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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

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public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Indigenous Knowledge Is Often Overlooked in Education. But It Has A Lot to Teach Us.

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The loss of my unci , a lifelong educator, my namesake, and one of the most important teachers in my life, and in the lives of many others, has prompted me to think even more deeply about how important it is for Indigenous Knowledge Systems to be not only included, but honored and affirmed in classrooms.

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Why Our Trauma-Informed Teaching Must Be More Culturally Responsive

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In order to truly address trauma, we must also consider both the cultural experiences and socioeconomic inequities that impact our students. In my experience, teachers who have the most success with their Native students take into consideration these cultural strengths during their planning and instruction.

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How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture

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As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. How do we, as educators, empower ourselves to affirm Indigenous knowledge as foundational to our practice and move closer to a pedagogy of justice and gratitude in our curriculum? The short answer: it starts with us.

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For English Learners to Thrive, Community and Culture are Necessary

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I work intentionally to ensure students’ linguistic capital—an expression of community cultural wealth — is acknowledged through language supports via student pairings and vocabulary, sentence, and speaking scaffolds. Together, we create a rich and culturally wealthy community of learners.

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Maker Culture Has a ?Deeply Unsettling? Gender Problem

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But a lack of focus around culture and gender inclusiveness are stunting its true promise, according to a new report out of Drexel University. The report, appropriately titled “ Making Culture ,” is the result of about a year’s worth of interviews and site visits to around 30 different makerspaces across 12 urban regions.

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How 5 educators use digital tools in the classroom

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Rita Mortenson, the educational technology coach for Verona Area High School in Wisconsin, uses Google Arts and Culture. Google Arts and Culture offers over 1,600 experiments and counting. In addition to the extensive collection of artworks and cultural artifacts, it offers some pretty cool immersive experiences.

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