Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Three, because the question matters, there will always remain debates about the quality of the research base on technology in schools and for learning, about what we can infer from the research base (case in point: the 2015 OECD study ), and about how best to study new innovations.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

Digital Promise is crowdsourcing best practices for piloting learning technology tools, and we want to hear from you! 8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. That’s why we’re working with these six districts: to follow along and share what they learn about piloting learning technology tools in classrooms. ” John Rice.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2017

Leaders at the California-born charter school network decided that students needed to have the skills necessary to understand how to survive in life after a teacher stopped holding their hand. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. “We That’s up from just 19 school partners in 2015.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” Enter personalized learning (PL)."

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In December 2015, I found myself toiling away on a fifth grade figurative language lesson in a unique place—a local tech meetup called Code For Vegas. Not only was this project exciting, it also taught students how to get user feedback and revise their designs. Claire Cummings' Third Grade Classroom, Image Credit: Claire Cumming.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Inaugural PD, collaborative learning event to be held on December 4, 2015. Lightspeed Technologies , a provider of classroom audio solutions, is launching the Lightspeed Learning Academy, which will kick off with a one-day professional development event, and a new leadership webinar series.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 is the leading literacy solution in blended learning programs today, specializing in cloud-based, differentiated learning solutions for school-aged youth as well as adult learners. Smarty Ants is a foundational literacy program for grades PreK-1 that teaches children how to read in an engaging, online environment.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 24, 2015

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Jessica Sanders. It’s rare when anyone considers the other—and perhaps more important—angle: Students want to learn with technology. By empowering student learning with more opportunities for them to communicate with classmates, you’ll soon realize how important technology is in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Monica explains how teachers can personalize learning through Lumio lessons. Monica and Kasey share a passion for showing students how to collaborate and learn on a global scale. Monica was Teacher of the Year in 2015-16 school year at Cheatham Hill Elementary and the 3rd place Voya Unsung Hero award winner of.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

Some of Catlin Tucker’s books on blended learning. Catlin Tucker ( @Catlin_Tucker ) blogs with a focus on student-centered blended learning. Recent examples of her thoughtful and useful posts are: Developing a Community of Inquiry in Your Blended Classroom, Scavenger Hunt: Get Kids Talking on the 1st Day of School.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Once a technology plan is adopted, superintendents needs to make sure all constituents have a laser focus on implementing it as developed, evaluating successes and failures, and then discussing how to move forward. Imperative 2: Raise the Bar with Rigorous, Transformative & Innovative Learning and Skills.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

The NMC Horizon 2015 K-12 report offers a snapshot of where ed tech stands now and where it is likely to go in the next five years, according to 56 education and technology experts from 22 countries. One challenge that persists in mainstream education is how to create truly authentic learning opportunities within the bureaucracy of schools.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

BYOD is often seen as a way of solving budget concerns while increasing the authenticity of learning experiences , while critics point to the problems BYOD can cause for district IT, privacy concerns, and more. Blended Learning. Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Every fall, students are shown how to download assignments from Blackboard before they leave school, so they can complete them offline at home and then upload them again the next day. One site in this partnership needs a new tower, and the others require extensive permits.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Personalized learning is still in its infancy—as are the curricular tools and resources available to support teachers in implementing it. There are plenty of resources with step-by-step guides and blueprints designed to walk teachers through a process to personalize learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

You can only do that if you know how to use technology, especially really fabulous software, which teachers who use technology know how to find. Listen to Jennifer Casa-Todd talking about how to help kids become social media leaders. Kecia: Fourth is 24-7 learning and teaching. Vicki: And this is so important!

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

This entry is an attempt to compile a useful -- but by no means exhaustive -- list of CBE related books that I personally feel have been either extremely illuminating in pragmatic ways (detailed models, insightful anecdotes, clear "how to's") or it inspired me to stay the course. Often the same book did both!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In teachers' blogging guide I shared some of the suggestions for the best blogging platforms to use with your students together with tips on how to effectively integrate them in your instruction. They can be used in flipped classrooms or in blended learning environments. The web is a space where amateurish knowledge abounds.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Back when she arrived in Tulsa from Rhode Island in 2015, she was the last person local teachers would have imagined as their standard bearer. From 2009 to 2015, Gist embarked on an ambitious mission to reform education in a state tiny enough to make it a perfect petri dish for quick and dramatic change.

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