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Education, the Brain and Learning Outcomes

EdNews Daily

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark It may seem trite to say the brain is where learning takes place and therefore we need to know about the brain when we consider how to improve learning outcomes. But until the late twentieth century, the brain seemed more like a black box than an organ whose processing could be understood and improved. Today however, as Leslie Hart states in Human Brain and Human Learning, anyone who does not have a thorough, holistic grasp of the brain’s architecture, purposes and

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Tech Tip #6: 16 Habits of Mind

Ask a Tech Teacher

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Habits of Mind. Category: Pedagogy.

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Steps to a Successful SEL Implementation

EdNews Daily

By Anita Mattek After several years of using a homegrown social emotional learning (SEL) approach, our district decided it was time for a more official curriculum that would support our middle and high school students’ mental health, academic achievement, and overall well-being. With about 840 students in grades 8-12, we’d already developed a homeroom/advisory period meant to create community among students.

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Best Google Slides Math Editors and Equation Writers for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Looking for math editors and equation writers to use on your Google Slides? The add-ons below have you covered. They provide you access to visual math editors to use to write and insert math equations right into your slides and Google Docs. Some of these editors also support handwriting, meaning, you can handwrite your equations on a touch device and have them converted into digital versions to insert in your presentations or any other document online.

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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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The Reality of School Starting: No More Free Lunches?

EdNews Daily

By Christy S. Martin, Ed.D. School starts early here in East Tennessee and this week was its beginning. While school has barely started in my community, one thing is evident. There are no free lunches. Social media has repeatedly warned parents and the community that funding for free lunches has disappeared. Public schools have been serving all students free meals since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted K-12 education.

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Sweet! Add Hashtags to Google Classroom

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

It's sweet to add hashtags to Google Classroom. This will allow you to gain better insights into student performance. Break it down by class, classes, groups, or individual students. Use the assignment tags report at schoolytics.com to analyze student performance. The post Sweet! Add Hashtags to Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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18 back-to-school tips to start the year off right

eSchool News

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to cast uncertainty on education, and the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year is no different. But with some valuable lessons learned under their belts, educators are feeling better prepared for the back-to-school season–one that could be the most normal since the pandemic. Here are some back-to-school tips, advice, and valuable insights from educators , stakeholders, and industry experts.

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Online Tech Hub Edmodo Is Shutting Down as School Year Kicks Off

Marketplace K-12

Users will have to manually export files before their accounts close at the end of September. The post Online Tech Hub Edmodo Is Shutting Down as School Year Kicks Off appeared first on Market Brief.

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One district’s push to help students feel like they belong

eSchool News

Bullying is prevalent in high schools and can lead to a lack of a sense of belonging. According to a new study , 51 percent of high school students say they have witnessed bullying at their school. When it comes to reporting, just under half (49 percent) say they would be comfortable talking to a teacher about bullying they witnessed, while just 34 percent would be comfortable if they were the ones being bullied. .

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Supporting a Culture of Curiosity with PebbleGo Create

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At the start of a new school year and after a summer break, sometimes building the excitement for the return to school needs a little boost. When it comes to sparking curiosity for learning , educators are quite creative! We have different methods, a hook for a lesson, a variety of digital and traditional tools we can use with our students. When we consider our options, we always need to focus on the underlying purpose for our choice.

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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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Educational Support for Students Reaches New Levels with Paper’s™ 2022-2023 Platform Upgrades

eSchool News

MONTREAL— Paper , the leading provider of academic support, today announced a series of upgrades and additions to its best-in-class Educational Support System (ESS). The new features will be available to all 2.5 million students on the Paper platform just in time for the 2022-2023 school year. Over the last several months, Paper worked with students and other stakeholder focus groups to understand how to improve its ESS and find better methods to engage with today’s students and their preferred

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What is Adobe Creative Cloud Express and How Can It Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

techlearning

Adobe Creative Cloud Express is here to replace Spark as the ultimate way to design banners, flyers and more with ease.

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Flinn Scientific Offers New Laboratory Safety Certification Courses for Teachers for Free

eSchool News

BATAVIA, IL (AUGUST 19, 2022) Flinn Scientific releases updated free laboratory safety courses designed specifically for middle and high school science teachers. . Just in time for the 2022-2023 school year, Flinn Scientific has released new Lab Safety courses for middle and high school science educators. Offered free of charge, these asynchronous courses can be completed in one session and are intended to help science educators create the safest learning environments possible for their stude

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Hear from Education Experts on PD, Teacher Wellness, and Coaching Best Practices

Edthena

It’s a great time to reflect on lessons learned from education experts so far this year. Our free resource site for educators, PLtogether , features conversations with education experts and leaders about topics from professional development to teacher wellness. We’ve rounded up the best bits of advice and insights from education experts from the past year.

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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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Brainingcamp Releases ‘Biggest Update Ever’ to Its Math Education Products

eSchool News

AUSTIN, Texas, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brainingcamp announced a massive update to its digital math manipulatives. The update is immediately available, just in time for the 2022-2023 school year. The new Brainingcamp will enhance math education for its more than 7 million global users and counting. “This is our biggest update ever,” said Dan Harris, President of Brainingcamp. “We’ve rewritten every line of code.” Empowering Math Educators From the beginning, Brainin

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macOS Security Basics: The one about Macs (not) being the safest OS

Jamf on EdTech

Mac has a rich history of security and privacy protection – much of which it has earned – since Apple interweaves these protections into every facet of the hardware and software design process.

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Connecticut’s Jumoke Academy Charter School Selects Discovery Education Social Studies Services to Propel Student Success

eSchool News

SILVER SPRING, MD — Connecticut’s Jumoke Academy Charter School today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education , the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. This collaboration provides the educators at the Academy’s three campuses access to a suite of award-winning, digital resources that create enriching, real-world learning experiences and prepare scholars for citizenship in today’s culturally diverse, d

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Bounce Episode: Spotlighting Softskills

The Thinking Stick

Spotlighting SoftSkills: Learn about six different tried and trusted methods for embracing, celebrating, and rehearsing different soft-skills. Explore the free guide on this topic here: [link] Slide Deck here: [link]. Check out this episode of Shifting Our Schools.

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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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Be the IT hero: Moving your devices from Jamf Pro to Jamf School

Jamf on EdTech

Jamf sales engineers Tracey Joyce and Christina Gremillion walk you through the steps required to migrate from Jamf Pro to Jamf School.

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