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HP Teaching Fellows Support Students with Social-Emotional Learning

Digital Promise

Tara Bova is a second grade teacher at Barbara Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a member of her school’s Trauma-Informed Team, Tara is a passionate advocate for SEL in classrooms and uses talking circles, restorative circles, and mindfulness exercises daily to refocus and help her students feel safe and grounded.

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Teaching Fellows Guide Educators in Integrating AI for Enhanced Student Engagement

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. — Sebastian Basualto The Reinvent the Classroom initiative, a collaborative effort by Digital Promise in partnership with HP, Microsoft and Intel, stands at the forefront of this movement, aimed at transforming education through the strategic use of technology. This approach fosters a more interactive and engaged learning experience.

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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

Last fall, Microsoft also introduced a batch of relatively affordable mixed reality headsets that cut down the number of sensors needed to provide an immersive experience. In the vein of VR, Lynch also notes that virtual laboratories, which allow students to try lab exercises with no pressure of getting it right, will likely start to emerge.

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GitHub?s New Education Bundle Equips Students With Industry-Standard Coding Tools

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Still, GitHub may prove a difficult learning curve for coding beginners and elementary-grade classes where introductory lessons tend to focus on individual exercises and projects (like making games), notes Vaidyanathan. billion acquisition offer from Microsoft. The deal is expected to be finalized later this year.

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The Mental Health Crisis Causing Teachers to Quit

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I didn’t have time to exercise. Along with anxiety, Charlene Boles, an elementary teacher in Westminster, Colorado, had headaches, stomach problems and a racing heartbeat she could never quite explain. I didn’t have time to exercise. Most nights after work, she would sit alone for hours to try and get into a better headspace.

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How to Go Back to School, Higher-Ed Leadership Edition

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I am a former high-tech executive with an MBA, turned severe special needs elementary educator, mother of 7 (4 in college, 3 in high school) who is looking at that next step in my career. There are also exercises to practice the art of the academic citation. Download this sample tools audit and customize it to meet your needs.

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Global Education Conference 2017 #globaled17

The CoolCatTeacher

Currently an education consultant advising a variety of organizations, Lucy Gray previously taught elementary grade levels in Chicago Public Schools and middle school computer science at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Department of Education, the U.S.