edWebcasts

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by News Literacy Project . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Today’s information landscape—complete with “fake news,” misinformation and conspiracy theories—has become increasingly difficult to navigate, particularly for students. How can you help students develop the news and media literacy skills they need to identify, analyze and understand credible so...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ENA and hosted by Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . According to CoSN’s 2021 EdTech Trends Survey Report, when asked to identify their top three unmet technology needs, respondents ranked cybersecurity number one by a large margin. This isn’t too surprising given the vastness of the issue.  In this edWeb...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Screencastify . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Student- and teacher-created video has permanently changed the way teachers assess student learning and understanding.  In this edWeb podcast, presenters discuss how leading districts facilitate teacher-student evaluation and even peer-to-peer student evaluation through asynchronous video. They a...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN , AASA , and edWeb.net . The webinar recording can be accessed here . There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic changed the face of education. School district leaders looked to new and innovative ways to stay connected with staff, students, parents and their communities. Technology was rapidly implemented in ways never before us...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Varsity Tutors for Schools . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . How can you accelerate student learning and support student social and emotional health in the wake of COVID-19? Listen to Dr. Susanna Loeb from the National Student Support Accelerator at Brown University as she shares the extensive body of research that supports high-impact tutorin...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Mindsets Learning . The webinar recording can be accessed here . With demands for immediate results to determine appropriate strategies and allocation of funds, every school in the United States has struggled mightily with the additional challenges brought about by bringing effective education to K-12 schools in the era of COVID-19. Is anything working and, if so...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by 321 Insight . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Over the summer, educators and administrators extensively planned for most of the nation’s students to return to in-person instruction this fall. They prepared for the significant challenges they expected to face, from learning loss to behavior issues that were likely to intensify as students transitioned...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ENA . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Demands on education networks have changed. Between blended learning, online coursework, digital learning applications, and an explosion in connected devices, bandwidth needs for K-12 continue to soar, but IT budgets simply can’t keep up with necessary infrastructure upgrades. How can you adapt your networ...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by iboss and hosted by Project Tomorrow . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . The cybersecurity threat to K-12 schools and districts is at an unprecedented level. The increased technology dependency in our schools has emboldened bad actors determined to wreak havoc on district infrastructure and data systems. This edWeb podcast is the launch event fo...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Common Sense Education . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Over the past year, teachers have been inundated with tech integration strategies. From adapting to new learning platforms, to navigating learning tools, schools have begun successfully incorporating these resources into the classroom. This emphasizes the critical nature of digital citizenship...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Do you know your students? Do you REALLY know your students? Are you aware of the “cultural capital” (Pierre Bourdieu) your students have the potential to bring to—in fact, gift to—the classroom? Cultural capital can present in several forms, but in this edWeb podcast, Dr. Lott Adams focuses...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Achieve3000 . The webinar recording can be accessed here . According to the Brookings Institution, the number of English learners (ELs) in U.S. public schools has grown by roughly 60 percent over the last decade. While the level of diversity they have brought us holds plenty of potential value for all students, we are not yet able to capitalize on that, as many E...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Amplify Math . The webinar recording can be accessed here . From the looks of it, too much has already been said about teacher survival, as if that was our goal—to survive classroom teaching while following the ever-growing list of mandates and budgeting for essentials like Starbucks and dry erase markers. “Oh, no thanks, I’m going to pass on the thriving thing,...

This edWEb podcast is sponsored by Educator Impact . The webinar recording can be accessed here . With student well-being top of mind for educators and administrators (particularly in light of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic), many are looking for solutions to address increasing mental health challenges—the so-called “second pandemic”—in our classrooms. But addressing these chall...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Digital Promise . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming a mainstay in industries including criminal justice, healthcare, and education. While AI has had tremendous impacts in many ways, it has also had unintended consequences that have disproportionately impacted marginalized populations, including students of...

This edWeb podcast is hosted by Classroom Champions and sponsored by ClassLink . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . In this edWeb podcast, we welcome Jellisa Westney, Team Canada athlete and educator, and Kieran Block, the first Black sledge hockey player in Canada and now an educator, whose passions both revolve around supporting students’ mental health. They share strategies for...

This podcast is hosted by edWeb . The webinar recording can be accessed here . In this edWeb podcast, Pam Allyn, renowned author and social impact innovator, and Malcolm Mitchell, Super Bowl superstar, reading hero, and author of bestselling children’s books, bring us together in these changing times to talk about what anchors us, gives us wings, and makes all possible—the role that books, stories...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by SmartLab Learning . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Earlier this year, the George Lucas Educational Foundation released four new studies highlighting how project-based learning (PBL) helps accelerate student learning—across age groups, multiple disciplines, and different socio-economic statuses. Whether a newbie or PBL master, with this year’s emphas...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Common Sense Education . The webinar recording can be accessed here . This edWeb podcast helps educators navigate the world of news and media by engaging in strong relationships with students and providing them with reliable skills and habits.  K.C. Boyd is a Washington, D.C. librarian and News Literacy Project ambassador preparing students with essential skills...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Norton Books in Education . The webinar recording can be accessed here . How can schools bring an equity lens to their trauma-informed education initiatives? Schools can do more than respond to the trauma that some students have already experienced; they can play a key role in preventing trauma and disrupting the larger social forces that create trauma in our wor...

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 key functions of education is building skills, not only for academic success, but also for understanding mental, social, and emotional wellbeing. Critical capabilities that include empathy, grit, persistence, flexibility, and adaptability shape mindset...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Per the latest Speak Up Research, district leaders are more focused than ever before on quantifying the impact of their digital content investments. In this edWeb podcast, Project Tomorrow and CatchOn shares new insights and tools to support your district’s data journey (whether you a...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Digital Promise . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Even though many of us have returned to the classroom, COVID has sparked an intricate and lasting relationship between teaching, learning, and edtech. As a response to the needs of educators to understand how to make their edtech more accessible to all students, Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA),...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Marzano Resources . The webinar recording can be accessed here . Listen to the authors of the telling and timely book, The School Wellness Wheel, to explore the complex interplay between mastery, culture, and trauma in an innovative framework that has the potential to completely transform the narrative of traditional education. In this edWeb podcast, listeners le...

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by EveryDay Labs . The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here . Attendance begets discovery, exploration, learning, and achievement—it is the keystone of student growth and well-being. Prior to the pandemic, one out of six students missed nearly a month of learning. Now, data suggests students are missing more learning opportunities than ever. Listen to this...