Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning. The districtwide shift towards blended learning began in 2015 when Erica Hartman was hired as Supervisor of Technology Integration.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

This year, many districts are replacing state standardized tests with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, two Common Core-aligned assessments designed to measure college readiness. Schools using PARCC have the option of taking a mid year assessment as a means of monitoring student growth.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I am almost booked through June I am already taking fall dates for 2015 – Mike. As 1 to 1 programs become more popular, educators are talking a lot about Blended Learning. As you might know there are plenty of ways to look at Blended Learning. A blended classroom is not an instant event.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2019

He teaches English at Mountain House High School in California, a 1:1 Chromebook blended learning school, where he received the 2015 Online Course Design Award from Blended Schools Network for his work on creating engaging online learning courses.

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District Administration

APRIL 16, 2015

Waggle generates a personalized, smart practice environment to help students in grades 2-8 build critical thinking and prepare for assessments in math and ELA. It champions productive struggle by creating a safe and engaging space for students to explore, build confidence and accelerate learning.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 6, 2018

In our third and final blog in our series on the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) we’ll explore successes in the elementary school context. Read our previous blog posts on Assessments and Personalization for the bigger picture. Next Generation Learning: Elementary School. Not all families feel like they belong.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 5, 2015

Today, we’re sharing a blog post from Getting Smart highlighting the updated Smart Series paper “Blended Learning Implementation Guide 3.0.” ” Blended Learning Implementation Guide 3.0. Originally published September 2013, updated & re-released Summer 2015.

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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?”. What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015. Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 Go To Class | Next Session : 3rd May, 2015. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning. Go To Class | Next Session : 4th May, 2015. Instructional Design for Mobile Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This handy tool has opened up the doors of blended learning and collaborative classrooms like never before. Teachers wanting to implement Google Classroom can use these resources to get started, level up their learning, or become a pro at all things Google. Assessment. Flubaroo – help for grading online assessments.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Here's our list of 2015's most wow-worthy websites and web-based edtech tools: A.D.A.M. For students, the site's assessments, digital dissection tools, and stellar 3-D viewing features help promote higher-order thinking and learning. Interactive Anatomy Online. Price: Free; Platform: Web; Grades: 6-12.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 25, 2016

After meeting Matt Miller at ISTE 2015 and interacting with him on Twitter, it was an honor and a privilege to say yes to his guest blogging opportunity. This blog post originally appeared in the www.ditchthattextbook.com blog. The original post cane be accessed at this link: [link].

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

As you read through them please keep in mind that some were new in 2015. Others were ones that I must have waited until 2015 to discover! Reflecting on 2015… Ten Resources I Found Valuable (This is just a small listing of ten…. I enjoy learning from all of you. If you are attending, check out my STEM and Maker’s Session.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 12, 2015

Today, we’re sharing a blog post from Getting Smart highlighting the updated Smart Series paper “Improving Conditions and Career: How Blended Learning Can Improve The Teaching Profession.”. Improving Conditions and Careers: How Blended Learning Can Improve The Teaching Profession.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Employed measures of academic achievement that were standardized assessments or norm-referenced district- or school-wide tests; Reported the duration of the study; and, Otherwise provided sufficient statistical data to calculate effect sizes. What did the meta-analysis reveal?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 25, 2015

Welcome to post number two in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both providing interactive quizzes/check ups and useful feedback that is essential in a classroom focused on student centered formative learning. Feedback Tools for Formative Assessment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. as you continue to amplify formative learning with digital technology. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over 3/4 full and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Collaboration.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Learn how to bring wacky fun to geometry lessons with The Land of Venn; how to personalize math practice and assessment with Front Row; and offer adaptive learning opportunities with Think Through Math. Blended Learning with Digital Formative Assessment Tools.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

Welcome to post number three in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both creating lessons that promote formative possibilities and resources that will allow educators to create videos that will enhance a students formative learning . Flip Possibilities.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2015

Note: For educators interested in incorporating online discussions into their curriculum, my first book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12 provides resources and strategies to support this shift. Shifting to Students Designed, Facilitated & Assessed Discussions. Learning' Just in time for summer reading!

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

At BWRSD, we have used the opportunity to develop and communicate a new, shared vision of personalized instruction that fosters deeper learning for all students. Our journey began in the Fall of 2015 with the convening of a Future Ready Leadership Team representing a cross-section of school and district leaders.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary is one of 10 “wall-to-wall” personalized learning schools that recently emerged as part of an initiative at Dallas ISD—one of the largest school districts in the country, serving 157,000 students. Growing the Movement The initiative has doubled since it launched in 2015, now serving 4,500 students at 10 schools.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In December 2015, I found myself toiling away on a fifth grade figurative language lesson in a unique place—a local tech meetup called Code For Vegas. I saw that I needed to move beyond formative assessment of skills. I needed to ask students whether or not they enjoyed the learning experience—that’s what Apple would do.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The principal's students were in an alternative setting and the main delivery and assessment of content came from an online course platform. The staff fully recognized the need to provide the students with a richer learning environment than simply watching videos that led to multiple choice quizzes and eventual unit tests.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. To get Lumio for FREE, head to Lum.io

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

During his work at KIPP Empower, Kim realized there was a need for providing a scalable way to support schools and districts with blended learning. The platform, now called “ Highlight ”, supports teachers and schools as they develop personalized learning environments by managing passwords, the sign-on process and data analysis.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2014

To that end, I’d like to suggest trying something new from Common Sense Education in this latter half of 2015. And when you’re done, your kids can take our unit interactive assessment. . . Digital Compass –- Coming in April 2015 is our new choose-your-own-adventure, animated interactive for grades 6-9. Feel inspired?

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In a typical teacher’s day, taking the time to learn about digital tools can be a low priority. So many things are thrown their way: assessments, evaluation tasks, submitting lesson plans, building duties, parent communications, and so on. Yet…students need to know stuff. We live in the information age. Halverson, R., Barnicle, A.,

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. He also uses Mobymax, a software that boasts the ability to help students “find and fix” learning gaps in several subjects.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

Daniel Domenech, Executive Director of the American Association of School Administrators, believes that only limited numbers of students will be back in the classroom at any one time, so there will be continued switching back and forth between remote and on-site education as part of a blended-learning approach.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

First the word was blended learning, before it was hybrid, and now it’s personalized learning. At Navigator charter school Hollister Prep, 85 percent of Latino students scored proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) on the state assessment, compared to 37 percent of Latino students in the rest of the district.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 11, 2017 Maine Charter School Moves Away From Online Learning Model | Maine Public → The Snow Pond Arts Academy charter school in Sidney had an ambitious goal — to be the first public school in Maine to use a model called “blended learning,” in which most of student work takes place in an online platform.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2015

MobyMax, developer of personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, is kicking off the 2015-2016 school year by releasing a new Touch Curriculum technology that uses more than 20,000 cognitive skill manipulatives to deepen students’ mastery of science concepts.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Our final #EDENchat of 2015 focused on new learning environments, namely MOOCs, flipped classrooms and blended learning methods. Those who participated shared their experiences of MOOCs and flipped learning both as teachers and as learners.

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