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How age-appropriate tech inspires preschoolers (and their teachers)

eSchool News

At Brooklyn Preschool of Science, I’ve been using robots to make computational learning fun in my 4-year-old rooms for years. When I decided to add computational learning to the 3-year-old group, I didn’t want teachers to always be the ones handling the robots. I wanted the kids to have the ability to control the robots on their own, even though 3-year-olds don’t have the same fine motor capabilities that my older students do.

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Esports Teams Get Competitive with the Logitech G Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

EdTech Magazine

Designed specifically for discerning gamers and esports athletes, the tenkeyless Logitech G Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard can help serious competitors up their games. Logitech introduced the G Pro in 2017 and since then has steadily improved this line of keyboards, as well as their software, to better serve gamers’ needs. As a middle school teacher and an esports coach, I’ve tried numerous keyboards over the years.

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Understanding the new Alberta curriculum

Hapara

What do we know? Earlier this year, Alberta’s Minister of Education announced that beginning September 22, 2022, they will implement a new curriculum in K-3 Mathematics, K-3 English Language Arts and Literature, and K-6 Physical Education and Wellness. . A new curriculum is not synonymous with starting over. Educators are fearful that teaching with a new curriculum is the equivalent of the experience of starting as a first-year teacher.

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Addressing the Learning Crisis Connected to the Current Mental Health Crisis

EdNews Daily

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark Editor’s Note: This is part two of a three-part series In part one of our series, we explored the relationship between mental health issues, cognitive skills in general, as well as the connection to the stress and anxiety that students and teachers are experiencing in the K-12 world. To review from our last installment, according to an article by Derek Thompson in the Atlantic, “The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis.

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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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Students Got a Crash Course in Tech During the Pandemic. Now Some Want a Break

Edsurge

We are just over two years into the pandemic for COVID-19, and my students are finally back in the classroom and learning in-person. Keeping my students motivated is still a challenge, and I’ve noticed an important change in their attitude to technology: Just using tech for activities and projects has not been inspiring my students like it did before the pandemic.

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Leveraging Tech to Increase Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom

EdNews Daily

By Sarah LaHayne One reason why schools and districts prioritize social emotional learning is to give students the tools they need to understand who they are, regulate their emotions, build healthy relationships, achieve their goals, and navigate their lives in healthy and productive ways. Yet still, many students experience the school day that doesn’t require much navigating but is more of a routine of following directions.

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Don’t Miss “Uberizing Learning” at ISTE

EdNews Daily

Ready to “uberize” learning? This is not the oh-so-two-years-ago “hybrid” learning you knew during the pandemic. This year at ISTE, the Leaning Counsel is teaming up with Cisco to help educators realize the benefits of Hybrid Logistics. Once defined as the traditional school model offering video conference attendance, or on-campus and digital homework study, Hybrid Logistics has been reimagined to be a structurally transformed education system through a new auto-cohorting technology. ?

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Some Money Pouring into ‘High-Dose’ Tutoring Is Going to Less-Researched Models. Is That a Problem?

Edsurge

Last year, when concern over the pandemic’s effects on education was at its peak, school districts turned to high-dose tutoring, a regular and intensive form of small-group tutoring. There’s a lot of evidence that high-dose tutoring improves reading and math performance, such as this study from Brown University. And there was particular concern over students losing skills in those areas during the pandemic, especially in K-12.

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5 Google Jamboard Templates

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

Here are 5 Google Jamboard Templates to help you engage your students. Get students collaborating and critically thinking with Google Jamboard. The post 5 Google Jamboard Templates appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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10 Great Search Engines for History Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The purpose of today's post is to provide history teachers (and history aficionados for that matter) with a collection of useful history search websites to help them search for, locate, and.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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5 Pieces of Advice for New Teachers

techlearning

Asking questions and making sure to give yourself time off are among the advice veteran and award-winning educators offer for new teachers.

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3 ways to address teacher burnout

eSchool News

A teacher’s job is to educate the young people who will shape our future world. What profession could be more important? Yet a recent survey by Merrimack College shows that 44 percent of teachers indicate they are very likely or fairly likely to leave the profession within the next two years. Another 2022 survey by the National Education Association found that 90 percent of teachers think teacher burnout is a very serious or somewhat serious issue.

