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4 steps to support student mental health as schools reopen
Technology-based tools and resources can help education professionals serve students and target student mental health as they return to classrooms
Most schools across the country sent students home last spring at the onset of the pandemic. More than a year later, many are just now reopening—unaware of the true impact the stresses brought on by COVID-19 have had on children.
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Data doesn’t talk–people do
Professor Andrea Jones-Rooy brilliantly stated in Quartz: “Data doesn’t say anything. Humans say things. We’ve conflated data with truth. And this has dangerous implications for our ability to understand, explain, and improve the things we care about.” Data is important, but it can be manipulated and generated in the way questions are asked. The value is often suspect, and conclusions can be pre-determined.
4 things we need to realize about digital equity
COVID caused an unprecedented and massive shift to online learning, and while online learning isn’t new itself, it became the primary mode of education delivery for most students. Even as most districts plan for a return to in-person learning in the fall, “the need for online remote access for K-12 instruction and learning resources is now integral to the U.S. education system.”
Equity and equality are not the same
A rising tide raises all boats. However, it is hard to guarantee equal outcomes in education when students are not starting from the same place, nor are they exposed to the same quality of instruction.
Making a post-pandemic promise
Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) Superintendent Chad Shealy is irrepressible. Whether you are talking about COVID response, CTE strategies, or curriculum content, Chad not only makes you feel happy you asked, but even happier with his answers.
3 ways we address COVID learning gaps
At Sonora Elementary School, we’ve been fortunate to be able to offer in-person classes to most of our students this year. Our district gave all students a fully online option as well as the option to return fully in-person or blended. At the beginning of the school year, about 500 of our 600 students came back full-time, and by November we only had approximately 20 students who were still blended.
How is technology impacting literacy?
We live in a world where learning and technology are intrinsically linked, especially in the minds of our youth. But do today’s students process information differently because it comes on a digital device? Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? And is the way our young people consume information negatively impacting their growth as learners?
7 fun ISTELive 21 sessions to add to your schedule
ISTE 2021 will focus on “Designing a New Learning Landscape”–an apt theme given the many discussions around how the COVID-19 pandemic has given education the chance to tweak last-minute changes and make them more permanent solutions.
3 critical STEM action-items for administrators
With summer approaching, now is an opportune time for administrators and science department leaders to work collaboratively with educators to examine what worked and what didn’t, to close the year out safely and on a high note, and to start to envision what STEM instruction will look like in the fall.
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How is technology impacting literacy?
We live in a world where learning and technology are intrinsically linked, especially in the minds of our youth. But do today’s students process information differently because it comes on a digital device? Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? And is the way our young people consume information negatively impacting their growth as learners?
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Using STEM & PBL to Combat COVID-Related Challenges in Education
Learn How UV Disinfection Can Support Your School’s Layered Prevention Strategies
Why closing the digital divide helps students far beyond the classroom
Using E-rate funds to enhance school networks
Leveraging online resources to support students’ learning and teacher effectiveness
Building a future-ready K–12 network
Living for today or planning for tomorrow with digital learning investments
Predicting the future of digital learning
Is Your Network Prepared to Meet the Demands of a Tech-Rich Environment?
An emerging threat to educational transformations
Taking learning online
Using Electronic Signatures for Innovation in K-12 Education
7 Ways DocuSign Can Help K-12 Schools Do More with Less
Creating a Paperless Future in K-12 Schools
Engaging Emergent Bilinguals with Edtech
Find a Communication Solution That Works For Your K-12 School District
Using Federal Funding to Support Student Success
Lessons learned in cybersecurity: How education coped in the shift to distance learning
