eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2023

However, when I ask educators to define what it means to have a growth mindset, I often get blank stares or they struggle with putting it into words. If we are to truly close educational gaps, educators must believe in and must be empowered to make a difference and put a plan in place to support student success.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I imagined such a day was far, far into the future. By merely taking boxscore data, the company's AI can write simple stories about the key facts of the game, which are then published in newspapers and websites nationally. Recently I wrote " What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer? That was back in October.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Today on the podcast we're diving into the issue of screen time with a guest who for years has tracked research about the impact of screen media on children and young people. Interestingly enough, Guernsey actually avoids the words “screen time” these days. I have to mention I've known Guernsey for a long time.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Our list of Must-Read K—12 IT Blogs includes a mixture of teachers, instructional technology specialists, IT leaders, administrators and consultants. Over 1000 words. The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. juliet.vanwage…. Sun, 04/29/2018 - 20:12. In the digital age, using your voice has taken on a whole new meaning.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

APRIL 29, 2022

Keep it to 750 words so it's not a tremendous amount of work. This afternoon I had the pleasure of giving one of the keynotes for the Teaching Experiment Academy (TEA) Summit. Last year as the TEA was just getting started, I gave a talk on alternative grading systems as fuel for the group's work. In particular, Key Result 1.1

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 23, 2022

You’re watching for the first smile, first crawl, first word, first tooth, first bites of food, first step. You’re watching for the first smile, first crawl, first word, first tooth, first bites of food, first step. We assess young students for phonemic awareness and if they can rhyme words and segment and blend sounds.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Below is a listing of some of activities that incorporated digital learning: In Mrs. Collentine’s Humanities class, students worked in the computer lab on researching the history of drama and theater in the culture of their own heritage. This past Wednesday (February 6) was the second annual Digital Learning Day.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

And while there's a lot of debate about how much is too much, research seems to suggest two things: The quality of the content and activities that kids access on screens makes a difference, and finding balance with offscreen activities is important. If there's one thing we can be sure of, it's that kids use screens -- a lot.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

The word is associated with the irregular form of the Latin verb cura , which can mean worry or care about or cure. The word closest in meaning is inquisitive, which also has a Latin root: quaere , to search into, to seek. ( The future belongs to the curious. What is curiosity? How Can Teachers Foster Curiosity? ).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

But assessing these skills has been a weak link in these efforts, according to the education researchers at the MIT Playful Journey Lab , which hopes to remedy that with “playful assessment” tools. Annabelle Bechtel (foreground) and Audrey Chung, seventh graders in the maker space of Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, Calif.,

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 16, 2020

By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Equity is one of the most overused terms in education—not just because most can’t agree on a definition, but because the promise of equity is often not backed up by action. Do they understand the history of inequity in the district and how it affects students?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

But I've put that series to rest while I focus on book-writing, and I'm thrilled to be able to join you here this year. leave those kids alone" and then be reassured that, in the future, magically, technology will make everything happier. This talk was delivered at OEB 2019 in Berlin. Or part of it was. So they jeered.

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Brainscape

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Well fear not, for in this guide, I present to you the best advice of our experienced panel of early childhood educators on how to teach your young kids from home. But many of our tips are also useful for those who are providing more assistive-type instruction for their kids (like tutoring your highschooler). Or perhaps you did!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. For educators that may mean working with students in a face to face, elearning, or a blended environment. Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

I always envied how he could talk, tell stories, and write about big ideas in simple, jargon-free terms. Any of his speeches or writings make you think for hours, days, years! That he is widely considered the father of a movement that espouses play and games as an integral part of learning—any learning—may seem incongruous.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 3, 2021

By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Ways to provide these types of services were discussed during a recent edWebinar , hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network. Implementing a Districtwide Approach for Students.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Future of Learning. Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. Photo courtesy Michelle McLaughlin. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. There are 6.6

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

It is a year of uninhibited exploration,” said Anna Waismeyer, who has spent years researching toddlers at the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. Anna Waismeyer, researcher, on 2-year-olds. “I Photo: Lillian Mongeau/Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter. Or view the whole series. PORTLAND, Ore.—

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MindShift

APRIL 17, 2018

This type of practice is useful since students will surely have to make presentations in other classes, in college, and/or in their future jobs. Excerpted from “ The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students ,” by Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski, with permission from the authors.

