Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching.

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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). I believe that educators do more counseling of children and young people than any other profession. Hope is not just a feel-good emotion, but a dynamic cognitive motivational system.

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Education Guidelines Strategy Elementary 222

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Among other things, the boosters who pitched international companies to come and do business in this port city promised that its high quality of education would guarantee a steady supply of skilled employees. High school graduation rates in Mobile are way up, from 55 percent before 2011 to 86 percent in 2018. MOBILE, Ala.

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Education Elements

JULY 27, 2016

Michael Fullan describes the necessity of harnessing the power of “new pedagogical innovations with technology,” in his article, “Choosing the Wrong Drivers for Whole System Reform.” He continues by stating that the advances in digital content for educational purposes involve key elements needed for increased student achievement.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Arizona approved use of school choice vouchers, called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, or ESAs , in 2011 on the promise that they were strictly for children with special needs who were not being adequately served in the public school system. Eventually, I found a special education school willing to accept him.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Interactive whiteboards are a technological leap similar to the leap to the first blackboard, and is set to revolutionize education. Keep reading on to learn more about how interactive whiteboards are reshaping education or check out how ViewSonic is creating engaging spaces using all forms of EdTech.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I hear frequently from those in business that younger employees, directly out of K-12 or higher education, are looking for direction. The rigid structure of the traditional K-12 education system leaves little room for students to engage in real-world problem-solving scenarios. They should be. The recent announcement by the U.S.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 119

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Developed in collaboration with researchers at the Harvard School of Education, students read aloud and the tool collects data on fluency and accountability (think words correct per minute and total time read, among others) and a recording and transcript of their reading. Norwood Elementary School. in just 5-10 minutes.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Since 2011, national math test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, fell by 17 points for eighth graders and 10 points for fourth graders in data analysis, statistics and probability. Pandemic effects were only a contributing factor, and the drop-offs outpaced declines in other content areas.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

I recommend this handy, useful encyclopedia of education technology tools. He has been the head of the CS department for 18+ years and been in CS education for 23+ years. He holds a BS in Computer Information Systems, M.A. He has been an active member of the Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator program since 2011.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

IBM’s famous Watson computing system—which defeated Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings in 2011—is coming to education, if not quite the classroom. As part of a new IBM philanthropic initiative, the supercomputer is helping to power a searchable database of open educational math resources designed for teachers in grades K-5.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Check out the Voicethread In Education wiki for some. So many educators ditched the service all together since the free options for educators doesn''t really have all that they need. I want to be hip.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Achieving educational equity doesn’t just happen when schools change their expectations and goals in the classroom. While teachers and staff agree on the value of educational equity, they need a deeper understanding in order to combat it in the classroom. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2014

To the Citizens of British Columbia, Canada, How important is a good, free, public education system to you and to our society? How much should a collective ‘WE’ spend on creating the best possible public education for ALL of our children? Catalogue-no-81-595-M-No-099-Statistics-Canada ).

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

For the technically inclined, pivoting to a job in the education technology industry seems like a natural fit. Our recent analysis of teacher representation in edtech leadership revealed that former educators held a variety of top roles in the companies we sampled, heading teams that handled pedagogy, curriculum, product, marketing and sales.

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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. MANCHESTER, N.H. — This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Step-by-step instruction, particularly with math, and clear goal or expectation setting both increases test scores and improves the attitudes of students who struggle (Al-Makahleh, 2011). #5: International Education Studies, 4(4). American Educational Research Journal, 28(3), 683–714. Computers & Education, 106, 83–96.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2017

New York City, Summer 2011. Yet, every day, over three million educators in this country are forced to make do with the factory-model classrooms of the early 20th century. Learning is individualized, and we build systems to support student initiative, interest and needs. Written By: Grace O’Shea. I was about to go live.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2021

Principal Margot Zahner’s vision for summer enrichment at Waterman Elementary School in Harrisonburg, Virginia, grows clearer every week. Margot Zahner, the principal of Waterman Elementary in Harrisonburg, Va., million through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

