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SEO for Online Teachers and Coaches

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you’re an online teacher who offers professional development classes to educators, this article from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor will help you understand the basics of using SEO to reach those who need your expertise. It explains SEO, discusses the importance of keywords and backlinks, and more. . SEO Tips for Online Education | Reach Students With SEO.

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How the Remote Learning Pivot Sparked Innovation in Education

EdTech Magazine

Despite the current challenges of remote and hybrid learning, new possibilities also have emerged, especially around the use of educational technology. Schools and districts have realized that educational technology is crucial to preparing students for a rapidly evolving world. Educators are learning new teaching methods and are constantly striving to innovate.

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Tech Tip #158: Why Learn Keyboarding

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Why Learn Keyboarding? Category: Keyboarding.

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The Biggest Cloud Threats to Remote Education — and How to Thwart Them

EdTech Magazine

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.

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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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4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading

Neo LMS

Teachers and parents complain that students (of all ages) don’t read anymore. While there is some truth that we acquire most of our habits by imitating those around us during childhood, we should also know that our habits may change throughout our life. In other words, it’s possible to ditch bad habits and to form good ones. As it is with anything else, reading is a habit.

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The Biggest Cloud Threats to Remote Education — and How to Thwart Them

EdTech Magazine

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.

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4 Ways to Launch a Data Initiative — or Get One Back on Track

EdTech Magazine

Data-driven initiatives have helped schools improve student learning outcomes and measure technology ROI. The School District of Palm Beach County in Florida, for example, relies on its data systems to spot which students may be falling behind and need more academic support in a school that may be doing well as a whole. “We use data to make sure we can drill down to every student and every other facet of the organization,” says Superintendent Donald Fennoy II.

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Coaching

EdTech4Beginners

In my role as Year 4 Leader, I have decided, this year, to research and undertake ‘coaching’ ‘ Teacher-centered coaching refers to a coaching strategy that is focused on teacher actions in the classroom, versus student-centered coaching, which focuses on looking closely at student-level data. ‘ – eleducation.org. As a starting point, I have made this handy prompt sheet for when I am coaching in the classroom.

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Best Practices for Securing Your Online Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

School looks vastly different today. For many students, it requires using a school-issued device to continue learning from home. It also involves logging in to digital platforms to attend live classes, view and submit assignments and connect with peers. This new learning environment is certainly necessary during the pandemic. But as school leaders start to think about long-term plans for online learning, it’s even more imperative to prepare for the inevitable: increasing cyberattacks.

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Preparing Students for Emerging Careers in an Immersive World

Edsurge

Imagine teaching a history lesson in which students take a virtual field trip to the pyramids in Egypt and really experience the scale and detail—walk around and explore the site firsthand. What if the homework from this lesson had students create their own virtual history museum of Egyptian artifacts and share it with the class? Real-time technology is having a massive impact on creative processes from making movies to designing cars and buildings.

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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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Remote Learning Calls for More Coordinated Cybersecurity

EdTech Magazine

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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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

OAKLAND, Calif. — Vida Mendoza is only 14, but she hopes to vote in two years. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. Mendoza is a member of the student-led Oakland Youth Vote campaign, which advocates for giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote for school board representatives. In May, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to put the initiative on the November ballot.

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What Is Distance Learning’s Impact on Educational IT?

EdTech Magazine

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.

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Practical Gmail Tips for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Gmail has a number of powerful built-in features that allow you to do amazing things with your emails. Several of these features are overlooked by teachers and educators. We know this from the.

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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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4 Ways Schools Can Improve Cybersecurity — Even When Budgets Are Tight

EdTech Magazine

Whether schools choose to continue remote education, use a hybrid education model or return full-time to campus, some form of virtual teaching system will figure into every school’s plan, even if only as a contingency. With every jurisdiction constructing their own approach to virtual education — then adjusting it in response to a rapidly evolving pandemic — cybersecurity risks abound.

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PowerSchool’s Latest Acquisition Aims to Help Districts Connect the Data Dots

Edsurge

With student information and learning management systems, along with online software for enrollment, assessments, grades, payroll and finances, there are few areas of the K-12 education technology market that PowerSchool doesn’t have a hand in. Its website lists more than two dozen distinct products. Now, the Folsom, Calf.-based company is adding more tools that it says can bring much of the data from those offerings in one place, at a time when district leaders need more visibility into how stu

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Mindfulness "fails" for narrative and "thinking talk"

SpeechTechie

Metacognition is all wrapped up in our language, social and executive functioning. To read a great explanation of how, see this article from Singer and Bashir (1999) , two of my faves in the field. Additionally, right now everyone, absolutely everyone, needs strategies for regulating ourselves. I have made it a focus in many of my sessions since March.

