The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts. You know what time it is its the end of the week, and that means its time for your 10-minute edtech news briefing from a real classroom. Im Vicki Davis, a full-time teacher, instructional tech coach, and IT director, bringing you the stories Im actually sharing with my students this week the prompts, tools, and questions were exploring in real time.

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Lightspeed Systems

MAY 12, 2025

Budgets are tighter. Teams are leaner. And the pressure to justify every tool, license, and device has never been higher. But school districts are getting smartcutting costs without compromising on safety, instruction, or access. Weve pulled together 7 proven cost-saving tips, backed by large district leaders and recent data from the 2025 CoSN EdTech Leadership Survey , to help you focus your strategy and stretch your budget.

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There is no box

MAY 11, 2025

I’ve got this archive of content from two podcasts from long ago, before podcasting was cool and mainstream, where I’m talking with smart and interesting people about the future of education, edtech and teaching and learning in the “digital” age. In revisiting a few episodes, it ridiculous how optimistic I was that by now we would be having much different conversations about teaching and learning because technology would have disintermediated the existing knowledge-inform

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 11, 2025

Professional learning is an embedded element of every district and school, but the focus is usually on teachers. Leaders deserve support as well. Recently, on Unpacking the Backpack , I discussed the value of job-embedded and ongoing coaching for administrators backed by research after revisiting blog posts I wrote in 2018 and 2021. Listen on Spotify or wherever you access your favorite podcasts.

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Lightspeed Systems

MAY 14, 2025

Managing a modern classroom means keeping students engaged, minimizing disruptions, and tracking movement in and out all without losing valuable instruction time. But without the right tools, tracking student behavior both online and offline can be overwhelming. Thats why were excited to introduce two new features in Lightspeed Classroom : Hall Monitor and Class Highlights!

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ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

MAY 13, 2025

As kids spend more time on screens, a new national survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of The Kids Mental Health Foundation, founded by Nationwide Children's Hospital, identifies parents' greatest fears for their children around screen time.

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MiddleWeb

MAY 11, 2025

If you teach students from immigrant families, EL teacher Dina Strasser is offering her list of what can I do? actions to prepare and support them. How you honor your duty of care depends on your students needs, your districts policies and resources, and your political environment. The post 4 Critical Moves If You Teach Kids from Immigrant Families first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

MAY 14, 2025

If you use spreadsheets, you have a need to make columns wider or skinnier. However, you also need to make rows taller and shorter. Getting just the right height or width helps your spreadsheets reach Nirvana. Tall rows can be shrunk down all at once. Tall Rows to Skinny Rows You will notice in spreadsheets. Read more The post Rows Are Too Tall – Spreadsheet Solution appeared first on Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 11, 2025

Do students like going to school here? Do teachers like teaching here? Here are 30 questions teachers can ask at their next job interview.

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Searching for innovative ways to deliver integrated STEAM education that also help students attain industry-ready skills? Then this punchy 30-minute thought leadership webinar is for you. Join fellow education leaders as we share: National data on STEAM performance and student engagement that indicates post-pandemic learners are craving inspired intervention 10 research-backed reasons why game design is the leading method for practically teaching integrated STEAM education An inside look at live

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

A new social media trend may be encouraging students to damage Chromebooks in schools. Videos show students putting metal such as aper clips, folded foil gum wrappers and springs into the charging ports of the devices. This causes the device to short-circuit, which leads to overheating, toxic smoke and, in some cases, fires. A Plainville Community Schools student was hospitalized following inhalation of smoke from a device.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2025

Click for Updated List Adobe Spark suite of free tools for creating images, videos, and simple web pages; quick; great for Chromebooks Animoto Canva video creator How-to video by Richard Byrne Chromebook use Chromebooks native video creation tool; watch this video on how; no add-ons or apps. EdPuzzle edit, quizzify, and add your voice to any video Go animate Headliner browser-based video editor; ed version; freemium Moovly free or fee, animated videos PlayPosit interactive videos Spark video wo

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts. “Why am I even learning this?” Ive heard this question in my classroom more times than I can count. If you're a math teacher, you probably have too. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Erin Krupa, an associate professor at NC State and founder of EMC (Exploring Mathematics Curricula Creatively), to explore how real-world math can not only answer that question, bu

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2025

Gen Z may be the first generation to have childhoods rife with screens and defined by having a second life online , but some of their cohort might also be first to say that connectivity has its downsides. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. New data from the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Gen Z teens say social media harms people their age , and roughly the same share say they spend too much time scrolling.

