENT’S SENSE OF BELONGING.

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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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Convertio- A Good OCR and File Conversion Tool for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Convertio is a file conversion tool that allows you to convert your files and documents to any format. Convertio supports numerous conversions between more than 300 different file formats. Convertio also offers optical character recognition (OCR) service that lets you easily convert images and scanned PDFs into editable text. Convertio is simple and easy to use.

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Supporting Digital Citizenship Through Ethical Monitoring

Edsurge

We hear a lot about the importance of students becoming responsible digital citizens in the 21st century. And we couldn’t agree more. But when it comes to ethical monitoring—concerned with how school systems set up their digital classroom management tools and teachers use them—we hear far too little. If we truly expect learners to develop those desired digital citizenship skills, educators must first become ethical monitors of their students’ online activity.