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A Step-by-Step Guide On How To Create Your First Online Course

EdTech4Beginners

Online teaching is trending right now, but only a small part of courses is of real value. How to create your online course from scratch? How to make it useful, popular, and interesting? Learning in an online course is built in such a way that you plan a training program and combine several interaction formats to improve engagement – text, video, images, tests, gamification, open-ended questions, and other interactive elements.

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Websites that add sparkle (and learning) to Spring

Ask a Tech Teacher

A few spring websites, lesson plans, printables, activities: 7 Science Experiments that Teach About Spring. Books from Scholastic about Spring. Life cycle of a snake. Life Cycle Lesson Plans. Life Cycle resources. Life Cycles. Life Cycle Symbaloo. Plant life cycle. Spring Puzzle. Spring Garde n–click to find flowers. Spring Games. Spring Vocabulary (video).

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Want Students to Flourish? Teach Human Ecology

Edsurge

There is a missing element in the U.S. education system, a big one, AWOL since the 1980s. Its absence has been made more palpable by the obscene U.S. income gap , combined with the pandemic and the fact that the U.S. has become one of the most socially complicated countries. We are at the point where a clerical error on a routine form may put your life in danger.

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A fresh perspective on VR in special education

eSchool News

In early 2021, Spaulding Academy & Family Services applied for and received a technology grant from the Flutie Foundation for the purchase of virtual reality (VR) headsets. We are a small, nonprofit special education school serving students with a wide range of abilities, including many who are on the Autism Spectrum and/or have limited mobility, and it was very important to us from the onset that we use this technology to meet the needs of all our students.

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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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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

The Hechinger Report

The idea that teachers stop getting better after their first few years on the job has become widely accepted by both policymakers and the public. Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” He argued that teacher effectiveness should be measured and good teachers rewarded.

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Best Art Resources for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Art is all about exploring, appreciating, and enjoying the richness and diversity of our cultures. Artful thinking is an analytic approach through which we get to explore this cultural.read more.

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Masks Are Coming Off in Many Schools. How Can Education Organizations Lead Through Continued Change?

Marketplace K-12

Education organizations serving schools will need to help students cope with fear and uncertainty as masks come off in schools, writes Move This World CEO Sara Potler LaHayne. The post Masks Are Coming Off in Many Schools. How Can Education Organizations Lead Through Continued Change? appeared first on Market Brief.

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Engaging MLs in Daily Academic Conversations

MiddleWeb

If we want multilinguals to develop their speaking skills while learning content (and we do!) then they need multiple opportunities to engage in academic conversation throughout the school day. ML/EL education leader Jenny Vo shares her favorite successful strategies. The post Engaging MLs in Daily Academic Conversations first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Draw More Out of Your Chromebook with the Logitech Pen

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

The Pen for Chromebooks, the Logitech Pen. Durable, comfortable, The post Draw More Out of Your Chromebook with the Logitech Pen appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Best Free Sites & Apps for Education Communication

techlearning

These top free communication sites and apps for education provide teachers with a digital platform for two-way group or individual sharing of text, images, video, calendars, and much more.

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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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Building a Career in EdTech: SmarterServices Team Member Celebrates 15 Years

eSchool News

PITTSBURGH, PA – The landscape of education has changed in the last decade, and even more so in the last 24 months. Technology has become integral to education, 71% of US students claim to use laptops in the classroom ( McKinsey ). In 2016, the self-paced eLearning industry made up $46.67 billion of the global market share, and by 2022, that number is projected to exceed $243 billion ( Statista ).

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Best Laptop Docking Stations For Teachers 2022

techlearning

Find the best laptop docking station to make remote working as simple as possible.

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Start with Conversation: Develop Healthy Communication Skills with Your Child

MindSpark

The pandemic changed the way we communicate. In-person communication became largely virtual, as did school. Scheduling play dates for kids completely ended, and while these adaptations were necessary for safety, they had an impact on us, and are still affecting the way we work, play and live. One of the biggest ways this impact has been felt is in the development of children’s communication skills.

