A Principal's Reflections
JUNE 26, 2022
Over the years, I have made the point of highlighting some of the many teachers who not only had a positive impact on me as a student but also have a tremendous amount of influence on me today. In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , the stories of Mrs. Williams (kindergarten), Mr. South (middle school science), and Dr. Hynoski (high school science) were shared.
World History Teachers Blog
JUNE 30, 2022
The history department at OSU (Ohio State University) tweeted this excellent 10-minute clip about Magellan's voyage and its importance to Spain and to world history. The voyage led to the beginning of global trade and generated new scientific knowledge about global time and the earth's circumference. OSU includes an accompanying reading about Magellan's voyage here.
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ED Surge
JUNE 28, 2022
Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook—is running a new TV ad showing a future in which college students slip on a lightweight VR headset to enter a lecture hall where a professor can toss 3D models of biological cells to students who can pull them apart to demonstrate some concept. It’s the latest sign that Big Tech sees education as a key piece of the rush to build a metaverse, the immersive Internet of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality that so far is a disconnected mix of clunky tech
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
Toyin Anderson is a mom looking for solutions to what she sees as a crisis of youth crying out for help with their mental health. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor. “Our kids are still struggling. From the pandemic, the lack of being able to socialize, from losses of family members due to COVID or to violence in the community, that stuff has not been addressed,” says Ms.
Digital Promise
JUNE 28, 2022
The post Promoting Digital Literacy for Adult Learners: A Resource Guide appeared first on Digital Promise.
Facing Today
JUNE 30, 2022
At this time each year, people often read or re-read Frederick Douglass’ landmark 1852 speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” In it, he famously questioned the way that people of his time understood the nation’s origins, the meaning of this national holiday, and the profound absence of interracial democracy in his era. His words and oratorical skills were so powerful that his speech remains an important cultural touchstone, and has inspired the formation of annual reading groups inclu
ED Surge
JUNE 26, 2022
Shea Smith starts the middle-school digital media class he teaches with a ritual: He asks his students to open up their Chromebooks and answer a simple question, “How are you feeling today?” The students answer on a Google form by clicking on one of three emojis—a happy face, a straight face (indicating “Meh”) or a frowny face. A second fill-in-the-blank question invites students to add if there is anything else they’d like to tell the teacher, though that’s optional.
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Digital Promise
JUNE 29, 2022
The post Un-Siloing Edtech: Stimulating Reflection and Metacognition in the Classroom appeared first on Digital Promise.
Edthena
JUNE 30, 2022
Schools are out and summer is here, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still learning! This past month, we’ve been reading all about meetings: how to have better team meetings and what PLCs really are. Here are our top picks for the June 2022 reads you shouldn’t miss. Read on for the highlights, article links, and related content.
ED Surge
JUNE 26, 2022
The education landscape looks a lot different than when educators last gathered in person for ISTE’s annual convergence of classroom tech aficionados. So much so that CEO Richard Culatta thinks of events in two categories: B.C. and A.D. That’s “Before COVID” and “After Disease,” he said Sunday from a New Orleans stage. It was the official welcome to the organization's first in-person conference since the pandemic sent the country into quarantine.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
One of the first things you notice when entering Yosemite Middle School’s Bear Cave, the campus’ social-emotional hub, are the many pairs of rainbow-colored hand prints covering the walls. This story also appeared in The Fresno Bee. Yesenia Lopez, a social-emotional paraprofessional who staffs the room, said it’s a tradition among students who use the space to leave their mark, literally, so future students can see how many of their peers came here before them.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Their images — and “cool factor” — take hits because I won’t let them have these digital drugs. As a psychologist with decades of experience in the field of addiction, I tell my kids, “I care about your brains, not your images.” Contemptuous eye rolls and sulky withdrawals predictably follow.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
Amoni Hall will move this summer from one higher education institution to another, a process that can be disruptive, complex, frustrating and fruitless when credits don’t transfer and other unanticipated obstacles crop up. This story also appeared in NBC News. But Hall, who is 20, will barely even notice the change. She’s among a small number of students at community colleges who have been guaranteed seats at partner four-year universities, with the idea that they’ll go on to earn the bachelor’s
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
As schools and communities scramble to find more ways to support the well-being of youth amid a pandemic-fueled mental health crisis, some think part of the answer lies with students helping other students. This story also appeared in The Seattle Times. The basic idea behind these peer support programs is straightforward: They rely on students trained to offer a listening ear to those who reach out, provide direct mentorship and guidance, or spot struggling students and help connect them with an
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Subscribe today! For years, sleep-deprived parents have been inundated with ads for infant sleep products that promised improved sleep for babies, less fussiness and success in “easing the transition from the womb to the world.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 28, 2022
The population most vulnerable to climate change is the one with the least ability to stand up for itself: young children. The climate change era is already here: A mid-June heat wave put more than 125 million Americans under extreme heat alerts, while the driest conditions in over a millennium led to raging wildfires in the Southwest and unprecedented flooding hit Montana.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
Andrea Maldonado was diagnosed with Graves’ disease during her sophomore year of high school, which stopped her from swimming competitively and began impacting her mental health. This story also appeared in The Dallas Morning News. The immune system disorder regularly bumps Maldonado’s heart rate to nearly double what it’s supposed to be. That not only makes athletic activities difficult, but it also has led to her having trouble falling asleep and struggling with anxiety and depression.
Edthena
JUNE 28, 2022
For many reasons, the past year of teaching and coaching was tricky. In this eSchool News article, two learning coaches from St. Vrain Valley Schools (Longmont, CO) reflected on the challenges: “We acknowledge we are teaching in a pandemic, yet we still need to move students forward and continue to help them grow.” But, there have been lessons learned and best practices solidified.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2022
On the day my state introduced a bill that would limit conversation around gender and sexual orientation in the classroom, I reposted the news to Twitter and cried myself to sleep. Later that night, my phone buzzed. I squinted my eyes, trying to make sense of the words on the screen. “I’m sorry that I couldn’t be there for you back then.”. The message was from my middle school counselor.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
Wesley Lynch was about 150 miles from Mount Holyoke College, and about eight credits away from earning a bachelor’s degree, though she hadn’t been enrolled in school full time in seven years. She was sitting in front of a desktop Dell in a converted brownstone in New York City, clicking through lessons in an online psychology class about stress, when she heard the word “resilience” for the first time.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
Should mental health concerns be handled by schools? This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor. Numerous statistics – and students themselves – point to the significant struggles many young people in the United States are experiencing. In an effort to help, federal and state governments are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding to cover everything from training more providers to running mental health awareness programs.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 1, 2022
Last week, the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Carson v. Makin left advocates on both sides of the school choice debate navigating a new legal landscape. The Court ruled that Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from a state tuition program was “discrimination against religion.” The program uses taxpayer dollars to help rural families who live far from a public school attend a private school instead.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
Christina Cody has a tireless, we-can-make-it-work attitude. No matter the problem, she’s the kind of person who will offer up ideas one after another until she finds one that works. This story also appeared in Post and Courier. Cody is a health and wellness specialist for Cherokee County Schools, a small, rural school district in the northwestern part of South Carolina.
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