The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 21, 2023

You elementary school teachers have so much power to help students quickly overcome trauma. How to help traumatized students experience success at school There are four main ways we can help traumatized students be successful in our classrooms—and, at the same time, improve the school climate for all of us.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Here are my notes from today’s 2015 Iowa STEM Summit … Welcome , Lt. Girls Scouts – all girl Lego leagues, Engineering is Elementary – girls are empowered – Flying Monkeys prosthetic device patent! Sioux City CSD – opening a K-5 STEM specialty school in Fall 2015. Closing Remarks , Lt.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 13, 2021

One of our most popular blog posts to date is, “How to Create a Custom Theme in Google Classroom,” and it’s no secret why, especially now with all of the virtual learning happening. Please be sure to visit our original post to learn how to create a custom theme if you’re not sure how. It’s so quick and easy, yet impactful.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. To display the scientific information they discovered, the students created two different types of graphs to show the times of day compared to the length of the shadows.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

This nationally representative study on how kids age 8 to 18 use media highlights what kinds of access kids have to technology, what they're doing on those devices and how often, and how much they enjoy the various types of media activities they're engaged in. Why and How to Use YouTube Video Essays in Your Classroom?.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

Makenzie believes that since the world is constantly changing, she needs to know how to fix things, like cars with advanced electronic technology. The field of computer and information technology is expected to grow by 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, among the fastest of any occupation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. Now, the question was how to experiment with it—and what to do when that money ran out.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Experts and educators say the Early Head Start partnership program could serve as a model, showing states how to design systems to better support child care programs and raise quality — assuming states get more funding under Biden’s plan. A toddler looks at a book on an October morning at Donna Araujo’s home child care program.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2015, when I started teaching American Literature at McClarin Success Academy, I knew I had an opportunity to break the stigmatization of at-risk youth. Our team collaborated to determine how mastery was achieved for each of those standards, and developed sample tasks for each level of mastery on a given standard.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

The whole reason behind having these accounts is of course to share our story with the world, but more importantly to teach my students about how to appropriately behave on social media and how to use digital citizenship early on, before they actually have those accounts at home with their families. You’re an elementary teacher right?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. On a recent spring day, Maritza Cleary’s third-grade class at the district’s Prairie Oak Elementary School tackled math pictographs. BERWYN, Ill. —

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I can still picture myself sitting at a small, elementary school table over a decade ago. The support page also shows how to find and use comments in the Comment Bank. And what’s even better, Google’s going to save us even more time by working with our student information systems. This was a common sight for me.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

Head to Lumio for more information and to sign up for FREE. Before joining Forward Edge in 2015, she worked in adult education, supervised students in an alternative school, taught computer science, and was an instructional technology coach at both the building and K-12 district levels. For contact information, please see visit [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2016

A well-designed classroom boosts student learning by as much as 16% (Barrett, Zhang, Davies, & Barrett 2015), but overdecorating is a distraction. Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration by Scott Doorley and Scott Witthoft. How to Make an Ugly Classroom Beautiful. Davies, F., & Barrett, L. Simmons, K.,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

When four ambulances arrived at school in 2015 to transport middle school students who had taken prescription drugs in the classroom, it was a career first for me. This student had some disciplinary problems of her own and didn’t need to come to me with the information, but I was glad she did. I was a little surprised.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

Parent empowerment involves both informing and organizing parents so they can participate fully in your school’s community. Additionally, some families—especially those from marginalized backgrounds—may feel unsure about how to best engage in the school community. How to Create Opportunities for Parent Empowerment. Sheldon, S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Connecting Your Students with the World: Book Review by Billy Krakower, Paula Naugle, Jerry Blumengarten (Eye on Education, 2015). You’ll see all the opportunities by month with links and information about the project. You’ll see all the opportunities by month with links and information about the project.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

The Research About Keeping Teachers First, let’s dive into some research about how to help teachers thrive (and not quit teaching.) A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. We have to do better. 33) Bartell, C.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The thing that surprised me most about my teacher preparation program was that we never talked about how kids learn. Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. Maybe you have also been surprised to find out that cognitive scientists actually know quite a bit about how we learn.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 26, 2015

