Education Elements

JULY 28, 2020

Here we are, looking down the barrel of another stretch of at-home learning. We always knew that it was likely not “if” but “when” we’d be back here, but the fact that many districts are announcing remote learning from day one has caught us all by surprise. Worn down from an already long stretch of stay-at-home learning, it’s understandable for parents to feel overwhelmed or daunted by the prospect.

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Digital Promise

JULY 28, 2020

Education research is too often based on gaps in published research or the niche interests of researchers, rather than the priority challenges faced by schools and districts. As a result, the education studies that researchers design and publish are often not applicable to schools’ most pressing needs. Additionally, though students at the margins—including Black and Latinx students, students experiencing poverty or trauma, students with learning differences, and English learners—often have very

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Neo LMS

JULY 28, 2020

‘ Nature deficit disorder ‘ is a term coined by the renowned author of The Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv. It espouses the idea that all human beings — especially children — need to spend time in nature in order to be physically and mentally healthy and happy. Spending 90% of our time indoors, says Louv, is contributing to lesser focus and more stress.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

With the new school year fast approaching, school districts across the country are starting to finalize and announce their plans for a safe reopening. After much deliberation, many are considering operating classrooms under a blended learning model, which entails a mix of onsite and remote schooling, to make social distancing more feasible in school buildings during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Education Elements

JULY 28, 2020

At the age of five, my shyness was taken for lack of understanding and I was tested for English as a Second Language (ESL). At eight, I was pushed into gifted math and made to feel defeated and stupid. At twelve, I was told I could not “handle” taking a foreign language, despite being in an advanced English class. At seventeen, I repeatedly heard my teachers attribute my academic success to my race rather than the countless hours I put into my school work.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

School districts are planning for the upcoming academic year under a cloud of uncertainty, especially around funding. Due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, states are facing steep declines in income and tax revenue, leaving district leaders worried about budget cuts in the new fiscal year. Reopening schools during a pandemic will also require new investments in technology — from thermal body temperature scanners to sanitation tools — and additional staff hiring.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2020

The entertainment industry has been shifting how it connects fans with music, movies and other media. Two decades ago, people purchased physical DVDs and CDs of their favorite films and albums, but today, fans increasingly use digital subscription services, like Netflix and Spotify, to access that material. The college textbook publishing industry is trying to move in a similar direction.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 28, 2020

I’m not saying any of these ideas are good—or even the least bit viable. Or that they wouldn't be detrimental. I’m just wondering what would happen. The post 10 Rhetorical Questions To Create New Ideas For Learning appeared first on TeachThought.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 28, 2020

BBC School Radio Maths is an excellent educational resource we learned from Make Use Of's list of 10 Cool Math Games for Kids. School Radio Maths offers a wide variety of educational games to help.read more.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

21st century skills. Social and emotional learning skills. “Soft” skills. Whatever you choose to call them, there is a set of skills that are essential for success in school, work, and life — and yet teaching and assessing these skills in a formal, structured way can be challenging. According to a report from McKinsey & Co. , the global workforce will undergo a dramatic shift as a result of automation.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 28, 2020

This year's back-to-school is different due to the current pandemic. Many of you will probably resort to online teaching and will only be interacting with students through the virtual world. This can.read more.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 28, 2020

A subsidiary of Cogna — Brazil’s largest for-profit education company — has filed to go public, betting that it will can seize opportunities in the booming South American school market, and beyond. The post Brazilian Ed-Tech Vendor Looks To Raise $300 Million From Wall Street IPO appeared first on Market Brief.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 28, 2020

The slow burn of racial injustice has once again erupted in a blaze of protests – illuminating long-standing social, economic, and educational disparities and divisions. Only this time is different, writes Vernita Mayfield. And it demands cultural competency from every educator.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

Osmo’s latest parent survey reinforces what most parents already knew–that coding skills and STEAM education are a desirable means to future-proof kids and will help them become successful. To complement survey results, Osmo debuts a Coding Starter Kit which combines 3 coding bestsellers and features new hardware. Osmo is an award-winning, educational STEAM brand used in over 30,000 schools and 2.5 million homes.

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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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Teacher Tech

JULY 28, 2020

Just in time for this new school year, a school year we are desperately preparing for, Holly Clark’s newest release, The Chromebook Infused Classroom, is out and ready to help us prepare for the coming school year! The post New Release! Chromebook Infused Classroom by Holly Clark! Bonus Alert! appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 28, 2020

Over the summer, I’ve been picking up a few little tools to add to my existing kit for enhancing online teaching and learning. Here are a couple of my current faves. What’s nice about these and so many other recent tools we are introducing in schools is that they present real-life functionality. They introduce the new strategies with which professionals now communicate, collaborate and share in business settings.

