Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

The state’s Department of Education has taken control of the district twice since 1999 for a laundry list of reasons—most importantly, bleak academic performance. During the second takeover in June 2017, the South Carolina superintendent declared a “state of emergency” in education. What kind of gains are you seeing?

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Coaching is commonly thought about in terms of sports, but coaching in the education setting has become increasingly popular. This can be a laptop computer, a chromebook, an iPad, or even just your cell phone (though something more conducive to complex work is encouraged). Tool #5: Quality Question Stems.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Preparing young children for jobs that haven’t been invented yet may sound like a difficult task for educators, but a recent edWebinar showed how preK and kindergarten teachers can start developing the skills needed for future careers. It also continues the process of integrating the arts into the project and turning STEM into STEAM.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Using AR software and tools such as 3DBear and MERGE, teachers have access to an abundance of activities and lesson plans that offer more in-depth content, provide opportunities for collaboration and exploration, and expand students learning experiences outside of classroom walls. Join the Community.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Polk County Schools is one of the few rural systems in the US to be named a Verizon Innovative Learning School. The designation comes with 500 iPads, five gigabytes of data per month for each student and teacher in the sixth through eighth grades, and professional development support for teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Tell us about some of those learning beliefs, about what you want your classrooms to look like. Tell us about your learning beliefs. So we actually learned through Education Reimagined. We read their white paper for transforming teaching and Learning. We want our learning to be socially embedded. Lynn: Sure.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 19, 2016

We love sharing FREE things for teachers and are thrilled to let you know about a NEWonline learning platform for teachers created by KQED – an NPR and PBS affiliate in Northern California. Educators are now under more pressure than ever to integrate digital media into their instruction.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 2, 2019

Educators like Angie Kalthoff, Technology Integrationist in St. Cloud, MN, and Ann Bartel, Instructional Technology Specialist in Chilton, WI, teach K-8 students about technology through coding and computer science programs that incorporate the 4 Cs of learning: collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication.

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2015

As educators in the 21st Century, one of the most important values that we need to cultivate for our students is the concept of global collaboration. The worst thing that we could do as educators is to confine the learning of our children to the four walls of a classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have often wondered what John Dewey would do in today’s educational setting with our vast amount of knowledge from research and our rapid growth of technology. I thought I would examine a few Dewey Quotes and see wonderful possibilities for the 21st-century education might surface through reflection. Hope to see you there!

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2007 Jane Hart , Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) , has been creating the most wonderful lists of tools based on international survey input from educators, experts, instructional designers, consultants, developers and vendors. Check out her Movers & Shakers to explore the movement.).

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

economy, yet it does not play a significant role in K-12 education. But there’s a way schools can help–by getting involved in Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek). Below, you will find a resource guide for CSEdWeek and Hour of Code, in order to help all of you K-12 educators bring coding into the classroom.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 31, 2018

I love being creative with technology and using it to enhance the learning of my pupils. If you follow me on Twitter or have spent around five minutes talking to me about education, you’ll realise that one app is favoured over all others – and that is PicCollage ! Follow @MrsOrrCPS for all things tech, STEM, art and poetry related.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 6, 2016

I thought you might enjoy another post devoted to Project Based Learning. In today’s world education must go beyond content and address the important life and success skills sometimes referred to 21st-century skills or the 4 C’s I do hope you enjoy this process driven article. Hope to see you there!

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. The merger will create a $120-million nonprofit organization with 500 employees.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

. - Mahatma Gandhi The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own virtual and physical events and those of our more than 200 partners. 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.

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My Island View

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I started my Twitter account with a plan and focus to use it to develop collegial sources for my professional learning. That may be different from why most people sign up for Twitter, but that is an educator’s perspective that may not have been imagined by Twitter’s founders. This requires work. It does require time and effort.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 22, 2023

28% of secondary school educators said their students experience neck, back, or wrist pain and fatigue while using EdTech. Removing Visual Barriers The Logitech/EdWeek survey revealed that 42% of educators reported that students have trouble seeing images and other materials.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

ASSIST EDUCATION & APEX LEARNING ( assisteducation.com/ ) & ( www.apexlearning.com ) ASSIST Education and Apex Learning enhanced their partnership with the addition of adaptive content and digital tutorials into the ASSIST Integrated Education Management System for K-12 schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2017

Point A: We need to be asking what works because we’re spending a lot of money on education technology. He’s the co-author of Learning Transformed. So, Vicki, here’s what we’re seeing; nationwide, we’re spending billions of dollars on educational technology. Question: How Do we Improve Education in America?

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Educators can use the assessment data to identify students’ SEL strengths and areas in which they may need additional support. Designed as a one-stop shop for educators and students, ClassPad.net is an all-in-one web-based mathematics creation and discovery resource geared for K-12th level and beyond.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

In the Guide to Capstone Education from the National Capstone Consortium there are a series of questions posed about technology and the role it should, could or might possibly play in a capstone course. Technology is also able to support the 4Cs of education (Critical Thinking, Communication, Creativity and Collaboration).

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. A series of Read Like a Historian videos prepares educators to effectively launch this type of learning in their classrooms.

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