Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 29, 2020
Summer for me is nonstop reading — in an easy chair, under a tree, lying on the lawn, petting my dog. Nothing distracts me when I’m in the reading zone. What I do worry about is running out of books so this year, I spent the last few months stalking efriends to find out what they recommend to kickstart the 2020-21 school year. And it paid off.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
Pearson Online Academy will celebrate graduation this year the same way it always does: virtually. The online global school’s students and families plan to gather on June 16 via Adobe Connect in a ceremony that will include Camtasia -edited video segments, PowerPoint presentations, and student speeches recorded on smartphones. “The kids have worked so hard, they have put so much into high school,” Principal Katie Mussachio says.
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Edsurge
MAY 29, 2020
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, college faculty may have felt a little lost as to how to transfer their face-to-face classes online. Now, a few months in, they may feel inundated with advice. (We know, EdSurge has published plenty of it.) A new “playbook” aims to strike the middle ground between offering higher ed instructors and institutions too much information about teaching remotely and offering too little.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
Over the past few months, there’s been a surge in people working from home across all industries — including education. The pandemic led schools to shut their doors and pushed many students, teachers and other school staff online. While finding the right remote learning tools to continue teaching and learning online was a priority during that shift, there were a lot of other factors — such as security — that became secondary, said Michael Lane, senior field solution architect for CDW•G, during a
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
MAY 29, 2020
If you are looking for a good green screen app to use in your teaching and with your students in class, Do Ink is definitely one of the first options you should consider. Green Screen by Do Ink.read more.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
The nation’s K–12 schools are bracing for budget cuts resulting from the global economic downturn. And while it’s always important to work across departments, a district IT leader’s relationship with one particular administrator — the school business officer — could make a difference in the current environment. “When it really comes down to it, without the synergy between CTOs and school business officials, none of our funding efforts will be successful,” Frankie Jackson, director of strategic i
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EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
The recent shift to remote learning has shined a light on the importance of making digital content accessible for all students. And no matter what schools look like when they reopen in the fall, digital accessibility should be non-negotiable. . At CoSN2020, Marialice Curran, the founder of the Digital Citizenship Institute, explained why digital accessibility — and representation — should be top of mind for all school leaders and educators, and how they can ensure it.
eSchool News
MAY 29, 2020
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 has now become clear, and educational leaders have started to identify what’s working and what still needs improvement. During a recent edLeader Panel , the superintendent of one of America’s largest school districts spoke with a former state superintendent and other education leaders about key issues affecting students, paren
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
When school districts unexpectedly closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, faculty and staff had to embrace the unknown and come up with creative ways to continue student learning. But with such a quick pivot, many felt that they didn't have all the information they needed to see how well it was all working — especially those who didn't have any sort of prior contingency plan. .
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2020
In the United States, school closures in response to COVID-19 have been swift and sweeping. Since the beginning of March, 96 percent of K-12 schools have closed across the country, affecting virtually all of the 57.9 million students in those grades. And while most states have extended school closures through the end of the academic year, little is certain about what will happen in the months ahead, much less this fall and winter.
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.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
Bridging the digital divide is more critical than ever. When schools across the country made the quick shift to emergency remote learning during the pandemic, many found that it exposed deficits and exacerbated existing challenges around internet access, especially in rural and high-poverty areas. Milton Area School District in central Pennsylvania, for example, found that purchasing laptops and tablets for students was not enough to prepare them for virtual instruction.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 29, 2020
When she thinks about a student going through college, Kristen Renn imagines a seedling growing into a tree: There are a lot of things that could go wrong along the way. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. “One cataclysmic event can do it in,” said Renn, a professor of higher, adult and lifelong education at Michigan State University. An entire forest of potential future graduates is now imperiled by the cataclysmic pandemic that has large numbers of students saying they will delay
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
Before technology transformed K–12 education, IT professionals and teachers mostly stayed in their own lanes: IT staff kept systems humming behind the scenes, while educators handled the classroom. Today, those lines are blurry, if not altogether erased. In fact, when the Consortium for School Networking asked IT leaders about their role in supporting teaching and learning, 76 percent said it is to “be more responsive to educator IT needs,” according to CoSN’s 2019 K–12 IT Leadership Survey R
eSchool News
MAY 29, 2020
For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.” Given that they are the first generation to grow up with access to personal computers, the descriptor seemed apt at the time. But today’s students–the emerging Generation Z–are demonstrating what it really means to be a true digital native.
