Neo LMS

AUGUST 15, 2019

In reality, our fixation on bad news makes us overlook the fact that we need more evidence-based research before declaring phones a health hazard. Why we need digital wellness in schools. It appears that a lot of screen time is associated with poorer sleep quality and possibly a lower performance at school as a result.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

technology job vacancy postings in September 2022 exceeded 804,000, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a need for 3,800 new aerospace engineers every year until 2031–an industry that is already grappling with employee retention and workforce shortages. The number of U.S. This was the case for myself.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

That is online safety. As administrators, our responsibilities cover many areas, including technology, which has become a necessary component of living and work,” Curt Mould, director of digital media, innovation and strategy for Sun Prairie Area School District in Wisconsin, said in a press release announcing the latest set of standards.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Through the unsettled ending of the last school year, to the unprecedented beginning of this one, school communities continue to exist in a state of flux. Some districts are using fully remote learning models to start, some are opting for hybrid models, while others are implementing new safety protocols to begin in-person learning.

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Tom Murray

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In many schools, the community,—particularly parents—feels left in the dark. Within their own walls, schools often work diligently to communicate the latest initiatives, results, and grading practices, or they discuss things such as the Common Core State Standards. School leaders who build trust engage in the following activities.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2024

Two of my colleagues, one in the school of medicine and one at the school of education, have partnered to build Google Glasses that children with challenges recognizing emotions can wear. Language is a complicated topic because we have, in the U.S., Others have been working on language. As a teacher, it’s very complicated.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A high school student in Minnesota tells a Black classmate that her dark skin is ugly and that she hopes she takes her life. At my own school district in Minneapolis, where I serve as a counselor, incidents related to hate, bias and interpersonal violence have been climbing since the pandemic began.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

All teachers agree that digital citizenship is essential knowledge for students whether they’re going onto college or a career, yet when I ask who in their school teaches it, they always shrug. But, as times change, so should the curriculum taught in our schools. How can these skills be taught? Stay away from strangers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Have you listened to the School Psyched Podcast ? Recorded on the first and third Sundays of the month, this podcast is a collaborative discussion among psychologists about school safety, executive functioning, ADHD, SEL, assessment, and other K-12 topics.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2018

Ask any teacher about teaching about a controversial topic, and most will tell you to avoid it at any cost. The “safe” way of teaching students how to disagree by giving them non-controversial topics to share pro- and con- arguments about doesn't work, because students don't feel much ownership over these opinions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 31, 2019

Every school I know offers a summer camp. With a wide variety of summer camp-themed templates, it’s easily adaptable to your school or camp colors and logo. Health and safety of campers. You might also be interested in these articles: Great News: JotForm now offers a PDF Editor. It’s organizing enrollees.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2019

We are excited to bring you the very first in a series of eSchool News Guides , which are full of resources, tips, trends, and insight from industry experts on a variety of topics that are essential to the classroom, school, and district. Have you dreamed of building a robotics education program in your school or district?

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In-person, online, or a hybrid classroom for the 2020-21 school year, there’s no one right way to teach science. But for all methods, safety should be the first priority along with helping students engage in the scientific process and relate the lessons to the real world. What do I do for elementary school kids? By Stacey Pusey.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

In our 24/7 breaking news world, there seems to be a new crisis every day. As news outlets compete for clicks, all of us -- including kids -- are immersed in more headlines than ever before. Unless you teach current events or social studies, most of the day's news probably won't make it into your classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2023

The center received initial funding for about half its budget from the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, which also provides professional development on trauma, social and emotional learning and other early childhood topics. The department also offers frequent visits from coaches who work with the center’s five teachers.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 18, 2019

schools and classrooms. Though digital citizenship encompasses a range of skills and habits of mind, we've observed that often teachers and schools design digital citizenship instruction with a protectionist approach, emphasizing anti-cyberbullying education and internet safety.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When Rebecca Brewer started teaching high school biology 20 years ago, it seemed like everyone trusted science.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2021

This trend held even for the programs that offered remote learning during closures; in one study, families reported two hours of learning per day, down from about six in pre-pandemic schooling. We know that families and schools need to be partners in supporting kids,” says Weiland. Family engagement became critical. “We

