A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

Due to the influence of my father and a passion to help as many students as possible succeed, I ventured into the world of educational administration in 2004. What I lacked was education on how all aspects of technology could be used to enhance learning. However, in a school of close to 2000 learners I felt that I could do more.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In fact, it seems as if all eyes are on Higuera and his classmates as they pioneer what the superintendent of Dysart, Gail Pletnick, calls “the future of education” — a personalized learning environment that puts students in control of what, when and how they learn, with teachers as their guides.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Learning in the industrialised world can now be contextualised within a largely technological landscape, where the use of digital media is assuming increasing importance. One highly visible theory is Connectivism (Siemens, 2004). 2004) Connectivism: A LearningTheory for the Digital Age. Training, 35 (1), 52-58.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Today, IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform, announced it has acquired ABCya , the creator of more than 400 educational computer games and apps for kids. Since 2004, ABCya has provided students from pre-K to 5th grade with access to hundreds of educational games and apps.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In mission statements across the country, references to personalized learning abound, hanging proudly from schoolhouse walls. Getting results—for every child The impact of personalizing learning is clear. All the tools and resources at our fingertips must be looked at as tools and not an answer to personalizing learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2015

Leaders in the digital age leverage available technology to transform communications. The ability to learn anytime, anywhere, anything, and from anyone through Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s) is a leadership game changer. This can best be accomplished by building positive relationships at the individual level.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

All learning should be personal – we are teaching individual students, after all – but when advocates talk about “personalized learning” they are often describing programs and teaching methods that look unlike the typical school. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. In a word: No.

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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 I joke that we do macro and micro personalization.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

was often the best choice given the resources and technologies of that time in history. This essentialist, instructivist, pedagogical teaching model is still the most predominant model in current Kindergarten through College public education, even in these modern times of unbiquitous information and technology. Learning Environment.

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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. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 The Changing Web (2.0) O''Reilly, T. Wheeler, S.,

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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. Keith asked me 'Does learning always need to be social?' Anyone who maintains a personal learning network will clearly recognise this phenomenon. and Wenger, E.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

The Max Planck Academy, then, will be an expansion of a model FAU High School started in 2004, when it opened with just seven students. Students have been published in 26 peer-reviewed journals, according to Herbst, and they win awards for their research in state, national and international competitions.

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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.

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I will not be assigning penance today – although as a scholar of history and culture, I do want you (all of us, really) to think about what we’ve done; to think about what we’ve said; to think about the stories we tell about the future of technology and education. I’m interested in what we believe technology will do.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

They described how districts and schools successfully used sophisticated technology to read students’ “digital signals” to meet their academic and social-emotional needs. Evidence of student learning, achievement and engagement is more pronounced and easier to manage in schools. “I Data: The Driving Force.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Without the outreach and prep program, the Olmsted gifted program began to grow whiter — from 55 percent Black and 30 percent white in 2004 to 32 percent Black and 46 percent white in 2013, according to federal data. Technology is a wonderful, wonderful thing. I am so proud of you,” Kulp told the class in a circle time afterwards.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Her passion for smart entertainment has lead her around the world, speaking on the role of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) programming on television. Since then she has served in various capacities including as a literacy coach, ed tech professional development manager and technology innovation manager.

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