Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A functioning democracy depends on an informed public. The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. But the big question is: of what quality is that information?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But this contest has felt different, says Todd Flory, a fourth grade teacher at Wheatland Elementary School in Andover, Kan. It can be an exercise in empathy and self-recognition. It’s important to discuss our biases, and how they color how we interpret what we see in the coverage about the election.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2018

Mike Lawrence, a current organizer of the longest running student media festival in the country, shares how to set up and run your own media festival. With a big hat tip to our mutual friend Hall Davidson who started this event, we learn the ins and outs of student media festival and how you can “steal” their ideas and run your own!

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In a fairly short time, amazing innovations like iPads, laptops, and smartphones have opened up a new world of information for students of all ages. Benefit #1: Makes Students More Engaged and Helps Them Retain Information. This is just as true for the elementary classroom as it is for the lecture hall. Picture a bored student.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

AI provides students with almost instant feedback that they find useful and helps them understand how to grow as writers. For example, in a math class, AI can discern individual strengths and weaknesses, presenting targeted exercises to enhance specific skills. This approach fosters a more interactive and engaged learning experience.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Experience tells us there are three key features that, taken together, contribute to successful SEL and whole-child outcomes in elementary and middle school. As you think about where and how to invest your SEL dollars this school year, every solution you consider should meet, at minimum, these three criteria. #1 The good news?

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User Generated Education

MAY 16, 2020

I do so in my college classes as well as in my elementary gifted classes. Students develop awareness of others’ emotions—and how to respond to them: When students share their emotions during the check-in, they give their classmates a snapshot of their emotional state. The 10 to 15 minutes it takes is so worth the class time.

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ProfHacker

JUNE 18, 2015

I’ve written here about using accessible tools such as Twine , Twine 2.0 , Inform 7 , and Inklewriter to create everything from games to interactive essays and digital humanities projects. Do you have a favorite exercise for getting students started with interactive storytelling? Share your tips in the comments. [

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 4, 2020

Bersani , a STEAM teacher at Blue Academy Elementary School, used the Codelicious computer science curriculum to teach her fourth-grade students how to write their initials in binary code using beads and bracelets. Unplugged activities introduce students to programming through exercises that can be done offline. For example, Ms.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 19, 2020

Bersani , a STEAM teacher at Blue Academy Elementary School, used the Codelicious computer science curriculum to teach her fourth-grade students how to write their initials in binary code using beads and bracelets. Unplugged activities introduce students to programming through exercises that can be done offline. For example, Ms.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Students have a single source of information for assignments, parents can see missing assignments and student progress, and educators are more easily able to manage digital assignments and communication. I am also going to assume you know your login information for Google that has been provided to you by your school or IT department.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 29, 2016

One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. Students gather information using the web and are taught to reference and give credit to their resources. They made commercials highlighting the information gathered from their resources. She rocked it!

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 4, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. How to use ChatGPT for Personalized Learning For primary grades, ChatGPT can help build basic skills in math, reading, and writing.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The problems these educators wrestle with daily are no longer merely academic exercises. Many lead K-12 programs and are grappling with issues such as technology access and equity, when and how to open schools safely, preparing teachers to instruct online and union demands for teacher safety. Public education will never be the same.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 16, 2019

One resolution my elementary students and I are setting is to be more healthy with our digital use. Although the article only mentions computers, I let students know the information also applies to using mobile devices, game consoles, iPads and tablets. .” – Laurie Colwin. I teach technology to 450+ second to fifth graders.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

How can we as educators ensure we are finding and sharing accurate information? He’s the head of the education team of the News Literacy Project , a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age. As information abounds, so does misinformation.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

She was in sixth grade at Lakewood Elementary School in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, when the pandemic began in the spring. “A Evelyn Livingston, 12, on her experience last spring as a sixth grader at Lakewood Elementary School in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. Sandage plays soccer on his school’s team and hopes to study exercise science in college.

