ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. How would you respond to that?

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JUNE 9, 2023

As you end your school year, there are lots of details that must be taken care of. If you use Google Classroom, here’s a list, created by one of the Ask a Tech Teacher contributor: As the school year comes to an end, teachers everywhere are getting ready for summer break. Step 2: Clean up your Classroom folder.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tract+Genius Hour–a new twist on a popular project. Are We Teaching Enough Civics in Schools? New Teachers–From Pandemic to the Classroom. 16 Sites, 3 Apps, 2 Projects for Thanksgiving. 16 Sites, 3 Apps, 2 Projects for Thanksgiving. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

It’s always interesting to find out what new teachers learned in their early teaching that affected their later years. Also, those five years made me a well-groomed educator and a better person in my life. Every teacher has a dream of having a classroom with respectful kids having fun activities and love while learning.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. August 2-7th: Coaching or Mentoring. You have new students in your class who haven’t had technology training. You’ve been teaching for twenty years but now your Principal wants technology integrated into your class.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

My passion for DEI did not change once I transitioned from the classroom to school leadership. Last year, I interviewed with multiple organizations for a new role that would focus on DEI initiatives and had just finished my third interview of the day at Mercy Montessori in Cincinnati. How did it go?” Well…” I began. “I

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MAY 26, 2022

As you end your school year, there are lots of details that must be taken care of. If you use Google Classroom, here’s a list, created by Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Scott Winstead: How to Clean Up Google Classroom for the Summer. I know, it sounds like a pain. One more thing to add to the list.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. When I became a school-based tech coach six years ago, I faced these same struggles. It makes sense.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. If you’re looking for a curriculum for your K-8 classes, here are two popular ones we offer: The Essential Guide – -a thorough K-8 curricula intended for schools that allot about 45 minutes a week to tech classes.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

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.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

This past year was a hard one, defined by the exhaustion of trying to return to “normal.” and around the world) stopped showing up to school. (and and around the world) stopped showing up to school. They did so by taking a risk on one or more new hypotheses about how the edtech market should work moving forward.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2023

Over the past two years, most of us have lost the certainty in everyday life that we once knew and perhaps took for granted. As our new normal continues on and we begin 2023, I’m reflecting on what my students and I lost in 2022—and what we’ve gained. Since March 2020, we’ve seen so much change.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

these days, including the fallout from COVID-19 and America’s ongoing racial reckoning; teacher burnout, low pay, and systemic teacher shortages; and how best to utilize new tech and curriculum with increasing demands and shrinking professional resources. We are grateful they trusted us and each other with their stories.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In today's episode, we're joined by Justin Reich, an associate professor at MIT and the author of ‘Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools.' Suppose you've wondered how to bring meaningful change to your school or classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, taught for 36 years before retiring. Here is Part 2 of his discussion on technology’s place in education: Part II Technology is Here to Stay: A Conversation with Teachers. In my previous post, I wrote about the permanency of technology in the instructional setting for educators.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

If indeed someone is out, Gale will be the one to step in and take over that classroom at the child care center she owns and runs. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit early the following year, Gale stayed open by accepting children whose parents were considered “essential workers”: teachers, nurses, mill workers. It’s 5 a.m.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2024

This statement has guided the Feedback Loops work at Digital Promise over the last two years as we’ve explored ways different communities can collaborate to improve education. How do we get insights to the people who need them the most? Guiding Principles for Building Feedback Loops 1.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

There are so many fantastic resources on AI out there, but I have been noticing that some of them feel very hype-ish and even written by AI. So, yesterday I asked educators on “X” (the new rebranded, Twitter, I guess) to share where they are learning about AI. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Enough of the junk.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In her memoir, “Men We Reaped” , Jesamyn Ward discusses the young men she’s lost in her life — five in the span of four years. In my thirteen years of teaching, I’ve lost more students than I can count on two hands. In my thirteen years of teaching, I’ve lost more students than I can count on two hands. Be present, if you can.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Thousands of teachers every year take education classes to renew their license, move up to the next salary range at their school (I did that–often), or learn teaching skills they didn’t get in their degree program (like remote teaching or in-depth technology). I recently received an email from the folks at Model Teaching.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

As schools across the country look to recover from the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptions, federal relief funds can go a long way toward supporting students and building a brighter future for education. Here are five key strategies that schools can use to maximize the impact of COVID relief funds: 1.

