Learning in Hand

MAY 16, 2018

The last time I posted something like this was March 17, 2006. The last time I taught fifth grade was in 2004 , and I am so incredibly excited about spending an entire school year with my own group of young learners again. The workshops take place in Google Classroom, and I teach them from my house.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Whereas a Google search for “learning techniques” returns over 400 million results, researchers Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Mitchell, and Willingham (2013) culled through hundreds of studies to provide a “curated” analysis of the 10 most effective learning techniques commonly used by students. Cepeda, N. Pashler, H.,

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Together students and teachers construct, mostly without being conscious of doing it, an environment of meanings enacted in individual and group behaviors, of conflict and accommodation, rejection and acceptance, alienation and withdrawal” (p. xii cited in Gay, p.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006. I started using Google Classroom to post all of my content online, and provide feedback on assignments. I switched from Google Classroom to OneNote Classroom, which made it easier for me to distribute content individually. So I took the iPads while no one was looking.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. This multi-part series will run over the next several Mondays.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

Since he introduced Khan Academy in 2006, the free, open-access education platform has inspired several knock-offs focused on specific disciplines. As a result, classes are becoming much more interactive, with small group sessions rather than one-hour lectures.” For now, MRU’s primary audience is university-age students.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

In T&L’s first Google+ Leader Community Hangout, we discussed how district leaders are implementing SEL initiatives. We sent a group of administrators that lead the district office to Individual Energetic Presence, where they worked on mindfulness. We now work with the Panorama survey tool as it is much better than Google Survey.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. Listen to this week’s podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen, or in the player below.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Really with the advent of the first iPhone, around 2006, everything changed, and social media really took off. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Trained teachers: Teachers should be trained in the age group they teach by a teacher-preparation program accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education. Montessori materials: Montessori materials are extensive and grouped into different areas of learning, including sensorial and practical life.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

Maria Klawe became the first woman president for the college in 2006, and she’s made it one of her missions to change that trend. In fact, she is the first to say she hasn’t done enough to make sure computer science is welcoming to all groups, including people of color. Today about 45 percent of them are.

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Learning With Lucie

JUNE 7, 2015

I'll blog more about the fantastic two days and the wonderful creators/makers I met in a future blog post, but this morning I woke up thinking about one particular piece of feedback that I received when I asked my feedback group "do you see a mission in my work." Albans City School.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Not a software developer like the rest, I thank Linux programmer Todd Anderson for supporting the term and proposing it to the group. Of course, there are a number of accounts of the coining of the term, for example by Eric Raymond and Richard Stallman, yet this is mine, written on January 2, 2006. The key meeting.

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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. Google offers free online environmental sustainability lesson plans for grades 5-8. Before the Flood has an action page and an associated curriculum.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). At this point in the Forum we broke into small group discussions. One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). At this point in the Forum we broke into small group discussions. One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you''ll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups! Fue coordinadora del Departamento de Inglés del Colegio Tilatá, también en Bogotá, de 2006 - 2009. Thanks for your attention, and see you online!

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 28, 2010

A small group of individuals can create a school with a very specific focus, hire minimal number of staff, and run a successful and economically viable learning institution with a relatively small number of students. This represents a 47% increase since 2005-2006. This number will continue to grow. Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

”( Holmes & Gardner 2006 ). (7). In short, differentiation is the process of personalizing universal learning goals for groups of students. Google Apps for Education. A collection of software bundled by Google that is available on a subscription model for schools and classroom. Google Classroom.

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MindShift

MAY 4, 2015

He had been playing since 2004—his teams were back-to-back Super Bowl champions in 2005 and 2006—so he knew the game intimately. As the game caught on, Nelson began automating it, moving from a simple Google spreadsheet to a full-blown news tracker keyed to mentions in the New York Times.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

The group pledged to review all its policies to prioritize equity. In the 2006-07 school year, only five of the 231 students who entered the program were Hispanic, and only two were Black. In 2006, of 231 students entering the U-46 school district gifted program, 5 were Hispanic and 2 were Black. After analyzing the newest U.S.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators. Moore emphasized that districts must prioritize planning time for each group identified to work with each other. “By

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives.

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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. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. He is the founder and CEO of Sup Du Jour Consulting Group in Ventura, CA. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 5, 2018

Aimee: Several years ago — I think it was 2006 — a student gave me a book for Christmas. I had a student raise her hand, and everybody was kind of working in groups, and she raised her hand and motioned me over to her desk. You have some pretty cool stories to tell us. It was called How to Sell What You Write.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

When writing policies, rather than restating the laws and all the legal jargon, administrators need to ask themselves what each group needs to know, and what do they need to do. Then, write policies that help each group enact the laws. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Rich is an active speaker, co-author, contributor, panelist, and presenter for numerous technology and educational organizations including CoSN, IMS Global, Data Quality Campaign, the BLE-Group, FETC, ISTE, VSTE, and the Council of Great City Schools. About the Host. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2021

The group pledged to review all its policies to prioritize equity. In the 2006-07 school year, only five of the 231 students who entered the program were Hispanic, and only two were Black. The district invites parents and teachers to activities such as the annual conferences of two Illinois gifted education groups.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

Most important, accessibility is not limited to any one group of kids or description. During that time Ann also co-chaired the Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Education Agency’s Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. They need to be a part of the normal, everyday procedures.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Use focus groups, the newspaper, town halls, etc. During that time Ann also co-chaired the Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Education Agency’s Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. This is especially important because the tech will change over the lifecycle of the plan.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Wikispaces is my go-to group editing website. Whether my class is uploading their Scratch video games, or linking to their website efolios, we post our group work on the class wiki. Wikispaces is also the backbone of my global collaborative projects since 2006, with MAD about Mattering as the most recent example. Very cool tool.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In 2006, the National School Board Association named Chris one of “20 to Watch” among American administrators. He hosts the Off-Trail Learning podcast and has delivered over 75 presentations for education conferences, alternative schools, and parent groups. Chris was named as one of “40 Under 40? Founder of CoffeeEDU.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

” Via The Wall Street Journal : “For-profit education company Apollo Education Group Inc. ” The company in question: Dipont Education Management Group. Google has released an update to its Course Builder software. ” Google says this is merely an update to the TOS and privacy policy. Through an LMS.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Google)’s biotech company, Calico. According to the Babson Survey Research Group, which released the last of its annual surveys of online education this year , “more than one in four students (28%) now take at least one distance education course (a total of 5,828,826 students, a year-to-year increase of 217,275).”

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