ED Surge

AUGUST 19, 2022

To meet this demand, public universities are showing an increased interest in public-private partnership agreements that bring profit motives into the public sector. And the number of Americans who believe that online education matches or surpasses in-person learning is growing, according to a New America survey.

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Box Light

MARCH 5, 2024

Clayton County Public Schools (Jonesboro, GA) and Boxlight's partnership spanning over eight years has significantly transformed education by addressing the challenges posed by outdated technology. CCPS faced issues with aging projectors, prompting a strategic collaboration with Boxlight.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

With schools closed for in-person learning and many children being educated at home, parents are scrambling for quality alternatives that work in a home environment. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors has some ideas you may not have thought of: How to Make Remote Learning Work For Your Children. Online Learning Portals.

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ED Surge

MAY 19, 2022

Blockchain has gotten plenty of attention lately as a new mode of exchange, allowing experimental cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the sale of NFTs in ways that leave an unalterable, fully transparent public record that tracks the transfer and ownership of digital things. In SuperSkills!,

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Despite the setback, I believe there is still a way for students to re-engage in school, support their communities and learn leadership skills. After taking a closer look at the social emotional learning (SEL) framework, it is clear there is a connection between SEL and service learning that educators can use and nurture.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 21, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence is the topic of conversation for anyone who cares about learning, scholarship, and the future of our world, and rightly so. The job losses are supposed to be staggering.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

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ED Surge

MAY 9, 2022

Students returned to their school buildings, we had months of lower COVID rates and some of kids’ favorite learning strategies—like group projects, stations and flexible seating—came back. For many, last summer focused on lost learning; this summer should focus on making sure kids are ready and well when next year starts.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

EdSurge: What experiences laid the foundation for your role as a leader in STEM education in NYC Public Schools? Since 2015, CS4All has worked diligently to ensure that all public school students in New York City learn computer science, emphasizing students who identify as girls, Black and LatinX.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Remote learning used to be for snow days or virtual schools–alternatives to the traditional. Now, all public schools are coming up with remote learning plans. Here’s a great article in K-12 Dive on that subject: Geography, socioeconomics created significant variation in pandemic learning plans. But they vary.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jackie Gerstein Recently, EdSurge spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms: Dr. Jackie Gerstein, Dr. Brandon Taylor and Dr. Stacy George. Gerstein: I taught machine learning activities to the students with ISTE standards using Google's Teachable Machine as the tool.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I learned about this revolutionary classroom practice in Alexis Wiggins’ 2017 book, “The Best Class You Never Taught.” I had been teaching writing and English at this rural public PreK-12 school for nearly five years, but this year felt different. This strategy allowed me to make space to learn from and with my students.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As educators, we tend to be on a continuous quest for innovative edtech tools that will enhance the learning experience for students. This recommendation stems from the experiences of students who have harnessed generative AI to enhance their understanding of subjects, promoting curiosity, confidence and deeper learning.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

While shows like Abbott Elementary – which I especially love as a graduate of Philly Public Schools – try to show teachers as real, dynamic people with complexities and contradictions, few educators get to narrate the true power of the relationships we’ve been able to cultivate with our students. This is her third year in the profession.

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The Maker Mom

DECEMBER 30, 2023

One of the best ways children learn to develop ideas and communicate with others is through public speaking and debate. Dynamic lessons and games make learning and communicating fun. The Debate Camp philosophy gives importance to students learning about the larger world around them and speaking up about their ideas and opinions.

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

Building STEM Literacy at a Large Florida School District Broward County Public Schools is the sixth-largest school district in the United States, serving over 250,000 students across 326 schools and education centers in the Fort Lauderdale area. Iterate on what works and learn from what doesn’t.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2024

NEW YORK — Loyal Harmoni Harris travels every day to Bronx Regional High School, where she learns emotional, motor and language skills. LYFE offers free early childhood education to student parents attending city public schools. Experienced educators help students learn parenting skills. LYFE isn’t new.

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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Language learning has many benefits. When you learn a second or third tongue you do not simply learn its linguistic system but you also learn its underlying cultural codes. There are several reasons why people learn new languages. Languages are not empty vessels and certainly are not culturally neutral.

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Defined Learning

MARCH 29, 2024

Elizabeth Kreutzer, middle school s cience teacher and science department chair at Loch Raven Technical Academy in Baltimore City Public Schools , discusses her experience incorporating project-based learning into her classroom. In today's digital age, student engagement is more of a challenge than ever before.