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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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K–12 IT Influencers Worth a Follow

EdTech Magazine

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Strategies to meet the needs of deaf learners

eSchool News

At the beginning of each school year, teachers often take the time to get to know their students—their favorite subjects, their goals, their families, etc. With hard-of-hearing and deaf learners, though, many educators stop and let that one characteristic define the student and the student-teacher relationship. But in the edWebinar “ Deaf Learners: Designing Practice to Support Their Learner Variability, Culture, and Families ,” sponsored by Digital Promise , the presenters explained why educato

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K-12 Dealmaking: PowerSchool Acquires Hoonuit; Carnegie Learning Receives Strategic Growth Investment

Marketplace K-12

Recent weeks saw acquisitions involving AI platforms, math platform providers, and assessment companies. The post K-12 Dealmaking: PowerSchool Acquires Hoonuit; Carnegie Learning Receives Strategic Growth Investment appeared first on Market Brief.

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BetterLesson and Adobe release 300+ strategies for creativity, student engagement

eSchool News

As educators across the country work tirelessly to provide engaging lessons in new and ever-changing environments, there are still understandable concerns about low student engagement, low teacher morale , and a lack of professional development to meet teacher and students’ needs. To support educators with student-centered learning, BetterLesson and Adobe have teamed up to create 325 free instructional strategies that build creativity, collaboration, and communication skills using pro

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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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Olvídese de la clase de educación cívica y de la junta de gobierno estudiantil: los estudiantes quieren formas prácticas de influir en las decisiones que dan forma a su educación.

The Hechinger Report

Vida Mendoza tiene sólo 14 años, pero espera votar en dos años. This story also appeared in Telemundo. Mendoza es parte de la campaña por la iniciativa Oakland Youth Vote , dirigida por estudiantes que abogan por dar a los jóvenes de 16 y 17 años, el derecho a votar por los representantes de la junta escolar. En Mayo el Concejo Municipal de Oakland votó unánimemente para incluir la iniciativa en la boleta de votación en las elecciones generales de Noviembre.

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High School Students Dive into Media Production

eSchool News

For the last few decades, U.S. school curriculum has centered on college preparation, but in recent years, parents, teachers and administrators have begun advocating for the inclusion of more professional skills-based training. Their vision is quickly becoming reality as more high schools invest in the technology and instructional staff to support more career-minded education, ranging from 3D animation to masonry, robotics and more.

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K–12 IT Influencers Worth a Follow

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An Important Resource of Math Games and Worksheets to Use with Students in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Math Games, as its name indicates, is a resource of educational games designed to help kids from pre-K to 8th grade learn math in fun and engaging ways. The games target a wide variety of.read more.

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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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The gender gap persists in computer science education

eSchool News

K-12 educators and parents still hold computer science education in high esteem and believe it is a core component of students’ future success, according to the latest research from Gallup and Google. While parents in every demographic believe computer science is important for their own child to learn, Black parents and guardians in particular (78 percent) agree that learning computer science is important or very important for their children.

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Fluentkey

Technology Tidbits

Fluentkey is an innovative site for teaching a foreign language by combining Game Based Learning w/ Flipped Learning. This is done through interactive animated videos where students then play games, quizzes, or practice speaking to learn a language. Best of all, the educational portal allows educators to track and monitor their students making it easy to assess and differentiate instruction.

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A Total Solution for Special Education

N2Y

When schools are closing and opening due to a pandemic, the changes and uncertainty are difficult for all students—but especially for unique learners. n2y’sTotal Solution is the first and only comprehensive academic and behavior solution that allow students to engage with interactive content in any environment, empowering educators to teach and learners to achieve.

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Superprof

Technology Tidbits

Superprof is an excellent site for finding an online tutor in any subject matter. However, not only can a person find a tutor for any subject in any area, it is also a great place for educators looking to become an online tutor as well. Also, Superprof makes it easy to view and rate/comment on tutors to help curate a list of the most effective tutors for them.

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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