Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Others paid attention to the data and rising number of coronavirus cases and used their summers more wisely to design for better remote/hybrid learning and teaching than the mostly-low-level direct instruction, digital worksheets, and paper homework packets that we saw last spring. High-engagement remote learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 192

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

In short, according to the National Center on Improving Literacy , the science of reading is “research, over time, from multiple fields of study using methods that confirm and disconfirm theories on how children best learn to read.” Read more about how states can strengthen literacy instruction training.

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Policies Elementary Secondary Trends 109

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Key points: Innovative new technologies and strategies are impacting education in 2024 65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024 Tech-less teaching methods could alienate tech-savvy Gen Zs For more news on edtech trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Does “new year, new you” apply to K-12 education in 2024?

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Education STEM Trends EdTech 131

Waterford

AUGUST 18, 2023

Find Expert-Led Strategies That Work for Your School Visit the Waterford webinars page to learn from educational experts like Candra Morris , Dr. Jenni Torres , Julie Christensen , and others on topics that include: Fostering Family Engagement Teaching with the Science of Reading Understanding the Six Literacy Strands And more!

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Strategy eBook Secondary Analysis 130

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

teachers in mid-March to collect and share best practices, ideas, and common approaches to remote learning. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Like teachers, they are working crazy hours to help keep learning going.

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Khan Academy Learning Blended Learning Schoology 543

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2018

From creating inventive professional development programs to pioneering new technologies, four California principals told the crowd at the Spring CUE 2018 conference how administrators can support technology integration. Determine How to Provide PD. At Arroyo Elementary School in Tustin, Calif., CDW VV2 Strategy.

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Elementary EdTech Conference Professional Learning 215

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this edWebinar, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Social Studies team, made up of regional and district leaders, describe how their virtual learning communities on edWeb.net helped them support educators, and their students and parents, during a time of crisis.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Learning Education Study 52

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this edWebinar, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Social Studies team, made up of regional and district leaders, describe how their virtual learning communities on edWeb.net helped them support educators, and their students and parents, during a time of crisis.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Learning Education Study 52

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. How to Connect to Students and Understand Their Emotions (SEL).

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 486

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 13, 2021

Schools who are trying to focus on deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion are finding the protocol to be helpful in their efforts. Or we could do: 1 introductory session for elementary school(s). Or we could do: 1 session on Section A, Deeper Thinking and Learning. Interested?

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how these two popular blended learning platforms can improve K–12 classrooms. What Does Blended Learning Mean for K–12? This teacher also mines data at the individual student level to help students become active owners of their learning process. . Let us know how you fare on this journey.

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Digital Learning Blended Learning Learning Outcomes 415

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

However, I do know one thing, and that is, there is no one right or wrong way to develop realistic strategies for remote learning. Our youngest learners will need some help and guidance, especially if their elementary schools have not been 1:1 or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Use playlists and choice boards.

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LMS Learning Schoology BYOD 516

Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The post How to Make an Impact as a Tech Coach appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Alison Jalufka is a Learning Coach at an elementary school in her Central Texas school district. Alison now supports technology AND learning on her campus, as well as coaching her teachers on best practices. Click To Tweet.

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How To Elementary Professional Learning Facebook 78

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

More and more schools and organizations are wanting to integrate video as a professional learning tool for teachers. At Edthena , a video coaching and professional learning platform, we work with many organizations working with video for the first time. But once you’ve got the recording device, what do you do?

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Professional Learning Video Strategy Learning 60

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 6, 2018

They built an online professional learning program that uses the edWeb.net platform in combination with webinars and 14 virtual specialists in social studies at all grade levels. Our goal was to find a way to provide professional learning for content and instructional support throughout the state of Georgia.

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Professional Learning Learning Study Elementary 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 3, 2020

Dr. Stephanie Jones emphasizes that when implementing effective social and emotional learning (SEL) strategies, educators, practitioners, and administrators need to think about the what, the why, and the how of the essential skills of SEL. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. The WHAT… What’s Included. Join the Community.

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Strategy Outcomes Study Elementary 55

edWeb.net

JANUARY 17, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Work-based learning is providing a way for school and district leaders to increase the relevance and value of secondary education, while also offering opportunities for the practice and application of new skills in supportive environments.

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Outcomes Secondary Learning Handbook 86

edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2023

Helping students beyond elementary school: Older students who failed to get a strong foundation built on the Science of Reading may feel defeated and lack confidence in their ability to become strong readers. Community partnerships: Educators can’t assume that all families know how to support literacy education.

