Thu.Oct 21, 2021

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5 Reasons to include micro learning in your teaching strategy

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published in Education Technology , on April 17, 2021. Researchers and educators have always tried to optimize how we consume knowledge by looking at the realities of the learning brain. We now know that students learn better when learning is spread out over time. This is called the spacing effect , a term coined by the renowned memory scientist Hermann Ebbinghaus.

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How Threat Intelligence Improves K–12 Cybersecurity

EdTech Magazine

Security products such as intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) and endpoint protection platform (EPP) software suites have always presented a problem for security teams: What should be done with all the information about threats and attacks flooding their consoles? Big companies with huge budgets can afford to tackle this question, but for everyone else — including K­–12 districts of all sizes — it remains a conundrum.

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Getting up to Speed: Teacher Prep and Technology Integration

Ask a Tech Teacher

We know technology is a challenge for veteran teachers. It wasn’t part of their teacher training program so they rely on school PD to fill the many holes in blending tech with education. What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements.

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Think Digital Native Means Digitally Literate? Think Again.

Edsurge

Aigner Picou, a program director at the Learning Agency Lab, spent a lot of time talking to teachers in 2020. She was part of a team researching how to build a better writing feedback tool. Think of programs that can automatically generate suggestions or scores for students based on their writing. During those conversations, Picou started hearing teachers describe the same challenge over and over again.

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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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OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

The Hechinger Report

Last week, U.S. News & World Report released its first-ever rankings of public elementary and middle schools in the United States. Relying solely on aggregated state standardized test scores and demographic characteristics of students attending a given school, the periodical ranked elementary schools and middle schools within states and school districts.

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Teaching with Primary Source Documents- A Great Tool for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

National Archives is America's record keeper. It saves a wide variety of historical documents and materials spanning almost the whole history of the United States. The Education section in the.read more.

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All You Need to Teach Writing in Small Groups

MiddleWeb

After making a strong case for small group instruction during the writing process, Jennifer Serravallo shares how to implement and develop six types. Teacher Jennifer Wirtz loves the access to videos of groups in action and the printables for students. Highly recommended. The post All You Need to Teach Writing in Small Groups first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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What teachers and parents should know about ransomware

eSchool News

In the face of continued uncertainty related to the pandemic, families like mine prepared for a return to school that still looked a little bit more like normal this year. For many parents, teachers and caregivers who struggled through a year of remote learning, with all of its online homework assignments and Zoom classes, this has been a major relief.

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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Shares Tips for Teaching Poetry

techlearning

Juan Felipe Herrera will be the keynote speaker at NYC DOE’s Beyond Access Forum: Moving Forward Together on November 2. He shared highlights from the speech and tips for educators on pushing the boundaries of what poetry can be.

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3 ways to strengthen your student data privacy compliance strategy

eSchool News

Cyberattacks and data breaches are infiltrating K-12 communities. To proactively thwart these attempts to steal student data, states such as New York are passing legislation that requires school districts to adhere to stipulated student data privacy compliance regulations. With so much on their plates already, creating, implementing, and monitoring an effective data privacy compliance strategy is a time-consuming and stress-filled task for most school district leaders.

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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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4 simple SEL strategies for beginning (or ending) ANY lesson

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Tina Barber. I think of the months we spent from March of 2020 to May/June of 2021 as a 20-month school year that began in August of 2019. Educators spent that time emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted. We gave everything and then gave a little bit more. Pandemic teaching and learning meant surviving.

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??Por qué los estudiantes blancos tienen 250% más probabilidad de graduación en universidades públicas en comparación a los estudiantes afroamericanos  

The Hechinger Report

Cuando Diamante Hare pisó por primera vez el campus de Northeastern Illinois University en Chicago en 2018, los miles de dólares en subvenciones, becas y préstamos que había sacado estaban en juego, al igual que su futuro. Además, las probabilidades estaban en su contra. Era la primera vez que estaba lejos de su vecindario, un lugar predominantemente afroamericano en el oeste de Chicago, así que por eso, Hare se sentía incómodo en el nuevo lugar: no sabía qué esperar o si encajaría con los demás

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4 simple SEL strategies for beginning (or ending) ANY lesson

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Tina Barber. I think of the months we spent from March of 2020 to May/June of 2021 as a 20-month school year that began in August of 2019. Educators spent that time emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted. We gave everything and then gave a little bit more. Pandemic teaching and learning meant surviving.

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Escasean los fondos y la capacitación cuando quienes cuidan a tus hijos son amigos y vecinos

The Hechinger Report

Un martes, poco después de las 6 p.m., 10 proveedores de cuidado infantil en el norte de California se conectaron a Zoom para educarse sobre los logros de desarrollo. En algunas pantallas se asomaban niños. Otras seguían oscuras mientras Daisy Amezcua, líder de la sesión, animaba al grupo a presentarse y compartir por qué asistían. This story also appeared in Telemundo.

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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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150+ Profitable Online Course Ideas in 2021 (With Success Stories)

Sell Courses Online

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Broaden the E-Rate Program to Help Students Connect at Home, Says Advocacy Group

Marketplace K-12

The Aurora Institute identified several initiatives that national policymakers can take to close the homework gap as remote learning continues to be prominent in the K-12 space. The post Broaden the E-Rate Program to Help Students Connect at Home, Says Advocacy Group appeared first on Market Brief.

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4 simple SEL strategies for beginning (or ending) ANY lesson

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Tina Barber. I think of the months we spent from March of 2020 to May/June of 2021 as a 20-month school year that began in August of 2019. Educators spent that time emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted. We gave everything and then gave a little bit more. Pandemic teaching and learning meant surviving.

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Consider This: Meaningful Current Events

SpeechTechie

I'll wrap up Consider This with an example from this week. I have a student who is a Red Sox fanatic (a husband too) and they are of course in the playoffs. This story surfaced and has a lot of nuance to it, with targets regarding story grammar, perspective taking (which is really just story grammar times 2, 3, or however many people are involved), figurative language and body language.

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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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Is Your School PD Meeting Adult Learning Needs? Here’s How to Ensure It Does

Edthena

Do you think about andragogy when planning professional development and learning for teachers? Hopefully, the answer is “yes” because andragogy simply means “adult learning.” Students’ age, schema for organizing knowledge , and developmental needs are taken into consideration when teachers plan lessons. So why don’t instructional leaders do the same when planning professional learning for adults?

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iPad management: How to activate cellular data plans with Jamf solutions

Jamf on EdTech

During this session with Larry Stegall, Field sales Engineer II, Jamf, participants will see how Jamf Pro and Jamf School can be leveraged to activate their cellular iPads. In addition, the audience will also see workflows that can be used to change carriers remotely.

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TODAY: "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference (Library 2.0)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today is our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," being held online and for free. You can still register to attend live today or to be able to watch the recordings later. There are over 3,400 people alreay registered for this event. The conference schedule is listed just above the keynote bios and includes links to full session descriptions.

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4 simple SEL strategies for beginning (or ending) ANY lesson

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Tina Barber. I think of the months we spent from March of 2020 to May/June of 2021 as a 20-month school year that began in August of 2019. Educators spent that time emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted. We gave everything and then gave a little bit more. Pandemic teaching and learning meant surviving.

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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.