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3 Tech Initiatives to Prioritize in the Virtual Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Finding technology tools and solutions amid the challenging year that was 2020 often felt like Mission: Impossible at times for many school districts. There aren’t necessarily “wrong answers” when it comes to adding technology to the educational experience, but there are some initiatives that you should prioritize over others to achieve the most important outcomes for your students and educators.

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Google Jamboard 2021 with Tom Mullaney

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 716 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. One of the most popular shows of 2018 was with Tom Mullaney on Google Jamboard so we’ve updated it for 2021! In this show, Tom shows us how teachers are using Google Jamboard, why it is so popular, and how you can use it to teach. Let’s Jam! Sponsor: It’s a new year and time to plan your professional development with Advancement Courses.

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Virtual Schooling Is Here to Stay: Reimagining Post-Pandemic Virtual Learning in Public Schools

Education Elements

From North Carolina to California to Alaska, public schools around the United States are planning to preserve a virtual school option for students after the pandemic is over. The constant drumbeat of getting all students back to school as quickly as possible does not tell the whole story of learning in the pandemic. Singing the praises of virtual learning was not something many students, educators, and families would see themselves humming along to twelve months ago.

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Google for Education Offers an Effective Ecosystem for Hybrid Learning

EdTech Magazine

As the pandemic unfolds, learning has become liberated from the bounds of mere geography. As of late October, 37 percent of K–12 students were learning virtually, 35 percent were learning in person and 26 percent were learning in a hybrid setup, studying both at home and in school. Spring will likely bring more of the same. “For the kids at home, sitting behind a screen is not really engaging.

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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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Celebrating Black History Month in the Classroom

Waterford

February is National Black History Month in America. It’s a month devoted to learning about the struggles for freedom and equality Black Americans have faced to this day. It’s also an opportunity to recognize the gigantic contributions made by Black people in all walks of American life— from government and the presidency to science and math, as well as art, sports, music, education, and culture.

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Protecting children in virtual learning environments: Warning signs for teachers

Neo LMS

Any teacher knows that you don’t get into this profession unless you care about kids and want to help them build the best possible life. On most days, that goal is also a pleasure. You get to watch your students bloom right before your eyes. But on some days, that commitment can be a heartbreak. A crushing responsibility. Those are the days when you begin to suspect that one of your kids is being abused or neglected.

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The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Edsurge

Last year presented many challenges and accelerated a number of shifts that were already underway in K-12 education. Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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Some of The Best Tools for Creating Classroom Podcasts in 2021

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Since my first blog post on educational podcasting almost 8 years ago, podcasting and more specifically educational podcasting has become mainstream. At the core of the podcasting experience is the.read more.

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Preventing Student Debt Problems Begins With Financial Literacy Education

Edsurge

For ages, the American dream has been built on obtaining a quality education, earning a credential from a degree-awarding entity and then starting a life full of wealth and opportunity. Or at least that was the dream bestowed upon America’s new dominating workforce: millennials. Born between 1981 and 1996 , during a pop culture boom of multi-million dollar music videos , millennials grew up inundated with a barrage of doctored images of success and sayings like, “It takes money to make money.

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How Remote Learning is Preparing Students for Jobs of the Future

EmergingEdTech

There’s no doubt that the world looks far different today than it did just a year ago. For so many of us, the outbreak of COVID-19 has dramatically changed the way we live our daily lives. Now, more. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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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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Another Pandemic Semester Is Underway. Here’s What Students and Profs Learned From the Fall

Edsurge

Here we go again. Spring semester is starting at campuses around the country, and the COVID-19 pandemic just doesn’t seem ready to let up. Just like in the fall, some campuses are doing as much in-person teaching as possible, with safety interventions like plexiglass barriers in front of podiums. Others are staying fully online. One big difference? Professors and students now have some experience under their belt with the compromises of balancing learning and staying healthy.

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Best Digital Resources to Teach the Inauguration

techlearning

The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris provides a rich opportunity for lessons about democracy, history, and the importance of good faith.

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How To Create A Forward-Leaning Curriculum

TeachThought - Learn better.

It’s hard to imagine how content-based standards can be the guiding force around which future education is constructed. The post How To Create A Forward-Leaning Curriculum appeared first on TeachThought.

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5 ways to remotely engage families of students in special education

eSchool News

First things first: educators, you deserve a standing ovation for switching your classrooms to remote learning almost overnight this past spring. While you continue to have significant challenges facing you as remote learning continues in many districts, I have no doubt that you will all rise to the challenge and work to create amazing virtual special education learning environments.

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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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OPINION: The Biden administration has a real chance to boost early childhood education

The Hechinger Report

Last week, President-elect Joe Biden announced he would seek to expand the child tax credit and make a $40 billion investment in child care as part of a broader Covid relief and recovery package. He invited Americans to imagine how a stronger “caregiving economy” could help enhance our nation’s security, promote family well-being and ensure child care providers have access to the “pay and dignity that they deserve.”.

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6 ways to embrace the messiness of math education

eSchool News

Math is not easy to teach or learn. So, teachers use a variety of strategies to boost their students’ numeracy skills as they progress through math education. But some of those approaches could be unproductive, contended Dr. Juli Dixon, Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Central Florida, in a recent edWebinar sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mathematics.

