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Creating an Instructional Vision Can Connect a Community

Education Elements

The creation of a shared instructional vision brings many benefits to a school or district. An instructional vision can provide a shared understanding of what instructional excellence looks, feels, and sounds like. It aligns classroom practices to a clear set of principles and expectations. It can also bring instructional unity to any district plagued with uncertainty about instructional practices.

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AI in Education: 5 Ways it Can Assist Teachers

ViewSonic Education

The role of AI in education is coming into sharper focus in recent times, as a growing number of schools and other academic institutions are beginning to understand its many potential benefits. While AI has a clear role in assisting students with their learning, it can also be extremely advantageous for teachers too. In fact, AI technology can be used to adapt lessons to students’ needs, continually providing an ideal learning environment, enhancing communication, and optimizing the lesson

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Play is crucial for middle schoolers, too

The Hechinger Report

CHANTILLY, Va. – In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. The break is only 15 minutes long. But at Rocky Run Middle School, about 25 miles west of the nation’s capital, the seventh and eighth graders make the most of one of the few stretches of time in school that they can truly call their own.

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Are You Juggling or Leading?

A Principal's Reflections

All leaders most likely view themselves as jugglers. Who could blame them when there are always multiple areas to address and the fact that the buck stops with them when it comes to making big decisions? Here are just a few: Accountability Morale Meetings Professional learning Stakeholders Achievement Budget Crises The act of juggling requires concentration and focus.

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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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The Role of Cognitive Remediation in Special Education

EdNews Daily

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark The percentage of students classified as “special ed” across the country is currently about 13 percent. We have come across schools where the proportion of students receiving specialized services is as high as 30 percent or more. And in some of our testing, we see 70 percent or more of students living in poverty showing cognitive deficits.

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5 Reasons to Take Advantage of Wi-Fi 6 in Your Local School District

EdTech Magazine

Though the technology first appeared on the market a few years ago, adoption of Wi-Fi 6 is recently surging in K–12 school districts. Adoption happens as devices become available, and IT leaders continue to see new Wi-Fi 6-compatible devices emerge. This is the same reason that Wi-Fi 6E — which had previously made a major buzz in K–12 conversations — hasn’t taken off in schools.

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Fight or Flight: How to Respond to Educational Leadership Changes

techlearning

School districts are changing educational leadership more quickly than ever, so it’s necessary to prepare for the inevitable.

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Best Annotated Bibliography Generators for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

What is an annotated bibliography? To start with, let's first break down the phrase annotated bibliography into its components and define each one of them. A bibliography is basically a list of references of cited works that one used in their research. Annotation refers to 'a summary and/or evaluation'. As such, An annotated bibliography is a list of references in which each reference in the list is annotated, that is, it includes both the summary and the evaluation of the cited source.

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How to Measure ROI to Show the Value of Ed Tech Purchases

EdTech Magazine

Educational technology investments in K–12 are soaring to new heights, putting millions of dollars into the hands of district administrators. However, it’s not always easy for IT leaders to use quantitative methods to analyze the return on ed tech investments. With our 85-plus years of combined experience in purchasing millions of dollars of technology, we recommend fellow school technology leaders use more creative ways to measure ROI, or what we call “return on instruction.

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Tech Tip #23 I Deleted a File by Accident

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: I deleted a file by accident. Category: Problem-solving.

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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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5 easy gamified activities you can assign in Google Classroom tomorrow

Ditch That Textbook

This post is sponsored by GeniallyGenially is an easy to use software that lets you add lots and lots of interactive elements to your slides.The best part is that it is FREE! There is a premium level that you or your school/district can purchase but even with the free version you can create UNLIMITED content […]. The post 5 easy gamified activities you can assign in Google Classroom tomorrow appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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How a Preschool on Wheels Is Driving Opportunity to Latino Immigrant Families in Colorado

Edsurge

ROARING FORK VALLEY, Colo. — In a valley renowned for its world-class ski resorts and unrivaled outdoor recreation, with 14,000-foot peaks that pierce the horizon, five-star hotels, designer storefronts and multimillion-dollar mountainside mansions, there is a fleet of short, white buses stamped with geometric shapes. Parked in the lots of schools, churches and community centers, the buses are inconspicuous.

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Consider These Technology Resources for Social-Emotional Learning

EdTech Magazine

Staff and students have been through so much over the past few years. Many are hopeful that this year will bring a welcomed sense of renewed energy and change, but by no means does the new year come without challenges. So, what are we doing to face the discipline issues, emotional heartache and academic challenges, as well as the celebrations and memorable moments?

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Geography Awareness Week: November 14-18, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher

Promoted by National Geographic, here’s what you should know about Geography Awareness Week which occurs November 14-18, 2022: Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite people about geography as both a discipline and as a part of everyday life.

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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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5 easy gamified activities you can assign in Google Classroom tomorrow

Ditch That Textbook

This post is sponsored by GeniallyGenially is an easy to use software that lets you add lots and lots of interactive elements to your slides.The best part is that it is FREE! There is a premium level that you or your school/district can purchase but even with the free version you can create UNLIMITED content […]. The post 5 easy gamified activities you can assign in Google Classroom tomorrow appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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This Year, I am Truly Grateful for… Everything

EdNews Daily

By Charles Sosnik Next week we welcome another Turkey Thursday. Another Gobble Fest. Another opportunity to be truly thankful. For those of you that don’t know me, I am on the elder side of whoever happens to be in the room. I’m not really sure how that happened. I remember a time when I was the youngest person in the room. A whiz kid, a wunderkind.

