eSchool News
JANUARY 9, 2024
Key points: Use boredom in the classroom as a catalyst for creativity and self-discovery See article: 3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture See article: 3 ways ChatGPT can reduce teachers’ workloads For more news on classroom management, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page As someone who began teaching in middle school, I’ve had plenty of firsthand experience dealing with boredom in the classroom.
Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2024
As a 2022 fellow of The National Fellowship for Black and Latino Male Educators, I attend an annual retreat designed to provide fellows and alumni with support and resources so we can all reach the common goal of becoming education leaders. The event provides leadership development skills, offers a psychologically safe space to process our experiences and nurtures the spirit of brotherhood and community needed to sustain our worth and our work.
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EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 9, 2024
When defending overwhelming amounts of data in an ever-shifting threat landscape, cybersecurity can feel like an elusive goal. And the past few years have introduced a combination of factors that only exacerbate that feeling. With more student devices and digital learning tools, many schools are now operating in the cloud, with some managing data and workloads in multiple clouds.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 12, 2024
In honor of Martin Luther King: MLK Day in the US is the third Monday of January, this year, January 15, 2024. Ask a Tech Teacher’s 19-page two-lesson plan bundle to teach about Martin Luther King (click for more information) is 66% off January 12, 2024 through Jan. 15, 2024. Lesson plans include: an Event Chain of Dr. King’s impact on American history (adaptable to other historical events) interpreting his words with a visual organizer What’s included in each lesson plan: brie
eSchool News
JANUARY 8, 2024
Key points: AI-enhanced learning will redefine much of what we do in education See article: AI and connectivity: Pillars of the new education revolution See article: In 2024, education will move to adopt AI—but slowly Discover everything you need to know about AI in education As a forward-thinker in the realm of education, I’m constantly exploring how emerging tools and strategies shape learning.
Edsurge
JANUARY 9, 2024
In 2023, EdSurge sought out bright spots emerging in the early care and education space. In addition to our continued coverage of the challenges of this fragile, fractured system, we wanted to find and tell stories of resilience, innovation, burgeoning solutions and promising programs. Over the course of the past year, we published numerous stories examining some of the efforts underway across the United States to improve learning, development and care for young children and their caregivers.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 8, 2024
The idea of sustainability may conjure thoughts of electric cars, wind turbines or recycling bins. In K–12 schools, however, it doesn’t mean anything as drastic as turning the playground into a field of solar panels. There are many ways today’s school leaders support sustainability. When it comes to environmental sustainability, they can reduce the amount of power their devices are using.
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eSchool News
JANUARY 10, 2024
Key points: Music education offers benefits far beyond musical ability, including leadership experience See article: 10 online music education tools See article: How a former music teacher approaches leadership and learning For more on music education, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page At its core, music is about self-expression and creativity.
Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2024
“Education is made for students. There is no one who knows what students need more than us.” — Angelica Martinez, 2023 Graduate, Sunnyside Unified School District (AZ) Historically, research institutions, education entrepreneurs and technology developers have led the research and development (R&D) of education programs and tools. The distance between the “consumers” (the learners and families) and the “creators” (the product developers) has been wide, contributing to an R&D process large
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2024
Most students who attend the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas aren’t typically allowed to stream movies during their classes. However, some get close with a “Netflix-like” tool that they use for their career and technical education classes. When Fort Worth’s career and technical education students need to access applications like AutoCAD, SolidWorks or Adobe Illustrator, they don’t need powerful devices.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 11, 2024
Want to know how I handle and combine assignments for my students? From the Ask a Tech Teacher crew, here are some real-life examples. How I Merge and Manage Assignments for My Students: Some Examples Teaching is not all about delivering lectures to students. In addition to this, you also need to make sure all your students can access their assignments without any hassle.
eSchool News
JANUARY 12, 2024
Key points: Our education system produces inequitable outcomes–it’s time to change that See article: How to work for equity of access in classrooms See article: How schools can help students overcome the digital divide For more news on equity, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page As we all struggle down the path toward true educational inclusion, we are confronted with four pillars of equity as described by Rochelle Guiterize : Access, Success, Power and Identity.
