ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps it is because the virtues of Mexican and Indigenous spiritualities in Texas and Minnesota, where I’ve split my whole life, are so universal that it’s hard to not be drawn to their teachings and practices. This past June, I received an email inviting me to participate in a webinar on Gratitude-Based Learning (GBL).

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ED Surge

JUNE 6, 2023

There is a really wonderful organization called the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization that offers tons of resources and holds lots of webinars and in-person events and trainings for teachers to teach philosophically. So you teach people that we're going to take turns — we're gonna listen to each other.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence resides at the nexus of education and technology, where the opportunities seem limitless, though uncertain. Over the last few months, EdSurge webinar host Carl Hooker moderated three webinars featuring field-expert panelists discussing the transformative impact of artificial intelligence in the education field.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Additionally, we must elevate the level of respect for the teaching profession. Dr. Henson shares more about the strategies and leadership principles that transformed his struggling district in this on-demand webinar. One persistent challenge is that research, while invaluable, is ever-changing.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2020

Online education was unlikely to work well for him. On its website and in letters to families , the district initially boasted of its preparation “to move teaching and learning beyond the four walls of the classroom.” This has forced school leaders to ask, “If we can’t teach every student equitably, should we be teaching any at all?”.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. How can educators address the concern about students using AI to cheat?

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2023

The webinar, sponsored by Dell , offers advice and reflection on advancing students’ digital literacy skills. School districts recognize the need for teaching digital literacy to prepare students for skills they will need to enter the workforce of the future.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2023

Levien works in a large urban district and has seen firsthand the struggles of teaching and learning during and after Covid with interrupted classes and student absenteeism, symptoms of the trauma and uncertainty many students felt. Watch the full “The Role of Technology in Personalized Learning” webinar on-demand now.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Orangeburg approach is an example of the role higher education could play in helping to get millions of people of all backgrounds, income levels and parts of the country connected to high-quality internet in order to more-fully participate in the modern world—a concept that some advocates have started to call “ digital equity.”

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Julio Vazquez, director of instruction and human resources at North Salem, emphasizes the importance of this effort: “We are working to build our capacity in teaching CT to fully integrate computing in all grade levels and across multiple subject areas. Join us for a webinar on November 10, 2022 to learn more.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Moats details in Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science , many teachers—the stakeholders who have the single greatest impact on student learning—are not equipped or trained to teach reading in the way current research shows is the most effective. As Louisa C.

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ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2023

Building in more creativity comes down to student agency—teaching students to find their voice. It’s about empowering students to find what is unique about them, finding their own voice, their story,” says Ben Forta, a senior director of education initiatives at Adobe.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 8, 2022

For example, a leader from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development explained during the webinar how her state is creating a digital search tool that lets people select among all the credential options available to them, sorting by occupation, program location and graduate outcomes.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 22, 2018

In fact, according to a Digital Promise study , 74 percent of districts use more than 26 different education technology products and another 17 percent of districts use over 100. When education technology products don’t play nicely together, educators and administrators pay the price. Parents were frustrated too.

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

Students addressed their own climate anxiety by applying their research skills in designing climate solutions and writing defending arguments to local politicians.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create digital lessons from a library Recommended Resources BookWidgets Blog BookWidgets Webinars BookWidgets Tutorials Teaching with BookWidgets | Facebook BookWidgets YouTube Channel Finding user-friendly online platforms to create projects and activities is crucial in our classrooms.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2022

para’s webinar, “Are Teachers Still Closing Tabs?,” Teachers set a good example when they are transparent in their monitoring, communicate clearly and improve upon their own teaching practice. Register to watch H?para’s on-demand now. How can teachers improve their ethical monitoring skills? Recommended Resources.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

She teaches students to be more inclusive by making their creations accessible to those who are differently abled. But educators have a chance to open pathways through collaborative projects that encourage innovation and creative thinking. Watch the full “Impact of Creativity on Career and College Readiness” webinar on-demand now.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example, you might say that math hasn't changed much over the years, but how you teach math and the ability to improve math outcomes can be influenced, and it is something that we're investing a lot of time and effort in. We're looking at bias in adaptive learning and artificial intelligence technologies. Why am I doing this?

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

This newfound mobility allows teachers the freedom to interact with students on a more personal level by teaching alongside them while remaining in control of the classroom display through wireless screen sharing. 3 Crowd Source: Ask Those Who Know Which districts are upending the status quo and empowering their teachers through technology?

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2022

Phyall cautions that schools need to evaluate the tools they are using on a regular basis and determine their educational net worth: “We have all these tools that get thrown at people, and we spend a lot of money on them. Watch the full “Enabling Equitable Education” webinar on-demand now.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

At the LEARN Network, we encourage researchers and developers to involve school and district leaders, educators and community members in the design phase of their work. Products that lack sufficient input can struggle with unforeseen challenges upon implementation.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

The technology supporting these metaversities comes from Engage, an Irish company that has produced virtual-reality experiences depicting the Titanic voyage, the Apollo 11 space mission and the bombing of Berlin during World War II. The design interface comes from VictoryXR, a company that sells virtual-reality education technology.

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