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The Truth About America's Graduation Rate
NPR Learning and Tech
JUNE 8, 2015
Graduation rates have been rising since 2002. NPR Ed asked 14 reporters at member stations around the country to find out why. » » E-Mail This
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5 Ways Gamification Can Help Students Develop A Growth Mindset
EmergingEdTech
OCTOBER 11, 2016
In 2002, the word gamification was. Gamification allows us to enhance our knowledge and enhance our basic soft skills like multi-tasking, collaborating, creative thinking and committing to a goal. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post.
Palm Pilots and Global Education
The Thinking Stick
APRIL 20, 2016
A quick 30 minute conversation about the Palm Pilot program I rolled out in Saudi Arabia in 2002, Gamification of Education and Global Education. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to chat with The Edupreneur Podcast.
How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants?
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
A 2002 ballot initiative, supported by 61 percent of voters, made English-only instruction mandatory for students who need to learn the language (unless they get a special waiver).
Live Tuesday Sept. 27th with Cecilia d'Oliveira from MIT's OpenCourseWare
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Cecilia was the technology director for OCW since 2002, and in 2008 was named executive director. From 2002 to 2008 she served as MIT OpenCourseWare''s Technology Director with responsibility for building the technical infrastructure for the program.
U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role
Doug Levin
APRIL 21, 2016
Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S.
How One Teacher Founded A Whole New High School
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 10, 2017
He received a Master of Arts Degree in Teaching from Marygrove College in Detroit in 2002. Scott Heister, an engineering and physics teacher, began mentoring his high school’s FIRST Robotics Competition team in his home state of Michigan 19 years ago.
10 characteristics of authentic learning
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
2002). 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association , New Orleans, LA, USA. I argued yesterday that authentic learning is a vital part of education in the 21st Century.
Try these mobile and web tools to improve parent-teacher communication
eSchool News
MARCH 2, 2015
Way back in 2002, the High School Journal wrote that “School practices for contacting parents should be modernized because they lack reliability and are often ineffective.” Apps and well-known social media sites can be used creatively to share more with parents.
5 Great Ways to Make Your Classroom a Healthier, Happier Place
The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
A 2002 study found that telephones, desks, water fountain handles, microwave door handles, and computer keyboards are the most bacteria-laden culprits in our workplaces today. Sponsored by Staples Little moments can make a big difference. As teachers, we need to protect our health.
Misunderstanding The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 3, 2015
In this model (see Figure 3.1), responsibility for the use of a strategy gradually transfers from the teacher to the student through five stages (Duke & Pearson, 2002, pp. Duke & Pearson, 2002). Misunderstanding The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework .
LA’s First Public All-Girls STEM School Goes Global
CUE
AUGUST 20, 2017
In 2002, her classroom was used as a demonstration site for Scholastic’s Read 180 curriculum which was toured by former first lady Laura Bush. With a look of concern, Ella raised her hand and asked, “I want to ask my partner a question but I don’t want to be rude.”
Theories for the digital age: Paragogy
Learning with 'e's
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
User generated content has also attracted criticism over issues of mediocrity, lack of accuracy and superficial scholarship (Brabazon, 2002; 2007). 2002) Digital Hemlock: Internet Education and the Poisoning of Teaching.
The best PD webinars of 2016—did you watch?
eSchool News
JANUARY 8, 2017
Literacy a la carte & Fun for Early Learners presented by Kim Adsit, 2002 Teacher of the Year and author. edWeb.net just completed an analysis of their 2016 webinar viewership stats for 2016.
Google Sites as Digital Portfolios
EdTechTeam
APRIL 28, 2017
Jennifer Cauthers Mahopac High School Mahopac, NY Twitter: @cauthersj Jennifer has taught science since 1999 and has been a district technology leader since 2002.
Climbing the Pyramid of Bloom’s Taxonomy Through the Writing Process
EdTechTeacher
APRIL 21, 2016
This post first appeared on EdTech Researcher at Education Week. I had the privilege of co-writing this post with an amazing team of educators. Shaelynn Farnsworth ( @shfarnsworth ), serves as a Literacy Consultant at Area Education Agency 267 in Iowa.
How to make the upcoming eclipse an incredible STEM lesson
eSchool News
JULY 13, 2017
I was fortunate enough to witness the United States’ last total solar eclipse in 1979, and it was so incredible that I traveled to the Australian Outback in 2002 to witness another one.
Thursday Interview - Finkelstein on Virtual PD, Non-Traditional Learning Environments, and Badges
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
JUNE 12, 2012
Prior to founding LearningTimes in 2002, Jonathan was a co-founder at HorizonLive (now Blackboard Collaborate), and designed the first synchronous collaboration platforms for academia, associations and other non-profits.
Resource gap may be key to closing achievement gap
eSchool News
MAY 19, 2016
Over the entire 20-year-period, nearly all states increased the number of staff per 100 pupils, but most of those gains occurred prior to 2002. Income-achievement gaps now far surpass racial-achievement gaps, study finds.
Announcing EdTechTeam Adventures
EdTechTeam
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
I started taking Aurora photos in Inuvik in 2002.
What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 20, 2016
The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims. Northport, N.Y.,
@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 6, 2017
So I’m going to take you back in my way back machine, in the year 2002; I’m minding my own business, teaching sixth grade, doing Latin roots.
4 Steps for Designing an Online Assessment for Flipped Classroom
Fractus Learning
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
2002) and used by other academics (e.g. 2002) Team-based learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups , Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT. The Process. Are you thinking about designing an online assessment for a Flipped classroom?
