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CoSN2021: How Remote Learning Informs the Future of Education Infrastructure

EdTech Magazine

At the onset of the pandemic, remote, online and hybrid learning were treated as temporary emergency measures. In recent months, however, it’s grown clear that these models will persist in some form even after COVID-19 begins to subside. The realization brings into sharp focus the crucial need to promote and support digital equity. Michael Flood, senior vice president and general manager of education at Kajeet, highlighted this problem and the solutions schools can consider during a Wednesday se

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CoSN2021: What Innovation Trends Permeate K–12 Education?

EdTech Magazine

As trends and new technologies push innovation in the classroom, teaching quickly becomes a learning experience in its own right. For teachers, these lessons can help to expand the boundaries of learning and overcome the educational challenges their students face on a regular basis. This approach has proved particularly vital to Frankie Jackson, director of strategic initiatives for the Texas K–12 CTO Council, and Stephan Waba, educational technology specialist at the Federal Ministry of Educati

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teachers are stressing over so many things. Today, Dr. Desiree Alexander tackles three of those issues: distance learning, hybrid learning, and digital equity. She shares the WHO system for evaluating technology, tips for hybrid learning, and timeless principles for considering digital equity and relating to your students and colleagues in professional and respectful ways.

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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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CoSN2021: Making Digital Equity Actionable

EdTech Magazine

The problem of digital equity has been identified, and the causes and effects have been dissected. But what can be done about digital equity in the near term? Ken Shelton, keynote speaker at CoSN2021, says that big changes can occur at the district level through assessments and barrier analysis. It's also important to integrate and align key players within the district who are best positioned to impact change when it comes to digital equity.

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Attention School Leaders: Listening is Essential. Here’s How to Get Better at It.

Edsurge

A few weeks ago, a friend called me to chat. While our children attend different schools, we often call one another to connect (and sometimes vent) about issues we—or our kids—are experiencing. “My son is really struggling with his workload,” my friend said. “So I called the division head to talk about how he is feeling and what he is experiencing, but I really didn’t feel like she heard what I was saying.

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Biden Pushes Plan to Get Every Educator a Vaccine Dose by End of March

Edsurge

MaryAnn Sansonetti-Wood, like so many other educators, has spent much of this school year frustrated and fearful. She’s been teaching face-to-face since September, behind a cloth mask and a plexiglass barrier. Her middle school—part of a suburban district outside of Columbia, S.C.—transitioned from a hybrid model to four days a week of in-person learning in November, around the time COVID-19 cases in the area were spiking.

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What's new in Testpress Learning Management System - Feb 2021

Testpress

We added couple of new and exciting features during February 2021. A new exam taking UI, a new question type and two features to make your life easier! Here is a brief update on the same. IELTS Exam Template Now you can conduct International English Language Testing System (IELTS) mock online exam with the new IELTS template support in Testpress. The IELTS template is the exact replica of the official IELTS online exam.

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GSV Ventures Raises $180M Fund in Search of Global Edtech Opportunities

Edsurge

With an investment fund, a conference and a constellation of advisory services, GSV may be the closest thing to an omnipresent brand in education investing. But even after over a decade of making and facilitating deals, the Chicago-based firm still sees other untapped opportunities and areas for growth. Specifically, across the ocean. “We’ve been spending a lot of time on Zoom over the last nine months” with entrepreneurs in India and Southeast Asia, says Deborah Quazzo, co-founder and managing

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5 innovative cybersecurity training strategies to try in 2021

eSchool News

As much as 88 percent of data breaches are caused by human error, but only 43 percent of workers admit having made mistakes that compromised cybersecurity. In the past year, one-third of the breaches incorporated social engineering techniques and the cost of a breach caused by a human error averaged $3.33 million. The need for consistent and effective cybersecurity training is evident.

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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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A New SEL Program Finds Its ‘Way’ to Schools, Survival and $1.5M in Seed Funding

Edsurge

Patrick Cook-Deegan once wanted to build a school, one focused on helping high school students find purpose through attending to their mental health and well-being. It would be based in Palo Alto, Calif., which was rattled by clusters of suicides among the city’s teenagers. The school board turned down the idea. But Cook-Deegan found other ways to bring his vision to life.

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3 big questions schools should ask edtech developers

eSchool News

Educators on Twitter know that sharing is something teachers love. If you’re a school leader, it’s likely your school is at the center of your community, with close links to parents, local groups and valuable community initiatives. Working together is the whole ethos of a school. In the daily activities of teachers with their students, collaboration and teamwork is the heart.

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Journaling with Students Grows Connections

MiddleWeb

Online journaling offers students a place to document feelings, thoughts, and reactions to a variety of texts while they make personal, social and academic connections with their teacher. Rose and Walsh offer a process that can strengthen conferencing now and after Covid. The post Journaling with Students Grows Connections first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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OPINION: College students shouldn’t pay more for less

The Hechinger Report

Researchers say a new classification system is needed to help students choose colleges that will serve them well. Credit: John O'Boyle for The Hechinger Report. We have had no shortage of striking headlines about college enrollment trends during the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the most alarming stories have been reports showing a decrease in overall college enrollment and a much steeper decline in community college enrollment.

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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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Increasing Achievement and Equity Through Mental Health Programs

edWeb.net

By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. For students in Jacksonville, FL and surrounding Duval County, where non-academic barriers often interfered with success in school, the implementation of mental health programs and other wellness initiatives has been accompanied by significant improvements in graduation rates and other important metrics.

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Hemingway Editor Review – Is This Free Writing App Enough?

Fractus Learning

Writing the Hemingway Editor review reminded me of its namesake, the famous author Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway’s writing style is an inspiration to all writers. By using natural language and specific everyday words, he wrote with clarity and directness. He seldom used abstract nouns and adjectives or complex sentences; his prose was conventional, easy to read, and understand.

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"Some Leadership Truths for Library Leaders" Albrecht Blog Post + Upcoming Webinars: "Service Leadership" and "Autism" #library20

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " Some Leadership Truths for Library Leaders. " It's hard to know fully what library leaders need to do as the Coronavirus and the pandemic's impact go into the wretched history books. Leaders had better be able to adapt to new roles and different ways of supervising their people and running their operations.

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Accepted Sessions and Presenters - "Civic Engagement in Action" Bilingual Conference by Library 2.0 | Seguimos Creando Enlaces #library20

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're announcing today the accepted sessions and presenters for the first Library 2.021 | Seguimos Creando Enlaces conference, " Civic Engagement in Action " on March 25th and 26th. We've had a great set of proposals submitted, and you are going to love the sessions being planned (a final hour-by-hour schedule will be published shortly). Check Out the Presentations and Speakers: [link] REGISTER TO ATTEND (free and online): English - [link] Español - [link] This is our first specifically-bilingua

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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