Edsurge
JANUARY 8, 2024
A couple of years ago, Kelly Spoon decided to experiment with her assessment practices. A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started exploring how to weave standards-based grading — an approach that evaluates students on how effectively they have mastered content — into the way they teach calculus.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 9, 2024
Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Since the turn of the millennium, with the publication of How People Learn (Bransford et al.,1999), the importance of these dimensions in creating an effective learning environment has been well-documented.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 8, 2024
January 8th-11th the 53-page PDF, “25 Digital Tools for the Classroom” for free! “25 Digital Tools for the Classroom” is a thorough discussion on which are the most useful tools in a K-8 classroom. This includes popular digital tools such as blogs, backchannel devices, vocabulary decoding tools, avatars, digital portfolios, digital notetaking, as well as others you may not have thought of.
eSchool News
JANUARY 11, 2024
Key points: Microschools may disrupt conventional schooling if they evolve correctly See article: For school leaders, routine decisions aren’t so routine See article: 4 areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure For more news on district and school management, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page This article originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission.
Edsurge
JANUARY 12, 2024
Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. Unsurprisingly, the United Nations asserts that quality education is not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial catalyst for economic growth and development.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 7, 2024
If you have taught in higher education in the last 20 years, you have probably taught an online course. Online learning is one of the most prevalent modalities in higher education today and has only been made more visible by the COVID pandemic (Costa, Kavouras, Cohen, & Huang, 2021). However, the rapid expansion of online learning meant many institutions overlooked the campus safety procedures for faculty teaching online from remote locations.
Time 4 Kindergarten
JANUARY 10, 2024
English Language Development (ELD) is a crucial aspect of early education, and story-retelling activities provide a rich and effective avenue for fostering language skills among young learners. Whether you are working with students who are learning English as a second language or native English speakers, story retelling can be a very powerful tool. It is a dynamic strategy that promotes language development on various fronts: Below are six important benefits to incorporating story-retelling into
eSchool News
JANUARY 11, 2024
Sometimes it’s the most basic of technologies that is the most effective. So it is with the services of the Family Engagement Lab , whose mission statement is, “to catalyze equitable family engagement and student learning by bridging classroom curriculum and at-home learning. As a national nonprofit, our work builds partnerships between teachers and historically underserved families by facilitating ongoing communication and collaboration about learning.” Their signature tool, FASTalk
Edsurge
JANUARY 8, 2024
Managing student data is a major challenge for districts across the nation. Educational institutions grapple with an overload of edtech products, creating a disjointed landscape where these tools fail to communicate effectively. This not only hampers coordination but also jeopardizes the data privacy of both staff and students. The Ed-Fi standard is a solution to help organize a universe of messy data through interoperability, providing benefits that range from state reporting to preventing over
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 7, 2024
If you have taught in higher education in the last 20 years, you have probably taught an online course. Online learning is one of the most prevalent modalities in higher education today and has only been made more visible by the COVID pandemic (Costa, Kavouras, Cohen, & Huang, 2021). However, the rapid expansion of online learning meant many institutions overlooked the campus safety procedures for faculty teaching online from remote locations.
Autism Classroom Resources
JANUARY 8, 2024
If you are a special educator looking for Valentines Day activities, you have come to the right place! I am a strong believer that all ages in special education classrooms should celebrate holidays, but that the activities should still focus on their goals. So in this post I’m sharing some different Valentine’s Day activities that range in age from preschool to secondary.
eSchool News
JANUARY 10, 2024
Key points: FETC promises hundreds of sessions for administrators, IT leaders, teachers, and more See article: 35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023 Discover more edtech innovations–and how to leverage them in schools For more news on edtech conferences, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page Known as one of the nation’s premier K-12 education technology events, this year’s FETC kicks off on Jan. 23, 2024 in Orlando.
