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As a higher educator, since 2001, I have witnessed quite a shift in our students. Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 2. Driving Question: Where Has All The Play Gone? It's springtime in the mountains. As I sit writing this, I'm wishing I were watching the kids on my street playing outside. But no. I am inside grading papers for my college students. It has me asking "Why?" MORE
159 Yet by 2001, there were roughly one billion mobile phone connections globally, a far cry from what McKinsey predicted. In the early 1980s, AT&T decided to pull out of the mobile phone development business. The decision came after McKinsey & Co. estimated that by the year 2000 the global market for mobile phones would comprise of merely 900,000 subscribers. And today, by some estimates, there are close to nine billion mobile phone connections in the world. MORE
Since 2001, the Ford Motor Company’s Next Generation Learning initiative has prepared nearly 20,000 young people for college, careers, lifelong learning and leadership by honing their STEAM skills MORE
STEM is more fundamental and essential than ever Back in 2001, the National Science Foundation introduced the acronym “STEM”, standing for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]. Future of Education Technology _ Miscellaneous Tools and Topics MORE
It allows them to see the purpose of their efforts (Katz, 2001). A greater focus has been placed on our environment in recent years. We hear the terms sustainability, climate crisis, global warming, carbon footprint, hazardous waste, greenhouse effect, and more…all aimed at raising awareness. Some of these topics can seem confusing even for adults; so, how do we teach young children about these concepts in a way that they can understand? MORE
Developmental Psychology, 2001, 37(1), pp. Did you know that over one-half of all students will experience a traumatic event by the time they reach adulthood?[8] 8] Each year, educators teach several students who have dealt with trauma in some way. You may not know which children in a classroom have experienced trauma, but the way your school reacts to and supports these students can have lasting consequences. MORE
Research conducted by the National Reading Panel (NRP) found that skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension are essential to literacy development (NRP, 2001). When I was in the classroom, my students kept a math journal on their iPad. It was made in Book Creator and I’ve written about it here and here. They loved the ability to capture their thinking and learning on the iPad and it was a great way to show cumulative growth over the school year. MORE
Source Information: 1820s ; 1898 ; 1960 ; 1916 ; 1921 ; 1929 / 1929 ; Late 40s - early 50s ; Late 50s - early 70s / Late 50s - early 70s ; 1965 ; 1980s ; 1983 ; 1994 ; 1999 ; 2001 ; 2005 ; 2010 ; 2013 ; 2012 - 2018 / 2012 - 2018 ; 2020. Design credit: Erin Horlacher. Full sized image here. MORE
America had a million chances to get this moment right, including but not exclusive to: 1776, 1863, 1937, 1945, 1964, 2001, 2009, and 2012. In my recent post on Medium , I decided to take a crack at the largesse we call "curriculum" and why textbooks have never been sufficient: While I’ve appreciated the effort to collect resources (see #CharlottesvilleSyllabus from graduate students at the university), I’ve become wary of collecting resources for the sake of collection. MORE
Last year, our Annual Conference was our single largest event since 2001, and we felt it. Written by Mike Lawrence, CEO & Marisol Valles COO/CFO, CUE As educational technology advances and more schools and universities adopt innovative learning solutions, CUE’s events grow and expand. Parking and room space were tight, registration and food lines were longer […]. The post Bigger Conferences, Bigger Challenges appeared first on OnCUE. CUE Conference MORE
Since 2001, more than 300 Laureates have been honored. By Ann Byrdie Bullock, M.Ed., Middle School Science Teacher, Independence Non-Traditional School in Virginia . As a middle school educator, I know the critical importance of engaging my students in STEM. Research shows that this is the age kids, especially girls, opt out of STEM pursuits. . MORE
Since 2001, SETDA has served and supported educational technology leaders across the country from Alaska to Maine, Florida to Hawaii and as far away. read more MORE
It allows them to see the purpose of their efforts (Katz, 2001). A greater focus has been placed on our environment in recent years. We hear the terms sustainability, climate crisis, global warming, carbon footprint, hazardous waste, greenhouse effect, and more…all aimed at raising awareness. Some of these topics can seem confusing even for adults; so, how do we teach young children about these concepts in a way that they can understand? MORE
The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has been around since 2001, providing 7th & 8th Grade students and teachers with devices and more. Recently a new piece of “Concept Draft” legislation popped up: LD 137: An Act To Make the Maine Learning Technology Initiative More Cost-effective. In so many ways it represents what people don’t understand about MLTI. MORE
March 2001. Conflict: It’s great for drama, and an inescapable part of human progress, but it can make for fraught situations in the classroom. Conflict can happen even in the most supportive, positive, and open classrooms, disrupting your students’ ability to learn. MORE
