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How to Create a Classroom That’s a Safe Space for Failure

Edsurge

Over the last five years, I have worked hard to teach my students that failure is a gift. This isn’t a new idea, but we still struggle with the idea that failure is a necessary component of success. Embracing failure can seem counterintuitive to students. They are loud, chaotic, and full of failure and growth.

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Schools must bolster network continuity as they adopt more technology

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Network infrastructure is at the heart of these modern technologies, enabling the resources and devices teachers and their students use daily. Should a human error or a cyberattack compromise the network, these technologies could become unavailable, making essential educational processes impossible.

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Empowering superintendents to connect technology and learning

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In fact, many district technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership, the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom.

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John King: ‘The Failure of National Leadership Is Being Visited Upon School Leaders’

Edsurge

So again, the failure of national leadership is being visited upon school leaders who face this impossible dilemma. We know how important it is for kids academically and socio-emotionally. But we have to be safe. And the truth of the matter is the country hasn’t done the things necessary to make it safe in many places.

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Design thinking in the 21st century is an imperative

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Instead, technology has allowed students to have almost instant access to different types of information, tools, and more in today’s day and age. The use of design thinking can foster a healthy relationship with failure within students. We are no longer keepers and passers of knowledge as we once were. link] Dorland, A.

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5 top practices for engaging digital teaching

eSchool News

Much of our experience has been molded by trial and error, failure and success, frustration and elation. The same is true for technology in the classroom. Above all else, technology is only helpful if it works well, a type of ROI–Return on Instruction.

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3 Ways to Support Teachers as the Educational Landscape Evolves

Catlin Tucker

Technology is playing a major role in the changes happening now. Here are some ideas for how schools and administrative teams can support their teachers and encourage them to experiment with technology in their classrooms: 1. Failure is part of learning. Each year that goes by our students are more immersed in technology.

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