Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Below is an example video: What really attracts me to mysimpleshow instead of other video creation tools is how quick and easy it is to use. The tool provides clear guidelines in each of their many storyline templates, and the Explainer Engine technology automatically suggests images for the most important text, which are called keywords.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the digital learning gap. Every student has a unique and “jagged” learning profile. Science, 331, 1447–1451. Sheldon, K.

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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. I graduated with a Masters in Instructional Technology in 2007. I wanted them to learn that technology was a tool for their learning. We've come a long way baby!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

The critiques prompted the federal government to change course in 2004, as part of reauthorizing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, strongly recommending that states consider alternatives to looking at the gap between intelligence and achievement scores when determining if a child has a learning disability.

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N2Y

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

For example, a student with high intelligence in math may show superior problem-solving and calculation abilities. Teachers and parents sometimes mistakenly believe the 2E child is unmotivated or simply not trying hard enough. This tends to happen when their strengths are more readily recognized than their weaknesses. What about IDEA?

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

We explored campus technology and faculty attitudes towards digital materials. Casey noted some long-term persistent trends, such as campus IT seeing technology as an underutilized aid for instruction, and not feeling satisfied about institutional promotion of technology for faculty. Here is the full recording and my notes.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2019

Fuster, 2004; Schneider & Chein, 2003), schemas and heuristics (e.g., Dietrich, 2004), to name a few. One example—in March 2018, the independent research firm WestEd published its study on ST Math that was the largest of its kind to evaluate an education technology math program across state assessments. Fuster, J.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Most significantly for those who are immersed in schools, colleges and universities - mobile technology is disrupting education. There are many accounts of the effects of mobiles on education (see for example this blog post on 5 views on the future of mobile learning ). Thirdly, mobile technology is powerfully social.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Photo by Bruce Warrington Ten years ago, in 2009, I published an edited volume entitled 'Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures' which was a compendium of papers written by leading theorists and practitioners in the field of learning technology. 2004) Implicit Structure and Dynamics of Blogspace. and Lukose, R. Cited in Lankshear, C.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

As innovators and early adopters of emerging technology we often find ourselves in the situation to help our colleagues. 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).

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And with new innovations in technology, we can go beyond a purely visual approach, by showcasing ideas using spatial temporal methods that provide an even deeper level of impact. Spatial-Temporal Reasoning Defined. Spatial-temporal reasoning, on the other hand, is involved in chess when we have to think ahead several moves.".

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

He’s been involved with cutting-edge educational technology, including virtual worlds, mobile applications, new media, and the web, for more than 15 years. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We So, the actual percentage is more like 5% to 10%.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2015

They are defined by the example they set. Leaders in the digital age leverage available technology to transform communications. From that point on several change initiatives were implemented and sustained resulting in a culture that worked better for our students and staff. One must develop a mindset for change.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

The day after the launch, for example, Espino and classmate Jaime Sanchez were learning Python programming through Udacity, an online education platform that offers “nanodegrees.” For example, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s summer program, Elevate Math, is raising algebra readiness, a critical first step on the STEM success track.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2019

It's a place where researchers are delving into topics around race, the global environment and how to prepare changing societies for new technology and the workforce. So, I took my own advice and followed through with that and returned to the University of Michigan where I'd been on the faculty from 1989 to 2004. Learn more here.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For example, Oakland Community College, in Michigan, has identified 900 students who in the last six years earned a degree but never had it posted to their records. This is an example of the kind of note Oakland Community College sends to former students who earned degrees without realizing it.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 10, 2012

In his book 2004 ' Distraction ', author Mark Curtis argued that our sense of self - or personal identity - can become confused or challenged when we habitually use digital technology. 2004) Distraction: Being Human in the Digital Age. Do you have any thoughts on this? Reference Curtis, M. London: Futuretext.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

From 2004 to 2009, transfer students on average lost 43 percent of their credits—basically a semester’s worth. Thirty-eight percent of first-time students transfer schools within their first six years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. But as they move, their credits don’t always follow.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2020

Perhaps the biggest change was an increase in credentialing, with lead teachers required to obtain a bachelor’s degree by 2004, which, in effect, elevated the status of early childhood educators in New Jersey. It's pretty much like an open door policy,” Schaffner says of PIRT’s relationships with teachers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

