Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

It’s not every day that a top executive from a Fortune 500 company visits a middle school located more than 600 miles from the company’s headquarters. Whitewater is one of 152 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools nationwide, and currently one of eight with an Innovative Learning Lab.

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Vizor

MAY 18, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes One-to-one (commonly abbreviated as 1:1) computing programs in the education system have already been around for a few decades. Although not a new concept, schools still have trouble obtaining successful results with one-to-one programs. Are schools biting off more than they can chew?

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Digital Promise

JULY 22, 2020

But when the COVID-19 school closures necessitated parents, guardians, and caregivers to step in as teachers for their children, many schools’ instructional coaches switched gears and extended their coaching efforts to those adults. Coaches introduced technology tools to caregivers.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 20, 2015

We all know Remind as a safe way for teachers to send one-way messages to students and parents. It’s been great for sending assignment reminders, schedule changes, motivational messages, and more! For more great resources and support from the Remind team, you can always get in touch with them on Twitter or Facebook.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

And while schools are coming to drones from a variety of directions, they are all finding that this technology offers learning opportunities for students that touch on every part of their curriculums. It regularly participates in several different competitions, including ones for robotics and solar cars.

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Vizor

MAY 18, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes One-to-one (commonly abbreviated as 1:1) computing programs in the education system have already been around for a few decades. Although not a new concept, schools still have trouble obtaining successful results with one-to-one programs. Are schools biting off more than they can chew?

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 16, 2022

No matter if you are an Instructional Coach starting out in a new position, or a school district seeking to create and develop an Instructional Coaching Department, one of the first things that should be mapped out is the various relationships that each member of your school district will have with your coaches.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2018

Global Leadership Week (GLW) is a week-long convening of virtual and face to face events designed to celebrate leadership through global action in K20 education. Have a great week! EVENTS (Go HERE for connecting details, to see in your own time zone, and for any event additions or updates.)

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 16, 2022

No matter if you are an Instructional Coach starting out in a new position, or a school district seeking to create and develop an Instructional Coaching Department, one of the first things that should be mapped out is the various relationships that each member of your school district will have with your coaches.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Change, it seems, really is inevitable. After more than a century of operating as the Detroit Public School system, in 2016, our district was re-named the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD). With the new name came new expectations, and a new emphasis on literacy.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 19, 2020

The post 10 Ways Google Certification Can Support Remote Learning – SULS063 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Sink or swim, teachers and educators across the globe have clung to tools like Google Classroom and Google Meet to survive school closures and remote learning. This episode is sponsored by Fluency Tutor.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I promise you will find some great information coming your way …So Sign Up Now and please pass this on with a retweet! – Mike Gorman ( [link] ). Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Leadership changes. Where is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt amidst this sea of change? We’re very focused on customers. We’re not focused on mergers and acquisitions or selling [assets]. We’ve been steadfast in terms of our focus on K-12. One is the linkage of assessment to instruction. Bankruptcy.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

It is only when students and teachers are engaged using interactive boards, iPads, and other devices, to collaborate, create, and problem-solve that they become 21st century classroom tools. Because there’s only one in the room it often becomes a device that only the teacher interacts with and uses.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Fifth graders Davonayshia Hollis, left, and Denaya Rippey, review a group entrepreneurial project for a parent-approved music device, developed in a mentorship program, Thursday May 19, 2016, at Brooklyn’s P.S. 307 in New York. She lacked mentors in high school and college. No one succeeds on their own.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

He has participated in education innovations with over 100 schools in more than a dozen states and six countries. In his post, he wishes to introduce several concepts to you that I feel are powerful. One that I find intriguing is Manifesto 15. schools cannot teach 3.0 There are alternatives.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 22, 2017

“Winter is coming” Jon Snow wasn’t referring to our children and the use of digital devices when he repeatedly declared that ‘winter is coming’ on our TV screens. What he is saying may be true for his world, but the end is surely nigh for us in the real world too—just have one quick look at the technological invasion!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2017

In addition, Liz has published numerous articles and book chapters on new technologies and education in prominent publications such as Education Leadership, School Administrator Magazine, Scholastic, Edutopia, ISTE’s Edtekhub, and Learning and Leading with Technology. VICKI: Now, that’s a genius teacher.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

As school leaders, you’ll want to dig into the NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. But while this year’s K12 report practically screams school libraries to me, it does so rather quietly in PDF. And, how about we examine some easy evidence of librarians leading change in these directions?

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2017

Making lasting change in schools is difficult not only because schools are communities made up of individuals with their own opinions about what’s best for kids, but also because, like most institutions, they are full of “bad habits” that can be tough to break.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 21, 2010

Earlier this week I had the honor of delivering a Keynote Address for the NYSCATE Summer Leadership Summit in Albany, New York. My keynote centered around technology integration and school leaders. While my keynote was not recored I was asked to post my presentation, which you will find below with a few of my notes on each point.

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The PL2C Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

When professionals share their talents and skills, they help the whole school develop a collective wisdom.”. ~ Robert Marzano. It is important that all involved understand the purpose of the walks and that they are introduced in a non-threatening way. By | Jaclyn B.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 17, 2015

Our 3rd-5th graders all have their own personal learning device assigned to them at the beginning of the year. This device gets checked out to them just like a textbook and remains with them throughout the school year. Students also take this device home. One resource was Be a Changemaker by Laurie Ann Thompson.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 28, 2012

What changes has technology made in schools? By mass pedagogy, he referred to the factory production model of education that schools have been caught in for over a century. The answer to the question for many schools, is that technology brings very little change to the way teachers educate.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

Number one is just as great a resource as number fifty. Leadership. Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. Most of us would say we love to learn, but we hated school.

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

Most initiatives focus first on introducing computers (and later tablets and other gadgets) into schools, and on rolling out and improving connectivity. And to be honest: The initial stakes are often quite low.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 29, 2016

The second annual Student Technology Conference, a free one-day online event bringing together students, educators and innovators from around the world, is tomorrow, Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm US-EST. Just find your time zone, find the sessions taking place, and click right into the ones you want to join.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Sponsored this year by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , the program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation. The first group of finalists was featured on eSchool News last week– find them here ! We love Jim Perry!

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The group shared guidelines from the CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative, which were created to help school leaders implement policies to address AI/generative AI in schools. In general, AI is focused on conducting one function based on specific programming information. Matthew Friedman, Ed.D.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2019

Summer is a great time to reset your personal pedagogy to an education-friendly mindset and catch up on what’s been changing in the ed world while you were teaching eight ten hours a day. Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. by Eric C. by Clayton M. Christensen. How We Think.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Home may be the new classroom, but instructional approaches are slower to change. Changing App-etites How a pandemic can change things. Zoom took the number one spot in mentions by teachers in 2020, at 60 percent, displacing 2018’s top mention, Google Classroom. Apparently 1:1 device access. Accelerated?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. The great majority of these events are free to attend. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sponsored this year by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , the program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation. Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week!

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

George is currently an Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Consultant and speaker and the author of “The Innovator’s Mindset” and “Innovate Inside the Box” and co-owner of IMPress Books. So stay tuned at the end of the show to get that link and get your deals on some awesome Dell computers. We won't say how long.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’m only one person. ; ^ ). A description of a learning environment where there is one “screen” for each student (whether an iPad, laptop, etc.). An initialism that stands for “Bring Your Own Device.” I’ve got 36 terms and 19 revisions that need adding already. Activity-Based Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. He breezily navigates the internet and educational platforms his school uses. MESA, Ariz. But he doesn’t like it.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The series provides an entire school year’s science curriculum, enabling teachers to teach science daily with 30-minute lessons.

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