Digital Promise

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The post Bridging the Digital Divide: A Path to Empowerment for Underserved Learners appeared first on Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Nation-state adversaries and cybercriminals continue to launch cyberattacks at an unmatched pace across all industries, and the education sector is in their crosshairs. Education is among the most heavily targeted sectors due to its vast stores of valuable data and its comparatively weak security measures. Adversaries are aware of the personal data that schools, district offices, libraries and other targets hold, as well as the security shortcomings that create a low barrier to entry.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The post How One District is Scaling Student Tech Teams to Support Sustainable Technology Systems appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The post How My Students Turned a Challenge into an Opportunity for Innovation appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Can a high school freshman be goal-oriented? Should they—or is this too early? Though many deliberate, no one yet has invented a time machine to unring the proverbial bell. And high school requires the ringing of many academic, social and economic bells. Many future-shaping decisions become final based on these four years. Zoe, like your sons and daughters, is thinking about which college she wants to attend.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 27, 2024

One of the best aspects of the work my team and I at Aspire Change EDU do is getting into leaders as part of the coaching process. During this time, we begin to collect qualitative evidence aligned with growth opportunities that they have set during initial meetings. No matter where our travels take us, one of the most common areas districts and schools want to improve is shifting from compliance to student engagement.

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Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Let the Halloween classroom fun commence! If you’re looking for some quick, creative Halloween fun, these activity ideas can help …1. A Halloween “add and pass” activity (and template!)Get this Halloween “add and pass” activity here.Students get a Halloween-themed image — something fun you can create easily with an AI image generator. One of them […] The post 10 fun, techy Halloween classroom ideas appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 2-7th: Coaching or Mentoring BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free Do any of these sound like you? Your kindergartners don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or many other techie words mean but you need to teach them to keyboard, internet, and become digital citizens.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Do new AI tools like ChatGPT actually understand language the same way that humans do? It turns out that even the inventors of these new large language models are debating that very question — and the answer will have huge implications for education and for all aspects of society if this technology can get to a point where it achieves what is known as Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Known sometimes as “the lockdown guy,” John McDonald’s experiences make him a valuable asset for K–12 schools preparing for or responding to a crisis. He spent 14 years as the executive director of school safety for Colorado’s Jeffco Public Schools — the district that’s home to Columbine High School — where he helped create an incident command system.

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Searching for innovative ways to deliver integrated STEAM education that also help students attain industry-ready skills? Then this punchy 30-minute thought leadership webinar is for you. Join fellow education leaders as we share: National data on STEAM performance and student engagement that indicates post-pandemic learners are craving inspired intervention 10 research-backed reasons why game design is the leading method for practically teaching integrated STEAM education An inside look at live

Education

Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This post is sponsored by Brisk TeachingAs teachers, we have all sorts of learning resources for our students -- documents, web pages, slide decks, YouTube videos, and more.Getting students to consume our content -- and understand it -- and know how to apply it?That's the tricky part. With Brisk Boost, it's easy to add an interactive […] The post Transform any online resource into interactive learning with Brisk Boost appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In about half the world–mostly those where people live under socialism, communism, dictators, or autocracies–law and order is decided for the people. In the 1700’s, when the brand new United States of America, newly liberated from the British aristocratic rule that relied on Kings and Queens, wrote its very first Constitution and Bill of Rights, it decided to establish a system of government by the people.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The arrival of the ultrawide display with 21:9 aspect ratio is reshaping how we conduct meetings. These innovative displays provide significantly larger screen real estate, enhancing the meeting experience by offering more space for content display. This reduces the need for multiple screens, boosting efficiency and streamlining presentations. Read on to discover how a 21:9 ultrawide display can elevate your meetings or explore the ViewSonic ultrawide interactive display (touchscreen) or ultr

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2024

What difference did $190 billion make for student success coming out of the COVID-19 health crisis? Not as much as you might think. An ESSER spending analysis by Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University found some puzzling instances where funneling more money into a pandemic-worsened problem didn’t help schools recover. The data ultimately points to no “silver bullet” in spending aimed at improving students’ academic performance since the pandemic, says Marguerite Roza, director of Edunomics Lab.

