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7 Ways to Sound Out-of-Touch at Your School District

techlearning

School district leaders must use updated language and engage in modern personnel practices to continue operating effectively.

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Google’s Adaptive Learning Technologies Help Amplify Educators’ Instruction

EdTech Magazine

The average U.S. high school class has 30 students, according to research from the National Council on Teacher Quality, and while each student learns in their own way, practice and specific feedback are repeatedly shown to be effective in modern classrooms. With interactive tools such as practice sets, students can receive one-to-one feedback and support without ever leaving an assignment.

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Announcing Our New EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellows

Edsurge

EdSurge is excited to introduce the 2022-2023 EdSurge Voices of Change writing fellows, all educators who were selected through a competitive application process and, over the next year, will write first-person essays about how their needs have changed, how their students’ needs have changed and how their school community has supported student and teacher well-being as challenges in education persist.

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Here’s What To Look For When Evaluating An EdTech Resource

EdNews Daily

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. Over at Summit K12, we talk about EdTech quite a bit in education, but what does it mean to the average person? What Is EdTech? EdTech is a combination of both education and technology.

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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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5 tech tools I use in my elementary music classroom

eSchool News

Technology has become more prevalent in schools in recent years, with a big uptick due to the pandemic. Teaching online during the pandemic has shown us that high-quality tech tools are out there–but how do we continue to use these resources in our classrooms today? The creation and use of digital music has also become more common today. How are we exposing our students to creating music through technology?

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5 Reasons the iPad is Still Relevant to SLPs

SpeechTechie

When the iPad came out in 2010, I was skeptical. It seemed like a big iPhone and I wasn't sure it would take off. Showing how much I know, it soon became an educational sensation and took off, particularly in the field of speech-language pathology. Before you knew it, there was a surge of interest in my blog, SLP app lists, and professional development sessions on using it as an assessment and therapy tool.

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Lifting Up the Language Specialist’s School Role

MiddleWeb

Tan Huynh’s message to co-teaching language specialists who struggle to be recognized as equal partners: “Power is not only given but reinforced one interaction at a time. The chains that limit marginalized students are the same chains that hold down marginalized faculty members.”. The post Lifting Up the Language Specialist’s School Role first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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AI education is critical for an equitable tomorrow

eSchool News

Underserved communities are universally disadvantaged in their access to resources and high-quality technical education compared to their urban counterparts. Data suggests that between 2000 and 2019, the number of college graduates (ages 25-34) in urban America increased from 26 percent to 39 percent, while in rural America, this number increased only by 6 percent(15 percent to 21 percent).

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We Landed on the Moon July 20 1969

Ask a Tech Teacher

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Commemorate that this year with an exciting collection of websites and apps that take your students to the Moon. Here are some you’ll like: Apollo 11: Countdown to Launch via Google Earth. Apollo 11 VR. Google Moon –see the Moon in 3D with your Google Earth app.

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Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in the 2022-2023 School Year

eSchool News

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. Through this new phase of collaboration, educators at Kihei Elementary School will add Mystery Science , an award-winning digital resource for K-5 teachers and students, to their suite of Discovery Education resources used across the sc

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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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PBLWorks Announces its 2022 PBL Champions

American Consortium for Equity in Education

District, school and individual champions are recognized for their commitment to high quality Project Based Learning PBLWorks, the leading provider of professional development for Project Based Learning (PBL), has announced its 2022 PBL Champions – a program that honors schools, Keep Reading PBLWorks Announces its 2022 PBL Champions. The post PBLWorks Announces its 2022 PBL Champions appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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Edsoma Partners With MetaMetrics to Report Lexile Measures for Oral Reading

eSchool News

DURHAM, N.C. & WEATHERFORD, TX – July, 2022 – MetaMetrics ® and Edsoma today announced a new partnership that will help children using Edsoma’s innovative reading app build their oral reading fluency skills. Edsoma readers will receive Lexile oral reading measures and the app’s books will have oral readability measures from the Lexile ® Framework for Oral Reading.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Great Minds Receives $150M Investment; FEV Tutors Acquired

Marketplace K-12

A-Street’s investment includes $100 million in newly issued shares, as well as $50 million in equity purchased from the nonprofit Great Minds organization, The post K-12 Dealmaking: Great Minds Receives $150M Investment; FEV Tutors Acquired appeared first on Market Brief.

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Changing schools as a teacher is a real challenge—here’s how I eased the transition

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This year I changed schools. Full stop. That sentence is tiny but mighty. I had been teaching for eleven years; the last eight years at the same school, same grade level, and in the same classroom. To say I was content and comfortable at my job was true. I was meeting my professional goals and in positions of leadership. But to say I was meeting my personal and family needs at that placement would be untrue.

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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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Provide Free Tutoring with Paper

techlearning

Paper provides 1:1 virtual tutoring at no cost to students and their families.

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Congress Bailed Out the Airline Industry. Why Won’t It Do the Same for Child Care?

Edsurge

Air travel has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level. Resorts and hotels are overflowing with guests again. Indeed, many parts of our economy are not only returning to normal, they’re overwhelmed with success. Except the part of the economy I’m invested in: early childhood education. Eight years ago I started a child care program in Freeport, New York.

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What is Pixton and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

techlearning

Pixton is an easy to use comic book creator tool designed for use by students.

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How the Science of Reading Informs Waterford.org Curriculum

Waterford

Want More Science of Reading? Check out our seven-part Science of Reading webinar series. Download sessions here to explore how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. The human brain is pre-wired for speech, but learning to read always involves explicit instruction.[1] “Learning to read requires several years of intentional instruction,” explains Waterford Director of Curriculum Julie Christensen.[2] And the earlier that children are introduc

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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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Navigate360 Sets New Standard for K-12 School Safety with Fully Integrated Visitor, Volunteer & Emergency Management Suite & Alyssa’s Law-Compliant Panic Alarms

eSchool News

RICHFIELD, OH, July 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Schools nationwide are working quickly to enhance safety and security plans to satisfy updated state mandates and give their students and staff the confidence they need to be successful. Navigate360 is proud to aid in their efforts with a new, fully integrated Safety & Security Suite that seamlessly provides the tools and technology schools need to ensure proper plans and processes are in place to prevent a critical incident and respond t

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OPINION: After two decades of studying voucher programs, I’m now firmly opposed to them

The Hechinger Report

In recent years, nearly half of all states have created publicly funded private K-12 tuition plans, collectively known as school vouchers. This summer, advocates of these plans are pushing to expand their reach, boosted by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Carson v. Makin that states permitting vouchers may not exclude religious schools. Arizona just expanded its already large voucher program; in Michigan, former U.S.

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