Professional Learning 93

Professional Learning Training Elementary Strategy 93

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Digital citizenship is about far more than just helping kids be safe online; it’s about empowering them to use technology to solve real-world problems, to know how to balance their time between a variety of online and offline activities, to be curious learners and to use digital tools to deepen their relationships with their family and friends.

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Digital Citizenship Trends Technology Policies 173

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Radcliffe was beginning to think more intentionally about the brain and to explicitly teach her students about how it functions. Counselors at our school began using specific names of brain structures, such as the amygdala and hippocampus, when teaching learners how to self-regulate. She wasn’t the only one. So, I put out my feelers.

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Meeting Education Elementary Secondary 212

Linways Technologies

JANUARY 9, 2019

If you are really interested in teaching, maintaining a relationship with your community of teachers is elementary for your growth in terms of both private life and career-wise. A community, in this sense, would be a Professional Learning Network (PLN) for teachers. contact-form-7]. appeared first on Linways Technologies.

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Professional Learning Trends Learning Groups 65

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Heutagogy puts students at the center of their learning process. Substantiated by a growing body of neuroscientific research, heutagogy is an instructional strategy that supports learners in being the agents of their own learning. In a nutshell, heutagogy emphasizes relearning how to learn.

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Learning Study Social Media Strategy 157

eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For teachers to feel empowered and to be successful means providing them a wide range of strategies, tools, resources, and opportunities to enhance their skills, knowledge, and teaching practices. Educating teachers on how to effectively manage their classrooms can lead to more positive, inclusive environments where all students can learn.

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Education Outcomes Strategy Training 95

Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

This pilot sought to understand how beneficial MCs could be for teachers and begin to determine how MCs could play into the professional learning landscape of our state. Over the course of the school year, I was able to complete two MCs and dramatically shift my perceptions of student learning within my classroom.

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Training Professional Learning Strategy Elementary 195

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

“And low-quality professional development, frankly, feels like detention.” ( New Report Reveals That Teacher Professional Development Is Costly And Ineffective ). In turn, effective professional development (PD) is needed to help teachers learn and refine the instructional strategies required to teach these skills.

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Education Elementary Professional Learning Guidelines 178

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al., 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ).

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 25, 2017

In today’s show, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach discusses helping kids in poverty succeed and: How we start helping kids in poverty. Subtle bias of educators and how to address it. Today on Episode 84, we’re going to talk about how to help kids in poverty succeed. Challenges for kids in poverty besides poverty itself.

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How To Learning Course Twitter 151

MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Learn Math. InsightMath , our new neuroscience-based core elementary curriculum will transform student learning by teaching the way the brain learns. InsightMath will also include formative strategies, tools, and assessments for teachers and students to inform teaching and learning. Formative Assessment.

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Assessment Social Media Strategy Accessibility 84

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Kelly and Michele discussed key instructional strategies that can support ELL students in achieving higher in math. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by DreamBox Learning. Leadership 3.0

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. I decided I was well-positioned to help make a change.

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Robotics Survey STEM Elementary 158

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

As the pandemic trudges on, here are three strategies experts recommend to address student (and teacher) needs, a prerequisite for closing academic gaps: 1. Students often learn how to behave in classrooms and get along with peers in early childhood classrooms. How can you learn if you don’t know how to pay attention?

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Report Trends Secondary Elementary 145

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

We need to take the approach of helping them learn how to identify bias and sift bias and fact from each other and look for information and sources on the same topic from different places…Instead of teaching our students to always trust a source, we need to teach them to always read critically, look for bias, and fact check.”.

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Strategy Libraries Social Media Digital Learning 40

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2022

Other preferred strategies included providing mental health and behavioral support for students, hiring more support staff and reducing paperwork requirements. The program is designed to support innovative elementary and secondary school teachers across the U.S. and Canada who demonstrate powerful teaching and learning with technology.

Personal Learning Network 166

Personal Learning Network Personalized Learning Learning Survey 166

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

She taught eighth grade language arts and reading to military-connected children at Faith Middle School in Fort Benning, Georgia, has been an elementary school assistant principal, and is now a professional development specialist. The post Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching appeared first on edWeb.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The conversation had two parts: a practical case study from the Owensboro Public Schools (KY) covering what a successful MTSS intervention looks like, followed by a breakdown of how to replicate a successful implementation of this type of program in your district. Megan Gruis, Ed.S.,

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Outcomes System Data Case Study 85