My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Blogging has helped me to grow as a professional and has connected me with some great educators, and reflecting is part of the process. So here is a quick reflection on 2014 and the top 5 things I learned in 2014. Without a doubt, 2014 has been a year of collaboration. The more I write, the better I teach.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Tuesday, November 18th, is day two of the fifth annual Global Education Conference. We had a great opening day of sessions and keynotes, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page. The list of Tuesday''s sessions, in US-Eastern Standard Time, is below.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own. A lot of times with education, we have to figure things out on our own,” she said.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

With all of these technologies populating classrooms this year, it is also more integral than ever that educators instill students with the tenets of digital citizenship. Though it’s been a buzzword in K–12 for quite some time, STEAM — science, technology, engineering, arts and math — education will continue to grow in 2018.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. We want to celebrate the extraordinary collaborations between educators and the private sector that have occurred because of ConnectED.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM. STEM gives me challenges to think about.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The accelerated track in middle and high school drew mostly from elementary schools in affluent neighborhoods, where students tended to perform better on a pre-algebra placement test that they had one chance to take as fifth graders. At Union High School, an Algebra II position remained vacant for more than a year.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

I assumed that I would eventually learn how the brain worked because I thought that studying education meant studying how learning happens. If you are a mid-career educator like me, perhaps this sounds familiar. Although some educators are familiar with this research, most of us are not. I was wrong. What about math?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2016

High-quality instruction in STEM requires both teaching expertise and content knowledge. Yet, at the elementary school level, many teachers haven’t had any specialized education or training in science, leaving them at a loss for PD in STEM. million Math-Science Partnership Grant from the Florida Department of Education.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

From their devotion to capacity building and cultivating innovation through education to having a tremendous social impact on local and global communities, our partners care deeply about the future of our youth. The Future is STEM/STEAM. STEM/STEAM is everywhere you can imagine and is an indispensable part of our everyday lives.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This includes specific facts, theories, and principles that they have learned in past educational experiences or through personal pursuits.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education. The efforts paid off.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. Mitch helps organizations succeed in the education market. In 2014, Mitch co-founded Edchat Interactive with Tom Whitby and Steve Anderson. Currently, this year’s “Remember When.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Related: Pathways to jobs of the future opening via summer STEM programs. North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. Yet for years, students like McGee had limited exposure to the world of STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Educator Innovator —in partnership with LRNG, the Show Me Campaign, and the John D. This competition, and the projects it supports, is raising up the innovative, collaborative work educators are carrying out across the country to prepare our youth for today’s world. and Catherine T. Silver City, NM.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

A research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5. For more information on the results of the study, or to review the complete report, visit [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 21st, 2014 In a gentle way, you can shake the world. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

ALBANY – The Dougherty County School System is launching a new technology initiative for its students, teachers, and staff as part of a collaboration with Apple and educational non-profit Ed Farm. The initiative will allow DCSS to expand and enhance its educational technology ecosystem districtwide.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2015

In 2013 I started ToyLabs with a commitment to inspire young minds with fun and exciting hands-on science projects in support of STEM education, while providing parents and teachers with great tools that make it easier for them to engage their kids in science education.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on remedial classes. Department of Education. The confusion stems from the study design.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

Christian’s positive enrichment experience is exactly what federal education officials and advocates for after-school programs are hoping to replicate across the country. Department of Education launched the Engage Every Student Initiative. Being given a space to explore keeps Christian engaged. “I

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

This diversity of thought and experience should ensure that you’re getting a realistic sampling from across the education spectrum. For five years, we’ve highlighted some of the best and brightest blogs within K—12 education. Google’s education solutions just keep expanding. Computing Education Blog. Pull Quote.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

million, which will go towards expanding computer science education in 68 elementary schools, middle schools and high schools in San Francisco, and 20 middle schools in Oakland. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $2.7M $5M $6M $6M $7M. Of the $12.2 million, SFUSD got $7 million and OUSD received $5.2 Salesforce giving to SFUSD.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

” The far-reaching meta-analysis considered flipped learning experiments done in elementary schools, high schools and colleges, with the bulk of the studies in the higher ed setting. ” “It kind of takes flipped learning educators to task, and I thought that was super unnecessary,” Talbert said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

He has worked as a technology training specialist and a Director of Educational Technology. Bellow was honored by ISTE in 2010 as an emerging leader and then again in 2011 when he was named Outstanding Young Educator of the year. He has worked as a technology training specialist and a Director of Educational Technology.

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

This year, Michael Soskil, a Microsoft Innovative Educator shared with me some of the great new features of Skype and demonstrated how he is using video conferencing in his classroom. As an elementary science teacher this year he will be exploring new ways to inspire students to wonder, solve problems, and make the world better.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

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. You don’t have to choose — testing or education. Vicki: We don’t have to give up rigor.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Results from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress – The Nation’s Report Card – revealed that students have seen little to no gains in math since 2015. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that STEM jobs – requiring strong math skills – are projected to grow to 1 million by 2022. Yet, data from the U.S.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 1, 2017

Three 2014 LRNG Innovators Challenge grantees share how their work has progressed, relaying both tremendous successes and ongoing challenges. Since we last checked in with Liberty Elementary, a 2014 LRNG Innovator Challenge grant recipient , the garden project has grown, now reaching all the way to the 6th grade.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2017

Studying the successes of black women mathematicians opens a window into how we can produce more black STEM grads. In 1940, just 2 percent of all black women earned college degrees, and 60 percent of those women became teachers, mostly in public elementary and high schools,” Shetterly writes. Education is an issue of national security.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2016

More than 110 of the district’s 139 elementary schools are teaching it this year, reaching about 27,000 students. Administrators say it’s important to get students interested in computer science before they leave elementary school. “[It] is being seen as a new form of literacy.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Our son’s education was a waste. Higher Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. Brad is a publisher of education and children's books as well as leads the strategic vision of the organization.

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esri

MAY 23, 2016

Dateline Washington DC, The White House, May 27, 2014: President Obama welcomes Esri to the ConnectED Initiative , a partnership with private industry to help all US K12 students engage in digital learning. Esri also supported a bank of educator workshops in 2015, and is supporting another series in 2016.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

In 2014 Jill Gierasch could see the writing on the wall—students from her New York school district were saturated in technology at home, but that wasn’t the case at school. when choosing technology, educators need to consider whether a tool is a fad or something that can prepare students for the future.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update November 12th, 2014 One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. you can actually attend the 30+ keynote sessions and many of the over 250 total sessions at our 5-day, around-the-clock, Global Education party , starting this coming Monday.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2017

When my colleagues found out that my husband, an elementary school teacher, had asked me to join his school for Career Day, they were incredulous. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. one asked. I understood the suspicion.

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