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Waterford

MARCH 31, 2020

Because approximately 1 in 59 students are diagnosed with autism, learning how to help students with this disorder in the classroom is so important.[1] Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that causes hypersensitivity to sights, sounds, and other sensory information. Communication issues. Social impairment.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

have an accurate science education, has been guiding teachers on how to handle politically fraught issues like evolution and climate change for years. Then they received training in how to teach the lessons in their classes so they could launch the series this school year.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Doug Worthen guided his small class of ninth graders at Middlesex School through an exercise designed to focus their attention. In one study in Chicago of almost 200 elementary public school students, listening to 10 minutes of audio-recorded mindfulness daily for eight weeks improved students’ grades in reading and science.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 20, 2019

In order to familiarize students with STEM concepts, it must be introduced at an early age, preferably from the elementary level. Many schools have implemented STEM programs from the elementary level. Related: How to Create Digital Textbooks in 5 Easy Steps. Related: Will eBooks Change K-12 Education.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It’s wonderful to encourage the joy of reading, but oftentimes kids will fill out reading logs with basic information. Math mystery puzzles An elementary educator in Texas created interactive math activities for learners. How do you learn how to use Google Sheets?

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 12, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. How to use ChatGPT as a Writing Assistant ChatGPT is a better writer when prompts are specific. Check out our first tip here!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Through this interactive video game, students learn to identify advertising and understand its messages with the goal of becoming informed, discerning consumers. Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It’s time we looked at the 2020 presidential race not as one that is too contentious to touch, but rather as an exercise in how to teach controversial issues. It’s time we looked at the 2020 presidential race not as one that is too contentious to touch, but rather as an exercise in how to teach controversial issues.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2023

How to join the waitlist. Winner: ChatGPT Revisions On thing I particularly liked about Google Bard is how it will show you three drafts of answers for each question. I continued to go back to their Safety page, but in many ways, the concerns included and raised in the Asilomar principles were lacking in how they are spelled out.

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Digital Promise

JULY 19, 2018

How can teachers make an immediate difference in their classes? For educators who want to know how to take this information and apply it directly to their teaching, there are relevant, accessible materials. “We all use language,” one STEM teacher recognized, “whether it’s in the directions we give or the handouts we use.”.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 15, 2019

This type of data can help educators, parents, or policy makers better understand how students interact with technology, particularly how to create a healthy relationship with it. For example, teachers should be aware of how to create a balance between using devices in the classroom and engaging in offline activities.

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User Generated Education

MAY 6, 2018

When students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High debated gun control in class last November, they never imagined they were preparing to lead a national discussion on how to prevent school shootings. Every public high school and middle school in the county has a debate program, along with more than two dozen elementary schools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We work with teachers and administrators to create life-long learning patterns in students, whether that’s by curating resources for classroom research projects or by coming into the classroom to teach a lesson on how to do research themselves. A lesson on how to create a podcast. A lesson on how to create a podcast.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Credit: Reba Saldanha/AP There are deep shortages of workers in information technology fields, according to the labor market analytics firm Lightcast, which says that there were more than 4 million job postings over the last year in the United States for software developers, database administrators and computer user support specialists.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Across town, but in the same school district, teacher Alicia Simba leads 13 students, all 4-year-olds, in a breathing exercise in her classroom. billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. But do principals know how to support them?

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 5, 2014

I often post assignments for either in-class exercises or vacation homework. The sites are "social media" and serve the great function of connecting the community & helping to create transparent learning environments. Blogs - Teachers have blogs for student writing. These posts are both technical in nature as well as writing focused.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 19, 2021

In a New York Times article this past April, entitled " How to Help Your Adolescent Think About the Last Year ," writer Judith Warner notes that: "On and offline, parents are trading stories — poignant and painful — about all of the ways that they fear their middle schoolers are losing ground."

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Chief among those is determining how to support students with special educational needs. There are some services that educators and families must figure out how to offer in a home setting. Speech pathologists generally check for physiological problems and suggest exercises based on those findings. More than half of U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 7, 2023

Are you anxious that your child isn't living up to their potential, but you're not sure how to support them? Do you worry that your child fell behind during COVID, but you don't know how to help them catch up? Please forward where appropriate! Are you tired of nagging and hovering, but worried that if you stop, your child will fail?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2021

. — Principal Christy Walters has big plans for her suburban elementary school this year. She wants to build on what she learned last year — better ways to stay in touch with families and help meet their needs, more effective strategies for recruiting and retaining a diverse staff, and new ideas on how to organize lessons to engage students.

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