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12 social media-inspired Google Slides templates

Ditch That Textbook

Students use social media all the time. Let's put those skills to use! In these social media-inspired Google Slides templates, they can show what they know with their favorite apps. No matter the age -- kindergarten to high school senior -- students are pretty familiar with social media. In fact, many of them can think […]. The post 12 social media-inspired Google Slides templates appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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What You Might Have Missed in September

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of September: 19 Websites and 5 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills. Teacher-Authors–Writing and Labor Day Go Well Together. 5 reasons why outdoor learning is vital for young children. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs. 5 (free) Shortkey Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed. 20 Great Websites to Inspire 2nd Graders. 19 Great Websites to Inspire 5th Graders.

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A Struggle of Online Learning: Too Remote to Connect

EdTech Magazine

IT staff at Beekmantown Central School District in upstate New York spent six years working on a digital transformation that involved equipping students with Chromebooks , providing professional development to teachers and letting students borrow Wi-Fi hotspots. Then in February, as cases of COVID-19 erupted around the globe, Superintendent Dan Mannix gave the team three weeks to develop a distance-learning plan.

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Three Retrospectives We Love for Reflecting on Return Planning

Education Elements

Across the country, students have returned to school, whether it’s in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid model. The work districts and teams did over the summer is now in action: you’re following new protocols for safety, implementing curriculum changes, and leveraging new systems for instruction and communication. Whether it feels like things are going smoothly or you’re barely keeping your head above water, now is the time to pause and reflect.

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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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How School Districts Should Respond to Ransomware Attacks

EdTech Magazine

The return to school did not go as planned for some school districts this year. Months of preparation for online and hybrid learning were challenged by cybercriminals who capitalized on today’s increasingly remote environments. The sharp rise in ransomware attacks , in particular, even forced some schools to delay reopening. “The move to remote learning, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, has exposed schools to even greater risk, at a time when attackers are thinking strategically about which s

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Data That Educators Need to Reopen Schools Isn’t Coming. So They’re Collecting It Themselves.

Edsurge

The sweep of the coronavirus across the U.S. has produced an information paradox. News reports—and rumors—about the pandemic are inescapable. Yet without a coordinated national response to the crisis, reliable data that could help inform policy is scarce. School leaders trying to make decisions about whether and how to reopen physical classrooms this fall are feeling the absence of useful statistics acutely.

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Tackling unfinished learning in mathematics

eSchool News

The 2019–20 school year was unlike any other, and there is uncertainty about what teaching and learning will look like this fall. School closures this spring caused students to miss important learning opportunities in mathematics, and educational inequities and unfinished learning have become more pronounced. While educators are eager to provide a welcoming, coherent instructional experience when students return to school, there are concerns about the impact of unfinished learning.

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Manage Your Cloud Security Posture Effectively

EdTech Magazine

Organizations across industries are deploying new cloud services almost daily. Whether they’re choosing a cloud infrastructure provider for the deployment of large-scale cloud data centers or selecting a Software as a Service provider for payroll processing, each of these decisions alters the organization’s cloud security posture. The adoption of a new service creates new risks to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive data, and cybersecurity professionals must adapt quickl

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BEGiN Raises $50M From LEGO, Sesame and Gymboree to Scale Early Education Services

Edsurge

Researchers estimate that 85 to 90 percent of a child’s brain is developed by the age of five. But studies suggest that less than 4 percent of public education investments go to programs serving children during this critical period. That disconnect—between the importance of those early years, and the shortage of capital available for supporting programs—was part of what drove Neal Shenoy to launch BEGiN, an early-education media company, in 2012.

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Microsoft Education Has New Features for Social-Emotional Learning

EdTech Magazine

This fall, Microsoft Education is rolling out new features on Teams and OneNote that support social-emotional learning. These updates come at a time when students and educators are experiencing unprecedented changes and challenges in education due to the coronavirus pandemic, which have led to increased stress and anxiety, experts say. Beginning in late September, Teams will feature SEL-specific badges that teachers can give to their students as part of the Praise app.

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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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What Teachers Need Now from Administrators, Parents and Society

MiddleWeb

Millions of teachers are facing multiple professional and health challenges. Cheryl Mizerny looks at the existential threat of Covid-19, the pedagogic and personal demands of sustaining hybrid school, and how administrators, parents, and society can reduce the stress.

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Security Threats Demand Next-Generation Endpoint Protection

EdTech Magazine

The world of cybersecurity never stops evolving. Attackers continue to become more sophisticated and well-funded, developing new tools and techniques that threaten the security of their targets. The business environment also evolves as organizations adopt new practices and supporting technologies, which can introduce new avenues for attacks. Security technology also marches on, rising to meet the challenges of new technologies to defend and new threats to defend against.

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Google Classroom Start for Beginners: a playlist that needs to be shared!

Teacher Tech

What I do know, even if I’m a Beginner in Tech, is that it really takes a willingness to learn to continue to grow. The post Google Classroom Start for Beginners: a playlist that needs to be shared! appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Another Helpful Tool for Teaching Kids Coding

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.BlocksCAD is a great platform that allows students to design 3D models using their computing and coding skills. The site features a.

