EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

FERPA Compliance in the Digital Age: What K–12 Schools Need to Know. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 09/26/2019 - 13:12. More than 50 cities and towns have been affected by ransomware so far this year. That figure, which continues to grow, increasingly includes schools, putting students’ personal data at risk. As of September 2019, at least 10 school districts have been in the news for their own ransomware attacks, and the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Chris Woods on Episode 560 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today high school math teacher, Chris Woods, gives us simple ideas of STEM activities any teacher can do. Get some ideas for how you can integrate STEM in the classroom. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

By Thom Markham. Is there any educator in the world who wouldn’t want his or her students to demonstrate the following qualities: Committed, Creative, Confident, Courageous, and Curious ? Or to see students leave school at the end of the term and describe themselves as Skillful , Passionate , and Humble ? Or have students working hard to make communities happier ?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Twenty years ago, I was a freshman in high school. I spent the next four years in my assigned seat among the rows of desks, trying to listen to the teacher at the front of the room, completing homework assignments from textbooks, and preparing for tests by making countless flashcards. I was a well-behaved student and earned As and Bs, so most of the adults in the building didn’t pay much attention to me.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

By Anna Larotska. The rampant digitalization of our society has touched and fundamentally altered all domains of our lives, including education. What was once enough to prepare pupils for their adult life is no longer sufficient, and we urgently need to implement the new developments we see around us into school curricula. One of these new developments is the increased use of robots in everyday life––from vending machines to your automatic vacuum cleaner, all the way through to artificial intell

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Augmented Reality (AR) has exploded in the past few years, mainly due to the easy access provided by our mobile devices. Digital images once reserved for high-cost headsets are now seen through the camera on our phones and tablets. And thanks to Pokemon Go and Snapchat filters, we’re finally witnessing the use of AR on a mass scale. In the past few years, Apple has taken an especially aggressive approach to the new functionality of augmented reality with the release of its ARKit , a tool that le

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Libraries have long been central to college campuses. In fact, one way colleges have measured their greatness has been to boast about the size of their library collections. (Harvard wins on that metric, with 18.9 million volumes.Yale is close behind at 15.2 million.) But now that so many materials are digital, is a book count the best way to measure a library’s impact?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

For all the talk about how artificial intelligence could transform what happens in the classroom, AI hasn’t yet lived up the hype. AI involves creating computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. It’s already being experimented with to help automate grading, tailor lessons to students’ individual needs and assist English language learners.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Pauline Robinson-Brown will never forget the sound of the front door of her house shutting on her very first day as a family child care provider. She remembers other things, of course, like which children were in her care: a 7-month-old boy, his 2-year-old sister and her own 2-year-old daughter. But if there’s one detail she is absolutely certain she could never forget, it’s the door.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

We’re at an interesting moment in the history of online education. Nonprofit providers like The Virtual High School (VHS) have proven that high-quality courses can be effectively delivered by skilled teachers online. This innovation has increased access to critical educational options and valuable enrichment for hundreds of thousands of students. Related content: 5 things you don’t know about K-12 virtual learning.

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

What happens when the $1.3 billion state summative assessment market begins to merge with the growing $1.6 billion market for formative assessments? Investors and the education community are closely watching emerging models and how they could shape the markets for related instructional and intervention materials. A critical indicator is the handful of states trying to create new assessment models.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

STEM—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—is a curriculum based on these four ideas. Instead of segregating these four disciplines in separate and discrete subjects, STEM interlinks them together into a cohesive learning paradigm, which is based on real-world applications. The goal behind integrating these four significant topics is to induce a sense of curiosity among students about a plethora of other related subjects including aerospace engineering, computer science, physics, che

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Jamf on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

With macOS Catalina, Apple no longer supports 32-bit applications. See how you can locate all 32-bit macOS applications and take action.

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The first step- Measuring efficiency. The shifting student demographics. The student demographics have been vastly changed over the last few decades. It seems like the priorities and requirements of students and parents are not the same as it was a couple of years ago. This points to an even greater shift that’s being unfolded in the education industry.

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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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Jamf on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

With macOS Catalina, Apple no longer supports 32-bit applications. See how you can locate all 32-bit macOS applications and take action.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

A few years ago I gave a talk on education at a conference being held at Google's main headquarters. I expressed my concern about the small number of students who when graduating high school saw themselves as "good learners," and about the much larger number of students whose experience in school left them believing that they were not good learners, and even more concerning, that they were not smart.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

This passage from a post by Gabrielle Marquette resonated with me: Making big changes seem small is a skill that administrators need to excel at if we are going to see wide scale change in our educational system. Teachers need more time to reflect on their practice as it is highly dynamic. They need time to learn new tools and gather information. So, implementation is an area where we can gain some of this needed time.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Arkansas is using virtual reality (VR) to provide concussion education to every public junior high and high school in the state. During Computer Science Education Week in December 2018, the Arkansas Department of Education announced the statewide launch of CrashCourse , a video education tool that highlights the signs and symptoms of concussions, as well as the long-term effects.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker have added to their series of books on school culture with this practical, readable and well-researched work that speaks of the commitment to creating and sustaining a positive learning environment, writes school leader Jack Ferrante.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Jim Beasley’s mission to upgrade Llano Independent School District’s network began when he first started working there in 2005. His biggest barrier to getting rural high speed internet? Finding a provider that would build to a place that is, “too far from Austin, too far from Dallas, and too far from San Antonio,” he explained. Our team sat down with him and his leadership to hear why they decided to invest in fiber.

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Each month on the MIND blog, we share stories of how our organization, our partners, and educators across the country are advancing the mission to mathematically equip all students to solve the world’s most challenging problems. We also share resources for educators and students, and cover some of the exciting events we take part in across the country.

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MiddleWeb

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Follow along as Nicki Newton and Janet Nuzzie join educators in "mathematizing" their Texas district – developing math lovers and a common math language at the district, staff, campus, classroom and student level. Middle school teacher Dena Hause found lots of resources!

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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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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Four out of five ed-tech products and services reviewed by Common Sense Media don't meet minimum standards to safeguard student data privacy, the organization says. The post K-12 Companies Improve on Data Privacy, But Questionable Practices Abound, Report Finds appeared first on Market Brief.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

High-speed broadband that can support digital learning requires a combination of scalable fiber-optic connections, sufficient and affordable bandwidth, and robust internal networks that can deliver information onto student devices in the classroom. Any network upgrade can be challenging, which is why we offer free technical assistance and procurement support to help school district leaders t hrough the process of upgrading.

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Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Things that glow in the dark fascinates kids…and grownups too. Within seconds a bottle of tonic water can be transferred into spooky soda that glows in the dark. Tonic water isn’t the only STEM activity that can […].

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Jamf on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

This autumn, the Jamf Nation Global Foundation and the global nonprofit MATTER created a third MATTER Innovation Hub for students in areas experiencing extreme poverty: this time in Uganda.

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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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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In this blog post we will look at over 600 design theme templates for you and your students to use in your creations.

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Turnitin

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In this blog post, we discuss how educators can engage in self-care during assessment and imultaneously uphold integrity.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Formative is a web-based student response and assessment tool for the flipped, BYOD, or 1-to-1 classroom.

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Turnitin

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In this blog post, we discuss how educators can engage in self-care during assessment and simultaneously uphold integrity.

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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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