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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

“These intelligent tools can adapt pacing based on the student’s ability … and provide targeted, corrective feedback in case the student makes mistakes, so that the student can learn from them,” states an eSchool News report released earlier this year. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Taming the Amygdala: Staying Calm with Mindfulness

edWeb.net

We are typically not programmed that way because we did not learn when we were children how to respond positively to what overwhelms us. With mindfulness skills in hand, children can learn to tame the amygdala, the part of the brain the helps regulate the “fight-or-flight” syndrome. Mindfulness Techniques to the Rescue.

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3 things schools must know about the rising “phigital” student

eSchool News

In an article published in, of all places, Delta’s Sky Magazine , writer Allison Kaplan details her interview with generational expert and author David Stillman on how Generation Z will begin graduating from college this year and what businesses should expect. So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on.

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Top 25 edWebinars of 2020

edWeb.net

When classroom learning moved online in March due to COVID-19, we saw an incredible increase in educators coming to edWeb to view edWebinars, and attendance has remained high since. Topics on COVID-19, distance learning, and mental health make up 12 of our top 25 spots. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) at a Distance.

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Weld North Acquires Performance Matters, Merging It With Truenorthlogic

Marketplace K-12

Previously, Grayer was CEO of Kaplan, the education company that grew into a $2 billion business over his 14-year tenure. magazine, which ranked Truenorthlogic 2,345th on its Inc. Performance Matters gives educators the tools to analyze student data from multiple sources, including assessment data, to improve teaching and learning. “We

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At Local Libraries, Teens Pursue – and Publish – Their Passions

Educator Innovator

Rachel Kaplan, a 16-year-old from Northbrook, Ill., At the Northbrook Public Library, where Kaplan is a Teen Advisory Council member, interest was so high the event turned into Teen Tech Month. “We At one point, Dinh got inspired and sang a challenging bass riff that Loney had to learn how to play. “It By Maureen Kelleher.

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Remembering former NYC Schools Chancellor Harold Levy: A champion for children and a real mensch

The Hechinger Report

Children struggled to learn while schools in the nation’s largest system were falling apart and in need of billions in new investments, Levy said, adding bluntly: “No one would tolerate this in the private sector.”. My reaction was, ‘who in their right mind would take such a terrible job?’ ” she told New York Magazine.

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