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5 Organizations Making K–12 Tech More Inclusive

EdTech Magazine

STEM fields notoriously lack diversity, with minorities largely underrepresented in these occupations. Preparing students to explore and pursue these careers at the K–12 level can lead to more diversity in these workplaces in the future. Careers in technology already offer some of the best opportunities for LGBTQ individuals. To prepare students for these careers, K–12 schools must provide access to opportunities that allow learners to feel safe while building their tech skill sets.

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15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s summer, that time of rest and rejuvenation, ice cream and bonhomie. Like the American plains or the African savannas, it stretches endlessly to a far horizon that is the Next School Year. It represents so much time, you can do anything, accomplish the impossible, and prepare yourself quintessentially for upcoming students. So what are the absolute basics you should learn this summer that will make a difference in your Fall class?

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How parents can set up a productive home learning space for students

Neo LMS

Most schools have now reopened, and students across the nation and the world are back to learning in person. But, that doesn’t mean that remote learning is over. Plenty of schools still follow a hybrid model, and some students who fared better in remote learning conditions have stuck with virtual classrooms. This means that parents must know how to set up a productive learning space, both for remote learning and as a great study area. .

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The Significance of Small Wins

A Principal's Reflections

Is there such a thing as a “small” win? I think we can challenge this notion as the overall impact is in the eye of the beholder. Jude King shared the following: Small wins can be as important or even more important than the big ones. And there are two main reasons why. First, without the small wins, the big one likely won’t happen — we give up in disappointment and frustration before we get to the big win.

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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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ISTE LIVE 2022: Sessions to Highlight Tech Leadership, Digital Equity, Esports and More

EdTech Magazine

Teachers, school administrators, technology leaders and technology providers are preparing to kick off the summer at one of the largest K–12 ed tech conferences in the world: the annual gathering of the International Society for Technology in Education. The June 26—­29 event will feature hundreds of professional development opportunities under the theme of “Empowering Educators.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

Ask a Tech Teacher

You’ve been teaching for five years and love what you’re doing. You consider yourself darn lucky to be working with colleagues that are friends and a boss who always puts your needs first. Most of the teachers at your school have been there years — even decades — and you have no doubt that, too, will be you. So, you don’t bother to keep your resume up-to-date or expand your teaching skills other than what is required for your position.

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Announcing a New Ciena Solutions Challenge, Open to Students and Educators Worldwide

Digital Promise

The post Announcing a New Ciena Solutions Challenge, Open to Students and Educators Worldwide appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Fact or Fallacy: Is Cloud Storage Safer Than On-Premises Databases?

EdTech Magazine

In an attempt to minimize the impact of ransomware attacks that can irretrievably encrypt their data, some school districts are encouraging end users to move materials from the district’s local drives into cloud apps. Old-school vanguards of cybersecurity might shudder at such advice, but are these long-standing concerns still warranted? Recent data suggests that local storage may not be as airtight as previously thought.

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Tech Tip #16: What’s Today’s Date?

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: What’s Today’s Date? Category: PC, MSO, Keyboarding.

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ViewSonic’s Peter Claxton Discusses the Future of AI in School

EdTech4Beginners

Innovative new technology promises to elevate students’ engagement and wellness in the classroom. Remote learning and the introduction of new EdTech solutions have accelerated digital transformation in education, which has led to all new ways of teaching and learning. In this article, Peter Claxton, Senior Director of EdTech Solutions at ViewSonic, discusses how AI solutions can further benefit students’ engagement and wellness in school, and he also looks at a real-life case study to see this t

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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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4 Shifts Protocol sessions at InnEdCO 2022

Dangerously Irrelevant

This year there are not one… not two… but THREE 4 Shifts Protocol sessions at the annual InnEdCO conference ! I do a basic introductory workshop on Monday. Gina and Robbi have created a fabulous workshop and I can’t wait to see their session in action on Tuesday. Then I will try and extend all of this work even further during my Wednesday workshop. Descriptions are below… .

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5 Ways K–12 Schools Can Push Back Against the Consent Phishing Trend

EdTech Magazine

We all think we know about phishing emails and how dangerous they are, particularly to K–12 school systems. However, educators may not be familiar with the growing trend of “consent phishing.” In consent phishing attacks, bad actors use malicious apps hosted on legitimate cloud platforms to gain “access to an organization’s cloud services and data,” according to Microsoft.

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6 Websites that Teach Letters

Ask a Tech Teacher

A lot of online sites can make learning letters fun for kids. Here are a few of my favorites: Find the letter–easy, medium, hard –from PBS kids, intuitive to use; even K won’t have any trouble with it. Hands on Learning- -20+ Simple Activities for Kids to Start Learning Letters. Learn Letters with Max (video)–20 minute video with over 200 million views.

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It’s Time To Take Teacher Burnout Seriously. Here’s How.

Edsurge

As educators, mental health professionals, and authors of a new book on helping students cut through stress and pave the way to purpose, we’ve spent our careers supporting students to manage their mental health and reach their potential. We’ve created award-winning high school programs , re-imagined college courses and leveraged technology to meet the ever-growing mental health needs that have been exasperated by the pandemic.

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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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Using open educational resources to empower differentiated instruction

Hapara

Open educational resources, also known as OER, provide a great way to supplement curriculum to differentiate instruction and better meet each learner’s needs in your classroom. H?para built itself upon a robust pedagogical foundation that is designed to support differentiated instruction. So what does that mean? What is differentiation? Differentiation is the adjustment of teaching methodologies, instructional materials, the classroom environment, means of assessment, and content to match

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Review: Microsoft’s Portable Surface Laptop SE is Scaled Down Yet Powerful

EdTech Magazine

As schools and parents rushed to purchase laptops during the pandemic, it’s entirely possible that some bought devices that were not designed for K–12 students. That is why Microsoft conducted research with elementary schools to find out what younger students really needed in a computing device. The new Microsoft Surface Laptop SE is the direct result of those efforts.

