Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In spring 2019, we collected nearly 350 survey responses from stakeholders working in all levels across public schools. More and more schools across the country are thinking beyond academic initiatives, working to broaden the definition of success to ensure all students are healthy, safe, and engaged in their learning.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

The NEO team will be heading to London next week to attend The BETT Show 2019 , between January 23-26. Drop by our Booth F302 in the expo hall at any time during the event, where we will provide insights on how to effectively manage online classroom activities, answer all your questions and showcase NEO’s newest features.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

For consultations and presentations at schools across the country I have developed these ten questions you may want to ask as you develop or assess STEM possibilities for students. Already a STEM school… then use these questions to assess and determine your next journey along an amazing path!

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

Wed, 01/16/2019 - 13:21. In order to use technology properly in the classroom, teachers need to take a back seat and allow students to spend more time as the drivers of their own education, says educational consultant and public speaker Adam Welcome. . Q&A: Adam Welcome on How K–12 Educators Can Integrate Technology for Engagement.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Renaissance , a global leader in student-centered, pre-K–12 personalized practice and assessment, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nearpod , a leader in teacher-facilitated instructional delivery, to unlock an unparalleled level of student insights. “In In 2020, teachers launched approximately 19.5 About Renaissance.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 23, 2023

We’ll dive into their definition, shedding light on these common yet sometimes misunderstood elements of the English language. 2019) [ 1 ] and several other researchers (e.g., So, what exactly are sight words? Contrary to popular belief, sight words aren’t just learned by sight. What are sight words?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You’ll definitely want to read “What is Self-Directed Learning?” It’s essential for self-directed learners to regularly assess their understanding and skills, think about their thinking (meta, right?), If you’re intrigued by this topic—and let’s face it, who wouldn’t be?—don’t Morris, T.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JANUARY 16, 2020

The world has changed and the requirements of the society our students are entering is no longer best served by the teaching and assessment methods we are still clinging to. How many schools still use tests as their major form of assessment? rely heavily on this outdated method of assessment. This is not a rhetorical question.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Kids and families still were dealing with incredible trauma, children showed us daily in classrooms (or by their absences) that they needed more support, and we didn’t do a great job of effectively serving large numbers of our young people. Again, if Colorado sets the bar higher, by definition fewer students will be proficient.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2018

FETC 2019 – How does Orlando in January sound for an educational conference? While this is a wonderful collection of nouns that can be used to put together a cross-curricular, transdisciplinary, or project based learning unit of study; it seems to leave out many of the other disciplines through this content definition.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 23, 2019

The post Power Up Your Classroom with Game Play [interview with Cate Tolnai and Lindsay Blass] – SULS022 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I got to talk to Cate Tolnai and Lindsey Blass about their new book Power Up Your Classroom ! Join the Google Classroom Master Class. Click To Tweet.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2019

This year’s ISTE 2019 conference in Philadelphia marked nearly 20 years since I entered the education profession, and I’m seeing a tidal shift in the approach to integrating technology in learning. No longer are social-emotional learning and edtech siloed, or even separate entities. In a way, you could say it’s all connected.

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edWeb.net

JULY 30, 2021

Iterative process: Again, schools should continuously assess what is and isn’t working, modify their plans, and try again. Assess the climate for belonging: It’s not enough to say all students and staff belong—they need to feel it at every level (interpersonal, institutional, and instructional). Three Keys to Creating Equity.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2019

There are a lot of definitions in regards to STEM education usually in regards to the nouns including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Make sure this definition is understood by everyone including those educators that may not think of themselves as STEM. Create a clear vision and mission for STEM in the school or district.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. Also credit Edgecomb’s intermediate ELA teachers with introducing Flashlight Reading periods when kids quietly read by flashlight in a darkened classroom.)

