Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has become a right-of-passage for high school students as they leave formal education and enter the next phase of learning. I’ve based my selections on the following criteria: ease of use — accounts are easy to set up with access to both the site and materials quick and intuitive.

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Khan Academy How To Kaplan Assessment 188

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

“Today’s information environment is tremendously exciting and there’s all kinds of access, but there are really some enormous challenges and pitfalls and hazards out there.” Peter Adams, senior vice president of education, News Literacy Project. We’re teaching web credibility as if it’s 2002,” he said.

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Social Media Data Course Report 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon. The idea was met with nods by three of Chandler’s classmates as they sat discussing the future in the principal’s office of their 400-student elementary school, a red-brick structure in a suburb of Portland. Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon where they are fifth graders.

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Robotics Elementary Report Groups 134

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. The computers were equipped with educational software and wireless connectivity. The iPad does not direct the education—the teacher does.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 98

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? I admire her so much so we are doing a multi part series with her. There were several of us.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 194

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. Which isn’t to say that the readership of educators has been entirely forgotten.

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Broadband Technology Assessment iPad 100

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Also as a passionate educator, she revitalized the North Bay CUE affiliate and served as president for three years. Kelly Urlacher started her education career as a teacher in 2002. For many of the 4.5

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Strategy Blended Learning Differentiated Instruction Training 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. Related: “Education costs money,” says state superintendent in Mississippi. billion on elementary and secondary education.

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 54

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

elementary schools.”. Jo Boaler, author of “ Mathematical Mindsets ,” reminds us that the federal government’s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act put pressure on teachers to follow “scripted” curriculum and strict pacing guides. Once their interest is piqued, students will want access to the entire text. Basals as Mentor Texts.

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Libraries Common Core Strategy Meeting 89

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

This story about preschool was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA and the Naples Daily News. The academy is able to provide smart boards due to funding from the Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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Elementary Report Accessibility Assessment 54

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. We have to make space for them to access the content.”.

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Learning Dropout Report Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Even in states that allocate education funding for capital construction the money is typically a limited pot of funds rather than a guarantee. The state cuts to education funding began long before the recession, and districts have yet to recover, he added. In the elementary school, art classes were cut. million annually.

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Report Elementary System Data 87

EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 2, 2009

The following was written as a reflection on what I learned during the second week of the Teaching With Technology course I am currently taking as part of my masters in educational technology leadership program. 6) was again reaffirming what I have come to know as best practices in the use of technology in instruction.

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Technology Strategy Learning Training 40

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Friday, May 14, 2021) —For many American elementary and middle school students, a field trip to Washington, D.C. this year, First Lady Jill Biden and Discovery Education invite all learners to attend a unique, no-cost Virtual Field Trip to the nation’s capital. To ensure all students can experience Washington, D.C.

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Professional Learning Social Media Company Resources 78

MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

I felt like they cared for me,” said Martha Hernandez, who graduated in 2002 and is now a social worker. They cared for my education and they wanted me to succeed.”. It changed what math meant,” said Maria Velazquez, who now studies education policy at the University of Wisconsin. “It Designing Groupwork. Smarter Together!

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Groups Training Common Core Classroom 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The relationship between education and technology has never been an easy one. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, it was clear that technology was going to be part of education now and for the future. Nine in 10 survey respondents see education technology becoming more important or much more important in the coming three years.

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Technology Education Survey EdTech 127

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As founder of the Center for Education Market Dynamics, Livingston has spent the better part of two decades thinking about how to get edtech innovations to the students who need them most. I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School. That’s no surprise given his credentials.

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Company EdTech Edmentum Robotics 157

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 23, 2022

Next Tuesday, March 29th, 2002, is our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," which will be held online (and for free). The use of this technology is equally trending in the education, museum, and professional learning spheres. We currently have over 2,500 registrations! Get Your Free!

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Conference Libraries Learning Training 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! The Charter was launched in November 2009.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2016

“Five and six year old children are inheritors of poverty’s curse and not its creators,” Johnson told his audience as he explained that the federal government would be, for the first time, funding education and health services for children living in poverty in the form of a public preschool program. But the U.S.

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Study Comparison Classroom Meeting 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

and Discovery Education are partnering to present I Do Solemnly Swear: The U.S. Presidential Inauguration to help educators, students, and families across the United States and around the world explore the rich history and tradition surrounding the Inauguration of the President of the United States. Discovery Inc.

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Education Professional Learning Elementary Social Media 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2021

There is no policy area in our governance “more complex than elementary and secondary education,” education professors and researchers Paul Manna and Patrick McGuinn wrote in their in their 2013 book. Since No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was enacted in 2002, the federal government has played an outsized role in standardization.

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Elementary System Secondary Report 77

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

The school was doing so much better than its peers that it was named a top 10 institution for Latino student success by The Education Trust , which advocates for low-income and racial minority college-going. As the Hispanic population in the United States has exploded, so has the number of Hispanics pursuing higher education.

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Education Report Secondary Survey 75

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The ninth annual Global Education Conference starts this coming Monday! This is an amazing and free online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world. Click here to register to attend the conference live or to have access to the conference recordings afterwards. LOTS of information below!

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Always eager to associate itself with the latest tech craze, education technology embraced Pokémon Go with great gusto: “ Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification.” ” “ The Educational Potential of Pokémon Go.” ” “ Why Pokémon Go marks a new step forward in education.”

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Data Technology Education Software 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

This is an adapted excerpt from “School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics and the Battle for Public Education” by Laura Pappano. On October 25, 2021, using his power as chair of the Texas House Committee on General Investigating, Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and to school districts listing some 850 books.

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Libraries Guidelines Policies Conference 107

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The FCC plays a particularly important role in regulating the telecommunications industry, and as such, it has provided oversight for the various technologies long touted as “revolutionizing” education – radio, television , the Internet.

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Board of Education school-segregation decision, Williams saw a post on Facebook shared by an old high-school friend she knew from her days playing trumpet in the Gardendale marching band: The newly empowered Gardendale Board of Education would be meeting in a few hours. Board of Education opinion.

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Education Report Data E-rate 111