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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

For example, at many post-secondary institutions, a teaching space is considered to be a Smart Classroom if it merely comes equipped with nothing more than a microphone, computer, video projector. An LMS is a proprietary, academic software platform that facilitates a host of interactive classroom support services. and whiteboard.

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This is especially true for secondary students. Younger learners are used to SEL (socio-emotional learning) practices like sharing circles and morning meetings; these procedures tend to fade away as students get older and into more specialized secondary content.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

She has been instrumental in the design of software using artificial intelligence for data-driven decisions in all content areas and the suite of services to facilitate the implementation of those products. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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AI Is Everywhere. Now It Wants to Teach You Chinese.

Edsurge

Artificial intelligence is well on its way to becoming a ubiquitous element in virtually all software systems. Strictly speaking, AI refers to a branch of computer science that focuses on machine intelligence (as opposed to natural or human intelligence). Think Amazon’s Echo smart speaker enabled by the AI software platform Alexa.)

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More COVID Funding for Schools and Districts with CRRSA

MIND Research Institute

K-12 funding has been made available in two different venues: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) and. ESSER and GEER under the CARES Act are referred to as ESSER II and GEER II under CRRSA. Purchasing the hardware and software needed for remote and hybrid learning. Funds for K-12. GEER II Relief Funds.

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How not to write about HyFlex or online learning

Bryan Alexander

A second problem comes in the article’s view of who’s involved in post-secondary teaching. The problem is that the piece cites a liberal arts campus as an example of post-secondary education as a whole. At one point the professor refers to “the vague ontology of remote learning.” That’s about 2.5%

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As COVID relief spending deadlines loom, one district moves ahead with an uncommon tech plan

eSchool News

30 deadline to commit dollars from the second of three stimulus packages — and a year later, another deadline to spend the third, largest, and final installment of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, the unprecedented federal infusion of money to help schools recover from COVID.