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Fostering Powerful Use of Technology Through Instructional Coaching

Digital Promise

Throughout the project, we gathered data through surveys and conducted in-depth case studies to better understand the conditions necessary for classroom coaching to effectively foster more powerful use of technology for teaching and learning. To learn more about our findings, read the full report. 2 Kraft, M.

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Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy

EdTechTeacher

With the case method, the instructor truly acts as a facilitator — asking leading questions to guide the conversation, calling on individuals to ensure that all voices are heard, and enforcing the norm that statements must be supported by evidence from the case. References. Levy, F., & Murnane, R. Gordon, E.

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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

Phi Delta Kappan, March 2003, 84(7), pp. To Involve Parents in the Assessment of the Child in Parent–Teacher Conferences: A Case Study. American Educational Research Journal, 1987, 24, pp. Stevens, B.A., and Tollafield, A. Creating Comfortable and Productive Parent/Teacher Conferences. Graham-Clay, S. Lemmer, E.M. Markström, A.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies). Dear Colleague Letter: Resource Comparability , which emphases technology-related equity issues (October 2014).

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Schools that foster trust among parents, teachers, and school leaders are more likely to see academic improvement than schools that do little or fail to foster trust ( Bryk and Schneider, 2003 ). Teacher leadership is also critical for school improvement efforts to succeed.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

It also becomes a tangible representation of tacit knowledge for both group members and those outside of the group (Conceicao, Heitor, & Veloso, 2003; Yaklief, 2002). Organizational Science (2003) 14 (3), 283-296. 2000; Moreland & Levine, 2001). References Akgun, A., Lynn, G., & Byrne, J. Human Relations, 56 (7), 839-868. Willmott, H.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 A few months before it made the grants to Portland and Sanford, the foundation gave the first of three grants to the Maine Department of Education to create an online Center for Best Practice, with case studies of districts that had embraced proficiency-based learning.

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