Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. I think we all knew, even back then, that technology could one day deliver on the long-held dream of helping teachers to differentiate instruction for every student. Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In the current installment, we will see how a cluster of specific thinking skills, that are put forward by both the IBO and contemporary educational research, can surface through differentiated teaching. Acknowledge your learners as individuals through differentiated instruction.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In the current installment, we will see how a cluster of specific thinking skills, that are put forward by both the IBO and contemporary educational research, can surface through differentiated teaching. Acknowledge your students as individual learners through differentiated instruction.

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Hapara

AUGUST 17, 2022

Textbook funds could instead be used to help lower class sizes, invest in ELL assistants, build outdoor learning areas, take learners on field trips, purchase new technology or upgrade buildings. You can differentiate instruction with K-12 OER textbooks. How would your team use the saved funds?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In 2015, Temple High School was chosen to be a Raising Blended Learners pilot site through Raise Your Hand Texas. For the next two years, we had 13 teachers experiment with innovative instructional models and new ways to leverage technology to enhance instruction. Blended learning for everyone.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

In this episode, Kasey chats with Dr. Monica Alicea, a Technology Training and Integration Specialist, about strategies and tools to engage students. She helps to support them with the district’s technology initiatives, she coaches teachers and models lessons. Returning to the Classroom with Technology. Click To Tweet.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Differentiated instruction cannot come with standardized assessments, or am I way off here? December 3, 2014 3 Questions To Shift the Focus to the Learner November 23, 2015 Do we imply finality in the term “summative assessment”?

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

We realized combining classes could help us integrate science and math standards, while team-teaching would allow us to differentiate instruction. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. Smath was born out of a realization that the old way of doing things wasn’t working.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In 2015, the company was acquired by private equity firm Insight Venture Partners. We have lots of teachers who want to pair fiction with nonfiction texts, and users who want to use the platform at home offer differentiated instruction.” Stuart adds Achieve3000 is “nicely profitable.”)

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Mobile App Top 50 Sites/Apps of 2015 * Seesaw - Excellent free mobile app (Android/iOS) for students creating digital portfolio w/ educational portal. TenMarks - A very popular site for Math for grades 1st-12th that tracks student progress as well as helps teachers differentiate instruction. Scratch). . *

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

More than 340,000 students, educators and parents have “spoken” so far as part of this year’s Speak Up surveys about how they use – and how they would like to use – technology for learning. Even though the survey data is an invaluable tool at our school, getting the opportunity to purchase the latest in technology was icing on the cake!”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Differentiated instruction and Response to Intervention (RTI) share a common goal: modifying instruction until it meets the needs of all learners.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

We have so many great opportunities in our area, including Exxon Mobil, Lamar University, and Lamar Institute of Technology right in our own backyard. To this end, we began using Renaissance Star Assessments districtwide in the 2015–2016 school year.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

The need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is critical, especially because there will be more than 3 million job openings in STEM-related fields by 2018. When combined with science, mathematics and technology-based topics, students learn to tackle tough subjects with self-assurance. About STEAM.

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N2Y

MAY 21, 2020

While unifying the entire stakeholder team, it supports teachers with time-saving, standards-aligned, differentiated instruction and assessment; compliance reporting; behavior management; relevant symbol-supported resources; weekly current events; and skill building games—all powered by best-in-class professional development.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 31, 2015

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. Later in my career there was another step that may have gone beyond Individualized Instruction. At this time the practice of Differentiated Instruction was becoming prevalent. Have a great week… enjoy the Websites!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The product allows students who need remediation or acceleration opportunities to soar, and teachers can personalize students’ learning to support their established classroom instruction. During the 2015-16 school year, the district won a grant allowing our K-3 students unlimited access to myON’s digital library.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. In less than two years, between 2015 and 2017, the district paid more than $4.5 For some, the model is centered around adaptive technology that students use independently to drive their own learning.

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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. But that is only half the story.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Free Technology for Teachers: Google Expeditions is Possibly Coming to a School Near You. NASA mars scientists posted at 1:30 pm on 9/28/2015 just a few hours after it was announced that liquid water was found on MARS — that they would be answering questions on Reddit. Tweet me things you think need to be shared on a wider basis.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We During the 2015-16 school year, Black students in the district faced out-of-school suspension at 3.4 We are in that moment now in education.”.

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Christine Johns, Utica Community Schools saw the lasting impact that using purposeful technology with fidelity can have on student achievement and engagement. Matt Akin was a visionary early adopter of classroom technology when he deployed iPads throughout his district in 2003, long before edtech was the norm. Piedmont, Alabama.

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eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

Committed to reimagining learning to better meet the needs of all students, this cohort of visionary districts has a shared set of best practices for bringing purposeful technology into the classroom to transform learning. classroom technology] has really carried students to a different level.". Elizabeth Forward School District.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full – Mike.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

Under his leadership, voters in Richland Two approved a request to borrow $468 million to address district facility needs in the areas of safety and security, academic learning spaces, transportation, technology, and arts/athletics. Premier 100 partners with the Call Me MISTER program to recruit and retain male educators of color.

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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. We can channel that money, instead of building new jails and prisons, to educating the children that are in those jails and are not being served.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Felix Jacomino , the school’s Director of Technology, managed to lead a team that pulled off an incredible learning event. Technology Integration and the Common Core by Andrew Miller The CCSS call us to integrate technology in intentional and meaningful ways to have students meet rigorous standards. What else is new and cool?

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Last week, during the 2015 CoSN Annual Conference , I participated in the CoSN Camp FailFest where leaders in education shared professional failures in order to see future successes. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase.

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EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Last week, during the 2015 CoSN Annual Conference , I participated in the CoSN Camp FailFest where leaders in education shared professional failures in order to see future successes. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Teacher unions cautiously endorse it, while flagging the concern that teachers could be replaced by technology. Differentiated instruction was conceived in the 1950s. Technology is a big part of the personalized learning story. It sounds benign, and wonderful, to many parents. What can that look like? When Dan D.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Differentiated instruction cannot come with standardized assessments, or am I way off here? February 16, 2017 “Common Assessments” vs “Common Understandings” July 28, 2016 Pedagogy Before Technology? As I am just starting to explore this concept, I would love to know your challenges to these thoughts.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

with Michelle Sigmann, Vice Principal in Ontario 10:00 AM - Differentiated instruction: Making the most out of learners' individual differences with Thuy Thi Hieu Tran, M.A., His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 17, 2015

Students can benefit from this type of instructional planning because it gives them better opportunities to develop mastery in a specific topic of study. In a follow up to Understanding by Design , or UbD, Jay McTighe and Carol Ann Tomlinson explain in their text the connection between backward design and differentiated instruction.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 10, 2015

Originally published October 2012, updated and re-released Summer 2015. New personalization technologies and the demand for differentiated instruction as a common strategy will only further place further strains the ecosystem of data systems and paper based records that form the patchwork of our current student records.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2018

But being college and career ready takes more than just career counseling or use of software in the classroom, it takes personalized, differentiated instruction that starts at an early age. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology, and the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

This paper projected that students will return to school next year with “more variability in their academic skills,” and that “educators may need to consider ways to further differentiate instruction or provide opportunities for individualized learning.”. There is a lot of debate about summer learning loss, though. References.

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