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Keeping It Simple: 10 Timeless Fundamentals Of Teaching

TeachThought - Learn better.

It is better to teach our teachers how to teach and how to learn for themselves than teach them dated, finite information. The post Keeping It Simple: 10 Timeless Fundamentals Of Teaching appeared first on TeachThought.

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Cost remains the top barrier to higher education

eSchool News

The cost of college, including the expense of living and the cost of tuition and course materials, is the biggest barrier to post-secondary education for students. Not surprisingly, current, future and students who dropped out say “free college” would have the single biggest impact on them finishing or returning to post-secondary education, according to the Barriers to Post-Secondary Education Report from Cengage Group , a global education technology company.

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What is contract cheating? What does it have to do with academic integrity?

Turnitin

In this blog post we define contract cheating and how it impacts student work and the educational journey

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How School Districts Can Successfully Shift to the Cloud

EdTech Magazine

Two years ago, IT Manager Harry Doctor Jr. needed to improve disaster recovery at West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. Weather was his main concern. The New Jersey district’s two data centers were only 1.5 miles apart, so if a hurricane or another disaster took down one facility, it would likely also take out the other. “We have had tornadoes, hurricanes and other acts of God,” Doctor recalls.

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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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Artificial Intelligence in Education: Anecdotal Evidence

Ask a Tech Teacher

Artificial Intelligence has made its way into our classrooms. Good or bad, only time will tell but some early reports say there are some real positives about using AI-powered program to boost literacy. Here’s an article from Hechinger Report , a national nonprofit newsroom that reports only on education, that’s pretty interesting: Can an AI tutor teach your child to read?

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5 Reasons to include micro learning in your teaching strategy

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published in Education Technology , on April 17, 2021. Researchers and educators have always tried to optimize how we consume knowledge by looking at the realities of the learning brain. We now know that students learn better when learning is spread out over time. This is called the spacing effect , a term coined by the renowned memory scientist Hermann Ebbinghaus.

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Amid Tight Budgets, Districts Are Using IT Investments to Boost the Bottom Line

EdTech Magazine

Lee County School District in Florida faced a crisis: Its legacy phone system operator was ending support for the product. That meant making a big investment in a new system. However, instead of the anticipated cost drain, transitioning to a new system turned out to be a boon to the district’s bottom line. The cost-saving secret is one that CIO Dwayne Alton loves to share.

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Using Tech Wisely in your Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

With everything going on–remote and hybrid teaching, worries about COVID safety, stress of adapting to seminal changes in education–it’s easy to forget that technology is a huge plus. The challenge is to keep it simple, safe, and sane. APN News has a great article on tools that make that possible. Here’s a peek: Top 5 online learning tools for a healthy development of your children’s mind in 2021.

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4 Digital tools for creating animated videos for students

Neo LMS

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but how about a video? Images have always been used to convey meaning and make information easier to remember. Since videos are chains of images more or less animated, we can safely say they are more so full of meaning. In teaching, videos are now an inherent part of the resources and materials we choose to present information, generate a thought flow, stimulate critical thinking, spark curiosity and foster creativity.

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Watching Them Learn

User Generated Education

I have been very intentional in the public school teaching jobs I have chosen. First I was a PE teacher, now I am a gifted education teacher. I chose these jobs because I believe in active, hands-on, and joyful learning. I love being able to provide them with learning experiences not based on preparing them for toxic tests, but on how humans learn naturally outside of school settings.

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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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Preventive Assessments Are Crucial for Smart School Data Security

EdTech Magazine

Most IT leaders are all too aware of the troubling rise in ransomware and other cyberattacks on K–12 districts. Remote and hybrid learning during the pandemic made schools more vulnerable as classes moved online, and the reliance on digital devices and remote networks for education continues to grow. The national K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center reported 408 publicly disclosed cyber incidents in 2020, including student and staff data breaches, malware outbreaks, denial of service attacks, phis

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Getting up to Speed: Teacher Prep and Technology Integration

Ask a Tech Teacher

We know technology is a challenge for veteran teachers. It wasn’t part of their teacher training program so they rely on school PD to fill the many holes in blending tech with education. What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements.

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15 Classroom Activities, Books, and Resources for Native American Heritage Month

Waterford

November is National Native American Heritage Month! Declared a federal event in 1990 , this awareness month is a great reminder to make sure your curriculum includes Indigenous history, current events, and culture. We’ve rounded up a few of the best ways to celebrate Native American Heritage Month with your students. Plus, read on to the end for recommendations on the best books about Native American people and communities to read with elementary students.

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Think Digital Native Means Digitally Literate? Think Again.

Edsurge

Aigner Picou, a program director at the Learning Agency Lab, spent a lot of time talking to teachers in 2020. She was part of a team researching how to build a better writing feedback tool. Think of programs that can automatically generate suggestions or scores for students based on their writing. During those conversations, Picou started hearing teachers describe the same challenge over and over again.

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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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How Threat Intelligence Improves K–12 Cybersecurity

EdTech Magazine

Security products such as intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) and endpoint protection platform (EPP) software suites have always presented a problem for security teams: What should be done with all the information about threats and attacks flooding their consoles? Big companies with huge budgets can afford to tackle this question, but for everyone else — including K­–12 districts of all sizes — it remains a conundrum.

