The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Second grade teachers Amy Hart (center) and Alina Turner (right), with her dog, Mello, meet with Karen Shutt (left), instructional coach for a planning meeting at Edmondson Elementary.

Elementary 145

Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

Since creating our school’s makerspace in November 2013, I’ve seen a small revolution start to grow within our elementary school and also across our district. This past year has helped to give our maker movement stronger momentum with the addition of school sponsored clubs (multi-grade makers club and Lego Robotics). MakerFaire.

Maker Movement 60

Maker Movement Elementary Robotics Mobility 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The eighth grader can also remember each of the kids she began school with back at Boudreaux Canal Elementary School. But that school closed after she finished first grade in 2013, a victim of declining enrollment after relentless flooding and job losses drove families from the area. I do see an effect.

Report 59

Report Elementary Trends Industry 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. Yet for years, students like McGee had limited exposure to the world of STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math. It showed me the potential I could have academically.”. Photo: Stuart Miller.

STEM 82

STEM Study Robotics Course 82

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2013

Notes from a panel session at SXSWedu 2013 [link] Teaching is a complex undertaking. Who are students and teachers in 2013? Kids in 2013 have well developed game playing abilities, but they check those skills at the schoolhouse door b/c that''s not their school experience. Stick with mature technologies. A: Mastery.

Game-Based Learning 49

Game-Based Learning How To Gamification Learning 49

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. When the legislature mandated the consolidation in 2013, to begin in the 2015-16 school year, the same fears resurfaced.

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Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Much of the funding for this educational experiment came from philanthropies set up by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who made their money from technology and have argued that introducing more of it in classrooms can transform the education system. I think people still see the need, but they don’t know the right way to get there.”.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Karen Blumberg Technology Integrator The School at Columbia University BIO : Karen Blumberg is an educational technologist at The School at Columbia University working with faculty and students to integrate technology academically, respectfully, and responsibly. Our students are children of technology and the web.

Conference 59

Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. There are two other STEAM labs in this school for third, fourth and fifth graders, which South Fayette opened in 2013. We started being invited into classrooms,” said Owens.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

MindShift

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” experiment has garnered a lot of attention since it first begun in 1999 and won a TED prize in 2013. ” Recently, Bechtel has been experimenting with Self-Organized Learning Environments, or SOLEs , in her elementary school classes. It’s a way to introduce lots of ideas or dig deeply into one.

How To 28

How To Classroom Learning Robotics 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. Content Curation as a Context for Learning - Eric Walters, Director of Technology Innovation and Education: Why and how they belong together - William J.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

million into schoolwide technology upgrades. One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. We literally dumpster-dive for technology.”. The measure failed. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” ” asks MIT Technology Review.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“ Can Technology-augmented Academic Advising Improve College Graduation Rates? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. ” asks Michael Petrilli. ” asks Edsurge.

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Related: LA’s school counselors strike back.

Common Core 93

Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 93