Major "systemic reforms" are in the works at HISD under state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles. Here's the six most important changes that you need to know.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/houston-isd-destination-2035-mike-miles-18210568.php

#news #texas #houston #education #ednews #schools

Article: Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-12-09-educators-we-must-be-champions-for-our-trans-students

It's an opinion piece, not a more news-centric article, but it's nice to see it on the platform nonetheless.

#EdNews #EduTooters #Education #Teaching #TransRightsAreHumanRights #MessWithTexas

Article: Most School Districts Still Lack Data-Privacy Personnel

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-12-05-most-school-districts-still-lack-data-privacy-personnel

This is increasingly more relevant as more schools rely on ChromeBooks to reach a 1:1 connectivity ratio.

My students used to edit video on desktops. They handed their film fest projects in on CDs.

Now our "official" editing software is web based, because it has to be.

Our vendor jumped through lots of data privacy hoops to be approved, but due diligence is a lot of work.

#EdNews #Education #EdTech

Article: Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 2)

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-11-21-reflections-on-50-years-of-game-based-learning-part-2

This is not gamification, where you turn the curriculum into its own game where students can "level up" in your classroom. (I've done that, it was an interesting experience.) This is about having a game that, through the act of playing it, students are expected to learn something.

Or die of dysentery, as one tended to do on the Oregon Trail.

#EdNews #Education #Teaching #EduTooter

Article: ASCD and ISTE to Merge in Partnership Aimed at Reducing Education Silos

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-11-14-ascd-and-iste-to-merge-in-partnership-aimed-at-reducing-education-silos

Ironically both of these orgs have blogs that don't have RSS feeds.

ASCD also has a "Podcast" section that doesn't have an RSS feed.

I look forward to them breaking down their own silos and hope they don't build another silo in its place.

#EduTooter #Education #EdTech #Teaching #EdNews

#ednews Article: Why So Many Teachers Are Thinking of Quitting

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/18/teachers-resign-pandemic/

5 Websites to Download Free Textbooks

https://www.makeuseof.com/websites-download-free-textbooks/

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Article: Is QAnon Radicalizing Your School Board?

https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/qanon-radicalizing-your-school-board

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Montgomery Co. public school students can stay virtual

https://wtop.com/education/2021/04/montgomery-co-public-school-students-can-stay-virtual/

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The plan's for the 2021-2022 SY, and students need to apply for it.

Maryland Bill Would Give Students Mental Health Days Off | Maryland News | US News
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maryland/articles/2021-01-29/maryland-bill-would-give-students-mental-health-days-off

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Teachers stay home: Some public schools’ planned ‘return’ to school is just Zoom in a classroom
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/teachers-stay-home-some-public-schools-planned-return-to-school-is-just-zoom-in-a-classroom

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Article: Do Instructional Videos Work Better When the Teacher is On Screen? It Depends.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-01-14-do-instructional-videos-work-better-when-the-teacher-is-on-screen-it-depends

#ednews

Video: How Paintings Help You See the World Differently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROuhS5vEJQ0

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Open Education: Open Textbook Collections

https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/opentextbooks

A collection of collections of free to use educational resources.

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Cardboard and Velcro Building Tiles

https://www.instructables.com/Cardboard-and-Velcro-Building-Tiles/

OK, this is a cool idea for teaching geometry.

Totally.

And not just something with which I want to play.

#ednews

Library of Congress launches AI-powered, image-based Newspaper Navigator tool

https://www.dpreview.com/news/6796280396/library-of-congress-launches-ai-powered-and-image-based-newspaper-navigator-tool

#ednews #photonews

Troubleshooting Zoom
video by Justin Eames
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0fx0z6jie8

There are enough teachers & students dealing with these issues right now for me to tag this #ednews and #technews.

Watch Out For These 3 Mistakes You’re Making During Distance Teaching

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-27-watch-out-for-these-3-mistakes-you-re-making-during-distance-teaching

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Ladies Navigate CS
Begins: Saturday, October 10th

Participants will have an opportunity to meet and ask questions to current Computer Science undergraduate students during the student panel

Register by October 7th: https://go.umd.edu/UMD_LadiesNavCSRegister

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The Creative Computing Program

Enrichment program that provides students (grades 4-8) who identify as female or as Black, Latinx, or Native American, experiences with computer science concepts

Register by 9-10: https://go.umd.edu/I4C_CreativeComputingRegistration

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