Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Learning has always seemed a little bit magical. When a student learns something new, you can actually see a physical reaction: maybe they raise their heads, open their mouths, and widen their eyes. One can say there’s a sparkle there — the magical sparkle of knowledge. But neuroscientists have discovered that that spark is not magical at all; it’s a normal reaction to creating new connections in the brain.

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Ditch That Textbook

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This post is written by Batsheva Frankel an educational consultant at New Lens Ed. Batsheva has been in education for over 25 years and is the producer and host of the popular podcast, Overthrowing Education. Batsheva's book, The Jewish Educator's Companion is available at Amazon.com. Looking back at your elementary, middle, and high school years – […].

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Colby College is carving out space in the liberal arts canon for artificial intelligence. Thanks to a $30 million gift from an alumnus, the small, selective college in Maine is establishing the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence , which aims to integrate machine learning, natural language processing and big data into instruction and research across the college.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Alexes Terry of Twisted Teaching shares in this YouTube video how to create custom backgrounds using Canva. Presentation Template Use the Presentation Template that is 1920 by 1080 pixels. This gives you the right dimensions for the Jamboard background. Description Do you love using Jamboard with your students but tired of the boring backgrounds? Are […].

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Investments in U.S. education technology startups reached a record $2.2 billion in 2020. Across the globe, that figure surpassed $16 billion , marking a 32-fold increase from 2010. Few investors have watched, and fueled, the growth of the edtech industry as closely and consistently as Reach Capital , one of a handful of venture firms that has focused its investments in education technology startups for the past 10 years.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Some universities and some K-12 school systems have developed media literacy courses and standards to help. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. When Jevin West read the news rife with number-heavy coverage of both Covid-19 and the election last fall, he kept finding new examples to bring to his class on data literacy and misin

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Who doesn’t love a good podcast? True crime, self-improvement, history, finance–there’s something for everyone. And if you’re looking for new education podcasts to start your year off right, you’re in luck. Are you searching for new edtech inspiration? Looking to find examples of innovation in districts across the country?

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Cycles of Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This is a short post/journal entry about something that has been on my mind, and nagging at me since the beginning of distance learning. I have noticed a shift in my teaching that occurs when I minimize student cameras while teaching in Zoom. That is, they can see me, and the screen I am sharing, but I cannot see them. Paradoxically, I have noticed that my instruction, and ability to connect with them increases.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Few groups were hit as hard by the pandemic as our nation’s youth. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , COVID-19 disrupted an estimated 56.4 million K-12 students’ studies, and another 19.7 million U.S. college students felt its negative impact. Countless young adults lost or were unable to secure critical part-time jobs. Now, Knoyo Tutoring has launched, with an innovative concept that offers personalized tutoring from college honor students to students of all ages in a s

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MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we begin the second half of the school year, many educators may be trying to find a way to use ST Math to help support test prep, address unfinished learning, provide targeted intervention, and support personalized instruction to address COVID slide. This school year has not been what we would have expected, and for some students, that has led to a lot of anxiety, especially in regards to mathematics.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The KidWind Project, the international leader in clean energy education, has launched an additional round of virtual workshops for this spring. The workshops are topic-specific and designed to help educators teach about renewable energy during distance and hybrid learning. Through the support of the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education ( The CREATE Center ), KidWind has a number of scholarships available for 6 th -12 th grade STEM teachers to be able to offer the workshop

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The post Quick Tip: Create with FREE Google Templates appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Did you know many of your favorite Google apps have built-in TEMPLATES for things like lesson plans, reports, contact forms, and more? Find templates in your favorite Google apps–Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms! Yes! And it’s ALL FREE! Watch the video below to learn how to access these free Google templates.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Closing the educational divide and the digital skills gap has always been important to technologically-minded educators, but the disruptions of COVID-19 have brought a new urgency. Ensuring all students can participate equitably and fulfill their dreams in society hinges on having the right access to technology, especially in the education system. Students from underserved schools often lag behind in skills and opportunity when they leave the education system.

