Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

When you enter Parker-Varney Elementary School, you are immediately struck by the relaxed atmosphere. Four years ago, in 2013, Parker-Varney was listed as a “School in Need of Improvement.” We honored student needs with multi-age classrooms and competency-based projects. It wasn’t always this way.

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Elementary Survey Assessment Data 142

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Malachi Ballinger, 6, laughs at how far he has made his “pinball” travel during a science lesson in his kindergarten classroom in Redmond, Oregon. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. But the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), first released in 2013, could be changing all that. It does now.

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Elementary Education Survey Report 85

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science. In 2019, just over one-third of students in the U.S.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 17, 2013

Our fourth guest blog post is written by Dara Easterling, a Catholic elementary school teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The one experience was with a session called "Classroom Gymnastics"presented by Kate and Liz. Thank you, Dara, for attending EdmodoCon 2013 and the compliments!

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Edmodo Digital Citizenship Laptops Elementary 60

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Beginning a technological evolution When I first became an administrator in the 2013-14 school year, I started a coding initiative. We also have Chromebooks for every student and 3D printers and interactive whiteboards in our classrooms. One of our scholars recently achieved a perfect score on our mathematics statewide assessment.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Chad Collins has been with Spencer County Public Schools (KY) since 2013, first as a middle school social studies and ELA teacher, and currently as the campus Gifted and Talented Teacher for Spencer County Middle School (SCMS) as well as Spencer County Elementary School. The display case outside of Chad's classroom.

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Gamification Course Study Google 89

Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Then, we’ll provide a few ideas for differentiating your classroom instruction and show you how Waterford curriculum can help you provide personalized reading instruction. 9] Each student enters the classroom with unique experiences, preferences, and conditions that affect how they learn. What is Differentiated Instruction?

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

The study examined Dreambox Learning and the individual test scores of nearly 3,000 students in grades 3-5 during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years in two districts, Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) in Maryland and Rocketship Education in California.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Over the years, it has added both classroom and professional development resources to help educators successfully deliver literacy education based on the science of reading research. Our team is highly dedicated and has provided the most effective products for students and educators in today’s classrooms,” said Gaehde.

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Company Professional Learning Assessment Groups 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. On days when SpaRRk Academy students are learning virtually, the classrooms are empty except for teachers and administrators, who come into the office just about every day.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 95

EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

ESL / ELL Tutors (elementary through high school, all three counties). ™ is the proud recipient of the 2013 MCEEA Employer of the Year. Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. Read More and Apply. Apply now: [link].

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Pearson Company Assessment Exercises 260

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Back in 2013, approximately 60% of Maine's participating districts chose iPads. In 2013, school districts were given the option to participate in one of five solutions, which included Apple laptops, Hewlett-Packard laptops, and iPads. Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 99

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Whether you’re a new teacher or have years of classroom experience, there’s always more to learn. You can swap ideas, exchange lesson plans, and discuss strategies for resolving the inevitable challenges that arise in the classroom. Are you looking for ideas on incorporating technology into your classroom? Brookfield, Stephen.

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Course Strategy Elementary Examples 100

MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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Elementary Education Survey Report 39

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference. Hard to believe we''re almost at the end! During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started.

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PLE Personal Learning Network Conference Social Media 63

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. As they transition from first grade, to second, to third, their classroom devices change, too. The cohort consisted of three elementary schools (including Rogers Elementary), one middle school and a new high school that had only ninth graders.

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Personalized Learning Elementary Learning Case Study 154

EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

ESL / ELL Tutors (elementary through high school, all three counties). ™ is the proud recipient of the 2013 MCEEA Employer of the Year. Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. Read More and Apply. Apply now: [link].

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Company Pearson Assessment Exercises 214

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

One key element of this approach is the continuum of Cultural Proficiency, a tool that helps organizations diagnose their current activities, organize improvements, and assess their progress. Stacie Stanley serves as the associate superintendent of Eden Prairie Schools, which is located in Minnesota just outside of Minneapolis. Recently, Ms.

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Tools Elementary Professional Learning Assessment 93

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

-based early childhood technology and services developer best known for its GOLD observation-based assessment system and its Creative Curriculum product lines for infants, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Roden worked as an elementary school teacher and in sales for Pearson before founding ReadyRosie in 2012.

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Strategy Video Company Smartphone 124

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

From 1992 until 2007, the state’s average score for fourth-graders remained below the “basic” level of achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Risa Smith, the district’s director of special education, said this additional class time is meant to help struggling readers progress in all classroom subjects.

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Strategy Training Assessment Report 111

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. Vicki: Wow.

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Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mississippi’s elementary reading policies, signed into law in 2013, have drawn national attention. They include improved literacy training for elementary teachers and reading coaches for the state’s lowest performing elementary schools. Related: Mississippi made the biggest leap in national test scores this year.

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Elementary Report Policies Study 84

Tech Helpful

AUGUST 4, 2017

A few years back I "did the edtech circuit" talking about best practice of classroom management of devices. At that point iPads were the only device being used in our elementary school. There is much overlap in best practice to keep students on task, good classroom management is fairly device agnostic. Seating arrangement.

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Chromebook iPad Elementary Groups 89

ExcelinEd

MARCH 11, 2020

Less than one-third of the nation’s fourth-grade students are proficient readers, according to the 2019 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). MDE has also placed literacy coaches in the lowest performing schools to help teachers with transferring the science into classroom practice. Now, states have an important choice.

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Elementary Training Analysis Assessment 69

eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Before elementary school, the boy was diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety, and in kindergarten he was placed in a small, self-contained class for kids with disabilities. Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them.

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Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

classrooms. Finally, Google partnered with EdTechTeacher to announce apps teachers can use with Google Classroom like Soundtrap, that lets students make music and podcast online—but unlike most Google education products, the app bundles are not free. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE.

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SchoolDude Microsoft Company Learning Analytics 126

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

If we want our learners to have that — the knowledge, the skills, the dispositions — we know that we need to transform our classrooms. We also have adopted a set of learning beliefs to help us better articulate what we want our classrooms to look like in the future as we approach 2020. Vicki: Wow. You have learning beliefs.

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Professional Learning Gamification Company Elementary 172

Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Dedicated to the education industry, Livescribe is kicking off a pilot program with select school districts and higher education institutions to assess use cases, as well as the impact of using the Sky wifi smartpen both in and out of the classroom.

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Tablets Meeting Assessment Smartphone 182

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The use of differentiated instruction to individualize each student’s learning experience is becoming more common in today’s elementary classrooms, but creating meaningful differentiation for a typical class of 25 students or more can still be a challenge. What should educators and administrators know about adaptive learning?

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Adaptive Learning Differentiated Instruction Survey Software 63

edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

The presenters also provided recommendations for other educators who are now making the shift from being in a classroom to working remotely with students. From an instructional and assessment perspective, Olivia recommends considering the relative importance of teaching critical skills, developing mastery, and providing grades.

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Education Secondary Policies Elementary 54

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

But a new survey of classroom teachers underscores a different, and perhaps no less fundamental concern: that much of the data educators receive is of little use to them in their efforts to improve instruction. The post Make Classroom Data More Useful, Teachers Tell Ed-Tech Developers appeared first on Market Brief. Austin, Texas.

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Data Survey Classroom Report 40

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

Edmodo Edmodo is my online classroom space. From posting the daily agenda to taking quizzes to connecting with others, everything is done in Edmodo as you can see from the list below and public folder of classroom examples. I create a main classroom group for each level I teach because I want to promote the online PLN experience.

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Edmodo BYOD Smartphone Assessment 134