EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

In June, the Consortium for School Networking announced it had awarded Rockingham County Public Schools, a rural Virginia district, the Trusted Learning Environment Seal. The TLE Seal is a dedication given to schools that demonstrate a commitment to student data protection in accordance with CoSN’s framework. For RCPS Technology Director Kevin Perkins, the work to meet these guidelines began much earlier, in the first months of 2019.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 30, 2021

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in August: More. –Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2021

Dr. Katie Novak and I wrote UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes to support teachers in developing a mindset, skill set, and toolset nimble enough to traverse any teaching and learning landscape with confidence. After a year and a half of uncertainty and now with concerns about COVID variants emerging again, we want educators to feel prepared to tackle whatever challenges come their way while providing diverse groups of students with engaging, inclusive, and accessi

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Braced for the next wave of edtech? It will be big. As in global, corporate big. Combine that with some of the dislocations triggered by COVID and students could be in for some radical changes in the tools that help them learn. The most recent player to step into the edtech spotlight is India’s Byju’s. The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 billion from investors and is currently valued at more than $16.5 billion, is growing literally week-to-week: Since June, it has announced new pro

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Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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Teacher Tech

JULY 30, 2021

Flipgrid Without Video “I don’t want to show my face!” Is something educators hear when they challenge their students to make videos and demonstrate their learning and thinking. Not all students or educators feel comfortable having their FACE be the main focus of a video. Sometimes we have a bad hair day, don’t wear make-up… Read More » No Video, No Problem: Flipgrid Has the Answer.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2021

Students returning to college campuses this fall may experience a transition similar to what astronauts go through when they return to Earth after a mission in outer space. The shift can be dramatic, even after a short trip. The longer the mission, the longer it takes to reacclimate. “Like we’ve been on this really long flight into outer space, sometimes it feels like we’ve just been in another universe,” said Kim Hirabayashi, a professor of clinical education at the University of So

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2021

FAIRFIELD, Mont. — Maggie Anderson teaches sixth grade at Greenfield School. Her principal, Paul Wilson, thinks she does a great job and is happy to have her. But until recently Anderson, a Vermont native who found a new home among the windswept grainfields of Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front, had been inadvertently costing the school money and potentially harming its reputation.

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techlearning

JULY 30, 2021

The North American Scholastic Esports Federation is expanding its presence to India by partnering with Eduent Catalysts Pvt. Ltd as their India affiliate.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2021

The COVID pandemic has changed much about how we live and how we work. Nowhere is this more evident than in our schools – in how we safely teach our students and how our students learn, safely. The challenge with schools is that, from a safety perspective, educational institutions were already under siege. Consider the following: According to the National Fire Protection Association, there are more than 3,200 fires each year in schools in the U.S.

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edWeb.net

JULY 30, 2021

When something dramatic happens, like releasing student achievement scores, there’s often an outcry over educational inequities, and there are statements and calls to action to do better. Most of the time, though, the initial energy dissipates, and nothing changes. During an edWebinar hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network , John Krownapple and Floyd Cobb, Ph.D., authors of Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity: The Keys to Successful Equity Impleme

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