Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions. This type of knowledge is dynamic and context-dependent, often demonstrated through action.

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Knowledge Base Assessment Study Dropout 112

Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. Students shouldn’t spend their entire day interacting with technology. It allows educators to make interactive lessons utilizing active learning, formative assessments, retrieval practices, and more.

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Tools EdTech Gamification Accessibility 342

edWeb.net

MAY 30, 2019

We, as edtech leaders and classroom teachers, must explore pathways where assessments support teaching and learning in the 21st century. Authentic assessments are always about the connections we make with students, each other, and the broader community as indicated in a Gallup poll. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Assessment ePortfolio Learning Secondary 51

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

Students have the ability to choose their own characters and other story elements when creating a customized reading passage with Choice Texts. This increased engagement is evident when my students reflect on their learning and say they are excited about what they have read. Image Credit: eSpark.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Tools 148

ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

With interactive whiteboards, students and teachers manipulate content directly on the surface of the screen. Student engagement increased and classroom collaboration was set to skyrocket. You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. “I just stand back, and the kids are engaged.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Training 256

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Accompanying this, many states will focus on adopted policies to implement early Dyslexia screeners for K-2 students, and along with this, many schools will need reading specialists who can administer these assessments and provide early interventions for at-risk students. They were coding, collaborating, and creating.

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Robotics Industry Elementary Training 98

ExcelinEd

JULY 23, 2020

We reviewed these resources and identified four questions states and schools can consider as they assess parent satisfaction with distance learning. As schools across the country grapple with how to safely re-open, we are still learning about the educational experiences of students and parents throughout the spring.

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Assessment Survey Learning Report 58

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It can make learning more personalized for each student. For example, it can figure out what each student needs help with and give them special lessons just for them. Give four real world examples for each. Request strategies to introduce Shakespearean plays to high school students. In education, AI can be helpful.

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Education Strategy Examples Differentiated Instruction 84

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Many students are unable to participate virtually due to resource constraints. Take, for example, the distance learning plan created by Chaffey Joint Union High School District in California, which says that schoolwork completed by students through the end of the year can only preserve and improve grades, but not lower them.

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Learning Outcomes Policies Student Engagement 218

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The anxiety it created for parents and students—and even teachers, because it was something new—was awful. Students can see examples.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 119

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. When a student first logs onto eSpark, they’re welcomed with a placement quiz to find their individual learning level. 3: Student Engagement Increases Motivation.

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

. — At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

“I transitioned from the corporate world to use my talents to cater to students who looked like my children — who were receiving their education in that school district at the time,” said Williams-May, who is Black. During the camp, she uses all of her teaching skills to keep the students focused. “I

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Elementary Report Policies Study 87

edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

From developing lesson plans, to performing administrative functions, to implementing creative strategies to spark student engagement and collaboration, today’s classroom teacher juggles more responsibility than ever and does so in less time than ever. Supporting Student-Centered Instruction. Join the Community.

Student Engagement 89

Student Engagement Flipped Classroom Blended Learning Laptops 89

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities.

Common Core 119

Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 119

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In high school, he reasoned, students might take vocational training courses, intern at local businesses or meet with guidance counselors to discuss their future. Hidalgo began to envision a program where students would learn about their interests and natural abilities and tie them to specific careers covered in their core curriculum.

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Elementary Meeting Guidelines Course 203

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

Her comprehension assessment and teaching resources, COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: FICTION and COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: NONFICTION, help teachers make sense of comprehension, especially in whole chapter books and book-length nonfiction texts. So the lesson examples throughout the book. Let's take that engagement example.

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Strategy How To Adobe Groups 421

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2019

Billings Public Schools is the largest school district in Montana, supporting more than 16,800 students across 33 schools. With the support of technology levies, we have invested $1 million into new technology for both the high school and elementary levels. Related: Are your edtech tools really working?

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EdTech Chromebook iPad STEM 108

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“I tell them not to read at the same pace that your neighbors are reading, not too loud that we’re distracting someone, but just enough that you can practice your reading voice,” the second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School said. “So Related: Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading.

