eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Key points: Educators need guidance on how to best use AI in schools How much AI is too much? Baked-in bias or sweet equity: AI’s role in motivation and deep learning For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Given AI’s evolving and increased presence in classrooms, the U.S. Department of Education has released a guide intended to help educators and education leaders integrate AI into education ethically and equitably.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Walberto Flores EdTech Coordinator, Highlands International School San Salvador Artificial intelligence has entered our classrooms — sometimes invited and other times not — leaving educators to ask essential questions about its implementation and impact. Teachers are exploring how AI can be used to redefine learning experiences, strengthen student-teacher relationships and support students as ethical AI users and creators.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Key points: Students need adaptable, lifelong learning pathways Students want more career-connected learning Students need clarity on their postsecondary pathways For more on college and career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Partnerships between academia and industry are an essential part of a successful school-to-career pipeline, and continuous lifelong learning opportunities must be available for workers, according to a new report from Instructure, maker of Canvas LMS.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In 2024, if you want to make a dinner reservation, you’re very likely to open an app on your phone, input a few details and then filter your results to see which restaurants have availability for your party size, date and time. If you want to find child care, on the other hand, good luck. In most states, you can visit a website and see a map of providers in your area, along with some basic information about them — ages served, operating hours, quality rating — but details about their enrollment

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Lincolnshire, IL – National momentum around the science of reading continues to increase and with it the demand for professional learning for the entire school community. To help meet this need, 95 Percent Group launched 95 Foundational Tools. Growing the award-winning, Top 10 Tools by 95 Percent Group continuum of science of reading professional learning offerings, this new online course provides paraprofessionals, tutors, after-school staff, interventionists, and other school staff the opportu

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Parents of a certain age have had to adapt to their kids doing most of their homework on a Chromebook instead of on paper. But the shift highlights how modern K–12 schools are dependent on network-accessed apps and data for learning and administration purposes. To get more bang for their IT buck, many school districts have been turning to cloud solutions to host applications and safeguard data.

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Gaggle Speaks

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The conversation around mental health in schools has often focused on older students—those in middle school, high school, and even college—where the pressure to perform academically and socially becomes overwhelming. However, an alarming trend has been emerging: younger children, early elementary-aged students, are increasingly showing signs of severe mental health struggles.

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Edtech IRL

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

One of the key tenets of security is that you can’t secure what you don’t know about. This extends beyond physical assets to data as well. If your security policy includes a policy for the classification and handling of your school’s data, then using Sensitivity Labels in Microsoft may be a good solution to help ensure data is classified and handled appropriately.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As many of you know, I have two wonderful children–one a CDR in the Navy and one a SFC In the Army. I also have a long family history of relatives who fought for America. So today, I salute them and all others who have put their lives and dreams aside to support America’s values and principles. I can’t say it better than these videos: November 11th is also Remembrance Day in Canada.

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