edWebcasts

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 are just starting or looking to enhance your analysis) to identify the efficacy and impact of your edtech products used by students and teachers. Having enhanced clarity about the outcomes of your product usage helps to support new initiatives, continuous improvement, and effective data usage within your district. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 school, district, and technology leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

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), an organization dedicated to equity for complex learners, was formed and stepped up to curate resources. Its free Tech Tool Library, for example, is designed for educators to understand how to turn on the accessibility features that already exist within the tools they are using in the classroom, explore new accessible edtech products, and help schools and families find better solutions to meet their learners’ unique needs. 

This edWeb podcast features two EALA co-founding organizations, Digital Promise and InnovateEDU, as well as Newsela, an edtech tool to promote inquiry-based learning with inclusive content, to discuss the role we are asking tech to play, why it is important to consider the whole child and their learner variability, and how teachers can become part of the school or district’s edtech decision-making process. 

A Learner Variability Project national survey of American public school parents and teachers found that teachers more comfortable with edtech were significantly less likely to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s learner variability. Yet, as our speakers address, before developing a comfort with edtech is the need to understand the why within each student—their variability that can change over time and context. 

In this edWeb podcast, we discuss

• How equity, accessibility, and supporting the whole learner gives products more opportunities to address the needs of the full diversity of learners
• Resources for teachers on how they can enable features that make tools they use more accessible
• Access to clear and trustworthy information about edtech to ensure teachers can easily find tools that align with their priorities
• Internal school district decision-making processes for tech tool selection

This edWeb podcast is of interest to preK-12 teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, ELL educators, and those involved in the edtech community.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

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 learn how to shift the perspective away from time-based, curriculum-centered schools to creating resilience-centered educational models that can help take students and teachers to higher levels of learning for all. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to teachers and school and district leaders of preK through high school levels.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

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 panel of instructional leaders to learn how they are making critical connections between attendance and achievement in their districts and what strategies they’re implementing to improve both. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to preK-12 district leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Digital Promise, Adult Learning.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Can micro-credentials be used to create new pathways to social mobility for rural learners who are impacted by poverty, particularly for Black, Latino, and Indigenous people? Digital Promise joins learners and leaders from the University of Maine System’s All Learning Counts Initiative and the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative to highlight preliminary findings from our ongoing research on the use of micro-credentials in rural postsecondary institutions. The conversation focuses on career pathways in K-12 education and information technology. Listeners hear directly from rural postsecondary leaders and learners to understand how they are:

• Using micro-credentials for affordable, flexible, and meaningful skill development that leads to better opportunities and higher wages
• Increasing efforts to prioritize social mobility for poverty-impacted communities
• Developing educator-industry partnerships to promote sustainable career pathways

This edWeb podcast is intended for K-12 educators and school and district leaders, adult education and career service providers, higher education institutions, employers, and community leaders interested in leveraging micro-credentials to create real-time pathways toward social mobility for people in rural communities. 

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Amplify Math.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Listen to this edWeb podcast to hear from Sunil Singh, Amplify Math Advisor, on how infusing math with history and storytelling allows students to see connections between math and their everyday lives. This approach to mathematics also helps students see and appreciate the relevance of the math they’re working on and can contribute to more equitable and exciting experiences for students. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to preK-12 teachers, particularly those who teach math, as well as school and district leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Screencastify.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

The diversity of the modern classroom has driven an accelerated need for schools and districts to equip teachers with powerful yet simple tools. This new level of diversity — spurred more rapidly by the pandemic — has also driven a larger need for innovation in education. 

Video became an absolute necessity in order for K-12 teachers to be able to provide the best possible learning environment for students. Now, more educators are discovering the value of video technology for in-person learning as teachers and students continue to return to the classroom as well as the simplicity of video as an avenue for innovation. 

Join a panel of educators and edtech experts to learn how the role of technology, such as video, has evolved and will continue to do so for the modern learning environments. 

In this edWeb podcast, you learn:

• How educators can innovate to create present and future successes
• Why video will play a major role in every classroom environment — including in-person learning
• The role of professional development in preparing educators for any scenario

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 district leaders, educational/instructional technology leaders, curriculum and instruction leaders, and IT/security leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Project Tomorrow.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

American education has been forever changed by the events of the past two years. Beyond the obvious changes in school formats, there is also a new awareness in our schools and communities about the critical need to address inequities in education. This awareness is driving discussions about the quality of students’ learning experiences, their engagement in school, and how well we are preparing all students for future success beyond the classroom. 

In this year’s annual Speak Up Congressional Briefing, we share the latest research findings on student engagement and self-empowerment in learning today, and where opportunities exist to create more equitable learning experiences for all students. Of special note is the focus on how the changes over the past two years have impacted our students and what that means for their future success. 

The 2021 Speak Up Congressional Briefing is a virtual event again this year enabling participation by a wider audience of K-12 education stakeholders. The research data comes to life with a panel of students from around the country. The student panel includes a 7th grader from Albemarle County Public Schools, VA; an 11th grader from Arrowhead Union High School District, WI; an 11th grader from Buffalo Public Schools, NY; and a 12th grader from San Marcos Unified School District, CA. They respond to the findings and provide their own recommendations for improving American education. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to school and district leaders, teachers, librarians, policymakers, and all who are interested in the potential of student ideas to improve education.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

The edWeb podcast is sponsored by Lenovo.
The webinar recording can be accessed here. 

Virtual reality (VR) is a transformative technology that can inspire students and empower educators to take their teaching to the next level. VR has also been shown to lead to better outcomes such as greater engagement of students, increased focus on learning material, and better retention of information. This edWeb podcast shows you how to make VR work in your classroom, giving an overview of the technology, tips and techniques, and lessons learned from years of real-world implementations in both K-12 and higher education settings. 

Listeners learn how to:

• Get started teaching with VR and learn about the benefits VR can bring to your classroom
• Deploy a Mobile Device Management system to easily manage a fleet of VR headsets
• Create VR content with tools like Uptale, A-Frame, and Mozilla Hubs
• Leverage tools like Veative as content for teaching STEM
• Assess immersive learning experiences

In this edWeb podcast, Lenovo is providing guidance on VR solutions in education. Lenovo is the creator of VR Classroom, a combination of hardware, software, and services to drive new learning opportunities and skills for students. This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 and higher education teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders. 

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

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 must change to improve outcomes for ALL learners. 

Listen to Commission member 2018 Illinois and National Superintendent of the Year and High School District 214 Superintendent, Dr. David Schuler, as he outlines this critically important redesign work. Sacramento City USD Principal, Vanessa Buitrago, and Round Lake Area School District SEL and Student Development Coordinator, Jennifer Wells, also share how their current work in SEL is helping them move closer to educational equity and realizing this vision. 

The presenters share:

• The three essential components of systemic redesign
• How to achieve a relationships-based culture that is whole-learner focused and future driven
• What a social-emotional and cognitive growth model is, and the role of data, planning, learning and evidence of learning
• The role of student-directed, adaptive programs in meeting every student’s unique SEL needs
• Why and how to begin to unlock resources in the areas of MTSS, early education, creating a diverse educator pipeline and tech access for all

School and district administrators learn concrete steps they can take now to better meet each student’s unique needs, as well as how to use real-time data and innovative tools to improve culture and climate, academics, and behavior. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to superintendents, school and district leaders of preK through high school grade levels, and those involved in social-emotional learning and equity work.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.