A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Hypothetically, effective mobile learning can empower learners by enabling them to better assess and select relevant information, redefine their goals, and reconsider their understanding of concepts within a shifting and growing frame of reference (the information context).” — Marguerite L. Cristol, D., & & Gimbert, B. mLearn, 15.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

Other efforts of 7M Cares will include Live to Give employee service days, donating 7 Mindsets books to schools and youth organizations, and eventually supporting other non-profit organizations aligned with its mission. For more information about 7M Cares, please contact Matt Smith at matt@magicwandfoundation.org.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

The last time I heard Pink talk, it was in regards to his book “ A Whole New Mind “ At the time, it opened my my thought process to the importance of thinking and the right brain. In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom.

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Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Try doing a read-aloud with books that teach students important social-emotional skills. Palacio are all books that teach social skills.[10]. Public Health, 123(11), November 2009, pp. Self-Care Tools, Strategies and Assessment. The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, and We’re All Wonders by R.

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IT Bill

JULY 3, 2018

Despite the instructions that the exam was to be taken closed-book, we might reason that students spent the extra time looking up answers in the text or searching online. Open-book exams, in particular, were found to help learners develop critical thinking skills. – L.W.Daffin & A.A.Jones. References: Daffin, Jr.,

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

2006; Kurtts, Matthews, & Smallwood, 2009), and reading (Meo, 2008). Offer options like audiobooks or e-books with adjustable text size and background color for accessibility. UDL is being used in various content areas including lesson planning (Courey et al, 2013; Van Laarhoven et al., Matthews, C., & Smallwood, T.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Teaching and Teacher Education , 74, 125-136. 19-01-0021.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Taking the stage back in 2009 made me feel like I was a teacher again, and I loved teaching. Founder of Khan Academy, Sal Khan, talks about the absurdity of the educational system and calls for a different approach to teaching and assessing: mastery-based learning. Being on a TED stage is incredible as well. Trust me, I’ve been on one.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Betting on Digital Founded in 2009, Top Hat claims that 2.7 The publisher sells books in subjects that include English, psychology, Spanish and professional development. Last year, the company ceased sales of individual assessment tools to instead offer a bundle of its products. Top Hat has that platform.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The nine authors, most of whom hail from the University of Virginia, issued a press release trumpeting it as the first long-term study of a knowledge-rich curriculum and the first to show outsized gains on state assessments. They said the gains were large enough to catapult U.S.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Along similar lines, referencing Picciano (2009), Fabbian et al (2017) define a blended learning class as one that “integrates face to face (F2F) and online activities in a planned, pedagogically valuable manner while online activities replace a portion of F2F time” (pp.314-315). Like O-Byrne and Pytash, Fabbian et al.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You write in your book that your mentor in that program told you at the end of your summer training that when he first met you, he didn’t think you were going to make it because he said you were “too idealistic.” So whoever you get is whoever you get, so you need to assess who they are as people, first and foremost.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Reading/writing : information presented through written words, like books or articles. An auditory learner, for example, may focus better while listening to an audiobook than they would while reading a book. Measuring learning styles often involves an assessment such as this one from the Georgia Department of Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2015

This month on the Global Search for Education by Cathy Rubin, we are reflecting on How do you balance preparation for high stakes assessments with teaching and learning in your classroom. If you’re stressed out from focusing too much on high stakes assessment, students will sense that, and it creates anxiety in them, too.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

So it may have been fate that she landed a job in the low-income, heavily immigrant California Central Valley community of Lindsay in 2009. After an initial reading assessment, learners read texts that automatically adjust depth, pace and difficulty to an individual’s vocabulary, comprehension and fluency levels. Is that a book?

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Why should students have to put up with exorbitant prices for boring test prep classes and books that might not even work? Magoosh started in 2009 with four co-founders and a few computers. Possess a deep understanding of the MCAT, the content it assesses, and the structure of its questions. About Magoosh.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2013

James Popham, author of (among many other books) The Truth About Testing : An Educator''s Call to Action and Unlearned Lessons : Six Stumbling Blocks to Our Schools Success. The result: 30 books, 200 journal articles, 50 research reports, and 175 papers presented before research societies. He is inordinately compulsive.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

Such experiences are all too common for transfer students like Kevin, and many others, who we interviewed as we conducted research for our book “ Choosing College.” From 2004 to 2009, transfer students on average lost 43 percent of their credits—basically a semester’s worth. But as they move, their credits don’t always follow.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. Oh to have read that book then! Most recently, our upper school teachers have been held accountable for the following: All mechanically scorable assessment items must be completed in Canvas. All of a sudden I found myself writing a book.

