edWebcasts

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN , AASA , and edWeb.net . The webinar recording can be access here . Blended learning activities have been around for decades. Although, in the past, these student learning activities usually took place inside a school classroom when technology tools were available. However, since the challenges of COVID-19 presented themselves abou...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Utilizing a social justice lens, Dr. Baron R. Davis, Superintendent of Richland School District Two, offers a response to the question, “Are all the children well?” that addresses the philosophy, research, and intentionality necessary to ensure premier learning experiences an...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Gaggle . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . With so many complications in today’s world, it’s important to make sure our students remain hopeful for the future. But how do we instill hope in our students?  To give students hope, we must ensure that they feel seen, heard, valued, and essential. Students must know how much they matter so they can b...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Listen to Dr. Ash Vasudeva, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as he and district leaders share how to strengthen systems processes and improve student outcomes. Presenters discuss how systems leaders are using...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by News Literacy Project . The webinar recording can be accessed here . When students connect strongly to what you are teaching, they become motivated to turn assignments into action. If you want to ignite a spark in your students, you don’t want to miss this edWeb podcast, featuring the News Literacy Project’s ambassadors. They describe how their students have elev...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here .  Listen to Eric Butash, Director of Education Technology and Data Integration for Foster-Glocester Regional School District in Rhode Island, as he outlines his district’s strategy for leveraging data analytics to ensure students are engaged and on track. In this edWeb podcast, he desc...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Boxlight . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Teachers have had to navigate extraordinary challenges this past year which forced schools to reevaluate and reprioritize training programs to include a larger focus on education technology (hardware, software, applications, management platforms, etc.) to deliver lessons remotely. Listen to this edWeb...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . The webinar recording can be accessed here . How do you address the sensitive yet important issue of racism in America with your students? Learn tips on how to successfully lead courageous conversations in your classroom. Hear from Dr. Tyrone Howard, Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. His res...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Classroom Champions and ClassLink . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . The value of discussing the dynamic topic of race early with children is readily agreed upon, but HOW to do it effectively and empathetically is a resounding question. Transform your school culture by hearing from others on strategic ways to both recognize and invite conversat...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Readable English . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Have you ever wondered why we are facing a literacy crisis? A look at The Nation’s Report Card reveals that there has been no improvement to the low reading rates of our students for the past 30 years, despite increases in special education, Title I and school improvement grant dollars, technology, a...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN , AASA , and edWeb.net . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Technology planning and investments have never been more critical than in today’s K-12 learning environments. Yet school leaders can often find themselves challenged to balance tight budgets and multiple stakeholder needs and concerns, along with constantly evolv...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association . The webinar recording can be accessed here . New York State’s 2017 Superintendent of the Year, Dr. Luvelle Brown, leads a discussion on how to cultivate an anti-racist school district. His transformative leadership style and the powerful knowledge in his book, Culture of Love: Cultivating a Positive and Transformational...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Sound Supports K12 and Associates & Ripple Effects Social Emotional Learning . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Listen to education leaders—including Chicago Public Schools’ Leadership award winner—as they share how to create trauma-informed schools and districts and support students’ SEL and mental health across tiered systems of support. In this...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Please listen to Dr. Aaron Spence and Dr. LaQuiche R. Parrott as they share Virginia Beach City Public Schools’ strategic framework, Compass to 2025, a five-year plan focused on six goals: educational excellence; student well-being; student ownership of learning; an exemplary...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by FIU Online – Florida International University . The webinar recording can be accessed here . In this edWeb podcast, discover practical ways to impact communities, schools, and students across diversity, inclusion, and social justice.  Headed by experts on global perspectives in teachers and students, politics of curriculum, urban special education, and literacy e...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by News Literacy Project . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Conspiracy theories are rampant on social media, particularly related to hyperpartisan political beliefs as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. More importantly, though, the thought processes, cognitive dissonance and biases that lead to beliefs in conspiracy theories are even more common. Most of us...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by The New Meridian Science Exchange . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . As schools around the country struggle with uncertainty, many states continue their efforts to implement three-dimensional science standards, a difficult process under the best of conditions. Listen to this edWeb podcast to hear how educators can highlight the value of science...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Since COVID-19 disrupted schools in March 2020, access to mental health services is more essential than ever for students and staff. As a result of the global pandemic and a mission to meet the needs of each student, Duval County Public Schools has developed an “organic” risi...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Common Sense Education . The webinar recording can be accessed here . A new year is like a blank book. As we begin to write our 2021 story, it is critical to recognize the importance of our well-being as well as others’. In this edWeb podcast we share resources, tips and strategies to celebrate those small wins in life. As we dive into the social and emotional re...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by EVERFI . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Students’ well-being and social development are inseparably interwoven with their understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion. By centering equity in your work as an educator, you are not only ensuring that students have equal access to opportunities, but also investing in students’ social-emotional skill...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . In this edWeb podcast, NCTET will present eight Community Builder Awards and its Equity Advocate Award. Throughout its history, NCTET has bestowed the NCTET Community Builder Award on a diverse and bipartisan cross section of leaders who have made...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association . The webinar recording can be accessed here . We are on a multi-month journey of supporting student learning from a distance across the nation. While school and district leaders have learned many takeaways during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is nothing more poignant than the bright light shone on the historical, insidiou...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by EveryDay Labs . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Chronic absenteeism has always been a complex issue since barriers to attendance are often the result of systemic inequity. As the urgency to improve attendance heightens, it’s critical to look beyond the headlines and at the data.  With COVID-19 exacerbating the equity gap, stakeholders across l...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ExQ® for School . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . In recent years, scientific understanding of the brain has changed, and research has shown that cognitive brain training stimulates development and primes the brain for learning. But are today’s schools implementing systematic training programs to help our students learn HOW to learn?  Listen t...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN , AASA , and edWeb.net . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Student data is a critical component for navigating student success and making informed decisions within any school system. Today’s highly connected learning environments present real challenges when it comes to balancing technology advances with the need to prot...