A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. CFISD is an amazing school district that is not only one of the highest achieving large districts in the state of Texas, but also firmly committed to scaling innovative practices to improve learning for all 120,000 students.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If you’ve been in the educational field long enough, you’ve probably come across Fleming’s learning styles theory. For over forty years, researchers have sought to classify how different students learn and what teachers can do to support them. What Are the Four Learning Styles? How would you discover a student’s learning style?

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 9, 2022

“Students and teachers are nearing a breaking point…” The pandemic reignited the debate over shifting away from high-stakes testing to a more balanced assessment approach that’s part of the regular instructional cycle. Why can’t we break free of high-stakes testing?

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

A new white paper published by MIND Research Institute, “ Spatial-Temporal Math: Underlying Scientific Concepts and Mechanisms ,” explores the concept of spatial-temporal learning, and describes the design concepts and mechanisms behind MIND’s award-winning ST Math program. Spatial-Temporal Game-based Learning. Summary of Efficacy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. The only way to overcome the seating limitation was to turn to technology. His choice: modular learning.

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More Verbs

MARCH 1, 2016

Our destination should be more than just the work we do: taking attendance, direct instruction, providing practice, reviewing and assessing work, providing feedback, etc. In the spring of 2002, eighteen regional meetings were held around Maine in support of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). Who To Invite.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 15, 2020

Children need a great deal of support throughout their learning journey. Arguably one of children's most important needs is to know how well they are doing (Gardner, 2012) and this is where assessment for learning can play a key role. et al (2002) Relationships between class size and teaching. (Ed: Unported License.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz. But they are all misleading.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Union Square Ventures, Emergence Capital and Leaders Fund also provided equity funding while BMO Technology and Innovation Banking Group provided debt financing. What Top Hat brings in technology, publishers like those two provide low-cost textbooks that will help Top Hat’s platform add more content for professors and students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? on Corippo is the Chief Innovation Officer for CUE, leading CUE’s professional learning throughout California and Nevada. Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. Making it easier to teach vocabulary. Twitter handle: @jcorippo.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

One of the key things about the report is that we are asked to suggest what technologies we think will be highly influential in education in the far, medium and near terms. In some of the discourses surrounding these technologies, there tends to be a reduction of what a teacher’s role is. Misunderstanding of Teacher Roles.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2020

Citizens in every state should have a choice about how their children learn. It shouldn’t take a pandemic to allow virtual learning. There is plenty of evidence and research that with properly prepared teachers, students can have a high-quality learning experience. States like Florida opened their virtual school in 1997.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Each chapter concludes with an assessment to prove employee understanding. Founded in 2009 and based in American Fork, Utah, the company has amassed 1,500-plus games, quizzes and templates to sell to corporate clients in search of more compelling digital learning materials for employees. This is a big leap for us,” says Scivally.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

Our guests were Jesse Stommel, director of teaching and learning technologies at the University of Mary Washington, and Martha Burtis, director of the Digital Knowledge Center at the University of Mary Washington. Martha Burtis: My background really came out of academic technology and moved from that into teaching.

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Assessment Policies Course Classroom 148

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. This study analyzed families who started having kids between 1994 and 2002 and sent them to public schools between 2002 and 2012. Their children’s performance in mathematics was also assessed. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Weekly Update.

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STEM Analysis Study Survey 111

The Principal of Change

JANUARY 3, 2019

In Scott McLeod and Dean Shareski’s book, “ Different Schools for a Different World ,” they discuss four shifts that “deeper learning” schools place their focus. Webb’s [2002] Depth of Knowledge model) than the lower ones. They are the following: 1. Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy (or Norman L.

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Assessment Mobility Google Technology 74

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. It’s difficult to learn and to trust information if we’re not aware of some of these ways information is manipulated,” West said. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Social Media Data Course Report 145

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Tibbetts Award , an annual recognition of high-performing organizations funded by the federal government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) programs. Analytic Measures (reading assessment). Early Learning Labs (language assessment). 2016 SBIR Awardees.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

NEWTOWN, CT – July 13, 2021 – A report developed by Safe and Sound Schools and Raptor Technologies, based on a nationwide survey of school district administrators, public safety staff, teachers, parents, and students, has identified significant gaps in attitudes about school safety. About Raptor Technologies®.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran. The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Activity-Based Learning.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

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 MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) program coevolved with the technology available.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 90

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 16, 2018

In addition to being the technology director for SAU#19 (Serving the Goffstown and New Boston, NH, School Districts), Gary Girolimon is a certified teacher. With a Master’s Degree in Education in Instructional Technology, he understood both the technical nuances of school broadband and the real-life implications of classroom connectivity.

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E-rate Broadband Industry Technology 65

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. At their age, Cotton remembers, he was writing for an audience of one: his teacher.

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Broadband Technology Assessment iPad 92

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. What tools and methods will be discussed on “What makes online learning effective and engaging to the student?

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

and "This district has figured out how to do a technology implementation. In addition to better explaining how the staff downsizing was accomplished, Mgsdteacher brought my feet back to earth and reminded me that an investment in technology alone will not bring about school improvement. My immediate thoughts: "Yikes!

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Technology Laptops Report Assessment 70

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

All the MCU fans out there know that this phrase was first used in the 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 issue and then later by Uncle Ben in the 2002 Spiderman movie. Like any edtech tool or feature, these new Classroom additions can be abused, focusing not on historical thinking skills but low level learning. Winston Churchill. Check the box.

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Google Classroom Assessment EdTech 50

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. At Compton Unified, ELL students receive differentiated instruction with a teacher and language development through blended learning activities, Michele explained. For many of the 4.5

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Strategy Blended Learning Differentiated Instruction Training 40

EdTechTeam

APRIL 28, 2017

Put an end to messy backpacks and binders and document learning with digital portfolios A scene all too familiar for educators: the teacher asks the class to get out an assignment to turn in for grading and at least one student pulls out a binder that looks like it got hit by a tornado. The student next to her forgot it at home.

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Google Chromebook Video Twitter 64

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale. Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. million students took about 4.5

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Online Learning Learning Course Blended Learning 63

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. That assessment may be technically true, but many librarians and scholars see the legacy of the project differently. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries. Schonfeld says.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. What tools and methods will be discussed on “What makes online learning effective and engaging to the student?

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

A Tale of Two Keynotes We live in tumultuous times where change is constant and disruptive and where technologies are increasingly pervasive throughout society. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. Wheeler, 2000a).

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Education Conference Technology Online Learning 61

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The school’s aim is to foster an environment in which student and teacher together are jointly responsible for learning. That heightened sense of ownership, which some research suggests could strengthen students’ desire to learn, is one of the many facets of an educational approach called “personalized learning.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The demand for making the learning experience responsive to every student’s individual learning needs is accelerating. Personalization is a growing focus for policy development, technology applications and educational marketing. Related: Opinion How do teachers know if they are getting personalized learning right?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

I was inspired to write this post because of the soon to be released episode 536 (to be released on August 5, 2019 ), where a third-year teacher, Edwin Thomas Minguela, and I talk about the lessons he’s learned in his first two years of teaching. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24) 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

The Traditional Model The traditional model used by organizational learning theorists begins with the depth of knowledge. Current organizational learning and knowledge literature identify and categorize 12 different types of knowledge depending on the location in which the knowledge is created and the depth of knowledge.

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