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3 Ways in which edtech enables hybrid learning

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published on December 3rd, 2020, in Education IT Reporter. Worldwide, schools and universities are now, like never before, dealing with a large-scale disruption in education. With restrictions still in place, many schools are still closed or functioning at a reduced capacity or with socially-distanced classes, making it challenging to have a stable schedule.

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A Four Step Process for Developing Data Culture in School Districts

Education Elements

For more than a century, standardized testing data have been used to measure the success of students, teachers, and schools - and even to mark our global competitiveness or lack thereof. These data have driven significant education policy and funding models at the national and state levels, and school districts devote up to 15 percent of their instructional days each school year to student assessments alone, costing an estimated $1.7 billion each year.

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4 ways to support students during online learning

eSchool News

Online learning can both hinder and hold back a child. During this past year, educators and students across the country have grappled with how to adapt to online learning challenges. I have worked in online schools for over the past 5 years, and I have seen online learning be a lifesaver for students that struggled in brick-and-mortar classrooms. Online learning gives students the ability to work from home, but that can also mean too much freedom for some.

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Designing and Facilitating Learning for an Alternating A-B Hybrid Schedule

Catlin Tucker

As schools prepare to accommodate more in-person learning, many are opting for a hybrid schedule that divides the student body into two groups that will alternate days on campus to keep numbers lower in classrooms and allow for social distancing. Typically, the hybrid schedule includes an all-virtual day–usually on a Monday or a Wednesday. The all-virtual day gives the teacher time to plan, host office hours, or work online with individual or small groups of students who need additional support.

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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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A Message to School Leaders

A Principal's Reflections

A great deal has been written on the heroic efforts of teachers during the pandemic. I, for one, have penned my fair share of posts that highlight the exceptional work they have and continue to do under extraordinarily challenging conditions. They continue to overcome daily obstacles as every day feels like a trial by fire ordeal. It’s tough to understand the challenges they are going through unless you walk in their shoes for a day.

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FETC 2021: Rebuilding Learning Beyond the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

The shift to remote and hybrid learning environments has not been easy for educators to manage. That’s especially the case when their lessons lean heavily on interactive learning approaches. This is a particular challenge for STEM-based educators, who often rely on hands-on learning approaches. Despite this, many have found a way. In a Tuesday session at the 2021 Future of Education Technology Conference, educators highlighted ways that they have been keeping their students on track despite all

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Why most schools won’t ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic

Dangerously Irrelevant

A number of folks have been eagerly encouraging schools to ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic. Here is a smattering of such articles: A time for disruptive innovation in education. COVID-19 as a catalyst for educational change. Restarting and reinventing school: Learning in the time of COVID and beyond. What if we… don’t return to school as usual.

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Subscriber Special: More MLK

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. Last month’s freebie was so popular, we’re extending it into February: xx. Free Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans. Two lesson plans to prepare for Martin Luther King Day in January: 1) Students research events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s impact on American history and share them with an Event Chain organized visually, including pictures and thought bubbles. 2) Students

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TCEA 2021: 5 Ways to Create a Virtual Classroom With Microsoft Teams

EdTech Magazine

Students may now be learning from home, but many teachers still think in terms of the classroom, whether it’s a virtual one or in a brick-and-mortar building. That’s why collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams have become so valuable during the pandemic. They provide an all-in-one hub that help teachers replicate — with a few modifications for the digital realm — many of the same activities that are part of their classroom routines.

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Ways to Build Media Literacy in Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” – Mark Twain (but not really).[1]. Thanks to the Internet, news can travel around the world at the speed of light. So can lies, conspiracy theories, and misinformation. The spread of wild conspiracy theories online is more than just confusing, as evidenced by trying to figure out who really said that ‘Mark Twain’ quote; it can even lead to violence and real-world harm.

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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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Redesigning for Deeper Learning: 10 cohorts for international school educators!

Dangerously Irrelevant

I am SUPER EXCITED to be offering this professional learning opportunity for international school educators! 5 tracks… 10 cohorts… 28 total sessions. ALL on instructional redesign (or leadership) for deeper learning. Woo hoo! Here are the details: Instructional Coaching track – February 13, 20, and 27. Middle School Teaching track – March 6, 20, and 27.

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100th Day of School — Make it about Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Before becoming a teacher, I didn’t understand why the 100th day of school was a big deal. At first, I thought it had to do with finding something exciting about the dreariness of post-Christmas January but when I counted school days from Labor Day to the hundred-day mark (skipping weekends, two weeks at Christmas and a week at Thanksgiving), that put me in the second week of February.

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FETC 2021: 5 Tactics School Admins Can Use to Support Remote and Hybrid Learning

EdTech Magazine

The challenges of the past year for school teachers and administrators extend far beyond any one tool, tactic or subject matter concern. But together, those tools and tactics are key to helping solve the problems facing school districts around the country as they attempt to move forward with learning under unprecedented circumstances. That was the crux of the 2021 Future of Education Technology Conference that itself took place last week in a virtual environment for the first time.

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Edupreneur Rising – How Educators Are Creating Side Businesses

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Will Deymaport talks about the profit and purpose behind edupreneurs From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s episode, Dr. Will Deymaport talks about the trends, topics, and timeliness of something called, edupreneurship. Teachers everywhere are doing some inventive things to make ends meet.