The first Webinar was held on February 27th, 2015, and the recording can be viewed on the [link] site under the "Recordings" link. This is a reminder that our second Webinar, "The Elementary School Years," will be broadcast live from 3 - 4pm US-Eastern Time on Friday, March 27th.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Digital Passport: Digital Safety for Elementary School Kids . Available online or as an app, learn how to use this new student-guided interactive with students. Great for informal learning, student-directed, and after-school settings. And learn how to use CueThink to make math collaborative and social.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But Texas’ second-largest district had to fill elementary classrooms and core subjects in middle and high schools. Marla Williams, a professor in the elementary education department at Athens State discusses ethical issues as preservice teachers took an ethics seminar provided by the Athens State college of education, Tuesday, Oct.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

Derek and Laura Cabrera from Cornell University inform us that we should strive to create “Knowledge-able” students not “Information-full” students. Contemporary classrooms (from elementary school to graduate school) are structured similar to a manufacturing line and typically produce students who are full of information.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 29, 2015

Practitioners begin to think about ways to redesign their learning spaces and schools in the upcoming 2015-16 school year to encourage innovative teaching and learning, making this the perfect opportunity to introduce an emergent technology called iBeacons. Brand of iBeacon Used – Estimote.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 24, 2015

March 23rd - April 6th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. More information here. Friday, March 27th at 3pm Starting to Homeschool Webinar Series: The Elementary-School Years , How do I start homeschooling?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this required 12-week “Introduction to Mindfulness” course taught by Worthen, a full-time mindfulness instructor, students at the private boarding school in Concord, Massachusetts, will learn how to develop awareness of their thoughts and body sensations, sit with difficult emotions and direct their attention to the present moment.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

A Must-Read blog for us is one that offers interesting thoughts, unique ideas, useful information and remains regularly updated and active. If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013. Mark Guzdial. guzdial | Read the blog. Control Alt Achieve.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This past week I spent some time with some fabulous educators gathered from in and around Texas at the 2015 TCEA Convention. Its fascinating to look at the data and get a true sense of how social media can impact the stories that schools and leaders need to tell. Lots of great information.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

Do you think others could learn from the way you conduct ed-tech pilots to inform product decisions? 8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. That’s also why we are crowdsourcing ideas from the many outstanding schools and districts across the country on how to run results-based ed-tech pilots. ” Mahnaz Charania. ” Eian Harm.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

At the K-12 level, there’s been a push to create more flexibility in the school day for “immersive experiences,” like internships and hands-on projects, from players such as XQ Institute, the nonprofit supported by Emerson Collective that since 2015 has poured millions of dollars into efforts across the country to “rethink high school.”

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Example: Before initiating a conversation about race, discuss and agree on classroom rules such as not interrupting others, using respectful language, and keeping shared information confidential. Example: Teach students how to critically evaluate media representations of race. Encourage students to analyze and question what they see.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

The Unified Classroom brings together the teacher’s grade book, learning management system, student information system, and assessment in one powerful platform with just one log in. For information on the guests and items mentioned in this show, scroll down to the bottom of this post. *. Learn about the Unified Classroom. Listen Now.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Credit: Reba Saldanha/AP There are deep shortages of workers in information technology fields, according to the labor market analytics firm Lightcast, which says that there were more than 4 million job postings over the last year in the United States for software developers, database administrators and computer user support specialists.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Researching Students’ Information Choices (RSIC), our IMLS-funded study, uses simulated Google result lists to examine what happens when student researchers make real-time search engine result page decisions. Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Only 16 Hispanic students in Alabama took more than one information technology class — less than 1 percent of all those who did so. The newly released data includes information on all secondary students who take a course in a career area, as well as those who concentrate in that field by taking at least two classes in the subject.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

On a recent spring day, Maritza Cleary’s third-grade class at the district’s Prairie Oak Elementary School tackled math pictographs. A pictograph query, a way of showing information using images, was projected onto a whiteboard at the front of the class: “Mrs. She did a survey to find out what flavor each student preferred.

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