eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Instead, schools ought to be taking these opportunities to do what Heather Staker and I described in Blended —offering a la carte online courses with great digital curriculum mixed with elements of the Flex or Individual Rotation models of blended learning that match the path and pace of each individual’s students’ learning needs.

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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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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

A 2008 state audit found that parents were pleased with how much they learned with these home visits. While Hughes knew the research on how blended learning supports adult learners most effectively, the decentralized nature of RSU 3 made the face-to-face part of blended learning very difficult, if not impossible.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

During visits to two schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), I was struck by how innovating where the alternative for students is nothing at all is still relevant, years after we wrote about the idea in “ Disrupting Class ” in 2008. I could never tell whether I was in a classroom with struggling or accelerated students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2018

In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy. TIG was awarded the 2013 Intercultural Innovation Award by BMW and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

After weighing the life of a laboratory researcher and the life of a physics educator, Shawn enjoyed the interactive classroom setting much better. Deciding to stay in the classroom meant furthering his education for certification. In 2008, there weren’t too many options for a digital platform to ask students to interact outside class.

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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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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

Since 2013, Jennifer Gonzales has been regularly blowing my mind with her thoughtful blend of effective classroom strategies and what’s new on the horizon that you can use in your classroom or library tomorrow. You can energize and enhance teaching and learning — and I’m here to help you get started!

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization. Prior to that, he founded Provost Systems an online learning platform acquired by Edison Learning in 2008. Through a 2010 collaboration with Gisele Huff from the Jacquelin Hume Foundation and Michael B.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Dressed in suits and armed with pens, notebooks, and laptops, the superintendents had one specific goal as they fanned out across the classroom, interacting with students: to look for evidence that a geometry lesson was aligned to the new state math standards. It’s rare for school district big wigs to spend time in a classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Her course has students who are physically located at four different CAC video conference rooms who synchronously interact with her and their fellow classmates on Thursday mornings from 10:30 to 11:45, just as if they were all in the same classroom. “I I am so excited to be teaching this class,” she says. “We The new normal.

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edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

The presenters also provided recommendations for other educators who are now making the shift from being in a classroom to working remotely with students. She is an educational technology leader with a passion for student learning using innovative digital tools, blended learning models, and data systems.

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Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

This is an older post, but I recently updated the bottom to include reflections on gradpoint; the blended learning digital content provider Magen David Yeshivah High School chose this past year. I hope to rectify this in the near future, but since 2008, reading acquisition has become something on the forefront of my mind.

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2016

In the fall of 2008, Ted Gonder was studying economics at the University of Chicago as the world economy melted down around him. “We We were learning about the collapse in this ivory tower, theoretical, Wall Street Journal context,” Gonder recalled. Read more about blended learning.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The next DLD isn’t until next year, but thanks to social media it’s easy to look back at all the amazing ways kids engaged with digital learning at this year’s event. ( #DLDay even trended on Twitter!). As educators know, integrating meaningful digital learning into the classroom is a 365-day effort.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

50 Of The Best Video Games For Learning in 2015. We’ve discussed the merits and utility of video games in the classroom before, so we won’t beleaguer the point. A list of the most innovative games that have teaching and/or learning potential, for mobile (iPad & Android), console, or PC. by TeachThought Staff.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Picture a classroom full of students excited to learn about money. Founded in 2008, it's a trusted resource for 15 years. Join the 60,000+ educators who are already using EVERFI and add these lessons to your classroom today!

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

A 2008 study , for example, found that parental involvement in middle school boosts both students’ engagement and performance. That means there’s no way they can attend the hour-and-a half, classroom-based outreach sessions. Reimagine blended learning with the Brightspace LMS, which helps reach every learner.

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Saving Socrates

MAY 8, 2013

In January of 2008, I began working on NJ teacher certification. Thanks to Danielle Shanley, our Director of Curriculum who is amazing, I secured 6 computers in the back of my classroom. This has enabled me to create a real blended learning environment. So, practically speaking, how does this look in a classroom?

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2015

Competency education is often conflated with flexible pacing because in both models students in the same classroom are working on different aspects of the curriculum. Given your current student population, their academic needs, and their life and learning experiences, how might this inform your school design or pedagogical approach?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

He ran Kaplan as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, during which he oversaw 67 acquisitions and more than doubled the company’s revenue—to nearly $2 billion —by the time he left. Back then, he recalls, those products ran on local servers or CD-ROMs, and were primarily used for self-paced intervention or supplemental learning needs.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Creators of Blended Learning Universe (www.blendedlearning.org), the organization provides a directory of innovative schools and a myriad of models and case studies to support district transformation. Organization: Girls Who Code. URL: girlswhocode.com. CoSN also holds a national conference each year. Organization: Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

The only students here now are in photos, like the one of a VLACS graduation ceremony that hangs in a classroom turned conference room. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. Summing up what that’s done for her kids, she said, “They’ve learned to enjoy learning.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2016

In drab classrooms, students, many of whom have struggled with school, presented research that would determine whether they would graduate this year. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Maria Krajewski, art teacher and internship coordinator, oversees City-as-School students working on individual projects.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” “In May 2008, as the Great Recession was just beginning, U.S.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 3, 2017 Blended Learning for Quality Higher Education: Selected Case Studies on Implementation from Asia-Pacific | UNESCO Bangkok → A new report presents a framework and self-assessment tool developed to drive, sustain, and scale up blended learning. Should it be revisited?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This is an interesting look at the screen-heavy architecture in “classrooms of the future,” featuring UVA professor Siva Vaidhyanathan’s classroom. The company runs “blended learning” schools in South Africa. This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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