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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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Future of Learning
How New Tech Schools Jumpstarted El Paso’s Education Transformation
In the second blog for a short series on school district transformation, Tom outlines how the school network New Tech Network helped to transform El Paso Independent Schoool District (EPISD).
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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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Future of Learning
New Standards of Quality: Minerva Baccalaureate and Debt Free College
[…] he founded Minerva Project, a venture-backed startup that partnered with Keck Graduate Institute at Claremont to create Minerva Schools at KGI–what might be the most interesting and important higher education program in the world. The undergraduate program features a rigorously designed curriculum that develops knowledge and skills in about 100 foundational concepts and habits of success. Learners […]
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Future of Learning
Supporting Statewide Change Through Virtual Course Access Models
[…] online through traditional courses and grading models. This approach may work well for some learners, but it fails to leverage the potential of technology to recenter our education system around the learner and create a system that works for all children. Towards a learner-centered future States wishing to pursue this strategy should think about […]
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