Educator Innovator

AUGUST 26, 2014

As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. I know that overwhelmed feeling all too well. And Facebook is over ). The problem was that I didn’t let my students teach me.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

During my third year of teaching, I struggled to envision what rigorous learning looks, sounds and feels like without joy. In my classes, Radical Black Joy not only sustained us in our learning, but it became necessary to create liberatory spaces for students and transform relationships within the school community.

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Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

Creating effective lesson plans is the cornerstone of successful teaching and learning. When learning objectives are clear, and students are allowed to engage in organized and meaningful activities to help them become proficient at a targeted skill, it will lead to a productive classroom where learners are focused on achieving academic goals.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 14, 2015

Adaptive learning. Adaptive learning. What does it mean to be ‘aligned to the Common Core?’ ’ 12 education guidelines from Alfie Kohn. via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYR47-XJq64#t=01m55s. v=NYR47-XJq64#t=01m55s. Related Posts. 10+1 reactions to closing Iowa’s achievement gaps.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 20, 2017

They mistakenly conflate these exemplars with learning. Today, many educators want to not only evaluate progress at a point in time but optimize that against the ongoing standards their school mission is built on such as Common Core, International Baccalaureate, NGSE, or TEKS. That’s changing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Here are guidelines, culled from top education sites like Edutopia, Google Education, Educational Technology, and EdWeek that are valuable when evaluating any website: free or small fee. intuitive to use with a short learning curve. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

One of the key elements of the curriculum-design approach known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is student engagement — creating opportunities for students to become engaged and stay motivated, to believe that what they’re learning is important, and to feel capable in their learning. In UDL Now!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Teach digital citizenship is easily done either through dedicated platforms like Common Sense Media and Netsmartz , or a full-blown curriculum like this one from Structured Learning. For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing? You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Saving Socrates

APRIL 22, 2013

In his post on his blog [link] , Aaron Ross suggests that their are two polar opposite approaches to the neccessity of a common core, those who want to protect and perhaps even popularize it and those who want to totally abandon it. Is there a need for a common set of knowledge that all students must at a minimum possess?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

The only goal is to learn the material, sooner or later. They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Mastery-based learning, also known as proficiency-based or competency-based learning, is taking hold across the country. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Students can use the skills and concepts they learn in an ELA classroom to interpret and understand how each candidate communicates his or her messages. For those of you familiar with tabletop roleplay like Dungeons & Dragons, these guidelines act as their "character sheets.").

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

To learn more about professional development around these ideas, contact us. How do we develop a system of learning at a time when everything we know about learning is in flux? The current arguments over the Common Core State Standards underscore our confusion. 6 Strategies To Create A Forward-Learning Curriculum.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. To me, proficiency-based education is about drawing lines in the sand of learning. There are many challenges facing districts, schools, teachers, students, and communities in this shift to a proficiency-based system of learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update February 25th Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. Mark Twain Welcome to the Learning Revolution. The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn. Look for Events from These New Partners at Learning Revolution.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

It is difficult for teachers to really understand what data to act on and how assessment results should change their daily practice. This is especially important because teachers have so many other things to get adjusted to, learn, and frankly, worry about. How else can data literacy help teachers support their students’ learning?

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MindShift

APRIL 17, 2018

Additionally, t he Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards specifically focus on oral presentations. GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION. In this section, we give some general guidelines for oral presentations with ELLs. It is also helpful for student presentations to be connected to a current unit of study.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Educators prefer to call the new exams assessments, because they’re so different in form and format from traditional standardized tests. It’s very important for arts to be seen as a subject that can be and should be tested,” said Frank Philip, an arts education assessment consultant. It’s a parity thing.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 10th, 2014 Children want the same things we want. Dr. Seuss The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Connect With the Learning Revolution Project on Social Media.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 9, 2017

I eventually got the hang of the language, and learned French and Spanish and Italian, but what I did not understand until years later when I returned to the U.S. Academic competition was fierce and habits you picked up made you learn how to study things in depth so that you understood them; you didn’t just memorize facts and figures.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update March 18th All of life is a constant education. Eleanor Roosevelt The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner? Follow #RSCON5 for updates.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

These districts and schools are drawing more benefits out of their learning management systems. Learning management systems originally got their start in higher education, serving as central hub for college students to drop in assignments, check grades, and contact their professors.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. More via The New York Times. More via Politico.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 16, 2016

Here’s the relevant Common Core standard, for those of you who, like me, like to decipher standards for a living: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.9. The Common Core standard supports the use of rulers in this way, and the measurements could also include fractions for the slightly older students. Learn more and play the demo.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Republicans are made because the Department of Education issued guidelines about how ESSA should be implemented. Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” ” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Principal, St. Contact Steve Hargadon (steve@hargadon.com) about opportunities to get involved with our community. iEARN is also joined by other major supporters, TES , Google for Education , and VIF International Education.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Drops Defense of Obama Guidelines on Transgender Students.” “ Florida Virtual School model shows online learning can be engaging,” according to a puff piece by Education Dive , which rewrites a puff piece by eSchool News. ” More via WaPo and Buzzfeed. ” asks Edsurge.

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