Building on their 2001 edition of Dealing with Difficult Parents, Todd Whitaker and Douglas J. Fiore offer a valuable resource for professional development, says reviewer Holly Foley, especially when addressing difficult relationships between home and school. Book Reviews Parent Involvement communication difficult parents Douglas J. Fiore eye on education Holly Foley parents Routledge second edition strategies Todd Whitaker MORE
Launched in 2001, the FTC provides tuition scholarships for low-income families to attend private schools. Children participating in the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) Scholarship Program are more likely than their peers to enroll in college and earn a degree. This according to new research from Matthew Chingos, Tomas Monarrez and Daniel Kuehn of the Urban Institute. It is the largest private school choice program in the country. MORE
Noah began his teaching career in 2001 and has worked as a Spanish Teacher, English Teacher, Technology Teacher, EdTech Coach, and Blended Learning Coach. Noah Geisel, @SenorG , is the first person who really taught me about the potential micro-credentials and digital badges have to motivate learners to achieve great things throughout their lives. MORE
Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 2001, 17(2), pp. Here’s a fast fact: over 60% of all misunderstandings come from poor listening and only 1% from poor reading.[11] 11] If you don’t currently teach your students specifically how to listen, it may be time to add activities to your curriculum that strengthen this skill. The benefits of strong listening skills may begin in class, but they extend through all aspects of your student’s academic and personal lives. MORE
Regardless of whether Mister Rogers’ puppets, trains, and soothing voice touched your childhood personally, he was inarguably a very “good neighbor” to millions of preschool children during his nearly 40 years of public broadcasting from 1963 to 2001. He explained in an interview with CNN in 2001 that he got into television precisely because he hated television in its original form. MORE
In 2001, a former student, Lorin Anderson, and colleagues, revised Bloom’s taxonomy initially published in 1956. The goal: To be more user-friendly for teachers to use Bloom’s Taxonomy in the classroom. The original taxonomy was a […]. Classroom Educators MORE
In early 2001, Steve Jobs, then the CEO of Apple, summoned a motley crew of employees and contractors to meet in a secret boardroom. Jobs tasked the team with an ambitious assignment: create a new MP3 player in six weeks. By all accounts, the group should have failed. The timeline to complete the project was unrealistically short and the team consisted of five engineering, marketing, and design executives who all had strong, competing views about how to develop the product. MORE
The survey from online learning service provider Quizlet seeks to outline how teachers and students, including Generation Z students (those born in 2001 or later), feel about technology in their classrooms. Student-teacher interaction is one of the most important things when creating a positive and effective classroom environment–in fact, it ranked higher than educational technology use, according to both teachers and students in a new survey. MORE
Physics Forum began as a high school extra credit assignment in 2001, and since then, it’s developed into one of the most popular and helpful science forums on the web. Sara Stringer, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has a list of great websites for high school students. I don’t post enough about high school so I’m thrilled with her article: Some students study more productively in groups, working with their peers. MORE
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on April 14 is set to begin action on the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 , a bipartisan agreement touted as a fix to the divisive No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which in 2001 was the last reauthorization of ESEA. Education Committee will begin reviewing details of a plan to update NCLB. MORE
By the year 2001, however, there were almost one billion cell phones in the world. In this five-part series, Five insights for innovating in emerging markets , I explore several insights, one by one, that my research has uncovered for innovators interested in emerging markets. This is part one of the series, based on an earlier blog. Consider the following story. MORE
On this day in 2001, Apple introduced the first iPod. It is National iPod Day! Over the past two decades, technology has changed every aspect of our lives. Yet our education system remains stuck in the industrial age. It’s time to transform education for the 21 st century. Join us at #EIE19. “[Our Our world]” is much more productive, much more exciting, much more perilous than the world of just a decade ago. Any yet our education system is an 8-track system living in an iPod world.”. MORE
Padilla first became acquainted with CUE when he and several of his colleagues attended the Fall CUE Conference in 2001. Lucio Padilla Jr. has spent the last 19 years bringing innovation, EdTech, and CUE to the Imperial Valley in Southern California. He – along with co-worker Fernando Arguelles – had the opportunity to attend the […]. The post CUE Board Member Spotlight: Lucio Padilla Jr. appeared first on CUE, Inc. MORE