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

Between 2018 and 2019 the number of leagues that facilitate esports in schools nearly doubled. Studies have definitely shown that students who are involved in extracurricular activities are more successful in a number of ways. Team sports provide an arena for teaching important lessons and life skills beyond the classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2019

It seems equally crazy, impossible and risky in 2019 to unravel centuries of established classroom and school structures, update pedagogy and curriculum to reflect 21st century competencies and, perhaps most importantly, reverse deeply entrenched inequities in our education system. In education, we tend to do the opposite.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The test is scheduled for Monday, May 6, 2019, nationwide.) We got her opinion on early versions,” King says, “and she started using it in her classroom. There’s definitely a lot of source material. Xin Chen has been teaching Mandarin at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, Calif., since she started the program 13 years ago.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A Gallup poll found that the proportion of Americans who consider college to be very important had fallen from 70 percent in 2013 to 51 percent by 2019. billion in 2019, according to the brand consulting company Kantar, which monitors this. Straub, executive search and assessment consultant at Russell Reynolds, recalled of those days.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

If so, are you also a classroom work foreman, logistics manager, guide, drill sergeant, disciplinarian, cheerleader, data entry clerk, cultural advocate, or analyst? Merriam-Webster’s says “ teach ” is a verb, with several simple definitions that repeat themselves but ideologically are these five things: to cause to know something.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 16, 2020

Some are targeted for student assessment while others are built to deliver quality audiovisual content to online learners. Apart from this, they also allow instructors to provide interactive assessments to their students, making sure they stay engaged as you map out their learning progress. Education Technology / July 11, 2019.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2022

PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinvolved, a leading provider of K-12 communications, attendance, and engagement solutions supporting over 250,000 students and used within three of the top four school districts in the U.S. FOLSOM, Calif.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Any time a program is changed or phased out, it can be disruptive to classroom activities, administrators tell EdSurge. More than a year later, the company has observed a notable uptick in new users for the 2019-20 school year, a sales executive at Freckle confirms. Some teachers already use Freckle and Khan Academy on their own.)

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In this post, I want to share the second part of the last post and discuss ideas for self-assessment, connected learning, critical thinkers, and problem-finders/solvers. Self-Assessment. ” How do we create a space where students feel their contributions are necessary to the success of the classroom? Critical Thinkers.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2020

Most of the current research and classroom innovation around deeper learning point to a recurring, if not central theme: authenticity and real-world experience. Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine ( In Search of Deeper Learning 2019 ). Skype in the Classroom. So what does Real-World Learning mean?

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100mentors

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge learners to engage in Approaches to Learning. Their oral and written responses may not always reflect their level of understanding, but whatever they deliver should be assessed as it is.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place?

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Then classroom time can be used to fix student misconceptions, with a mix of a short lecture and student activities. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. [.] 2014 ; Lag and Saele, 2019 ; Orhan, 2019 ). Examining this claim is precisely the aim of our paper.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The teacher preparation research group reports that in 2019, more than half of teacher training programs now teach the “Science of Reading,” compared to 35% just a few years ago, in 2013. . Training teachers before they head into classrooms. National reading scores reflect this disconnect.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

She is seeing that after returning to a classroom from being home during the pandemic, more students are behind, socio-emotionally and academically. There’s definitely a larger deficit in academics than there has been in the past,” Iturralde said. “I Credit: John Walker/The Fresno Bee. Reading Remedies. Why it works.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

I loved helping my students, but I was definitely in over my head. As I began my teaching career, I also learned how much I loved using technology in the classroom. 19, 2019 , and will close on Dec. BONUS: Includes the ENTIRE Google Classroom Master Class! Completely updated and redesigned for 2019! Lesson Checks.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge students to engage in Approaches to Learning. We can’t turn a blind eye to this learning diversity in our classroom. How do we achieve this within our limited time in the classroom?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Yaribel Mercedes-Perez, front, and her fellow teachers in the toddler classroom at Philadelphia's Care-A-Lot Learning Center use activities, songs and dancing to instruct the kids. In the toddler classroom, where Mercedes-Perez works with children who range in age from 12 to 35 months, the cost of care is $210 to $235 per week.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

FETC 2019 – How does Orlando in January sound for an educational conference? The posts generate ideas on how these concepts just might fit in the classroom and/or provide some driving/guiding questions. While it was created to allow for family interaction, it is also figures into the Math PBL classroom. My calendar is filling.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge students to engage in Approaches to Learning. Their oral and written responses may not always reflect their level of understanding, but whatever they deliver should be assessed as it is.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

There are so many amazing digital tools that teachers can use to support writing in the classroom. Teachers have been asking for a grammar checker for many years, so this is definitely a step in the right direction. Note: You will also see this turned on when you are using the grading workflow in Google Classroom.).

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