Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

EPS launched their one-to-one computing initiative in 2014, and now all students in grades 2 through 12 have an HP convertible touch laptop and access to the Microsoft 365 suite.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Working with that group, I really found my tribe, and I really worked to explore and expand myself in a leadership role and helping other teachers in other districts build their own blended-learning capacities. In 2015 Deb was selected as a PBS Lead Digital Innovator and in 2018 she was selected as a PBS All Star.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Still, in the 2014-2015 school year, over 5 million students participated in PARCC testing, and this rigorous testing of college and career readiness may allow schools to provide targeted support and intervention to students who struggle to grasp Common Core standards. Blended Learning as Prep for Third-Party Assessments.

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Assessment Common Core Blended Learning Analysis 94

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen. Planning Blended Learning for another year.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Still, in the 2014-2015 school year, over 5 million students participated in PARCC testing, and this rigorous testing of college and career readiness may allow schools to provide targeted support and intervention to students who struggle to grasp Common Core standards. Blended Learning as Prep for Third-Party Assessments.

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Assessment Common Core Blended Learning Analysis 52

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. Hodas left in 2014.) The program is now run by 14 staff members, reports the NYCDOE.

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The Thinking Stick

AUGUST 14, 2016

In the video below, created and produced in partnership with a Marysville student, you hear Becky talk about what the technology was like in the district before they passed their tech levy in 2014. February 2014: The community of Marysville passes the Tech Levy and infrastructure work begins.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

One approach that may offer that reasonable next step in embedding personalized learning into practice is blended learning. It combines online and face-to-face learning “that uses a variety of tools – digital, artistic, problem-solving, etc. Yet…students need to know stuff. We live in the information age.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Sophia Jones-Redmond, superintendent of the district, which serves students from ages 13 to 21, said that a blended-learning model has been a major factor in this success. Algebra is among the courses students can take online as part of a blended learning program instituted by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

A flipped classroom is a teaching pedagogy which reverses old classroom teaching and homework through a form of blended learning using modern technology and practical application. [2] 4] Louis Rosenberg, “Human Swarming and the future of Collective Intelligence,” July 20, 2015, [link] (accessed February 22, 2018). [5]

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

The magazine’s “30 Under 30” list, which highlights young leaders in fields such as technology, music and healthcare, added education to the list in 2013 and since then has grown from nearly 90 nominations in 2014 to more than 450 last year.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

One approach that may offer that reasonable next step in embedding personalized learning into practice is blended learning. It combines online and face-to-face learning “that uses a variety of tools – digital, artistic, problem-solving, etc. Yet…students need to know stuff. We live in the information age.

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Personalized Learning Blended Learning Learning Exercises 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

In late 2015, Education SuperHighway received a $20 million grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation, the charitable group of the chief executive of Facebook and his wife, a pediatrician. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. million more students that now have the minimum connectivity they need for digital learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The previous year, 2015, set a record for education technology investments with over $3.1 This means a few large deals, such as Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of educational content and software provider Ascend Learning, may skew perceptions a little. US K-12 Technology Revenues (2014-2022E).

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 is the leading literacy solution in blended learning programs today, specializing in cloud-based, differentiated learning solutions for school-aged youth as well as adult learners. Virginia Beach already started using Smarty Ants for PALS-identified students in its elementary schools as of February 2016.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full – Mike. The winter of 2014 /15 is proving to bring some weather that has definitely affected school calendars across the country. Twitter Chat (Tuesday February 23, 2015 … 8:00 PM… Use… # MyBigCampus . Check out my Booking Page.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 5, 2015

Originally published January 2014, updated and re-released Summer 2015. In partnership with: Digital Learning Now , Foundation for Excellence in Education. Smart Series Guide to EdTech Procurement” sets out to help school and district leaders think through the key decisions in planning for the shift to blended learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

