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. Then, teachers highlight the target words and provide context-related definitions.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

When we heard the news, it was definitely sad,” said Alan Gershenfeld, president and co-founder of E-Line Media , an educational game developer and publisher. The experimental institution, called Quest to Learn , opened its doors in 2009 and became the subject of many books and articles.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The bird was definitely going to die. For me, that was the perfect assessment,” Minor said. That was 2009. He attributed those successes to the engagement that comes with getting beyond the classroom walls. “I The students — about a dozen boys — broke line formation and huddled around. Some started to cry.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Any time a program is changed or phased out, it can be disruptive to classroom activities, administrators tell EdSurge. That’s how school district users last year found out about the end of TenMarks, which has provided curriculum, lesson plans, exercises and assessments in math and writing to students in an estimated 11,500 U.S.

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There is no box

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

As I’ve been an advocate for 1:1 in schools since 2009, I immediately drafted a response, one that I uncharacteristically then let sit for several months so I could stew on it a bit more. Real time classroom assessment with data capture is hard to do without 1:1. “What do your classrooms look like?

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

That confidence and self-reliance inspires students to embrace the learning process and enthusiastically seek out additional knowledge. ( Importance of a Hands-On Experience in the Elementary Classroom ). Engages the senses. More likely to engage emotions. ”( Hands-On is Minds-On ).

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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. This proportion has remained stable since 2009” (OECD, 2018). Introducing such testimonials would definitely add value and impact to their assignment.

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There is no box

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

As I’ve been an advocate for 1:1 in schools since 2009, I immediately drafted a response, one that I uncharacteristically then let sit for several months so I could stew on it a bit more. Real time classroom assessment with data capture is hard to do without 1:1. “What do your classrooms look like?

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Blended Learning Accessibility Robotics Assessment 58

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. This proportion has remained stable since 2009” (OECD, 2018). Introducing such testimonials would definitely add value and impact to their assignment.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

There are a lot of definitions of creativity in the education world today. After doing a lot of research, it was my colleague, Sergio Villegas who gave me a simple and useful definition that I love: “Creativity means creating or making a change to something that improves that thing for someone else.” What is Creativity in Education?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. Students refine these skills based on goal-setting, ungraded feedback known as the formative assessment. This evaluation is called the summative assessment. Photo: Jessica Anderson.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Malachi Ballinger, 6, laughs at how far he has made his “pinball” travel during a science lesson in his kindergarten classroom in Redmond, Oregon. And that could be why just 38 percent fourth grade students performed at or above proficient on the latest National Assessment of Education Progress for science, which was administered in 2015.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs. Mixing term-time internships with classroom academics is not a brand-new idea.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

" But the answers to that question are, of course, bound up in our beliefs and practices and expectations, in our assessments of what "preparedness" even means. As school buildings were shuttered, the district turned to the radio to replace classroom instruction. Radio wasn't entirely new to CPS.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Pashler (2009): Critical review of the idea that tailored teaching improves educational outcomes. Recommendation against incorporating learning styles assessments in education. Suggestion to understand and apply knowledge about student differences in classroom. Kirschner, P.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

And that could be why just 38 percent fourth grade students performed at or above proficient on the latest National Assessment of Education Progress for science, which was administered in 2015. Callahan has become a particularly fervent believer in the power of science education in her classroom. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 11, 2011

. #2 Wish for Improvement: Authentic Feedback on Assignments Every assignment we were given, including in some cases discussion board posts, had an assessment rubric attached to it. I started my degree in June 2009, and I blogged about my frustration with rubric-only assessment at about the midpoint of my degree program.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cooper's definition is similar to the one found in Cambridge Dictionary which defines homework as "work that teachers give their students to do at home" or as "studying that students do at home to prepare for school". There is way more to homework than what these general definitions outline. Literature review: Homework. Robinson, J.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a 2009 keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences!

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

Considering an education projector for your classrooms or lecture hall? First, taking the time to assess your needs and installation conditions will help you pick an education projector you’ll be satisfied with. Consider classroom size and number of students. Assess lighting conditions and ability to control ambient light.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

My purpose behind this post is to introduce you to UDL, explain what it is and talk about the different ways you can use it in your classroom to enhance your teaching and boost students learning. Each definition offers a unique perspective on UDL’s purpose, application, and impact in educational environments.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Richard Riley, Secretary of Education under Clinton, quoted in Trilling & Fadel, 2009, p. For us in education, and although the schools are opening back their doors and students are back to their classrooms, a new hybrid modus operandi is in place where both synchronous and asynchronous modes of teaching are harmoniously working together.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

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