Seattle is Taking On Social Media
Seattle Public Schools has taken on social media in an unprecedented way. This week the district filed a lawsuit against social media...
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Gretchen Osodipe
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
Summer Professional Learning? Don’t Forget Your Families.
It’s summertime! Time for much needed rest and relaxation. And time for professional learning and planning. Educators, as you're setting...
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
SCREAM!
Toddlers in a childcare center in Hamilton, MS received the scare of their young lives when daycare workers dawned SCREAM masks and ran...
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Dr. Hope Dugan
- Sep 25, 2022
- 5 min
Avoiding Cognitive Bias at Work
As a leader, you make countless decisions every day that impact the people you serve, and those decisions may have far-reaching impacts....
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
Keeping an Eye Online
In 1990, the Center for Disease Control began administering the Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES). The survey is...
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Sep 13, 2022
- 6 min
Monitoring Student Online Behavior
Much attention is being given to school districts monitoring students’ internet activity, especially in light of reports released by...
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Dr. Hope Dugan
- Aug 8, 2022
- 5 min
Pomodoro Productivity
Pomodoro means tomato in Italian. But what do tomatoes have to do with being more productive? Brain research indicates that the average...
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Dr. Hope Dugan
- Jul 26, 2022
- 4 min
Is it Urgent or Important?
Many of us spend all day in meetings where we accumulate more to-do items and have no time to actually complete the work. We work more...
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sgentz
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
New Findings Suggest that Increasing Teacher PD Agency and Relevance can Increase Their Satisfaction
As I have had some time to reflect on my time at ISTE for this year, it feels as if we are living in this world of limbo. Educators are...
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Dr. Hope Dugan
- Jul 11, 2022
- 3 min
The Empowered Principal
The principal’s role is complex and complicated. Additionally, it can feel lonely and even the strongest leaders have moments of doubt....
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Jun 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Mastery Gap: Crossing the chasm from learning to mastery
Learning is an something every person encounters during their lives. It is the experience of attaining new knowledge through experiences,...
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
SCREENED: REVIEWING CURRENT RESEARCH ON SCREEN TIME AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Screen time has been a controversial issue ever since technology was first introduced. Recent studies are beginning to unlock how we can...
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Let's Connect @ISTE
ISTE is LIVE and I'm so excited to be part of the experience. I've attended the NECC and ISTE conference since 1986 and I have never been...
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Dr. Hope Dugan
- Jun 22, 2022
- 3 min
Why Teachers Deserve Personalized Professional Learning
We’ve all been there. Sitting in a half-day professional learning that is either not relevant to our current job, or worse, presented at...
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sgentz
- Jun 17, 2022
- 2 min
New Coalition Aims to Create a Federated Edtech Data System
This week, several edtech giants (ISTE, InnovateEDU/Project Unicorn, Digital Promise, the Edtech Evidence Exchange, and the Center for...
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Jun 17, 2022
- 2 min
SCREENED
Screen time is on the rise now that we are spending a lot more time using screened technologies. And, although there are no conclusive...
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Jun 12, 2022
- 1 min
the HonorRole
In 2020, Kecia and Frances had the idea of creating a way to celebrate women in leadership. The result is the HonorRole podcast. In...
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Dr. Kecia Ray
- Jun 12, 2022
- 1 min
Tech & Learning Articles by Dr. Kecia Ray
Kecia is the brand ambassador for Tech & Learning and through her partnership is a regular contributor to their online publication. Here...
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sgentz
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
How Does District-Owned Homeschooling Work?
COVID-19 is creating new learning models across the globe- so how does the district-owned homeschooling model work? The new model of...
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sgentz
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
Framing the COVID-19 Response as an Opportunity
As the hope for normalcy begins to emerge in educators and students, there is time for reflection. Many districts struggled a year ago as...
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