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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work—Building a Successful Blended Learning Program

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Three years ago, with the help of the education agency the Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), Iowa rolled out its initiative to implement blended learning as a model for the state. In a competency based system, students advance upon proficiency and receive rapid differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

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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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How a Local Tech Meetup Turned My Classroom Into a Startup

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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’ve had to step out of my teacher echo chamber to redefine professional learning for myself. Claire Cummings' Third Grade Classroom, Image Credit: Claire Cumming.

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Diary of a Techy Teacher: Why I’m Taking a One-Year Sabbatical with BetterLesson

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As a matter of fact, the first time I ever heard these terms happened back when I was in college, where I also learned that taking a sabbatical is a requirement at some universities. With this in mind, I bet you can't name a K-12 educator who took a sabbatical while you were an elementary, middle school, or even high school student.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

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- Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. He founded Education Elements to meet that need.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

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Rich started his teaching career as an elementary school teacher in the Seattle area. As Common Core matured and publishers began providing professional resources the use of OER trickled away. . In 2015, the Department of Education at the federal level enacted an initiative called Go Open. (This episode sponsored by H?para.)

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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the national movement to redefine what it means for students to be college, career and life ready while serving as the 2015-2016 President of AASA, The School Superintendents Association. They have widened the availability of virtual and blended learning options. Join the Community.