EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2018

Q&A: Class Tech Tips Blogger Monica Burns Explains How to Work with Digital Tools. Monica Burns first started working with educational technology in 2011 when she was teaching at a New York City school that was becoming a magnet school. Or is it big picture, such as learning how to collaborate more effectively with others?

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Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

11] If you don’t currently teach your students specifically how to listen, it may be time to add activities to your curriculum that strengthen this skill. The Benefits of Teaching Students How to Listen. Learning how to listen can also teach students how to communicate their ideas.[14] Improved relationship skills.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

So, it should not be surprising that only 27% of 8th and 12th-grade students earned a score of proficient in writing in the last report published in 2011 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Reading comprehension and information retention improve when students write about what they read (Graham & Herbert, 2011).

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Waterford

AUGUST 9, 2022

How to sign up for classroom or field trip volunteering opportunities. You may even want to start a Facebook group or Twitter account for parents. [11] 11] If you can figure out how to reach the majority of parents early in the school year, you’re more likely to promote long-term parent engagement. Kyriacou, C. O’Brien, L.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Read on to discover what asynchronous learning is and how to determine if it is the right strategy for your students. Those in the latter group may find asynchronous learning less motivating and have a hard time working as hard. Show students how to pace themselves in an asynchronous setting. What Is Asynchronous Learning?

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Waterford

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Additionally, divergent thinking strategies teach students how to problem solve.[2] You could, for example, assign students an art project or have them perform a skit in small groups. Play this Animal Soup Activity to teach students how to come up with many outcomes to a situation. How to Teach Divergent Thinking.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Mental health and rates of anxiety (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor & Schellinger, 2011; Jones, Greenberg, & Crowley, 2015; Zins & Elias, 2006). So, how do we help students make responsible decisions? Once each group has shared their norms, give students time to review them (e.g.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

How to get to the site. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. This way, I could look to see what each student did and if they knew how to write the code I wanted to see on the exam.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The report covered the six-year completion rates of the cohort of students (which the study refers to as the 2011 cohort) who began college in 2011. While the 2011 completion rate shows an uptick of 2.1% Now, for instance, the anatomy curriculum is taught over 32 groups, with 12 students each, and is taught 16 times a day!

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

More group work was associated with greater individual gains in a new study. When I first became an education journalist back in 2011, there was a lot of talk about individualized instruction, particularly by using educational software to tailor subjects for each student. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

5] You can then continue to send messages through text or social media groups, too. For Educators: How to Run a Parent-Teacher Conference. If you’d like to get more involved in school events, let them know how you’d like to help. How to Keep Family Engagement Strong After Parent-Teacher Conferences. Markström, A.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. The video’s only seven minutes long, easily shown to a group.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2011

Oh, and if you need more information on how to get the most out of Twitter or how it works, visit my Twitter Livebinder , with over 150 resources.) There are other groups too like Classroom 2.0 on Ning and groups on LinkedIn. Lastly, check out my most recent post from Leadership Day 2011.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. The video’s only seven minutes long, easily shown to a group.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. This allows us to meet as a whole group for a 20-30 minute math and science mini-lesson at the beginning of the period, before dividing the students into small groups for the rest of class. So get out there are start combining!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

NCTE Position Statement on Independent Reading ) 3:51 How does Lisa talk to her students about reading stamina and how to refocus when distracted? Talk to your students about reading stamina and how to build it. October 31, 2011. June 16, 2011. 2:45 Introduction to Lisa Hollihan Allen 3:12 What is reading stamina?

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

No matter what your role in education is, we think it’s important to understand how the K-12 business model differs from other businesses and organizations, and what it requires to evolve alongside not only the education industry – but the classroom experience. Continuous Listening and Improvement. Low Barrier to Entry.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Media Literacy Definitions Media literacy, as Istvan (2011) stated, is an umbrella concept “characterized by a diversity of perspectives and a multitude of definitions” (p. How does this information help you with the reading and understanding of the text? Does the text exclude any groups of people or beliefs?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

Statistics such as the ones below have forced education specialists to accept that reading programs in place in the typical classroom fail far too many students*: Only 32% of the nation’s public school students in 4th grade performed at or above grade level (NAEP, 2011). Of low-income 4th graders, 50% read below basic level (NAEP, 2011).

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Best Group Blog : Edutopia Group Blog I always look foward to the posts that come out of here. Just today there was a post about financial literacy, while yesterday there was a lesson on how to use TED talks to enhance the Common Core curriculum.

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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A lot of the posts that Danny puts up are related to ways to use Google''s products to make your life easier, like how to automate birthday announcements using Google Calendar and Google Groups. Check back next Monday for the final installment in my series "5 things to watch in 2011". That''s my list! 5 things to watch'

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

In addition to the program headquarters, the program had a Center for Private Enterprise in Budapest which worked with affiliates in 3 provincial towns/cities as well as Budapest and a program group at the University of Buffalo (a SUNY research university). How has mobile technology affected distributed groups?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

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. 2011, Nurmi et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. Madda et al.,

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

Read on to discover the impact of technology in education and how to get the most from its unique benefits. Many educators aren’t motivated to use digital resources in class, often because they’re unsure how to use them effectively or are unaware of the benefits.[1] How to Get the Most from Technology in Schools. Reissman, H.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Group projects and collaborative assignments foster a sense of community and interdependence among students. Critical thinking, as Finn (2011) defines it, “is applied rationality…a set of skills that people can learn and apply in their everyday or professional lives.” (p. ” Both critical thinking skills (e,g., References Finn, P.

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SpeechTechie

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The Apple computer offered a relatively user-friendly experience for the early 80s, and I quickly learned how to switch out floppy discs, endure the machine''s unforgiving "BRAAAAAP" sound that occurred when said discs caused an error, and enjoy games such as "Lemonade Stand" and " In Search of the Most Amazing Thing."

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

According to Slay, admissions officers often described a “chaotic” and “stressful” process where they lacked clear guidance on how to select students without test scores. There’s a struggle on how to implement them.”. Slay said admissions officers wished they had better guidance on how to answer this question.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

How could we transform a traditional, dysfunctional, low-performing system measured by high-stakes assessments into a system with exceptional teaching and learning environments that developed students empowered to change the world? After weeks of conversation, the group presented me with their suggestions to change our broken system.

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Here are my nominations for 2011-2012: Best individual blog: Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom Integrating Tech in the Primary Classroom Hands down, the most influential individual blog that I''ve learned the most from is Kathleen Morris'' Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom. I highly recommend following Joan.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Doing rigorous research isn’t easy; you need to set up a group of comparison students who don’t get the intervention and track everyone’s progress. You would hope that all this [innovation] would pan out for students and that we would know better how to make education.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. The video’s only seven minutes long, easily shown to a group.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Wininger and Norman of Western Kentucky University firmly suggest not only do psychology education textbooks present inaccurate information, but there’s a minimal attempt to teach how to apply it in educational contexts. For some students, the need for self-esteem can be higher than belonging to a group. Be open and show vulnerability.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2021

” So what are the three ingredients did Mitra identify (way back in 2011, and again in the 2018 video linked here )? Finally, the most startling of them all: Groups of children with access to the Internet can learn anything by themselves. ” Three (Surprising) Ingredients Needed For Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers. The graduation rate in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020. Related: How to make Cleveland ‘great again’?

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. SEL in the Classroom Improves Academic Performance.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. These clever digital natives take figuring out how to circumvent your protections as a challenge. But what about cyberbullying?

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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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