Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

For instance, in her study titled “ Adaptive Teaching: Reflective Practice of Two Elementary Teachers’ Visions and Adaptations During Literacy Instruction “, Vaughn (2014) examines how two elementary teachers adapt their teaching methods in response to their students’ needs during literacy instruction. Madda et al.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

“We founded Treering in 2009 with the goal of creating a more inclusive yearbook. Founded after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy on December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Promise’s mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes, and communities.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

6] Whether you’re an elementary school teacher or work with older grades, you have the power to make a difference. With such stark statistics showing a gender gap in STEM, it can feel overwhelming for elementary school teachers to combat it. Education Week, June 2009, 28(35), pp. Viadero, D. Researchers Mull STEM Gender Gap.

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Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. This Music Monsters activity is great for teaching older elementary students a quick lesson on composition. This Song Cubes activity can be a fun way for early elementary students to learn about simple tunes and rhythms.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

If middle and elementary school students are forced to repeat grades because they fall short of a standard anchored to NAEP proficient, vast numbers will repeat grades. If high school students are required to meet NAEP proficient to graduate from high school, large numbers will fail. emphasis added].

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What reading program did they use in elementary school? Related: NAACP targets a new civil rights issue — reading Meanwhile, Megan met Jazmine as her ninth grade English teacher in East Harlem in 2009. Her academic records said Jazmine had worked hard through elementary and middle school, with good grades.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. A longtime administrator in Rio Rancho, Aaker led the district-wide transition of elementary students to online learning when Covid struck. It wasn’t just a mother’s intuition.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). On the other hand, one-shot, “drive-by,” or fragmented, “spray-and-pray” workshops lasting 14 hours or less show no statistically significant effect on student learning ( Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, and Orphanos, 2009 ).

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

As such, Barrett and Zang (2009) identify three key design principles: Naturalness : Hardwired into our brains, humans have the basic need for light, air, and safety. Their research suggested direct connections between the learning space and sensory stimuli among students. Cited Sources Barrett, P., & & Zhang, Y. Barrett, P.,

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009. They can customize the teaching so as to match the specific requirements of each student individually. Robot teachers are able to work 24/7 without taking a break and don’t need a salary. They are patient and unbiased.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2018

Third-grade test scores, he found–whether they were higher or lower than the national average–did not correlate to students’ academic growth through elementary and middle school. Reardon examined test scores for students in third through eighth grade at 11,000 school districts across the country.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The latest release, which followed students who started at the state-run pre-K program in the 2009-10 or 2010-11 school year through the end of sixth grade, found that grads of the program had lower academic scores, more behavioral problems and more special education referrals than their peers who did not attend.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” That is, the cohort of rookie teachers in 2001 were just as effective as the cohort of rookie teachers in 2009.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Ravenswood City School District, which has about 1,600 students in its elementary and middle schools (excluding charters) in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, saw chronic absenteeism spike from just 471 out of 2,549 (18.5 Source: California Department of Education. Note: Figures include charter schools. percent) in 2021-22.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. I, like many of you, have been doing remote teaching since March, 2020. I am a student-centric, hands on/minds on teacher.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Researchers at the Modern Language Association recently found that colleges lost 651 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016 – dramatically more than the one foreign language programs that higher education lost between 2009 and 2013. Most students in the U.S. begin language study in middle or high school.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Limiting the Academic Summer Slide for Urban Elementary School Students. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009, 14(2), pp. Green, A.M., Feldman, P., Baggett, P.,

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

4] Even though the technology is likely to change from their early school years to the time they start their first career, teaching digital literacy in elementary school is a great way to get students started. Lessons that involve digital citizenship can help a student use technology responsibly well beyond their elementary school years.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Most recently I had the opportunity to speak with hundreds of elementary students about social media and which platforms they are using. Fortunately, my employer supports this and as such, we have been incorporating the voice of students in the guidelines around social media (You can see the teen guidelines at schools.nyc.gov/socialmedia ).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

The first was that elementary school students who attended “Core Knowledge” schools – which teach young children a broad core curriculum in many subjects – were better readers. In early April 2023, I started getting emails and messages urging me to take a look at a fresh reading study in Colorado.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

Developmental Psychology, 2009, 45(3), pp. Parent Involvement and Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary School. Retrieved from michigan.gov: [link]. and Tyson, D. Parental involvement in middle school: a meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement. Sheldon, S. and Jung, S. Wairimu, M.J.,

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Second grade teachers Amy Hart (center) and Alina Turner (right), with her dog, Mello, meet with Karen Shutt (left), instructional coach for a planning meeting at Edmondson Elementary.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 108(2), 115–130. Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Framework: Improving Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools. Elementary School Journal, 111(4), 535–560. Bodovski, K., &

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

A 2009 analysis of 81 multiple choice tests given to elementary, middle and high school students directly compared paper versus digital versions. Educators and testing experts surmised that many students weren’t comfortable working on a computer, or weren’t familiar with the computer they had to use for the exam that day. .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In 2009, when I began my first of teaching, I taught in a school without walls. I was at Malcolm X Elementary School (MXES), an imposing cement box centrally located in Washington DC’s most violent and poorest neighborhood. But, just as bell-bottoms went out of fashion, so too did the open classrooms movement.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 4, 2017

One four-month study in seven US elementary schools showed that kids either retained or improved their academic results over the period and anecdotal evidence from teachers described kids who used the balls as quieter and more attentive. These are the self same bouncy balls we use in the gym to stretch.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. Hands-on and experiential learning is used in some elementary schools but this diminishes as students get older. Engages the senses. More likely to engage emotions. ”( Hands-On is Minds-On ).

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

I have since become a teacher educator (with some teaching of elementary gifted students at a few Title 1 schools thrown in). Hope is positively associated with perceived competence and self-worth (Marques, Pais-Ribeiro, & Lopez, 2009) and negatively associated with symptoms of depression (Snyder, Hoza, et al.,

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 27, 2017

I’ve had this blog since 2009. Are you an elementary teacher? Read elementary blogs. For nearly 9 years I’ve written about technology, improving school leadership and have shared my personal insights on being a connected educator. The best, first step is to spend time each day reading blogs. Are you interested in Edtech?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Some of the recent hiring merely recouped all the school counselors laid off between 2009 and 2014 in the aftermath of the great recession. Some schools, especially many elementary and middle schools, have no counselors at all. Graphic by Peter D’Amato/The Hechinger Report.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

My father was an elementary principal for 30 years and I always admired how he was able to inspire his staff to focus on student learning. It was then in 2009 that I possibly took the greatest risk of my young administrative career. I knew early on in my education career that I wanted to be an administrator.

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Personal Learning Network Social Media Personalized Learning STEM 258

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-K program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic achievement, discipline issues and special education referrals. The trend emerged by the end of third grade and was even more pronounced three years later.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

We Make It Controversial”: Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs about Race. Complicated Conversations: Exploring Race and Ideology in an Elementary Classroom. Classroom Conversations in the Study of Race and the Disruption of Social and Educational Inequalities: A Review of Research. Review of Research in Education, 41(1), 453–476.

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