Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

Then, discover tactics for spotting and preventing toxic stress in your classroom. More students in your classroom may be suffering from toxic stress than you know. 14] Regardless of the grade you teach, it’s likely that at least one student in your classroom deals with chronic stress. What Is Toxic Stress, Anyway?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2024

When we think about having a diverse classroom we think of ethnicity, race, gender, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation. This paper explores the impact socioeconomic status has on student learning in order for teachers to have a better understanding of their diverse classroom. The first was peer influence.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

million grant from the Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation, GlassLab aimed to prove that educational games could be just as fun as their mainstream titles, and serve as reliable formative assessment tools. The first word in GlassLab’s name stands for games, learning and assessment). Launched in 2012 with a three-year, $10.2

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In a recent discussion, I was asked about “common assessments” in a classroom. The thought here is that no matter what classroom you were in, the assessments would look the same. If I ask students to show that they understand the same objective, does the way we assess truly have to be the same?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Some days when Steve Isaacs’ students walk into his classroom, they might have to deal with an earthquake that costs them health points. Quest objectives include reading chapters in the textbook, and students can complete formative assessments in the form of “battles.” million Series A funding round. The Classcraft dashboard.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It makes sense – when used well they can help scaffold learning, practice skills and help with assessment. Book Creator is the simplest, most inclusive way to create content in the classroom. Dan Kemp has been the Marketing Director for Book Creator since 2013. Did you know that Book Creator is free for teachers?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In the spring of 2013, after attending several conferences and beginning research for my dissertation, I set out to flip some of the aspects of my classroom. After five years, three grade levels, hundreds of students, and a lot of trial and error, here are 10 takeaways from my experiences flipping my classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A teacher’s cognitive engagement is the degree of attention to and investment in their work (Klassen, Yerdelen & Durksen, 2013). Ultimately, the person doing the work in the classroom is the person learning, so we must design learning experiences that position the student at the center of learning. What did they do well?

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 17, 2013

The one experience was with a session called "Classroom Gymnastics"presented by Kate and Liz. Thank you, Dara, for attending EdmodoCon 2013 and the compliments! If you would like to contribute and share a EdmodoCon 2013 post, please submit! First, let me just say the presenters were phenomenal.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. They observed classrooms. They administered surveys to teachers and students and developed assessments that were given when the program started and after it ended. The curriculum aligns with the principles of Next Generation Science Standards.

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Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

All of this information helped us assess the water quality of the creek. Assessments are then developed for each standard and associated task, which should reveal students’ capacity for that content or skill. The teacher is not the only expert in the classroom. lifeworthy). References. Demarest, A. New York: Routledge.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. In a recent study from educational nonprofit Project Tomorrow , nearly 62 percent of teachers reported using video games in their classrooms. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2017

I first met Office Mix a few years ago, before I had the required Office 2013 or higher. You have to have MS Office 2013 or above to run Mix. There are dozens of authentic uses for Mix in your classroom. In a flipped class, use Mix to share required resources, preparation steps, and assessments for an upcoming class.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Over time, they have learned that some of the skills that are most critical for success are difficult to teach and even harder to assess. It’s not always as simple as purchasing a curriculum, or even modifying an existing set of assessments, because in many cases, these materials don’t yet exist.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Chad Collins has been with Spencer County Public Schools (KY) since 2013, first as a middle school social studies and ELA teacher, and currently as the campus Gifted and Talented Teacher for Spencer County Middle School (SCMS) as well as Spencer County Elementary School. The display case outside of Chad's classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science. In 2019, just over one-third of students in the U.S.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

Ottenbreit-Leftwich in their 2013 study of authentic technology-enabled learning, highlights the main challenge coaches face when trying to support teachers using technology. Digital Promise’s 2017 report, Exploring Coaching for Powerful Technology Use in Education , talks about what this can look like in classrooms. Ertmer and Anne T.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 25, 2018

Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom. Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom. So I flipped my classes starting in 2013. That’s the basic idea of a flipped classroom. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e298.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

“Our mission is to embrace AI in our classrooms to enhance student learning; centering student inquiry, student reflection, and critical thinking.” Founded in 2013, the organization is committed to providing innovative and accessible educational resources to prepare young people for success in an ever-changing digital world.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2022, only 22% of students scored “proficient” or higher on a nationwide civics assessment. He is the author of Images of America: Sutton (2004) and Images of America: Millbury (2013). Unfortunately, stats are even worse in other subjects. And one in three scored below basic understanding of the subject.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Nearly 2 out of every 5 eighth graders don’t even have the most basic math skills, according to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Last spring, 47 percent of the district’s fourth graders were proficient or advanced in math on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test. In a 2013 study , researcher and University of Colorado Boulder associate professor Mimi Engel found that students who spent more time on the advanced concepts in kindergarten learned more math.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

But this week, Google acquired Workbench , a Baltimore-based company that provides an online library of lessons and projects, organized by subject and grade level, that educators can use in their classrooms. Founded in 2013 (and originally named cwist), Workbench has raised $3 million in funding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Then, we’ll provide a few ideas for differentiating your classroom instruction and show you how Waterford curriculum can help you provide personalized reading instruction. 9] Each student enters the classroom with unique experiences, preferences, and conditions that affect how they learn. What is Differentiated Instruction?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 26, 2018

They can also be tools that are easily integrated into warm-ups, exit tickets, and/or formative assessments such as these popular examples: Socrative. Google Forms integrates well with Google Apps for Education, Google Classroom, and many LMSs such as Blackboard. Google Forms. Survey Monkey. Poll Daddy. TodaysMeet. Office Mix.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It appears that much of the focus for improvement has been on creating rigorous classroom instruction to increase student achievement measured by the highly contested standardized tests. Students who are not performing at grade level in the core subject matters (Dove & Honigsfeld, 2013, pp. Who Are the Not-So-Common Learners?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Over the years, it has added both classroom and professional development resources to help educators successfully deliver literacy education based on the science of reading research. Our team is highly dedicated and has provided the most effective products for students and educators in today’s classrooms,” said Gaehde.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

It was an unanticipated scheduling issue that challenged Dr. Bruce Robertson to completely redesign a classroom course to fit an online/in-class hybrid format—in just two weeks. In its stead, he was offered a 150-seat classroom on campus. At the end of the day, students assess how they did and adjust accordingly.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Back in 2013, approximately 60% of Maine's participating districts chose iPads. In 2013, school districts were given the option to participate in one of five solutions, which included Apple laptops, Hewlett-Packard laptops, and iPads. Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 10, 2013

One district has that model but for core area coaching (not technology) Another district pays a stipend to classroom teachers to be first-line support to teachers in addition to their teaching duties. Apple has an online SAMR assessment survey (FREE) that will help teachers self-assess where they are in their technology learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

It was in with that question in mind, with support from the Escondido community and business leaders, that Del Lago Academy (DLA) opened in 2013 with the purpose of creating a school-to college and career pipeline connecting local students to STEM related careers within our region in southern California.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Beginning a technological evolution When I first became an administrator in the 2013-14 school year, I started a coding initiative. We also have Chromebooks for every student and 3D printers and interactive whiteboards in our classrooms. One of our scholars recently achieved a perfect score on our mathematics statewide assessment.

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edWeb.net

MAY 22, 2019

Classroom teachers are embracing the technology as a means to provide immediate feedback, assess student understanding and interact with both parents and students. Holden and students in his district set out to find out if this research pertained to students and if these devices are disrupting the classroom. The Research.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference. Hard to believe we''re almost at the end! During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Hypothetically, effective mobile learning can empower learners by enabling them to better assess and select relevant information, redefine their goals, and reconsider their understanding of concepts within a shifting and growing frame of reference (the information context).” — Marguerite L. Academic achievement in BYOD classrooms.

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