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5 ways video improves school-home communication

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Increasingly, district leaders are incorporating video into school-home communication. Districts are finding that using video can improve school-home communication by making the process of engagement easier for parents. Video options can help with: Removing barriers to school-home communication.

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What 1,000 families want your district to know about school-home communication

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I became determined to bridge that communication gap between schools and home. I started down that path as the youngest school technology director in my home state of Mississippi’s history. I started my journey with that vision of seamless school-home communication. The tool we needed didn’t exist. And the results were stunning.

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Nova Launches National Youth Science Communication Initiative: Nova Science Studio

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Today, the award-winning science series NOVA , produced for PBS by GBH Boston, announced the launch of NOVA Science Studio , a new national program to teach and engage young people through an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on science communication, digital media literacy, and video production.

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6 ways to boost district engagement with a unified communications platform

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When we were in the middle of the pandemic and everything in education was turned on its head, we realized that we needed a better way to communicate with parents and caregivers quickly and efficiently. This transition has proven to be one of the best decisions our district has made to enhance school-home communications.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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We used ELA standards to communicate our findings, both to the class and to the public. Beyond providing resources, Ive found that nothing builds confidence like community. Last year, I organized the first-ever PK-12 Youth Climate Summit in history. We measured our plants weekly and graphed our results.

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4 edtech tools that can transform student teamwork

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Nearly every great advancement in human history involved multiple people working together to accomplish a common goal. Thats why Ive made a point of seeking out the best edtech tools for fostering teamwork and communication among my students. Collaboration is also essential to human scientific progress.

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Should Instructors Ask Students to Show Document Histories to Guard Against AI Cheating?

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As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of AI to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Its one of the fastest-growing features in the history of Grammarly, says Jenny Maxwell, head of education at the company.