A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

Now, this is not to say that it's not happening, but in over thousands of different classroom visits, I have only seen it a handful of times. My week-long visit there was a follow-up from 2019, where hundreds of classroom walk-throughs were conducted with a focus on improving digital pedagogy.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2019 countdown!]. Over the last year, education innovators around the country continued to pursue expanded definitions of student success, personalized approaches, and wholly new models of school. Looking ahead, here are five big ideas I’ll be watching for in 2019: 1.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Last summer, we, along with other members of the sixth grade teaching staff at our school, adopted the Modern Classrooms model. Similar to the flipped classroom, the model is an approach based on blended learning, self-paced instruction, and mastery-based grading. Here’s how we do this in our own sixth grade classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

Tue, 03/12/2019 - 13:54. A 2017 Medium post from the Office of Educational Technology laments the lack of clarity about the term “personalized learning”: “The lack of a consistent definition and language for a relatively complex idea has hampered both understanding and effective ­implementation,” the article states. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2019

In traditional science classrooms, students are often presented with facts and definitions to memorize, or they are asked to follow a predetermined set of instructions to complete a lab activity. However, this model of instruction does not align with our emerging understanding of how students learn science best. Next steps.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

2] Read on to learn how we got here, why it matters, and how teachers can build media literacy in the classroom. Media literacy’s simplest definition is “the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms.”[3] More Online Resources for Teaching Media Literacy Skills in the Classroom. December 2019.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2019

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen on episode 512 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

But the research process is slow and methodical, and finally in 2019, there is more conclusive evidence that the whirring lobes of plastic are harmful to learning. Some schools banned them from classrooms well before researchers had the proof. “Attention was definitely impacted by the spinner in a bad way,” said Graziano.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Could we be missing an opportunity where emphasizing social emotional learning in the classroom could actually benefit students even more than pre-pandemic research suggests? So, what have researchers discovered about social emotional learning in the classroom? SEL in the Classroom Improves Academic Performance.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2019

Congratulations for making it through the first quarter of 2019! Join us today for the first annual CONFUSION conference featuring vague, stab-in-the-dark definitions and more questions than answers. We’re not the only ones getting in on the fun. Coming soon: Naughty Meals DAZED AND CONFUSED: No idea what personalized learning is?

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since 2019, I’ve worked with students in the metro Detroit area to advocate for sanctuary schools through an organization called MIStudentsDream. These students carried those outside stressors into the classroom when in-person schooling resumed.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 9, 2019

A Classroom Lesson Never Taught : Welcome to my PBL Reflection… it really is a good read… but if you want the links right away… scroll down. Students were beginning to enter and fill the classroom. It was definitely a worksheet experience like no other the teacher had ever witnessed! – Mike Gorman ( 21centuryedtech ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this show, AR/VR guru Rachelle Dené Poth delves deep into the transformative potential of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom. You're still a teacher in the classroom, though, right Rachelle?

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

In summer 2020, EdSurge profiled nine first-year teachers to understand what it was like for them to launch their careers during the pandemic year (2019-20). Now, all of them are (or would be) in their fifth year in the classroom — a year by which about 44 percent of educators have left the profession. For the past 1.5

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Furthermore, he was the parody writer and voice of Burleson ISD's school year launch videos from 2016 to 2019. Leadership Begins with Relationships 00;00;48;04 – 00;01;30;19 Chris Chappotin Part of this is definitely rooted in relationships. 00;03;50;16 – 00;05;31;10 Chris Chappotin Definitely. As we already know.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest is the perfect contest for classrooms across the United States. Definitely, download the lesson plan and entry forms now. Then, enter between November 1, 2019, and January 31, 2020. Show us the cool cars that your students are drawing in your classroom on social media! GIVEAWAY ALERT!

