Tue.May 24, 2022

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How LMS groups enable student collaboration for better learning outcomes

Neo LMS

Student collaboration has become increasingly important over the past years. Teachers are encouraged to promote collaboration in the classroom to achieve better learning outcomes. The consensus is that fostering student collaboration through group activities leads to more engaging and efficient learning. . However, collaborative learning is not about dividing students into groups and assigning tasks.

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Veteran K–12 CTO Shares His Tips for Designing the School Network of Your Dreams

EdTech Magazine

Taking on a K–12 school network transformation can be expensive, complicated, time-consuming and — if you make the wrong move — disappointing to thousands of end users. To help you avoid those missteps, EdTech turned to Kyle Berger, CTO for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in Texas and one of EdTech’s 2022 K–12 IT influencers. Berger has 22 years of experience as a school CTO and has been at GCISD, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex for five years.

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Teen Sleep, Brain Science and the Debate Over School Start Times

Edsurge

Scientists ran an unusual summer camp in the 1970s and ‘80s—and its main purpose was to study the sleep patterns of kids and teens. Campers actually wore electrodes all day so they’d be ready to plug in for monitoring. What researchers found, and have continued to study in the years since, is that teens have different, and greater, needs when it comes to sleep than people of other ages.

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Help! I Am Moving Schools. How Do I Move Google Drive Files?

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

How do you copy or move Google Drive files? If you are retiring or moving schools or simply want a backup of your school files here are 5 ways you can move Google Drive files. The post Help! I Am Moving Schools. How Do I Move Google Drive Files? appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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Class Agreed to Acquire Blackboard Collaborate. Here’s What That Means

Edsurge

The fast-growing startup Class Technologies will acquire the virtual classroom tool Blackboard Collaborate, according to an announcement last week. Class Technologies became one of the best-funded new edtech startups since the start of the pandemic, having raised more than $164 million to build out a series of classroom features on top of Zoom. That means colleges, schools and corporate-training operations pay Class for the ability to do things like give out assignments, proctor tests and take a

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Award Badges to Your Students with Certify’em

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

Gamification works! Use Google Forms to award students badges using the Forms Add-on Certify'em. The post Award Badges to Your Students with Certify’em appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Public Satisfaction With Schools is High Despite What Teachers May Feel

techlearning

Polling to measure public satisfaction with schools throughout the pandemic has shown a majority of Americans support the job their local schools are doing.

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It’s time to invest in tech equity in education

eSchool News

Today’s education doesn’t need to be limited to the walls of a classroom. It shouldn’t rely on home internet access, a community hotspot or a ride to the library. It shouldn’t be exclusive to kids who attend schools stocked with new textbooks and state-of-the-art laboratories. Rather, U.S. students are entering a time where equity in education has the potential to be closer than ever before.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Initiatives: What Is an Educator to Do?

Gaggle Speaks

From the “Don’t Say Gay” bill to bans on transgender youth in high school sports to claims of abuse against intact families for providing gender-affirming care to their children, the past year has seen a record-breaking surge in anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives across the United States.

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Lessons of leadership

eSchool News

In this week’s episode of Innovations in Education, hosted by Kevin Hogan: 7 facts about the state of edtech in schools 5 tips to retain your educators during school staff shortages All about accessibility : Enabling a more inclusive classroom.

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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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Integrating Social-Emotional Learning Across the Curriculum

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. Over the past two years, America’s children have experienced historic challenges due to the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. For children entering second grade this academic year, it is highly likely that it was their first time in school as they spent kindergarten and first grade learning via Zoom.

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Engaging Students with Immersive Learning Experiences – SULS0159

Shake Up Learning

The post Engaging Students with Immersive Learning Experiences – SULS0159 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Are you struggling with student engagement? In this episode, Kasey chats with augmented and virtual reality expert Jaime Donally. Jaime shares tips and ideas for engaging students using immersive learning experiences (AR, VR, and XR) and free lesson plans and resources from Verizon Innovative Learning HQ.

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OPINION: Students will move forward post-pandemic if we give them new pathways and opportunities

The Hechinger Report

As we hopefully begin to emerge from the pandemic, we’re only starting to appreciate its full impact on our children’s lives, learning and futures. The pandemic took the lives of hundreds of thousands of family members. It led to a troubling rise in mental health issues, a so-called second pandemic. And during periods of remote and hybrid instruction, academic progress for many students stalled , particularly for those who were already struggling.

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Can Tech Replace the Classroom? Should it?

MiddleWeb

Writing a decade ago, Jody Passanisi and Shara Peters wondered if online learning could replace physical school. Now as they evaluate the costs to students of pandemic driven education, the teachers turned school leaders have their answer: Content in a human vacuum can’t sustain itself. The post Can Tech Replace the Classroom? Should it? first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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Partnerships in Oakland and New York City Aim to Leave No Home Left Offline

Education Superhighway

In our work to close the broadband affordability gap for the 18 million U.S. households that have access to the internet but cannot afford to connect , partnerships are critical to removing the barriers that keep under-resourced households offline. Local leaders can make an immediate impact on the digital divide in their community by launching an Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) awareness campaign.

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Thursday: "Ten Security Myths That Every Librarian Needs to Know Are Wrong - and Exactly Why" with Dr. Steve Albrecht

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

"Ten Security Myths That Every Librarian Needs to Know Are Wrong - and Exactly Why" Part of the Library 2.0 "Essential Librarian" Series with Dr. Steve Albrecht Please consider joining us for this webinar this Thursday, May 26th, or register to watch the recording. OVERVIEW : A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr.

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Rest is Essential to Growth

The Principal of Change

For this month’s post revisit, I wanted to share a post that I originally wrote in 2021. Not that long ago, but I think that many people were surprised that this last school year was more challenging than the previous one. . There is not much I can add to this post other than this is something I need to remind myself of as well. . I hope in some way it can help you as many of you head into your summer. .