Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 7, 2016

For some time now I’ve been critical of “disposable assessments.” ” An assessment can be characterized as “disposable” if everyone understands that its ultimate destiny is the garbage can. ” Research on Renewable Assessments. Student writes the paper and submits it to faculty.

Assessment 105

Assessment OER Outcomes Examples 105

eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2024

3 tips for teachers to support young readers Provide opportunities for students to practice flexible decoding strategies with irregularly spelled words. Research suggests encouraging students to use a flexible decoding strategy after sounding out the word using their phonics knowledge will help them become problem solvers while reading.

Education 117

Education Advocacy Strategy Examples 117

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With the advancement of technology and educational strategies, physical education has evolved to encompass a broad spectrum of activities and teaching methodologies. It offers lesson plans, assessment ideas, and best practices for K-12 physical education classes.

Education 112

Education Advocacy Trends Resources 112

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , three district superintendents discussed the impact a district cyberattack has on school communities and strategies to mitigate future attacks. The post School Leadership Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Cyberattacks appeared first on edWeb.

Strategy 89

Strategy System Data BYOD 89

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

We provided statewide access to training and tutoring for assessments in partnership with our teacher advocacy organizations and focused on building community among Black educators. Any strategy that does not engage Black principals is short-sighted.

Education 125

Education Policies Advocacy Report 125

edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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Online Assessments Assessment Student Data Privacy BYOD 53

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. National Association for Gifted Children. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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STEM Advocacy Robotics Strategy 196

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Advocacy for the extension or renewal of ECF funding is a critical step. They are able to conduct a comprehensive assessment of a school’s device inventory, taking into account the age, condition, and compatibility with the latest software to give a clear understanding of the potential value if upcycled.

Digital Divide 96

Digital Divide E-rate Advocacy Libraries 96

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 18, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

Libraries 68

Libraries Survey Advocacy Strategy 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

It makes personalized learning a strategy for equity. Just this year, judging from a fall to a winter assessment of student learning, Procope said, students who hadn’t shown growth in academic achievement in prior years are showing it now. And a number of schools in Washington, D.C., Sign up for our newsletter.

Personalized Learning 97

Personalized Learning Strategy Education Learning 97

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Some approaches include “advocacy centers” where students are coached through strong emotions with activities like yoga, breathing exercises or calming music. When she arrived at the campus three years ago, it was with a focus on “capturing kids' hearts strategies.” “I I always think of it as Maslow's. How can I help you?’”

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. Tools like TodaysMeet and Mentimeter can also be used to gather perception data from kids Implement portfolios as a means of authentic assessment When hiring new teachers and administrators have kids on the interview committee As policies that impact students are created or updated (i.e.

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Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

There always will be those who engage with our work in negative ways, but we can utilize a variety of strategies and techniques to manage our networks, decrease our exposure to bad actors, and engage with the audiences that we are trying to reach in order to share ideas and resources and have productive conversations.

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Social Media Advocacy Twitter Facebook 262

Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Ideally, a healthy self-care strategy should include an activity that addresses each of these factors every day. Now that you’ve learned why self-care can be one of the best stress management strategies for teachers , it’s important to find ways to incorporate it into your daily life. Self-Care Tools, Strategies and Assessment.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

We will focus on different "sections" as we identify specific areas and their challenges, the combination of which can be unique to each participant, thereby allowing you to apply the specific strategies that you need at any give moment. This 60-minute training is presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by Loida Garcia-Febo.

Libraries 73

Libraries Advocacy Strategy Accessibility 73

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Nonetheless, we contend that a concentration on the enhancement of teaching skills and strategies is not enough. Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. References Dove, M. & Honigsfeld, A.

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Common Core Assessment Strategy Advocacy 241

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Instead, they are trying to focus the conversations around pedagogy, instruction, and assessment. Rather than thinking about the harm the tool can do, for instance, they are looking at how it changes the way they present information or how they assess student progress. However, that doesn’t mean that those programs should go away.

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Digital Citizenship Advocacy Company Assessment 107

edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could.

