Fri.Aug 26, 2022

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Q&A: Superintendent on How His Small-Town District Leaned Into Digital Transformation

EdTech Magazine

As students head back to school across the country, a small school district in America’s heartland is proudly celebrating educational gains and steady teacher retention. Located less than two hours west of Chicago, Meridian Community Unit School District 223 in Stillman Valley, Illinois, has about 1,400 students in pre-K through 12th grade and 270 teachers.

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How to Use Edtech to Engage Introverted Learners

Edsurge

Educator Stacey Roshan believes that when schools prioritize students who are most vocal and quickest to raise their hand, the perspectives of too many are lost. That's why she uses edtech tools in the classroom to provide a safe space where she can encourage all types of learners to contribute. When Roshan was in high school, she feared the moment she might be called on in class.

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A New Way to Learn about EdTech

EdNews Daily

Say Hello to ET Magazine Education media has a new look, a new format, and a new way to get the word out. Instead of using paid professional writers and short, catchy or formulaic articles, this new all-digital magazine is written by the world’s top minds in EdTech. “There just didn’t seem to be any way for educators to get information straight from the expert’s point of view,” said Sal Gerardo, Chairman of the new (ET) Magazine.

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Using the Metaverse to Help Students With Intellectual Disabilities

techlearning

Award-winning educator Phil Hintz is studying how metaverse technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality can help students with intellectual disabilities build life and occupational skills.

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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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High-speed internet is a basic necessity–not a luxury–when it comes to learning

eSchool News

Americans overwhelmingly believe that high-speed internet access is a basic necessity, according to a new survey from Kajeet. Additionally, this need for connectivity is not new, as nearly 75 percent of respondents believed high-speed internet was important even before the pandemic began more than two years ago. The survey also finds that 64 percent of U.S. adults are worried about their ability to pay for a high-speed internet connection at home, drawing attention to the opportunity gap and hom

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Most Districts Have Spent at Least Half Their Federal COVID Aid. What This Means for K-12 Companies

Marketplace K-12

School districts around the country are making progress when it comes to spending emergency federal funding, according to EdWeek Research Center survey data. The post Most Districts Have Spent at Least Half Their Federal COVID Aid. What This Means for K-12 Companies appeared first on Market Brief.

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25 Books For 2nd-Graders That Will Make Them Fall in Love With Reading

SplashLearn

Do you want your kids to develop a better intellectual, physical and social foundation? If so, you should introduce them to some interactive and engaging hobbies at an early age. Reading is the best hobby to spark curiosity, improve social skills, and boost a child’s overall growth. This guide will walk you through the 25 […]. The post 25 Books For 2nd-Graders That Will Make Them Fall in Love With Reading first appeared on SplashLearn Blog.

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Thrive Alliance Group Unveils New Professional Development Series, Helping Educators Support Students’ Mental Health

eSchool News

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (PRWEB) — Today, only 8 percent of districts meet the recommended student-to-psychologist ratio and 14 percent of districts meet the student-to-counselor ratio according to federal data. Thrive Alliance Group , a nationally-recognized expert in fostering K–12 mental wellness, announces their new Mental Wellness Professional Development Course Series , helping educators create a school climate and culture that supports students’ mental health and contributes to greater a

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Bounce: 4 Media Literacy Routines

The Thinking Stick

Media Literacy Routines: Check out templates and strategies to set up routines that help learners become more media literate. These routines are perfect for launching at the start of the year. Explore the free guide on this topic here: [link]. Check out this episode of Shifting Our Schools.

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Waterbury Public Schools Partners with BloomBoard to Address Teacher Retention Crisis

eSchool News

WATERBURY CONN. & PITTSBURGH (PRWEB) — Waterbury Public Schools and BloomBoard today announce a partnership to create Waterbury U. This innovative initiative addresses the current teacher retention crisis while supporting the unique needs of all students. Waterbury U offers educators on-the-job professional learning opportunities to prepare, promote and advance them in their professional journey.

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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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5 (free) Mouse Skills Posters

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired. This month: Mouse Skills. –for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Education Arm of The Buck Institute – PBLWorks – Receives a $2.9 Million Grant from the Bezos Family Foundation

eSchool News

Novato, California – The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks) was awarded a $2.9 million grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to design an innovative social studies and civics curriculum that uses a Project Based Learning (PBL) model. The new PBL units are being designed for teachers of grades 4-12 and will be available free as Open Educational Resources (OER). .

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Here is How to Easily Recover Lost or Deleted data from Hard Drive

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Technology occupies a huge part of our life and we are more dependent on its services than in any time in the past. And while it has tremendously facilitated our life in several sectors from education to business, our dependence on it comes with a price. Data loss is one of the major issues that jeopardizes our technology use. Reasons for data loss are numerous including sudden power outage, virus attack, accidental deletion, badly formatted or corrupt hard drive, among others.

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