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NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Image credit: [link] /. World Kindness Day 11/13. Kindness isn’t a natural instinct. In the continuum of nature vs. nurture, it’s well on the side of nurture. Kids aren’t born knowing the part community and friendship play in their lives. They learn this from family, friends, schoolmates, and life in general. That means, among the topics that must be covered in school, kindness may be the most important.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
The new school year had barely begun for some K–12 districts before cybercriminals struck. In early September, several ransomware attacks against schools made headlines. The attacks halted online learning or forced officials to postpone the first day of classes — costly setbacks that compound ongoing challenges with remote learning. Security experts are reporting an increase in the frequency of cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, which have plagued not only schools but also businesses
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EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
By Christy Stephens Martin, Ed.D Our nation is suffering from a labor shortage. Most especially, in the area of trades and unskilled labor. As a nation, we have encouraged our youth to go to college and seek the higher echelons of medicine, law, business, engineering, and architecture. We have encouraged them to seek a career that will ring of success and discouraged those fields that require labor, dirt and skilled knowledge.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 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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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.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
In the middle of the country’s current economic and health crisis, there’s a disturbing trend in higher education: Fewer high school seniors are filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which is typically the first step in receiving federal and state grants, federal loans and institutional aid for college. The FAFSA application window opened on Oct. 1, and as of Oct. 23, about 492,000 FAFSA completions had been filed from the high school class of 2021 – 16 percent fewer completi
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
The global pandemic accelerated K–12 education’s digital transformation. With remote and hybrid learning turning mainstream, today’s teachers and students are increasingly reliant on mobile devices and digital tools. Efforts to close the homework gap are more urgent than ever, and cyberthreats — particularly ransomware attacks — are only intensifying.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
With most schools continuing remote or hybrid learning, it has become clear that investing in a robust and resilient IT infrastructure such as cloud technology is a smart and necessary move. The cloud enables schools and districts to adapt quickly in times of crisis and continue learning for students at scale. However, the cloud is not without risks.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
How good are America’s public schools? It depends on where you live. Education funding is like any other public infrastructure investment. School systems with sufficient funding tend to get better results. Schools that lack resources are less effective and resilient in the face of ordinary challenges, let alone unprecedented catastrophes like the coronavirus pandemic.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
As districts start phasing students back into the classroom after months of online learning, they’re under growing pressure to ensure school buildings and other learning spaces are clean and safe to use. Experts say that will require delivering cleaner air and managing crowds, which can be accomplished with the help of smart building technologies such as advanced HVAC controls and video sensors.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
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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.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Schools across the globe pivoted to online learning within days as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across countries, shuttered physical learning spaces, and shed light on learning inequities. But a second pandemic–systemic racism–has lingered in schools and education policies for far too long. In a one-two punch, these two pandemics are poised to alter public schools as we know them.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
We are continually updating our lists of educational resources so that teachers and educators can have access to the latest available resources out there. In today's post we are sharing with you this.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
By definition, the word hybrid means “composed of mixed parts.” Until now, that has meant two parts: in school – where we largely haven’t been since mid-March – and at home. When COVID-19 hit, we shut the classroom door and jumped into virtual learning with virtually no planning. Planning includes, but is not limited to, physical preparation and measures, social adaptation, ensuring emotional well-being, reassessing traditional educational standards – seeing them through a new lens – and having
Buncee
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Thanksgiving is here again, and it’s time to reflect on the things we all have to be thankful for. This year, more than ever, the Buncee Team is so grateful for all the hardworking and dedicated educators in our community. You continue to inspire us with your passion for student success, especially in the face of such unprecedented challenges.
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.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are partnering to offer engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National STEM Day observances. Held annually on November 8 th , National STEM Day unites communities around the importance of teaching science, technology, engineering, and math to students in grades K-12.
SecurEdge
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
If you're looking to refresh an existing business WiFi network or deploy one for the first time, you need to conduct a predictive RF design. However, depending on your environment's complexity, a WiFi site survey might also be necessary. Besides how they work and what you can expect to receive, the most common question we get from customers is, "how much does it cost"?
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Drew Perkins talks with Ian Rowe about his work with 1776 Unites and Vertex Partnership Academies to help marginalized students reach success. The post The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 222 An Alternative To Empowering Traditionally Marginalized Students appeared first on TeachThought.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
The Character Tree is providing teachers and parents with FREE access to a Veteran’s Day video lesson about gratitude. The lesson, for first and second-grade students, includes a 7-minute video and printable resources and can be used at home or in a classroom. In the “Gratitude & Veterans” video lesson children will learn about what gratitude is, the history of Veteran’s Day and how it’s celebrated in different countries.
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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
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Disruption in learning caused by COVID-19 is the reality that school districts face this school year. K-12 education is evolving from a brick-and-mortar learning environment to learning both in person and online. While this shift is challenging to say the least, it is an opportunity for school districts to use technology to engage, personalize, and challenge students.
SpeechTechie
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Gratitude is a Thanksgivingy theme.but actually much more than that. Much research has supported that practicing gratitude as a form of mindfulness can be self-regulating and cultivate positive neural connections. In addition, gratitude has a language lens as it: -relates life experiences -can/should be practiced as a "listing" activity -expresses causality -can be pushed to the abstract i.e. being grateful for intangible things.
SecurEdge
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
If you're looking to refresh an existing business WiFi network or deploy one for the first time, you need to conduct a predictive RF design. However, depending on your environment's complexity, a WiFi site survey might also be necessary. Besides how they work and what you can expect to receive, the most common question we get from customers is, "how much does it cost"?
Fractus Learning
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
How to clean LEGO is the last thing on your mind when buying a brand-new box of LEGO bricks. However, from years ago or bought secondhand, LEGO needs cleaning before you want your kids to play with it. This article discusses the best way to clean LEGOs and other ways users clean in bulk or gets rid of foul-smelling LEGO bricks. How To Wash LEGOS According to the LEGO official website, there is a specific way to clean your LEGO. […].
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.
Linways Technologies
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
The term education technology is way too broad to be described in one sentence. It can be anything from regular mobile phones to advanced learning management systems. Any piece of technology that assists or supports the process of learning is practically edtech. However, the way edtech interact with education is as different as edtech themselves. In this article, we are going to look at one of such edtech that basically acts as a teacher’s personal assistant: Linways LMS.
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