Tue.Nov 24, 2020

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The 6 C’s of Cybersafety: How to Keep Students Safe Online

EdTech Magazine

Distance learning has made the digital presence of students more prevalent than ever. Educational technology is now a staple of most learning experiences. Combine that with social media identities, and the digital footprint of today’s students has become almost as important as the real thing. Therefore, it’s even more crucial for teachers and parents to do what they can to help protect students online.

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How to manage assessments in the blended classroom

Neo LMS

Technology is part of our daily lives. Schools have taken big steps towards using online resources and tools, but we can expect online learning to have a more important role in students’ education due to the pandemic. Variations of blended learning were applied in classes before. However, the challenges that education around the globe is facing have triggered a transition to full time online learning, or at least a hybrid model of classroom and digital instruction and learning.

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How IT Teams Can Better Manage Devices for Remote Learning

EdTech Magazine

With the shift to remote learning, many school districts have encountered an unprecedented challenge. How can they best manage the flood of new devices connected to their networks? Students at home may be using Chromebooks or tablets. They may be working on school-issued devices or on family-owned machines shared by multiple siblings. All this creates a management challenge for IT teams trying to ensure equity and a uniform learning experience across student populations.

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Student Wellbeing: Helping Students Help Themselves

EdNews Daily

By Julian Fagan and Ian Fagan The Coronavirus pandemic and ensuing challenges from school and society closures have heightened awareness about the growing dangers to the safety and wellbeing of our students. Our natural response in this situation is to leap in and protect these students from danger. However, before leaping to protect students, it is important to remember there is much we can do to help students help themselves.

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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 These Reopened Schools, Students Exceed Expectations Following Safety Rules

Edsurge

Milford High School, in Massachusetts, developed detailed return-to-school plans and safety procedures in preparation for this school year. School administrators proactively communicated to students and families about what returning to classrooms would look like. But even the best laid plans can go awry if students flouted rules and protocols. Jen Brown, an English teacher at Milford, had this concern as the school year approached.

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Giving Thanks

EdNews Daily

By Charles Sosnik Every year, I publish a column somewhere in the education press around the time of the Thanksgiving holiday with a “What are You Thankful For” theme. During this time of COVID-19 and WFH and remote learning and all the other unforgettable things about 2020, I find that I am more grateful and more optimistic than at any other point in my life.

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By Definition: Real K12 Leadership Now

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen Really good leaders have uncanny abilities to do true estimates of what it takes to win. That is what defines a consistent winner and therefore great leader. Not to inject any more doom and gloom into 2020, but the fact is the results of our Digital Transition Survey overall indicate that we have a far longer journey than suspected before this year subsides.

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OPINION: Now is not the time to put college plans on hold

The Hechinger Report

As a fall semester transformed by the Covid-19 pandemic continues, a startling trend is emerging: Students, especially those from low-income backgrounds, are leaving college at an alarming rate. Around 100,000 fewer high school seniors completed financial aid applications to attend college this year than in 2019, according to an analysis by the National College Attainment Network.

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Podcast: Recovery from a Lost Year of Reading Achievement

EdNews Daily

Tens of thousands of school leaders are realizing they may have lost a year of progress with students. In this episode of the EduJedi Report Podcast, your host LeiLani discusses with Dr. Liz Brooke, Chief Learning Officer at Lexia and Felecia Evans, Principal at Lander Elementary School, Mayfield Heights, OH, what to do about realigning student learning amidst ongoing alternate schedules including on-campus, remote and hybrid learning.

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How to teach with empathy in today’s climate

eSchool News

“No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” This quote from Dr. James P. Comer highlights the importance of strong teacher-student connections, along with the key role that teaching with empathy plays in the classroom. In an edWeb edLeader Panel , sponsored by Intellispark , panel presenters concurred with Comer that it is now even more critical to monitor student well-being and maintain healthy relationships.

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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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Election Organizing Went Online This Year With Help From Students Too Young to Vote

Edsurge

Young adult voter turnout was much higher in this presidential election than the last one. But even those too young to cast a ballot still did their part for democracy this year. Students younger than 18 volunteered as poll workers, organized voter registration drives and hosted forums for candidates to discuss their platforms. Their efforts show that “underage” does mean “uninformed” or “disengaged.

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Some Good Note Taking Apps to Use on Your Mac

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

If you are looking for some good note taking apps other than the default Notes app that comes with your Mac the list below has you covered. These are apps that will enhance your note taking.