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Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Students cannot fake their understanding of a book when we ask them thoughtful questions about what they read. In his book Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About it (Stenhouse, 2009), Gallagher describes his use of “one-pagers” (pg. Confer with Students.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Stewart Hase contacted a group of us due to our interest in heutagogy for the purpose of writing a chapter in an edited book. This past week, because of their hard work, this book has been published through Amazon. What follows is: The Book Description. Book Description. The Table of Contents. Through Education 2.0

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Much of the momentum behind myON’s launch was spurred by the popularity of iPads, recalls Todd Brekhus, myON’s President, who joined Capstone in 2009 to expand its digital offerings. The team has since added notation and audio narration features, along with writing and assessment activities. Capstone provides the rest.)

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling. The heart of the ESIFC is our students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In 2009, a National Center for Education Statistics survey showed that about 90% of schools prohibited cell phones during school hours. Parents, too, can reach out to tell their child they’ll be late picking them up or that they forgot a book. One topic I always ask students is how they manage cell phone usage in their classes.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Waterford UPSTART (Utah Preparing Students Today for a Rewarding Tomorrow) launched in 2009 and has grown from 1,631 participating students in that first year to more than 15,000 in 2018. Additionally, these sustained gains continue through the 4 grade.

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My Island View

JANUARY 29, 2020

It is far more complicated than throwing the tech at the kids and sitting back to record the miraculous results in a grade book. Technology’s effect on education is difficult to assess, because it is not just the technology that affects the learning. It has run continually since 2009.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

They’re words that show up on assessments and standardized tests, most notably the Common Core, with which much of the game aligns. Words With Friends, originally released in 2009, was once a chart-topping app, though now it ranks 168th, according to AppAnnie. Zynga will also release supplemental lesson plans to complement the app.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through. After her death in March of 2009 I decided to see how I could use my expertise to help busy educators and parents hone their skills and knowledge.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

In his 2009 book, Catching Up or Leading the Way , author Yong Zhao argues that students need to engage in creative problem solving across the curriculum to develop the skills required for success in a global economy. This post first appeared on EdTech Researcher at Education Week.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

In April 2020 he released a bestselling book with co-author Judy Mikovits, a discredited scientist who claim that vaccines “kill millions.” Last October the pair released another book. In Oklahoma, to fill vacancies, emergency teaching certifications have skyrocketed since 2009.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 16, 2020

He was lead advisor of the Program for Analysis of Educational Systems (PASEC) from 2001 to 2005, where he was in charge of implementing assessments and analyses of learning outcomes in primary schools in African French-speaking countries.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

Perhaps nothing has remade American education so profoundly in my lifetime as the 2001 federal law that required states to assess all students every year. Credit: Jill Anderson/Harvard Graduate School of Education. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.).

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Prior to joining Leander ISD, Dr. Gearing served as Superintendent of Dripping Springs ISD from 2012-2019 and as Superintendent of Marshall ISD from 2009–2012. Leander ISD is a fast-growth district, adding approximately 1,000 new students every year and serving more than 40,000 students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

The experimental institution, called Quest to Learn , opened its doors in 2009 and became the subject of many books and articles. In 2012, the institute helped launch Glasslab, a nonprofit that brought together game designers, educators and assessment experts.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

My good friend and a colleague I highly respect, AJ Juliani, is offering an opportunity to get a copy of his book, “ The PBL Playbook ” by paying shipping and handling only. Yet, I was actively trying to match my lessons and activities to what they would be assessed on later down the road. I was not doing test prep.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Professor John Boyer teaches World Regions through his comic book alter ego. We sat down with Boyer to learn more about his flipped syllabus, unique assessments, and the hard work that goes into an easy A. Every week there is a book reading quiz. You can also watch this Course Hero video on Vimeo.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

I don't disagree that these factors can influence and are often related to learning, but these are poor proxies in assessing learner competence. It will not push you to go read a book, even if it is better than the movie. And the problem is that education companies often seem to be measuring everything but learning--e.g., Butler, A.

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