eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Association of Test Publishers (ATP), the leading international organization for publishers of assessment programs, has named Curriculum Associates’ CEO Rob Waldron to its newly formed CEO Council. It’s an honor to be chosen alongside respected leaders from across different assessment sectors for the ATP CEO Council,” said Waldron.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Embedding new words into classroom conversations and assignments pegged to topics teens care about. The curriculum then provides opportunities for students to use the new words in classroom discussion, debate, and writing. The test was administered close to the beginning and end of the 2008 school year.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

How can I find success in the classroom? The classroom is a space where teachers know that “one-size-fits-none” and where they need support from leaders and community to adapt curriculum. Remember the words of John Maxwell (2008) that we should “Never work alone.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

In 2008, Heidi Williams, author of the book “No Fear Coding,” began asking herself some retrospective questions about her role as a teacher at an International Baccalaureate School in Racine, Wisc. She notes that many who attend have no intention to teach in classrooms. “No

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. The flipped classroom movement seems to, in pockets, be threatening the college lecture. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. We shall see. Video, of course, enables other innovations.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

As the halfway point approaches, there have already been 69 shootings this school year, up from 18 in all of 2008. Conduct an assessment of risks pertinent to the school’s geographic location, physical layout, and available resources. There are many reasons for this. First, school shootings have increased in frequency and scope.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This year, I put a special focus on pandemic relevant topics, from the effectiveness of tutoring to helping struggling learners catch up to lessons learned from the 2008 recession. A well-intended effort to invest in education after the 2008 recession left many Americans in debt without degrees.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Embedding new words into classroom conversations and assignments pegged to topics teens care about. The curriculum then provides opportunities for students to use the new words in classroom discussion, debate, and writing. The test was administered close to the beginning and end of the 2008 school year.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2019

That inspired him to start Instructure in 2008, best known for its Canvas LMS. (He This week, he announced the launch of Derivita , a Salt Lake City-based startup self-funded by Daley that offers math homework and assessment software. Math classrooms are continuously evolving to help today’s students succeed,” Overland said.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

hand2mind’s Hands-On Standards is an amazing collection of resources that will not just supplement, but more so fully enrich mathematics teaching and learning in any classroom, with seemingly endless paths for students to be truly engaged in the mathematics they are learning,” said Skip Fennell. EST (3:45 p.m.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

From Shaelynn - In 2008, the district I worked in adopted a 1:1 Laptop Initiative. Students and staff members were not only able to use technology in the classroom but were able to bring their computer home with them each night. It also helped me become a better educator as I analyzed and reflected upon my classroom and craft.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In 2008, I read Clayton Christensen’s Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. Technology advancements promised to make a great impact to initiate change in the classroom, but now we are faced with a newer set of obstacles.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

2004; Vescio, Ross, and Adams, 2008 ; The Wallace Foundation, 2012): A vision of academic success for all students based on high expectations. 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). 2008): Successful Collaboration. 2008): Successful Collaboration. 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012 ).

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Entrepreneurial education was quite the buzzword in 2008/09, as educators grappled with how to prepare young people for economic meltdowns. Peer-led learning communities assume other trending concepts like life-long learning and a trend towards decentralized systems (including the flipped classroom). Make imaginative use of technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Founded in 2008, Edmodo attracted a large online community of educators, who used the free, Facebook-like platform to communicate and share resources with their peers and students. To keep pace, Edmodo has started—and shuttered —various features over the years that aimed to generate revenue, such as an assessment tool. “In

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Rationale for Bush administration FY 2006 program elimination : “This program provides funding to States and school districts to support the integration of educational technology into classroom instruction, technology deployment, and a host of other activities designed to utilize technology to improve instruction and student learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

In 2008, I read Clayton Christensen’s Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. Technology advancements promised to make a great impact to initiate change in the classroom, but now we are faced with a newer set of obstacles. Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2019 countdown!].

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 5, 2013

A few years ago Peter John and I wrote a book entitled 'The Digital Classroom'. It was published by Routledge in 2008 and is now also available as a Kindle reader version. Everyone in the world of education it seems, has an interest in how technology is going to influence what we do in the classroom.

