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What’s edtech got to do with growth mindset?

Neo LMS

I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was the first week of fifth grade and I was so ready to learn History. I had spent the previous summer poring over an Ancient Egypt book so it had to become my favorite subject. At one point, the teacher turned to us and said: “pay attention to this because I won’t explain it twice”. Then came the overwhelming sensation that I was not going to be able to pay attention.

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5 Ideas for Building Staff Morale

The CoolCatTeacher

Brad Shreffler shares his ideas From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do you build staff morale? Brad Shreffler has five ideas to help us as you work to build bridges of trust and relationship with your colleagues at school. Enjoy coming to school because you love working with your colleagues. Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses.

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5 Questions to Ask When Selecting a DRaaS Provider

EdTech Magazine

K–12 districts collect massive amounts of data — and face countless threats against it. Complete data loss would be a true disaster. In addition to a disaster recovery plan, Disaster Recovery as a Service can help ensure continuity of operations. Here are key questions to ask when choosing a DRaaS provider.

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How Voice-Enabled Technology is Changing the Contours of Higher Education

Edsurge

Marissa Mierow It’s no secret that voice-enabled technology is taking off in the domestic sphere, but how is this increasingly robust technology impacting education? To find out, we talked to Marissa Mierow, who leads Alexa Education at Amazon, delivering innovative experiences for both students and developers focused on education technology. Marissa's passion for education came early in her career when she was producing "edutainment" CD-ROM products for The Learning Company.

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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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Makerspaces Are Transforming My School. Here’s How

EdTech Magazine

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. It also pushed me, as principal, to think through some questions: Where will we place a makerspace? How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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Adopting Open Educational Resources Can Help Students. But It Takes Time, Money and Effort.

Edsurge

There’s new evidence that open educational resources may contribute to helping students complete college. Students who took multiple community college courses that used only free or low-cost OER materials earned more credits over time than their peers who took classes that used traditional course materials such as textbooks, according to a new study.

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Change the Paradigm

Ascend Math

Most programs put kids into three categories, the lows, the middles, and the highs. I’m so proud that Ascend Math architecture allows kids to work at their own pace. So often, the kids that started at the lowest will end up at the highest. Many students in Ms. Kathryn King’s ELL class at South Cobb High School in Cobb County, GA began at a third or fourth grade proficiency in 2018.

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5 Digital Learning Day activities you can’t miss

eSchool News

Digital learning is key to helping students build the skills they’ll need to succeed in college and the workforce. This year, Digital Learning Day is on February 27, and we’ve gathered some tools and resources to help you celebrate. By digital learning, most educators agree with the definition on the Digital Learning Day site: “Digital learning is any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience.” Related cont

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Education Companies Feeling Ripple Effect From Coronavirus Spread

Marketplace K-12

Ed-tech companies viewing the spread of the coronavirus are bracing for the scarcity of components made in China where many factories are shuttered. The post Education Companies Feeling Ripple Effect From Coronavirus Spread appeared first on Market Brief.

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Engaging Students with Attention Challenges

MiddleWeb

Helping the many kids who seem to struggle with attention is what Teach for Attention! is about. Formatted into 7 power-packed chapters, the book offers methods, tools, and strategies to help all students become engaged learners who like school, writes principal Rita Platt.

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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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To improve cybersecurity, start at the endpoints

eSchool News

Getting better grades in cybersecurity must be a top priority for K-12 schools this year. Schools need to prioritize thwarting industrious hackers who are intent on getting to the treasure trove of information and personally identifiable information (PII) schools manage. Just ask the staff of the Olympia School District in Washington, whose addresses, social security numbers, and salaries were exposed by a large-scale data breach.

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Parenting apps aren’t just about the kids anymore

The Hechinger Report

The Kinedu app provides hundreds of activities that target various domains of infant and toddler development. Screenshot. When Kayla Ramsey learned about Goal Mama, a new app from the Nurse-Family Partnership, a home visiting program, she jumped at the chance to try it out. Ramsey, who lives in Montgomery, Alabama, and has participated in the Nurse-Family Partnership since she became pregnant more than two years ago, quickly found this app was different from other parenting apps.

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CoSN's CETL® Certification Program

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Subscribing to college and other visions of higher education’s future

The Hechinger Report

Rensselaer Polytech language students learn Mandarin Chinese by conversing with AI avatars. Tony Cenicola/The New York Times. MANCHESTER, N.H. — Cruising to class in her driverless car, a student crams from notes projected on the inside of the windshield while she gestures with her hands to shape a 3D holographic model of her architecture project. It looks like science fiction, an impression reinforced by the fact that it’s being demonstrated in virtual reality in an ultramodern space with overs

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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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Handy Google Maps Tips for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For those of you using Google Maps here is an interesting visual featuring 10 important tips you should know about. Each tip is illustrated with a step by step explanation on how to realize it in.

