Fri.Oct 30, 2020

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

I don’t know many kids who aren’t excited to play games. Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning.

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Skodel Raising Funds and Student Voice

EdNews Daily

Skodel, the Australian company pioneering student wellbeing check-ins, has raised $1.8 million to help fund its mission to give every student a voice that is heard and acted on. The company was co-founded by identical twins Ian and Julian Fagan, and friend, Huon Peard, and was inspired by the Founders’ direct and indirect experiences with wellbeing during their teenage years.

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Wealthy Families More Likely to Hire Tutors, Less Concerned About Kids’ Learning Loss

Edsurge

There is a notable gulf between parents of K-12 students who are attending school in person this fall, and those whose children are getting some or all of their instruction virtually, according to the results of a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in mid-October. Ninety percent of parents whose children are back in school full-time say they are “somewhat” or “very” satisfied with their schools’ handling of reopening, and are significantly less concerned about their children falling behind

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Three critical steps to online learning success

eSchool News

COVID-19 has shown us that online learning is beneficial in many ways. We know schools face many difficult decisions that may change throughout the semester and school year. There’s a lot of uncertainty in the air as teachers and administrators adjust to this “new normal” and strive to maintain nurturing, engaging learning environments. Nonprofit online provider VHS Learning has developed a three-step plan that allows teachers to seamlessly deliver curriculum under any circumstances.

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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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Create Better Google Slides Presentations Using These Helpful Add-ons

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

A few months ago, Google made it possible for third party developers to create and share add-ons to be used on Google Slides after it was exclusive to only Docs and Sheets. Since then Slides.

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Parts of Speech Fun in Immersive Reader

Teacher Tech

The possibilities to leverage this tool to help students are endless, especially in subjects and coursework that rely heavily on vocabulary. The post Parts of Speech Fun in Immersive Reader appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Inspiring & Informing Through Affective Leadership

EdNews Daily

By Jamie Bricker Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a monthly series on the impact of Affective Leadership in the school system. Affective leadership is all about working with people, rather than trying to work through them or simply going around them. All stakeholders become far more invested in the school, when they feel genuinely valued, respected, and heard by administration.

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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science

eSchool News

Discovery Education —the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—today announced the acquisition of the popular K-5 science and STEM curriculum Mystery Science. Created in San Francisco, California, Mystery Science is used in more than 50% of United States’ elementary schools each month.

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Managing the teacher’s workload during online learning.

Linways Technologies

Teaching is much more demanding than ever before. This year has been full of crazy ups and downs, breaking conventions, and unprecedented scenarios. With technology rising up to meet the demands of education, education has been fairly consistent across domains. But still, there are miles to go when it comes to fully adapt to online learning. Teachers everywhere are working twice as hard to ensure the uninterrupted flow of education.

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Language and Literacy: Asking and Answering “Wh” Questions

N2Y

Asking or answering “Wh” questions ( who, what, where, when, and why? ) is the basis for the exchange of interactive communication. But these questions also serve to engage greater learning and facilitate the exchange of information among communication partners. It is evident that “Wh” questions and their answers are reflective of each student’s expressive and receptive language skills.

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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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The Thing about Influence

Adjusting Course

Speed-limit signs are not suggestions. Of course, there are still people who drive much faster or slower than posted speeds. On the other hand, conversations with family members and friends about road conditions are suggestions. They are rarely about control. For example, when we drive to a family member's house we would most likely caution them about any dangerous road conditions we encountered.

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Healthcare app reduces symptoms of COPD compared to regular treatment

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

A new healthcare app that helps people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) manage their condition can speed up recovery after hospital admission and reduce flare-ups of symptoms, a newly published study has shown.

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Awareness to Action: How Adopting a Dyslexia Policy Can Positively Impact Instructional Practices for All Students

ExcelinEd

As Dyslexia Awareness Month comes to a close, we must acknowledge the grassroots efforts of parents , the commitment of teachers, and the actions of policymakers to ensure that students with dyslexia receive the instruction, supports, and accommodations needed to learn to read and to be successful in the classroom. However, the work is far from done.

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AI teachers must be effective and communicate well to be accepted

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

The increase in online education has allowed a new type of teacher to emerge -- an artificial one. But just how accepting students are of an artificial instructor remains to be seen. That's why researchers are working to examine student perceptions of artificial intelligence-based teachers.

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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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Startups in Los Angeles are helping remote learning

eSchool News

While the global pandemic has disrupted almost every industry, some businesses are experiencing accelerated growth during the crisis, according to the LA Business Journal. The education technology sector, which has a significant footprint in Los Angeles, is among the categories seeing sizable gains.

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Online Office Hours are a Potent Source for Observing Student Talk

Edthena

Teachers are constantly seeking information sources about their students’ learning. One key way to do this is to hear from students and, quite literally, try to hear their thinking out loud. This creates opportunities for confirming that students are developing the correct understandings from the lessons. This interaction can be strained when students are not in classrooms full time.

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Ready, Set, Go: Write!

Educator Innovator

Jumping into NaNoWriMo in classrooms or online. Ever since that fateful day in 1999 when a set of aspiring authors in the Bay Area challenged each other to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days, November has been National Novel Writing Month. For over 20 years, people of all types, ages, backgrounds, and locations have taken up the word-count challenge, knowing that the first step is simply to get started.

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Beyond the Pandemic: Where We Are as a Reflection of What We Need

EdNews Daily

By Christy Martin, Ed.D. Editor’s Note: This is part two in a three-part series Statistics and other information on the present condition of jobs in the United States in the areas of trades and skilled labor are alarming. The labor market itself shows job openings in areas that we have not anticipated and in some cases had not seen before. It is too late for forward-thinking, we are now in catch up mode in many areas of employment.

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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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Media Savviness Makes for Civic Mindedness

edWeb.net

By Michele Israel. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Being an informed contributor to America’s democratic practices and principles requires strong media literacy skills. Without them, even the most civic-minded will find it hard to assess and interpret the mass of information out in the world. Jeff Knutson, Common Sense Education Content Strategist and Senior Producer, recognizes how challenging it is for students to negotiate media.

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As COVID-19 Infection Rates Go Up, So Do In-Person Schooling Options

Edsurge

Everybody wants to get kids back into schools—but the worsening COVID-19 pandemic seems to get in the way. Some states and local governments have issued rules that schools can reopen only if infection rates in the community are below a certain threshold. And even though early evidence suggests that school reopenings have not produced significant COVID-19 spread, many educators, parents, public health officials and others are still concerned about safety.

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