eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The acquisition of Pivot Interactives supports Discovery Education’s mission to prepare learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today’s world. The co-founders began working with their own students to develop direct measurement videos that allow teachers and students to break out of classroom constraints.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Whether providing lessons for sick kids or giving parents a weekly update on classroom activities, livestreams and podcasts offer teachers yet another way to connect with their students and families. Teachers need to have a classroom page or account where students and teachers will access livestreams and archived events.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Included in the weeklong, free festivities are activities and challenges culminating with NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day, a day of action to inspire kids to get moving with their classmates, teachers, and families inclusive of virtual, hybrid, and socially distant classroom settings. On Wednesday, February 3 at 1 p.m. ET/ 12 p.m. CT/ 10 a.m.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Effective for in-person, hybrid, or remote learning and available in both English and Spanish, DreamBox uniquely personalizes the learning experience for each student through an engaging and motivating environment that adapts in real-time within and between math lessons based on how students are solving problems.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

Two months after the COVID-19 crisis forced educators across the United States to leave their classrooms and start teaching online, the scope of the changes and challenges have now become clear, and educational leaders have started to identify what’s working and what still needs improvement. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The top 10 states for classroom adoption are California, Texas, New York, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. We are grateful to educators across the country for their efforts to adopt this new approach to teaching and learning. K-12 students, a full year ahead of schedule.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 11, 2019

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. Classroom Prep. Preparing for the classroom, system-wide, or state-mandated testing requires organization, training, a great attitude, and patience. Communication.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 23, 2012

Notes from FutureofEducation.com Webinar Steve Hargadon , Moderator Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay , authors of Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds [link] Book was three years in the making. Wanted to tell the story of the classroom teacher and show these things are really happening. So, learning can improve by doing pilot projects.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Moore says that before any rollout of sustainable and effective professional learning, there are four factors that school leaders must consider. Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

The 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth and its 2017 sequel, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power have curricular materials created in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation. They also have a “scientist in the classroom” program. Before the Flood has an action page and an associated curriculum.

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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. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. About the Presenters. Dr. Michelle Reid. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 10, 2015

According to American School Board Journal in 2006, 40% of US kindergarteners are already one to three years below grade level when they first enter public school. PreK-3 Digital Learning is a free professional learning community (PLC) that hosts webinars and wide-ranging discussions on digital learning in the PreK-3 grades.

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Learning Confluence

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I have blogged now since 2006… and looking back at February 2008 was quite interesting. Wikispaces is topical right now given the announcement to close – I am still wondering how I can archive 200+ wikis before July… BTW – there is a dead link in the post, the Flat Classroom 2007 wiki is here – [link].

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

There are many questions that new teachers ask before walking into their classroom on the first day of school. Depending on the financial stability of the school district, you may use your funds for classroom supplies. Most importantly, prepare your lessons for the space you are in and not for the learning space you wish you had.

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TeacherCast

JULY 16, 2015

OneNote and Learning Styles pamphlet : [link]. OneNote Toolkit for teachers – an interactive OneNote notebook designed for teachers on OneNote best practices in the classroom. OneNote in Education: Teachers using OneNote in the classroom. OneNote in Education: Transforming Learning Via Technology & eTextbooks.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In 2006 while waiting on a very late bus to pick up my first graders, my principal stopped by my room to tell me about this new website she had heard about from some admin colleagues. The next week, the materials arrived in my classroom. It was called donorschoose.org. It’s what they call crowd-sourcing,” she said. What was that?

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MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

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. The National Research Council (2006) has highlighted this as a “major blind spot” in education and calls on educators and researchers to pay attention to spatial reasoning.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership , the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom.

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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). Attention When we relate the relevance of using emergent technology in the classroom we must describe how adoption is advantageous. & DeAngelis Peace, S.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 1, 2023

Shawn McCusker is an author and Senior Director of Professional Learning at EdTechTeacher. Shawn’s book Becoming Active Citizens focuses on creating more meaningful citizen education programs focused on real life experiences where students learn citizenship by BEING citizens. Who is Shawn McCusker?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 1, 2013

Brennan will promote the next generation learning organization. Findings are based on a National study of building principals using social media as a means to enhance professional learning, organizational change and innovative teaching and learning practices.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In her dual role at ESR she oversees production of publications and marketing/communications strategies as well as providing direct professional development services on whole school reform, classroom management, school climate and culture, and advisory development and implementation.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Loyola University New Orleans shuttered its education department in 2006, although the school still offers a program for aspiring music teachers. Amber Morgan, the director of quality review and professional learning at ReNEW, said they decided to work with Tulane because the university already had residency programs in other city schools.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Already, many teachers don’t have the skills to integrate tech into the classroom—even the young ones. While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Even before the pandemic and the shift to distance education, learning extended beyond the classroom. Kids don’t have time to wait, so school leaders need to make professional learning a high priority. The paraprofessionals also receive devices and professional learning that support their work.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Schuler said one of his most important learning experiences was realizing that some of his very best and most experienced teachers were dealing with significant anxiety and depression because they had expected to be as good at teaching remotely during the pandemic as they were at teaching in a classroom in the past. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. He has presented regionally, statewide and nationally on topics that have a foundation in professional learning communities and innovative schools.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

All of the presenters said that due to the growing sophistication of attacks, they include cybersecurity training as part of professional learning. Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Educators must first have a deep and cohesive understanding of what they’re trying to accomplish in the classroom and how they’re trying to do it. Otherwise, they might go off in a different strategic direction that conflicts with classroom needs. Learning goals heavily influence tools and resources for assessment.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Everyone has been to school and has their own image of what a classroom should look like. And depending on their background and experience, not everyone is supportive of tech-infused learning. Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2020

But the pandemic and forced distance learning have exposed a plethora of inequities in schools that many district leaders now see as issues they must address. He is a frequent presenter at state, regional and national conferences and a published author in professional journals. Join the Community.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 4, 2017

EdTechTeam is a Google for Education Professional Development Partner and the global leader in Google for Education Certification. Across all programs, EdTechTeam hired over 200 Google Certified Trainers ( 23 of them full-time employees) to deliver 438 events totalling 4568 hours of professional development in 2016.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Enhanced teacher training: Professional development has always been a part of edtech initiatives, but there’s a difference between leading small group projects within the same classroom and coordinating them between students at home. Ann co-authored Life Lessons in Leadership , a guide for leaders ages eight to 88. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

The research has shown…that the most successful professional learning is focused. And so the one-and-done workshop can be great for sparking an idea, but to think we’re going to bring about real classroom change with a one-day workshop, it isn’t really going to happen.”. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation. In the fall of 2016 Ann co-authored and published Life Lessons in Leadership.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And, administrators shouldn’t neglect privacy training for non-classroom staff. In addition to annual school-wide professional development about the policies, schools need job-specific sessions for each subgroup. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom. Before, for instance, it was possible that each third grade classroom would have a science app of varying quality. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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