edWebcasts

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Ripple Effects & Panorama Education . The webinar recording can be accessed here . The National Commission on Student-Centered, Equity-Focused Education—a collective of superintendents, as well as thought leaders in education, community and philanthropy convened by AASA, The School Superintendents Association—recently released their vision for how education m...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Writable . The webinar recording can be accessed here . As we help our students move forward from the difficult learning situations of the past year, it’s important to remember that you already possess the most powerful tool in helping them to succeed: feedback. Feedback is how we communicate, compliment, and connect with our students.  Kristina Smekens and Kara...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Solution Tree . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Acceleration is the path less traveled in most schools and classrooms, especially those in which students are reading and writing far below grade level. The usual approach is to help students catch up by remediating learning or going backwards to go forward. Through the examination of specific and pract...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN , AASA , and edWeb.net . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Cybersecurity is not a new phenomenon, but over the last year the vulnerability of school districts to cyberattacks has grown exponentially. The rapid acceleration of the use of technology during the pandemic brought many new technology opportunities to K-12 educ...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by EVERFI . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Banks aren’t always buildings, phones are sometimes wallets, and your babysitter prefers an app to cash. Financial services are changing. Shouldn’t financial literacy?  In this edWeb podcast, EVERFI, the leading voice in financial education, lays out the landscape of financial literacy in a digital first world...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by edWeb . The webinar recording can be accessed here . When the pandemic hit, schools around the world were closed, thrusting educators, students, and parents into a crisis as learning moved online. In this edWeb podcast, the Georgia Department of Education Social Studies team and state education leaders describe how their virtual learning communities on edWeb.net hel...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Tracking and gaining a better understanding of student engagement in a digital learning environment is a priority for many districts. Education leaders want to inform their decision-making by leveraging quantitative data that provides new insights into product usage. Learn how Morris...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Veracity Verification Solutions . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Researching, evaluating, and purchasing the right educational technologies can be a daunting and exhaustive process for school districts – with curriculum and technology leaders carrying the weight of the burden. Selecting software solutions that drive accountability, student outcomes,...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ENA . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Providing safe and secure resources for students, teachers, parents, and staff has always been a foundational tenant for effective learning environments. Today, more than ever in K-12, providing that environment requires having robust cybersecurity infrastructures, policies, and practices in place. Recent...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources . The webinar recording can be accessed here . This edWeb podcast features Frederick Joseph, activist and author of The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person, who writes from the perspective of a friend, offering candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prominent artists and activists about t...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Digital Promise . The webinar recording can be accessed here . A most striking outcome of teaching and learning during the pandemic is how much relationships matter, how relevant is SEL, and the importance of creating a sense of belonging where each student and their family know they are welcomed and embraced in their classrooms and school. But what does it mean...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Ripple Effects . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Listen to two of the next generation of female education leaders as they share how they have leveraged innovative policies, platforms, and programs to create trauma-informed schools and districts, and effectively support students’ SEL and mental health.  In this edWeb podcast, the presenters share: How...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by D2L . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Emerging from pandemic schooling, it is tempting to return to routine academics in the name of learning recovery and acceleration. Instead, research suggests the first priority should be (re)establishing student connectedness with empathy and inclusiveness foremost. Student self-view, intrinsic motivations, and w...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN , AASA , and edWeb.net . The webinar recording can be accessed here . One of the lessons learned from the challenges experienced during the 2020-2021 school year was that school leaders, teachers, parents and students need to work together to innovate new ways to meet the learning needs of all students. Though not always seamless,...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by NetRef . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . The past year has brought an unprecedented amount of federal funding to K–12 education. While initial CARES Act funds were primarily spent on emergency needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as PPE and devices to support remote learning, the two subsequent rounds of funds (CRRSA and ARP) have...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Listenwise . The webinar recording can be accessed here . For many teachers, supporting students’ mental health will be a focus for the 2021/22 school year. Social and emotional learning is considered a key part of helping students cope with the impact of the pandemic and feel connected and “known” at school.  This edWeb podcast provides practical strategies for...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by News Literacy Project . The webinar recording can e accessed here . Conspiracy theories are becoming part of mainstream discourse and public awareness. From QAnon to pandemic-related beliefs to older ideas such as the Earth is flat, we are finding that more and more of our friends, family and loved ones believe at least one conspiracy theory. How do we teach stud...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Imagine Learning . The webinar recording can be accessed here . This edWeb podcast focuses on critical foundational pieces needed for schools and districts when embarking on the implementation of various programs and services meant to positively influence student outcomes and effect change. Listeners leave with several concrete tools to take back to their organiz...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CoderZ . The webinar recording can be accessed here . How do we support the delivery of computer science (CS) at all levels? As evidenced by the rapid uptick in the adoption of CS standards across the nation, it is an essential part of the next century of learning. To get CS into every classroom, teachers need support. Camille Sloan Schroeder, Director of Efforts...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CoderZ . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Dr. Sharon Jones, Founder and CEO of the dot. Consulting company and of the nonprofit Dottie Rose Foundation, is a dedicated, award-winning educator of computer science and technology for 17 years. Central to her work has been making computer science inclusive and empowering. Her work considers how computer sc...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CoderZ . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Skype a Scientist creates a database of thousands of scientists and helps them connect with teachers, classrooms, groups, and the public all over the globe. Through the volunteer efforts of a few, Skype a Scientist wants to give students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist and get the answers to th...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Brookes Publishing . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Whether you conducted classes online, face to face, or in a hybrid fashion during the 2020-2021 school year, education was different for students, staff, and families due to the pandemic. Although not everyone was affected in the same ways, many experienced stress, trauma, and grief—effects that wi...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Scholastic Magazines+ . The webinar recording can be accessed here . With back to school around the corner, educators want to know how to provide social-emotional learning support when so many kids have been through so much. How will the effects of the pandemic impact students’ mental health? Which behaviors should you look for when assessing their well-being? Wh...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by Classroom Champions and sponsored by ClassLink . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . How can you activate your mindset for the upcoming school year? In the past 18 months, uncertainty has become a new normal which makes it challenging to move forward.  Dan Cnossen, a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, was severely injured in Afghanistan in 2009, resultin...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by EveryDay Labs . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . As districts align resources to help accelerate student learning, engagement, and wellness, they invest in innovative, evidence-based solutions, practices, and school models. However, the success of all of these efforts, programs, and systems is dependent on students being present to participate....