Gifted education is often a flash point in school desegregation debates; in large cities, these programs often operate as an essentially separate school system, dominated by white and Asian children. Advocates of gifted education might see promise in the fact that high achieving students saw any gains at all from gifted programs.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

This certification was awarded by Digital Promise , a non-profit established by the US Congress in 2011 to develop research, practice, and technologies to drive education equity, in partnership with the EdTech Equity Project.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO (September 15, 2021) – To support districts in creating and sustaining a next-generation professional learning system, Edthena is launching a $1.5-million Now is a critical time for districts to prioritize and invest in professional learning for their educators,” said Adam Geller, founder and CEO of Edthena.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

We've been offering EBT interventions as part of that model since the 2011-2012 school year. We also want to reduce disproportionality—where minority students (specifically, black and Latinx students in our district) are overrepresented in special education and discipline referrals. Join thousands of educators.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

People love to try guess what Apple is up to—that’s true for the company’s education strategy as well. So when Apple’s longtime vice-president of education, John Couch, published a book this year with his thoughts on the future of education and accounts of his work at Apple, it opened a rare window into the company’s views on education.

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Education iPad Strategy Technology 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Having a systemic and systematic strategy for supporting every student made a huge difference when Covid closed the curtain,” said Mary Walsh, executive director of City Connects, an organization based at Boston College. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Mark Nelson was ready to take a final during his sophomore year at Monrovia High School in Southern California in 2011. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

Higher Education. She also found a bright side: freedom from the constraints of public-school systems as she designed her innovative school. But despite their vastly different student populations, the two schools share similar educational philosophies. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

“Of course it’s important that Penn at least recognizes the profound challenges that the School District of Philadelphia faces with things like lead poisoning and asbestos,” Campano, a professor at Penn’s Graduate School of Education, said. A student slides on the ice after school at Nebinger Elementary School in South Philadelphia.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

The small slice of Black teachers has actually shrunk slightly over the past decade from 7 percent in 2011–12 to 6 percent in 2020–21, while Black students make up a much larger 15 percent share of the public school student population. Chart from the website of the National Center for Education Statistics. Condition of Education.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Using mostly recyclable materials, equipment, and furniture, these educators are providing learning opportunities for students and teachers that have changed the school climate and culture. Through a five-year radical book-weeding process from 2011- 2016, the NCHS library had eliminated all of the library’s free-standing bookshelves.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

At the younger ages, our assessment system is built so that students are seeing steady progress with benchmark books. The results from my first year at the school (2011-2012) used a rubric based on the 6 traits of writing. It should be noted that our 19% growth is almost double what we achieved in 2011-2012. ASCD Arias). .

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

At the younger ages, our assessment system is built so that students are seeing steady progress with benchmark books. The results from my first year at the school (2011-2012) used a rubric based on the 6 traits of writing. It should be noted that our 19% growth is almost double what we achieved in 2011-2012. ASCD Arias). .

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2021

To prove his point, Jackson studied more than 150,000 ninth graders in Chicago public high schools from 2011 to 2017. He picked Chicago because the school system annually surveys students about their social and emotional skills. I think what we’re showing here is that they do require attention.”. Easton, the former head of the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

“It’s not true that teachers stop improving,” said John Papay, an associate professor of education and economics at Brown University. Papay cited his own 2015 study with Matt Kraft , along with a 2017 study of middle school teachers in North Carolina and a 2011 study of elementary and middle school teacher s.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

In 2011, a panel of mathematicians and math educators mapped college-prep sequences in high school math and proposed pathways that led not only to calculus but also to statistics, linear algebra and data analysis. It’s time to reconsider the dominance of calculus. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Secondary Data Course Survey 107

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. The adage that you can do less with more doesn’t hold up when it comes to education.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 26, 2015

The time away from class takes a real toll on student learning, says Jason Hall, an elementary school teacher in the rural Kentucky district. “As educators, we always worry about summer dip,” Hall says, explaining how students tend to forget things over the long break. ” Not anymore, though. .

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