The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Here is an example I use a lot where I asked people to give me their thoughts on what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) means to them. Lots of potential there and I bet we will see at least one education company develop learning games for the Kinect.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s a chilly Wednesday in April at the end of his last-ever quarterly meeting with the district’s parent advisory committee. This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. He takes off his glasses, wipes his eyes.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Once considered a boutique form of education overly reliant on technology, competency-based education is increasingly seen as a way to solve a host of problems with traditional schooling, problems that became more apparent when learning went virtual. Related: Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When I was a school superintendent in Maine, the five cities and towns that comprised our learning community wanted assurances that graduates of our three high schools would be adequately prepared for college or career training opportunities after high school.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The learning experience is not personalized and thus will not meet the needs of all students. Katie goes on to describe how each scenario can be shifted to meet the needs of individual learners: In the 3rd-grade class, some sprawl on beanbag chairs, silently reading from well-worn copies of Charlotte’s Web. The problem?

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Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

The Jaquelin Hume Foundation’s mission is to accelerate the implementation of high quality blended/personalized learning in America’s schools. Our investments were small but in the 2011–2012 school year, the Gates Foundation, the Broad Foundation and the Charter School Growth Fund made combined grants in this space of some $40 million.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The purpose of blended learning is to give learners a more integrated educational experience, where they can benefit from both face-to-face teacher guidance and the flexibility and accessibility of online materials. Fabbian et al, 2017).

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Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2016

Back in 2011, Digital Promise started the League of Innovative Schools , a network of forward-thinking districts around the country. At that point, efforts to use personal technology and adaptive software to support teaching and learning were relatively scarce.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Join me today, Thursday, February 2nd, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com panel discussion on "Personal Learning Profiles," also referred to in variously as "personal success plans," "learner profiles," or "personalized learning paths."

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

“Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 24, 2017

As we come to the end of 2017 and go into the new year, I am doing a bit of self-reflection on my own personal learning. That has helped me with number one as well and reminded me that the more important word in “Personal Learning Network” is “Personal.”

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Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

One study conducted in Taiwan, for example, came to the conclusion that educating students on learning styles can encourage self-reflection—always a positive thing.[9] 9] In another study, a professor at Auburn University found that using learning styles to teach concepts to individual students can improve information recall.[15]

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“We were impressed by Kar-Han’s extensive experience leading R&D teams in robotics, AI, and deep learning,” says Mark Solomon, Senior Vice President of Products and Platform at BYJU’S. Learn more at PlayOsmo.com and Osmo Education. To learn more, go to: byjus.com/us. About BYJU’S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

However, I had to take full responsibility for a very basic and fundamental truth—our school district, as it was currently designed and operating, wasn’t meeting the needs of our modern learners. They wanted a system where teachers could meet the needs of every individual child. This was my struggle.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. I can’t wait to see how the next chapter unfolds!

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

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. Throughout the year, we set aside weekly time to meet and develop lessons and hands-on activities. So get out there are start combining!

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2017

The basic premise (I suggest you read the whole article ) is that a 17 year old working at BlackBoard (a technology company), is ridiculed for using their phone during a meeting by some older adults, because it looks like he is texting, while he is actually taking notes. The ending (spoiler alert!): A few things.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The teachers get dashboards that help them keep track of these multiple paths that all of these students are on, and are able to do focused interventions for the students who are still struggling, even if the interventions on Khan Academy aren't fully meeting their needs, they can have one-on-one time, small group times. Yes and no.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2011

Second Life provides a robust platform for collaboration that provides educators with the opportunity to meet with friends all over the globe, all together, in one place. user, will speak about life long learning and the great benefits of a PLN (Personal Learning Network).Have That place happens to be a virtual world.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Launched in 2011, Ellevation describes itself as offering online management and instructional tools focused on building collaboration among educators and helping schools meet the evolving demand’s of the nation’s surging ELL student population.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 1, 2011

Brenda Anderson will discuss how Montgomery County Public Schools, MD empowered the library media specialists to build personal learning networks with technology to explore the new Maryland school library media standards. Grace is what love does and is when it meets the sinful and undeserving."

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2017

The following text provides a summary of Rogers’ major themes about learning and education from Freedom to Learn and comes from Weibell, C. Principles of learning: 7 principles to guide personalized, student-centered learning in the technology-enhanced, blended learning environment.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2011

More than half of all faculty at the University of Findlay utilize Blackboard Collaborate for everything from live online classes and office hours, to meetings and virtual conferences. How do you create and build your own personal reputation in an authentic way? What is the value of a personal learning network?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

It’s okay to break some of the rules some of the time to meet the needs of the children in your care.”. These were learning games glued into file folders for all subjects. It was personalized learning! I learned about their cultures and stopped asking them to break their cultural norms to match my own.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years into his 12-year tenure as mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg and his then education chief, Joel Klein, kicked off a program that they hoped would transform education in the city by making schools “centres of innovation,” Bloomberg told the BBC back in 2011.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 3, 2017

I was truly privileged to meet Najwa Zebian recently, and she had written a poem special for my event. June 16, 2010 Slow posting December 31, 2013 Everything happens for a reason, but… May 2, 2011 Where were you when…? Here is her poem shared with permission. Innovate Together . By Najwa Zebian.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 2, 2017

We are so often willing to pat others on the back for great their own great actions but will be hard on ourselves even when meeting our own expectations but still not seeing it as enough. When some days are harder than others, getting up and doing your job is sometimes a courageous act.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

EdSurge was founded in 2011 to connect the emerging community of education technology entrepreneurs and educators with the goal of helping educators, entrepreneurs, policymakers and other stakeholders be part of the rich and complex conversations about the evolving learning environments for everyone and the technologies and tools that support them.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

million students took such courses during the 2010-2011 school year, the last period for which federal figures are available. High school teachers who teach Boise State courses must meet the qualifications the university requires of its adjunct professors, which include holding a master’s degree in the subject area of the course.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

After giving birth to her son in 2011, Burgos dropped out of her old school when counselors told her that she didn’t have enough credits to pass ninth grade. All students need to be deeply known by the adults that are working with them to support their learning,” she said. Based on what you know. Photo: Natalie Gross.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2011

The Meeting: If the idea interests you, I hope you will join me this Thursday to start the brainstorm. Are you interested in hearing other educators talk about how they have created and built their own careers, personal learning networks, and reputations in authentic ways? What kinds of things could a Teacher 2.0

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

And that we would be able to build a learning environment based on technology that would eventually be all digital, that would meet the needs of all students. And that assessment should not be something where you take the kids out of a learning environment, throw them into a lab and test them separately. Apply it.’

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

We tell the story of our lives when we meet. That is how tacit learning happens. According to Thomas and Seely-Brown (2011), you can't teach tacit knowledge. and Seely-Brown, J (2011) A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. Story telling is important to all of us.

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