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ED Surge

MAY 3, 2023

They range from the massive New York City Public Schools, with more than 1 million students, to the tiny Lenoir City Schools and its 2,500 students in Tennessee. Baltimore City Public Schools says that its team is going to grow, whether that’s with new roles or multiple of the same roles, as programs are expanded to more students or schools.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2023

But the district decided and communicated to families in November that it would likely have just one snow day this year, with subsequent snow-related school closures treated as virtual learning days, at least at the middle and high school levels. In Iowa, for example, remote learning is effectively banned.

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Box Light

AUGUST 21, 2023

EOS Education by Boxlight and Clayton County Public Schools (Jonesboro, GA) proudly united to host the inaugural Teacher Appreciation Celebration, an event organized by the EOS Education Digital Learning Specialist Team.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Defined Learning is a fantastic way to bring project-based learning to every grade level and subject area. Some teachers (and students) are great at coming up with meaningful project ideas that align with standards and learning objectives. Defined Learning makes using project-based content easy to bring into any subject.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 25, 2023

If you have public website, your data can also be used to train tools like Chat GPT and some are trying to block their sites from being training data , as well.) When People Fail: Will The Integrity Gap Cause a Learning Gap? Ethical students will be able to learn better and faster than ever. And so are we.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“I've always thought games were good models for everything—how to learn, but also how to be,” says Arana Shapiro. Now the Managing Director and Chief Learning Officer at Games for Change , Shapiro stands at the vanguard of a movement to both normalize and prioritize game-based instruction in schools. So, I joined her team.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Zachary Jackson thinks a lot about what his students may be learning from him in class. Jackson takes particular pains to make sure his male students are “selfless,” learning to care for others and to be there for each other. For some of his first graders in Atlanta, that goes beyond the actual academic lessons. Thomas asks.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. My wife and I chose Aniefuna because in studying Black history, we learned that our land was never lost.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Thomas Arnett from the Christensen Institute Shares What the Insitute has learned from administrators and teachers about best practices for teaching during the pandemic. Thomas Arnett talks about blended learning best practices. Carpe Diem: Convert pandemic struggles into student-centered learning – [link].

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

Then in college, when he started learning Mandarin, a deep love of languages took hold, and he began to make new plans. But Farley, who had been learning Mandarin for a few years by then, was serving a class of kindergarteners enrolled in a Mandarin-English dual immersion program. That’s when everything fell into place. “It

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Oregon Trail has an extraordinary origin story , illuminating many of the crucial elements that make games engaging and powerful for learning. Given its exceptional start within a favorable early ecosystem, one might expect hundreds—even thousands—of compelling games for learning on the market today.

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ED Surge

JULY 26, 2023

I became a teacher because I wanted to be a student forever, so I know what it’s like to be mired in the muck of learning. I want to create a learning environment that embraces and affirms the humanity of each student and prioritizes our relationships with one another.

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Newton STEM

MAY 15, 2022

The Public Health Museum in Tewksbury is again offering its free summer public health learning experience, Outbreak! It’s designed for students interested in careers in public health, medicine, epidemiology, bioethics, nursing, virology, mental health, or related fields. Apply here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2022

So what are the absolute basics you should learn this summer that will make a difference in your Fall class? Here are fifteen ideas that will still leave you time to enjoy sunsets and hang out with friends: Learn basic tech problems. There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Learn from others and share your knowledge.

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Box Light

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Because technology is playing a greater role in teaching and learning, in large part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts are making high-quality professional development an essential focus.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 17, 2021

I have been very intentional in the public school teaching jobs I have chosen. I chose these jobs because I believe in active, hands-on, and joyful learning. I love being able to provide them with learning experiences not based on preparing them for toxic tests, but on how humans learn naturally outside of school settings.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2020

Here’s how it works: Share a form that collects data on, say, remote learning. As with the backchannel, the teacher can see who answered but the public report is anonymous. Here are other great ways to use JotForm Report Builder to energize learning: Create warm up and exit tickets and then evaluate results.

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Smore Science

APRIL 26, 2022

As a public health entomologist, I focus on insects like mosquitoes, bed bugs, and hornets. That means I do a lot of public speaking! . And after hearing a state health department entomologist talk about her experience conducting a plague investigation, I knew I wanted to work in public health. Best part of my job.

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