ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2024

In a feedback loop, participants experience a transformation of their knowledge, actions or goals while contributing their expertise to an initiative. The feedback loop concept is a systems-thinking way of approaching collaboration between communities, focused on mutual benefit through capacity building.

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MAY 2, 2024

The argument against AI-powered tools remains the same: any content produced by artificial intelligence can be viewed as plagiarism. Is using AI in your essay writing unethical and a potential reason your teacher may debate your work’s authenticity? There are several key questions that bother students who are seeking help.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

The loss of my unci , a lifelong educator, my namesake, and one of the most important teachers in my life, and in the lives of many others, has prompted me to think even more deeply about how important it is for Indigenous Knowledge Systems to be not only included, but honored and affirmed in classrooms. Ee.chee.yah.pee.”

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MAY 5, 2023

Considering pressing student mental health issues and behavioral concerns, schools where educators are able to learn, grow and stay together can be a powerful force in transforming school culture and impacting student achievement. Visibly shaken, her voice trembled as she went on, "She’s been crying for days. All the kids are upset.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The purpose of today's post with you a sample of AI-powered tools (courtesy of Harsh Makadia ) that can help you create awesome visuals and images to use in your instruction. No prior technical knowledge is required and some of them do not even require sign-up or login. Stay tuned. You can always revert back to your original image.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

AI-powered quiz builders are revolutionizing modern classrooms, transforming traditional teaching methods into captivating, gamified learning adventures. Moreover, Quizlet’s incorporation of spaced repetition, a technique proven to enhance long-term retention, ensures that students retain knowledge over time.

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ED Surge

JULY 17, 2023

Alongside always available access for students in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools , teachers receive robust professional development and coaching to cultivate a culture of powerful learning with technology. When you explain the why to people, they are all in. It was a party! Celebrating is important.

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MAY 1, 2024

Rather than imposing our theoretical knowledge and professional competencies in social work and mental health, we should prioritize student-led approaches. Despite this sentiment, I believe there is still power in giving students the space to reflect, even if their initial response is rooted in uncertainty.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Harvard offers an amazing program in this field of knowledge and welcomes top students every year. The institution offers strong academic knowledge and the practical appliance of it. The institution offers strong academic knowledge and the practical appliance of it. 2 Stanford University. 3 Harvard University.

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ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

The school is not only getting advanced devices powered by our latest processor technology and access to connectivity—many of these schools don't even have WiFi available—but also introduced to curriculum teacher training and assessment elements to model the embracing of digital learning that can occur.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

As their research describes, “technological shocks” that swept the “knowledge industry” widened the scale of concentration, public funding and support for higher education’s increased scope of service to society. Here is where microcredentials serve as a powerful and timely solution. From 1890 to 1940, higher education in the U.S.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This research was motivated by Goodnotes' position as the AI-powered digital paper preferred by millions of students and teachers worldwide. Rethink Homework: Promote self-motivated study outside the classroom, encouraging students to deepen their knowledge at home. Remove grading for non-end-of-year assessment work.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States. What Is AI Literacy?

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

Over the past nine months, our editors have had the privilege of collaborating with a group of eight talented educators and school leaders who bravely reflected on their lived experiences and shared their truths through a collection of powerful personal essays as part of the EdSurge Voices of Change writing fellowship.

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JULY 25, 2023

Visualization Tools Imagery is a powerful tool for learners to show their interpretation of math concepts. Using web-based technologies, teachers can invite experts in mathematics to share their knowledge with the class. The teacher can then assess how well the students know the concepts by analyzing the visuals they come up with.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Subscribe to the Show This week's sponsor Microsoft 's Free AI Course for Educators Microsoft has an amazing artificial intelligence course for educators that will help you and your education team have the knowledge you need to understand the best practices for artificial intelligence in schools. AIforEducators. How do we foster it?

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The Notetaking Apps I'll Cover The apps I'm covering in today's “Tech Tool Tuesday” include Evernote , Notion , OneNote , LogSeq , Apple Notes , and Google Keep as well as Google NotebookLM. We all need to find a system that works for us and we need to choose tools that align with our individual preferences and workflows.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2023

Now, as technology continues to evolve, a new era of personalized learning is dawning, fueled by the power of artificial intelligence. Choice Texts leverages the power of artificial intelligence to create custom reading passages and comprehension questions for each student based on their own choices and interests.

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Educators Technology

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The games are simple yet powerful enough to engage kids in various Halloween themed activities from solving challenging puzzles and word searches to learning keyboarding skills. The game tests kids knowledge of Halloween vocabulary and facts. Halloween brings a lot of fun and joy to us all. Our classrooms are no exception.