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Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Some of us saw the warning signs. For others, it had to hit the news before they realized. Unhealthy relationships between kids and artificial intelligence? It’s a threat. In essence: the relationships we build and maintain with artificial intelligences can …influence us into bad decisionsimpact our human relationshipstake us down a dark and twisty road that we […] The post Protecting kids from unhealthy AI relationships appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Key points: It is critical to monitor AI systems for bias and impact on student groups AI use guide helps students navigate AI in learning AI’s transformative role in accessibility For more news on AI and bias, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In the quickly evolving landscape of AI, education stands at the forefront. New AI tools are emerging daily for educators and students; from AI tutors to curriculum creators, the AI education market is surging.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The post Full Steam Ahead with Badge Engine: Introducing Our New Open-Source Badging Technology appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. Dual enrollment is exploding. During the 2022-23 school year, nearly 2.5 million high school students took college classes, simultaneously earning high school and college credits.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Role of Gamification in Modern Education Gamification is used in many fields and industries. It is meant to promote customer loyalty in business: ” Find a discount among our 5 latest emails to get 50% off dedicated server hosting.” It’s a little different in education. Gamification in education aims to provide a more interactive learning experience for students while providing evidence of their progress through rewards.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Key points: Robotics may seem intimidating, but student engagement will soar Bringing robots to early education classrooms in rural Nevada Robotics plays a key role in early STEM education For more news on robotics, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub In my role as the school library media specialist and enrichment teacher at Garfield Elementary School , I was researching student-centered robotics products for K-2 students last year when my school won a grant from Montclair State University.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Michelle Russell recently revisited random grouping for her math students and found the environment was much better. Students were talking more together, and there was more work being done during discovery activities and concept practice. Included: a free grouping card site. The post Random Groups for Math Discovery and Practice first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In my career as an arts educator and school administrator, I have met countless families whose children are excited to embark on a college education focused on filmmaking or acting. The parents are often less excited than their children, however: They seem both apprehensive and determined to steer their children to more “practical” pursuits. Given the financial realities regularly confronted by the arts and the high cost of postsecondary education, a bit of hesitation may be natural.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Help Students Think Critically About News With These 20 Questions This post was originally published in 2019 and updated in 2024 by Terrell Heick 1. In the article, headline, or social share, ‘who’ is saying ‘what’? That is, what specific author and publication are making what kind of claim about what topic or ideas? 2. Is what’s being stated or claimed fact or opinion?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This story originally appeared on the University of Georgia’s site and is reposted here with permission. Key points: Virtual reality offers learning beyond just verbal communications 3 AR/VR resources that nurture student curiosity Reaching the 4Cs with 3D and virtual reality For more on VR in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Multilingual students face unique challenges that can hurt their performance in school.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Rather than despairing over grammar mistakes in their corrected papers, Jason DeHart suggests students can succeed in ELA by noting the varieties of sentences, talking about their impact on the narrative, and describing the feelings and actions these stylistic choices evoke. The post Reframing Our Focus on Correcting the Language first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

LOCKHART, Texas — Sometime last year, Alfonso Sifuentes was on a bus tour as part of a chamber of commerce’s efforts to map out the future of the bustling Central Texas region south of Austin where he lives and works. There was chatter about why San Marcos, a suburb along one stretch of the Interstate 35 corridor, had little interest in a proposed expansion of Austin Community College into that area.

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The Thinking Stick

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On this week we speak with Dr. Federica Fornaciari, who is a Professor, a researcher, a children’s book author, and the Academic Program Director for the MA in Strategic Communications at National University. She received a doctorate in Communication with a concentration in Electronic Security and Privacy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication from Marshall University.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Key points: Industry 5.0 features synergy between human ingenuity and machine precision A surefire way to make science relevant to kids The exposure gap is blocking students’ ability to envision future careers For more on the future of STEM, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub The global workforce is transforming, propelled by the dawn of the Fifth Industrial Revolution–commonly referred to as Industry 5.0.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Tone As A Cause And Effect Of Learning by Terrell Heick In 20 Words That Can Affect How Students Think, , we said “Tone affects how students see themselves and their role in the learning process. In fact, a student’s own ongoing internal dialogue and thoughts about themselves and their self-identity as learners isn’t just a ‘factor’ in learning but one of the single most important factors.” This is central to the principle and practice of Social-Emotional Learning (and strategies for

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2024

There’s a lot to consider when deciding where to apply to college. Tuition costs, financial aid offerings and student loans are high on the list, but so are questions about campus culture and free speech policies. We’ve created a whole suite of tools with brand new data that can answer your questions and help you research what life might be like at thousands of colleges and universities across the country.

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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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