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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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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 9, 2020

In places like Canada, Denmark and Southeast Asia schools are opening back up and students heading back to the classroom. There is much to reflect upon here at the end of School Year 2019-2020. Consideration: Building off the need to create communities, how can you make classrooms safe places for students? There is hope however.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 10, 2019

Welcome to this third post in a series that promotes student inquiry in the classroom. Part 3: Facilitating Inquiry in the Classroom… Questions, Process, Metacognition, and 15 Pre-search Tools. Is it a question with a definite answer …or is it one that is open ended? Of ten this is refereed to pre-search.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Getting Ahead of the Curve Symposium at Sweetwater Sound on Monday, September 16, 2019 from 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM My presentation is entitled “STEM is a Verb” There will also be a presentation by Dr. Andrew Melin on Indiana’s STEM Program and Strategic Plan, and a panel discussion by area K-16 educators.

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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., Word Wall: Create a word wall in your classroom or home where you add new sight words as they are learned. So, what exactly are sight words?

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Context matters, especially when it comes to classroom learning. There's no one formula that's right for every classroom. Some of my own classroom media choices have worked out well, like when I’ve used TED-Ed videos to spark students' interest or to review content. Using Digital Media in Your Teaching.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 26, 2019

So when the folks at Sphero approached me about taking a look at what they are doing for Back To School 2019 I jumped at the chance because it gave me an opportunity to get Reaghan to experiment with code beyond the screen. It wrap's up with suggested classroom applications for all grade levels, experience and content areas.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

It doesn’t really impact the work that we do in the classroom,” Hafiz explains. We asked survey respondents to define the term “whole child education” in their own words and categorized the 78 responses into four primary definition groups (see Figure 1). These definitions are not necessarily in conflict or mutually exclusive.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 26, 2020

One teacher I know developed a “communications department” in her classroom instead of merely having social media accounts prepared for the students. Giving leadership opportunities to others, by definition, is leading. This is not reserved for staff only. This leads to the last point. Know when to follow.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I saw many interesting products at FETC 2019 in Orlando last week, but here are the ones that resonated most strongly because of their uniqueness and immediate classroom application. Lucid is one of those companies that you may not have heard of, but you definitely should! Lucid for Education. Juice Mobile Power from Bretford.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The first post involves the “why”, and the second post provides 15 ideas for the :how” There are a lot of definitions in regards to STEM education usually in regards to the nouns including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Opportunity – Save $150 by registering by November 1, 2019.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

“[The students] move away from that algorithmic knowledge of mathematics, just following steps and just working like a little robot,” says Daniela Zamora Zuniga, a former economics student who was a learning assistant from 2019 through 2022. That’s similar to something she noticed in other students who took the course.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Getting to the classroom has been a struggle for students like Laura, 15, who just finished her freshman year at East Palo Alto Academy (EPAA). Students performed better in 2019, with 18 percent meeting state standards for ELA and just under 12 percent meeting standards for math. MENLO PARK, Calif. Forty minutes.

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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

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Could we be missing an opportunity where emphasizing social emotional learning in the classroom could actually benefit students even more than pre-pandemic research suggests? So, what have researchers discovered about social emotional learning in the classroom? SEL in the Classroom Improves Academic Performance.

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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. All courses: [link] . [03:18]

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Reading By Example

MARCH 30, 2019

This book would definitely work as a read aloud for upper elementary and invite students to explore more books by Snyder. Definitely a book to have in the secondary classroom library to build diversity and cultural relevance. It was hard for him (us) to put it down. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. A graphic memoir (?)

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2017

According to an article on Imo Education , they predict that by 2019, 50% of classes will be taken online. Encouraging discussions may not be as simple as it would in a brick and mortar classroom. In this group, you will be able to work with students outside of the classroom, and they will get to meet each other as well.

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Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

The definition of historical thinking is vague but encompasses several core concepts. Lindsey Gibson of the Canadian Historical Association offers another succinct definition of historical thinking: “[T]he cognitive process of analyzing and interpreting historical evidence to construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct historical narratives.”[8].

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