techlearning

JULY 21, 2022

The quick-fix solutions promised by silver bullet interventions can distract from the more localized and complicated solutions schools really need, say experts.

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Waterford

JULY 21, 2022

One of the best ways to set up students for lifelong success is by involving their families in their educational journey. When family involvement is a priority in class, student achievement, self-confidence, and motivation all improve.[1,2]. Family engagement is most effective when it’s encouraged earlier in the year.[3] If you prioritize connecting with families during the back to school season, you’ll be in a better position to create an engaged school.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2022

The days of rolling the ball out and playing sports in PE are changing. With the advancement of technology and shift towards collaborative work in the classroom, physical education teachers are finding more and more ways to keep PE relevant in the collaborative and technology-filled 21st century. Project-based learning. Project-based learning is a type of instruction that emphasizes collaborative work, real world connections and a deeper understanding of content.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! In early June, a group of Louisiana educators spent a week in floating cabins on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the sweltering heat.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 21, 2022

When it comes to technology roles in K–12, women have traditionally been under-represented in leadership positions. But that gender disparity appears to be shifting. According to the Consortium for School Networking, 36 percent of K–12 IT leaders who took its 2022 leadership survey are women. This is an increase from 28 percent in 2019. EdTech spoke with four women change-makers who shared lessons learned and innovations made on their journeys to the top.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 21, 2022

What is a d igitizer? In its broadest definition , a digitizer refers to any accessory that converts analog information (touch, light, sound…) into a digital signal. Today, however, the term is most ly used to designate drawing tablet s , which digitally record writing, drawing, screen touches, and similar inputs. Keep reading to find out more about digitizers, their main features and technology , or explore ViewSonic ’s Pen Display solutions. .

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. I've been having trouble coming up with a good project for the students to work on. I want it to be something useful, interesting, and (perhaps most importantly) memorable, but I'm not sure what it should be. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative?

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

JULY 21, 2022

How to delete multiple google calendars at once! Created by Alice Keeler the Add-on DelCal quickly allows you to delete or unsubscribe from multiple Google Calendars. The post Delete Multiple Google Calendars At Once appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 21, 2022

The purpose of this post is to share with you this collection of some of the best navigation apps to use with students or anyone with visual impairment. The apps are designed to help these individuals navigate their surroundings in a more accessible and comfortable way. These accessible mobility apps provide voice-guided navigation data including turn-by-turn navigation to facilitate exploring one's surrounding environment.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2022

Cyberattacks against educational institutions have skyrocketed–and keeping student and educator information safe and protected is a top priority. When it comes to fighting cyberattacks, schools need versatile solutions that update, adapt, and scale to support everyone, in and out of the classroom. In an eSchool News webinar , cybersecurity and school district IT experts share tips on how to implement the Microsoft tools and systems to ensure your IT is safe, accessible, and easy to manage.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 21, 2022

We've just posted a new Dr. Albrecht podcast in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : "Negotiate Your Way to Better Patron Compliance." "My topic for this half hour is emotional control in dealing with people who are angry and perhaps even mentally ill. I'm going to use three stories that happened to me personally, that involved homeless individuals that came into my environment--one at a coffee shop, one at a training that I was doing, and one that came in to

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JULY 21, 2022

Streamable Learning is new to me, and something that I'm excited our district is launching this fall. I would consider it less a digital platform and more of an opportunity to connect with dozens of experts from institutes and museums not just across the United States, but around the globe! Summed up in an elevator pitch, Streamable Learning gives students an opportunity to take a virtual field trip via two ways: registering for a livestream event, or accessing a voluminous bank of archived webi

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JULY 21, 2022

Available free of charge for students and teachers, CritterCoin offers non-fungible tokens as incentives for positive behaviors RedCritter, the powerhouse K–20 technology innovator, today introduced CritterCoin, a free Houses System with Rewards Store for implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Keep Reading RedCritter Launches CritterCoin, the First EdTech Solution to Leverage NFTs.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 21, 2022

A government agency in India, home to a booming ed-tech market, has told companies not to engage in what the regulatory body deems unfair trade practices. The post India’s Warning to Ed Tech: Fix False Advertising or Face ‘Stringent’ Guidelines appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Brainscape

JULY 21, 2022

Behind every contract and case that passes through the desks of a law department or firm is a high-functioning team of paralegals that operate in synchronicity with the firm’s attorneys. These legal professionals play a critical role in maintaining efficiency, data accuracy, and client relationships, making them paramount to a firm’s profitability.

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Vizor

JULY 21, 2022

Having a clear and well communicated 1:1 (one-to-one) repair policy can be a key factor in reducing the number of repairs which actually occurs. This happens as students take greater responsibility for their device when expectations are communicated effectively to families. To help schools and districts get started we have created a template 1:1 device repair policy document.

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