A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Educators want proven strategies that can be implemented readily that will address diverse learner needs while leading to an improvement in outcomes. Personalization is far from a fad or buzzword as it represents an equitable approach to learning. Behavior screenings are implemented as well.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As most school systems have learned by now, assessing learning in a pandemic comes with all sorts of challenges, including but not limited to how (and where) to assess students and whether the data being gathered is even accurate. Here’s how we made key decisions about assessments and what to do with the data we gathered.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

In my most recent school role, I was tasked with leading our school’s transition to personalized learning. I now see that personalized learning environments require personalized learning strategies. Instead of creating the playlist cycle of doom, we need to work toward personalized learning strategies.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Which education challenges are schools and districts prioritizing? Survey Results Highlight Priority Education Challenges. Social-emotional learning (#2). Personalized learning (#4). Real world learning (#8). Real world learning (#8). Student engagement (#3). Teaching with technology (#7).

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

The concept of gradual release of responsibility is second nature to me when working with students in grades K-12, but in my new role teaching graduate students in an education technology program, I am struggling to model so many of the practices I expect these teachers to use in their own classrooms.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. To engage students, we need tools that work well regardless of where learning is taking place — hybrid, virtual or in-person.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2017

Recently I was asked, “What do you think about personalized learning?” Personalized learning seems to be one of the buzziest of the buzzwords in the edu-jargon grab bag and yet its exact definition is rather elusive. Oftentimes I find that the definition falls somewhere along a continuum.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

Bechtel could readily recite the definition of satire. But what else was she learning in this maker space? But assessing these skills has been a weak link in these efforts, according to the education researchers at the MIT Playful Journey Lab , which hopes to remedy that with “playful assessment” tools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Doing some assessment, finding out where they are at and moving on from there. On June 9, the National Education Association heard a flurry of criticism from its union members after publishing an article titled, “ As More Schools Look to Personalized Learning, Teaching May Be About to Change.” Moving from an assessment.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 29, 2022

In this article, we will explore the topic of SMART learning objectives in depth. From educational institutions to multinational organizations and training professionals, everyone seems to insist on their importance. Let’s dig deeper into the five traits that shape SMART learning objectives: . Read more: Answering the Why?

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

The 2020-2021 school year has definitely been one full of changes and a time when we’ve had to become more flexible in our instruction to adapt to changing learning environments and conditions. It may have been a year with more technology used than in the past few years for some educators. DAILy AI MIT.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The lasting impact of the pandemic has become clearer as students and educators returned to the classroom this year. And educators, already stretched thin, have been challenged to not only meet all students where they are in their learning, but also support their emotional needs as they cope during a crisis.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

This summer, educators need to get some rest so that we can be our best. However, our professional accreditation requirements are still on track and need to be renewed, as we have to learn and up our abilities for the fall. Social-Emotional Learning. Social-emotional learning (SEL) is right at the top of the list for many of us.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The project typifies the mix of personalized and social learning that’s been a mainstay for 25 years at King, a founding member of a school network called EL Education. But there’s no common definition yet for what personalized learning actually is.”. Ten schools began using the model in 1993.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

On the contrary, I have seen this firsthand from some fantastic educators whose schools I have been blessed to work with on a long-term basis in the role of job-embedded coach. I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media. More on this later.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2021

Just as we discuss personalizing learning for students, we as teachers have a responsibility to personalize learning for ourselves. So, social-emotional learning is definitely on the list. . So self-care or “Educator Wellness” is definitely an area for me. Assessment Strategies for SEL.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

A few weeks back I passed along an Education Week article to administrators in my District that highlighted the many technology challenges that states anticipate with common tests. When will the powers that be consider the best way to assess learning of content? Supporting National Standards and National assessments?

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. It’s not only helpful for school board meetings, but it can also transform the way educators teach students every day. Professional development for the entire school year.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

My journey as an educator began thirty years ago and—I’ll admit—references to personalized learning were never mentioned or formally discussed back then. Notice, I said “students,” but let’s remember that lifelong learning is for all—including those educators who have direct impact on students.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

The ability to acquire and construct new knowledge, then apply it in ways to solve complex problems, is at the heart of what education has been tasked with accomplishing. This lofty goal has fallen way short of expectations as our education system has changed very little over the past 100 years.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

How will artificial intelligence and machine learning change teaching? It’s a question that some higher education instructors have asked before, and one that two Penn State University educators sought to answer on Wednesday at this year’s EDUCAUSE conference in Denver.

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techlearning

APRIL 17, 2018

The need to create more authentic personalized learning opportunities for all learners was one of the top issues addressed at the March Tech & Learning Leadership Summit in Rosewood, California. Become The COO. ]

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2019

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. Like personalized learning, “SEL” now connotes a bundle of concepts and aspirations that may need to get unbundled in order to be useful.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

All have gone back to school — some fully remote, some via hybrid models that combine remote instruction with in-person learning. In doing so, they are demonstrating resilience and advancing equity in ways that truly improve teaching and learning for all students.

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Neo LMS

MAY 10, 2022

Even if schools strived to offer the best support and equitable distance learning opportunities, this was not always possible. Not all educational institutions could properly equip all their teachers with technology to ensure a smooth remote teaching experience. What are learning gaps in education?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

With myriad definitions of personalized learning and little agreement on which one is the best, leaders and teachers struggle to know if they are doing personalized learning “right.”. Related: How will the presidential results influence education technology in schools?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As an enthusiast of educational technology, I’m thrilled to provide you with an initial glimpse into what Gemini has to offer. This opens up new avenues for cross-cultural learning and visual literacy. Code Generation : Imagine students learning to code with an AI that can generate code based on various inputs.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In a typical teacher’s day, taking the time to learn about digital tools can be a low priority. So many things are thrown their way: assessments, evaluation tasks, submitting lesson plans, building duties, parent communications, and so on. Yet…students need to know stuff.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The sweeping new federal education law, and schools’ evolving demands for “personalized learning,” are likely to dramatically alter the work of K-12 district leaders over the next few years, school superintendents heard this week. “It could be the answer to the equity issue.”

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Learning Management Systems were probably created for institutions of Higher Education. Colleges and universities were among the first to reach a number of students so high, they simply needed the power of a software in order to manage all the learning and other data points that came along each student. All in all.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In today’s post, I am introducing you to blended learning, a concept that is now common parlance within the ‘education speak’ In crafting this comprehensive piece on blended learning, I delved deep into academic literature, drawing on peer-reviewed research papers to create an authoritative and informative post.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Wouldn't it be wonderful if teachers could meet all individual learning needs for each student? It definitely would! Technology and BYOD play an important role in the development of personalized learning. How LMSs support personalized learning. They can even assess themselves or their peers in some cases.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Wouldn't it be wonderful if teachers could meet all individual learning needs for each student? It definitely would! Technology and BYOD play an important role in the development of personalized learning. How LMSs support personalized learning. They can even assess themselves or their peers in some cases.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

For some educators that sudden shift led to some soul searching about what college teaching was all about. The students were supposed to explain some of the concepts they had learned in class. Learn more. But is this an appropriate way to assess student learning? What did that have to do with physics?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

BURLINGTON, NC — Carolina Biological, the leading school science supplier and the Smithsonian Science Education Center announced Smithsonian Science for the Classroom , Phenomenon and Problem-Driven Edition , for grades K to 5. The print, digital and hands-on program raises the bar in student-driven 3D learning and 3D assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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