eSchool News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Key points: AI in education should evolve beyond mere efficiency and correctness Everything you need to know about AI in education Teachers stan AI in education–but need more support For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page 2023 was a breakout year for artificial intelligence, with explosive growth of generative AI tools.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Three young trees stood in a schoolyard, their branches reaching out for the sun, casting stripes of shade on the newly seeded grass below. With each passing day, two of them grew stronger, taller, thicker. Their deep roots built pathways that strengthened their foundation to grow. Yet while two of the young trees flourished, one did not. One young tree felt farther and farther from the sun as her peers grew stronger around her.
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EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Esports programs are popping up in K–12 school districts across the country. These initiatives are supported by research into esports’ benefits and college programs that offer esports career paths, scholarships and communities. For some schools, however, starting an esports program can feel like an uphill battle. Getting administrators on board is the first step, but once schools have their approval, they still need to find ways to fund the equipment for these programs, start or join local tourn
Catlin Tucker
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
In my work helping teachers to shift from whole group, teacher-led lessons to differentiated small group student-centered learning experiences, I am asked questions that seem grounded in the belief that students cannot learn without the teacher. When I work with teachers designing lessons using the station rotation model, for example, some teachers struggle to understand how students can start at a station and complete an activity before they receive instruction.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Key points: Edtech tools can provide an important bridge between teachers and their goals Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? Check out the latest news on AI in education For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page Technology plays a crucial, and expanding, role in today’s schools. The availability of tech tools, including those with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, continues to grow – as do their potential applications in the classroom.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Zachary Jackson thinks a lot about what his students may be learning from him in class. For some of his first graders in Atlanta, that goes beyond the actual academic lessons. They are also practicing how to be a man. For Jackson, the question of how to model manhood is an obsession, something he thinks about all the time. He’s worked with kids since 2018 through Wings for Kids, a nonprofit that operates after-school programs in Georgia and South Carolina.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
When Orange (Calif.) Unified School District rolled out student devices to support remote learning during the first summer of the pandemic, the IT team’s biggest concern wasn’t interoperability or security analytics. It was getting devices in time for the start of school. “Our partner was able to deliver devices: 15,000 of them started coming in nine business days later, during the pandemic, when everyone else was letting us know that we were not going to get devices until February of the next y
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eSchool News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Key points: STEAM education creates capable and insightful students Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators 4 ways to use ChatGPT in your STEM classroom For more on STEAM education trends, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM page STEAM education–science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics–prepares students for success beyond high school by helping them develop much-needed durable skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
When Chat GPT-4 came out, Cory Kohn was itching to bring it into the classroom. A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. It promised to increase efficiency, he argued. But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
“Think big, start small, scale fast” has been the motto of the IT team at Paterson Public Schools, explains Associate CTO Mohammed Saleh. This maxim was put to the test when the 48-school, 25,000-student district, located in Paterson, N.J., decided to outfit its staff and students with Chromebooks. Beginning under the leadership of former Director of Technology Chris Lewis, the Department of Technology’s outsized initiative pushed the limits of this motto.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Presidents’ Day is an American federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February–this year, February 20, 2023. It was originally established to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States, and expanded to also celebrate the birthdays and legacies of other U.S. Presidents, particularly Abraham Lincoln whose birthday is on February 12th.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Key points: Simple design changes can transform student experiences 4 ways we designed collaborative learning spaces Sensory spaces may help support all students For more news on equity and access, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page For generations, school facilities have been designed for the average student, leaving neurodiverse individuals to struggle in environments that don’t meet their needs.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
When Alicia Garcia first enrolled at College of the Desert, she felt lost. Her first semester grades at the California community college were not good, she says, and she didn’t know much about financial aid or academic advising. But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
While many Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solutions run in the cloud, some school districts prefer to host their VDI on local servers. Here are a few considerations to keep in mind when deciding which version of virtualization is the best fit. RELATED: Modern app delivery paves a pathway to affordable career training. IT Capabilities Does your IT department have the resources and expertise to devote to VDI deployment and server management?
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
I’ll never forget the day years ago when I stood in a donut shop, half asleep, bed head, with a monster sugar deficit. As I got to the front of the line, the man before me said, “I’ll pay for hers, too.” I didn’t know him. We hadn’t commiserated over how Krispy Kreme was always crowded. I’d just slogged onward, waiting my turn, eager to taste my apple fritter.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Key points: Classroom management fosters an environment where students feel encouraged to explore and experiment Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators STEM programs can’t keep up with AI–let’s focus on Power Skills For more news on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM page Every classroom is a busy place, but STEM-specific classrooms are built on collaboration, communication, and hands-on inquiry.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
After transitioning from teaching adolescents to educating adults, I’m challenged to understand people in the context of their identities and workplaces, especially when that context is unclear to me and those I educate. I do this while combating a flattening double consciousness, wrestling with who I am and others’ racialized and gendered perceptions of me.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A lot of attention goes into protecting data. K–12 IT teams ponder cybersecurity, disk arrays, cloud availability zones and bandwidth to keep their schools’ data flowing. But do they give backup systems the attention they deserve? And are they sure they can actually restore a school’s data when the need arises? Here are some backup-and-restore questions that IT teams should consider: Click the banner below to learn about how the modern data platform fuels success.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A lot of teacher-authors read both my education blog (this one–Ask a Tech Teacher) and my writer’s blog (WordDreams). In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month on my writer’s blog, WordDreams I’ve started a new collaboration over there with an exciting writer’s blog called Story Empire. My column is: What’s happening in the literary world?
