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APRIL 5, 2019

CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 04/05/2019 - 09:50. Some digitally enabled K–12 schools find it difficult to provide appropriate lesson plans that can be accessed by all students, said Tim Clark, director of curriculum, instruction and digital learning at Chicago Public Schools. . In school systems like Clark’s where schools have more autonomy to choose their own digital solutions, issues have emerged around creating activities t

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Ditch That Textbook

APRIL 5, 2019

As teachers, we strive to provide our students with quality feedback on their work. Getting feedback from their teacher is useful but getting feedback from their peers can be even more powerful. How can we begin to incorporate peer feedback into our classroom? And what tools are available to help our students begin to provide […].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2019

April 5th-15th: Buy a K-8 School License. get 5 free print books of the grade level you purchased. (domestic purchase or freight-forwarders only). Usually, you get one desk copy for each grade level included in your school license. Between April 5th and 15th, get five per grade level. That’s enough for a team to each have one. To take advantage of this special, purchase from Structured Learning with PayPal or with a PO.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Last month, the higher education landscape was rocked with a widespread college admissions scandal involving wealthy families cheating to gain admission to college for their children. Allegations like this erode public trust in the college admissions process and further disadvantage those applicants who are underrepresented in higher education. While we share the outrage at the terrible behavior being reported, what's more important is that we not let this sensational story distract us from the

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 5, 2019

Digital Passport is an excellent web tool and mobile app designed for students in grade 3-5 to educate them on the fundamentals of digital citizenship and help them stay safe while using the net.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Stewart Lockett (right, grey shirt) leads a meeting of the student government executive team in late January. His team is the most diverse student government the university has ever had. Casey Parks/The Hechinger Report. BATON ROUGE, La. — A few weeks after Stewart Lockett made local headlines for becoming the first black student body president at Louisiana State University in nearly 30 years, the 21-year-old settled into his new office and began looking through the files that previous president

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Teacher Tech

APRIL 5, 2019

Create Additional Google Calendars Did you know Google Calendar supports being able to have multiple layered calendars in one? This can be helpful for allowing you to set up a calendar for special reasons without cluttering up your calendar. For example, I set up a Google Calendar just for school field trip and events. Yes, […]. The post Create a Special Calendar appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 5, 2019

Today we revisited the iPad list of music apps we shared last year and wanted to add some interesting new apps to it. While some of these apps are totally free others like NotateMe is really pricy.

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Teacher Tech

APRIL 5, 2019

Create Additional Google Calendars Did you know Google Calendar supports being able to have multiple layered calendars in one? This can be helpful for allowing you to set up a calendar for special reasons without cluttering up your calendar. For example, I set up a Google Calendar just for school field trip and events. Yes, […]. The post Create a Special Calendar appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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SecurEdge

APRIL 5, 2019

Thinking about updating the devices, applications, or firmware on your wireless network? Before you risk everything, Erik has some tips that just might help your situation.

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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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EdTechTeam

APRIL 5, 2019

Bringing Bears to Space. A few years ago, while in a meeting, a colleague asked questions about the chemistry of our upper atmosphere. My colleague was working with a group of middle school students to design a payload to bring a bear, our school’s mascot, to near space (~100,000 feet) on a weather balloon flight through a partnership with NASA’s MN Space Grant Consortium.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2019

Redrawing boundaries reallocates a district’s resources at a fundamental level, and with that reallocation comes a great deal of concern, anxiety, and turmoil as members of the district’s community worry whether their needs will be addressed properly. Compounding that tense situation, districts are often working with incomplete data and making what amounts to educated guesses about where resources will do the most good.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 5, 2019

BoClips for Teachers. I recently discovered Boclips for Teachers, a portal hosting more than 2 million short-form educational videos from more than 100 of the educational video producers you already know and love. Familiar sites like TED-Ed, LearnZillion, Associated Press, PBS, Crash Course, Reuters, Bozeman Science and Smithsonian have offered permission for the site to curate their excellent content in a distraction-free, ad-free environment.

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techlearning

APRIL 5, 2019

Catch up on everything new in G Suite for Education from March 2019, and see great ideas and resources!

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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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ExcelinEd

APRIL 5, 2019

Of the 2.3 million U.S. students not yet connected to high-speed internet, 1.9 million are in just 62 school districts. Visit EducationSuperHighway.org to learn how your state can upgrade internet access in every public school classroom to empower more students to take advantage of the promise of digital learning. What Others Are Saying. “To provide students with the education they need to thrive in a globally connected world, we must find ways to design, fund, acquire, and maintain the

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techlearning

APRIL 5, 2019

“Their bold accomplishments encompass the overarching mission of Envision 2030 — to better prepare children to succeed in careers of the future,” said Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

More schools these days are considering income-share agreements, an alternative to traditional college loans that essentially let people bet on the future earning power of students. One challenge, though, is finding investors willing to pay the up-front cost. With income-share agreements, students don’t pay tuition when they start a program, but instead pay back a percentage of their earnings for a period of time after graduation.

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techlearning

APRIL 5, 2019

Kids visit "reading islands" that organize books by theme (animals, awesome people, and more) and choose books to download to their "backpacks.

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

This is the second and final part of a series that explores how the market dynamics the K-12 education sector have changed. Read Part 1 here. Twelve years ago, Amplify CEO Larry Berger and I wrote about the “ pareto distribution ” of companies in the K-12 sector. Most revenue was generated by a few winner-take-all companies, then there was a long tail of subscale operators.

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APRIL 5, 2019

“Mist Systems has developed a unique blend of wireless, AI and cloud expertise that has enabled us to stand out from the competition and bring much needed innovation to the wireless space,” said Sujai Hajela, CEO of Mist Systems.

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