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Seamless Learning Platforms Combine LMS, Video, and Collaboration Tools for Maximum Benefit

EdNews Daily

By Allen Drennan The use of secure and advanced digital tools is critical for schools, colleges, government agencies and other learning institutions to create effective and engaging learning experiences. A multi-functional platform that incorporates the core segments of a virtual learning foundation offers multiple benefits to not only learners, but instructors and administrators.

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The Edtech Industry Has An Oversaturation Problem

Edsurge

A version of this article was originally published on Medium. There are always new products coming out in the edtech landscape, but somehow a couple software platforms monopolize the industry and are used by teachers everywhere, leaving smaller companies and edtech startups facing an uphill battle. Some of those big names include Google Classroom in K-12, Blackboard and Canvas learning management systems in higher ed, and across education the once-obscure video software named Zoom became ubiquit

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Five ways that project based learning empowers educators and elevates equity

Hapara

This year’s ISTELive 22 conference theme is “Empowering Educators. Elevating Equity,” which has encouraged the team at H?para to think about how we can operationalize that aspiration now and into the future. One of the most inspiring ways to do this is using project based learning (PBL). PBL is a teaching methodology that engages students using a sustained inquiry-based approach.

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12 Authentic Starting Points For Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

Learning--real, informal, authentic, and lifelong learning--can 'begin' with just about anything. The post 12 Authentic Starting Points For Learning appeared first on TeachThought.

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Is School Still Necessary?

EdNews Daily

By Charles Sosnik I remember hearing this question spoken in an interview about five years ago, and it almost knocked me out of my chair. Having grown up in public school, attended a state institution of higher learning and written about the traditional public school world for a large chunk of my career, my visceral response to this question was a resounding, Yes, of course, why would you even ask such an absurd question.

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Scholars Create Graphic Novel to Spur Discussion of Inequity in Computer Science

Edsurge

Who gets to learn about computer science in school? While a growing number of schools offer some form of computer-science class or after-school program, such offerings are still far more common in well-resourced districts than those that primarily serve underprivileged students, and more boys take them than girls. It’s an issue that two researchers at UCLA, Jane Margolis and Jean Ryoo, have been digging into in their scholarly work—a phenomenon they call “preparatory privilege.

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The Roses and Thorns of an LMS Strategy: How to Flourish with the Right LMS

Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions

The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.

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For Goodness Sake Only Put In Once in Google Sheets

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

The Rule of One! Only Put In Once in Google Sheets!! Here is how to handle if you need something twice or more in a spreadsheet. The post For Goodness Sake Only Put In Once in Google Sheets appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How

TeachThought - Learn better.

We can striving to remain true to the ideals of liberal science and the cascading norms of conversation using an inquiry stance. The post We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How appeared first on TeachThought.

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Wordle’s 6 Lessons for Leaders

EdNews Daily

By Ross Romano In just a handful of months, Wordle burst into the public consciousness and took a whirlwind tour – engaging users of all backgrounds, making yellow and green boxes ubiquitous on Twitter, asserting the superiority of American English, spawning countless imitators, and being acquired by The New York Times. So…what have we learned? No doubt software designers, publishers, and marketers have drawn their own conclusions from the game’s popularity.

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Every Student Deserves an IEP

Edsurge

Early in my career, I taught at a school with a very progressive inclusion policy. Within my completely integrated classroom, a diverse group of learners had the beautiful opportunity to experience one another’s strengths and different ways of learning. Core to the spirit of an IEP is each student having a sense of belonging, being known in an affirmative way and supported to succeed at school.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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What is Peeragogy? A Quick Overview

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

We are living in a digitally focused world that is in a constant state of flux. New technologies are being introduced in unprecedented speed. Before we could take in the instant transformations.read more.

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The End

Hack Education

A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from my friend Eli Luberoff, the founder and CEO of Desmos. It was news I'd been anticipating — dreading , really — for some time: the startup had been acquired. Amplify was buying its curriculum division; the calculator part would become a free-standing public benefit corporation. The subject of the email from Eli said "good news," and I don't mean to imply that it isn't a good deal for him, for his employees, for his investors, or for Desmos

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Podcast: Aftermath of the Pandemic in K-12 Education

EdNews Daily

In this episode of the Learning Leadership Report, Your host LeiLani Cauthen discusses the teacher shortage, what teachers were doing during the lockdowns, video conference call fatigue, the face of consumerized learning and the consumer awakening. The perfect storm of these things plus the “short form versus long form” learning issue is discussed as influencing what schools need to think about post pandemic.

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Teaching the Truth about George Floyd — and Our History

Edsurge

Following the murder of George Floyd two years ago, we saw a national mobilization that challenged the beliefs and institutions that sanctioned the behavior of his murderer and accomplices. Yet despite nationwide protests, financial commitments from corporate America, legislative pushes, and bias training —police killings and the disproportionate burden borne by Black Americans has not changed.

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Building the Foundation for a Modern K-12 Classroom

K-12 looks different these days. But one thing remains the same: you need a reliable learning platform that serves as the foundation for teaching and learning––for all students, in a variety of learning experiences. Discover how the Instructure Learning Platform supports today's K-12 classroom through: A central, consistent, connected hub of the digital learning environment.