Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Dynamic Learning Project (DLP) is an instructional coaching program launched in 2017 with the goal to help educators use technology in impactful ways that develop students’ 21st century learning skills. New rubric guides classroom technology use. The rubric includes a total of six indicators of impactful technology use.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

On one side, we have formative assessments—those ongoing checks that help us tweak our teaching and help students steer their learning. Personal Take In my years in the classroom and current research work, I’ve found formative assessments to be a lifesaver. Summative vs formative assessment is the topic of our blog post today!

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Hapara

MAY 25, 2023

John Hattie, education professor and researcher, believes that in a student-led environment, kids should self-direct and make decisions about how they want to learn. Educators should guide them rather than spend the majority of the time talking. It’s the “guide on the side,” instead of the “sage on the stage.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

Every summer since I’ve been teaching (20 years now), I don’t start feeling like myself until that first vacation. Art Based Strategies for Literacy Instructions The Learning Science of Music Teaching Life Skills and Financial Literacy Shaping Global Citizens through World Crisis Education. So, why not rest and do it early.

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

She also wrote a full guide to online and digital learning, A Teacher’s Guide to Online Learning. . As a two-time Teacher of the Year, he teaches middle school math, robotics and YouTube video production. In addition to teaching, he is the Director of EdTech and Innovation. . Check out our Buyer's Guide.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

New, 21st-century pedagogies that focus on interactive curricula and collaborative assignments require new classrooms and media spaces to match. When building a classroom environment, confer openly with teachers about their specific needs to guide more meaningful technology integrations. . How to Redesign the K–12 Media Center.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

As a result of this webinar and some research of my own, I compiled this list which I hope will serve as a quick menu for you and the teachers at your school to select summer professional development that will help you grow and learn. Students need us to understand them so we can teach them. These courses will give you a start.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2020

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Guide students in safe and effective internet search and research. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. MTI 562 starts Monday, March 23, 2020 .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2020

If your teaching has been moved online in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, learn which webtools make online learning exciting for kids and easy for you in this class–starts March 23rd! The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Even if we go back to face-to-face learning, we will all have to be prepared to teach online, and the best way to do this is to first educate ourselves with research and pedagogy. Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2020

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Guide students in safe and effective internet search and research. MTI 558– Teach Writing with Tech Starts July 20, 2020. MTI 562 starts Monday, June 22, 2020 .

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Students learn even more when they learn 3 from and teach each other 4.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

The PD series provides every educator, especially those from under-resourced communities, the access and materials needed to transform teaching during COVID-19 and beyond. Conrad regularly appears in the media to talk about subjects ranging from decisions and data science to 21st century education.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

“One of the goals of any makerspace should be to instill the maker mindset in students through a series of creative experiences while simultaneously building 21st-century skills,” computer science teacher Nick Provenzano writes for Getting Smart. How Makerspace Tools Teach Students Coding Concepts.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes. Below are some guiding questions to help you with your reflection. Reflection: What was it like for you and your students to teach and learn every day using technology?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. And it makes sense – the image of the uptight librarian has persisted through the past century.

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My Island View

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The second lesson should be that the methods and assessments that educators have used for the last few centuries are no longer relevant in today’s world. This is the way it has been for centuries, I actually taught from the 20th into the 21st. I can only imagine it wasn’t much different in the 19th or even the 18th century.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

She had her students put their devices away when they entered her classroom and continued teaching the same way she had for the last two decades. Educators require support in harnessing technology for diverse student needs, emphasizing digital competencies and 21st-century skills.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

Using Technology in the Classroom to Teach Digital Natives. They can likely teach you something.[9]. Focus on citizenship: Focus your technology-based lessons on teaching your students digital citizenship, or skills that will help them thoughtfully and effectively navigate digital media.[12]. That notion is backed by research.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Online Teaching, Technology, and Learner Variability : Teachers with a high degree of comfort with technology are significantly less likely than others to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s individual learner variability. Social-Emotional Learning as Part of Whole Child Learning.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Substantiated by a growing body of neuroscientific research, heutagogy is an instructional strategy that supports learners in being the agents of their own learning. They also consider it an attempt to challenge prevailing ideas about teaching and learning stemming from an educator-centered learning paradigm.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

15] In fact, educational technology should never be viewed as a perfect resource to teach your students everything they need to know to succeed. The goal when using technology should be to enhance your teaching rather than replace it.[6]. And finally, use school technology to teach your students digital citizenship.[14]

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2019

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Guide students in safe and effective internet search and research. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. MTI 562 starts Monday, January 7, 2019! .

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

But good teaching is good teaching and without higher-level uses of technology, it becomes just another dusty book on a shelf. By Jessica Iovinelli. If the starting point is not the redefinition of goals of what we want learners to be capable of doing, technology is being added to an outdated paradigm of education. .

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 9, 2023

This confluence of research and firsthand experience has equipped me with a unique vantage point. In this post, drawing from both scholarly research and my personal experiences, I aim to share strategies that can make learning more relevant and meaningful for students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. Teach students the things that matter during financial literacy month and beyond! Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools? Should it be blocked? This is also episode 800.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Today, Dr. Marina Umashchi Bers from Tufts University discusses her research findings about what works (and doesn’t) with young children in the classroom. Vicki: Today we’re talking to Dr. Marina Umaschi Bers @ marinabers from Tufts University, where she is Director of the Dev Tech Research Group. Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 17, 2015

As educators, we have an opportunity to teach students how to be successful and responsible communicators regardless of the mode of communication they use. There are myriad tools and online resources teachers can use to help students to cultivate 21st century communication skills that don’t involve pen and paper.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

According to a research article by Peter Barrett et al entitled :The Impact of Classroom Design on Pupils’ Learning: Final Results of a Holistic, Multi-Level Analysis, the visual design of classroom materials can significantly impact learning outcomes ( Barrett et al.,

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Department of Education released Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning as guidance about the opportunities and risks in AI for education. Rather than reinvent the wheel, the district used its existing acceptable use policy to guide its process.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 20, 2019

The passion and idealism of this rising generation, however, is one of the most underutilized resources for good on the planet because there is a gap between what education usually provides and what young people need to know to thrive and to become socially active in the 21st century. I know I’m going to leave my mark.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2016

In order to be able to reach them better, teachers not only have to be up to date with the latest strategies and teaching methodologies, but also with modern technology and new ways of connecting with their students and engaging them, both inside and outside the classroom. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources they can turn to.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2016

Starting January 18th, I’ll be teaching a class on blending technology into your classroom: the Tech-Infused Teacher — January 18th-February 21st. The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Thanks everyone!

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

So how can we ensure a solid foundation in math for students to succeed in school and the 21st-century workplace? It does away with the “teaching by telling” approach and encourages “learning by doing.”. In this white paper, you will learn how: Game-based learning can provide a preferred means to teach math.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge students to engage in Approaches to Learning. Approaches to Teaching and Learning are deliberate strategies, skills, and attitudes that permeate the teaching and learning environment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

In essence, digital literacy is a fundamental skill set for thriving in the 21st century. Examples of digital literacy in education include: Media literacy is an essential skill, teaching students to critically analyze digital media. Digital citizenship skills teach students responsible and ethical online behavior.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2018

In one school day, we can teach a class about fake news, help one student find the perfect resource for his research project, and guide another toward a “just-right” book series that appeals to her personal interests. There’s no “typical” day for a library media specialist.

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