Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. How Music Affects Brain Development and Social-Emotional Learning. This Music Monsters activity is great for teaching older elementary students a quick lesson on composition. 10 Picture Books About Music. Wetter, O.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. Over the last few years, we have created a Technology Integration: Goals and Outcomes for Students document.

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Technology Chromebook iPad Outcomes 72

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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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

Since 2016, a California company has set out to make Montessori mainstream through building and acquiring a network of schools and technologies, and offering professional development programs to prepare future Montessori teachers and leaders. He climbed up the ladder and became its CEO in 2009. That experience would come in handy.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Use Media and Technology Thoughtfully In the age of technology, media can be a powerful tool in educating students about diversity and inclusion. Example: Teach students how to critically evaluate media representations of race. We Make It Controversial”: Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs about Race. link] Sosa, T.

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Strategy Examples Elementary Classroom 98

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Today Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @mrzphd talks about social emotional learning and education technology. With insights on everything from Minecraft, to digital inking, to common mistakes made with technology and SEL, Michelle gives us an important overview of two things often not discussed together. Today’s Sponsor is TeacherVision.

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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. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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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. Here''s how it works: In MovieStarPlanet you get a personal virtual MovieStar which is used in movies, chat rooms and games. They definitely knew how to handle it. That usually did the trick.

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Reading By Example

JANUARY 23, 2016

For many reasons, technology is very tempting to embed into classrooms without a lot of thought behind our intentions. It depends not on what a teacher is using, but how it is used and why it might be needed. It depends not on what a teacher is using, but how it is used and why it might be needed. But does it lead to learning?

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Technology Chromebook Elementary Training 28

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Students always receive feedback on their answers and if they’re wrong, they’re given feedback on how to answer similar questions in the future. Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 108(2), 115–130. Bodovski, K., &

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Few other districts had embraced the promise of technology as enthusiastically as this Long Island district. Educators had years of experience integrating technology into their teaching. schools spend more than $10 billion a year on educational technology. Now, with New York Gov.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

The Research About Keeping Teachers First, let’s dive into some research about how to help teachers thrive (and not quit teaching.) A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. We have to do better. 24) Jackson, C.

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 237

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In Massachusetts, an emerging partnership between private funders and the state department of education aims to help teachers across the Commonwealth learn, share and spread best practices when it comes to leveraging new instructional models and technologies. You can personalize learning just fine without technology. But it can help.

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techlearning

MAY 17, 2018

o Third Place – The Birds from Darlington Elementary-Middle School in Darlington, Wis. Since the first event in 2009, the KidWind Challenge and its partners have provided this opportunity to more than 15,000 students across 22 states. For information on how to get involved, go to kidwindchallenge.org. ###.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Managing those conversations is hard for teachers who don’t have a grounding in science, because they fear losing control or being exposed for not knowing how to answer a question, he said. In Oklahoma, to fill vacancies, emergency teaching certifications have skyrocketed since 2009. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Survey Report Data STEM 118

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Full of links to resources, curated sites,and discussion forums, this is a valuable ‘how to’ book for the interested practitioner and theoretician alike. was often the best choice given the resources and technologies of that time in history. I classify these technologies as worksheets on steroids.). The Basics.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So how do you choose? So, what can be done?

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Across the district’s elementary and middle schools, Yakima had about 8,400 students on the program for the last three years. Natick Public Schools has been using TenMarks since it launched in 2009, Nolin says. But they say they never received answers. But we were spoiled because we really loved TenMarks.”

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EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 2, 2009

The following was written as a reflection on what I learned during the second week of the Teaching With Technology course I am currently taking as part of my masters in educational technology leadership program. 6) was again reaffirming what I have come to know as best practices in the use of technology in instruction.

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Technology Strategy Learning Training 40

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

Levels of empathy in youth fell by nearly half between 1979 and 2009. Some examples of impactful social-emotional programs include: Roots of Empathy , which is taught in early childhood and elementary schools, where a baby and his/her parent or caregiver join a classroom. Our empathy and human connection crisis.

