The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The state’s K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software grant program , created in 2013, requires ed tech companies to train teachers like Pitts on their products and obligates the businesses to credit the state if the licenses are never used. School districts will have to make choices.” It’s not teaching for you,” she said.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

“Technology use must, first and foremost, be designed to support learning goals, not the other way around.”. Ottenbreit-Leftwich in their 2013 study of authentic technology-enabled learning, highlights the main challenge coaches face when trying to support teachers using technology. This insight, penned by Peggy A.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Indeed, from the 2024-2025 school year, the mandatory implementation of the new Culture and Citizenship in Québec program in schools will require the assessment of digital competence among young people. Key features of Study.com’s free Praxis Core Prep include: Personalized learning plans tailored to individual strengths and weaknesses.

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Industry Google EdTech Policies 105

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2019

AltSchool, a developer of personalized learning software that once operated a chain of “microschools,” is getting a major makeover. This morning, the San Francisco-based company announced a series of “sweeping changes” that includes a new name—Altitude Learning—and new leadership.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The second in our New Generation Learning series focuses on personalization. Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The second in our New Generation Learning series focuses on personalization. Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously.

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Learning Digital Divide Case Study Personalized Learning 150

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For example, using interactive whiteboards to visually explore complex scientific concepts, or utilizing educational apps to personalize learning for each student. In contrast, random use of technology may not effectively contribute to learning outcomes and could even be a distraction. ​

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

After considerable research and collaboration, UCS designed a blending learning model starting in kindergarten in which students progress through personalized learning plans with state-of-the-art technology such as iPads and MacBook Air laptops.

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

After considerable research and collaboration, UCS designed a blending learning model starting in kindergarten in which students progress through personalized learning plans with state-of-the-art technology such as iPads and MacBook Air laptops.

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

Success is contingent upon sound instructional design, quality assessments, and an improved feedback loop. To prepare our learners to think and solve problems in the real world and beyond, they need to learn in spaces and environments that most emulate this reality. More importantly, it can empower our learners. Barrett, P.,

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2018

As a 2013 report from the EU Joint Research Center put it, the school emphasizes “learner choice and empowerment in every possible area.”. The school’s aim is to foster an environment in which student and teacher together are jointly responsible for learning. Related: Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

A longtime administrator in Rio Rancho, Aaker led the district-wide transition of elementary students to online learning when Covid struck. As public health guidelines relaxed over the course of the next school year, Aaker began to hear from parents who weren’t comfortable sending their kids back to in-person learning.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 93

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Join the Club: Educators interested in learning more about Faculty Club opportunities, or being featured in an interview, are invited to reach out to us at educators@coursehero.com. Using tech to personalize learning Robertson has long believed that the linear approach to teaching may not be right for everyone.

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Classroom Exercises Gamification Course 120

100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Differentiation puts the focus on learners, and it is a learner-centered approach that is aimed to help learners succeed regardless of the differences” (Bajrami, 2013). Enable every learner to achieve personal learning goals. Most of the time, it is related merely to assessment. .

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Flipped Classroom Differentiated Instruction How To Learning 78

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Nearly 1,900 teaching and learning staff are employed in 42 schools, each equipped with various types of technology tools (42 in all). She oversees all content areas, curriculum, instructional practices and assessment, working alongside the district’s Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer to engage school leaders and teachers.

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Case Study Data Learning Mobility 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

But based on initial data from a much smaller pilot in Long Beach, California, in 2017-18 and another in 33 tiny Idaho districts in 2013-14, he was optimistic. million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. Related: How to reach students without internet access at home?

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Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 133

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

In July 2013 by a unanimous vote, the Board of Trustees for McComb School District in Mississippi appointed me as superintendent of schools. My appointment came at a time when 77 percent of McComb’s kindergarteners had not met the required performance on the state’s kindergarten readiness assessment. This was my struggle.

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System How To Assessment Meeting 106

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Though there are many ways to implement a blended learning program, there are a few commonalities in what works, what doesn’t and what is destined for failure. Mindful pairing of digital resources to learning outcomes is an excellent way to ensure that any blended learning program will produce the desired learning outcomes.