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We’ve locked ourselves in battle, one side clamoring to close schools to prevent disease spread, the other demanding we keep them open to prevent learning loss, and no solution in sight. Families sue, teachers strike, columnists throw oil on the fire from the safety of their homes. But it doesn’t have to. Need more ideas?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A new survey finds that teachers aren’t necessarily prepared to teach complex topics such as LBGTQ issues, national politics, and race. The survey finds several justifications for discussing complex topics in schools, ranging from improving critical thinking skills to necessity from new state mandates.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Those are my excuses for combining the last two weeks of news clips into one ‘best of’ roundup. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition). So why do I still want schools to use them?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 23, 2016

I haven’t covered this topic in a while, but Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Sara Stringer, came to the rescue with this great article on How parents can protect their children online : One of the best things about the internet is that it brings the world to you. They have to watch for exploitation in the middle of education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2018

Ann also talks about the fifth-grade course piloted by Seton Hall in two of her schools. Now she is working as Director of K-12 Instructional Technology for the 93 schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, and really working with their digital citizenship initiative. But where do we start talking about this broad topic?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2020

On a recent call with fellow reporters in our newsroom, one of my colleagues had a personal question that she couldn’t shake: how should she explain to her children the inevitable unpredictability of returning to school? It also is a good idea to warn kids that schools may close again if adults decide it is no longer safe to attend in person.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 14, 2017

In so doing, I will endeavor to distinguish information technology security concerns from privacy issues, as well as from the broader security threats that may exist to students, school staff, and facilities. disable, compromise, and/or re-direct school technology assets. disable, compromise, and/or re-direct school technology assets.

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Hapara

MAY 9, 2022

Whether it be social media, school use or gaming, students are almost always on some sort of digital application. I am currently a fifth grade teacher and Digital Learning Coach at Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexington, South Carolina. The school community is in a mid-low income area with 42% of our population on free/reduced lunch.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Each partner provides expertise, insight, and access to enable the creation of high-quality and standards-aligned dynamic digital resources and will help provide under-resourced schools across the United States no-cost access to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience learning platform. Subaru of America, Inc.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

October is the month we work to take a stand against bullying, so this is a topic of emphasis this month for many of us. Ann: Well, I think that it’s really important to be clear that it’s far from the epidemic that we sometimes hear about in the news media. young people have experienced it or (been) affected by it.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For the past six years, I’ve taught high school students in Washington D.C. This year, with a news cycle that never sleeps and a student body with the internet at their fingertips, discussion of sexual harassment, hate, bigotry, prejudice, and oppression will be inevitable—and that’s a good thing.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Internet safety, online communication, digital footprint, strategic searching, copyright and fair use–these days, “tech skills” encompass so much more than simply learning to type and download files. And though kids can master a new device in minutes flat, they still need adult guidance on navigating the complex digital world.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The topic of trauma — specifically, trauma-informed teaching — has become a focus in education. As the visual arts teacher at an elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., Some schools across the nation are now embracing trauma-informed approaches to teaching, which recognize that students’ actions are a direct result of their experiences.

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Gaggle Speaks

MAY 3, 2018

More and more of today’s parents are digital natives who grew up with laptops, tablets and smartphones as part of their lives, so unlike previous generations, they often don’t need schools to explain to them the basics of how educational technology works. Be clear about what protection the school provides. That being said….

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Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

For over two centuries, student information and data was kept in paper form, often in filing cabinets in a school or district office. The move to the digital storage of information has enabled many solutions expected by schools today – online portals for parents, real-time communication with families, etc.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

With the ongoing focus of technology in education, and the need for schools to keep up with the ever-changing scope of its use in the classroom, it is essential that we provide students with the knowledge of how technology affects, and will affect, society. In many schools, technology courses are electives. Casting a critical eye.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Unlike licensed child care workers, FFN providers do not need to follow state child care regulations or meet health and safety requirements — unless they receive state-funded subsidies to provide care for a lower-income child. They are also not required to undergo any formal child development training before they begin to care for children.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Right now, I’m actually sending 10 ideas — five for teachers in school and five for teachers out -of-school. Check out 5 Epic Endings of the School Year with Tony Kline on meaningful ways to end the school year. 1- Try some new music to teach. Try one of these indoor or outdoor safety games for kids.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

I predict a greater focus on cybersecurity so schools can protect our students and themselves from these unexpected (and unwelcome) twists and turns. In 2024, developing more meaningful school-home relationships and partnering with families to support better student outcomes will be imperative.

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