Learning With Lucie

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Yesterday I had the absolute privilege to join thousands of amazing educators learning and sharing their learning as part of the Google for Education on Air Event - If Takes A Teacher. I learned so much from watching fellow educators share their insights into teaching and learning throughout the day.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

There are organizations that support different kinds of transformation in schools and after researching and interviewing some of these organizations, we've learned a great deal about what these changes can look like, how schools go about redesigning aspects of their model, and what types of support they need along the way.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The post that got all the attention told people five steps they can take to develop their personal learning network. W ritten : October 12, 2008 Topic : Developing a PLN Who might be interested : Any teacher or student who enjoys learning from experts and others who share their passion. If so, how has it helped you learn?

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Education Elements

AUGUST 30, 2016

When we published Disrupting Class in 2008, we had no idea what it would help unleash. Innovation in our schools is critical so that we can personalize learning for each student’s distinct needs such that.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

I still am an early adopter of technologies in that I believe many can benefit students in their learning. For language learning: ChatGPT or similar models could be used to provide conversation practice and feedback to students learning a new language. Now, similar work is often seen as innovative by colleagues.

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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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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link]. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. This edited book is the perfect primer on self-determined learning or heutagogy. The Basics.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. The practice is one in which the teacher of record delivers whole-class learning virtually, and an in-person monitor—often a substitute teacher—tracks behavior and ensures students do their work.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Blended learning is rapidly becoming a core part of schools’ educational approach, partly because the model suits so many educational needs–credit recovery, dual enrollment, and access to advanced courses not always offered in brick-and-mortar schools. Next page: How the district implemented a model for online instruction.

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SETDA Says

JUNE 29, 2020

It is difficult to believe that it has been 13 years since SETDA’s 2008 journey in developing and publishing the Class of 2020: Action Plan for Education. This project included a Student Bill of Rights and a series of white papers (below). At that time, the critical topics that bubbled to the top were broadband access, […].

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In 2008, the Holly Square Shopping Center in northeast Denver was firebombed with molotov cocktails in gang-related arson. Before that I had worked at the Charter School Growth Fund with several of the early visionaries who supported the movement toward personalized learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Since the 2008 Time magazine cover story on Washington, D.C. All of America’s children deserve to love learning and to develop creativity and critical thinking skills, not just rote memorization. That made fiscal and pedagogical sense. What’s wrong with the jargon?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

.” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. “ FY 2008 $267,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

In theory, proficiency-based models let students learn at their own pace, speeding up if they grasp a concept quickly, and getting extra help if they struggle. In practice, though, it can take many different forms, including independent study, learning communities and online programs. I feel like they learn more,” she said.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2015

A new paper by advocacy and policy org iNacol explores how blended learning is being used in practice and traces its history from 2008 to today. The case studies profiled illustrate a variety of blended learning implementations, providing insights for increasing program effectiveness.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 4, 2020

Robin Lake and Bree Dusseault observed that only 16 of the 106 districts in their database are “still committed to opening the school year with in-person learning.” Colorado passed a law in 2008 that allowed districts to do this. They call this money a “learning fund.” Now schools must go to students.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Developing your Personal Learning Network (PLN). Next up is a checklist for effective professional learning opportunities where I outline those things that you want to ensure you do or experience at a learning event. What’s hot? 5 Things You Can Do to Begin Developing Your PLN. Oct 11, 2017, 1 comment

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. Bailey Fraser, 15 (left), and her stepsister Leah Kimball, 15, volunteer with Edible Bethel during their service learning block. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.

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MindShift

JUNE 27, 2019

Called the Telstar Freshman Academy, or TFA, it involves all its district’s ninth graders in a hands-on learning method that uses outdoor-based projects and community-building activities as ways to teach across several disciplines. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report ). EB Hoff, the candidate for treasurer, put it succinctly.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed. Noguera, Ph.D.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

We've been using their Week in Rap news feature in our school since they landed on the hip hop education or #HipHopEd scene in 2008! Flocabulary: Hip-Hop Learning That is Out of this World! I'm even a proud MC Educator or Flocabulary # HipHopEd Ambassador. Not familiar with them? Check, check, check, it out! We were SO proud!)