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Elementary Report Training Groups 85

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Over the past two years, TDSB has taken significant steps to shift their culture of equity to better support all students to be their authentic selves. The school visit demonstrated how they integrate culturally relevant pedagogy, differentiated instruction, and varied assessments to highlight Black brilliance in mathematics.

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Study Training Differentiated Instruction Trends 199

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2023

We use the Massachusetts’ individualized learning plan, known as My Career and Academic Plan (MyCAP), which is both a process and a tool that helps students engage in career and academic planning over several years based on their interests, skills and talents.

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Report Assessment Examples Training 78

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Netflix machine-learning algorithms, for example, leverage rich user data not just to recommend movies, but to decide which new films to make. Importantly, students have reported actually enjoying data science courses. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural nets, blockchain, ChatGPT.

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Data Analysis Report Course 133

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Which activities sparked student engagement, and which proved more of a struggle? What questions did students have? Did students have unexpected gaps in their knowledge that precluded you from teaching the most advanced parts of the lesson? Was anything unclear or overly time-consuming? Stay current in your field.

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Course Strategy Elementary Examples 100

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. Read the original version here.

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UDL Common Core Guidelines Exercises 120

edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2021

Engage those closest to the data in the conversations. Reexamine practices—assess what is and isn’t working. The presenters’ district is undertaking an equity assessment to see where they are in reaching their 2025 goals. She is a proud graduate of a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), Virginia State University.

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Policies Professional Learning Elementary Assessment 78

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

performing formative assessments. student-centered instruction. We developed a district-wide protocol where for each lesson, teachers had to write the state standard, the learning target, the essential question and the assessments they were going to use for the lesson. Savannah Joyner to Attend Princeton University this Summer.

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Differentiated Instruction Assessment STEM Analysis 138

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

As a principal in a Title I elementary school, I can attest to the needs of these students. We have implemented a plan that has started to better engage all learners. Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and Continuous Assessment (2014).

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Student Engagement Collaborative Learning Meeting Assessment 28

Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

As a principal in a Title I elementary school, I can attest to the needs of these students. We have implemented a plan that has started to better engage all learners. Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and Continuous Assessment (2014).

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Collaborative Learning Meeting Assessment 28

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

We have developed a learning analytics platform that integrates data from across Fresno’s systems—from student information system data to school climate surveys to state assessments—with app usage data into a common data model. Participating in even one or two PLI professional learning courses has an impact on learning outcomes.

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Learning Analytics Personalized Learning Learning Microsoft 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Oxnard’s first data science classes generated enough student interest that the district expanded the course to more schools, and its popularity has continued to grow. Perizzolo’s class, for example, was meant to have 30 students but enrolls 39; he says he won’t turn away a student who signs up for a math class.

Data 141

Data STEM Course Report 141

MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Teams of one or more students, along with a teacher or parent in a coordinator role, invented card games, board games, apps, and outdoor games that addressed one or more mathematical topics. Throughout the process, students developed critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration skills and more. Hawes Elementary.

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Elementary Meeting Company Assessment 75

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Performance assessments that integrate evidence of teaching practices and student learning measured in a variety of ways (such as student work, lesson plans, assignments, in-person or video observations based on standards, and/or National Board assessment).

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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2019

However, from the time I was in elementary school, it was difficult to complete assessments on time, and it always took me unreasonably long to finish homework in the evening. For example, I was recently in a faculty meeting, and I was eager to contribute to the discussion. I just didn’t always know how to.

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Flipped Classroom Tools Technology Groups 167

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And because of the range of resources, students and the adults who supervise them (whether teachers or parents) need guidance on how to assess which are the best materials for which purposes. Virtual tools give students alternative ways to grasp material, and to complete and submit their work.

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Online Learning Robotics Learning Instructional Materials 145

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 10, 2010

These students are permitted to follow their passion, which results in the active pursuit of self-directed learning opportunities. Teachers can easily and effectively differentiate content, projects, and assessments for students. I observed a great example of this in a 6 th grade class.

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Laptops Student Engagement Elementary Assessment 259

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

I treat my bilingual students with the same kindness and set the same high expectations for them. This is my 15th year as an elementary teacher. One of the most effective strategies I’ve found is using the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) model of instruction in science. In my experience, here’s how it works.

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Elementary Assessment Strategy Student Engagement 139