The five new models provide between 3700 and 4000 lumens and offer XGA, WXGA or WUXGA resolution. These models offer increased brightness, better connectivity, network capability and longer lamp life.
The Digital Citizenship Curriculum for grades 6-8, available for free to all schools through the Common Sense Education platform, takes on the authentic concerns that students face in their lives, giving them the skills they need to succeed as digital learners and leaders. The concerns include sexting, tech addiction, cyberbullying and more.
If school districts are sincere about reversing the history of excessive outdoor suspension numbers and re-engaging students that have violated the student code of conduct, there is much to be done.
When a student develops self-compassion, the seat of motivation shifts. Since internal value doesn't depend on external achievement, it frees students up to experiment, take risks and try new paths. Self-compassion leads to learning goals instead of performance goals, which is a better academic motivator than self-criticism.
Catapult Learning and the Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL) are establishing the Institute for Scaling Evidence-Based Education. The partnership, which initially calls for Catapult Learning to provide professional development for CTL's Enhanced Core Reading Instruction program, plans to cover CTL's full suite of programs and services.
Cathy Cavanaugh, who will speak at FETC 2019 this January, recently discussed how the classroom-centered individual student use of technology is shifting toward a greater emphasis on organizations. Cavanaugh is Principal Program Manager for Learning Research and Analytics at Microsoft. Read the discussion with Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh of Microsoft.
Today's mentoring programs go beyond the basics of helping new teachers acclimate to the classroom. The one-on-one coaching model can serve as a boot camp for new teachers and a reboot for veterans.
Students addicted to drugs or alcohol in high school, then heading to college, create an environment where the mental health, safety and security of the entire student body is at risk. We can address the addiction crisis earlier; recovery literacy could provide that desperately needed foundation of change.