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techieMusings

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Find the full blog post on the Bullis School website. Where Were You When…? AP Psychology students in Ms. Kowalew’s class use Flipgrid to foster authentic engagement in studying “flashbulb memories”. BY STACEY ROSHAN, DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. Each year in AP Psychology, students complete a “Flashbulb Memory” project as part of their Cognitive Psychology unit.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As part of its commitment to helping educators address the challenges of unfinished learning, Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce it has teamed up with WestEd to develop one of the edtech industry’s most advanced math screener and diagnostic assessments that can enable teachers to quickly identify learning gaps and promote positive student outcomes.

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MiddleWeb

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In Metacognition: The Neglected Skill Set, Robin Fogarty and Brian Pete offer 30 grab-and-go strategies to help students create a new habit of mind, writes middle school director Jeny Randall. Along with tools for teaching, they invite us to hone our own metacognitive skills. The post Empower Students with Metacognition Skills first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

DreamBox Learning ®, the K-8 digital math company that pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning technology, announced today that the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has selected DreamBox Learning Math to support teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate student learning loss. The SCDE will offer DreamBox Learning Math through June 2022 to 21 districts reaching more than 32,000 students in the most underserved communities in the state.

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ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

How quickly can personality traits be modified? An international research team has shown that daily use of a smartphone app can lead to desired personality changes within three months. And three months after the daily interventions, the changes are still noticeable.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover is set to touch down on Mars and begin exploration of the Red Planet. To commemorate this historic occasion, Discovery Education —the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—is partnering with NASA to bring students worldwide a special no–cost livestream of this momentous event.

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N2Y

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Student data in Unique Learning System just got more informative than ever. Now teachers can see the work behind the data and easily print or download student answers!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Today, Maxell Pro AV announced the expansion of its laser projector lineup with the 4K ready MP-WU8101 3LCD laser projector. The new high brightness 3LCD projector is designed to deliver stunning displays for digital signage applications as well as large lecture halls, conference rooms, auditoriums and museums. An extension of Maxell’s laser projector line, the MP-WU8101 comes backed by a generous 5-year/20,000-hour warranty.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Over the years, I have written a substantial collection of poems about childhood, growing up and being young (because I was young myself once. no, really). It was difficult to narrow down this stack of poems to just 50, but I managed to do it, and they have now been published in a new book called Small Lights Burning. The book also features several short stories - all about children and their imagination.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

ManagedMethods , the leading Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for K-12 school districts, today announced the launch of its Signals student safety monitoring feature. Signals by ManagedMethods is an AI-powered student safety monitoring feature that helps administrators detect when a student is in crisis and in danger of potentially harming themselves.

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Buncee

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Attention Buncee for Schools and Districts users: Syncing your classes to Buncee from Google Classroom is now easier than ever! It’s our goal to make your virtual classroom experience as smooth and seamless as possible, so you now have the option to choose which classes to sync from Google Classroom! Now, create as many classes as you need in Google Classroom, and control which classes you want to sync to Buncee at any time.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " Helping Library Patrons with Autism: Start with Understanding. " From an interview with Dr. James R. Wining: My name is Jim Wining and I am a parent of an autistic person (AP). While my educational background says teacher and my work background says businessperson, my real life has been, since the birth of my oldest son in 1982, about autism.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Over the years, I have written a substantial collection of poems about childhood, growing up and being young (because I was young myself once. no, really). It was difficult to narrow down this stack of poems to just 50, but I managed to do it, and they have now been published in a new book called Small Lights Burning. The book also features several short stories - all about children and their imagination.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

One of the first images to greet visitors to Taylor High School in Cleves, Ohio, is a mural dedicated to Malala Yousafzai , the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who was shot in the head because she believes girls should be able to go to school. The mural, which stretches the length of a football field, intersperses student artwork with text from the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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