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Education Trends Policies Report 188

edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. He has over 18 years in K-12 technology leadership spread across districts of various sizes and demographics. Joseph, Ed.D.,

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EdTech Software Data Twitter 41

techlearning

MAY 2, 2018

In April, 2009, I hung my poster, emblazoned with words from T.S. Consonance, assonance, dissonance and meter How to crystallize an image in the mind of your reader.… After 10 years as an elementary teacher, Suzy Brooks is a Director of Instructional Technology for Mashpee Public Schools in Massachusetts. Miss Brooks?

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Blended Learning Social Media EdTech Elementary 40

eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

Committed to reimagining learning to better meet the needs of all students, this cohort of visionary districts has a shared set of best practices for bringing purposeful technology into the classroom to transform learning. classroom technology] has really carried students to a different level.". Elizabeth Forward School District.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This guest speaker was talking about how to run group interviews, and she, a white woman, was imparting what she learned from years of research with various U.S. populations, including “tips” on how to work with diverse communities. Asians have a politeness norm, so it’s difficult to get anything useful out of them,” she continued.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Key to that success, Johnstone says, was that the district had already started teaching math differently back in 2009. It made sense that with the move to the new tests, some schools would need more technology,” said Smith. There are caveats to how much the Wiseburn model might be replicated.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Aurice Blanton, a senior at Chicago Technology Academy, looks over his schedule during a month-long internship at CNA Insurance last May. Blanton, a high school senior, was interning for the firm’s information technology group. Linnea Garrett, Chicago Technology Academy school director. So, I’ll only reach for this low bar.’ ”.

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EdTechSandyK

MAY 28, 2009

I put this together about two months ago at the request of some educational technology professionals I know who were curious about boundaries when it comes to what to post and do on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. I tweaked it just this week to present to a group of elementary (K-5) teachers.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

No one would argue with this but it doesn’t really help teachers understand how to instill something in our students that we may never have had in us. Students have more computing power in their cars and even their phones than the Apollo 11 systems (Computer Weekly, 2009). Inquiry, then, is the key to creativity.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

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! November 8, 2009 (21centuryedtech Article by Michael Gorman). A look at the works of Leonardo da Vinci will attest to this!

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Even before starting high school in 2009, Nelson knew he wanted to go to college. The goal of the class is to introduce students to technology. In addition to designing and racing cars, students learn how to use graphic design software under the instruction of a special education teacher. But it wasn’t an easy path.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 24, 2015

I’ve covered the ASCD conference as a member of the press (read: education blogger , it’s not really that fancy) since 2009, and I always view the major conference themes as an indicator of the direction that American schools are currently moving. 4) Meaningful technology integration vs. tool-centric obsession.

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Conference Trends Edcamps Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

But in those early days, Fair had no idea how to handle her students with disabilities, whose educational challenges ranged from learning deficits to behavioral disturbance disorders. Over time, Fair figured out how to navigate these situations and talk students “down from the ledge.” No one taught her these strategies.

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Training Elementary Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

The Puerto Rican rate is from 2009-2010, the latest available in a territory whose government produces few up-to-date statistics, and which federal counts often don’t include; experts say it’s likely only gotten lower since then. “My I can count with my hand the times he actually gave us information about how to apply to college.”

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

I see it as imperative for both genders to thrive, not just survive, in the global, knowledge-based, information/technology-driven world they’ll live and work in together as adults. Currently, girls outperform boys in reading achievement and have closed the gap in math, science, and technology. So, What About Girls?

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Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Students at Lovett Elementary, the Clinton, Miss. In fully integrated Clinton, black students’ and white students’ scores on the seventh-grade ELA exams rose from 2009 to 2013, while the black-white gap shrank from 33 to 11 percentage points. Joy Tyner, principal of Northside Elementary, visits a second-grade classroom.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to the generations before who had to adapt to the Internet, how are those who grew up using the Internet — the so-called “Google generation” — different? There is a relative lack of research available examining the effect of search engines on our brains even as the technology is rapidly dominating our lives.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

As the librarian and main technology contact at my elementary school, I often find myself using phrases like “you kind of have to play with the technology to get a feel for what it does” or “I figured that out by playing around with it.” And, I’m often met with “I wish I had time to do that” or “I don’t know how to do that”.

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