Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 29, 2022

If anyone thought technology wasn’t here to stay (I see a few hands up), the pandemic and remote teaching exploded that vision. Teaching from homes has shown many how ill-prepared we are to use even the most intuitive technology in the education field. Honestly, as a tech teacher, I’ve been a bit disappointed we didn’t do better. I was thrilled to find this article from Programming Insider providing a great starting point for tech tools that are a natural fit with education: Be

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. So, I'm not sure if artificial intelligence is right. Somehow, it feels as if these tools are augmenting intelligence. I learned about a tool Verse by Verse ([link] ) created by Google. As I selected a quattrain and an ABAB rhyming scheme, I sat down to compose my first poem using AI as Wadsworth, Longfellow, and Emerson came alongside me to suggest what they might have written.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

Many school districts are rushing to spend state and federal dollars allocated to ed tech before losing that money for good over the next two years. However, some may not have a sustainability plan in place. This lack of planning is a huge concern for Donna Williamson, who has served as a CTO and educational technology leader since 1982 and now works with the Consortium for School Networking’s Early Career K–12 CTO Academy.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 29, 2022

The post Un-Siloing Edtech: Stimulating Reflection and Metacognition in the Classroom appeared first on Digital Promise.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

Is there an educator on the planet who would turn down a bit more time in their day? With time-saving technology strategies, school librarians can find ways to connect with their school’s teachers and students on a deeper level, forming relationships and helping with research and skill development. During an ISTELive session , Kristina A. Holzweiss , a high school educational technology enrichment specialist librarian, shared her tips to help school librarians engage with students, support

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Toyin Anderson is a mom looking for solutions to what she sees as a crisis of youth crying out for help with their mental health. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor. “Our kids are still struggling. From the pandemic, the lack of being able to socialize, from losses of family members due to COVID or to violence in the community, that stuff has not been addressed,” says Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Alabama schools were just starting a new venture to help students find mental health resources when COVID hit. This story also appeared in AL.com. Mental health service coordinators are now in place in nearly all of Alabama’s 138 school districts; they help smooth the path so more students can find resources. The new role came at a key time, officials say, and will help more communities wrestle with the best way to help more students.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 29, 2022

In today's post I am sharing with you this collection of free organizational tools that students can use to organize their workflow and enhance their productivity. These are simple yet powerful tools.read more.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

One of the first things you notice when entering Yosemite Middle School’s Bear Cave, the campus’ social-emotional hub, are the many pairs of rainbow-colored hand prints covering the walls. This story also appeared in The Fresno Bee. Yesenia Lopez, a social-emotional paraprofessional who staffs the room, said it’s a tradition among students who use the space to leave their mark, literally, so future students can see how many of their peers came here before them.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

What do we even mean when we say “high-impact tutoring?” As schools grapple with so many of the effects of unfinished learning , tutoring has emerged as a potential approach for addressing students’ educational needs. “High-impact tutoring” is defined by the National Student Support Accelerator as a form of teaching 1:1 or in a small group toward a very specific goal.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Their images — and “cool factor” — take hits because I won’t let them have these digital drugs. As a psychologist with decades of experience in the field of addiction, I tell my kids, “I care about your brains, not your images.” Contemptuous eye rolls and sulky withdrawals predictably follow.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

MADISON, WI – Today, Open Up Resources and Kiddom announced Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD ) has selected its top-rated EL Education K-5 Education Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for its 31 elementary schools in support of the district’s efforts to prioritize early literacy and beyond. Open Up Resources, a nonprofit, works to increase equity in education by making the highest quality curriculum accessible to educators, and Kiddom is the first all-in-one education platform for high qua

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Amoni Hall will move this summer from one higher education institution to another, a process that can be disruptive, complex, frustrating and fruitless when credits don’t transfer and other unanticipated obstacles crop up. This story also appeared in NBC News. But Hall, who is 20, will barely even notice the change. She’s among a small number of students at community colleges who have been guaranteed seats at partner four-year universities, with the idea that they’ll go on to earn the bachelor’s

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

SILVER SPRING, Md. & ST. PAUL, Minn.?– 3M and Discovery Education announced 31 State Merit Winners in the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge. As the nation’s premier middle school science competition for 15 years, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that utilize the power of STEM to improve the world. .

