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Personalized professional development keeps teachers learning

eSchool News

Our work with edtech professional development really began in 2011 and was sparked by data showing a strong correlation between freshmen passing Algebra 1 and graduating high school. Related content: 5 ways to make sure PBL PD works.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. 2011, Nurmi et al., 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

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We realized combining classes could help us integrate science and math standards, while team-teaching would allow us to differentiate instruction. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. She achieved National Board Certification in 2011. .

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Research shows that differentiated content leads to greater student reading growth (Reis et al., This is particularly true when resources are provided for teachers to more easily differentiate (Otaiba et al., Teachers receive real-time formative assessment data, a strategy that is also linked to positive learning outcomes (Pape et al.,

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

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But for others, the teacher is still central to the picture, using technology as a means to support differentiated instruction. School leaders hope that the support and understandings shared by people they view as experts will help teachers learn how to perfect personalized-learning instruction. explains Ashkenas. “If

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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Whether it is collecting lesson plans from faculty, submitting homework assignments, or taking a quiz, we are constantly gathering data. Pick and play games for intentional moments in the classroom, such formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and reflection to name a few.

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Lexia Names Kerri A. Larkin as Senior Education Advisor, Education Partnership

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As a leader in a large urban district, Larkin and her team leveraged DCPS and national data to illuminate the urgency of institutionalized racism within the special education system in order to dramatically decrease its impact on children with IEPs and their families. Students in eighth grade made the fourth largest gains.