The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 26th, 2014 If a child can''t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. Library 2.014 , October 8th + 9th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and October 1st for Library 2.014. For more information, please see [link].

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. It is a shame that the growth of leaders, and all educators for that matter, is a trivial concern to districts and so called reformers, unless it is solely related to the Common Core, PARCC, SGO’s (in NJ at least), or a teacher/principal evaluation tool.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MARCH 21, 2014

My all time favorite tool for digital reading is Curriculet because of its versatility and ease of use (oh, and the price: FREE!). I can assign novels, poems, short stories, and current event articles for my students to read, and they can answer Common Core aligned questions and quizzes in the text.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2016

” In fact, the C-STEM Studio algebra curriculum is fully aligned with Common Core state standards in mathematics. The RoboBlockly curriculum includes a student self-guided Hour of Code activity as well as teacher-led math activities that meet Common Core state standards for fourth to ninth grade. Why Bother.

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

This is a huge shift from two years ago when there were very few people tweeting at the conference and Twitter wasn’t widely considered a tool for schools and teachers (and students). Now, it seems, many educators and school leaders realize that they have no choice but to get on board with social media, and they are exploring the tool.

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wwwatanabe

JULY 7, 2015

Tools for readability Have you ever wondered if the text on a website is the appropriate reading level for your students? Here are some tools for assessing the quantitative measures of readability: Online-Utility.org : Determines the Flesh-Kincade Reading Level by copying and pasting the text into the box.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 29, 2013

It seems the voices, both for and against the Common Core State Standards got louder over the past year. In Formative Assessments Are Easier Than You Think , we took a look at a few, simple techniques and tools you could use each day to gauge how your students were learning and gain valuable insight into their learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 21st, 2014 In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Stories Conversations Updates GlobalEdCon 2014 - Call for Proposals Open Until November 1st. More information.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

(Former Teacher, Site Admin, & District Admin) Process Education: Effective Communication, Reaching Every Person - Tracy Watanabe Technology Integration Specialist and Common Core Co-Coordinator SPOTLIGHT - Students as Producers of Content, Not Merely Consumers - Will Kimbley, Instructional Technology Consultant 1:00pm (ACSA) Preventive Discipline (..)

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Students will conduct critical community inquiry projects that combine Common Core literacy skills with their interests. Mentors will design a portable maker space to store and utilize resources, and will facilitate team building challenges and skill-strengthening activities using tools of collaboration, creation, and social media.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Dora Kastel may not be a traditional classroom teacher, but she and the team at the American Museum of Natural History have founded a number of professional learning programs and tools related to the Next Generation Science Standards. Art / Music. The initiative?

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Philly Teacher

MARCH 17, 2014

This is a huge shift from two years ago when there were very few people tweeting at the conference and Twitter wasn’t widely considered a tool for schools and teachers (and students). Now, it seems, many educators and school leaders realize that they have no choice but to get on board with social media, and they are exploring the tool.

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 10, 2014

." -- CommonSense Media’s Graphite Scoodle Jam for iPad empowers K8 teachers & students with CCSS-aligned content, creation, and collaboration tools to enhance Common Core Math & ELA instruction and learning. or later Available in US and New Zealand markets only.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In May 2014, Hōkūleʻa , a traditional Native Hawaiian double-hulled canoe, launched on its worldwide voyage to spread the message of Mālama Honua, which translates as “to care for Island Earth.” These hands-on activities align with Common Core State Standards as well as the Next Generation Science Standards.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California. Formative assessment tools like Padlet , Socrative , Quizizz , and Kahoot! Design thinking for stimulating creative problem solving.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

We are both pursuing the same goal,” says Sphero CEO Paul Berberian, which he describes as providing students with playful tools that nurture creativity as they learn to use and build with technology. Sphero was part of the inaugural class in 2014; littleBits joined two years later. But we have different ways of bringing that to life.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

backlash , in the words of Education Week’s Benjamin Herold, “echoes previous battles among various teachers’ union factions over highly politicized issues such as the Common Core State Standards and standardized testing.”. The adults who build tools to support this goal ought to hold themselves to that standard as well.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2019

The Common Core, in part a response to the poor quality of writing nationwide, pushes length and text complexity. In one specific example, high school students across the city did not know what the conjunctions “because,” “but” and “so” are meant to signal.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Voki is an ed-tech tool adopted by millions of teachers and students that enables the creation of talking characters or avatars in the classroom. Voki also offers an ever growing library of Common Core-aligned lessons – reimagined as Voki presentations.

