eSchool News
JANUARY 16, 2025
Key points: AI literacy is critical for students–and for teachers 6 tips to help your school unlock the most value from AI Navigation and guidance in the age of AI: 5 trends to watch For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Avoiding or banning AI in the classroom does students a disservice, and if teachers arent familiar with AI tools and how to use them, who is really in charge of teaching?
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2025
Sharing artificial intelligence projects as an art teacher yields mixed reactions, Tim Needles said at FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla. Needles, who works as an art teacher and a technology integration specialist for New Yorks Smithtown Central School District, explained in a presentation Wednesday that the teacher and ed tech communities are often excited by the AI art he shares, whereas his artist friends and followers are more inclined to criticize it.
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Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2025
The lights dimmed, and the audience fell silent. It was a cold January afternoon in 2007, and I was sitting in a crowded auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island, nervously thinking about the week ahead. In just a few days, Id travel across the world and step into a classroom for the first time as a student teachera dream years in the making that suddenly felt overwhelming.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 17, 2025
How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom. Quick writes are short, spontaneous writing exercises that allow students to express their thoughts and ideas without the pressure of formal writing tasks.
eSchool News
JANUARY 17, 2025
Key points: Generative AI is redefining educator professional development by offering tools and strategies to create smarter, more impactful learning opportunities Teachers: Its time to make friends with AI A look at one schools innovative approach to PD For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping education as we know it.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 17, 2025
For all of the ways artificial intelligence is exhilarating and groundbreaking in education, it can be intimidating and alienating for many K12 teachers. For this reason, district leaders must be intentional when they introduce AI tools to their staff. At FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla., tech specialists who successfully implemented AI in their own districts shared strategies with eager-to-learn attendees.
Edsurge
JANUARY 16, 2025
I was recently sitting with my friends 9-year-old son, Guillermo, as he teed up a YouTube video on the TV. Id wanted to get a kids perspective on brain rot, Oxford University Press 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching too much of it. Naturally, I sought out someone with on-the-ground experience.
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eSchool News
JANUARY 13, 2025
Key points: Teachers of color produce additional positive academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes for all students School leaders of color face high levels of burnoutheres what they need to thrive How are you attracting and retaining teachers of color? For more news on diversity, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) reveals a troubling trend: Nationally, the diversity of the teacher workforce is growing at a slo
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 15, 2025
From areas of progress to rising challenges, SETDAs Universal Connectivity Imperative builds on past reports and connects to the 2024 National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) assessment of the digital access divide. The experts who put the imperative together intend for policymakers and K12 education leaders to use it like a roadmap. To that end, the document examines the ways states are implementing laws and guidelines concerning various K12 priorities, such as cybersecurity.
Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2025
2025 marks an exciting journey into AI-powered learning! Use these AI tools and activities to deepen AI understanding, spark student curiosity and foster impactful classroom experiences. Click here to see the full infographic. HP AI Spotlight Schools are innovative secondary schools in the United States that are committed to powerful teaching and learning with technology, especially artificial intelligence.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 15, 2025
This is a new Ask a Tech Teacher series on College and Career with a focus on military options. High school students contemplating a military career should research extensively, speak with recruiters, and perhaps participate in preparatory or introductory military programs to make an informed decision. Each branch of the military has unique offerings, so aligning personal goals with the branch’s culture and opportunities is crucial.
eSchool News
JANUARY 15, 2025
Key points: AI models are only as good as the data that goes into the tool Where AI and multimodal learning will go in 2025 Teachers: Its time to make friends with AI For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Its never too early for campus or district-wide IT teams to begin planning for upcoming tech upgrades and implementations. Because many of these upgrades happen over summer break, teams can use the upcoming spring semester to ensure their data is in A+ shape to support new
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 17, 2025
Overhauling your schools physical safety strategies and technologies can seem like a massive undertaking, especially in older buildings. The average age of schools in my former district is 57 years. What we call our four new schools are 25 years old, said Kacey Sensenich, retired CTO of North Carolinas Rockingham County Schools. Presenting a session titled EVERY Second Counts: Ensuring the Safety and Security of Our Schools on Thursday, Sensenich encouraged FETC 2025 attendees in Orlando, Fla.,
Edsurge
JANUARY 14, 2025
A typical career trajectory in early care and education might follow like this: start as an assistant teacher in a classroom, eventually gain the experience to move up to lead teacher, and if youre ambitious and able, one day become the assistant director, director or even owner of a program. On paper, it seems reasonable. Each role, over time, equips the educator to step into the next one, right?