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Future Tech 2001 3 Laws 3 Laws of Robotics AI artificial intelligence HAL9000 Isaac Asimov Robotics robots“Robotics and AI have become one of the most prominent technological trends of our century. The fast increase of their use and development brings new and difficult challenges to our society”, writes Delvaux. MORE
Differentiated instruction gives students multiple options for taking in information, making sense of their ideas and then expressing what they know (Tomlinson, 2001). As educators, we understand that our students bring different learner profiles, strengths, challenges, and interests to learning. Meeting student variability and planning differing approaches can be a challenge. MORE
According to McIsaac and Gunawardena (2001), we must consider the following four concepts essential to effective distance learning for our students, which are transactional distance, learner control, social context, and interaction. 2001). MORE
ECM 154: How 30-Year-Teacher James Sturtevant figured out how to relate to most students. Kids don’t get teachers. Teachers don’t get kids. Times change. Life can be hard for some kids. How do we connect when we’re so different? We need trust. We need respect. We need learning to happen. Here’s how. James has taught for thirty years. Although he’s been trained on many tools, James believes most teacher education training misses the point. MORE
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console launched in late 2001 into a sustaining competition with Sony’s Playstation, the dominant incumbent at the time. And that doesn’t account for the money Microsoft had to invest in the years leading up to 2001 in preparation for the launch. Everyday people come up with innovative ideas for products and services they’re sure will be impactful. But where in the market should they aim their products in order to increase their odds of success? MORE
Nov 5, 2014, 2001 Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews 5 Reasons to Allow Students to Use Cell Phones in. Jul 8, 2012, 14548 Going #BYOD ? Educators Share Ideas on Using Devic. MORE
Principal Journal, January 2001, 80(3), pp. School’s out, and it’s time for both teachers and students to relax before preparing for next year. But even over summer break, students still need educational opportunities so they can return to school strong and ready to learn more. Unfortunately, not all students have the same academic opportunities available to them during the summer. MORE
2001 Related Topics Kevin Corbett
JANUARY 12, 2017
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Future Tech 2001 3 Laws 3 Laws of Robotics AI artificial intelligence HAL9000 Isaac Asimov Robotics robots“Robotics and AI have become one of the most prominent technological trends of our century. The fast increase of their use and development brings new and difficult challenges to our society”, writes Delvaux.
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 5, 2020
According to McIsaac and Gunawardena (2001), we must consider the following four concepts essential to effective distance learning for our students, which are transactional distance, learner control, social context, and interaction. 2001).
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EmergingEdTech
JANUARY 7, 2020
STEM is more fundamental and essential than ever Back in 2001, the National Science Foundation introduced the acronym “STEM”, standing for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!]. Future of Education Technology _ Miscellaneous Tools and Topics
CUE
MAY 22, 2020
Padilla first became acquainted with CUE when he and several of his colleagues attended the Fall CUE Conference in 2001. Lucio Padilla Jr. has spent the last 19 years bringing innovation, EdTech, and CUE to the Imperial Valley in Southern California. He – along with co-worker Fernando Arguelles – had the opportunity to attend the […]. The post CUE Board Member Spotlight: Lucio Padilla Jr. appeared first on CUE, Inc.
techlearning
JANUARY 11, 2019
Since 2001, the Ford Motor Company’s Next Generation Learning initiative has prepared nearly 20,000 young people for college, careers, lifelong learning and leadership by honing their STEAM skills
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Source Information: 1820s ; 1898 ; 1960 ; 1916 ; 1921 ; 1929 / 1929 ; Late 40s - early 50s ; Late 50s - early 70s / Late 50s - early 70s ; 1965 ; 1980s ; 1983 ; 1994 ; 1999 ; 2001 ; 2005 ; 2010 ; 2013 ; 2012 - 2018 / 2012 - 2018 ; 2020. Design credit: Erin Horlacher. Full sized image here.
SETDA Says
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
Since 2001, SETDA has served and supported educational technology leaders across the country from Alaska to Maine, Florida to Hawaii and as far away. read more
iTeach with iPads
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Research conducted by the National Reading Panel (NRP) found that skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension are essential to literacy development (NRP, 2001). When I was in the classroom, my students kept a math journal on their iPad. It was made in Book Creator and I’ve written about it here and here. They loved the ability to capture their thinking and learning on the iPad and it was a great way to show cumulative growth over the school year.
Battelle for Kids
MAY 2, 2016
As a higher educator, since 2001, I have witnessed quite a shift in our students. Volume 3, Issue 4, Number 2. Driving Question: Where Has All The Play Gone? It's springtime in the mountains. As I sit writing this, I'm wishing I were watching the kids on my street playing outside. But no. I am inside grading papers for my college students. It has me asking "Why?"