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.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
IT leaders have seen how beneficial cloud computing really is with remote learning. Adopting cloud-based tools — from productivity suites to application management platforms — has helped schools make that transition with fewer disruptions and efficient communication. . And with the possibility of having continued remote or blended classrooms in the fall, it's wise for schools to have a cloud-first strategy in place.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 29, 2020
Many colleges and university are redoing their budgets after losing millions because of the coronavirus crisis, and with this rebalancing of the books comes another loss for students – leaner career services departments. About 38 percent of career centers at various institutions have implemented a hiring freeze, according to a recent poll of 493 colleges and universities by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
The homework gap is not a new issue. For many years, there's been a significant population of students who are unable to complete homework assignments because they don't have adequate access to devices or broadband internet outside of school. But switching to remote learning has made that issue more pronounced. When the pandemic forced mandatory school closures nationwide, many school districts had to rush to make sure students — and even teachers — had both the devices and internet connectivity
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2020
Marten Roorda, who for the past four-and-a-half years has presided as CEO of ACT , the nonprofit best known for its college-admissions test by the same name, is leaving the organization. Roorda took the helm at ACT in October 2015, replacing its previous CEO Jon Whitemore. Under his watch, the Iowa City, Iowa-based nonprofit invested heavily in education technology companies to expand its services beyond test prep.
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Jamf on EdTech
MAY 29, 2020
One of the many challenges teachers face with remote learning is how to securely test students from home. This tutorial shows you how to safely lock your students into an assessment while allowing access to Zoom in order to view their screen.
eSchool News
MAY 29, 2020
eSchool News Library & Media Technology Guide. Everything You Need to Know. Everyone You Need to Reach. • Why school librarians are tech integration pioneers. • Librarians are more important than ever—here’s why. • Leveraging a Future Ready Library opportunity. • Helping students build information literacy skills. • Librarians are facilitating learning despite school closures. • Renovating libraries to meet students’ next-generation needs. • 10 reasons admins should collaborate with their li
Marketplace K-12
MAY 29, 2020
ACT's CEO Marten Roorda is leaving the nonprofit, and a 30-year veteran--Janet Godwin--is replacing him as interim CEO. The post ACT CEO Marten Roorda Departs as Organization Announces Cost-Cutting Measures appeared first on Market Brief.
techlearning
MAY 29, 2020
Get the best Chromebook to help education offer the best for student, teacher and school.
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.
eSchool News
MAY 29, 2020
Grow Your World (GYW) has transitioned its services from in-person to virtual in the midst of social distancing measures required by COVID-19. This virtual transition enables GYW to provide tutoring and mentoring services to middle school students, as well as tutoring to elementary schoolers, throughout the U.S. Youths participating in GYW can choose any combination of weekly tutoring sessions in standard academic subjects, while also exploring non-traditional programs such as goal management sk
The Innovative Educator
MAY 29, 2020
The best way to create breakout rooms in MS Teams is to create one Team that has channels for each breakout room. The name of the Team should be the name of the event. The name of the breakout rooms can just be listed as Room 1, Room 2, Room 3, Room 4. The reason you want to keep it generic is because throughout the day, you'll have various sessions and you'll just indicate on the agenda which room each session is in.
techlearning
MAY 29, 2020
Students using Google Classroom, this is the guide you've been looking for
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 29, 2020
Welcome to the Friday, May 29th edition of the 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference. The day's sessions are below. To see all sessions submitted so far, and to correspond with presenters, click here. Recordings of past sessions are listed on the Recordings page. The conference hashtag is #learningrevolution. TODAY'S SESSIONS : All times are US-Eastern Daylight Time - to see them in your own time zone and to get the links for attending live, click HERE. 1:00 PM - Lesson Planning for U
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.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2020
When schools across the country rapidly shifted to remote learning, educators were concerned about how they would keep students engaged outside a classroom setting. According to a recent report released by the Association of American Educators, 56 percent of 1,030 educators surveyed said that inadequate student participation and attendance, plus students’ lack of technology or parental support, were major obstacles to remote learning.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 29, 2020
Sharlotte Stapleton, pictured with her husband, Cleveland, and son, Kvian, has been out of work since mid-March, when she was laid off from her job at a Natchez, Mississippi hotel. For families like the Stapletons, child care challenges during the coronavirus pandemic can make it hard to return to work, especially if their jobs are outside the home.
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