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Remote Learning Varies Around the Country

Ask a Tech Teacher

Remote learning used to be for snow days or virtual schools–alternatives to the traditional. Now, all public schools are coming up with remote learning plans. But they vary. Here’s a great article in K-12 Dive on that subject: Geography, socioeconomics created significant variation in pandemic learning plans. Remote learning plans filed by school districts last year in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming varied by connectivity, geography and poverty levels, according to a repo

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Passing Heroes and Thoughts for a New Generation

EdNews Daily

By Charles Sosnik My heroes have always been cowboys And they still are, it seems Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of Themselves and their slow-movin’ dreams –Willie Nelson America lost a hero this week, and I lost one of my personal heroes. Sadly, with age, this is happening more and more frequently. I remember meeting General Colin Powell.

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Teachers Are Sharing Their Worst Mistakes to Help Others Feel Less Alone

Edsurge

We all make mistakes. But for educators, mistakes can be particularly hard to deal with. For one thing, they can have big consequences—after all, a teacher’s role is to help shape young minds. And living with mistakes made in the classroom can feel lonely, since there’s a culture in education that prizes showing teachers at their best, and glossing over some of the biggest challenges.

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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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vCISOs Eliminate Cybersecurity Staffing Gaps for Vulnerable K–12 Districts

EdTech Magazine

Cybersecurity professionals are in high demand. Employers in all industries are looking for security experts to help them protect valuable data in their systems. For K–12 institutions, it is frequently the personally identifiable information of minors that needs protection. Student addresses, health records and Social Security numbers are just some examples of the information bad actors could access in a successful cyberattack.

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A New Era of #SpecialEducation–a video

Ask a Tech Teacher

Illuminate Education has an interesting video (on-demand) about Navigating a New Era of Special Education. Here’s a preview: Research shows that more students will not meet grade-level benchmarks this fall due to COVID learning disruptions. In this on-demand webinar, experts provide guidance on how to ensure students receive adequate supports while reducing unnecessary special education referrals.

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Trigger An Action from Google Sheets

Teacher Tech

Automate tasks you do in Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, Forms, etc. Setting a trigger is the easy part! The post Trigger An Action from Google Sheets appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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What Education’s Unequal, K-Shaped Recovery Really Looks Like

Edsurge

Earlier this year, I mused that COVID-19 and the resulting reliance on distance learning would be a catalyst for radical innovation. We were at a precipice of change and there was an imperative to innovate. However, come fall, we’ve realized we’re a sector stretched thin. Recently, a local reporter called me to ask which school districts took hold of the necessity-born innovations of the pandemic and translated them into transformation at scale.

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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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3 Important Resources to Help You Integrate Project Based Learning in Your Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Project based learning is a pedagogical methodology that seeks to engage students in meaningful and authentic learning experiences using 'academically-rich classroom projects'. At the core of.read more.

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3 Ways To Foster Digital Citizenship in Schools

Ask a Tech Teacher

#ISTE had an interesting discussion on how to foster digital citizenship in schools. This is especially critical because students are spending so much more time than ever before online. Here’s a peak at their conversation and then a link to the rest: 3 Ways To Foster Digital Citizenship in Schools. For teachers, it can be difficult to know when and how to instill digital citizenship skills.

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Poster – Google Keep Keyboard Shortcuts

Teacher Tech

Print out this keyboard shortcuts poster for Google Keep to help you Keep your ideas even faster. The post Poster – Google Keep Keyboard Shortcuts appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Once Worth $3B, Online Tutoring Giant VIPKid Will End Flagship Program in China

Edsurge

Online education giant VIPKid, a Beijing-based tutoring platform that has raised $1.1 billion in capital since its founding and was at one point valued at over $3 billion, will end its flagship education program in China by early next month. The announcement, which first appeared on the company’s online teacher portal on Oct. 15, comes after months of tumult and change in the multibillion-dollar online tutoring industry, precipitated by new education regulations from the Chinese government that

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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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PROOF POINTS: What research tells us about gifted education

The Hechinger Report

New York City is overhauling its gifted and talented program. Existing programs across the nation tend to admit few Black and Latino students and they often don’t show evidence of helping students learn more. Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images). After years of discussion, New York City announced in October 2021 that it is overhauling gifted and talented programs, eliminating the testing of thousands of 4-year olds and the city’s separate education system of schools and classrooms

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Some Helpful Math Resources for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The Math section in the Wide Open School features a plethora of educational resources ideal to use with students in class or in remote learning settings. These resources include free math.read more.

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Seating Chart Slides by Schoolytics

Teacher Tech

Create a seating chart in Google Slides by importing your roster from a Google Doc. This free Add-on Seating Chart Slides by Schoolytics automates this. The post Seating Chart Slides by Schoolytics appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Where There’s a Willing Educator, There’s a Way

Edsurge

Throughout the pandemic, educators, students and families have worked together to figure out how to keep students on track to achievement. Most have found that traditional modes of monitoring progress and improving academic performance do not suffice in this unique crisis. Students have been experiencing challenges with access to instructional content like never before.

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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.