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The Role of Place in Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

The physical and virtual environments where learning takes place play a pivotal role in shaping the effectiveness and depth of personalized learning strategies. It is not merely a backdrop but an active participant in the learning journey. The influence of virtual learning environments cannot be ignored either.

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VHS Learning Is Awarded Teaching with Primary Sources Grant from Library of Congress 

eSchool News

Boston – VHS Learning has been selected to receive a $25,000 grant to create a high-quality U.S. History curriculum and professional development supporting discussion-based primary source analysis online and in other learning settings. History curriculum.” The grant project will run through June 30, 2024.

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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

We need strategies for personalizing and enriching the remote learning experience. And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. website evolution. Valenza, J.K. TechLearning.

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How Young Is Too Young to Learn to Read?

Waterford

The key to lasting success in school is teaching academic skills as soon as a child is ready to learn. When Do Children Learn to Read? While most children begin reading in kindergarten or first grade, learning to read isn’t as simple as picking up a book. But how do we know when they’re ready? How Language Skills Affect Reading.

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Using Hybrid and Blended Learning to Promote Student-Centered Classrooms

Waterford

Now is a particularly helpful time to consider implementing blended or hybrid learning, two strategies that allow for independent or remote learning. We’ve put together a quick primer on what blended and hybrid learning strategies are and why they might have a place in your classroom. Blended Learning vs. Hybrid Learning.

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Growth Mindset Posters for Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Recognizing that a student’s belief about intelligence and their ability to learn can have a profound impact on their academic performance has led educators, including myself, to seek ways to cultivate this mindset. It’s not only about the words and messages we convey but also about the visual aids we use to reinforce them.

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AI in Higher Ed: Using What We Already Know About Good Teaching Practices

Edsurge

Next semester, my students will spend time working with prompt writing, reflecting on LLM output and reflecting on when knowledge and learning matter versus when human-AI hybrid writing makes sense. We learned what we could from the books we had access to and memorized facts to regurgitate on tests.