We admire them and use them as shining examples of our aspirations. Our 1:1 initiative, for example, began at the first grade level, proving that these tools could extend and enhance learning and be used successfully even by a 5-year-old. This is exemplified in our approach to new initiatives.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

In this paper, having revisited my previous speeches I''m going to try to gaze once more into the near future in an attempt to determine what education might look like in the light of the technological developments that comprise Web 2.0. and provide some examples of current pedagogical practice using the Social Web. O''Reilly, T.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 25, 2016

with a different child) and require a different solution (Spiro, Coulson, Feltovich, and Anderson, 2004). Luckily, I think technology can be a great tool to help assist teachers with these tricky ill-structured problems. Therefore, the teacher is left with an ill-structured problem that needs to be addressed. Retrieved from [link].

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

While you may take up the role of champion as a general way of perceiving your fit within your school system, we may find ourselves identifying with one adopter category or another when discussing emergent technology. Read through the descriptions below with one type of emergent technology and see how you fit.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The nonprofit began to scale its model nationally in 2004. For example, if students are having a hard time admitting when they got tagged or got out in a game, she addresses that with them. “We Playworks was founded in 1996 to help schools in the San Francisco Bay Area rethink recess, based on what that research suggests.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In the post I made the remark that today's learning needs to be personal, social and global, all of which can be mediated through technology. 2004) Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. Keith asked me 'Does learning always need to be social?' and Wenger, E. 1991) Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

Likewise, why should a more seasoned teacher have to struggle with a newer technology that the new teacher knows and can help her learn? We can help new teachers and administrators with collaborative technology tools. A decade of policy support for California’s new teachers: The beginning teacher support and assessment program.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

When it first opened its doors in 2004 as a part of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the organization took a leading role in opening charter schools across the city—130 of them, to be exact. Here’s what happened. Creating a Platform to Help Parents Navigate New Schools for Chicago wasn’t always focused on school choice.

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2018

The day after the launch, for example, Espino and classmate Jaime Sanchez were learning Python programming through Udacity, an online education platform that offers “nanodegrees.” For example, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s summer program, Elevate Math, is raising algebra readiness, a critical first step on the STEM success track.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

A summary of research by the Cyberbullying Research Center on cyberbullying in middle and high school from 2004 to 2016 indicated that, on average, 28 percent of students have been targets of cyberbullying and 16 percent of students admitted to cyberbullying others. Here are a few ways to approach cyberbullying prevention in the classroom: 1.

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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. This work is supported by NGLC. EdSurge takes full responsibility for all editorial content. Today, the school, based in Washington D.C.,

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

For example, a graduate with an associate’s degree in accounting may be competent for recording inventory, but not creating a company’s tax return. Second International Conference, iTrust 2004, Oxford, UK. British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(3), 201-215. British Journal of Educational Technology, 28, 199-217.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 13, 2015

ALEXANDRIA, VA Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) revealed. From a press release.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

It’s now 2016 and educators still have not discovered the power of infusing a balance of asynchronous and synchronous technologies, as well as engagement into their online classroom. Lead by Example Students : As an online instructor you need to establish a highly visible and interactive virtual presence.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

In places like Albemarle County, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, all the latest education-technology tools meant to narrow opportunity and achievement gaps can widen them instead. That’s why, for example, 92.9 This is an equity issue.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

A summary of research by the Cyberbullying Research Center on cyberbullying in middle and high school from 2004 to 2016 indicated that, on average, 28 percent of students have been targets of cyberbullying and 16 percent of students admitted to cyberbullying others. Here are a few ways to approach cyberbullying prevention in the classroom: 1.

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Digital Citizenship Report Survey Resources 40

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

A summary of research by the Cyberbullying Research Center on cyberbullying in middle and high school from 2004 to 2016 indicated that, on average, 28 percent of students have been targets of cyberbullying and 16 percent of students admitted to cyberbullying others. Here are a few ways to approach cyberbullying prevention in the classroom: 1.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The GRASPS model (Wiggins & McTighe, 2004) can greatly assist educators in the construction of quality performance tasks. As we began progressing through our digital transformation at New Milford High School, technology became a vital component of performance tasks. To see some examples, take a look at this post.

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