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Difference Making

Care: A Love Story

[…] need something else: We’ll need each other. More specifically: We’ll need to care for each other. This is not something that always comes easily in America. Our education and health systems are not set up for it, and even our culture encourages people in need to deal with issues themselves; it’s up to us […]

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Paul and Mari
Getting Through

5 Ways Face-to-Face Learning Will Need to Differentiate to Contrast Virtual Learning

[…] are lots of students coming to school only for their participation on athletic teams, performance groups, and others. Our challenge is to bring that experience to our educational programs. Relationships and Mentoring Again, one can have quality relationships online. However, nothing may be more powerful than a highly engaged teacher-student relationship. Teachers have to […]

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EdTech

Smart Review: Better Voice Recognition with SoapBox Labs

[…] who is interested in artificial intelligence, I am often asked about the use of voice assistants in the classroom and the benefits of speech recognition software in education. When I asked Scanlon about the effectiveness of using Siri or Alexa with younger children, she said that while they may work in narrow use cases, […]

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Future of Learning

Getting Through: Leading with Optimism Hope and Love

[…] and love have proven to be key strategies that continue to propel leaders onward, envisioning a better tomorrow​, for generations to come.  The reality is that our current educational system wasn’t designed with an intent to meet the needs of all children, and COVID-19 has shined a ​glaring spotlight on the inequalities within the historically white […]

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Leadership

Effective Professional Learning: More Essential Than Ever

May is always a frenetic time in the field of education. Graduation looms like the checkered flag in Indianapolis, as graduates, parents, and educators alike are heading down the homestretch. That underlying sentiment bound by the rhythms of tradition is no different, even if we’re celebrating graduation this spring in a new, mutual way. For […]

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EdTech

Camera-Ready Educators: Video As a Learning Staple

[…] Comfortable with Classroom Technology 25 Must-Watch Video Channels for Learning Paul R.J. Teske, PhD, is a Teacher in Residence at Prezi with over 25 years experience in education, and founder of Education Impact Exchange. Follow him on Twitter @PRJTeske. Sarah Brown Wessling is a high school English teacher, and educational author and consultant. She […]

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EdTech

South Fayette School District: Leading Educators in Computational Thinking

[…] through 8. Creating a Learning Space for All A few years ago the South Fayette School District received a PASmart Advancing grant from the PA Department of Education, to build a K-8 CT CS/STEAM pathway in seven underserved rural and urban school districts. The grant is providing for 4,399 students and more than 400 teachers. […]

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Future of Learning

Teaching American Values in a Time of Protest

[…] apart, news that the rising generation is lacking in knowledge of civics, history, and geography doesn’t inspire hope in restored unity. On the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 76% of eighth-graders scored below proficient in civics, about the same as when the test was administered in 2014. In US History, 85% scored […]

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Global climate change strike - No Planet B
Leadership

Scaling Active Learning: Professional Development Was Key to the El Paso Transformation

[…] embraced empowers students to create and curate engaging projects and experiences. EPISD’s PowerUp movement began in 2015 with five teachers and a principal determined to change the educational landscape. In early discussions, they evaluated suitable technology and device management services to both serve students’ needs and ensure that the investment would be a lasting […]

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El Paso faculty at Franklin High