Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2020

One of the many facets that makes the decision challenging is that many students don’t find as much success in an online environment as they do in a traditional classroom. It is important to note that teachers and schools offered from March through May was, in most cases, not best practice online learning. AP class support.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 27, 2017

I’ve also taught refugees who came to class in the same clothes everyday. Not all students have access to the best technology, but the majority can and will find ways to use technology and connect with others on the Internet. They are my posts from ESL Library and Sprout English where I blog regularly.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

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. That’s where culturally responsive teaching comes in.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. The gregarious students no longer take over the class and the quiet ones are not ignored in their silence. The popular kid gets no more recognition than the wallflower.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As an educator and an edtech enthusiast with years of experience both in the classroom and in reviewing educational technology tools, I’ve always been passionate about finding tools that can transform our teaching and learning experiences. Its integration with other Google services makes it a versatile tool for managing classes.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. And it's starting with U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

TeachingBooks also was awarded the “Common Sense Selection for Learning” as a best-in-class resource for both students and educators. million students. The response from our public libraries and schools has been phenomenal and we look forward to providing the resources to Missourians for a long time.”. “The

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity. Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse. Education now is 24/7.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

There are those who bristle at the thought of a digital activity as sport. Educators know that taking part in extracurricular activities boosts student success. Studies have definitely shown that students who are involved in extracurricular activities are more successful in a number of ways. Esports are here to stay.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. I recently taught my students about budgets and they were so grateful! Teach students the things that matter during financial literacy month and beyond! Is it helpful? Should it be blocked?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In my high school teacher forums, as part of the discussion on preparing kids for college and career, we talk a lot about the huge shortfall in applicants for a growing list of tech jobs. How do we get kids excited about careers that traditionally sound boring and math-oriented? Often the choice depends upon the student’s goals.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 24, 2020

It’s a greeting we should all be asking today as our students face a new normal of “shelter in place.” Vast numbers of teachers, administrators, students, and their families and caregivers had to quickly pivot from their typical routines to having students take their work home due to the widespread impact of COVID-19.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Our students live in a world saturated with all kinds of news. As parents and teachers we need to make sure our kids and students do not fall for such news and that they are empowered with the necessary media literacy skills to help them safely navigate this fake-news-infected world.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hate it or love – technology in education is here to stay. There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic. The data on this is clear.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Interactive whiteboards are a technological leap similar to the leap to the first blackboard, and is set to revolutionize education. Keep reading on to learn more about how interactive whiteboards are reshaping education or check out how ViewSonic is creating engaging spaces using all forms of EdTech.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

CLEVELAND – TeachingBooks.net today announced a unique collaboration with Pear Deck , providing expanded opportunities for student engagement and learning. When used with the Sora student reading app , a complete interactive literacy experience is created that engages students of all ages and provides unique learning opportunities.

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Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Bringing music into your classroom can not only make lessons more engaging, it may also promote cognitive and social-emotional advantages for your students. Read on to learn more about the emotional and academic benefits of musical education. Read on to learn more about the emotional and academic benefits of musical education.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2017

Mentor Public Schools is a suburban district 20 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio, which serves 7,650 preK-12 students across 42 square miles. million dollar grant from the Ohio Department of Education’s Straight A Fund , the district remade 65 classrooms in six months with state-of-the-art technology and furniture. As a result of a $13.8

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Like millions of teachers around the country, Katie Gardner is still adjusting to an online workflow—and so are the families of her students. says some students don’t have robust access to technology, so not all of them are able to participate. It’s a big reason why she believes in making sure students feel seen for what they can do.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Kids aren’t born knowing the part community and friendship play in their lives. It’s interesting that some variation of “kindness” is included in most non-academic measures of what students should learn in school, including Habits of Mind , a Growth Mindset , and Mindfulness (click links for further discussion).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. This placed the responsibility for learning on the students, using teacher-prescribed methods, even though decades of research screamed that lots of kids perform better with images than pages filled with black-and-white text.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Then, Clear Creek Independent School District librarians Shirley Dickey, Laura Gladney-Lemon and Mindy Hutt began to see the real educational value in their MakerBot machines. 7 session at the Texas Computer Education Association Convention & Exposition. “The Thu, 02/08/2018 - 11:00. 3D Printing Can Impact Every Subject.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

But all too often kids’ potential love of reading gets ground to dust during the process of reading and literacy development -- this can be especially true for kids who need extra support. All of this is to say: digital library apps need to be really, really good. Our selections Best overall: Epic!

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Watching videos and interacting with visual media are engaging ways to help students learn. What are the best video streaming services for schools? And of course, how can I help my students learn as much as possible from movies and videos? Use movies and videos to enhance students' learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students who use Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, iPads, or any other device can now create books with this versatile, easy-to-use app. Right now, my students are creating books about their heroes. Standards: I’m using this project as a summary of all the graphic design lessons that I’ve taught my students, everything from color to fonts.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2021

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) announced an agreement with OverDrive Education to provide access to online books to every K-12 student in the state. Students use their school credentials to read required and recreational digital books in the Sora student reading app.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

More recently, governments in Japan and South Korea have kept students home. More recently, governments in Japan and South Korea have kept students home. And from Singapore to Vietnam, classes are canceled. It sounds like a drastic measure: moving every school to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s been a couple of years since my tech teacher advice column “Dear Otto” got its first question about classroom digital assistants like Google Home and Amazon Alexa. adults own about 100 million of these AI-powered speakers with close to fifteen percent of sales going to education. What is a digital assistant?

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EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 27, 2021

We’ll cover the benefits of incorporating tech tools in the classroom, where to start, and some of the best resources. We’ll cover the benefits of incorporating tech tools in the classroom, where to start, and some of the best resources. Students are more tech-savvy, but in order to keep up, teachers have to be as well.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 16, 2018

What can I do in my position to change outcomes for kids? But, we do have a lot of say about what happens within the walls of our classroom and whether or not ALL of our students feel welcome, safe, and successful. The best way to identify our biases is by taking an inward look at ourselves and being honest about what we discover.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Naturally, this begs to ask the question: Is the most vocal person always the one with the best ideas? “Quiet people have the loudest minds,”- Stephen Hawking. About two weeks ago, via LinkedIn, I shared Josh Steimle’s book review of Susan Cain ’s bestseller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

While I have always wanted to be a parent, I've never wanted to homeschool my kids. At the university where I teach, a number of our students come from a home schooling environment. This educational context, so different from my own growing up, has always intrigued me. Their actual teachers are amazing.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast There is a big push to minimize screen time for kids because it is often equated to mindless, passive, and static engagement. However, flipping the script (or “flipping the screen”), screen time can be engaging, stimulating, and most importantly, educational. A study from the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

I subscribe to lots of technology-in-education forums (here’s a list of my trusted education advisors ) and attend as many webinars as I can. In this way, I push outside of my bubble, away from my comfort zone, and along the way, discover some pretty amazing tools that I can’t wait to use in my classes. In W.O.R.D.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

CLEVELAND – September 1, 2021 – To help schools meet growing demand for digital content without increasing budget, OverDrive Education donated over 280 juvenile and young adult titles to more than 50,000 schools around the world. Sora is the leading student reading app for schools worldwide.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 10, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Where’s the best place for summer learning? As the achievement gap has widened over the past quarter century, educators have increasingly focused on summer pastimes as both a key factor and a solution. Hint: Don’t look far.).

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

Many of the nation’s schools are now closed—some indefinitely—leaving educators and communities with more questions than answers. Chief among them: How will families and students cope with closures? And how can schools roll out effective remote learning plans in a short amount of time? PT / 2 p.m.

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