Hapara

MAY 25, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Have you walked into a classroom where students are encouraged to use their voices and make decisions about their own learning? Learners are not passive members of the classroom community but instead have a voice in their education. This is a classroom that uses student-led learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As I look each student in the eyes and call them by name, I notice changes from day to day. Additionally, I constantly monitor their AI usage to guide them in effectively attributing AI as a source of peer feedback. ” The problem with this is that we're missing the whole point of AI.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the report “Healing, Community, and Humanity: How Students and Teachers Want to Reinvent Schools Post-COVID,” Justin Reich and Jal Mehta consider that one of education’s biggest challenges in the years ahead will be to harness “the experience and urgency for change” and apply that energy to the sustained improvement of schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. These systems act as guides for students, and as they read a text, analyze their speech to identify the proficiency level of the reader.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2023

He engaged in the Advancing Secondary Writing initiative led by Digital Promise’s Center for Inclusive Innovation , recognizing the importance of involving students directly in the research and development (R&D) process. The result was a life-changing experience for the students and the adults.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For individual needs such as completing homework, casual reading, personal research, or anything else that requires significant amounts of reading, there is lots of help. changing presentation methods (from verbal instructions to repetition, text size, or shortened pages). What is Dyslexia? offer an alternative answer sheet.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 6, 2021

Even with this knowledge in hand, change has been hard to come by. There is a great deal of research and evidence out there that tells us people learn differently, and eventually, success relies on a vast spectrum of strategies. It’s no one’s fault per se but a reality, nonetheless. Think about your own learning and what you need.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers. from Vanderbilt University in December 2021, where her research focused on instructional coaching in K-12 schools. Lumio sponsored this episode.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Use should be appropriate, tied to classroom content areas, and guided. Busy teachers use EVERFI’s standards-aligned, research-based digital lessons, recently awarded with the ISTE Seal for high-quality curriculum, to teach students to thrive in an ever-changing world. And especially with littles, the time should be limited.

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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. Episode 800 AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide Dan Fitzpatrick, Amanda Fox, and Brad Weinstein Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

For their cutting-edge use of voice technology, SayKid captures the Judge’s Choice award, worth $50,000 in AWS Promotional Credit, and VOGO Voice takes home the People’s Choice award, a prize of $25,000 in AWS Promotional Credit. Now, the votes have been tallied, the judges have made their decisions, and the results are finally in!

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2024

As an underrepresented student, I felt assured by the school’s diverse faculty and student population, along with their embrace of a robust diversity, equity and inclusion mission, and looked forward to continuing my research on improving the quality of mental health care for all families. I disagree.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Suppose you've wondered how to bring meaningful change to your school or classroom. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow. We dive deep into teachers' crucial role in driving innovation and improvement in education. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. Follow Justin on Twitter or Google Scholar.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It is a mindset — a way of thinking used to guide learners. Guiding Principles of Constructivism. Constructivists believe that learning is an active process so the most effective way to learn is through discovery. With hands-on activities, learners actively create their own subjective representation of objective reality.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

The challenge — whether it’s rearranging the furniture or planning a complete school renovation — is to make these changes in a way that goes beyond aesthetics and actually results in an environment that sparks curiosity. What are we learning from their voices that suggest how we might support teachers and students? Other elements?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2018

What Kiddom does that few other education webtools do is provide free educator and administrator guides on topics such as Standards-based Grading , Blended Learning , and lesson planning (click for my reviews of these). Their newest is the twenty-eight-page ISTE-aligned Change Management eBook. Provide change in pedagogic frameworks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2021

Their answers to this question will guide you in how you teach the class. While you’re changing the approach, also change the setting. Here’s the logic behind that: Students react well to change. Once you know their reasons, be honest with them on how you will help them meet their goals. Use disruptive tools.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

A worksheet on a screen may save trees, but it will not inherently provide research-based strategies to support every unique learner. We need to make a change. Real change can come from our unanimous stance against ineffective edtech, including predatory companies who make baseless claims in order to sell their products.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As funders, government agencies, and service providers become increasingly focused on program evaluation results to make evidence-based decisions, evaluators and other researchers seek to answer this question. Growing awareness has led to the development of multiple methodologies to guide equitable evaluation practices.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 6, 2019

” So, I led my grade-level team in developing a global project with an emphasis on student voice and reflection. How can literature serve as a vehicle for social change? Through the use of Skype and other resources, we were able to create a multidimensional learning experience with research and global connections.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 1, 2017

We can be change leaders and help our school improve and grow. Rebecca Wattleworth, an award-winning teacher from Illinois, talks about lessons she’s learned about being a change leader. How to Be a Change Leader in Your School. Vicki: Be the classroom change leader! Step 1: Research Opportunities to Improve.

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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. Powerful learning must be collaborative and connected.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. What is GBL.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 9, 2023

As a former classroom teacher and current educational researcher, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformation of teaching tools from traditional methods to digital innovation. They often include features for students with disabilities, like screen readers or voice-to-text capabilities.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. What happens a lot of times, then, is you go with the loudest voice in the room.”. SUSD’s goal is to answer four questions: What do we want students to learn?

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Each learner presents a unique reservoir of skills and challenges that can change among subjects and situations, throughout the day and year. So, we are working with edtech product partners to help create research-based supports for teachers to turn to as they tackle this formidable challenge. Learning Ovations. Speak Agent.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Marissa Mierow It’s no secret that voice-enabled technology is taking off in the domestic sphere, but how is this increasingly robust technology impacting education? EdSurge: Why have we seen such rapid growth in the adoption of voice-enabled devices like the Amazon Echo? Have you seen the same kind of adoption in education?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. What happens a lot of times, then, is you go with the loudest voice in the room.”. SUSD’s goal is to answer four questions: What do we want students to learn?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. What happens a lot of times, then, is you go with the loudest voice in the room.”. SUSD’s goal is to answer four questions: What do we want students to learn?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

also cited in this research brief about Empatico.) When a researcher studied one of our projects all those years ago, I remember his finding that high school students who participated in a global collaborative project became less ethnocentric. This blog post is sponsored by Empatico. All opinions are my own. See Lease, A.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

The way sessions were facilitated often contradicted research-based teaching strategies. I wanted this club to be youth-led, so I relied heavily on student conversations to guide our work. The ability to learn and grow is part of what made teaching dynamic and energizing for me. My students unanimously answered “YES!”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

Free Wellness Toolkit – sponsored Al Kingsley Net Support Book: My Secret Ed Tech Diary Research: The Relationship Between Technostress and job satisfaction of Teachers within the COVID-19 Period K12 District Wasting Millions By Not Using Purchased Software Nearpod TeachMeet Resource. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For individual needs such as completing homework, casual reading, personal research, or anything else that requires significant amounts of reading, there is lots of help. changing presentation methods (from verbal instructions to repetition, text size, or shortened pages). What is Dyslexia? offer an alternative answer sheet.

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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. Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] What is heutagogy? Heutagogy puts students at the center of their learning process. Children are naturally active learners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

It’s intended as a barometer for evaluating technology incorporation into instruction, but I’m going to suggest it be used instead as a guide for integration. This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. But that quickly became cumbersome. Where is the tool?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

As a parent, guidance counselor, or teacher, you can help students navigate college majors by doing a little research of your own. This will help you guide students toward a major that is both enjoyable and financially rewarding. Research the department together before your student enrolls. What questions keep them up at night?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning assessments for K-12 schools, has added two new solutions to its product suite. Charlotte N.C. DESSA Middle School Student Self-Report Adolescents’ engagement is critical to learning success.

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