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These Virtual Learning Pranks Showcase Students’ Tech Skills

EdTech Magazine

The switch to online learning was a difficult transition for many students and educators. In the past year, however, many have gotten more comfortable with using Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other videoconferencing platforms as their classroom. Some students have gotten so proficient in the applications that they’ve begun to experiment with little tricks and funny alterations, playing “pranks” on their classmates and teachers.

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44 Years as a Kindergarten Teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teaching kindergarten has never been easy, but could you imagine doing it for forty-four years? Mrs. Sharon Howard has done just that. She reflects on her teaching career, the kind of teaching she does that would cause a senior to name her as a STAR teacher, and how she taught in-person in 2020-2021 without missing a day of school.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Kids Should Learn Python

Ask a Tech Teacher

At a time when coding careers continue to flourish – despite the Covid19 pandemic and its adverse effect on the world economy – it is not surprising to see kids learning programming at an early age. And the coding language of Python has won what can only be described as a growing following over the years. Not just among grownups but kids too.

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What Type of Facilitator Are You? Understanding Your Strengths to Improve Professional Development

Education Elements

There’s a line from You’ve Got Mail (yes, I’ve seen it hundreds of times) where Tom Hanks says, “Don’t you just love New York in the Fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.”. If you’re an educator, September makes you think of new backpacks, colorful pens, clean lunch boxes.

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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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Schools Must Connect Learning to Real-World Experience. Service Learning Can Help.

Edsurge

As communities across the country prepare for the upcoming school year, there is cause for long-awaited optimism. Many students will be returning to the classroom with different kinds of skills and relationships built during an incredibly difficult year. They’ve expanded their hobbies and interests, navigated new technology and learned how to play a role in keeping their communities healthy.

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Why Should You Buy a Gaming Chair?

EdTech4Beginners

The gaming industry has significantly advanced over the last decade. And one of the advancements that many people appreciate is in the technology used in designing gaming equipment like a mouse, keyboards, pads, etc. But, one gaming tool that has improved is the gaming chair. Today, manufacturers are designing gaming chairs that give users an immersive experience.

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3 Essential Roles for Monolingual Teachers

MiddleWeb

Drawing on a conversation with Dr. Brandon Beck, language specialist and co-teacher Tan Huynh highlights the roles monolingual educators have in advocating for multilingualism, fostering being multiliterate, and celebrating multiculturalism to support language learners. The post 3 Essential Roles for Monolingual Teachers first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Math Teachers – Graspable Math is for YOU!

Teacher Tech

Use Graspable Math for developing procedural fluency with students. The post Math Teachers – Graspable Math is for YOU! appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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A Thought About School Opening Recommendations For COVID

TeachThought - Learn better.

We should consider using this challenging time to continue to develop and refine learning models that can adapt to a rapidly-changing world. The post A Thought About School Opening Recommendations For COVID appeared first on TeachThought.

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Here Is How to Easily Add Live Polls and Quizzes to Your Google Slides

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Interactive presentations are key to creating engaging learning experiences. Polls, quizzes, and live Q&A are important interactive features that can liven your presentations and turn your.read more.

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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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PROOF POINTS: A study suggests an instructive way to talk to little crawlers

The Hechinger Report

A small study finds that crawling babies whose parents directed them to play with a toy had larger vocabularies than babies whose parents didn’t talk to them this way. (Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images). In the 2020 Netflix documentary series “ Babies ,” a University of California, Merced, psychologist explained a startling discovery he made in 2008 as a graduate student: early walkers not only have more advanced gross motor skills but also larger vocabularies than babies who a

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A Rough Draft Mindset Boosts Math Learning

MiddleWeb

Using rough drafts and revision in middle school math class can reduce anxiety and boost math learning. Kathleen Taylor and Amanda Jansen relate an action research project aimed at shifting lessons from a process of task completion to one of continuous, ongoing learning. The post A Rough Draft Mindset Boosts Math Learning first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Did online learning mostly miss the mark?

eSchool News

Online learning has untapped potential for students across the nation, and while the COVID-19 pandemic forced classrooms online in early 2020, that doesn’t mean learning became more innovative and personalized. To what extent have educators used the pandemic as an opportunity to realize online learning’s benefits? A new brief from the Clayton Christensen Institute examines that very question, pulling from surveys and discussions with more than 1,000 teachers to paint a picture of pro

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Pediatrician Group Calls for Universal School Masking: What You Need to Know

techlearning

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new COVID-19 guidance that breaks with the CDC by urging universal masking regardless of vaccination status.

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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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OPINION: How best do we teach kids about Holocaust horrors? Show them what it was like

The Hechinger Report

Though the past year has put a spotlight on the limits and possibilities of using technology for teaching and learning, we began exploring the utility of using virtual reality as a medium for Holocaust education before the pandemic reshaped the educational landscape. Virtual reality (VR) has existed for over 30 years, but only recently has it become affordable enough to use widely.

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How to Encourage Transgender Students to Pursue STEM Careers

techlearning

Engage transgender students in STEM classes with awareness of pronouns, inclusivity, kindness, and representation, among other practices.

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Another Education Company Goes Public: Instructure IPO Gives Ed-Tech Firm $2.9 Billion Valuation

Marketplace K-12

Instructure, maker of the widely used K-12 learning management system Canvas, is the latest ed-tech firm to go public. The post Another Education Company Goes Public: Instructure IPO Gives Ed-Tech Firm $2.9 Billion Valuation appeared first on Market Brief.

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What is Listenwise and How Does It Work? Best Tips and Tricks

techlearning

Listenwise lets students listen and read while learning at the same time.

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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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Technology and Innovation as Paths to Educational Equity

edWeb.net

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models. Ways to move the transformational process forward and in a positive direction were discussed during a recent edWebinar , hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership

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Erikson Stages

Fractus Learning

Table of Contents Who Was Erik Erikson? 8 Stages Of Psychosocial Development First Stage: Trust Vs. Mistrust – Infancy Second Stage: Autonomy Vs. Shame And Doubt – Early Childhood Third Stage: Initiative Vs. Guilt – Preschool Fourth Stage: Industry Vs. Inferiority – School Age Fifth Stage: Identity Vs. Role Confusion – Adolescence Stage Sixth Stage: Intimacy Vs.

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This Week's Library 2.0 Webinar: "Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training: How Can We Best Support It?"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

"Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training: How Can We Best Support It?" Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht & Maurice Coleman OVERVIEW : A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by library consultant and "T is for Training" podcast host Maurice Coleman. March 2020 started the longest fifteen months imaginable.

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Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 06

Dangerously Irrelevant

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. We then followed up those interviews with site visits, observations, on-site photographs and videos, and additional conversations.

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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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Do You Know Your District’s True Digital Story? This Tool Can Help

Edsurge

Matt Frey is a data guy. As Executive Director of Instructional Technology at Plano ISD in Texas, he often slips into his district’s sea of digital usage data to understand student engagement, direct budget planning, find power users and more. But sometimes, he’ll dig around without specific goals or questions in mind, exploring until the numbers fall into a pattern or tell a story about his district’s digital successes—and dilemmas.

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How the 4 Cs prepare students for the real world

eSchool News

As our world continues to become more connected through technology, today’s students have boundless access to a wealth of information. But, to effectively leverage these resources, students need to be able to make meaning of them. According to educator Thomas Hoerr, the very notion of intelligence has changed. We no longer rely on the limits of our single mind to access the information resources we need to solve problems.

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