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K-12 IT and Security Leaders Lean on Technology to Shore up School Safety

EdTech Magazine

School safety is always top of mind for school administrators, and with most students back on campus today, districts are keeping a sharp eye on their facilities. Onsite security challenges run the gamut, from a well-intentioned parent trying to enter the school to drop off a forgotten lunch to students smoking in the bathrooms — and even the unthinkable.

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14 Apps and 2 Projects for Thanksgiving

Ask a Tech Teacher

Need a few websites and apps to fill in sponge time? Here are Thanksgiving websites that will keep students busy and still teach them: Berenstein Bears Give Thanks (app). Canadian Thanksgiving. Online/Offline Thanksgiving activities. Plimoth Plantation –a field trip of a Pilgrim’s life. Included on this real-life site is a video of the Pilgrim’s crossing to the New World.

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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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I Used to Struggle With Where to Send My Kids to School. Now I Struggle With Sending Them at All.

Edsurge

When my wife was pregnant with our first child, we often had conversations about where we would send our kids to school. These conversations were almost always rooted in fear, with the ever-present threat of gun violence in schools weighing heavy in the back of my mind. Even in moments when I can suspend my fear of school shootings and rationalize their relative rarity, my apprehension about the safety of schools persists.

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Podcast: Accelerating Math Learning through the Science of Math

EdNews Daily

In this episode of the Learning Leadership Society Podcast, Host LeiLani Cauthen speaks with Nigel Nisbet, Vice President of Content Creation at the MIND Research Institute. Nisbet shifts the question from ‘How should I teach,’ to ‘How do they learn?’ It’s a profound difference which helps you to focus on optimal learning methodologies, and to gain an understanding of the Science of Math.

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What Is Backup as a Service (BaaS), and Should K–12 Schools Consider It?

EdTech Magazine

Every 11 seconds, bad actors use ransomware to attack the data-rich education sector, targeting school districts nationwide. Earlier this year, schools in New Mexico closed for two days when a hack compromised data on emergency contacts and the names of adults authorized to pick up students from school. With the increased risk to school data and operations, how can districts protect themselves?

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Let’s Play Greedy Pig Game

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

Play games for learning! Games build classroom culture and help students to practice math skills. The Greedy Pig game is great for playing with students of all ages. Use Dice Slides by Alice Keeler to play Greedy Pig in Google Slides. The post Let’s Play Greedy Pig Game appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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Learning Pathways for District-Wide Integration of Skills for Innovation

Edsurge

We are amidst a Fourth Industrial Revolution. Careers across all fields continue to become more integrated with, and dependent on, rapidly evolving digital technologies. K-12 learning opportunities must prepare students with the necessary skills to succeed in Industry 4.0. This includes developing competency in social-emotional learning, design thinking and computational thinking, whether or not students eventually study computing or engineering or enter the information technology industry.

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Video: Dr. David Miyashiro, Superintendent at Cajon Valley Union School District

EdNews Daily

The Truth is Out There. Let’s Just Make Sure This Time the Kids Win. Enjoy this video, taken at the Orange County Learning Leadership Symposium, presented by the Learning Counsel. Dr. David Miyashiro may not be your typical school superintendent. For one thing, he speaks his mind. Unabashedly. For another, he gets things done, and Katy bar the door if you are an obstacle getting in the way.

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Want resilient and well-adjusted kids? Let them play

The Hechinger Report

In 1966, when psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Brown was assigned to a commission to investigate what led University of Texas student Charles Whitman to kill 12 people in one of the country’s first mass shootings, Brown and his colleagues considered many different aspects of Whitman’s background. The student had access to firearms at home; he had witnessed abuse while growing up; and he had a difficult relationship with his father.

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How to Print a Google Form

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

You use Google Forms but what if you need to know how to print a Google Form. Alice Keeler helps you with multiple options for printing the Form and to print the responses. Printing a Google Form is easy! The post How to Print a Google Form appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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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Why One of the Most Selective Scholarship Programs Could Shut Down

Edsurge

One of the most selective college scholarship programs in the U.S. could wind down in the next few years if it doesn’t raise a substantial sum to shore up its endowment. The program is the Mitchell Scholarship, which sends 12 undergraduates to study at a university in Ireland every year. Run by the nonprofit US-Ireland Alliance created in 1998 to administer the scholarship, the program is more selective than Harvard, and some years it’s harder to win than a Rhodes Scholarship.

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Video: Orange County Panel Discussion

EdNews Daily

Speaking to Lessons Learned According to many of the people who attend the Learning Counsel’s Learning Leadership Symposia, the Administrator Panel Discussion is the icing on the cake, a chance for some of the area’s most distinguished administrators to let their hair down and let the ideas fly. In typical fashion, there are no rules and no censors, and the truth comes out, often gloriously so.

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Give teachers ownership to make computer science a success

eSchool News

Well-intended computer science initiatives are often met with reluctance and resistance before they even get off the ground. Teachers may see the new initiative as “just another thing” on their plate or may feel ill-prepared to tackle an entirely new discipline. To ensure a smooth transition to teaching computer science, campus and district leaders will need to empower teachers with ownership of the change, versus simply asking them to comply with it.

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5 Reasons to Select All

Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

So many reasons to need to select all. If the keyboard shortcut for select all is not muscle memory here are 5 reasons to Select All. The post 5 Reasons to Select All appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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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.