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
One of the biggest announcements out of FETC24 this year involved Lightspeed , the leading provider of instructional audio solutions that create equal access to learning, and their launch of Cascadia—a networked instructional audio platform that not only projects the teacher’s voice within the classroom but also empowers teachers to call for help and communicate outside of the classroom directly from their lanyard microphone.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
The latest wave of AI tools like ChatGPT seem certain to disrupt the workplace in the years ahead — and the most-disrupted professions may be ones that require college degrees. That presents an unprecedented challenge for colleges already struggling to prove their value. A study published last year used a sophisticated analysis to try to determine which types of jobs are most at risk of major disruptions and shrinkages due to large-language AI models.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
For K–12, educational technology represents a multimillion-dollar investment in support of improved outcomes. Education professionals look to digital tools to elevate the way students learn, teachers teach and schools operate. But as K–12 administrators and IT professionals look at their budgets, they must remember that technology isn’t just an upfront expense.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Here are eleven fun Valentine sites to fill those few minutes betwixt and between lessons, projects, bathroom breaks, lunch, and everything else ( click here for updates on this list): Drag-and-drop games Google Drawings Magnetic Poetry from Ctrl Alt Achieve Games and puzzles ‘I love you’ in languages Afrikaans to Zulu Match Puppy jigsaw Rebus game Sudoku Tic-tac-toe Typing Write in a heart Click to view slideshow.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Key points: Organizations must cultivate talent who can lead, communicate, and collaborate 5 top education innovation trends in 2023 For school leaders, routine decisions aren’t so routine For more news on edtech leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page The latest national survey conducted by the Edtech Leadership Collective has identified a stark misalignment in expectations when it comes to emerging leaders’ readiness to reach the executive suite.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on the greatest challenge of all: Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. You’ll be training for at least a year, slowly building up your endurance. Climbing Everest involves hiking for many hours per day, every day, for several weeks.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
We fell in love with Ted Lasso for the obvious reasons–it’s heartwarming, smart, peopled by interesting characters, and full of clever dialogue. But we also fell in love because we are educators who are passionate about assessment. Ted, it turns out, is an excellent reminder of the power of what we might call formative assessment. Throughout the series, he guides his players into various experiences requiring personal and collective reflection about their life goals.
Teach Hub
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Educational technology , also known as edtech, has emerged as a powerful ally for educators in the classroom offering a range of tools to enhance instructional methods, engage students, and create a dynamic and interactive learning experience for students. From learning management systems to collaborative platforms and educational games, the best edtech tools equip teachers with the resources they need to create a personalized learning environment that caters to diverse learning styles.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Key points: Cyberattacks can impact schools and students long after an initial breach Rising ransomware attacks on education demand defense readiness K-12 cybersecurity threats to your school can be lowered–here’s how For more news on cybersecurity, visit eSN’s IT Leadership page Identity theft and data breaches are on the rise and K-12 schools are one of the biggest targets.
Informed K12
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
For school districts and education agencies, staying ahead means embracing innovation. The latest additions to our toolkit, Data Source API and Campaign Responses API, are prime examples of how technology can seamlessly integrate into the daily operations of school districts, providing administrators with a powerful tool to enhance communication and streamline processes.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Many colleges and universities have struggled to prepare for generative AI on campus, for instance, by providing guiding policies or pedagogical support. Centralized responses can be helpful but they are typically slow and expensive. To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness.
Teach Hub
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
As students move into middle and high school , it becomes increasingly challenging for them to maintain excitement and enthusiasm for subjects like math and science. This difficulty could be because this age group tends to be distracted by their social life and other outside activities, which makes it hard for teachers to capture and hold their student’s attention.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Key points: Real-time captioning is a critical accommodation for students Leveraging student data to improve IEPs Transitioning to a workload approach in K-12 special education For more news on accessibility, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page In recent years, the education sector has rapidly adopted captioning, driven not only by its positive impact on comprehension and inclusive learning but also by the necessity of adhering to accessibility standards and providing accommodations for d
Resourceaholic
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Welcome to my 177th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. MathsLinksI discovered the website MathsLinks through TES. It's run by maths teacher Kenneth Stafford. He has collated lots of resources in one place.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Many colleges and universities have struggled to prepare for generative AI on campus, for instance, by providing guiding policies or pedagogical support. Centralized responses can be helpful but they are typically slow and expensive. To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness.
Whiteboard Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Reading Coach in Microsoft Teams has already been providing learners with personalized reading practice, and instant feedback about pronunciation and fluency. At the BETT show last month they announced Reading Coach as a standalone app that also provides personalized, engaging, consistent, and independent reading fluency practice. Reading Coach is available for free as a Windows application and a web app to use in the classroom or at home with a Microsoft account.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
SAN JOSE – Since the launch of Ignite Reading ’s partnership with Alpha: José Hernández School in November, the organization announced today that students participating in the virtual, one-to-one literacy tutoring program have recorded an average of nearly three weeks of reading progress per week of tutoring instruction , with no achievement gaps for students of color, students with IEPs, multilingual learners, or students receiving free or reduced-price lunches.
Gaggle Speaks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The headlines keep pouring in. New data on the mental health of our students, and even our red furry friend, Elmo, checking in and getting an earful and eyeful of responses, with many being answers of hopelessness or despair. One answer summed it up by saying, “ Elmo, we are not okay. ” As more tragedies happen across districts and more data is found to show that the next generation is struggling with a mental health crisis, there is now great pressure on education leaders to ensure that there i
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