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Looking to Forge Bonds in the Era of Remote Work? Make Time for Play

Marketplace K-12

Education companies can nurture teamwork and camaraderie in a remote environment by encouraging their works to engage in play, writes Sara Potler LaHayne, the CEO of Move This World. The post Looking to Forge Bonds in the Era of Remote Work? Make Time for Play appeared first on Market Brief.

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Helping Our Students Identify as Generalists

MiddleWeb

Many media literacy initiatives start with skills – teaching kids to fact-check and dig for information. Instead, Angela Kohnen and Wendy Saul urge us to guide students as they assume the identity of Generalist – "sifters" who are curious, skeptical, accurate and persistent. The post Helping Our Students Identify as Generalists first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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How to Help Students Develop Lifelong Math Skills

techlearning

To build lifelong math skills, providing equitable access to rigorous, grade-level math content is essential

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To A Greater Glory [National Catholic Reporter]

The Jose Vilson

In my latest op-ed, I wrote an article as an open letter to the Biden administration that harkened back to my Jesuit education (Nativity Mission, Xavier High). Here’s a little bit: In this way, I’m asking us to live out our stated values politically and spiritually. If God truly lives within each of us when two or more of us are gathered, then we need to make the spaces where we gather our youth the spaces we know serve them.

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This Is How to Easily Gather Responses from a Google Form in a Spreadsheet

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Google Forms is definitely one of the key tools to use to create and grade digital quizzes. It is simple and easy to use and is integrated with Google Drive allowing you to access other Drive.read more.

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Flinn Scientific Partners with the Virginia Technology Student Association to Support Virtual STEM Competitions

eSchool News

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, has partnered with the Virginia Technology Student Association (Virginia TSA) to support and expand participation in virtual, intra-curricular student STEM competitions. Through the partnership, new Virginia TSA school chapters can purchase Flinn Scientific’s WhiteBox Learning program at an exclusive rate to be used by students as they compete in regional, state, and nation

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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 Future of Online Teaching in a Post-COVID World – SULS093

Shake Up Learning

The post The Future of Online Teaching in a Post-COVID World – SULS093 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. As the role of the classroom teacher continues to evolve in this post-COVID world, it’s important to look at the future of online teaching. While I’m hopeful that the concurrent or hybrid model that is so common right now will not be a mainstay, I believe we will begin to see distinct roles for online teachers emerge.

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VHS Learning Once Again Earns High Satisfaction Rates from Schools Around the Globe

eSchool News

Students from schools in 66 countries (up from 44) and 46 U.S. states (up from 45) have enrolled in VHS Learning courses in the past academic year. While its geographical scope increased, VHS Learning’s retention rate has remained steady; 92% of schools that partnered with VHS Learning in the 2018-19 school year continued to do so in the 2019-20 school year.

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How to Make Classroom Games with Easy, Awesome Educaplay

The CoolCatTeacher

Sixteen types of games, Google Classroom and LMS compatibility and auto-grading From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This week, I began using Educaplay to make fun classroom learning games for my students. In addition to easy game creation, sending the games to Google Classroom was easy, as was student work, automatic grading, and engagement.

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Pandemic Leads to a Significant Increase in Streaming Video Usage That is Expected to Continue, Study Shows

eSchool News

As more people stayed at home during 2020 due to the pandemic, they were streaming a lot more videos for reasons beyond just entertainment. This trend is expected to continue over the next three years, prompting many public libraries to transition their budgets from DVDs to streaming and prepare for changes and challenges. This finding, along with others, was revealed in a recent survey conducted by Kanopy, a company committed to streaming high-quality films that inspire, educate and entertain t

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

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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Six Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms

MindShift

As a longtime theater and English teacher, Leah Calote is intentional about cultivating an environment where students can take risks. “Doing artistic things is so vulnerable,” she said. “You can’t really feel comfortable creating things in a space that you don’t feel safe.” But creating that space remotely is new territory. Since the coronavirus outbreak began last spring, Calote has studied the work of theater companies and literature teachers, engaged with other educators on Twitte

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“Make Room on Your Plate”

The Principal of Change

I was lucky enough to sit down and chat with Stephanie Rothstein on the “Innovator’s Mindset” podcast , and it was such an enjoyable experience. . One of the ideas that she highlighted in our conversation was her idea of saying “yes” to ourselves! She talked about this extensively in her TedX Talk ( which you can watch in full here ), and it was something that has had me thinking since we first chatted.

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SAT Discontinues Subject Tests And Optional Essay

MindShift

Updated at 5:03 p.m. ET. The College Board announced on Tuesday that it will discontinue the optional essay component of the SAT and that it will no longer offer subject tests in U.S. history, languages and math, among other topics. The organization, which administers the college entrance exam in addition to several other tests, including Advanced Placement exams, will instead focus efforts on a new digital version of the SAT.

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Call for Proposals Open - Library 2.0 Mini-Conference: "Civic Engagement in Action" #library20

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The call for proposals is open for our first Library 2.012 mini-conference, " Civic Engagement in Action." This is our first specifically-bilingual event, and we are proud to be a part of bringing the annual and previously in-person Seguimos Creando Enlaces conference online. The conference will be fully bilingual and presentations can be made both in English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation services being provided.

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LIVE DEMO: Using PowerPoint to Create Compelling Presentations for Virtual Training

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks