What is Bit.ai and How Does it Work? Best Tips and Tricks For Educators By Erik Ofgang published 27 August 21 A content sharing and collaborating platform, Bit.ai brings educators and their students together.
Zoom for Education: 5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of It By Erik Ofgang published 26 August 21 Many educators are still only using the basic Zoom features despite new upgrades to the video conferencing software.
What is GoNoodle and How Does it Work? Best Tips and Tricks For Educators By Erik Ofgang published 24 August 21 A free tool for educators, GoNoodle is designed to help keep students moving and active while at school.
What is Headspace and How Does it Work? Best Tips and Tricks For Educators By Erik Ofgang published 23 August 21 Educators can get a free subscription to the meditation app Headspace. Here are some ways they can use the tool.
Audiobooks for Students: Listening to What the Research Says By Erik Ofgang published 23 August 21 Audiobooks have grown increasingly popular but some educators are still hesitant to encourage their use. This may be a mistake.
Virtual Academies: South Carolina’s Strategy for Success By Erik Ofgang published 19 August 21 In South Carolina, 47 school districts are launching virtual academies. Here are some of the strategies that will help make them work.
What is Floop and How Does it Work? Best Tips and Tricks By Erik Ofgang published 18 August 21 Floop is a free edtech tool designed to help teachers give their students instant and individualized feedback.
COVID Quarantines: 4 Strategies to Keep Kids in Class as Delta Surges By Erik Ofgang published 18 August 21 Increased testing, vaccines, and loosened quarantine restrictions among strategies districts are employing to keep students in-person at school.
Classroom Engagement: 4 Tips From Students for Teachers By Erik Ofgang published 17 August 21 Four students share their advice for teachers looking to create more engaging and impactful classes.
K-12 Vaccine Mandates: What Educators Need to Know By Erik Ofgang published 16 August 21 Opposition to vaccination mandates from K-12 teachers is decreasing and a small number of school districts have already begun implementing them.
How to Teach Climate Change Without Scaring Students By Erik Ofgang published 13 August 21 Dr. Eric J. Pyle, president of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), offers advice for how to teach climate change without scaring or dividing students.
LMS: 4 Tips for Getting The Most Out of Yours By Erik Ofgang published 13 August 21 Learn how to utilize some of the features offered by your LMS and it will save you time in the long run.
First Day of Class: 5 Edtech Tools That Can Make it More Engaging By Erik Ofgang published 11 August 21 These interactive apps will help keep your students active and engaged as they get to know you, each other, and what to expect this year.
Research: Intercom Announcements & Other Interruptions Cost Up to 20 Days of School By Erik Ofgang published 9 August 21 A new study found that common and seemingly small classroom interruptions can have a big negative impact
How Next Gen TV Can Help Close The Digital Divide By Erik Ofgang published 6 August 21 A new prototype utilizes Next Gen TV and QR codes to allow two-way communication between teachers and students via broadcast.
How a 16-Year-Old Gets Other Kids Excited About Coding By Erik Ofgang published 5 August 21 Founded by 16-year-old Ian Michael Brock, Dream Hustle Code is a computer science and education program geared toward students from diverse backgrounds to spark an interest in coding.
Dept. of Education Return to School Roadmap: What You Need to Know By Erik Ofgang published 2 August 21 As with recent school guidelines from the CDC, the Return to School Roadmap makes it very clear that returning the nation’s K-12 schools to in-person education is the priority.
What the Return of Flu and Other Viruses Might Mean for Schools By Erik Ofgang published 2 August 21 The Delta variant of the coronavirus is not the only respiratory pathogen that might spread through schools this year.
Scholastic Esports Poised to Grow in India with New Partnership By Erik Ofgang published 30 July 21 The North America Scholastic Esports Federation is expanding its presence to India by partnering with Eduent Catalysts Pvt. Ltd as their India affiliate.
Did edX Fail? By Erik Ofgang published 28 July 21 The MOOC platform created by Harvard and MIT was bought by 2U for $800 million. The move makes sense from a business perspective but some observers wonder what might have been.
CDC Reverses Course: Masks Now Required for Vaccinated Educators and Students in Schools By Erik Ofgang published 27 July 21 Delta variant is more contagious and those vaccinated appear able to spread it in rare breakthrough cases, says the CDC. Masking is seen as a necessary strategy to keep open schools.
Pediatrician Group Calls for Universal School Masking: What You Need to Know By Erik Ofgang published 26 July 21 The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new COVID-19 guidance that breaks with the CDC by urging universal masking regardless of vaccination status.
How to Encourage Transgender Students to Pursue STEM Careers By Erik Ofgang published 26 July 21 Engage transgender students in STEM classes with awareness of pronouns, inclusivity, kindness, and representation, among other practices.
Virtual Reality Teaching: Successes and Challenges By Erik Ofgang published 22 July 21 Using virtual reality for an introductory computer class taught professor Cristina Lopes a lot about implementing VR for instruction
QUICK-Comments: What Is It and How Can Teachers Use It? By Erik Ofgang published 20 July 21 QUICK-Comments, a new tool in ASSISTments, is designed to help teachers give more individualized feedback to students on open-ended math questions
