edWeb.net

MAY 30, 2019

We, as edtech leaders and classroom teachers, must explore pathways where assessments support teaching and learning in the 21st century. Authentic assessments are always about the connections we make with students, each other, and the broader community as indicated in a Gallup poll. But What About Technology?

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2023

During the edLeader Panel “ A Revolution in PK-2 Literacy: Invest in Prevention and Do Less Intervention ,” three pathfinding school leaders revealed how to revolutionize your district. Dunbar Elementary School (NY). The results speak for themselves,” said Luis Quan, Principal of P.S. 126X Dr. Marjorie H.

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Data Professional Learning Elementary Accessibility 113

Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

13] If you can teach your students how to recognize and regulate their emotions, they’ll be better prepared to focus and reach their potential both inside and outside the classroom. Read on to learn more about emotional intelligence and how it can increase your student’s academic and social-emotional abilities.

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Classroom Training Examples Elementary 317

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I focus on how to learn rather than what to learn. The benefits for my learners include: They are not limited by my expectations nor the expectations of a lesson or assessment developed by an outside entity (e.g., This joy rarely occurs with standardized curriculum and assessments. I am a process-oriented educator. Weibell, C.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. Students assess their own strengths and weaknesses and set learning goals in partnership with their teachers. Some schools or districts may not be fully aware of the flexible policies that exist or may feel uncertain about how to translate those policies into practice.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Mackenzie Woll, a second-grade teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts, said diagnostic tests at the start of the year revealed that most of her students were reading at a kindergarten or a first grade level. “But READ THE SERIES. Even before the pandemic, reading achievement was in a slump.

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Elementary Analysis Libraries Report 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 140

ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. The most effective professional development (PD) goes beyond simply how to use the tech. It shines a light on how the tool will bring value to teachers and their students.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Training 256

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2020

Each of these educational videos forms part of a learning module on Miacademy.co , where student members can practice what they’ve learned, use online simulations, complete graded assessments, and work through related offline activities independently or together with family members. Keep up the great work!”.

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Resources Video Assessment Elementary 58

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

While Acera serves 130 students in kindergarten through ninth grade at the steep price of $26,400 for elementary school and $28,300 for middle school, with limited financial aid offered, Lowell Public Schools is a large, urban district serving almost 14,500 students, 71 percent of whom are considered high needs.

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STEM System Report Assessment 99

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In 2011, Oakland declared itself the nation’s first full-service community school district, with the goal of using the community-school strategy to drive systemic change across its 86 schools. The district’s highest-need schools employ full-time community school managers to plan, implement and assess partnerships with community agencies.

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Strategy System Report Resources 132

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. 32) Ingersoll, R.

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 237

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

He also shares how the district uses case management technology to track these interventions, support clinicians and help assess when students need help—and when they don't. We've been offering EBT interventions as part of that model since the 2011-2012 school year.

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Data Case Study Outcomes System 137

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2011

The topic will be ‘How to use Elluminate in conjunction with Moodle for Online courses’. It will cover how to set up an Elluminate room, upload your slides and how to give your students access to the link before and recording after. link] ASSISTMENTS ( Math 2.0

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He also believes the arts are especially important in a district like Mount Vernon because many of the students turned out to be “twice gifted,” despite having received standardized assessment scores that did not reflect their proficiencies. Jay McTighe brings a wealth of experience developed during a rich and varied career in education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Jon is a Google Certified Innovator (#GTAWA 2011), has been a Lead Learner for a Google Teacher Academy (#GTAMTV2), is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and has facilitated over 10 Executive Briefings and led sessions in Final Cut Pro for the 2013 Apple Institute. So I taught my kids how to self-correct. I pulled it down to five.

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EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 379

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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iPad Assessment Moodle Company 224

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. The most effective professional development (PD) goes beyond simply how to use the tech. It shines a light on how the tool will bring value to teachers and their students.

Technology 157

Technology Classroom Training Software 157

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. It is essential you understand how your systems work, how your leaders and teachers feel and act, and what your students need. Third, know how to generate buy-in from schools.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The Principal of Change

AUGUST 19, 2020

In my newly released, self-paced course, “ Developing the Innovator’s Mindset Through Remote, Face-to-Face, and Blended Learning ,” there is a focus throughout on the following question: “How do we build relationships in remote learning environments and address the social-emotional needs of our students?”

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Learning Blended Learning Groups Meeting 99

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient. Instead, she’s surrounded by friends, including elementary-school classmate Rory Williams, who also will be 20 when he graduates.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 125

Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students. For those that give up, I typically find it is due to one or more of the following: Not planning for how to deal with students who take a longer time to master concepts.

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Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. QUINCY, Wash. — Related: Alaska Native students pursue STEM with great success.

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How To Elementary STEM Report 112

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

After the games, one student, Elizabeth Martinez, explained what Crew meant to her: “It sets the example for us of how to work together and be cooperative. And how to listen to each other.”. The sentiment is echoed by Jason Krause, principal of Denver’s Columbine Elementary School, which joined the EL network in 2018.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Report 111

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2017

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 And parents want to know how to help their children learn. Her blog is at [link].

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Technology Learning Software Google 110

MindShift

OCTOBER 14, 2019

When I visited Maya Lin, an elementary school in Alameda, California where art is at the center of learning, third graders were in the middle of a multi-week project on climate change. Before it was called Maya Lin, this school was known as Washington Elementary. Maya Lin’s Journey to Arts Integration Was About Equity.

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Learning Elementary Study Mobility 53

MindShift

JANUARY 23, 2017

Their worries center on what educational assessment expert Katie McClarty calls “the three D’s”: drinking, driving and dating. A 2011 review of 38 studies on grade skipping asserts that gifted students who passed over a grade achieved more academically than their equally qualified peers who remained in the “appropriate” grade level.

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Study Assessment Examples Elementary 28

MindShift

JULY 22, 2018

Reader Pants,” reports a 36% increase after she genrefied a middle school library in Fort Worth, Texas in 2011. Other librarians rearrange middle readers and young adult books but leave picture books shelved by author since it can be unclear how to categorize a story about a duck driving a tractor. Transportation?

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Libraries Common Core Report System 53

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Learn how to use the iPad apps “Book Creator” and “Creative Book Builder” to create and share enhanced/multimedia eBooks using DropBox for free cloud storage/distribution. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)? If You Challenge Them. Switching from Math to English?

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Resources iPad Mobility eBook 91

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Physicians and counselors struggle with how to treat opioid-addicted pregnant women and their children, who are born into withdrawal. She attends a local elementary school, where Matt Rhoda is the principal. And in many ways, schools haven’t yet figured out how to educate them. It’s their safe place.”.

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Report System Survey Meeting 111

MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

Alessandra, a student at Pioneer Elementary School in rural Quincy, Washington, spent part of the fall term in an enrichment class focused on teaching elementary-age students the principles of engineering design through a curriculum designed by educators and scientists at Boston’s Museum of Science.

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STEM How To Elementary Report 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. Among the bill''s provisions is the return of control to the states over devising their own systems for how to hold schools accountable for student achievement. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In 2011, when the teachers unions in Wisconsin lost much of its bargaining power through the passage of Act 10, Kettle Moraine’s superintendent, Patricia Deklotz , watched as districts around the state responded by instituting performance-based evaluations.

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Blended Learning Course Digital Badges Professional Learning 68

Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

And in February of 2011, I was full time building the company into what it is now. I’m learning the methods of how to teach math to elementary students. So it’s not about thinking about how to be a teacher. It’s about practicing how to be a teacher. So that was, let’s see, summer of 2010.

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Professional Learning Video Learning LMS 59