Digital Promise
JUNE 15, 2016
The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Professional Learning Communities. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ). Job Embedded Professional Development.
Securly
JANUARY 12, 2017
From 2007-2016, the number of students who experienced bullying roughly doubled from 18.8% Although 5-year-olds may not have research papers to write and assignments to finish, web filtering can help parents and educators manage healthy levels of device usage. To learn more about web filtering, sign up for our newsletter:
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Learning with 'e's
JULY 2, 2018
Image from Public Domain Pictures In a previous post , I wrote about the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) and the challenges it faces as a technology for education. The use of maps, diagrams, animations, and also mind mapping can engage students at higher levels of understanding (Barber et al, 2007, pp 77-78). Exeter: Learning Matters.
Learning with 'e's
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
This is a continuation from yesterday''s post on changing roles , disruptive innovation and the survival of higher education. It is literally the ‘ architecture of participation ’ (O''Reilly, 2004; Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural facet of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). O''Reilly, T.
Learning with 'e's
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. The Good, the Bad and the Wiki: Evaluating Student Generated Content as a Collaborative Learning Tool. Wheeler, S.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
According to an article published in Education Week in 2016, 27 percent of pre-k-12 teachers were absent for more than 10 school days per school year. In 2007, a trio of Harvard researchers found that “even 10 days of teacher absences can have an impact.reducing, for example, students’ math achievement by 3.3
Learning Confluence
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
I would like to get on with my career in Higher Education (what career?)… This post brings back memories of the many technical issues we had due to ‘those who know more than educators’ continued to block Web 2.0 February 25, 2008 – Another look into the ‘Fischbowl’ of 21st Century Learning.
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