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OPINION: Let’s welcome a ‘first professor’ to the White House

The Hechinger Report

The country is about to see a first lady grading community college papers. Credit: Instagram. Michelle Obama was once asked by People magazine what it was like to travel with Jill Biden on Air Force One. “Jill is … oftentimes she’s grading papers,” the former first lady answered. “Which is always funny, because I forget, ‘Oh yeah, you have a day job’… and she’s so diligent.”.

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These schools are thriving during COVID–all due to hard work

eSchool News

Eileen Belastock has been waiting for this moment, just not under these circumstances. As Director of Academic Technology for Mount Greylock Regional School District , which serves 1,250 students in western Massachusetts, she has all along been advocating for teacher buy-in to the use of tech and the need for every student to have devices and access to the internet.

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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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Cybersecurity is Still Paramount for Schools

edWeb.net

By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Beyond just the ability to pivot and be prepared for any type of learning, the pandemic has brought new concerns with “Zoom bombing” and increased outside access to school networks. As part of a series on technology best practices for school district leaders, presenters in an edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , discussed five key reasons why everyone needs to be on top of their cybersecurity pl

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Educational YouTube Channels for ESL and EFL Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here are some good YouTube channels students can use to learn English.

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4 Ways We Can Share Our Stories to Drive Innovation #Podcast

The Principal of Change

In 2015, I wrote a post titled “ 4 Ways We Can Share Our Stories to Drive Innovation” , and I wanted to revisit some of the ideas shared in my podcast. I am often asked, “How do we share some of the great things we are doing beyond scores?” I know this is something schools will have to continue to share, but I feel it is something this standard does not limit us, and many schools go beyond merely sharing scores. .

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How We Invest: Connecting Pensions and Thriving Schools

Educator Innovator

NWP Radio · How We Invest: Connecting Pensions and Thriving Schools. On this episode we will talk about why and how working educators should take a more active role in thinking about retirement funding. Listen in to a conversation about the relationship between underfunded pensions and school quality and climate. And learn about resources available if you want to learn more or get involved in the conversation in your school or district.

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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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Rearranging the Room

Adjusting Course

An interesting thing happens when there are chairs in a room. People tend to sit in them. When all the seats are taken (or there aren't any chairs) people tend to respond in all sorts of ways. An example of this can be found in my family room. We recently cleared the room in preparation for a move. When the room was empty I avoided it and even experienced a sense of regret when my son wanted to sit and play video games with me.

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6 Ways to Support MIND this Holiday Season

MIND Research Institute

2020 has been unlike any other year with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting our students, schools, and families all over the nation (and world!) With the generous support from our donors and supporters, we were able to deepen student access to meaningful math learning during school closures in the 2019-2020 school year. We reached an additional 5,725 schools and 1.8M+ new students with free access to our ST Math program.

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Bonus Package for the Emergency Home Learning Summit - Secret Videos, Gift Pass, MP3s, and PDFs #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit concludes tomorrow! And tomorrow is the last day to purchase the all-access Summit "library" pass at $99, allowing you to be able to watch any of the 300 talks and interviews on your own time and forever. On Thursday the price goes up to $149. In addition to the recordings of the 320 talks, those who purchase the all-access Summit pass receive these bonuses : The " Secret to Success in Life " short interviews from our 25 special interview guests.

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COLUMN: Dear Black students: Don’t let white efforts at miseducation deny your legacy

The Hechinger Report

Supporters of an activist group, Concerned Student 1950, chant during a march through the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri. The group was protesting racism on campus. Credit: The Washington Post/Getty Images. Dear Black students, The last seven months have presented you with a whirlwind of challenges that undoubtedly disrupted your schooling: The coronavirus pandemic, police killings of unarmed Black people, uprisings for racial justice, Western wildfires and a contentious pre

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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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Coronavirus means school food is free across the U.S. What if it stayed that way?

The Hechinger Report

Yakima School District kitchen workers Tracy Renecker and Alma Rosa Cuevas prepare to load bags of food into a car in October at the drive-through distribution point set up outside Washington Middle School in Yakima, Wash. Credit: Levi Pulkkinen for The Hechinger Report. YAKIMA, Wash. — Tracy Renecker has been working almost nonstop since the coronavirus pandemic set in.

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