Thu.Jul 29, 2021

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Proactive Planning Helped California School to Open

EdTech Magazine

Last year, Napa Valley Unified School District had 17,000 students, 28 campuses and a pathway to reopen for hybrid learning. In fall 2020, this California district was one of the first of its size to open its doors for hybrid instruction. The district accomplished this transition through the educational technology it had implemented before the pandemic closed schools in the spring.

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3 Ways edtech can help education get back on track

Neo LMS

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 million users and record a market share of $1.96 billion in 2021, according to Analytic Insight. Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. Today’s students can utilize the time they invest in studying in the best way possible to achieve their academic goals.

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What is the best video editing software?

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you’re teaching high school videography, you want your students to use the programs that will be required in the job they end up in after graduation. You don’t want an ‘easy’ program. You want one that demonstrates the student’s expertise at an interview. But what are those programs? Here are some good suggestions: What is the best video editing software for professionals?

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Is Data Science the New Coding?

Edsurge

There’s been a big push in recent years to get students coding. Before that, the big skill was learning to use word processing software. And before that, typing. Now there’s a movement to bring the latest futuristic skill into classrooms: data science. It’s one that relies not just on technology but on shaking up math curriculums that have gone unchanged since the Space Race.

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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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4 Tools to Help Teachers Remove Backgrounds from Images

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Images speak louder than words. The communicative power of the visual is well documented in the communication literature. Our daily experience also attests to this fact. Visual cues draw our.read more.

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Why This HBCU Surprised Every Freshman With The Latest Apple Tech

Edsurge

Can giving students access to the latest tech gadgets from day one of college make a difference in their success? Virginia Union University hopes the answer is yes. The private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia, is working with Apple to outfit about 400 freshmen with an iPad Air, Apple Watch, smart keyboard and assortment of supporting devices as part of the program dubbed Mobile Learning, Mobile Life.

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6 of The Best Educational YouTube Channels for Kids in 2021

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today's post, I am sharing with you some of what I think are the best YouTube channels that provide educational video content designed specifically for kids. I particularly focused on.read more.

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Keys to Using Text Sets across Content Areas

MiddleWeb

“Text Sets in Action” provides expert guidance for any teacher interested in using this engaging strategy to deepen learning. The authors define "texts" broadly and provide advice and examples across the core content areas, writes teacher educator Dr. Sarah Pennington. The post Keys to Using Text Sets across Content Areas first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Take Students on Virtual Field Trips around The World Using These Educational Resources

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

WideOpenSchool, a platform powered by Common Sense, offers this interesting resource featuring "recommendations for field trip tours, activities, and videos". I have been sifting through their field.read more.

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5 Edtech Books Every New and Seasoned Teacher Should Read

techlearning

These edtech books support professional learning for teachers in all academic areas and grade levels

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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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3 financial literacy tips for students

eSchool News

While moving into adulthood, teens are faced with a number of paths. Empowering students to select which path works best for them and determine how to best financially plan for the future are key to ensuring that some of their first adult decisions set them on a trajectory toward success. While research shows a positive connection between higher education and economic status, it’s important to recognize that the traditional route to higher education does not work for every student.

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Break Your School Rules to Create a Better Student Experience

Edthena

If the rules about what we prioritize in schools don’t work, why not change them? There is much for educators to learn, unlearn, and even relearn to move education forward. Lacrecia Terrance, founder and CEO of theEduProject , talked about creating a more fair and cohesive student experience in this PLtogether Lounge Talk. Lacrecia talked with Adam Geller, Edthena founder and CEO, and the two thought through important factors for teachers and school leaders to work on to create a better student

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What the pandemic has taught me about education

eSchool News

I’m not a formal educator, but I am a parent to a student who spent a good chunk of the last year learning from home. I also work in an industry that supports educators and administrators. As I reflect on the past 18 months and my discussions with colleagues and partners across the U.S. and in Europe, I have identified a few truths and trends about education.

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Spending on Tech-Based Curriculum Jumps During the Pandemic, New Survey of IT Leaders Finds

Marketplace K-12

Spending on curriculum software and subscriptions grew at a higher rate than any other technology budget area over the most recent year, according to the Consortium for School Networking. The post Spending on Tech-Based Curriculum Jumps During the Pandemic, New Survey of IT Leaders Finds appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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7 Alternatives to Google Expeditions and Tour Creator

Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

Alternatives to Google Expeditions Google Expeditions and Tour Creator were among my favorite tools for taking students on virtual field trips and empowering them to create their own virtual tours. Now that they’ve moved to the EdTech Graveyard, it’s time to look for some alternatives. These alternatives are all free and work on any device. Read more.

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PowerSchool, Major Ed-Tech Provider, Valued at $3.5 Billion Following Initial Public Offering

Marketplace K-12

PowerSchool, a major provider of student information systems and an array of other K-12 tools, is the latest education company to announce it is going public. The post PowerSchool, Major Ed-Tech Provider, Valued at $3.5 Billion Following Initial Public Offering appeared first on Market Brief.

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Announcing October 21st Mini-Conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Four Steps to Coax Young Adults (and Their Parents) to Greater Independence

MindShift

Julie Lythcott-Haims stumbled on something troubling and surprising about the young adults in her midst. It started about twenty years ago, when she served as a dean at Stanford. There, in the company of some of the best and brightest strivers in the world, she found that many students relied upon parents to handle the run-of-the-mill stuff of life for them.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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.

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OPINION: Using critical race theory to understand the backlash against it

The Hechinger Report

“When the devil is at your front door” is a popular idiom used in many Black communities to warn against waiting till it’s too late to worry about a problem. We take this idiom seriously amid the current moral panic over critical race theory. The devil is at our front door right now. In this age of disinformation, at a moment when critical race theory has been falsely framed as hate-mongering aimed to castigate white people and banned in schools, we must set the record straight.

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Learning from Conflict: Discussing Controversial Issues in the Classroom

Graphite Blog

When highly charged events happen in the world, it’s not always easy for classroom teachers to help their students make sense of things. But whether it’s raw emotions that surface during civil unrest or the human suffering associated with natural disasters, students benefit from constructive discussions about sensitive issues. In fact, research shows that discussing conflicts is good for students both cognitively and developmentally.

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Reading Plus Approved As Evidence-Based Academic Intervention By Mississippi Department Of Education

eSchool News

WINOOSKI, Vt. ( July 21, 2021) – Reading Plus, an evidence-based online program that uses personalized instruction to improve students’ reading proficiency, today announced its selection as an academic intervention vendor by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE). The four-year agreement expands Reading Plus’s presence in the state, making the supplemental literacy solution accessible to all K-12 educators within Mississippi’s 155 school districts.