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
November 4, 2015 Blooms traditional taxonomy which was published sometime in the middle of the last century was revised in 2001 and henceforth was labelled Blooms Revised Taxonomy. This revision is a.read more. blooms taxonomy
The Christensen Institute
JANUARY 22, 2019
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console launched in late 2001 into a sustaining competition with Sony’s Playstation, the dominant incumbent at the time. And that doesn’t account for the money Microsoft had to invest in the years leading up to 2001 in preparation for the launch. Everyday people come up with innovative ideas for products and services they’re sure will be impactful. But where in the market should they aim their products in order to increase their odds of success?
EdTechTeacher
AUGUST 23, 2019
Differentiated instruction gives students multiple options for taking in information, making sense of their ideas and then expressing what they know (Tomlinson, 2001). As educators, we understand that our students bring different learner profiles, strengths, challenges, and interests to learning. Meeting student variability and planning differing approaches can be a challenge.
Teacher Reboot Camp
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Noah began his teaching career in 2001 and has worked as a Spanish Teacher, English Teacher, Technology Teacher, EdTech Coach, and Blended Learning Coach. Noah Geisel, @SenorG , is the first person who really taught me about the potential micro-credentials and digital badges have to motivate learners to achieve great things throughout their lives.
CUE
JANUARY 26, 2015
Last year, our Annual Conference was our single largest event since 2001, and we felt it. Written by Mike Lawrence, CEO & Marisol Valles COO/CFO, CUE As educational technology advances and more schools and universities adopt innovative learning solutions, CUE’s events grow and expand. Parking and room space were tight, registration and food lines were longer […]. The post Bigger Conferences, Bigger Challenges appeared first on OnCUE. CUE Conference
MiddleWeb
MAY 12, 2016
Building on their 2001 edition of Dealing with Difficult Parents, Todd Whitaker and Douglas J. Fiore offer a valuable resource for professional development, says reviewer Holly Foley, especially when addressing difficult relationships between home and school. Book Reviews Parent Involvement communication difficult parents Douglas J. Fiore eye on education Holly Foley parents Routledge second edition strategies Todd Whitaker
iTeach with iPads
JANUARY 13, 2020
It allows them to see the purpose of their efforts (Katz, 2001). A greater focus has been placed on our environment in recent years. We hear the terms sustainability, climate crisis, global warming, carbon footprint, hazardous waste, greenhouse effect, and more…all aimed at raising awareness. Some of these topics can seem confusing even for adults; so, how do we teach young children about these concepts in a way that they can understand?
iTeach with iPads
JANUARY 13, 2020
It allows them to see the purpose of their efforts (Katz, 2001). A greater focus has been placed on our environment in recent years. We hear the terms sustainability, climate crisis, global warming, carbon footprint, hazardous waste, greenhouse effect, and more…all aimed at raising awareness. Some of these topics can seem confusing even for adults; so, how do we teach young children about these concepts in a way that they can understand?
Waterford
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
March 2001. Conflict: It’s great for drama, and an inescapable part of human progress, but it can make for fraught situations in the classroom. Conflict can happen even in the most supportive, positive, and open classrooms, disrupting your students’ ability to learn.
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 22, 2015
ECM 154: How 30-Year-Teacher James Sturtevant figured out how to relate to most students. Kids don’t get teachers. Teachers don’t get kids. Times change. Life can be hard for some kids. How do we connect when we’re so different? We need trust. We need respect. We need learning to happen. Here’s how. James has taught for thirty years. Although he’s been trained on many tools, James believes most teacher education training misses the point.
ExcelinEd
OCTOBER 23, 2019
On this day in 2001, Apple introduced the first iPod. It is National iPod Day! Over the past two decades, technology has changed every aspect of our lives. Yet our education system remains stuck in the industrial age. It’s time to transform education for the 21 st century. Join us at #EIE19. “[Our Our world]” is much more productive, much more exciting, much more perilous than the world of just a decade ago. Any yet our education system is an 8-track system living in an iPod world.”.
eSchool News
APRIL 14, 2015
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on April 14 is set to begin action on the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 , a bipartisan agreement touted as a fix to the divisive No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which in 2001 was the last reauthorization of ESEA. Education Committee will begin reviewing details of a plan to update NCLB.
More Verbs
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has been around since 2001, providing 7th & 8th Grade students and teachers with devices and more. Recently a new piece of “Concept Draft” legislation popped up: LD 137: An Act To Make the Maine Learning Technology Initiative More Cost-effective. In so many ways it represents what people don’t understand about MLTI.