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What's New in ST Math for the 2022-2023 School Year

MIND Research Institute

One of my favorite things to do as a former third-grade teacher was to seat my students in mixed-ability table groupings. I was always astounded by how much influence students could have on one another when given the opportunity to collaborate. Then, the classroom collaboration that programs like ST Math encouraged kept my students and me even more connected.

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Do Algorithms Influence Our Lives and Our Democracy?

Graphite Blog

Grades: 8-12. Subjects: Digital Citizenship, Media Literacy, Civics, Social Studies, Computer Science. Algorithms are a foundational building block of our digital world -- they often shape our experiences online in more ways than we realize. On a given day, we might encounter an algorithm that recommends what video we should watch on YouTube, one that filters our search results on Google, and another that determines whether our comment on TikTok gets seen by other people.

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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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Rephrase Sentences with Just a Few Clicks

Nick's Picks for Educational Technology

Rephrase Sentences the Easy Way Need to rephrase sentences? Just copy and paste or type your sentence into Wordtune’s editor, and let artificial intelligence do the rest. You can also add their handy Chrome extension to rephrase sentences directly in your favorite browser-based apps. For example, with the Wordtune extension, you can highlight the text you’d.

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What Is Cancel Culture, and Does It Change Things for the Better?

Graphite Blog

Grades: 8-12. Subjects: Digital Citizenship, SEL, Media Literacy, Social Studies. What is cancel culture? A 2021 report from Pew Research Center found that the American public is deeply divided over how to define it. Some people view it as a way to hold a person or group of people accountable for a past misdeed. Others see it as an unfair judgment of someone's character, or even the practice of censoring people whose opinions we don't agree with.

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Getting started with Minecraft

SpeechTechie

I described in a recent post coming to find some good uses for Minecraft with interested clients and groups. This previous post was about using Education Edition which not all have access to, so I wanted to make sure I described some applications for regular Minecraft. I first of all recommend getting started with the iPad edition , previously called Pocket Edition (there is also an Android tablet edition , both around $7 but then giving you everything you need).

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Why Are Conspiracy Theories So Appealing?

Graphite Blog

Grades: 8-12 Subjects: Digital Citizenship, SEL, Media Literacy, Social Studies, Civics. A 2020 Common Sense research report, Teens and the News , found that a whopping 77% of teens get their news primarily through social media. At the same time that young people are changing their media consumption habits, the United States is going through a period that is marked by an increased distrust in traditional news outlets.

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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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IT Asset lifecycle Management for Schools

Vizor

Managing Chromebooks and other 1:1 (one-to-one) devices in K-12 schools and districts can be a challenge, particularly if you are managing hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of devices with a small team. It’s not surprising that considering and planning out the complete lifecycle of those devices, such as what will happen to them in three or five years’ time at their end of life is often overlooked.

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How One Teacher Used AI to Reflect on Teaching Effectiveness (SmartBrief)

Edthena

What happened when a 29-year teaching veteran tried new artificial intelligence technology to reflect on and improve her teaching effectiveness? Ninth-grade science teacher Donna McDaniel was recently featured in SmartBrief for her use of AI Coach by Edthena , and according to her, “AI-powered virtual coaching for teachers can enhance our in-person collaborations while helping all teachers experience timelier coaching more often.”.

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Summer Online Class: "Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Are you anxious that your child isn't living up to their potential, but you're not sure how to support them? Do you worry that your child fell behind during COVID, but you don't know how to help them catch up? Would you like to stop having arguments with your child about schoolwork, chores, and screen time? Are you tired of nagging and hovering, but worried that if you stop, your child will fail?

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Great Indoor Toddler Activities For A Rainy Day

Fractus Learning

Table of Contents Fun Sensory Indoor Activities For Toddler Playtime: Sensory Bins What You Need Making A Sensory Activity Tub Favorite Variations More Ways To Stimulate Sensory Play From Outdoors To Indoor Activities For Toddlers: Build a Fort What You Need Building The Fort Personalize The Fort Decorate The Fort Fun Active Indoor Activities For Toddlers: Sports Games Hammering Golf Tees Variations To Golf Tee Hammering Hallway Bowling For Kids Cup Stacking Bowling Alternative Stacking Cups Ch

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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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Class of 2022 - Congratulations

Reflections

Graduation is about celebrating the end of something incredible and the beginning of the even more incredible next chapter of your lives. Graduation is about the Seniors and the work it took them to get here. Different paths were taken to get here today and each path was illuminated in a different way. Some of these seniors lit their torches at MJT and continued at GES.