EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2019

As educators, we understand that our students bring different learner profiles, strengths, challenges, and interests to learning. Differentiated instruction gives students multiple options for taking in information, making sense of their ideas and then expressing what they know (Tomlinson, 2001). Learn more at: [link].

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More Verbs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has been around since 2001, providing 7th & 8th Grade students and teachers with devices and more. Recently a new piece of “Concept Draft” legislation popped up: LD 137: An Act To Make the Maine Learning Technology Initiative More Cost-effective.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

Our student learning is anchored around Harkness discussions, an educational approach in which students discuss class readings, course material, and other texts. Students learn how to prepare for a discussion, have difficult conversations, understand different perspectives, and meaningfully participate.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist : Since winning the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001, Carl Wieman has devoted the bulk of his energies to trying to improve teaching. That has led him to promote active learning — and to look for better ways to evaluate teaching. Will the ideas catch on?

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology. Visual learners do best when information is presented graphically, be it in the form of illustrations, charts, diagrams, or photos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. Why learn keyboarding? Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding. –Type to Learn, 1986. This conclusion was reinforced by Feutz (2001). Zeitz, 2008.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Learning in one-to-one laptop environments: A meta-analysis and research synthesis. First, a finding of negative effects would have and should have sounded a clarion call on the use of laptops for learning; however, the study found small positive effects in the main and also in many (but not all) academic subject areas. Warschauer, M.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods. Instructors with the budget to spend on learning materials can consider purchasing case studies. Sources: Case Method Teaching and Learning | Columbia CTL. link] Gila Herald.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2021

Back in 2001, Cornel West recorded a hip-hop album as a side project. EdSurge talked with Carson recently about what he learned from the peer-review process, and how he hopes the work will spur people to rethink what counts as scholarship or academic work across all kinds of fields.

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Waterford

MAY 31, 2022

Understanding the science of how children learn to read is a necessary component for creating well-rounded classroom instruction. Read on to learn more about the Simple View of Reading and how it can inform your classroom instruction—along with ten free activities to boost fundamental literacy skills for your students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2021

In this piece, we’ll look at why executive functioning has been historically overlooked in our education system and how parents can help their children learn these skills. . Bush signed into law in 2001, schools that did not consistently meet federal standards for proficiencies could face funding cuts. How did we get here?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The potential impact is not confined to just academic success but extends to lifelong learning and the joys of reading. So, if there’s one takeaway from this post, it’s that fostering phonemic awareness is a worthy investment for anyone involved in a child’s learning journey—be it teachers, parents, or caregivers.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 25, 2021

I learn more from you monthly than I’ve learned from an entire academic career’s worth of journal articles and research conferences. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being my people. Most of all, I’m thankful for my family and some key supportive colleagues (you know who you are) who have had my back the entire way.

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Waterford

JULY 25, 2022

Back to school night is an opportunity for families to get to know their child’s new teacher and also learn how they can best support their child during the year. A few back to school night ideas to encourage this could include classroom tours, get-to-know-you games, or samples of lessons your students will learn during the school year.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Tech giant Apple bought the company in 2001. Under Vista’s ownership, PowerSchool has spent more than $1 billion acquiring other edtech companies, including grabbing the Schoology learning management system popular with K-12 schools. And she added that remote learning is only one piece of what their services aid. “As

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I had used badges for my online learning conferences, but hadn’t quite used badges with students, yet. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Fast forward a few short years and now Aurora has one of the best examples of a K12 badging system in the country.

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

I want students to learn about one another in a personal way. I want to learn about my individual students so my instructional strategies can be more personalized and tailored to their needs and interests. You will be expected to engage in the learning activities during class time. You will be an active learner.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. But at a university? “We Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2020

The SETDA Coalition for eLearning focuses state leaders, affiliates, and partners in collective action around teaching and learning in the digital age. The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), founded in 2001, is the national non-profit association representing the interests of U.S. About SETDA.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s a one-stop shop for teachers, parents, and anyone who loves to blend a little learning with their scares. The most recent one was in 2020, and before that, it was in 2001. Who knew there was so much to learn about this bewitching holiday, right? Ready to have your mind spooked—in the most enlightening way?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 17, 2018

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The great news is that digital natives want to learn. This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. And that means schools will have to adapt to the way these new students think and learn.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Conflict can happen even in the most supportive, positive, and open classrooms, disrupting your students’ ability to learn. 6] Then you can acknowledge the emotions in the room and use the situation as a learning opportunity. This is a good time for students to learn to compromise. Brainstorm solutions. Choose a solution.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to shift his research focus. And the coursework, I never felt I learned terribly much from any of my classes, but it was very much secondary.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. You are about to learn the magic of classroom leadership. She told me her name and I was transported back to 2001 when this 10-year-old wore two long braids and smiled all the time.

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The Thinking Stick

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

On this episode we learn about the connection between sports and STEM. Founded by a team of sports and STEM enthusiasts, StemSports.com has quickly become a go-to resource for coaches, athletes, and fans who are interested in learning more about the science behind their favorite sports.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

That was the idea behind the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Apart from controversies over the use of tests and cheating scandals , researchers are asking another basic question: has all that time teachers spent studying data helped students learn? T he numbers were supposed to shed light on what was happening in public schools.

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Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

8] It also includes complete focus on the speaker with minimal distractions out of respect and an intent to learn. The answer may seem obvious, but helping students learn to listen can give them advantages you might not expect. Learning how to listen can also teach students how to communicate their ideas.[14] by Julia Cook.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

A Poptential mini-lesson focuses on the flight paths of the hijacked planes and highlights the October 2001 U.S. The War on Terror begins —Determining that the Afghanistan-based terrorist group Al-Qaeda was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attack, President Bush and his administration vowed to wage a “War on Terrorism.”

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

But even over summer break, students still need educational opportunities so they can return to school strong and ready to learn more. One of the most common causes of the achievement gap , or the differences in scores between disadvantaged and advantaged children, is summer learning loss (also known as the summer slide).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2022

Put simply, data-driven instruction occurs when educators collect and analyze data on student learning and behavior to drive and personalize classroom instruction. But despite broad support, it seems like everybody has a different understanding of what it means to be “data-driven.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

Why learn art in school? Nineteenth century education reformer Horace Mann, the father of American public schools, believed that the arts enhanced learning. Arts classes were further squeezed out after a 2001 federal law required schools to test children annually. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2001, a former student, Lorin Anderson, and colleagues, revised Bloom’s taxonomy initially published in 1956. The goal: To be more user-friendly for teachers to use Bloom’s Taxonomy in the classroom. The original taxonomy was a […].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2022

12, 2001, the day after the attacks on the United States known as 9/11. The pandemic has created heightened emotion for people of all ages, and it’s a critical time to be listening to our children and observing their play to learn more about their feelings. I remember vividly the first time I saw this in action. It’s hard to let go.

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techlearning

JANUARY 11, 2019

Since 2001, the Ford Motor Company’s Next Generation Learning initiative has prepared nearly 20,000 young people for college, careers, lifelong learning and leadership by honing their STEAM skills.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

This week, REINVENTING.SCHOOL explores an increasingly common practice--home as a place for learning, and in some cases, as a physical replacement for a physical school facility. Diana Ortiz Burns is Director of Operations and Sustainability, Indian Creek School, and a force in the physical reinvention of local facilities used for learning.

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