Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

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. Self-training apps on the iPad allow students to practice outside of the classroom and increased the amount of time students spend practicing.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 99

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Performance assessments that integrate evidence of teaching practices and student learning measured in a variety of ways (such as student work, lesson plans, assignments, in-person or video observations based on standards, and/or National Board assessment).

Education 120

Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. Vicki: Wow.

Elementary 188

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through.

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Khan Academy Elementary Company Personalized Learning 165

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

He’s held a teaching credential in the state since 2006, based on passing the state’s biological sciences and geosciences teaching exams, state records show. To make up the gap, states are putting teachers without a strong science background in front of classrooms. Related: Will new standards improve elementary science education? “We

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Survey Report Data STEM 121

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

Over the last few years my classroom has gotten a lot of attention. I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006. Our classrooms were chaotic—everyone sitting in disarray. Defeat was built into the expectations of the special education classroom, and it was hard for me to see any viable escape.

iPad 124

iPad Assessment Personalized Learning Libraries 124

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

” In other words, this is meant as a learning technique, not for assessment. Cepeda et al (2006) reviewed 254 studies, and found that students across studies recalled 10 percent more information after spaced study than after massed (all at one time) study. They can be easily implemented in the classroom, and by students at home.

Strategy 120

Strategy E-rate Learning Study 120

edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Key components of the strategic planning process include listening to the students, staff, and community members, and then making time to reflect on what has been heard, as well as what has been observed during classroom visits. Cathi has served as an elementary principal for nine years. Cathi Davis.

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System Strategy Education Elementary 60

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Preschool students at Kruse Elementary School in the Poudre School District in Colorado play at the water table during choice time. Whether or not preschool teachers offer science lessons and activities in their classrooms depends largely on how comfortable they are in the topic, according to new research from Michigan State University.

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Study Exercises Assessment Survey 65

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership , the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom. Technology allows teachers to expand their lessons outside of the classroom and make connections beyond their communities. Imperative 5: Create Balanced Assessments.

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Technology PowerMyLearning Learning EdTech 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

As a freshman, she constantly got into fights, and spent long hours in a disciplinary classroom. In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient.

Analysis 129

Analysis Report Data Policies 129

MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

A group of young women who had graduated from high school between 1997 and 2006 sat at the front of the room crying and laughing about their experiences learning math at Railside High (a research pseudonym for the school). Collaboration and Equity in the Elementary Math Classroom. Designing Groupwork. Smarter Together!

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Groups Training Common Core Classroom 52

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

One of the most comprehensive research studies on homework is a meta-analysis done by professor Harris Cooper and his colleagues (2006) and published in the journal Review of Educational Research. It scaffolds classroom learning and helps students reinforce learned skills. The Elementary School Journal, 60, 212–224. Dettmers, S.,

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Study Elementary Analysis Mobile Learning 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The district says it has tried to prevent the cuts from reaching the classroom by spending its limited funding more efficiently. Insulating the classroom. Despite efforts to keep cuts away from the classroom, though, teachers haven’t been immune from the shortfall. We knew we still had a long ways to go.”. The money runs out.

Common Core 40

Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. Advancement Courses is flexible and lets you work at your own pace to create things to improve your classroom. That’s just $120 per graduate credit hour or $160 for 50 clock hours.

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Trends Digital Citizenship Facebook Edcamps 241

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Good morning, Mahlet,” says one student to another at McMicken Heights Elementary School. Suspension rates nearly doubled between 1973 and 2006. BURIEN, Wash. —

Elementary 99

Elementary Training Report Guidelines 99

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005. The Civil Rights Movement was once a footnote in Mississippi social studies classrooms, if it was covered at all. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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Study Report Analysis Course 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

As he and his wife, Jennifer, walked into the parking lot outside the E E Butler Center in Gainesville, Georgia, that day in 2006, the two could picture a different future for Caleb. Both parents figured Caleb would return to his neighborhood elementary school before too long.

Education 83

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

In perhaps the only attempt to summarize the detracking literature, a 2009 summary of 15 studies from 1972 to 2006 concluded that detracking improved academic outcomes for lower-ability students, but had no effect on average and high-ability students. Related: Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

Trends 127

Trends Outcomes Report Study 127

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

This story also appeared in The Guardian The flooding last fall that devastated the home of Deishangelxa Nuez Galarza, a fifth grader in this coastal area of southern Puerto Rico, also closed her elementary school, El Coquí, for three days while staff cleaned out a foot of muddy water from every first floor room.

Elementary 109

Elementary Report Dropout System 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Laila Webb, 5 and Reezahnny Veiga Rodrigues, 5, add to the model of their home city they and their classmates have built in their Russell Elementary preschool classroom. Sitting on a bright rug in a cozy classroom, 4- and 5-year-old students discussed how the letter M looks a lot like the letter W. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

Elementary 40

Elementary Meeting Groups Training 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Fewer than 2 percent of mothers under 18 complete college by age 30 , according to a 2006 report published by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (now Power to Decide). Many struggled in the classroom setting, so at Hope House they work with tutors, one on one. Schools already fail this population of students.

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Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 138

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The author of the latest feasibility study—an expert who had been brought in by other splinter districts—agreed with that assessment. Gardendale would start with two elementary schools and would have to work in “good faith” to earn the middle and high schools. Graphic: Davin McHenry. Graphic: Davin McHenry.

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Education Report Data E-rate 111