Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

Change has proven rewarding at CICS West Belden , a high-performing K-8 charter school in Chicago, which recently shifted to a personalized learning model. For CICS West Belden, the “next level” was shifting to a personalized learning model, moving students towards competency-based education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. Stay tuned! What have I done wrong?”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom. Now, Deb, you work with implementing lighthouse classrooms, but you’ve also recently moved into instructional technology. Vicki: But how do you keep your classroom focused?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, with guest Jackie Whiting, Librarian at New Canaan High School, CT, presented in the webinar, “ Personalizing Instruction Through the Library ,” hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources. Last, personalized learning can be done through making.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Additionally, another post will focus on the different models of blended learning, ensuring a thorough exploration of this dynamic educational approach. What is Blended Learning? Blended learning is an educational approach that combines traditional classroom methods with digital and online media. Fabbian et al, 2017).

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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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

We know that every student is unique and has their own learning needs. That's why in this podcast, we'll explore various differentiated reading strategies that can be adapted to fit the needs of every student in your classroom. Jennifer's Podcast: To the Classroom Conversations with Researchers and Educators.

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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. Busker may not have succeeded as a company, but I took the lessons and skills I learned from the tech scene and applied them to my work as a teacher.

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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. Identity-safe classrooms. Personalized learning. Makerspaces.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

There Should Be Something for Everyone For educators, the biggest advantage of digital resources is the ability to personalize content for students. Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This latest deal—the ninth since Gulati joined in 2015—is part of PowerSchool’s ongoing drive to create a one-stop shop where data about a student or teacher can be collected and shared across the different tools they use in their day-to-day lives. Some of those assets expanded its footprint in the SIS market, like Sungard K-12 and Chalkable.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Assessment. Research reveals that students ubiquitously perceive assessment as something that is “done to them [sic] by someone else — and is out of their control.” With very little first-hand experience with personalized learning, many teachers and education administrators have difficulty fathoming its power.

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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.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 18, 2015

The Challenge Of Personalizing Learning In Real-Time. The conversation on the need to use student achievement data in education is fast-tracking its importance in today’s classrooms. Learning how to find answers – productive struggle – becomes equally important as giving the right answer.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Online assessments are becoming more common, and students who have strong digital literacy skills often score higher on them. Students who lack these skills may not be able to effectively demonstrate mastery of key concepts in math, reading or writing on online assessments. They can also take practice assessments using the devices.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In this article, we’ll provide an overview of learning styles and a fair presentation of the research for and against the theory. Then, we’ll discuss how to best incorporate what the learning styles theory teaches about individualized learning in the classroom. What Are the Four Learning Styles? Willingham, D.T.,

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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. Going Global in the Classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Five years into a massive transition to a personalized learning model, Educators at Fulton County School District in Georgia are scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. District leaders even went so far as to dub the hardware “personalized learning devices.” “At It should have been communicated better.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Newly published, peer-reviewed research out of Michigan State University and the University of California, Irvine suggests that one-to-one laptop programs improve student academic achievement in K-12 classrooms. The primary author of the study ( Binbin Zheng, Ph.D. What did the meta-analysis reveal?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

Over the last few years my classroom has gotten a lot of attention. They say I’m personalizing learning. Our classrooms were chaotic—everyone sitting in disarray. Defeat was built into the expectations of the special education classroom, and it was hard for me to see any viable escape.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. These new assessment systems are a crucial component of personalization.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

How a school defines student success influences its design and impacts critical aspects such as professional learning, curriculum, assessment and school culture. Building a Common Language Across Academic and Non-Academic Learning Experiences For LAB, redefining student success has been a gradual evolution.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Prompted by district administrators’ desire to find ways to build student agency, engage student passion and personalize learning, we hoped blended learning would shake up the status quo and spark large scale change. Provide ongoing feedback from those who understand blended learning AND instructional coaching.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 4, 2015

There are a lot of folks on the vendor floor at national conferences who will sell you products that supposedly personalize learning, and much of the buzz around something like Khan Academy is that it personalizes the learning for kids. That’s the model of personalization we want to see schools move toward.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) and Scholastic Achievement Partners (SAP) , kicked off the 2015 Leading Future Learning conference with his keynote on Digital Leadership. Students could learn anywhere that they like.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015.

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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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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

MARCH 4, 2019

Here are a few more resources to help understand that journey the school has been on, already shared on my blog: Creating the time and space for self-directed, personalized, inquiry learning. The 2015 CEA Ken Spencer Award goes to Inquiry Hub. Learning and Failure. Relevance Amplifies Learning.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Rationale for Bush administration FY 2006 program elimination : “This program provides funding to States and school districts to support the integration of educational technology into classroom instruction, technology deployment, and a host of other activities designed to utilize technology to improve instruction and student learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Distance learning began March 23. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments. Her organization recommends that attendance is taken for every in-person and virtual instructional experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Summer PD 2015 just ended. It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning. Participants worked together as a Personal Learning Network to understand.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

On November 20th, 2015, I received an email in my inbox that would change my teaching career—it was from a stranger. Shortly after I received the award, it seemed like everyone wanted to visit my classroom and sit in a room with me to understand how I was getting my kids to learn.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I wish my teachers had access to the digital tools and resources available in our classrooms today. There are so many ways that kids can creatively show you their learning in a timely and efficient manner, and ways teachers can conduct assessments that take away the testing anxiety that plagues so many kids.

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edWeb.net

MAY 14, 2020

As recent as three months ago, school districts had robust, successful adapt and adopt methods for new curricula and programming, which included the collaborative process of assessment, observation, and reflection. He is a former classroom teacher and award-winning principal. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by NetRef.

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