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Generative AI holds tremendous promise for all stakeholders in higher education. But guardrails are needed. Strong governance that empower instructors are at the core of a responsible approach to using generative AI in academia.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 14, 2025

Networks are the backbone of many schools technology initiatives. Networks support nearly every component of digital learning, including online tools, modern collaboration spaces and school safety. As school districts invest in artificial intelligence and cloud tools, having a strong network becomes even more important. Many IT teams need help figuring out how to bridge the gap from on-premises storage to the cloud amid their digital transformation journeys.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2025

Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. There are endless backups, shares, cleanings, changed settings, and vacation messages that if not done right can mean big problems when you return from summer vacation. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device.

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Digital Promise

MAY 15, 2025

The post Leveraging Digital Learning Platforms to Support Learners: 5 Takeaways for Practitioners appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

During the pandemic, school districts amassed an enormous amount of digital tools sometimes out of necessity, sometimes out of urgency. But with pandemic relief funding winding down and pressure mounting to demonstrate educational impact, many districts are now facing a new challenge: cleaning house. According to LearnPlatform , U.S. school districts used an average of 2,739 edtech tools during the 202324 school year.

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Schools face increasing challenges as technology becomes integral to education. Efficient device management is essential for maximizing technology use and safeguarding investments. Our article discusses the importance of tracking devices, outlines current challenges, and suggests modern solutions that go beyond traditional methods like Excel. Learn how advanced tracking systems can streamline operations, improve maintenance, and offer real-time updates for better resource allocation.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 16, 2025

There are a lot of reasons K12 schools are vulnerable to cyberattacks. Teachers are busy and dont always have the most up-to-date security training. IT leaders with security expertise often take private sector jobs for more money than schools can afford to pay. And today, using artificial intelligence, cybercriminals are formulating attacks that are more sophisticated and harder to detect than ever.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2025

Top Grant Sources to Bring Technology to Under-Resourced Classrooms In todays classrooms, technology is more than a supplement its a necessity. From digital literacy tools to interactive learning platforms, access to reliable technology helps level the educational playing field. However, for many under-resourced schools, affording updated tech remains a major hurdle.

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Digital Promise

MAY 12, 2025

Leaders from across the country share how they took inspiration from schools in the Pittsburgh area to spur innovation in their districts.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

Key points: Staff must feel empowered and involved in emergency response protocols Tiered response protocols help schools define emergency procedures Most school staff worry about emergency situations and physical safety For more news on emergency planning, visit eSN’s Emergency Resource hub Safety response protocols are foundational to creating a culture of safety in schools.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 13, 2025

Every security team knows that multifactor authentication is a powerful weapon in the fight against credential theft, ransomware and data breaches. Often, corporate IT teams have go-to solutions that they can roll out quickly and easily such as text-messaged codes, standards-based one-time password apps (such as Google Authenticator) and proprietary software token applications but all of these MFA approaches assume a business environment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

With median U.S. salaries for electrical Engineers ~$103,000 and computer e ngineers ~$129,000, who wouldn’t be interested? Read on… Plan Ahe ad: Set Yourself Up for a Career in Electrical and Computer Engineering Regardless of where you are in your life or at what stage, if you have a dream that you want to achieve, you can start working toward that immediately.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

When would I ever use this? Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think its because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, totally outdated , math lessons just dont seem to pull students in. Solving this motivation problem is tricky. It also connects to other issues, such as the rigid class sequences that some experts warn block certain students from advancing in math and that exclude courses lik

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

Key points: More than half of students worry about AI use in education Data shows growing GenAI adoption in K-12 With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A new survey highlights a demand for clear guidelines around ethical and responsible AI use, as well as a disconnect in how AI use is perceived–balancing positivity about its impact with concern regarding the potential for over-reliance,

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Hapara

MAY 15, 2025

Listen to an audio version of this post: Attention Aussie school tech leaders! Get ready for EDUtech 2025, June 11-12 in Sydney. We cant wait to see you this year and help you find solutions for keeping learners on track and safe in the digital classroom. Whether you’re passionate about student well-being, student engagement or keeping learners safe online, EDUtech 2025 will inspire you this year.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2025

Technology is a distraction. It just makes my job harder. My students cant focus when theyre online. I hear comments like these in almost every professional learning session involving technology. I don’t think teachers are frustrated with technology itself. Theyre frustrated with the way its being used, especially when it fails to create meaningful or engaging learning.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2025

The post The Empty Desk Epidemic: Reclaiming Student Presence in Americas Schools appeared first on Digital Promise.

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