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APRIL 8, 2024

It’s uniquely designed to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical skills. High School collects a diverse group of students into a large learning community, but it also prepares teenagers for a future as variable as any we can imagine. How is it possible to accomplish that?

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

She emphasized that 'If we want to make informed decisions to sustainably transform education, our leaders must have authentic knowledge and skills in technology." To achieve this, Carrozza's district is streamlining platforms, tools and curriculum choices to develop a unified digital learning ecosystem.

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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

PictureThis makes use of an AI-powered plant identification system that makes it easy for users to identify plants, flowers, and trees. LeafSnap also offers numerous helpful features to enhance your gardening knowledge and help you take good care of your plants. PlantNet PlantNet lets you identify plants by picture.

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

Educators can access the knowledge and expertise of others and share their own experience in a constructive, solution-oriented setting. and Canada who demonstrate powerful teaching and learning with technology. This opportunity will offer them a broader perspective on the powerful use of technology in the classroom. and Canada.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

” This year, on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, we will elect every one of 435 members of the House of Representatives, one-third of the one hundred Senators, and the most powerful position in the country, the President. Over two hundred years after that mandate, it is still unclear whether it will work. It’s their decision.

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JULY 14, 2023

Citizen scientists come from all walks of life and have made invaluable contributions to scientific knowledge and understanding. Citizen science allows the common public to participate in important scientific studies, partnering with scientists and helping them with work crucial to the enhancement of human knowledge.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

While youth organizing spaces emphasize young people’s autonomy, knowledge and lived experiences, school spaces often relegate young people to more passive roles such as the learner, listener or rule follower. Over 25 educators showed up and listened to these powerful stories. Wouldn’t it be cool if our school was actually like that?”

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The good news is that SEL programs have been proven to have a powerful effect on students’ coping skills while also positively impacting academic achievement. Research has proven the powerful benefits experienced by students who are taught by same-race teachers. The bad news is that SEL has become highly politicized in recent years.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Listening to the Unique Concerns Early Childhood Teachers Have Most of the early childhood teachers I work with are apprehensive about integrating technology into instruction. The bottom line is that these educators have so much on their plate already — trying anything new seems too big a mountain to climb.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding or can anyone teach it? Two criteria are mentioned over and over in keyboarding research: Keyboarding instruction is most effective when spread out over several years and designed to build on the student’s prior knowledge. Week 1 ( click for prior lesson). I keep it fun.

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ED Surge

MARCH 14, 2023

Olav Schewe, consultant based in Oslo, Norway, who has worked with universities and companies to advise them on how to use insights from neuroscience to make better learning programs and tools. He is also the author of books on effective learning, including “ Super Student.” But now we can see inside the brain.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

So, during my spring break, I took the time to interrogate my identity, power, and privilege. Armed with a wealth of knowledge on the systemic injustices that influence climate change, students now have the opportunity to identify environmental causes that are important to them and use science as a tool to effectuate change.

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ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2022

A Position of Power No matter where you are, teachers are in a position of power. For teachers who work in communities with large populations of historically marginalized groups, they have a disproportionate amount of power in the classroom. We dictate what children learn, when they learn it, and how they do it. Can’t read.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Finding the Elephants Since there was little to no Black representation in my classroom content during my adolescence, I took it upon myself to seek this knowledge out in college. Elephant knowledge is spreading. I didn’t know it then, but many Black scholars and entrepreneurs existed throughout these times. Elephants aren’t anomalies.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Carlson, the English teacher in Maine who has tried oral exams in IB classes, has used Sherpa to have students answer questions about an assigned portion of the science fiction novel “The Power,” by Naomi Alderman, via their laptop webcams. “I I can only really do four at a time, and then I need a brain break.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2023

My colleagues at the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ( CASEL ) were there to gather data on how teachers can help students thrive by focusing on the learning conditions they have the power to create within their classrooms. What would it take to get there?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

On a whim, I typed “TFA criticisms” into the search bar and read article after article of valid, powerful critiques of the organization that I — bright-eyed and full of naive optimism — had just committed to for the next two years. In teacher training, I heard horror stories about parents who refused to take accountability.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

In the end, learning is changed from pedantic to powerful and students learn to reliably connect academic studies to the world outside the schoolhouse. It’s about creating life-long learners who fuel their future passionately with knowledge. How can you teach more when you struggle to complete what is already required?

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