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In 2024, education will build systems that champion the science of reading

eSchool News

Here are a few specific predictions about what that could look like in 2024 for policymakers, schools and districts, educators, and publishers. Educators Educators, including teachers, specialists, and practitioners, have been an essential driving force in the movement to know more about the science of reading.

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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we welcome Billy Krakower, a nationally recognized educator with 16 years of experience and a passion for bringing technology and creativity into the classroom. Training and Founding Partner at Evolving Educators. AIforEducators.

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New Certification Rewards Education Products Backed by Research

Edsurge

In an effort to help educators, parents and other education technology consumers make better choices about the products they use, Digital Promise spent the last year developing a “research-based design” product certification. ISTE (EdSurge’s parent organization) offers a “seal” for products that align to its pedagogical standards.

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Emerging from the fog of our pandemic school years to look toward a true reimagining of education

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Teachers are coming out of the fog that has blinded and consumed education for the past two or so years. Consider the true affront to education that happened when learning was interrupted. Mental health needs to be at the front of any disruptive charge or change to education. Pause for a second and consider this information.

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OER / ZTC Advocates Have an AI Problem

Iterating Toward Openness

At some point over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) advocacy in US higher education became zero textbook costs (ZTC) advocacy. The idea of “zero textbook costs” makes a kind of sense when you believe that the ideal instructional materials are books.

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Vet What You Buy

A Principal's Reflections

If something an educator created is pedagogically-sound, then, by all means, let’s get it in the hands of as many teachers as possible while making some cash in the process. Here is where educators have to be critical observers and consumers when something is purchased to support or enhance the curriculum in the classroom.

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Generative Textbooks

Iterating Toward Openness

I continue to try to imagine ways generative AI can impact teaching and learning, including learning materials like textbooks. Earlier this week I started wondering – what if, in the future, educators didn’t write textbooks at all? What if, instead, we only wrote structured collections of highly crafted prompts?

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