Key points: Edtech groups are hoping to alleviate the burden schools have when it comes to the evaluation process for digital learning tools 5 can’t-miss events at ISTELive 24 A new teacher’s perspective: Today’s best edtech resources For more ISTELive news, visit eSN’s Live @ ISTE 2024 hub Seven leading edtech organizations have developed a…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. John Dewey High School senior Jayla Mallette had an unusual request for her teacher after 9 p.m. a few months back. She was so excited about a project that she wanted permission to work on it through the night. Jayla and…
We’ve been thinking a lot about microschools across the United States over the last few years, and certainly, they’ve garnered a lot of media attention. Certain policy moves and philanthropic attention have increased opportunities to reimagine the microschools that exist in the country and to launch hundreds of new microschools in both the public and…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2009. You can see them all here) GDJ / Pixabay You may have heard about the bill that was just introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state, into the U.S. Congress that would provide $2.35 billion in…
Favorite Lessons From Teachers for English-Learner Newcomers is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Marry academic content with language development for the best results in teaching English learners who are new to the United States. Here are some excerpts: Favorite Lessons From Teachers for English-Learner Newcomers is the headline of one…
geralt / Pixabay At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM. Here are the latest: Imggen is a new free text-to-image generator. I’m adding it to THE BEST…
ALBANY, Ore. – It’s 7:15 on a cold gray Monday morning in May at Linn-Benton Community College in northwestern Oregon. Math professor Michael Lopez, in a hoodie and jeans, a tape measure on his belt, paces in front of the 14 students in his “math for welders” class. “I’m your OSHA inspector,” he says. “Three…
The nature and extent of content in faculty-wide teaching and resources for participant-based undergraduate dissertations. Dissertations and their supervision may rightly be very individual. In higher education, whenever standardization as a marker for quality conflicts with fitness for purpose, the latter should ideally prevail. The value of striking a balance between freedom and structure in…
Growing up in an immigrant family, I was painfully aware of the sacrifices my parents made for me to be educated in the United States. Their love and support were boundless, embodied by their long hours of work and their emphasis on education from an early age. One day, I remember taking it upon myself…
If you are looking for decision-making activities for employees to use in training and workshops, here are 12 activities that you can use. The post 12 Decision-Making Activities for Employees appeared first on Symonds Research. If you are looking for decision-making activities for employees to use in training and workshops, here are 12 activities that…