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 14, 2025
Natural disasters is a related discussion to any number of topics–geography, ecology, Earth Day, even problem solving. Here are 17 websites that bring the power of these natural forces to students ( click here for updates to the list): Avalanches Earthquakes Earthquakes –an animation Earthquakes for Kids Four scenes of natural disasters EarthquakesUSGS Every Natural Disaster Explained in 12 Minutes (video) Floodhugefloods.com Hurricanes Natural Disasters –for kids–video N
eSchool News
JANUARY 14, 2025
Key points: CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation initiative highlights the most pressing challenges and opportunities schools face The psychology of Disruptive Innovation Leveraging connectivity to tackle K-12s biggest challenges For more news on digital innovation, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub AI, learner agency, and digital equity are among a number of factors that can hinder or foster K-12 innovation, according to CoSN ‘s annual Driving K-12 Innovation Top Topics, which
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 15, 2025
Change is in the air at Indianapolis Public Schools. As the largest school district in Indiana, IPS is in the middle of an ambitious initiative its leaders have named Rebuilding Stronger. Superintendent Aleesia Johnson says the undertaking, launched in 2021, will make IPS excellent because its equitable. At the heart of the effort are the capital citys students the more than 30,000 children across 80 square miles who learn, grow and play in its 70 schools.
Edsurge
JANUARY 17, 2025
Can I have your attention? The challenge of getting and keeping the attention of students in schools and colleges was the topic of several of our most popular episodes of the EdSurge Podcast over the past year. Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 14, 2025
On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous. This provided a new perspective on the ideas we established in our previous article, Why Cant Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World? ( Faculty Focus , March 2022.) In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators.
eSchool News
JANUARY 14, 2025
Key points: AI could help scale more efficient and personalized approaches to guide students college and career journeys Survey finds optimism gap between teachers, admins Building ethical AI usage in K-12 education For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Navigation and guidance is a critical resource, yet its remains woefully under-staffed.
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2025
As a former high school English teacher, I constantly find myself looking for the stories in the world around me. Whether they happen through social media platforms or face-to-face conversations, our stories define us. They help us understand ourselves and learn from each other. However, this means that we must be able hear the stories around us and be literate enough to amplify them.
Edsurge
JANUARY 13, 2025
Schools should provide a window through which all students can see the future they want for themselves. Students arrive in the classroom with a diverse range of needs, and helping them succeed isnt always straightforward. Centering instruction in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and implementing both direct and student-driven instruction can help engage learners, address diverse needs and improve learning outcomes for all students.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 12, 2025
Students need to demonstrate their competencies in areas beyond traditional classroom assessments. In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments. When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.” This means that instead of genuinely understanding the material, stude
eSchool News
JANUARY 16, 2025
The Forney Independent School District sought to break away from traditional classroom setups, aiming to enhance teacher mobility and foster greater interactivity. Their primary priorities were reliability, consistency, and cost-effectiveness. By pairing Vivi with a projector in every classroom, the district found an ideal solution that satisfied the needs of both teachers and technology staff.
Teach Hub
JANUARY 14, 2025
As much as you would love to plan everything down to the minute, life throws curveballs, and being a teacher doesnt guarantee immunity. When you wake up feeling under the weather, that sudden wave of panic might hit as you realize you need to prepare for an unplanned day off. But dont worry; with a little foresight and organization, you can create a system that lets you step away knowing your classroom is in good hands.