Online Assessments 43

Online Assessments Assessment PowerMyLearning BYOD 43

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Launched in 2019 and established as an independent nonprofit association in 2021, SELPA aims to advance high-quality SEL implementation by bringing together SEL providers for networking, shared learning, collective promotion, and advocacy. I’m proud to serve for a second term on the board of directors for this passionate group of providers.”.

Advocacy 56

Advocacy Education Assessment Strategy 56

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

But this strategy had a fundamental error. Likewise, higher education institutions have tried various strategies to boost student enrollment but haven’t stepped back to ask, “Who is not completing applications?” The Hope Center regularly conducts surveys assessing students’ basic needs.

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MindShift

JUNE 23, 2021

He took the pressure off students of having just one shot at demonstrating what they learned in tests and used a variety of assessments instead. Huynh has faced a few issues getting parents on board with nontraditional assessment. For example, if he assigned a quiz, students were able to have unlimited retakes.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. They pivoted from focusing on the tool to focusing on the teaching strategy. . Mike makes the point that asking lots of questions helps to expose what needs to be accomplished and the best strategy or tool to make that happen. .

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Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 97

N2Y

MAY 13, 2021

Note that periodically assessing transition needs is important because they can (and probably will) change over time, and related goals and services will need to be adjusted accordingly. The tasks provide a means to address transition skills for communication, employability, daily living, self‑advocacy, and social strategies.

Advocacy 87

Advocacy System Outcomes Training 87

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

The research used MAP Growth assessment data and revealed that while students with disabilities, English learners, and rural students make gains at rates equal to or faster than their grade-level peers during the school year, these students also experience greater learning loss in the summer, leading to persistent achievement gaps.

Advocacy 56

Advocacy Policies Study Data 56

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. They soon realized that their strategy for letting teachers put together their own math instruction was part of the problem.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 123

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. They are notoriously difficult for schools to serve effectively for two reasons, say advocates, parents and some educators. But parents say there’s a long way to go.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

edWeb.net

JANUARY 18, 2023

A sound TCO assessment will also provide IT teams with the data to make informed decisions about technology initiatives and investments. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Technology 91

Technology Outcomes BYOD Advocacy 91

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

This is one of the principles championed by Future Ready Schools (FRS), a project of the policy and advocacy organization, Alliance for Excellent Education. FRS helps district leaders plan and implement personalized, research-based digital learning strategies to help all students achieve their full potential. What the program offers.

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Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Personalized Learning 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

These components are: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment. Each of the research-based gears of the framework must work in unison and with synergy within the cycle of vision, planning, implementation, assessment, and refinement. and strategies to plan the vision forward. Personalized Professional Learning. Data and Privacy.

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Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Assessment 60

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

While most of the dialog around AI and education seems to be focused on assessment, I think the implications for instructional designers are critically important, too. Especially if you need to create several thousand assessment items.

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OER LMS Resources Course 202

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. The pandemic unleashed “tremendous interest” in revisiting assessments, said Jean-Claude Brizard, president and chief executive officer of Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization that promotes innovation in education. What’s your strategy?’ And Daniel A.

Competency Based Learning 139

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 139

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“There’s not as much research on math disorders or dyscalculia,” as there is on reading disabilities, said Karen Wilson, a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in the assessment of children with learning differences. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities. 17 at 8 p.m.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The process of assessing students for special education can be lengthy and often requires a barrage of assessments including classroom observations, a psychological evaluation and academic tests. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In

Education 130

Education Assessment Advocacy Report 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

After a phishing attack in 2019, the Atlanta Public Schools district hired a private firm to conduct security assessments of its networks to find blind spots and weaknesses, according to Olufemi “Femi” Aina, the district’s executive director of information technology.

E-rate 109

E-rate Advocacy Data Libraries 109

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

“One of the great paradigm shifts that has occurred with colleges that are really making headway is they no longer consider the students to be broken who come to them,” said Sugar, who was a co-founder of the advocacy group Complete College America. Colleges can only join the project if they commit to implementing the strategies.

Advocacy 92

Advocacy Policies Training Accessibility 92

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

The 10-question assessment is based on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework, which is derived from a landmark study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kaiser Permanente about the impact of childhood hardship and dysfunction on their quality of life.

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Training Assessment Advocacy Classroom 179