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2017

SEATTLE — After years of declining enrollment, a growing number of Catholic schools nationwide are placing their faith in blended learning, a teaching approach in which computers share the instructional load with teachers, and one that appeals to many parents disillusioned with traditional schools. Mary Brannan, a kindergarten teacher at St.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

When top professionals—educators, journalists, executives, politicians and the like—asked him questions, he typically answered with a story so that he would help you learn how to think, not what to think. Given the evidence that human brains are wired to learn through stories, his storytelling skill was a key asset as an educator.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

Technology has been a key component in the planting, fertilization, growth and eventually, the blossoming of new statewide initiatives including distance education and new professional learning opportunities for educators that have benefitted students in a variety of ways. I’ve got some experience with this from the past eight years.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Finally, I will suggest that there are five key objectives to achieve if universities are to achieve success in the use of learning technologies in the future. applications have grown out of the need for people to connect together, share experiences and knowledge, enhance their experiences and open up new possibilities in learning.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It’s great to see kids shift from asking about their grade to real conversations about their goals and learning.” - @weberelem teacher @tasanet #FRSLN pic.twitter.com/0KOleKoWIV — Jill Siler (@jillmsiler). Personalize Dallas ISD @PersonalizeDISD. Share your #teaching #learning #leading knowledge! December 5, 2019. July 9, 2019.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

And one district in particular, the Putnam County School System in Cookeville , decided to push student ownership over higher education learning even further—with an extensive, dual-enrollment college credit program for high schoolers. Sam Brooks, Personal Learning Coordinator. What's your background?

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 3, 2019

In Scott McLeod and Dean Shareski’s book, “ Different Schools for a Different World ,” they discuss four shifts that “deeper learning” schools place their focus. Student agency allows for greater personalization, individualization, and differentiation of the learning process. Or, as Lauren B.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. Ferreira, who founded the company in 2008, will remain on the company’s board of directors. What’s all the buzz about adaptive learning really about?

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2015

Before the board of Vancouver Public Schools adopted the strategic plan for the district’s digital transformation in 2008, they did extensive public outreach to ensure that every community in the district had an opportunity to be heard. What’s happening at our district isn’t my vision,” remarks Webb. It isn’t the board’s vision.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2016

One of my favorite examples of this kind of OEP began back in 2008 at the University of British Columbia, when a professor of Spanish decided to leverage the potential of OER by working with his students to improve and author Wikipedia articles related to Latin American literature. But is OEP an effective way for students to learn?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

During visits to two schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), I was struck by how innovating where the alternative for students is nothing at all is still relevant, years after we wrote about the idea in “ Disrupting Class ” in 2008. The school’s graduating class this summer had an 89.8

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 22, 2019

VAMs and One-to-One computer initiatives are only two current “innovations” being done to school systems, and both require an immense amount of resources that have grown scarcer since the Great Recession of 2008. Will the current buzzwords such as “coding” and “personalized learning” be added to this heap of innovations?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

For the first time ever, the federal government put forward funds to support initiatives around open educational resources, and recent studies show that faculty attitudes towards using and adapting these openly-licensed learning materials are steadily improving. But fans of OER are increasingly facing a problem.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

After completing the program, our young Queens demonstrate mastery through a community project reflecting the learnings of each workshop. Through the program, students improve not only their personal lives, but their academic success, putting them on the path to tackle college and their careers with courage—and we're just getting started.

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MindShift

JUNE 5, 2018

When a huge flood devastated Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2008 the community was faced with a host of problems more commonly seen in big cities, like homelessness. They also noticed that students spent a lot of time transitioning, and they talked only about grades, never about what they were learning.

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