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Teacher Appreciation Week 2013
While I believe teachers should be treasured year-round, I am grateful for the dedicated week each year that emphasizes teacher appreciation. I love browsing various education blogs, websites, and even Pinterest to find them filled with teacher appreciation poems and gift ideas.
However, what I think I enjoy the most about Teacher Appreciation Week are the inspirational stories about educators and their impact on students. I came across this story from a few years back that particularly left me inspired recently-I think we have all had a “Dr. Sie” …
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infosnap, Pearson, and the PowerSchool API project
In 2010, infosnap (an ISV partner) united with our Pearson K-12 forces for online application and registration services. By executing rollouts with a number of shared customers, both teams recognized that the file-based export and import approach used by Pearson (and thus infosnap) to exchange student and family data with PowerSchool needed to evolve to allow more robust and real-time data exchange. The Pearson team began working hand-in-hand with infosnap and other partners to scope and develop an application programming interface (API) that would improve data exchange from PowerSchool and …
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Successful Schools: Great teachers (Part 1 of 2)
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Studies like this one by Harvard illustrate what we already know—that a great teacher has the potential to improve a child’s test scores, enhance his or her chances to attend college, and increase his or her potential to earn money and decrease the likelihood of teen pregnancy.
The quality of education a child receives depends largely on the quality of his or her teacher, no pressure, right? Teaching is one of the most complicated jobs today, demanding broad knowledge, a caring attitude, and a love for learning—among many other … -
Pinterest Roundup: Flipped Classroom Resources
The term “flipping the classroom” is seen all over education blogs and throughout twitter feeds (hashtag #flipclass), and it also seems to be gaining momentum in the classroom as well.
Flipped teaching is a form of blended learning that embraces technology and increased interaction between the teacher and student. Under its model, students study a topic at home by watching recorded lectures or videos (typically content that requires technology to access) and then they complete assignments, quizzes, or labs in class. Not only does this support independent learning skills, but … -
Successful Schools: First Impressions are Lasting Impressions
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First impressions are lasting impressions, so how can you make your school’s an accurate and good one? This is an important step to becoming a successful school; one that is distinctive and memorable. But why is it so crucial?
Often times, both parents and teachers choose a school based on their own judgments, and it becomes very difficult to change those judgments made from a first impression. So as you can see, having a positive one is critical to the very well-being of a school.
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Education Trends to Try in 2013
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Earlier this month, Annie Murphy Paul wrote an article about the three biggest and upcoming themes in education for 2013. Here is a short recap of her predictions (you can read the full article HERE):Better use of technology- Tablets, laptops, and mobile phones will continue to overshadow the use of bulky desktop computers. More schools will also experiment with the idea of “bring your own devices,” commonly known as BYOD. While the enthusiasm for these devices will remain, there will be more talk about face-to-face interactions, hands-on experience, …
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PowerSchool 7.5 is now available!
PowerSchool 7.5 is now available for download from PowerSource! Thanks to the feedback from our customers, we continue to incorporate some of the most commonly requested new features, including Co-teaching and a drag-and-drop Visual Scheduler. We continue to rely on feedback from our customers in order to continue making PowerSchool the fastest-growing, most widely used web-based student information system. Find more information on PearsonSchoolSystems.com or login to PowerSource (https://powersource.pearsonschoolsystems.com/login.action).
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Awesome Android™ Apps for Education
Tech news sites love to debate Apple® apps versus Android™, and just about everyone you ask (your students included!) will have an opinion on which is better. Apple® products gained an early foothold in education, but Android™ is not far behind and they’re gaining fast.
Google Play now offers a wide variety of excellent education apps for Android™ smart devices. Here are a few worth sharing with your students:
Oregon Trail: American Settler– If you grew up playing this classic game in your elementary school computer lab, you’ll be glad to see …
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Setting Goals for a New Year
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Self-reflection and goal setting is penciled in to most calendars towards the end of a new year and the beginning of another. The task of setting New Years resolutions can often feel forced and somewhat discouraging as we may remember some past goals that have not been fulfilled. In the end, we forget about our smaller accomplishments and forego a pat on the back. These common, sour endings cause us to view our new year’s pledges with distaste and pessimism. If you have felt this way, you may …
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Success at the Summit
Customers were excited to participate in the Core Tools for Student Success summit held in Farmington, CT., October 25-27th. The annual summit series focuses on a specific theme and is designed for both PowerSchool System Administrators and Curriculum specialists. This year’s theme was specific to the new Common Core standards.
While attending the summit in Connecticut, customers learned how to use ReportWorks to build standards-based report cards and how to use the new Standards Visualizer tool in PowerSchool. They also took some time out to discuss key issues around standards-based grading …