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JULY 15, 2022

Picture this: a student enters your classroom, a negative attitude at the ready. They are distant during class, uninterested in engaging with the material, and their beliefs confirmed every time they get a question wrong – “I can’t do math.” How can teachers combat this belief? The culture that schools foster through the messages, beliefs, and behaviors that educators promote can help create a positive attitude among students that leads to better math achievement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2022

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to teach keyboarding. For more keyboarding websites, software, typing tests, special needs, and more, click Ask a Tech Teacher’s Keyboarding Page: Lesson Plans. 4 lesson plans–bundled. Homeschool Keyboarding Kit. K-5 Curriculum. K-8 Curriculum. Keyboarding and the Scientific Method. Middle School Curriculum.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 15, 2022

What is a stylus pen? If you’re the proud owner of a touchscreen device, you’ve probably found yourself asking this question. And you’re certainly not the only one! Stylus pens have been around for millennia and their new variants keep emerging. With the development of digital displays, new technologies are coming up to operate them: passive, echo, active… Knowing which stylus is which and what they can do is the first step to figuring out which one you should go for. .

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EdNews Daily

JULY 15, 2022

Did you know that in 2021, the global edtech market was valued at USD 106.46 billion? Furthermore, the annual growth rate in education technology is expected to grow by over 16.5% from 2022 to 2030. We talk about EdTech quite a bit in the education field, but what does it mean to the average person? What Is EdTech? EdTech is a combination of both education and technology, and it refers to hardware and software designed to enhance teacher-led learning in classrooms as well as outside of the class

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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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JULY 15, 2022

Despite progress closing the digital divide, millions of students remain on the wrong side of it. Advocates say the solution is more funding that includes digital knowledge education.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (July, 2022)— Tennessee’s Maury County Public Schools (MCPS) announced it has deepened its multiyear collaboration with Discovery Education , the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. In latest phase of this long-term partnership, eight K-8 schools hosting the district’s summer learning initiative are integrating a suite of award-winning, flexible, digital resources into instruction to create enriching, real-w

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 15, 2022

When you convert your books and manuscripts into digital format, one major choice you have to make is whether to convert them into the fixed format or the reflowable format. Before considering the differences between them in detail, consider how you consume content on your mobile. While consuming content on your mobile phone, you may have noticed that in the case of some apps and websites, the content ‘flows’ to fit your screen size.

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Testpress

JULY 15, 2022

Welcome to another blog post on new features which have been added to Testpress Learning Management System. A better login/signup flow for your students All these days we had the traditional username/email + password-based login combination. However. This was becoming too much work for a few institutes. While it does help in organizing the registration flow for your students, there was a need for a much more intuitive flow of login for students.

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SplashLearn

JULY 15, 2022

Online learning platforms offer some of the most exciting and unique experiences to kids of all ages. As a parent, you can nurture the joy of learning with the right educational websites for kids that offer multimedia activities, worksheets, games, quizzes, and more. You can also access these websites periodically to understand the latest trends […].

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2022

If a tree falls on your house, you are shocked because you thought a tree would never fall on your house. Then comes a different kind of shock—the one that says, “Oh, of course, no wonder it fell—why didn’t I see that?” Then you make sure trees never fall on your house again. Gutting Roe v. Wade is the tree that fell on our house. It was always going to fail—it only looked OK—so why did it fail?

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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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SplashLearn

JULY 15, 2022

Brain games offer new ways of learning for kids that are always curious and constantly seeking new insights. Brain games for kids also challenge children’s existing knowledge on their favorite subjects, through gamification and engaged learning. Children can also emerge as more active learners when they have fun in a gamified environment that is conducive […].

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. In 2014, I got my first teaching job at a brand new high school in Detroit. The building had once been an elementary school with a fully functioning library. There was even a built-in card catalog. Now, though, it was empty, and the position of librarian didn’t exist.

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MindSpark

JULY 15, 2022

By Davis Turner The answer is yes. As a former NCAA athlete, my goal was to “go pro” or I would have to settle. If I did not make it to the level of a professional athlete, then what did I do? I made it one week into training camp before my athletic career was cut short due to injury. I was not prepared for this, even though I knew the odds, I thought I’d be part of the small percentage of those to overcome.

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