From 2011 - 2015, 2Rev shifted their work to focus on assisting schools, districts and states with building future of learning models and helping those models succeed and scale. Since 2012, all of 2Rev’s offerings provide a blended experience, including face-to-face sessions as well as online learning opportunities.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2016

The report’s policy recommendations are based on research released in October 2015 through a partnership between Mathematica Policy Research, Stanford University’s CREDO (Center for Research on Education Outcomes) and the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Read more about Blended Learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

The University of Akron launched the GenEd Core Pilot Program in Fall 2015 to help increase access to higher education. The program used Brightspace to deliver blended learning courses designed with experiential learning elements that allowed them to be offered with significant cost savings.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Prior to the 2014-2015 school year, teachers also had access to Khan Academy, where math content is organized by grade level. In fall 2014, Khan Academy quietly released a PDF document that told teachers which Khan Academy exercises are most relevant to students based on their MAP scores.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In Arizona, we have such limited resources,” Sheppard says, noting that in 2014, Arizona ranked 48th out of 50 for state education spending per student. The community understood the need and the district’s limited resources from the state, Alka says, and the bond was approved in November of 2014. The efforts paid off.

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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 Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

with Michelle Sigmann, Vice Principal in Ontario 10:00 AM - Differentiated instruction: Making the most out of learners' individual differences with Thuy Thi Hieu Tran, M.A.,

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2016

Now a nonprofit called Moneythink , it has with 30 university chapters in 10 states, Moneythink takes a blended learning approach, by mixing personalized mentoring with the power of social media. Read more about blended learning. Courtesy of Kara Zucker).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

million new tech jobs will be created between 2014 and 2024, many of them requiring people with data and computer-science credentials. CompTIA projects that 1.8 Retiring baby boomers will leave countless additional positions open. Related: How to save the humanities? Make them a requirement toward a business degree.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When the school’s farm opened in 2014, Freight Farms staffers taught students about crops that have a proven hydroponic track record and their preferred mixes of temperature, nutrients, moisture and other factors. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning. It’s a perfect fit.”.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Supporting instruction while learning about how mobile devices are best used in the classroom happened very quickly for me and I was constantly adapting and adopting new ideas. At the end of the 2013-2014 school year CCS had a marvelous “problem.” The computer lab was next to the other three kindergarten classrooms.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 26, 2015

This is the first in a series of posts that examine how schools and districts are planning for and implementing digital learning efforts. In November of 2014, President Obama challenged district superintendents to sign the Future Ready Pledge. Learn how Graphite.org can help you find the next great learning app.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Get Schooled” created by Data Quality Campaign in 2015. Raytown was also awarded a TLE seal, as was Denver’s school district, which revamped its student privacy policies in 2014, ahead of Colorado’s new law. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

So, in 2014, they launched CollegePoint , a virtual version of the after-school workshop—emailing students timely information and tips about everything from financial aid to homesickness in their freshman year, followed by a phone call or a web chat with a trained counselor at least once a month and more frequently if the student needed it.

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”. nationwide.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. In 2014, the national association of EBS license holders sent the FCC a proposal to make a public inventory of available spectrum, and then gradually open it up for applications from school districts and nonprofits. Scheivert and his team also plan to build towers at a few schools.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

When the school’s farm opened in 2014, Freight Farms staffers taught students about crops that have a proven hydroponic track record and their preferred mixes of temperature, nutrients, moisture and other factors. Read more about Blended Learning. It’s a perfect fit.”.

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Mobility Blended Learning Facebook Data 28

MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

The NMC Horizon 2015 K-12 report offers a snapshot of where ed tech stands now and where it is likely to go in the next five years, according to 56 education and technology experts from 22 countries. Access to mobile technology especially has helped students feel comfortable in the role of digital creator. DEVELOPMENTS IN ED TECH.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

In 2015, the University of Washington’s District Leadership Design Lab helped developed the nation’s first research-based standards for principal supervisors. During the 2014-15 school year, only 31 percent of sixth graders were reading at or above grade level. Photo: Jackie Mader. This is going to take a large chunk of our time.

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