Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. 1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

Even before her son started kindergarten, Ashley Meier Barlow realized that she might have to fight for his education. Instead, the educators told Barlow that they wanted her son to attend a classroom across town meant for children who are profoundly impacted by their disabilities. “If

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Arkansas’ LISA Academy public charter school district today announced the renewal of its partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education. Discovery Education is the global edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports instruction wherever it takes place. Mystery Science.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Two Rivers Public Charter School welcomed its first class of students in the fall of 2004, after more than three dozen parents from the Capitol Hill neighborhood came together to write the charter. Over time, they have learned that some of the skills that are most critical for success are difficult to teach and even harder to assess.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

The computers were equipped with educational software and wireless connectivity. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. The iPad does not direct the education—the teacher does.

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N2Y

JANUARY 31, 2020

The real work begins with determining those unique needs and crafting an IEP in clear language that can be easily understood by all educators and caregivers who interact with the student. Pair with assessment results, Student Daily performance data and observations to build a rock-solid PLAAFP. What are specific goals?

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Veative

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

By creating specially designed virtual environments for the detection, assessment and treatment of this disorder, Virtual Reality can serve both as a diagnostic tool and an effective therapeutic strategy in the rehabilitation of children with ADHD. How can VR help children with ADHD. The VR-based approach to ADHD.

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Edthena

JANUARY 28, 2021

Teachers who take time daily to reflect on what is working in class and what is not can better assess areas for improvement and make the necessary adjustments. Hybrid and virtual classrooms, and personalized and project-based learning used to be considered “alternative” methods of education. Redefine credentials.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

One of the big justifications for gifted-and-talented education is that high achieving kids need more advanced material so that they’re not bored and actually learn something during the school day. Their academic needs cannot be met in a general education class, advocates say. Higher Education. Choose as many as you like.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

So what will be the future of higher education, and how will it survive against this hostile backdrop? In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education. Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Continued tomorrow References Bach, S.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. Face-to-face is still the ascendant modality, but LMS-for-PD is gaining serious traction, thanks to the efforts of educational IT innovators like Ken Dirkin.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), 201–233; Headden, S. Beginners in the classroom. Postsecondary education descriptive analysis report. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement; California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The Innovation Academy workspace at Dysart Unified School District looked more like a tech startup’s headquarters than a classroom. It was only the fifth day of school, but he was already getting used to this unconventional classroom setup. Classroom technologies make it easier than ever to collect information on students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

I have a suspicion that these simple words—“every” and “all”—are often overlooked by the hundreds of people who make up an educational organization. These are the students often forgotten by the educational system, despite promises to serve every child. The program started with 1:1 iPads in two first grade classrooms in 2010.

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The Game Agency

OCTOBER 1, 2019

or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS). Your learning management is full of great elearning courses and content but how do you assess that your learners are retaining that content? DEPLOY YOUR GAME ON IPADS AROUND YOUR CLASSROOM. EXPORT YOUR GAME TO YOUR LMS. Export the games as a SCORM package (SCORM 1.2

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 14, 2012

It also involves an assessment of how well teachers and learners are coping with any new issues or challenges that may have arisen during the implementation of the new tools. 2009) The Digital Classroom: Harnessing technology for the future. 2004) Technology in the classroom: Steps toward a new vision. and Wheeler, S.

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Technology Assessment Classroom Tools 55

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

In order to address education equity, administrators must first recognize the common barriers. Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. Does everyone feel valued? Noguera, Ph.D.,

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 25, 2016

2006), classrooms teachers are left to use their own resourcefulness and basic classroom accommodations to support anxious children. with a different child) and require a different solution (Spiro, Coulson, Feltovich, and Anderson, 2004). Education and Treatment of Children, 29(2), 219–242. References. McLoone, J.,

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techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

