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Thursday, February 21 @ 2:00 pm EDT

Navigating the Digital Shift: Leveraging Quality Instructional Materials for Learning

Thursday, February 21 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Autism and Anxiety: Assessment and Intervention

Thursday, February 21 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Cultivating Kindness: A Foundation for Digital Citizenship

Monday, February 25 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Leveraging the Science of Learning in Digital Instruction

Tuesday, February 26 @ 2:00 pm EDT

Authentic Learning Starts with Informed Instruction

Tuesday, February 26 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Moving to Blended Learning in Grades K-8

Tuesday, February 26 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Help Students Use Video to Demonstrate Learning with Powtoon and Biteable

Wednesday, February 27 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Social-Emotional Learning in the Library

4 Lies the System Teaches About Struggling Readers

Thursday, February 28 @ 2:00 pm EDT

4 Lies the System Teaches School Leaders About Struggling Readers

Thursday, February 28 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Scholarships for Student Travel

Monday, March 4 @ 6:00 pm EDT

Error Correction: Tips and Techniques for Language Teachers

Tuesday, March 5 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Using Technology to Excite Students About Hands-On Science

Wednesday, March 6 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Rethinking Formative Assessment: Use Learning Progressions to Fuel Student Success

Wednesday, March 6 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Forget Summer Brain Drain with STEAM Summer Camp

Thursday, March 7 @ 3:00 pm EDT

A New Era for Independent Reading: Getting Our Students Reading All Throughout the Year

Monday, March 11 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Hidden Triggers for College and Career Success

Monday, March 11 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Accessibility: Effective, Equitable Learning Environments for All Students

Tuesday, March 12 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Supporting Preschoolers’ Social and Emotional Development Through Music and Movement Activities

Wednesday, March 13 @ 2:00 pm EDT

Preschool Beyond Walls: Integrating Nature into the Preschool Classroom

Wednesday, March 13 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Strategies to Improve Adolescent Reading Proficiency: How to Identify and Address Why Students Struggle

Thursday, March 14 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Autism and Visual Supports: Powerful Strategies for School, Home, and the Community

Thursday, March 14 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Speaking is the Solution: Effective Ways to Support EL Students

Tuesday, March 19 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Students Can LEAD: Building Executive Function Skills for Learning

Tuesday, March 19 @ 5:00 pm EDT

How to Survive Live Streaming and Podcasting in Your Classes

Wednesday, March 20 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools by Helping Students Get Regulated

Thursday, March 21 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Explore a Free World of Personalized Professional Learning

Thursday, March 21 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Assessment for Learning: Classroom Strategies to Improve Learning for ALL Students

Monday, March 25 @ 4:00 pm EDT

First Person: Bringing International Investigative Journalism into the Classroom

Accessibility and Inclusive Classrooms. Boy using tablet.

Tuesday, March 26 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Increasing Accessibility and Fostering Inclusive Classrooms

Tuesday, March 26 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Culturally Responsive Teaching: Key Principles and Practices

Wednesday, March 27 @ 2:00 pm EDT

The Power of Story: Understand How Stories Can Transform Struggling Readers

Friday, March 29 @ 1:00 pm EDT

Recognizing and Successfully Teaching Twice-Exceptional Students

Wednesday, April 3 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Picture Inclusion! Snapshots of Successful Diverse Classrooms

Monday, April 8 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Rural Districts Taking the Digital Leap

Monday, April 15 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Building Equity: Practices That Empower All Learners

Tuesday, April 16 @ 3:00 pm EDT

Turn Struggling Readers Into Leaders Using Assistive Technology

Monday, May 13 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Strategic Technology Planning and Investment

Monday, June 10 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Closing the Homework Gap: Digital Equity for All Students

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The edWeb Blog: Sharing Ideas from the Community

Transform Learning by Creating a Makerspace

In a recent edWebinar, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, and Donna Burns, Technology Integrator, both from New Canaan High School in Connecticut, showcased the transformation of the NCHS library from a collection of used reference and biography books into a living, breathing makerspace. Using mostly recyclable materials, equipment and furniture, these educators are providing learning opportunities for students and teachers that have changed the school climate and culture. “Making learning more real for students allows them to learn better in a much more energized school,” said... more »

The Challenges of Easy Data Access

Tactical student data privacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. In a recent edWebinar, Dr. Larry Fruth, Executive Director and CEO of the Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community, and Jena Draper, Founder and General Manager at CatchOn, discussed head on the challenges school districts face with data access and student privacy. Dr. Fruth suggests that school districts hit the ground running by adding privacy components and security... more »

Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself. But many times tech is only integrated at specific points in the classroom or with a specific tool as determined by the teacher. At St. Albans City School (VT), SETDA’s 2018 Student Voices Award Winner, though, educators encourage the students to find places in their everyday work to incorporate digital resources, especially from their makerspace. In the edWebinar “Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst,... more »

Essential Elements for Moving to a 1:1 Environment

Step 1: Make a plan. That’s the first piece of advice for every superintendent and school leader who asks about creating 1:1 environments in their schools. During an edWebinar for the Empowered Superintendent series, “Leadership for Mobile Learning: Creating a Shared Vision,” the presenters said school leaders, though, often miss key parts of the planning process and end up with useless “hunks of plastic.” The speakers, led by Ann McMullan, Project Director for the CoSN Empowered Superintendents Program, shared their essential elements for a successful 1:1 plan as well as the steps... more »

Transitioning Edtech to the Cloud

At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom. But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc. District IT offices were taking on the same tasks as Fortune 500 companies without the ability to implement them as effectively. For administrators looking to take the focus of edtech away from upkeep and back to learning, moving to the cloud could be the answer. Presenters of the... more »

Student Lessons About Improving School Culture

When the administrators at Vestavia Hills High School (AL) were tasked with creating a leadership program, they knew one thing right away. They did not want to develop another program that tapped only the top students and did nothing to engage the rest of the student body. The resulting Youth Leadership program has not only had a positive impact on the school’s culture, but also provided the school’s administrators with several important lessons. In their edWebinar, “Build a Positive School Culture with a Student-Run App,” Kym Prewitt, Leadership Teacher at Vestavia Hills High School,... more »

Putting Schools’ Needs First in Education Research

Education research is meant to improve teaching and learning. Since the actual ideas for research are often driven by the interests of the funding sources, though, there’s a potential disconnect between what research schools need versus what they’re getting. When presenting Digital Promise’s new Challenge Map, which explores issues, ideas, and resources for K-12 challenges, Babe Liberman, M.Ed., Research Project Manager for Digital Promise, said the current pipeline means schools are passively waiting for the right research and opportunities to come their way. In the edWebinar... more »