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SpeechTechie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Kahmi (2014) states "There are three basic ways to make sentences more complex: (a) noun phrase elaboration, (b) verb phrase elaboration, and (c) conjoined and embedded clauses." So check out Sentopiary- looks like a great tool for a wide age range! SENTOPIARY - Create - A Hungry Bull from eeiioo on Vimeo.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In 2014, they were named a model for desegregation by the Center for Diversity and Equality in Education. Tools used throughout Morris School District So, How Well Is It All Working? 2014-15: Students who Met or Exceeded Expectations. 2014-15:Students who Met or Exceeded Expectations. PARCC Scores-Grade 5 ELA.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Today, KIPP Bay Area teachers can generate personalized Khan Academy playlists for their students in under 10 minutes using an automated tool. The tool was designed by KIPP Bay Area teachers and, unsurprisingly, solves a real problem while saving time. Building Tools That Teachers Want To Use. How’d they do it? The resulting 1.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Updates This week: School Leadership Summit 2014. Again the focus is on how ed tech can help with addressing the challenges of the Common Core. Sign up here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 28, 2014

The team from Australia e-Series in collaboration with The Learning Revolution, are very excited about the first conference in 2014. Deadlines The inaugural OZeLive - Ed Tech Down Under online conference, February 22nd and 23rd Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals are being accepted between now and February 15th, 2014.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update September 17th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. It also provides tools and resources to youth, families and educators to help kids change the world and themselves through service. More information at [link].

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Opportunities to learn about about careers paths and technology were not always available to his students at Columbus Municipal School District in Mississippi, where he’s served as superintendent since July 2014. How did you find resources to support buying these tools? So to me, they were just kind of useless.

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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. Innovative Interactive Presentation Tools to Bring Your Classroom to Life by Bryan Miller Interactive response systems have evolved from the formal clickers, to now operating on mobile devices. If You Challenge Them.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 19th, 2014 Perhaps the greatest joy is learning how to motivate yourself. Newsletter Sponsor Click for more information Deadlines Gaming in Ed , September 15th - 19th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: The Call for Proposals for the inaugural Gaming in Ed conference is now open.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

As a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization, we provide trustworthy information and tools, as well as an independent forum, so that families can have a choice and a voice about the media they consume. The Common Core State Standards require students to think critically and be effective consumers and producers of information and media.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2016

Related: Will the new Common Core SAT close the privilege gap? In 2014, the newly elected O’Sullivan, along with frustrated faculty, decided to overhaul the program. Related: Think you know a lot about Common Core? “I think people started looking at their courses and saying, ‘We can probably do better.’ ”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. Wednesday, April 30th in Binghamton, NY CoSN 2014 New York CTO Clinic , Join us for the first annual New York CTO Clinic! More details and schedule here. Learn more and register here.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 1, 2016

LEAP (which stands for Learning Exponentially, Advancing Potential) released findings from its first group of participants during the 2014-15 school year. While the sample sizes of students using the ed-tech products were relatively small, the schools that used the digital literacy tools with care saw positive results.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

RSCON5 will take place July 11th - 13th, 2014 and will feature 60+ presentations, 2 plenaries, 10 keynotes, student presenters, and much more. Get to know SnapThought – one of our assessment tools – and the new game Sortify, which adds another dimension to playful assessment. Are you getting everything you can out of it? Join here !

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update May 6th, 2014 Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. ISTE Unplugged in Atlanta - June 27th, 2014. Deadlines Library 2.014 , October 8th + 9th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and October 1st for Library 2.014.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

You also might know that Thinkfinity changed its format in the summer of 2014. You will discover that it aligns to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the STEM Educational Quality Framework, and Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. It now provides some outstanding services toward some new and exciting content for mobile learning.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

It began exploding about a decade ago, thanks in large part to the enthusiastic audience of Make magazine and the popularity of public events such as Maker Faires (the most well-known of which was hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in 2014.) Sheridan, George Mason University, in the Harvard Educational Review, Winter 2014.).

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 1, 2015

I thought this might be just the right time to share a list of some of the new tools you might use. You may also use a tool like Hyperlapse to capture time lapse opportunities, for instance, the action before and after school. Padlet: A very flexible, free tool for gathering sticky-note responses. Google Forms. Survey Monkey.

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