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Ensuring Technology Access and Equity for a District and a Community

techlearning

Tech & Learning Innovative Leader Awards (Orlando): Overall Implementation of Technology

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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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Tantrum Brewing? Find Calm with These Tips

MindSpark

We have all been there. You are in a grocery store, and you hear a blood curdling scream. A tantrum is about to begin. Or you hear a colleague speaking about a student whose behavior is especially challenging. You may think “thank goodness it is not my kid” or, “I’m so happy my students are well behaved.” But what happens when it is your child or your student?

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Teaching The Russia – Ukraine Conflict

techlearning

Addressing the Russian invasion of Ukraine is an opportunity for learning and discussion on a number of topics.

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Draw More Out of Your Chromebook with the Logitech Pen

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

I have partnered with Logitech to review the Logitech Pen. This is a USI (universal stylus initiative) ACTIVE pen. This means it works MUCH BETTER than the “regular” styluses on Chromebooks. The Logitech Pen is designed for schools making it tough enough to handle the bumps, falls, and spills of being used by little hands. The comfortable silicone grip and triangular shape is sure to.

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Bamboo Learning’s “Comprehension Through Conversation” EdTech Solution for K–5 Students Gaining Momentum

eSchool News

SEATTLE—March 7, 2022— Bamboo Learning, Inc. today announced that Bamboo learning EDU, the first “Comprehension Through Conversation” learning application for students in grades K through 5 introduced in January 2022, has been selected for an innovative student literacy pilot at the John Rex Charter School (JRCS) in Oklahoma City. JRCS, which was recognized as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School, seeks to determine the Bamboo Learning EDU solution’s impact on reading achievement, speaking fluency

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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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MacKenzie Scott Makes Transformational $20 Million Gift to Digital Promise

Digital Promise

Digital Promise has received a $20 million gift, the single largest unrestricted gift in the organization’s history, from MacKenzie Scott. This catalytic investment will support Digital Promise as it pushes for bold solutions that can create equitable educational experiences to help prepare all learners for holistic, lifelong success. “Digital Promise is grateful to MacKenzie Scott for this generous contribution,” said Jean-Claude Brizard, president and CEO of Digital Promise.

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Virtual Reality and Learning Mini-Conference on March 29th: Accepted Sessions (and Keynotes) Announcement!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Virtual Reality was identified by the American Library Association as one of the 10 top library technology trends for the future. The use of this technology is equally trending in the education, museum, and professional learning spheres.

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Discovery Education and Venture Valley Partner to Launch New Educational Initiative Teaching Financial Literacy Through Games and Resources

eSchool News

Silver Spring, MD. (Monday, March 7, 2022) – Venture Valley video game team and Discovery Education announced today a new educational initiative – Discover Venture Valley – helping students build financial literacy and business skills. Discover Venture Valley empowers students in grades 6-12 to build financial and business basics through a suite of standards-aligned resources and by taking on the role of a budding entrepreneur in the new Venture Valley video game.

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7 Virtual School Activities Every Educator Should Use to Enhance Online Learning

EmergingEdTech

Image Source. When schools transitioned to online learning during the pandemic, it sped up an existing trend of education adapting to the digital world. . On the one hand, the enforced changes highlighted the challenges of online learning, such as fostering the camaraderie and connection that are crucial to learning. Yet educators adapted their lesson plans for the internet, especially in high-income countries (see chart below).

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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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How our district established a unified communication platform

eSchool News

With 3,300 students across three different schools, our district was using a variety of diverse applications for school-to-home communications. They all handled separate aspects of our teacher-parent communications, but they weren’t cohesive. We started looking for a new solution in 2019 that would consolidate the multiple, disparate tools into one platform and then quickly kicked that effort into high gear at the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

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