Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The ideal of the Renaissance man, the polymath with expertise in a wide range of fields, is long gone. We live in an era of hyperspecialization. And not without reason, as specialization has its undeniable advantages: the more you know about a specific field of knowledge (or subfield), the more chances you have to solve complicated problems. Just think about medical science, its many specializations, and the enormous advances in all the subfields.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A majority (86 percent) of educators believe that technology needs in schools will increase over the next three years, according to a recent survey by the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and Human Development and the EdTech Evidence Exchange, a nonprofit affiliated with the university. With the sudden shift to remote learning due to COVID-19, achievement gaps among students in U.S. schools widened.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There’s a ritual that kicks off every new quarter in Michelle Luhtala’s library at New Canaan High School, one where English teachers send a gaggle of students through her doors to pick a new batch of books. It looked different when the campus reopened in mid-October, when she had students select their books through an online portal to be delivered to their classrooms the next day.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels.com. Welcome to a post that takes you on a jouney from offline to online PBL. Best of all, you can use these ideas to bring a past poroject of yours to the blended and eLearning classroom. In this post, I will provide thoughts and reflections to get you started along with some amazing free resource links. Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! In Maggie Waldner’s elementary school classroom in downtown Denver, math lessons rarely focus on rote memorization. She talks about problem solving and real-world issues, like homelessness.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed historic equity gaps that have long plagued our schools and society. Schools have always served as a hub of support and aid to children, their families, and communities. At our district, the majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch And while Broward County Public Schools (BCPS), like districts nationwide, has focused on COVID emergency responses to ensure that students get the social, emotional, and academic supports that they need, we re

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Teacher Tech

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Have fun! Show off your work and help others. The post Schedule Your Tweet In Advance on Twitter appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In an economy under the grip of the first global pandemic in a century, money is flowing to companies offering innovative responses to age-old problems. Among them is TRANSFR Inc., which uses virtual reality to deliver workplace training and skills development. The New York-based company has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round to support its efforts to bring virtual solutions to very real challenges.

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Marketplace K-12

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Pearson has launched a new direct-to-consumer division, which will be co-led with former top officials from Shutterfly. The post Pearson Announces New Direct-to-Consumer Product Focus appeared first on Market Brief.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The impact of the pandemic on educational programming has created what will more than likely be fundamental and foundational changes to the traditional classroom environment. In general, the traditional classroom simply is not visible in today’s milieu. The physical hallways connecting traditional classrooms that have been present since education left the open air of Socrates’s Agora , when Plato established an academy, have been replaced with the fiber, copper, and Wi-Fi of high-speed networks.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A study published in 2019, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that students learn more when they take part in classes that employ active-learning strategies. In other.read more.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Rigor in the Remote Learning Classroom is a valuable guide that will help teachers and schools reframe the conversation about remote teaching. The book’s tips and strategies can make a remote approach both robust and rigorous, writes middle school head Michael McLaughlin.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Technological advancements and limitations on physical classrooms due to COVID-19 are pushing educators to get more creative than ever. The challenge lies in leveraging technology to reach students.read more.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

MIND Research Institute , an award-winning neuroscience and education organization, has added an Assignments feature to its flagship ST Math solution, allowing teachers to differentiate instruction while keeping an entire class learning the same core concepts. “Together, students and teachers are an amazing team,” said Brett Woudenberg, MIND Research Institute’s CEO.

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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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Turnitin

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

What do educators need to consider in offering best practices in online assessment design?

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Kyle Pace

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Programmer is a promising, interesting and multifaceted profession. Immersed in the field of IT technology, a specialist can discover different facets of talent: logical thinking, creativity, multitasking. The popularity of the profession adds to the image of specialists. A stylish professional, dressed in accordance with fashionable trends, with a modern gadget in his hands, receiving a high salary – this image is incredibly attractive.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

For the past year, I’ve seen these cute, plush, stuffed-pillow things lying around the house. First it was one…then two…three! Eventually, I thought they were multiplying on their own! For my own safety, I had to get to the bottom of this phenomenon. It turns out, these adorable plush toys are called Squishmallows. They’ve been available since 2017, and the product line now reaches well over 500 strong squishy lovable buddies.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Ayodele Harrison reflects on how the learning environment and relationships within schools can affect the student experience. Educators have an obligation to prepare for conversations about race by doing some self-reflection, first. Student conversations about BLM and Black Lives Matter should not be discouraged. Instead, teachers need to anticipate the situation to ensure that the discussions promote growth and learning.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We've posted a new podcast from Dr. Albrecht on the topic of " Let's Talk About Talking " in the " Library Safety and Security with Dr. Steve Albrecht " section of Library 2.0. You can listen directly on the site or you should also be able to access the podcast in SoundCloud here or in your own podcast app using the RSS feed here. "The Safe Library: Lessons (I’ve Learned) in Keeping Staff and Patrons Better Protected" Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

When COVID-19 forced the mass closure of schools across the U.S. during the early months of 2020, we all wondered how—or if—students would continue to learn amid the turbulence. Seemingly overnight, educators, parents and edtech companies churned out crisis plans for remote instruction in hopes of carrying on, at the very least, until summer break. Concerns over the long-term negative impacts of poor attendance are not new, but the pandemic casts a different light on the issue.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Jay Rife was sitting in his pickup truck on the outskirts of Las Vegas when he answered a phone call that would permanently alter his life. A man from the federal government was on the line and told him that the loan he had taken out so his son and daughter could go to college had come due. The monthly payment was $1,200. This story also appeared in NBC News.

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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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

More than ever, students and their parents are asking whether college is worth it. Most recently, The Wall Street Journal called it “ the albatross around their necks ,” referring to graduates saddled with debt. According to The Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) at Georgetown University, bachelor’s degree holders earn 84 percent more than those with just a high school diploma.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

About 36 percent of Americans age 25 and older have earned at least a bachelor’s degree. They’re less likely to be unemployed and more likely to earn more money than people who have completed less, or no, postsecondary education. For a long time, these realities have made a college credential seem like one of the most promising pathways to career and financial security, despite the barriers and potholes that sometimes mar that road.

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