How do we best help them to understand the value of new technology and how it might benefit their students lives (rather than how might it help my fit into their classroom). This mantra in education particularly in adopting emerging technology is incredibly important.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It would certainly help if those who were in charge of running our education systems were former teachers. In England, the current Education Secretary - not a teacher - is considering introducing (or rather re-introducing) testing for 7 year-olds. This is a scheme that failed and was withdrawn in 2004, but is now being proposed again.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

This is the progression of technology integration at CCS lower school since I came on staff in January of 2004 as a part-time related arts computer teacher. Sometimes we would type letters to people, create poems, etc that integrated with the classroom all to also learn the needed skills I was trying to give our students in computer class.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

While educators and learners in classroom-based courses have already discovered the benefits of using engagement as a part of education, the power of online is yet to be fully realized. – Rita-Marie Conrad, J. Ana Donaldson, 2011, Engaging the Online Learner. Online learning does not need to be mechanical in nature.

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Unlike formal schooling, individual content knowledge is not necessarily assessed through testing (Diaz, et al, 1999). Educational Researcher, 81(1), 32-42. Second International Conference, iTrust 2004, Oxford, UK. British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(3), 201-215. Journal of Educational Computing, 17(4), 397-431.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 3, 2015

by Grant Wiggins , Authentic Education. 2004; Spörer, Brunstein, & Kieschke, 2009). Oddly, the authors dropped a paragraph from their earlier 2002 version of this article that offers some guidance: “Ongoing assessment. Misunderstanding The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework .

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In a traditional classroom setting, “If you couldn’t follow the instructions from the teacher, you were lost. The United States lags behind other nations in math and science performance, ranking 29 th in math and 22 nd in science, according to the Program for International Student Assessment. The result? In the U.S., Source: U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

With all of the great ideas that educators are exposed to thanks to social media and live events, it is essential that we pause to reflect on what it takes to move from what sounds good in theory to successful implementation into practice. It is important not to lose sight of what has been found to work. Wiggins, G., & & McTighe, J.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Whether it’s used for homework-assignment web searches, streamed video tutorials, educational apps or collaborative multimedia projects, fast internet at home is rapidly turning into a necessity for America’s students. We can flip the classroom. We can extend the learning day. There’s been a real positive change in the culture.”.

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MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

We also learned—and have experienced in our careers as mathematics educators and researchers—that spatial reasoning is a curiously unacknowledged and neglected area of the curriculum. Below we offer our Top Five reasons why, as educators, we should care about spatial thinking when we plan, observe, and assess mathematics in our classrooms.

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Pearson STEM Training Study 28

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

This is the second in a series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future' Yesterday's post can be found on this link. In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Event and Recording Page : [link] Denise Wolk is Director of Publications and Communications and Senior Program Associate with Educators for Social Responsibility. CSSR provides TA services to all levels of schooling including the national, regional, state and local educational agencies.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

Instead of dropping out and waiting months or even years to re-start their education, they can move directly into YEP’s classes and start prepping for a high-school equivalency test right away, without ever officially dropping out. Higher Education. Related: Held back, but not helped. There were state incentives in place, however.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. As education entrepreneurs know, growth in K-12 comes hard. Sometimes very hard.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2020

As protests against racial injustice spread to communities large and small in this year, many educators have been pushed to examine how systemic racism harms students. Some have publicly proclaimed the steps they will take to create anti-racist schools , including diversifying classroom and library bookshelves. More than half of U.S.

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Classroom Libraries Groups Industry 69

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Eve, on the city’s majority-Black East Side, 13 first graders, all of them Black, Latino or Asian American, folded paper airplanes in their basement classroom as part of an aerodynamics and problem-solving lesson. And admissions for gifted programs tend to favor children with wealthy, educated parents, who are more likely to be white.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

My chapter is titled Multimedia Learning and the Educational Leader. Few school systems currently have powerful technology integration as a core competency for classroom teaching staff. Multimedia learning and the educational leader. Connected Educator Month launches today. Jenlink & B. Knight (Eds.), Related Posts.

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