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Teacher Tech

JULY 28, 2020

Google Meet video chat is FREE and integrated into Google Classroom if your G Suite apps admin has it enabled. Did you know there are 2 tiers to G Suite for Education? Most features are free. However for an additional fee schools can upgrade their free G Suite Google accounts to Enterprise. Recording Google Meets […]. The post Google Meet Breakout Rooms – Enterprise Feature appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 28, 2020

Digital citizenship will be more important than ever this fall as most students will return to school virtually, in one form or another. But with the pressures of distance learning, we know that educators and students may have limited instructional time together. To address this, we've pulled together a collection of short digital citizenship activities that students can complete independently, or with parents or caregivers.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 28, 2020

As a new school year is upon us in North America, I wanted to revisit this post on “10 Tips for New Teachers” from August 2018. Hopefully, the ideas I share are applicable to someone new into the profession, or at any stage. You can watch the podcast on YouTube , or listen on Soundcloud , Spotify , or Apple Podcasts. I fell upon this article by Jennifer Gonzalez (known all over the world for her excellent site, “ The Cult of Pedagogy ”) advising new teachers.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin – lecturers have to function within many environments. Yet there is an increased expectation for use of technology and expanded mobility within that same classroom. Factor in a wide variance in physical traits and you have a challenge accommodating instructors. We set out to address those core issues, while minimizing the impact on an institutions budget,” said Ben Jones, Spectrum’s Vice President of Sales.

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SpeechTechie

JULY 28, 2020

I have previously mentioned I am a big fan of the Scaredy Squirrel (Melanie Watt) series that is helpfully available on EPIC! Books. Over a number of weeks I had my students in one group come to a decision on the order of reviewing and discussing the books in the series, which was good practice in expressing opinions and compromise. They find the books hilarious, so they are motivating (see the above link for some social cognitive analysis as well).

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

For Sandra Paul, Director of of Information Technology at the Township of Union Public Schools in Northern New Jersey, the goal is simple—every one of the 7,200 kids in her district must have a device this fall. How to accomplish this? Not so simple. In this conversation with eSchool News, Sandra details her asset management tactics for whatever scenario her district winds up with—in person, hybrid, or remote.

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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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techlearning

JULY 28, 2020

Get the best out of Google Slides in education so you can integrate with Classroom and more.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

The new charging station was designed to support the use of audio accessories in the learning environment and to help address the need to isolate headphones for dedicated student use. The Tablet and Headphone Charging Station uses easy-to-clean, high-quality 8.9”x11.5” tote bins and covers to store headphones, audio connectors, accessories, and even individual student projects.

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The Innovative Educator

JULY 28, 2020

Districts around the country are sharing plans for the reopening of schools this fall. In many cases the plans are rather complex and impractical for working families. For example, many have schedules in which students attend school part time, which could involve being in school buildings two to three days per week or having schedules that require being in the building for just the morning or afternoon.

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Turnitin

JULY 28, 2020

examining academic programming coursework, the reasons behind it, and what educators can do to mitigate programming plagiarism

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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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Vizor

JULY 28, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chromebooks are flying off shelves like hotcakes. Education establishments are choosing these durable laptops to complement their 1:1 program. In addition to the laptops, Google offers two G Suite editions to schools: G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education. In this blog, we’re going to highlight the main difference between the two editions.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

Pioneer Academics, the college-accredited online research program for high school students, has launched Pioneer Open Summer Study (POSS), a free program that gives any interested high school student the opportunity to participate in independent studies about COVID-19. An international online program, POSS brings teenagers together from around the world to examine a shared challenge through a scientific lens.

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Vizor

JULY 28, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chromebooks are flying off shelves like hotcakes. Education establishments are choosing these durable laptops to complement their 1:1 program. In addition to the laptops, Google offers two G Suite editions to schools: G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education. In this blog, we’re going to highlight the main difference between the two editions.

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Hubbli

JULY 28, 2020

Transcript: In this lesson, we will be talking about how to improve parent communication, but let us start by talking about why. Apathy is one of the biggest reasons why parents leave your school. Your parents need to be engaged. Parent engagement is incredibly critical for the outcomes of students, but it’s also incredibly essential for keeping your retention rates higher.

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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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