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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

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Happy Black History Month video : In this new video from Sesame Workshop for students in grades PK-2, Elmo, Gabrielle, Tamir, and Abby come together to celebrate the contributions of Black and African American communities. The STEM Careers Coalition solves critical gaps in representation in the STEM professional workforce.

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Teacher Self-Reflection is Hard. Here’s How Technology Can Help

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That’s the reason why teacher self-reflection is included in most schools’ professional learning standards and rubrics. Through self-observation, analysis, and classroom action planning, teachers can utilize the AI Coach platform technology to make their self-reflection more effective. That’s know , not feel.

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Not Just for Reading Class Anymore: 5 Tips for Teaching Literacy Across Multiple Subjects

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But after talking to a number of different educators and reading their various accounts, what I can tell you is that your peers have discovered creative, technology-supported ways to approach teaching reading, writing and vocabulary in their multi-subject classrooms—and they were willing to share it to help you out.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

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In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. Though I was technology savvy, none of my classwork or student teaching prepared me for this. It was my first full-time teaching job.

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

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The ECMECC staff provides instructional technology support for districts, which is especially important for smaller ones that may not be able to have full-time tech support people of their own. In addition, she manages many of SETDA’s research and product development projects from conception to publication. Join the Community.

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Why Solving the Teacher Shortage Is Critical for Edtech

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According to the nonprofit, nonpartisan Learning Policy Institute (LPI), which has been closely following this crisis , nearly eight percent of U.S. Teachers cite a lack of administrative support, professional learning opportunities, time for planning and collaboration, and input into decision making as key reasons for their dissatisfaction.

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10Q: Steven Anderson

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Anderson is known to many in the world of education as a passionate and knowledgeable promoter of social media and technology for learning. He has been a prime mover in some of the most innovative projects for technology supported learning in the past few years. Connected Classroom blog.