Mobile gives the edge
Learning with 'e's
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Howard Rheingold argued as early as 2002 that mobile phones harness the 'power of the many', which has manifested itself in recent years in social phenomena such as citizen journalism, flash mobs and crowd sourced funding projects to name just a few.
"Digital Literacy & Fake News" Keynote Panelists Announced + First Sessions for Mini-Conference
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 17, 2017
From 2002 to 2014 Bryan worked with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), a non-profit working to help small colleges and universities best integrate digital technologies.
Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
In 2002, our team at Microsoft Education created an LMS for a world where every teacher and student had a tablet computer. I wish everyone knew that our nation’s high school graduation rate reached a record high 83 percent in 2016, probably about nine percentage points higher than 2002 when NCLB was passed and we couldn’t even agree upon or calculate the rate!).
Learning on the move
Learning with 'e's
MAY 28, 2012
I cited Puro (2002) who declared: 'The mobile phone. 2002) Italy: Stereotypes, true and false. 2002) Finland: A Mobile Culture. It was nice to be invited to present a session for Sheffield Hallam University on mobile learning earlier today.
Thursday - Paulo Blikstein from Stanford on Cutting-Edge Technologies for Inner-City Learning
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 14, 2012
degree from the MIT Media Lab (2002), where he was also a visiting scholar (2003).
Why Flipped Classrooms Fail Part 2
Turn to Your Neighbor
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
According to Barnett and Ceci (2002 ), there are two overarching domains of far transfer: the content domain (what is actually transferred), the context domain (when and where something is transferred to and from) and multiple subdomains within.
Students on the autism spectrum are often as smart as their peers — so why do so few go to college?
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 28, 2016
The increase in the number of young people diagnosed with autism in the last 14 years has been staggering — from one in 152 in 2002 to an estimated one in 68 today.
38 Community Colleges Share What It Takes to Launch an OER Degree Program
Edsurge
JUNE 22, 2017
Tuition increased 89 percent from 2002 to 2012, and textbook prices—which cost anywhere from $600 to $1300 today—rose 82 percent over the same period, according to U.S. The college affordability crisis has gained much attention in recent years, yet prices continue to climb. Government Accountability Office. The prices keep many students, particularly those from low-income families, from completing college.
School Leadership in the Common Core Era
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 2, 2014
Michael Fullan, 2002, p. 2002). The following is a guest post by Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld, Dr. Maria G. Dove, and Dr. Audrey Cohan. Check out their book titled Beyond Core Expectations: A Schoolwide Framework for Serving the Not-So-Common Learner published by Corwin.
Let’s Prepare Students for the World—Not Tests
Edsurge
APRIL 16, 2017
While test prep has been on the rise since state tests were mandated by federal law in 2002, reading and math scores have largely remained flat. Spring means one thing to many elementary and middle schools across the country: test prep. Students across the country are gearing up to take federally mandated, state-administered exams, and teachers, administrators and parents all feel the heat. The stakes will rise if the Trump administration is successful in shifting funding to vouchers.
Buying or Building Research-Backed Edtech? The Government Can Help
Edsurge
JANUARY 13, 2017
Department of Education’s Institute of Education Science , which has given 85 SBIR awards since 2002. Founded in 2002, Agile Mind has received nine SBIR grants from Department of Education and National Science Foundation totalling more than $2.2 Among the last people to be invited to the White House during the Obama administration is Snehal Patel, CEO and co-founder of. Sokikom , an online, collaborative math program.
Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017
Edsurge
JULY 24, 2017
2U 2008 2014 $665M (IPO) Archipelago Learning 2000 2012 $302M (acquired by PLATO Learning) Chegg 2005 2013 $830M (IPO) Connections Education 2001 2011 $400M (acquired by Pearson) HigherOne 2000 2012 $260M (acquired by Blackboard) Instructure 2008 2014 $487M (IPO) K12.com 2000 2007 $725M (IPO) Relias Learning 2002 2014 $540M (acquired by Bertelsmann) RuffaloCODY 2000 2013 $252 million (acquired by Summit Partners) Wireless Generation 2000 2010 $400 million (acquired by News Corp.).
Final Schedule for Tomorrow's "Digital Literacy & Fake News" Mini-Conference - Plus Bonus
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 31, 2017
From 2002 to 2014 Bryan worked with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), a non-profit working to help small colleges and universities best integrate digital technologies.
The changing Web
Learning with 'e's
AUGUST 24, 2012
Van Dijk, 2002) or simply another phase in its relentless progress. 2002) The Network Society. This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Yesterday's post can be found at this link. The web is constantly changing.
Why Flipped Classrooms Fail Part 2
Turn to Your Neighbor
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
According to Barnett and Ceci (2002 ), there are two overarching domains of far transfer: the content domain (what is actually transferred), the context domain (when and where something is transferred to and from) and multiple subdomains within.
Throw the cookie cutters away: Remaking high schools for the 21st Century
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Between 2002 and 2013, New York City shut many of its large high schools, replacing them with small, personalized schools. High School design team members check out ideas written on post-it notes during a brainstorming session. Photo: Courtesy of Will Eden.
Shifting From Pedagogy To Heutagogy In Education
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 25, 2015
The power to learn Heutagogy has come a long way since its initial inception over a bottle of wine and notes written on a napkin in a restaurant in 2000 (Hase, 2002, 2009; Hase and Kenyon, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010; Kenyon and Hase, 2010).
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