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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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

As schools and communities scramble to find more ways to support the well-being of youth amid a pandemic-fueled mental health crisis, some think part of the answer lies with students helping other students. This story also appeared in The Seattle Times. The basic idea behind these peer support programs is straightforward: They rely on students trained to offer a listening ear to those who reach out, provide direct mentorship and guidance, or spot struggling students and help connect them with an

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techlearning

JUNE 29, 2022

This annual awards celebrates the products, and businesses behind each one, who are transforming education in schools around the world.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Subscribe today! For years, sleep-deprived parents have been inundated with ads for infant sleep products that promised improved sleep for babies, less fussiness and success in “easing the transition from the womb to the world.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 29, 2022

The post Auto-Generate Summaries in Google Docs appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Google Docs can now use AI to auto-generate a summary for your document. (This new feature is currently rolling out. If you don’t have it yet, you will soon.). View the document outline to add your own summary or let Google do the work for you. This is a great way to teach summary writing!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Andrea Maldonado was diagnosed with Graves’ disease during her sophomore year of high school, which stopped her from swimming competitively and began impacting her mental health. This story also appeared in The Dallas Morning News. The immune system disorder regularly bumps Maldonado’s heart rate to nearly double what it’s supposed to be. That not only makes athletic activities difficult, but it also has led to her having trouble falling asleep and struggling with anxiety and depression.

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MiddleWeb

JUNE 29, 2022

What works when school leaders need to tackle complex challenges? Principal and author Matt Renwick suggests letting go of trying to control outcomes and operating with certainty on "fixing" problems. Pursuing 20 sharply focused questions helped his school gain momentum. The post 20 Questions We Used to Help Fix Our School first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 29, 2022

As education goes online driven by the evolution in digital technologies and the COVID 19 pandemic, several companies are wooing the learners, academic institutions, and corporate houses with powerful tools to conduct online and blended learning programs. These digital learning tools help to create and deliver exciting interactive content that engages the audience and makes learning fun, entertaining, relevant, and immersive.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

BOSTON (June 29, 2022) – Cicero School District 99 in Illinois has adopted Lexia LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs for its teachers and administrators. Offered by Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, LETRS provides educators with the deep knowledge required to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading.

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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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SplashLearn

JUNE 29, 2022

Check out the best reading websites for kids based on their age, reading level, price and other factors. Use these tips to make reading more fun for students. The post 21+ Best Reading Websites For Kids first appeared on SplashLearn.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

NEW ORLEANS – June 27, 2022 – Today, Ripple Effects , a leader in digital social emotional learning (SEL), mental health and behavior supports, announced the appointment of John Ray-Keil as its new CEO. Ray-Keil succeeds co-founder, Alice Ray, who will become chair of the board. Prior to joining Ripple Effects in 2019, Ray-Keil served as CFO of BlueFoot Partners, an investment firm.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Wesley Lynch was about 150 miles from Mount Holyoke College, and about eight credits away from earning a bachelor’s degree, though she hadn’t been enrolled in school full time in seven years. She was sitting in front of a desktop Dell in a converted brownstone in New York City, clicking through lessons in an online psychology class about stress, when she heard the word “resilience” for the first time.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

New York — The North Carolina Education Corps (NCEC) will partner with Littera Education to support and improve reading outcomes for thousands of North Carolina students who need to get back on track after more than two years of learning interruptions. Launched as a joint project of the North Carolina State Board of Education and the Office of the Governor as a response to the pandemic, NCEC now works with state-level agencies and local school districts as an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-

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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.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 29, 2022

I am obsessed with systems, pretty organizers, and having a clean living space. I am a self-proclaimed Type-A perfectionist, an oldest daughter, and an Enneagram 2. Cleaning and organizing are built into my DNA. I have been this way as long as I can remember, and I love it. I just knew it would be the same when I started teaching and had my own classroom!

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edWeb.net

JUNE 29, 2022

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. Since 2016, CoSN has been honoring innovative school districts that address digital equity. This year, the prestigious Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity was awarded to Louisa County Public Schools in Virginia. Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN, identified the five criteria used to determine the yearly award.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Should mental health concerns be handled by schools? This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor. Numerous statistics – and students themselves – point to the significant struggles many young people in the United States are experiencing. In an effort to help, federal and state governments are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding to cover everything from training more providers to running mental health awareness programs.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 29, 2022

In an increasingly connected world, technologies can no longer function effectively in silos and their seamless integration with each other, based on compatibility, greatly adds to the end-user experience. In this direction, KITABOO, a leading content publishing tool has partnered to render superior content. The integration of Clever with KITABOO breaks the silos of the standalone systems and creates a robust digital ecosystem that saves time, reduces manual tasks, facilitates the delivery of ed

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AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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