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2017

Koehler, who co-authored a paper in 2006 and another one in 2008 , referring to the above core idea with these exact words. The challenge for teachers is to identify the right technology and assess its impact over the content and pedagogy. This is one reason they are reluctant to using technology in the classroom. Mishra and M.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Teachers shoulder the stress and try our best to ensure that true best practices are used in our classrooms, while at the same time we are often forced to sip the Kool-Aid of the highly-paid consultants du jour in lieu of designing our own professional development. Since the 2008 Time magazine cover story on Washington, D.C.

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Omega Notes

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But learning new ways of teaching and preparing new materials in response can be overwhelming, given a faculty member’s overall responsibilities (Loch & Reushle, 2008; Price & Oliver, 2007). Use this information to assess your selection and application of course material toward learning goals. By Andrew Lang.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Yon used to hold silent reading time in her classroom; students could read whatever they wanted for 20 minutes. ” Teaching aide Hannah Chancey faces the same problem in second grade classrooms at Rehobeth Elementary School in a small low-income community in southeastern Alabama, a state with reading scores near the bottom nationally.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2016

Here are basics for brainstorming in the classroom: There are no wrong answers. Outlines are a tried-and-true approach used inside and out of the classroom to organize knowledge on a topic. 66 Writing Tools for the 21st Century Classroom. It’s great for collaborative writing, note-taking, or an individual effort.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. Increase the flexibility of instruction, learning and assessment.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2021

Many waived child assessments. And nearly all adjusted or forewent structured classroom observations. Obviously, [classroom observations] didn’t happen because in-person teaching wasn’t happening,” says GG Weisenfeld, assistant research professor at NIEER and author of the pandemic special report.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2017

Of course, nutrition has an impact on K-12 students as well, from their academic performance to their behavior in the classroom. By providing healthy lunches, schools can help their students perform better in the classroom and improve their overall health. Government Accountability Office report. Impact of Nutrition on Students.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

when it comes to the LMS software that serves as the virtual classroom, online gradebook and other functions used in just about every college course these days. The company was founded in 2008 and went public in 2015 (at $18 a share), and plans to continue to operate with its same management team after the acquisition.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge learners to engage in Approaches to Learning. Their oral and written responses may not always reflect their level of understanding, but whatever they deliver should be assessed as it is.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2017

As the schools reopen after the festivities, many teachers drag themselves out of their homes and make their way reluctantly in the cold and dark, back to the classroom, knowing that another hard term is ahead. Children who are inspired and motivated are often more creative and imaginative in their work (Jeffrey, 2008). Korthagen, F.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Listen to Rob Donatelli talk about 5 easy brain breaks for your classroom. But if you’re a phys Ed teacher listening, if you’re a general classroom teacher listening and you’re looking for ways that you can implement technology there’s lots of things that you can do. And obviously this is something that all classroom teachers do.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 3, 2019

Student agency: The shift from classrooms that teachers overwhelmingly control to learning environments that enable greater student agency over what, how, when, where, who with, and why they learn. Today, higher-order-thinking skills are necessary not just for college but for nearly all citizenship and career demands (Wagner, 2008).

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

She — and I recognize that teachers aren't always female, but the profession is certainly feminized — is alone in a classroom of other people's children, after all. Teachers might be less adept or even able to do the same when the classroom setting is digital.). Every student is guilty until the algorithm proves their innocence.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Key asks from students include: Real-world experiences—they want to know how the skills apply outside the classroom. As schools move out of forced virtual learning, educators should examine what aspects can enhance the classroom experience and not just fall back on the old methods. She lives in Maryland. Dr. Daniel A.

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edWeb.net

JULY 23, 2021

Students need their schools to help them build SEL skills to prepare them for life outside the classroom. Education leaders need to figure out what the new classroom dynamic looks like, if there even is a classroom, and how technology could help them reach more students. Three Essential Recommendations. Dr. Daniel A.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge students to engage in Approaches to Learning. Their oral and written responses may not always reflect their level of understanding, but whatever they deliver should be assessed as it is.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Explaining how this approach can be implemented in today’s classrooms, McTighe suggested framing topics in terms of key concepts and creating “concept word walls” that showcase vocabulary related to the big ideas underlying the topic. And, this sort of culturally relevant approach extends beyond the students themselves.

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