eSchool News
JUNE 3, 2022
In pandemic and post-pandemic era education, teachers, school leaders, and parents have been concerned with getting kids back on grade level and closing the achievement gap. In fact, according to the most recent Educator Confidence Report from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 62 percent of teachers say students falling behind is a top concern this school year.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 3, 2022
In the late 1940s, U.S. Air Force pilots were crashing planes without any explanation. The Air Force conducted a study of key measurements such as height and torso length. Of more than 4,000 pilots, not one fit in the average range for every measurement. The Air Force concluded that their planes needed adjustable seats in the cockpit because of the variability of their pilots.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 3, 2022
Here are the most-read posts for the month of May. Tech Teacher Appreciation Week. Encourage Creativity in the Classroom. #CUE22 and Trending Edtech. 12 Tech Tasks To End the School Year. 5 Ways to Involve Parents. 3 Websites on Architecture/Engineering. 13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading. Kiddom’s Newest Feature–Lesson Launch.
Edsurge
JUNE 3, 2022
Over the past decade, global investment in edtech has soared to new heights. The urgent need to educate children at home created by COVID-19 lockdowns turbocharged already existing momentum, and analysts now expect edtech expenditure to reach an eye-watering $300 billion globally this year. But the sudden reliance on edtech during global school closures also painfully exposed some of its current weaknesses.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
JUNE 3, 2022
PebbleGo is a digital research tool that offers students K-3 access to a wide variety of educational resources including informational articles, pre-designed activities, videos, and many more. These.read more.
Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler
JUNE 3, 2022
Join Kristi Thompson, former classroom teacher, principal, superintendent to better manage your stress and avoid burnout in education. The post Overwhelmed and Stressed: How to Manage and Overcome It appeared first on Teacher Tech.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Edthena
JUNE 3, 2022
There’s no overstating it: teacher self-reflection is crucial to teacher improvement. Thinking constructively about their own teaching practices is key to educators continuously improving that practice. That’s the reason why teacher self-reflection is included in most schools’ professional learning standards and rubrics. But, just because we know teacher self-reflection should take place doesn’t mean it’s easy.
techlearning
JUNE 3, 2022
Listening to students and providing a safe space for sharing their concerns is key when discussing school shootings, says Olivia Carter, last year’s School Counselor of the Year.
eSchool News
JUNE 3, 2022
I NDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — (June 3, 2022) — Millions of high school students are expected to hit the books in summer school to help close the pandemic education gap, get a head start on a jam-packed schedule, or to repeat a failed class. As a result, teachers are looking for educational tools that engage students and help them compete with summer distractions.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 3, 2022
As it did in workplaces worldwide, the killing of George Floyd — just a few miles from its offices in Minneapolis — led to deep introspection about diversity and fairness at the Solve advertising agency. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. The company was more than 80 percent white, and part of an industry in which Black and Hispanic employees are drastically underrepresented compared to their proportions of the population.
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.
techlearning
JUNE 3, 2022
MIT App Inventor is a code based programming teaching tool that offers simple learning for students.
eSchool News
JUNE 3, 2022
Most every K–12 teacher or administrator can anecdotally describe the mental health and wellness challenges their students now face. Statistically, it’s overwhelming—more than one-third (37 percent) of high school students report that they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and 44 percent of them reported they felt persistently sad or hopeless during the past year.
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