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MAY 10, 2023

This article got lots of reads last year, so am republishing with updates. School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. Technology in the classroom changed from “nice to have” to “must have”. Textbooks morphed into resources rather than bibles. 1:1 became a reality.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We understand that many schools around the world will be taking substantial steps to utilize this new technology, not just in handwritten digital note-taking but from bringing generative AI on board as a deputy head to recruiting directors of artificial intelligence.

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MAY 3, 2021

School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. That reticence to ask for help or request training changed about a decade ago when technology swept across the academic landscape like a firestorm: iPads and then Chromebooks became the device of choice in the classroom.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

“When the murders happened in Atlanta, my school said nothing.” On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old white man went on a targeted shooting rampage across Atlanta, driving 30 miles to three massage businesses and killing eight people, the majority of whom were Asian women. schools in recent years.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Earlier this year, studies confirmed what many educators already knew: Students have suffered substantial academic setbacks resulting from the pandemic. Research from McKinsey revealed that, on average, K-12 students lost up to four months of mathematics and four months of reading progress in the last school year.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The lasting impact of the pandemic has become clearer as students and educators returned to the classroom this year. While state- and district-level leaders are investing in technology solutions to help their schools recover and meet students where they are, the problem is that not all edtech products are created equal.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2020

I’ve taught many years in both environments and love online teaching because it is flexible, diversified, self-directed, and self-paced. As I received the onslaught of teach-online resources, I collected those that made the most sense. Tools to prepare for school closures –suggested by Common Sense. Online chats.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

With these big picture stats and stories coming from the classroom, teachers need advice on helping students develop reading stamina. My goal is to create a useful resource that teachers everywhere can use to get started with building reading stamina. Is reading stamina a need in today's classroom? Reading stamina matters.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

2, 2022, World Read Aloud Day celebrates the pure joy of oral reading with kids of all ages. Reading in general and reading aloud specifically is positively correlated to literacy and success in school. Teaches children strategies for dealing with stressful situations like a new sibling or the first day of school.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Should you teach at home or in school–or with a hybrid approach? How can you be effective with the new rules required to ensure safety while maximizing the students’ educational journey? Is it safe to enter the classroom? Setting up your virtual classroom can also be a great way to unleash your creativity!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2022

I posted this article last year, got lots of reads, so am republishing with some updates. Why tech and the teacher who manages it in your school has become more important than ever. School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. Gifts tech teachers will love.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Learning moves forward in my classroom and students get so much done. Even when I am sick, my classroom can still learn and be a healthy place for progress. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Substitute teachers, like teachers, are heroes. But when I'm sick, I'm sick! That is pretty cool.

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2023

Logan Shideler said that to a 14-year-old boy who had called California Youth Crisis Line because he was contemplating suicide. Instead, when appropriate, they give encouragement and share resources — like information for a food pantry, for example, if the caller mentions food insecurity. If you've had a bad day, who would you go to?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

With the growing interest in tech comes a call for summer school programs that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. Once resources have been collected, present to the group for discussion. If you’ve been tasked (or voluntold) to run this activity, here are six activities that will tech-infuse participants: Debate.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, Jesse Lubinsky, a former classroom teacher and education evangelist for Adobe, shares 10 awesome free ways that teachers can use Adobe Express in their classrooms. So, that is where I am here. Let's see how it goes! Stream by clicking here.

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Talk STEM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

talkSTEM resources can work in conjunction with the new Eureka Math curriculum, launched this school year across the Dallas Independent School District, encouraging students not just to learn, but to ask why. Module 2: Unit Conversions and Problem Solving with Metric Measurement TEKS: 4.8a, 4.8b, 4.8c

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