Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2022
A little over 50 years ago, a student teacher in Minneapolis hit upon a novel idea to engage his eighth grade American history class in a unit on westward expansion. Don Rawitsch, with the help of two fellow student teachers, Paul Dillenberger and Bill Heinemann, created a game in which students took on the role of a wagon leader making the harrowing journey from Missouri to Oregon in the mid-1800s.
Neo LMS
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Students don’t go to school just to learn long division and the purpose of mitochondria —they also learn vital soft skills that serve them well as adults for the rest of their lives. However, teaching soft skills to online students is often challenging, as they don’t have as many opportunities to practice as their in-person peers do. This doesn’t necessarily mean that remote learners will become poorly adjusted members of society, but as a teacher, you should be mindful of the differences in lea
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Education Elements
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The teacher attrition crisis in US education has been in the headlines a lot in recent months. Many districts and schools started the 22-23 school year woefully understaffed, leading districts to implement drastic stop gap measures just to open their doors. Some districts opened this fall with armies of substitute teachers, shortened school days, and were forced to implement confusing and sub-optimal alternative schedules.
Hapara
OCTOBER 11, 2022
On any given school day, approximately 50 million students around the world are using some type of device to access and complete assignments, collaborate with classmates or search the internet for resources to enhance their learning. K-12 education has gradually become more and more digital over the last decade, but the pandemic accelerated the adoption rate.
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Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The company that owns Lego is diving headlong into K-12 education’s switch to digital. Kirkbi A/S, the private investment and holding company that owns a controlling stake in Lego, acquired the video animation company BrainPOP for $875 million. The deal was announced Tuesday. Fueled by the digital transformation of K-12 learning, the acquisition is expected to be only the first of many for Kirkbi A/S.
EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Over the summer, many teachers packed up their classrooms, closed their doors, and said goodbye when the end of the day bell rang – for good. When schools closed throughout the country for the past few years, teachers had to learn how to teach from afar and figure out different ways to support the needs of all their students and parents – mainly through distance learning and online communication.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2022
It is easy, as an educator, to get stuck in a rut. In fact, it’s nearly impossible to avoid at some point or another during the school year. Throughout my 17 years of teaching, I’ve found myself asking questions like, “Is my instruction still engaging and fun?” and “Am I really helping my students become independent thinkers?”. I’ve even found myself feeling hesitant at times to use new technology.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 11, 2022
It’s crunch time for thousands of high school seniors seeking spots at selective U.S. colleges, an annual ritual that appears to get more competitive every year, inviting hysteria, hair pulling and enormous anxiety. And just wait: College admissions is about to get even more complicated, with a major shake-up on the horizon that could forever change who gets in and why.
American Consortium for Equity in Education
OCTOBER 11, 2022
EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Our guest is the Principal of The Wm. D. Ford Career Tech Center in Westland MI, JaCinda Sumara. She is also Director of the Early Middle College at Wayne-Westland Community School District. . Keep Reading EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. The post EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium for Equity in Education.
MIND Research Institute
OCTOBER 11, 2022
With the beginning of the new school year just behind us, and as we swing into autumn, it’s a good time to consider new approaches to accelerate student learning so they can continue to build those schemas. We want ALL students, regardless of language proficiency, to accelerate their math learning. It’s common for educators to ask, “How should we teach ?
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eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Rise Vision , a provider of digital signage software for K-12 schools across North America, just extended their lead as the #1 digital signage software solution by winning Capterra’s Shortlist 2022 award, Tech & Learning’s Back to School Award of Excellence, the G2 award for Leader and Momentum Leader, and ranked in Software Advices 2022 FrontRunners report.
American Consortium for Equity in Education
OCTOBER 11, 2022
A LOOK AT INNOVATIONS IN SEL EDUCATION, an SELtoday.org Presentation, with David Adams CEO of The Urban Assembly and Educational Psychologist Dr.Christina Cipriano , Asst Professor at The Yale Child Study Center and Director of Research at the Yale Center. Keep Reading A LOOK AT INNOVATIONS IN SEL EDUCATION. The post A LOOK AT INNOVATIONS IN SEL EDUCATION appeared first on Equity & Access Pre K-12 | The American Consortium for Equity in Education.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2022
LINQ , the only 100% cloud and browser-based school nutrition and administration solutions available to the K-12 industry, today announced the launch of its Food Distribution Program (FDP). LINQ FDP enables K-12 districts to accurately forecast USDA Foods ordering to maximize their Planned Assistance Level (PAL) usage while maximizing inventory. For State Agencies, the solution facilitates efficient reimbursement and maintains program integrity.
Kitaboo on EdTech
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The ever-rising popularity of digital and mobile learning has led to the emergence of various new technologies and platforms. Interactive eBooks are an excellent solution that makes navigating these platforms much simpler and faster. . Besides being super useful for educational institutions, interactive eBooks also offer excellent solutions to businesses and organizations that wish to provide better content and improve retention rates.
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.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 11, 2022
In this episode of Innovations in Education , hosted by Kevin Hogan: K-12 staffing shortages threaten reading instruction–AI can help It’s time to permanently increase education funding–ESSER spending proves it Safe and Sound: Systematic Communication Strategies for Ensuring School Safety. Related : Teachers’ helper: Edtech as TA’s Running the numbers: New data on the state-of-play in education.
Discovery Education
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Find the right resources to spread awareness and empower all students for Red Ribbon Week! Observed annually every October 23-31 to honor the memory of Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique (Kiki) Camarena, Red Ribbon Week is a time to reinforce alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention, recognizing the harmful effects of substance abuse and promoting the importance of making healthy and safe decisions.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Log on to the website for the online tutoring company VIPKid , and a pop-up will appear asking visitors to select which part of the world they’re in. Users can scroll through more than 230 “regions” across six continents, including Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Montenegro and Myanmar. It’s a marked change from the education company’s origins, which, up until about a year ago, catered almost exclusively to students in mainland China, offering one-on-one English classes with tutors from the U.S. an
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2022
In the midst of a cybersecurity incident is not the time for K–12 IT leaders to discover their incident response plan has flaws. While having an IR plan is a positive first step for teams, they also need to ensure the plan will be effective when an attack occurs. There is no single correct way to create an incident response plan, and the scope of these plans will vary by organization.
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.
Shake Up Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The post 6 Steps to Creating Custom Choice Boards – SULS0176 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing my brand new framework for designing meaningful choice boards for the K-12 classroom. She will walk you step-by-step through the process to ensure it aligns with your standards and learning outcomes, how to select the choice board style, and share important tips along the way.
The Principal of Change
OCTOBER 11, 2022
I have said this many times, and I still believe it to this day; some of the best things that have happened to me are not going to something but leaving something. . I believe this because it allows you to look at what wasn’t working or consider something new to try as you move into create new routines. Simply going to a new job, moving to a new place, or starting a new relationship doesn’t improve your life if you go back to the routines you had done before.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Gamification is a cross-disciplinary concept that has been adopted in several sectors including marketing, healthcare, professional development trainings, politics, among others. By definition, gamification is "the incorporation of game elements into non-game settings" 1. In education, the concept of gamification has especially gained traction during the last decade or so due mainly to the advance of web technologies and mobile applications.
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