The Innovative Educator

MARCH 21, 2015

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

The foundational technology pieces – Chromebooks, internet, assessment platforms – are stabilized at most Oakland schools. So the next year, the district purchased 10,000 chromebook devices on wifi-enabled carts and rolled them out equitably across our 86 schools and 36,000 students. Ask your teachers for feedback and really listen.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. In today’s episode, she talks about the transformation, why they needed change, and implementing successful change.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

In this file photo from 2014, veteran teachers attend a Blended Learning Institute workshop in Manhattan. Families who needed devices for their kids also picked up Chromebooks. Experts say teachers need weeks — if not months — of training to develop and implement an online class. Photo: Alexandria Neason for The Hechinger Report.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 2, 2015

Avra: I began my career in education as an elementary classroom teacher – teaching 3rd grade and Kindergarten, but I spent the bulk of my career as a technology coordinator and teacher in a small district outside of DeKalb, Illinois. I feel like Drive has been the perfect bridge between the iPad and Chromebook worlds, too.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Take Blackboard , which has bought 15 companies since 2014. What’s indisputable is that Chromebooks currently dominate; more than 40 percent of respondents say that’s the device of choice in the classrooms, followed by PC laptops (17 percent).

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

For example, 2013-14 English 9 or 2014-15 Honors English 9. The students read the text at home or in school on smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, or computers, answering questions and quizzes embedded in the text to check their understanding. Students interact with others that they may see in class or merely pass in the the hall.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Stephen’s Episcopal Day School hosted Miami Device , a conference held on their campus November 6 & 7, 2014. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)? Rethinking the Chromebook as a Creation Device by Tanya Avrith Chromebooks have huge potential in the area of creation.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

For my notes on Day 1 of this academy, which took place January 15, 2014, click here. A participant in the room shared about an 8th grade Engilsh teacher using Google docs and going paperless - students walk in and go immediately to their Chromebooks because they want to see the feedback the teacher has given them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2015

I love the “exit slip” Twitter board idea that many teachers are using in elementary classes. Chromebooks, Computers, Surface Tablets are all there. Because my students use black and blue pens, I like purple, green, or aqua or something different. It is just more me. See Elwood, J. A., & Bode, J. The kind I use at home.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

“Personalized learning is not something you buy,” emphasized Chris Liang-Vergara, a consultant from the Chicago organization LEAP Innovations who helped charter Firstline Schools pilot its personalized learning programs between 2011 and 2014. “It’s Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets? Teira Rucker, 11.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The district has filters in place that block certain websites and keywords on both the district-provided Chromebooks and kids’ handheld devices, “but they could play games if they wanted to on the bus on the way home,” Calcutt says. For them, “the Wi-Fi has been a great tool.” Or they can get a jump on the evening’s homework.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Examples of services like this include many EdTech products out there, including Edmodo, Remind, ClassDojo, Schoology, most digital text offerings from traditional publishers like Pearson and McGraw Hill, learning programs like Agilix Buzz, and app ecosystems like Amplify tablets, iPads, and Chromebooks. The life of a data trail matters.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Stacy Stewart, principal of Belmont-Cragin Elementary School, credits personalized learning for helping to improve student engagement. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 In Smart School money, districts find different approaches to tech | The Daily Gazette → Every school district in the state gets a cut of the $2 billion NY state bonds approved by voters in 2014 to enhance technology in schools. ." Other districts ought to consider the possibilities.

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Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 25, 2015

Anecdotally, I’ve heard they appeal to elementary schools, where typing isn’t as crucial as in secondaries) Chromebooks are growing in demand because of low cost and ease of use. Chromebooks rely on persistent internet connections and off-site storage. In 2014, about 4.9 So I have two questions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 13, 2017

B” who was Oregon Teacher of the Year 2014. Enhanced Transcript. Helping Autistic Students Travel by Making Books. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Brett Bigham @2014ortoy , AKA “Mr. Brett, your love and passion has been kids with special needs, for quite some time.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. It’s so much better,” said Brooke Williams, who sat on the classroom floor with her Chromebook in her lap, adjusting her number line. “I Photo: Chris Berdik.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Stacy Stewart, principal of Belmont-Cragin Elementary School seen here before the COVID-19 pandemic, credits personalized learning for helping to improve student engagement. Between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 school years, teacher retention grew from 60 to 90 percent.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2021

From 2014 to 2016, Ebola ravaged several West African countries, killing thousands and spreading isolated cases to both Europe and the United States. “Remember,” Ross said to her class at one point, “all these numbers represent people.”. The partnership behind Operation Outbreak began with an international crisis and a star-struck 6-year-old.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2017

The program, started in 2014, has been viewed by its advocates as so effective that the foundation-funded institute is developing similar programs for yet-to-be-announced cities and states. One of them, Donna Bromage, a kindergarten teacher at Pothier Elementary School, is getting seven new Chromebooks this year.

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2017

Educators and students from Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School, a public school in Foster, Rhode Island, simulate a classroom lesson for other teachers in Rhode Island during a conference about blended and personalized learning. You either quit, or you take it to the districts and the states.” . And their work starts in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. Extra money has allowed these wealthier districts to invest heavily in Chromebooks and iPads, state-of-the-art robotics programs, computerized blackboards, and high-end 3-D printers. It’s perhaps not surprising.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Cooper Lane Elementary School in Maryland’s Prince George’s County school district had almost 550 children, 60 percent of whom are Hispanic. The atrium at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elementary school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is lined with flags from different countries, including those in Central America. And she is happy.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

This fall, enrollment was on pace to top 950, a two-thirds increase since 2014. For elementary kids, who were more likely to have caregivers overseeing their learning, attendance tended to be strong. Before this year, I didn’t like school. But now that I realize that this year is going to be like this, I love school.”

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Online Learning Study Report Accessibility 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” Via NSBA’s Legal Clips blog : “ Satanic Temple withdraws request to start after school club at Washington state elementary school.” ” That’s after paying £4,327 in UK taxes in 2014. ” “ Chromebooks destroyed Apple in back-to-school shopping,” says MarketWatch. Or something.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

School administrators note that from 2014-15 to 2016-17, pass rates more than doubled, from 10 percent to 21 percent, on NWEA, another set of exams used by districts across the country. Leave this field empty if you're human: At Gordon Bush Elementary School, pass rates on state tests more than tripled last year. Weekly Update.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” .” Via Democracy : “The Untold History of Charter Schools.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” “Caution: Chromebooks ,” writes Gary Stager. ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.” (Reminder: according to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines , “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” Chromebooks. ” Via Futurism : “ Global E-Waste Increased by Eight Percent since 2014.” ” Yay. Storify is shutting down.

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