The Jose Vilson
AUGUST 15, 2017
America had a million chances to get this moment right, including but not exclusive to: 1776, 1863, 1937, 1945, 1964, 2001, 2009, and 2012. In my recent post on Medium , I decided to take a crack at the largesse we call "curriculum" and why textbooks have never been sufficient: While I’ve appreciated the effort to collect resources (see #CharlottesvilleSyllabus from graduate students at the university), I’ve become wary of collecting resources for the sake of collection.
Waterford
MARCH 3, 2020
Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 2001, 17(2), pp. Here’s a fast fact: over 60% of all misunderstandings come from poor listening and only 1% from poor reading.[11] 11] If you don’t currently teach your students specifically how to listen, it may be time to add activities to your curriculum that strengthen this skill. The benefits of strong listening skills may begin in class, but they extend through all aspects of your student’s academic and personal lives.
Where Learning Clicks
AUGUST 9, 2016
In early 2001, Steve Jobs, then the CEO of Apple, summoned a motley crew of employees and contractors to meet in a secret boardroom. Jobs tasked the team with an ambitious assignment: create a new MP3 player in six weeks. By all accounts, the group should have failed. The timeline to complete the project was unrealistically short and the team consisted of five engineering, marketing, and design executives who all had strong, competing views about how to develop the product.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 14, 2016
The survey from online learning service provider Quizlet seeks to outline how teachers and students, including Generation Z students (those born in 2001 or later), feel about technology in their classrooms. Student-teacher interaction is one of the most important things when creating a positive and effective classroom environment–in fact, it ranked higher than educational technology use, according to both teachers and students in a new survey.
Waterford
MAY 11, 2020
Principal Journal, January 2001, 80(3), pp. School’s out, and it’s time for both teachers and students to relax before preparing for next year. But even over summer break, students still need educational opportunities so they can return to school strong and ready to learn more. Unfortunately, not all students have the same academic opportunities available to them during the summer.
The Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Yet by 2001, there were roughly one billion mobile phone connections globally, a far cry from what McKinsey predicted. In the early 1980s, AT&T decided to pull out of the mobile phone development business. The decision came after McKinsey & Co. estimated that by the year 2000 the global market for mobile phones would comprise of merely 900,000 subscribers. And today, by some estimates, there are close to nine billion mobile phone connections in the world.
ExcelinEd
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Launched in 2001, the FTC provides tuition scholarships for low-income families to attend private schools. Children participating in the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) Scholarship Program are more likely than their peers to enroll in college and earn a degree. This according to new research from Matthew Chingos, Tomas Monarrez and Daniel Kuehn of the Urban Institute. It is the largest private school choice program in the country.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 9, 2018
Physics Forum began as a high school extra credit assignment in 2001, and since then, it’s developed into one of the most popular and helpful science forums on the web. Sara Stringer, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has a list of great websites for high school students. I don’t post enough about high school so I’m thrilled with her article: Some students study more productively in groups, working with their peers.
The Christensen Institute
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
By the year 2001, however, there were almost one billion cell phones in the world. In this five-part series, Five insights for innovating in emerging markets , I explore several insights, one by one, that my research has uncovered for innovators interested in emerging markets. This is part one of the series, based on an earlier blog. Consider the following story.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Regardless of whether Mister Rogers’ puppets, trains, and soothing voice touched your childhood personally, he was inarguably a very “good neighbor” to millions of preschool children during his nearly 40 years of public broadcasting from 1963 to 2001. He explained in an interview with CNN in 2001 that he got into television precisely because he hated television in its original form.
Waterford
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Developmental Psychology, 2001, 37(1), pp. Did you know that over one-half of all students will experience a traumatic event by the time they reach adulthood?[8] 8] Each year, educators teach several students who have dealt with trauma in some way. You may not know which children in a classroom have experienced trauma, but the way your school reacts to and supports these students can have lasting consequences.
Discovery Education
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Since 2001, more than 300 Laureates have been honored. By Ann Byrdie Bullock, M.Ed., Middle School Science Teacher, Independence Non-Traditional School in Virginia . As a middle school educator, I know the critical importance of engaging my students in STEM. Research shows that this is the age kids, especially girls, opt out of STEM pursuits. .
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 29, 2014
Nov 5, 2014, 2001 Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews 5 Reasons to Allow Students to Use Cell Phones in. Jul 8, 2012, 14548 Going #BYOD ? Educators Share Ideas on Using Devic.
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