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 20, 2018

So, though it's taken me a better part of a week to write this, and I warn you -- it's LONG. Fierce & Future Ready 7. This is my first year and I’m learning new stuff every day, but let me research that and get back to you!” I occasionally get emails from followers, readers, and conference audience members asking for advice.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 29, 2016

You can read more by Anne-Marie at BayTreeBlog.com , where she shares educational resources on topics like phonemic awareness , executive function , and writing strategies. You’ve had those students, right? The ones who get stomach aches before exams and whose hearts race so fast they think they can’t give a presentation.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Towana Pierre-Floyd, principal of Frederick A. Douglass High School in New Orleans, wanted her students to have the same transformative experience she did on a high school trip to Ghana. This year, she took 25 students to Belize, where they learned about the Garifuna and Mayan cultures. Photo: Casey Parks for The Hechinger Report. I’m so excited.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

But just in case you haven''t, we have final word that Audrey Watters of HackEducation.com will indeed be joining us for our all-day Friday, June 27th, unconference--which used to be called EduBloggerCon and is now called, you guessed it, "Hack Education." Ralph Waldo Emerson The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0"

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Schlachter transformed her research into a company, which became a life, which became a legacy. The idea of somebody going to the library, and getting a book from a reference librarian, and writing down on paper the names of all the scholarships you might be interested in—that’s out,” says R. Many people loved her. Gail Schlachter.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. District leaders formed the Jones Curriculum Council (JCC), a committee of teachers tasked with researching and evaluating top-tier curriculum solutions.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

He finds it easy to teach himself with online content as his guide. He finds it easy to teach himself with online content as his guide. It’s better to have a teacher guiding you.”. It’s better to have a teacher guiding you.” Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MESA, Ariz. But he doesn’t like it.

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Connecting 2 the World

JANUARY 7, 2009

However, as I continue to integrate social networking tools into my teaching, analyze what skills my students need for the 21st Century, and redesign my instructional design to help address these needs, I have begun to see the difference between the two theories.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Guiding students in book choices is not an administrator’s role, as I understand it; we trust the mentors directly speaking into students’ lives for that. Guiding students in book choices is not an administrator’s role, as I understand it; we trust the mentors directly speaking into students’ lives for that.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Lisa DiMichele has taught writing to all kinds of high schoolers—from inclusion students to honors students, from kids struggling to finish a sentence to future Faulkners. This is one of the reasons why I failed English—because I can’t write.’ I’ve seen you write. You can write. Reluctant writers? I was impressed.”

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

Jennifer, Darren, and I will talk a bit about big picture issues, like making time for instruction on digital literacy, and how to teach kids to think critically about conspiracy theories when those conspiracy theories are widely believed among the community you teach in. Check out the recap/big ideas here, or read the transcript below.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sitting in front of a laptop, Chris Pozo, a sixth-grade student at Truesdell Education Campus in Washington D.C., opens his Summit calendar to show his daily goals. “My My goal is to do my task and get 50 percent or more,” it reads. The goals are either typed or picked by the student from a drop-down list of options created by the teacher.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Recognize that you can’t replicate prior ways of instruction in a hybrid or remote classroom. Invest time in things that will save you time later, and consider how much of what you’re doing can be re-used in the future. Recap and Big Ideas. Spend your energy creating really rich, engaging, meaningful learning experiences.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

If nothing else, we can name these things: our fears, our worries about the present, about the the future. This talk was presented today at the Designs on eLearning conference. The full slide deck is available here. Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you today. The slipping, the stumbling. Disquietude.

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techieMusings

AUGUST 16, 2018

And often times I don’t even realize how hard I’ve been pushing until summer hits – and I noticed how many things in the self-/friend-/family-care and home-improvement category I’ve put off for summer. Summer has flown by faster than seems possible given the number of days and hours we have in a summer. Big Potential, by Shawn Achor. “We

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Global Collaboration Week is a series of free online education events taking place during the week of September 23 - 27, 2019. Students, teachers, and organizations will get online to celebrate global collaboration as back-to-school season begins in the northern hemisphere. A current listing of events you can join is below.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A key conversation focuses on weighing its benefits versus risks, and many education institutions have been quick to implement bans on the technology altogether for fears of plagiarism in written works. Here you will find everything you need to know about AI in education so you can determine for yourself.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5 Not factual.

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