ED Surge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2021

Many difficult lessons were learned during the pandemic, and a few more are sure to materialize over the next couple of months. Even though educators have been challenged like never before, they faced adversity and stepped up to the plate admirably for their learners. Don't sell yourselves short.

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ED Surge

JULY 2, 2024

When ChatGPT and other new generative AI tools emerged in late 2022, the major concern for educators was cheating. And it's not just educators who are worried, this is becoming an education policy issue. Teachers in K-12 schools are also beginning to push for similar protections against AI replacing educators.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Among them: Are crypto-entrepreneurs imagining better systems for education—or just systems that pay off better financially for themselves? That’s not a new ideology within education. That includes higher education. At least, in theory.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2022

As another pandemic year draws to a close, a few key themes have risen to the top in education. Also: Our continued coverage of the collapse of China’s online tutoring market, and its global ramifications, became required reading for anyone interested in education. Then, Public Education. Then, Public Education.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

During the conversation, we discussed AI’s potential to transform education. They demonstrate the efficiency and simplicity with which these tools generate lists of questions, create quick assessments, and plan lessons or entire units. I can appreciate the excitement since lesson planning is a time-consuming endeavor.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In our increasingly digital world, educators recognize the significance of integrating AI tools in the classroom. It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. I think all educators grew concerned.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I’m a special education teacher serving students in a self-contained class, and all of my students have moderate to severe learning disabilities including ADHD, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, specific learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. I taught in a brick and mortar school. I used paper and pencil.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

And nowhere is this conversation more relevant than in K-12 education, where AI holds the promise of revolutionizing how teachers teach and students learn. The data generated helps educators tailor their lesson plans and instruction. But education leaders can’t wait for policies to be drawn up and legislation enacted.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 3, 2023

The introduction of generative AI into society shines a bright spotlight on these educators. So education leaders are investing in new training and professional development for teachers on the best use cases for AI. Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly,” he says.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2023

We published numerous stories about the plight of teachers today, including investigations into the experiences of educators whose mental health concerns are pushing them out of the profession and the lives of teachers who work multiple jobs to cover their basic needs. Educators Don’t Need To Cope. Thank you, as always, for reading.

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ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

The book is called “ Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing). ” At the time you were rolling it out slowly because there were many questions about using AI chatbots in education. And so here we are, an education nonprofit that hopefully a lot of folks trust to have high-quality work.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 2, 2020

These first-year teachers were given options to record their teaching videos and watch experienced educators deliver instruction. First-year teachers are an excellent fit for this type of initiative because many already need a personalized professional learning plan.

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Edthena

AUGUST 4, 2021

However, educators don’t have time to search through random teaching videos online and determine which are actually helpful or the best to learn from. Whatever the school-wide priority, educators across your district only need to make a few clicks to drill down to specific grade-level and subject area videos.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Commercials, shown alongside educational programming, entered one of the last ad-free spaces in children’s lives. It’s not just a question of exposure to advertising and commercial branding, but of the ethics of public education in an increasingly digital world. Higher Education. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Perhaps this includes things such as the day’s lesson plan (easily attached to a video observation in Edthena), their own self-reflection of the lesson, or a list of the schoolwide improvement goals and priorities. Educators need to adopt ideas for change to continually increase their effectiveness.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. He started his career in education as a science teacher in St.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Now, can you name at least one educator who could serve as a model for others? But this process doesn’t easily scale across a large number of educators who will need access to the special group and a wide set of contributors who will need to remember to share their video to the group. Or classroom management. Probably not.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The tools educators can use to guide viewing of instructional practice videos are called Focusing Techniques, and they are synthesized from research on teacher learning, self-reflection, and accelerated improvement. The Spot technique encourages educators to notice significant details within a larger context.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Educators have an obligation to prepare for conversations about race by doing some self-reflection, first. The answer does not lie in a good lesson plan. He draws on his experience as an educator and a black male to offer advice to educators navigating these topics. So, how does a teacher prepare?

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Edthena

JULY 25, 2016

Gwen Jones and her team in the School of Education have used a number of learning management systems – as well as assessment and accreditation systems – during the last few years. But an LMS doesn’t work well for managing teacher professional development, according to professors at Fairmont State University.

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Edthena

JANUARY 12, 2021

Video artifacts help confirm whether every educator interpreting the vision the same way. The shift to distance learning offers new opportunities for discussion and alignment of values to create a sense of unity among educators. Laura believes that a lesson study is a very powerful tool in lesson planning and reflection.

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Artifacts Professional Development Lesson Plan Teaching 52

Edthena

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As educators, we often think of video as a tool to conduct observations and coaching sessions with teachers inside their classrooms. Although coaches were able to review lesson plans and feedback provided by mentor teachers, video delivered the ultimate opportunity to become a more active part in supporting residents through their journeys.

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Edthena

AUGUST 29, 2022

This SmartBrief article notes that successful educators know how to use time “so it works for them, not against them.” Self-care for educators is not a nice-to-have, it’s a need-to-do. Read the full post at SmartBrief: Educators can maximize time with 3 best practices. F igure out the task and zoom in.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

And at least one edtech company is making a similar offer: Instructure, the learning management system provider that runs Canvas, is encouraging its employees to volunteer as substitute teachers for districts. I do think it also helps the company become a better partner with education,” Daly says. “I

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ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2022

percent decline in the grade 2 math skills it was trying to improve, having omitted to train educators on how to use the new resources effectively. Governments and development organizations have financed material distribution without similar investments in training educators on how, when and why to use these tools.

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EdTech Tutoring Lesson Plan Professional Development 120

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

That means that students have tutoring sessions at least three times a week, working one-to-one with tutors or in very small groups with tutors using clear lesson plans, not just helping with homework. “Changing educational systems at scale is hard.” Many schools embraced this sort of frequent tutoring.

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Tutoring EdTech Lesson Plan Elementary School 126

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Trying to balance lesson planning, teaching, and taking care of my own well-being hasn’t been easy, but I’m doing my best to carve out moments for myself to stay sane. Still, Tuesday’s lesson reminded me that, despite all the challenges, we’re making progress—one step at a time. This week, I felt the weight of it all.

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Government Teaching Lesson Plan Economics 126

ED Surge

MAY 3, 2022

I’ve since left the classroom, but the empty words and gestures that too often accompany this time to honor educators still agitate me. Three years later, and with inflation rates at 40-year highs, those of us in education are still waiting for this to happen—and teachers are needing it more than ever. were educators.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Walberto Flores EdTech Coordinator, Highlands International School San Salvador Artificial intelligence has entered our classrooms — sometimes invited and other times not — leaving educators to ask essential questions about its implementation and impact. Walberto Flores: How might we redefine teaching and learning?

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Education Lesson Plan EdTech Critical Thinking 137

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 19, 2016

Once there is a clear vision and plan for integrating technology in the classroom, the next challenge for many educators and students alike is finding appropriate tools the align to the content, age group of the students, platform, standards, and budget. Find the right educational tools for your needs.

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