Edsurge
JANUARY 14, 2025
Donora, Pennsylvania, once housed a thriving steel mill that stretched for about four miles, though that factory closed more than 50 years ago. Today, the town of about 5,000 people has no gas station, no bank and no grocery store. And just a few years ago its only school closed. The shuttering of that school was particularly tough for a community that has been in decline for decades.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 14, 2025
On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous. This provided a new perspective on the ideas we established in our previous article, Why Cant Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World? ( Faculty Focus , March 2022.) In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators.
eSchool News
JANUARY 13, 2025
Key points: Students need better guidance on post-graduation options Real-life work experiences: The unseen curriculum for high school success Rethinking STEM to shape the future workforce For more news on career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub When it comes to figuring out what to do after high school, too many of today’s young people are anxious, uninformed, and unprepared.
Teach Hub
JANUARY 16, 2025
School anxiety can start at a very young age. For many students, the excitement of starting school is also paired with feelings of nervousness. While some anxiety is a normal part of adjusting to a new environment, for some children, these feelings can become overwhelming, impacting their ability to focus and enjoy learning. Whether its academic pressure, social challenges, or the fear of failure, its no wonder that anxiety is becoming more prevalent in students of all ages.
Teaching with a Mountain View
JANUARY 16, 2025
As classroom teachers, were used to working with small budgets. Thats why we get so excited when we receive community grant money, an opportunity to put together an Amazon wishlist, PTO wishlist items, or general spending money from the school each year! But with these small budgets comes the daunting task of making every dollar count through smart classroom purchases.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 12, 2025
Students need to demonstrate their competencies in areas beyond traditional classroom assessments. In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments. When completing assignments or preparing for tests, there is a concern that they might be “faking it until they make it.” This means that instead of genuinely understanding the material, stude
eSchool News
JANUARY 16, 2025
With 2025 barely in its infancy, educators are looking to new technologies and strategies to meet the needs of students. AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to the classroom. At the same time, schools are placing a stronger emphasis on mental health, equity, and future-ready skills, ensuring students are not only academically successful but also are prepared for the challenges of today’s every-changing world.
TNTP Blog
JANUARY 16, 2025
At TNTP , we recognize that to prepare young people for the 21st-century workplace, we must change how we approach education to ensure academic and workforce readiness for all young people. For over 25 years, TNTP has worked hand-in-hand with thousands of school districts to tackle their most intractable problems. Today, our work reaches 19 million students across 41 states as we work toward a future where every young person has multiple pathways to achieve short- and long-term economic and soci
Edtech IRL
JANUARY 16, 2025
With many districts still trying to process the PowerSchool breach and what it means for them, it’s not surprising that the Scholastic breach announced last Friday (Jan. 10, 2025) has flown somewhat under the radar. Originally reported by The Daily Dot , the scholastic breach has a far less damaging scope than the PowerSchool breach (i.e., no Social Security Numbers were involved).
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 16, 2025
A few weeks ago, I went to my daughters open house at her high school and had a chance to meet her teachers. One teacher stood out to me from what he said about wanting to be genuine with his students as much as possible because that would create a more effective learning environment for them. At first, it seemed like such a strange thing to say. How could he not be genuine with them?
eSchool News
JANUARY 16, 2025
As the lines further blur between media and journalism, between real and fake, and sources become more obscure, there may be no greater imperative for educators than helping students navigate the evolving landscape of information. At FETC, Liz Collins, a senior product manager for K-12 at Gale, part of Cengage Group, is sharing best practices and stories from their customer school districts.
Scholarly Teacher
JANUARY 16, 2025
Todd Zakrajsek , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Keywords: Generative AI, Learning, Teaching Key Statement: Amid widespread nervousness about generative AI, we can draw on self-efficacy to establish a foundation from which to move forward in creating new learning opportunities for our students with this groundbreaking tool. Introduction Ill be honestgenerative artificial intelligence (genAI) makes me a little uneasy.
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