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Blended Learning Pearson Learning E-rate 124

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2013 $0. ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2014 $0. FY 2015 $0.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Embracing Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning in Formal Learning Environments: Bernard Bull. Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. New Pathways to Knowledge and Learning: Rónán O’Beirne. An Andragogical, Constructivist Approach to Teaching and Learning.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

This represents a new high water mark in a seven-year progression towards the vital practice of holding education programs and school districts using state funds accountable for achieving student learning impacts. ST Math , created by MIND Research Institute, is one of the math programs available to schools and districts as part of the grant.

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Program Evaluation STEM Analysis Software 52

100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Differentiation puts the focus on learners and it is a learner-centered approach that is aimed to help students succeed regardless of the differences” (Bajrami, 2013). Enable every student to achieve personal learning goals. Most of the time, it is related merely to assessment.

Flipped Classroom 68

Flipped Classroom Differentiated Instruction How To Learning 68

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

How a school defines student success influences its design and impacts critical aspects such as professional learning, curriculum, assessment and school culture. Implementing a New Set of Competencies Not surprisingly, a school promising to educate next generation learners relies on personalized technology to keep them on track.

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LMS Classroom Assessment Robotics 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. The goal, Busi explained, is personalized learning that fully accommodates students’ abilities and disabilities. But parents say there’s a long way to go.

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Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2017

This is the harsh reality that data from Stanford’s sweeping 2009-2013 study bears out. As policymakers and educators struggle with how to shift this phenomenon, social-emotional learning has emerged as a solution to the challenge of achieving educational equity; they certainly comprise part of the solution to this multifaceted challenge. “We

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Learning Data Groups Exercises 91

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Starting in preschool, teachers try to spot students’ natural talents; by kindergarten, each child’s top strengths appear on a “personalized learning plan,” a new type of report card. Waters agrees, saying that most schools don’t really move past the assessment. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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Learning Elementary Report Personalized Learning 85

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Superintendent Rico Munn made mental health a priority when he came to Aurora Public Schools in 2013. She said there has been an increase in the number of suicide assessments in the district this year, which she sees as a positive. The new focus has paid off. That’s somebody saying ‘Help,’ right? They know where to go.

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Report Training Elementary Survey 136

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

Ed note: This post has been republished from a 2013 article. This is a tone that is becoming increasingly important in the 21st century as access to information increases, as the updating of information happens more naturally, and as blended and mobile learning environments become more common. The Tone of Learning.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Punitive mindset in grading and providing feedback: The key is to look at the staff culture and think about changing teachers’ mindsets so they are focused on not just grading assignments but truly helping students learn. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed.

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Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 62

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

YC/Imagine K12 will launch its first combined batch of startups this summer; new companies will have access to YC’s startup network and resources coupled with Imagine K12’s Educator Network and specialized understanding of the education market, according to the blog. million PreK-12 students.

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Knewton Edmentum Company Professional Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

For the last three years in a row, it has been 97 percent, and the superintendent attributes the whole of that increase to the district’s efforts to personalize learning. At the heart of personalized learning is building a positive relationship with every student, every single day.”. “I And it opened Robins’ eyes.

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Personalized Learning Learning Competency Based Learning Secondary 103

MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. The goal, Busi explained, is personalized learning that fully accommodates students’ abilities and disabilities. But parents say there’s a long way to go.

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Advocacy Elementary Training Assessment 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Join us online for new content focused on the hottest topics from ISTE 2013 and a sneak peek at what’s in store for ISTE 2014 — plus live interaction and discussion I''ll lead with ISTE 2013 keynoter Adam Bellow. Learn more about implementation at the school level, through non-formal education, and the national ministry level.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

In 2013, he left the Ph.D. Those students get the access to feedback and support, and other students don't. A big factor in the political turmoil in America in the last couple of months has been that there is a widening gap between people who have access to all sorts of opportunities and resources, and others who don't.

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