Edsurge
JANUARY 12, 2024
Last year, ss homecoming and winter holidays were upon us, recent alumni came by the school to check on the place they couldn’t wait to leave six months before. This is one of my favorite phenomena of teaching high school. Whether they are just feeling nostalgic or genuinely miss me, it’s always nice seeing their faces. In the week between Thanksgiving and winter breaks, I had two visits, one from an alum who works near the school and keeps an eye on his brother who will graduate this year, and
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 11, 2024
When I started my encore career as an adjunct professor, I threw myself into the one class I was teaching, eager to update myself on theories and concepts I hadn’t paid much attention to since grad school (which was a long time ago). I read course materials, created assignments, and graded student work in my free time. It was only one class, after all, and I could do a lot of the work while my daughter was at school and my husband was at work.
Not so Wimpy Teacher
JANUARY 7, 2024
Grammar – ugh! Every student’s least favorite subject. And many a teachers too. This is not a surprise because its often boring, tedious, and confusing to teach. But despite your misgivings, teaching grammar is still important in 2025 because it contributes to student success in a variety of subject areas. With the rise of technology and a series of digital aids that make perfecting writing easier than getting everyone logged into their Chromebooks, it would be easy to dismiss teachi
eSchool News
JANUARY 11, 2024
Key points: Great classrooms are great because of the teachers in them See article: 5 ways to use edtech to engage shy students See article: Innovative ideas for school libraries For more news on teaching strategies, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page All classrooms are different and require different teaching strategies to address various concerns, goals, and learning trends.
Edsurge
JANUARY 9, 2024
Perhaps it’s no surprise that EdSurge’s most popular podcast episode of 2023 focused on ChatGPT. In fact, three of our top 10 episodes of the year explored various aspects of how new forms of artificial intelligence are impacting teaching and learning. In what has become an annual tradition, we’re sharing your favorite episodes of the year, as determined by the number of listens to the 44 fresh episodes we produced.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 11, 2024
When I started my encore career as an adjunct professor, I threw myself into the one class I was teaching, eager to update myself on theories and concepts I hadn’t paid much attention to since grad school (which was a long time ago). I read course materials, created assignments, and graded student work in my free time. It was only one class, after all, and I could do a lot of the work while my daughter was at school and my husband was at work.
Learning in Wonderland
JANUARY 7, 2024
January means it’s time to teach about penguins and other polar animals. I’ve been using a flipbook to record our learning about penguins over the years and it’s been a favorite! I wanted to create something similar for our littles that is just as engaging, but at their level. My wheels started spinning and I came up with these new flipbooks: Now let’s talk prep work.
eSchool News
JANUARY 8, 2024
Key points: Transitioning to a workload approach offers room for more effective and personalized support See article: Is the ‘Growing Your Own’ pipeline working for special ed teachers? See article: 3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education Discover innovative ideas in teaching and learning A recent 2022 Schools Survey conducted by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) revealed that 78 percent of clinical service providers rely on the caseload approach to determ
Cult of Pedagogy
JANUARY 10, 2024
Icon from Freepik – Flaticon Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by WeVideo and The Modern Classrooms Project Well, it’s January! And that means it’s the time when I put out a new edition of my Teacher’s Guide to Tech. This is now the TENTH edition of the guide, and as always, because it keeps improving, I’m gonna say this is the best edition yet.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 9, 2024
Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Since the turn of the millennium, with the publication of How People Learn (Bransford et al.,1999), the importance of these dimensions in creating an effective learning environment has been well-documented.
eSchool News
JANUARY 11, 2024
Key points: A single web-based platform lets districts streamline student data collection See article: 3 ways to improve access to speech-language therapy See article: Innovative ideas for school libraries For more news on IEPs, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Educators generate and collect student Individualized Education Program (IEP) data daily.
eSchool News
JANUARY 9, 2024
TUALATIN, Ore./PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Lightspeed , the leading provider of instructional audio solutions that create equal access to learning, announces the launch of Cascadia. Cascadia, a networked instructional audio platform, effortlessly projects the teacher’s voice within the classroom while also empowering teachers to call for help and communicate outside of the classroom directly from their lanyard microphone.
eSchool News
JANUARY 9, 2024
Key points: The integration of sensory spaces into education is a necessary evolution See article: Schools are key to solving mental health equity gaps See article: How to build relationships with students For more news on SEL trends, visit eSN’s SEL and Well-Being page As we stand on the cusp of a new year, it’s remarkable to reflect on how sensory spaces for schools have evolved.
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