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Outlier Practices Make or Break the Learning Experience

A Principal's Reflections

We learn, and remember for that matter, from experience. Thus, it is critical that the culture in your classroom and school positively impacts learners while adequately preparing them for their future, not our past. I shared the following in Chapter 7 of Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms : Almost all of us have heard the phrase, “Experience is the best teacher.

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New- Google Workspace Is Now Available to Everyone

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Workspace is now open to everyone including those with a Google free account, according to an announcement made by Google and covered by Tech Crunch. The strength of Workspace is that it provides an.read more.

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Remote learning a bust? Some families consider having their child repeat kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

On April 20, Kentwood Elementary in Los Angeles opened its doors to students. It was news Lauren Phillips, 37, had been waiting for. After months of schooling on a screen, her daughter Lola, 6, would get the real kindergarten experience. As it turned out, in-person kindergarten wasn’t much different from virtual. Lola sat in a room with her classmates while her teacher, who was home for medical reasons, taught them online.

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Adobe Spark: Using Posts, Video, and Websites for Summertime Activities!

TeacherCast

Adobe Spark is a free application that allows teachers and students to create graphics, videos, websites, and so much more. In this episode of Tech Coach Weekly, we take a look at 4 things that you can do with your students using Adobe Spark.  About Tech Coach Weekly Tech Coach Weekly is a new weekly video series to help Instructional Coaches and Educators learn the 3T's (Tips, Tricks, and Templates) of Instructional Technology.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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In Massachusetts, public colleges send debt collectors after nearly 12,000 students

The Hechinger Report

Back when he was a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, James Smith fell behind on his final housing payment after his family in Minnesota ran into financial problems. Smith said he promised to repay the university, but the registrar withheld his transcript anyway. This story also appeared in GBH News. “It was sort of like communicating with a brick wall,” he said.

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Adobe Spark: Using Posts, Video, and Websites for Summertime Activities!

TeacherCast

Adobe Spark is a free application that allows teachers and students to create graphics, videos, websites, and so much more. In this episode of Tech Coach Weekly, we take a look at 4 things that you can do with your students using Adobe Spark. ?. About Tech Coach Weekly. Tech Coach Weekly is a new weekly video series to help Instructional Coaches and Educators learn the 3T's (Tips, Tricks, and Templates) of Instructional Technology.

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These 5 limiting beliefs make teaching more exhausting–here’s how to let them go.

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Lisa Edinger. . “Done is better than perfect” is a quote on my vision board for 2021, but accepting that truth has been years in the making for me. When you think about it, there are many phrases and sayings that we’ve heard throughout our lives that are at odds with that statement. For most of my life I didn’t believe that done was better than perfect, but I’ve come to understand some things that have changed my mind.

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Countdown to eSN Hero Awards nominations!

eSchool News

To acknowledge educators’ efforts, and to tell their stories, you can submit nominations for the eSchool News Hero Awards –but don’t wait, because the deadline is June 30! Vendors can nominate as many individuals or organizations as they’d like–anyone who had a role in ensuring education continued during the pandemic is eligible.