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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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Learn Anywhere: Effective communication in any learning environment

Jamf on EdTech

Communication is among the most important aspect of education and is also the biggest challenge in remote learning environments. Jamf School developed a unique feature in the Jamf School Teacher app called Remote Class to increase student engagement and confidence in any environment.

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The shift of education in the coaching and training industry.

Linways Technologies

Education is changing. It has been told over and over again and maybe lost its charm. But it’s more true today than ever before. But unlike our other blogs, we’re about to discuss education in the mainstream institutional domain, but in the coaching/training industry. The coaching and training industry in India is a booming sector and it has seen unprecedented growth in the past decade.

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More Catholic schools are closing permanently

eSchool News

In more than four decades of coaching girls’ basketball at Lebanon Catholic High School in southeastern Pennsylvania, Patti Hower had led the team to three state championships and 20 district titles. This year, with four starting players returning, there were high hopes again, according to the New Yorkk Times. But then in April came the news: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg announced that the school, whose origins date to 1859, was permanently closing, citing insurmountable financial st

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STEM Matters -- Now More than Ever

techlearning

SmartBrief’s upcoming STEM Pathways Summit conference will explore ways educators can address the STEM skills gap and prepare students for careers in STEM fields

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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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Vote for the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge Improving Lives Award Winner

eSchool News

3M and Discovery Education today welcome students, teachers, and communities nationwide to help identify the winner of the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge Improving Lives Award. Selected through a nationwide online vote, the Improving Lives Award highlights one project from the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge top 10 finalists the public believes has the potential to change the most lives.

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What is Screencastify and How Does it Work?

techlearning

Record the screen while you're live online with this easy to use but powerful tool.

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How to use tech tools to help students respect diversity

eSchool News

A troubling incident occurred a few years ago in my Literature and Writing Foundations class at the local high school, highlighting the need for a focus on diversity. One of my tenth-grade students suddenly stood up, walked to the back of the room, mumbled something to his classmate, a newcomer from India, and pulled off his turban. This student, a devout Sikh, was humiliated when his hair was uncovered.

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Creative Writing and World-Building in Minecraft: Education Edition

Educator Innovator

By Joe Dillon , Denver Writing Project. As the world sheltered in place during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, stories of youth designing spaces in Minecraft popped up on social media. College students built blocky versions of campus at universities like MIT , Cal Berkeley , and the University of Southern Indiana , and reimagined the events and spaces that had been closed to them by the spread of the virus.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Screen time can change visual perception -- and that's not necessarily bad

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

The coronavirus pandemic has shifted many of our interactions online, with Zoom video calls replacing in-person classes, work meetings, conferences and other events. Will all that screen time damage our vision? Maybe not. It turns out that our visual perception is highly adaptable, according to new research.

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Class for Zoom Launches to Take Learning Online

techlearning

Zoom video chat upgrade is built specifically for classroom learning, remotely.

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Chronicle Cloud

Technology Tidbits

Chronicle Cloud is an innovative educational all-in-one iOS app for teachers. Educators can use Chronicle Cloud in a number of different ways such as: assessing (using their "traffic light" system), note-taking, providing feedback, and much much more. Also, being on the "cloud" teachers can collaborate and share best "teaching" practices in an easy way.

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Gaggle Announces a New Service: Gaggle Therapy

eSchool News

Gaggle is launching a new service: Gaggle Therapy. Gaggle Therapy matches students who need mental health support with counselors licensed in their state for weekly teletherapy sessions. “The COVID-19 pandemic has created a perfect storm, combining rising rates of depression and anxiety with a lack of resources to address those issues,” said Jeff Patterson, Gaggle’s founder and CEO.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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AWS Initiatives and Response to COVID-19

Jamf on EdTech

Jake Burns, Enterprise Strategist with Amazon Web Services, joined us to share their AWS initiatives and response to COVID-19, online learning offerings and advanced services that support remote work, easily and securely.

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Assessment is NOT a Dirty Word

Turnitin

?It's time educators reclaim "assessment". It always has been and always will be an important part of the learning process.?

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NTT Docomo and Jamf, empower ICT education in Japan with cellular iPad devices

Jamf on EdTech

Manabu Inui from NTT DOCOMO, joined us at JNUC to share a case study on the ICT education in Japan with cellular iPad devices by NTT DOCOMO managed by Jamf.

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The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit Has Started! #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today is the first day in a daily, two-month free online summit focused on home-based and home-centered learning. Whether by circumstance or choice, learning at home is now the reality for more students than ever. Sign up now: [link] We currently have 75 speakers presenting original material, with an additional 50 "classic" pre-recorded talks. And we have more coming in each day ( and that could include you!

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LIVE DEMO: Using PowerPoint to Create Compelling Presentations for Virtual Training

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Wrong! Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget. By utilizing newer components that enable interactive sequences, navigable content to respond to your audience, and pop quizzes for informal knowledge checks