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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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Books I read in January 2021

Dangerously Irrelevant

Books I finished reading (or rereading) in January 2021… A Murder of Quality , John le Carré [detective]. Soothsayer , Mike Resnick [sci fi]. Oracle , Mike Resnick [sci fi]. Prophet , Mike Resnick [sci fi]. The Widowmaker Reborn , Mike Resnick [sci fi]. Acheron Inheritance , Ken Lozito [sci fi]. Free the Darkness , Kel Kade [fantasy]. Reign of Madness , Kel Kade [fantasy].

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What You Might Have Missed in January

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of January. Classes in Remote Teaching. 5 (free) Shortkey Posters. 9 Great Websites to Inspire 3rd Graders. Ten Most Important Keyboard Keys. Great Websites for Special Needs. Edtech Trends From 2020 And Beyond. Game-based Learning in Remote Teaching. 5 Fun Science Experiments Kids Do at Home. Public Domain Day and Happy New Year!

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IaaS Offers Critical Agility, Scale and Innovation for School Districts

EdTech Magazine

Last spring’s rapid shift to remote learning may have taken many education IT teams by surprise, but the technology supporting this shift has been gaining steam for years. As we look back at the many technical miracles pulled off by teachers and school technologists, it’s clear that many of them were only possible through the agility, flexibility and scalability benefits brought by cloud computing.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Yet schools are often structured to exclude students from marginalized communities. In many cases, without even realizing it, educators plan their curriculum without considering whether it includes the diverse backgrounds and identities of their students.

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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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Google Applied Digital Skills: 5 reasons why you should try this FREE curriculum

Ditch That Textbook

Google’s Applied Digital Skills Curriculum can be the refreshing resource you never knew you needed. Best of all, it’s easy to use and 100% free for everyone! This post is guest written by Sue Tranchina. Sue is a high school business-technology and video production teacher at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, NJ. […]. The post Google Applied Digital Skills: 5 reasons why you should try this FREE curriculum appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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#WorldReadAloudDay February 5

Ask a Tech Teacher

On Feb. 5, 2020, World Read Aloud Day celebrates the pure joy of oral reading with kids of all ages. Created by LitWorld , past years have found over 1 million people in 100 countries joining together to enjoy the power and wonder of reading aloud in groups or individually, at school or home, and discovering what it means to listen to a story told through the voice of another.

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TCEA 2021: Valuable Lessons for K–12 Learned During the Pandemic

EdTech Magazine

As part of the virtual TCEA 2021 conference that kicked off this week, three experts in educational technology discussed the biggest challenges for K–12 schools during the pandemic, the lessons they hope schools will remember and what advice they would share with district leaders. “Future Implications for Education Roundtable,” held on Tuesday, featured Joe Simone, vice president of education at CDW; Pete Koczera, senior manager for education strategy and transformation at CDW; and Anthony Salci

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Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

Edsurge

Being nerdy pays off, and soon there will be another education technology company on the public market. Nerdy, the parent company of Varsity Tutors , an online tutoring platform, will be acquired by TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, a special purpose acquisition company. The deal will give Nerdy a valuation of $1.7 billion, making it the first billion-dollar technology company based in St.

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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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Ten Keys to Affective School Leadership

EdNews Daily

By Jamie Bricker This is the latest article in a monthly series on the impact of Affective Leadership in the school system. Affective leadership is all about working with people, rather than trying to work through them or simply going around them. All stakeholders become far more invested in the school, when they feel genuinely valued, respected, and heard by administration.

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Tons of Awesome Icons to Insert in Your Google Docs, Slides, and Forms

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Flaticon's extension ' Icons for Slides and Docs' provides access to a treasure trove of visually appealing icons to integrate in your Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Forms, and Google Sheets.read more.

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TCEA 2021: A Texas District Tackles Security from the Inside Out

EdTech Magazine

Four years ago, IT leaders at the Pflugerville Independent School District, just north of Austin, were like many of their peers: believing the district was reasonably protected against cybersecurity risks, but not entirely certain. Their effort to reduce that uncertainty led to a multiyear effort to make PfISD fully secure — and to keep it that way.

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How Educators are Using the Exclusive Social Media App Clubhouse

Edsurge

Maybe you’ve heard the buzz, maybe you’re on the waitlist, or perhaps you’ve entered a few rooms. The new social media app Clubhouse is gaining traction across many industries as Influencers, celebrities , and marketing professionals are heading to the app to connect and collaborate. (If you’re lucky, you might even catch a performance of “ The Lion King.

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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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The Delicate Question of Teacher Digital Transition

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen Every teacher and school or district administrator with few exceptions believes you need to have a teacher for education to function, for kids to learn. Also, a physical place is a major part of the identity construct and EdTech is a tool but not an equal collaborator. It is subservient always to the human teacher. It is never, ever, a replacement of teacher functions.

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Other Data: 20 Signs You’re Actually Making A Difference As A Teacher

TeachThought - Learn better.

Teachers are given bar graphs on tests to show if they're actually making a difference but there are other data points you should consider. The post Other Data: 20 Signs You’re Actually Making A Difference As A Teacher appeared first on TeachThought.

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3 Tips for Better Device Management

EdTech Magazine

With remote and hybrid learning at an all-time high, device management has taken on increased importance in K–12. Here are three tips to enhance your district’s device management and help keep everything under control.

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Empowering Teachers as Learning Engineers (Without Adding More Work)

Edsurge

When we reflect on how the pandemic disrupted education, we’ll think about the resiliency of our teachers, who were challenged like never before to connect with students in new ways to keep learning going in the face of nationwide school closures. But it hasn’t come without a cost. A recent NEA survey found that 28 percent of educators reported that they were more likely to leave the profession.

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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.