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Challenging the tried-and-true, to serve a younger generation of students

The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Sydney Rosario modeling the concept of hydrogen bonding in fifth grade last year at Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Park Ridge, N.J. Photo: Gabriela Fuentes. Biochemistry can be elementary. Students generally learn about moles, atoms, compounds and the intricacies of the periodic table in college, but Daniel Fried is convinced kids can learn complex

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 196 Modernizing Our Math Programs

TeachThought - Learn better.

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 196 Modernizing Our Math Programs Drew Perkins talks with Kathleen Almy about making our math programs better serve students as they transition from k12 to college and career. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Almy Education @Almy_Education Facebook Listen and subscribe on: iTunes Stitcher Podbean PodcastLand YouTube Also available on […].

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El futuro diverso del Medio Oeste estadounidense ya llegó a una escuela de Iowa

The Hechinger Report

Cristian Rubio, de 18 años, se prepara para realizar su tarea de física en la sala de su acogedora residencia familiar en Sioux City, Iowa. Fotografía: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. SIOUX CITY, Iowa — La mochila con ruedas era de color gris y cierres naranja. Fabricada por Totto, una popular marca sudamericana, la mochila le había servido como equipaje de mano a Cristian Rubio, de 13 años, durante el vuelo de Ecuador a Estados Unidos que había abordado la semana anterior.

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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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5 Tips for Integrating Source Credibility Activities Into Your Curriculum

Turnitin

?Here are 5 tips from a veteran classroom teacher on how to effectively bring source credibility activities into your classroom.

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A Really Helpful Twitter Tip for School Administrators, Teachers, and Anyone Else Who Cares

The 21st Century Principal

Since I joined Twitter in 2008, I've seen it evolve and transform in ways that I liked and in ways I did not. I've also evolved as a Twitter user and social media user in general. But recently, I really took time to examine my Twitter feed, and I really did not like what I was seeing. If your feed is perhaps like mine, there were about 8 to 10 people who tweeted so often and prolifically, they dominated my feed.

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Rubiks Cube Mosaic Makerspace

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

We love trying new things in our makerspace, so this February we decided to leap into Rubiks cubes. At AASL in Louisville, I visited the You Can Do the Cube booth and checked out their Rubiks cube lending program. You can check out sets of Rubiks cubes to create Rubiks cubes mosaics and simply pay for the shipping and handling each way. I shared this idea for our makerspace with Gretchen Thomas at UGA and she was excited to give it a try.

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Measuring What We Do in Schools

MiddleWeb

In Measuring What We Do in Schools, assessment expert Victoria Bernhardt provides a framework schools can use to evaluate and reconfigure plans for continuous school improvement. Doctoral student Scott Holcomb highly recommends the text's clear and practical models.

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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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5 tips to avoid the summer slide

eSchool News

Research shows that reading at least 20 minutes a day, every day, all year long, can make a world of difference for students at all levels. We know that daily reading practice helps students avoid the dreaded summer slide that can rob them of gains they’ve made during the school year. The challenge is how to get and keep students engaged in reading over the summer months, without regular contact with teachers, school librarians, and others who provide that reading message during the school year.

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How to make Mac app management as easy as point-and-click

Jamf on EdTech

A deep dive into Jamf Pro 10.18 Application & Custom Settings, partially covered in our recent webinar Ultimate Guide for Deploying Microsoft Office for Mac.

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How Hands-On Projects Can Deepen Math Learning for Teens

MindShift

On math worksheets, numbers are usually neat and tidy. In the real world, not so much. Whether it’s polling data, analysis of investment options or calculations for timed traffic lights, real-world math can be messy. “If you give those kinds of numbers in homework you’re a mean teacher,” said teacher Victor Hernández. Fortunately, he doesn’t have to worry about that complaint much.

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Latest Campus hiring Trends you need to adopt in your recruitment strategy!

Think Exam

Every year recruiters brace themselves to get new brilliant hires by scanning multiple campuses across India. They integrate all the latest tools and online exam software to make their campus hiring a sure success. Similarly, candidates also get their hopes high to land into their dream job with some renowned organization and prepare well for it. It is the two sides of the same coin and anticipation is what drives this whole process through.

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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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McGraw-Hill Connect: Grades without the manual grading

techlearning

Reduce the amount of time grading

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Best Book Bins for Classrooms

Fractus Learning

Keeping a classroom tidy and organized is an almost impossible task for teachers with lively students and cramped space. Often the classroom is too small, and the storage space not sufficient to keep everything neat and [.].

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Otus

Technology Tidbits

Otus is a all-in-one mobile learning solution for schools that combines the best features of a: learning management system, data management system, and more. The sleek new design, allows for easier functionality, a brighter customizable color interface, and real-time analytics and third party integration (i.e. Khan Academy), and of course Otus Worksheets, Here is a list of some of their features.

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Johns Hopkins University Study: 3 Things Parents Should Know

Prodigy

Imagine you need to send your child to a new school. Everyone around you is suggesting this one or that one, and sharing their reasons why. After pondering their suggestions, you form an image in your head of the perfect school. One day, you’re driving down a street and catch a glimpse of what looks […]. The post Johns Hopkins University Study: 3 Things Parents Should Know appeared first on Prodigy Math Blog.

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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