Mon.Nov 22, 2021

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Why We Need Elements of Leadership

Education Elements

This past September, Education Elements conducted a Leadership Pulse Check Survey of school leaders throughout the country. The results indicated a collective and hopeful outlook, despite the fact that we are living in such challenging and unprecedented times, where our needs and constraints shift on a regular basis.

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Video Conferencing Monitors – 4 Useful Benefits for Education

ViewSonic Education

As remote and hybrid learning models become more common and necessary, the popularity of dedicated video conferencing monitors is also increasing. However, many educators, as well as students and their parents, are still unaware of some of the potential benefits of investing in a monitor with the core video conferencing features built in. Read on to find out more about the benefits of video conferencing monitors for education purposes.

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What IT Leaders Need to Know About SaaS Security Posture Management

EdTech Magazine

As K–12 districts use more cloud computing and Software as a Service applications, district leaders need to be sure the apps that students and teachers use are properly configured and appropriately secured. Expert services can help schools configure new SaaS applications on their network properly, so IT leaders can rest assured they aren’t facing security concerns from the start.

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PROOF POINTS: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year

The Hechinger Report

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. Credit: Meenakshi Van Zee for The Hechinger Report. When the economy is growing, people are generally more willing to take risks. That’s true for college students too.

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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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Some Great Free Graphic Organizer Templates

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In today's post I am sharing with you a collection of educational resources where you can download and print free graphic organizer templates to use with your students in class. Graphic organizers.

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Sketchnotes Help Kids Grow Their Mindsets

MiddleWeb

Sketchnotes give kids the chance to express themselves with an assignment that falls in the gray area between 'correct' and 'incorrect.' Sixth grade teacher Kelly Owens explains how she and her co-teaching colleague use sketchnoting as a technique to promote growth mindset. The post Sketchnotes Help Kids Grow Their Mindsets first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Why Tech in Education Must Become More Accessible

EmergingEdTech

Photo by Julia M Cameron from Pexels Many view technology as the great equalizer for those who are differently abled. It allows those with disabilities and other cognitive and perceptive limitations. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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OPINION: Free community college was never going to be enough

The Hechinger Report

President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community colleges tuition-free is officially dead on arrival, news that could not come at a more unfortunate time: Recent enrollment figures show many colleges nationwide are in dire straits, particularly at the community college level. As a result, low-wage workers — who have already been disproportionately impacted by Covid — are being left with fewer opportunities to earn the certificates and college degrees that are critical to helping them improve the

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5 Ways to Help Districts and Schools Prioritize Educator Well-Being

Marketplace K-12

There are simple steps districts and schools can use to prioritize teachers' social-emotional wellness during stressful times, writes Sara Potler LaHayne. The post 5 Ways to Help Districts and Schools Prioritize Educator Well-Being appeared first on Market Brief.

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Math Communities are Back and Stronger Than Ever at CMC South

MIND Research Institute

I joined the K-8 math community remotely. I washed my hands, set up my home office for maximum productivity, and reactivated my Twitter account. Over the pursuing months I found math memes, online professional development communities, and the most wonderful friends—many of whom I’ve now been able to meet in person thanks to the unmatched efforts from the California Mathematics Council events team and volunteers.

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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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Chronic Absenteeism: Why It’s On The Rise and How to Overcome It

techlearning

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to increase rates of chronic absenteeism, but there are proven strategies for improving attendance.

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Delaware Department of Education, DuPont and Discovery Education Launch First-of-Its-Kind Partnership Supporting STEM, Career, and Technical Education Statewide

eSchool News

DOVER, Del., Nov. 22, 2021 – The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE), DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Discovery Education today announced a new, first-of-its-kind partnership that will increase student access to high-quality STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) instructional resources, as well as instructional materials and other supports to enhance career and technical education programs across the state.

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Promoting Social-Emotional Learning in Digital Life

techlearning

Social-emotional learning continues to be a key aspect of digital citizenship

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30 Minutes to Fewer Student Interruptions - as soon as tomorrow!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

30 Minutes to Fewer Student Interruptions - as soon as tomorrow! Part of the LearningRevolution.com “Survive and Thrive!” Series OVERVIEW : It's happened to all of us. We finally get in the swing of a lesson and a student has a behavior that just can't be ignored. Maybe they are making loud noises. Maybe they are attempting to leave the group/room. Maybe they are silently crying.

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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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How This Tool Ended Teachers’ Tech Fears and Addressed Students’ Social-Emotional Needs

Edsurge

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. He understands how students with learning difficulties can feel separated from the rest of their classmates, how issues at home sometimes manifest as classroom misbehavior, and that being singled out—for both positive and negative reasons—is panic-inducing for just about all students.

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How Video Innovation Expands Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

Blog post by Michele Israel based on this edLeader Panel. During the pandemic, school communities flexed resiliency, creativity, collaboration and flexibility to adapt to unforeseen challenges quickly. Video emerged as a crucial, game-changing tool in this adaptation, enabling K-12 teachers to provide students with the best possible learning environments despite the crisis.

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What will it take to protect schools’ digital landscape?

eSchool News

Malicious actors have been turning their attention to the nation’s schools in a significant and unwelcome way. The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2020 Year in Review report found an 18 percent increase in publicly-disclosed incidents over 2019 – the equivalent of more than two incidents per school day in 2020. Education was the second-most targeted sector in the first half of 2021, according to the a midyear threat report.

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Teachers Should Be Allowed To Come Out in the Classroom. In Texas, An Outdated Law Stands in the Way.

Edsurge

“Mister, are you gay?” This was the question an 8th grader asked in the middle of the school cafeteria. It was the first time a student asked me this question in such a straightforward way. My mind began to race: Is he daring me to come out? Is this a prank between students? Is he going to tell this information to others? At that moment, I had a series of flashbacks: The first time happened at a teacher preparation program in Mississippi.

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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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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

Edsurge

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway. Many employers are investing in the professional development of their workers at a greater level than prior to the pandemic.

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