Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

However, that does not mean there are not a lot of new items to look through, as sites/apps for programming/coding, Math/STEM, and Game Based Learning played a predominant role in this year's list. Code Kingdoms - One of my favorite sites for learning how to program (Javascript) by drag-n-dropping blocks of code (i.e Scratch). .

Android 28

Android iPad Game-Based Learning Differentiated Instruction 28

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

Strategy 191

Strategy Learning Data Dropout 191

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato. Her schools is teaching students to set goals and take charge of their learning.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 100

ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%. Since 2015, 10% or fewer school districts have reported that all of their students have internet access via non-shared devices at home. Or any combination of tech for your school’s ideal 21st-century learning space. Testing and studying.

Laptops 179

Laptops Libraries STEM Chromebook 179

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich started his teaching career as an elementary school teacher in the Seattle area. In 2015, the Department of Education at the federal level enacted an initiative called Go Open. Then add in the pandemic forcing the use of online learning. (This episode sponsored by H?para.) Where do teachers find OER? .

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OER Resources Common Core Digital Badges 93

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

This year, thanks to a donation from an MSU alumnus, they have expanded the residential camp to elementary school students. The girls in the program have learned how to use coding language to dodge out of “escape rooms,” program drones and hack into their peers’ robots. It’s not as intimidating as it sounds.”.

How To 94

How To Robotics Elementary Report 94

eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Knovation honors districts for outstanding usage of online and digital learning resources. have been honored for their use of online and digital learning resources to personalize learning. Knovation’s 2015 Digital Learning Awards program honors districts across the U.S.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Learning Elementary Personalized Learning 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Knovation honors districts for outstanding usage of online and digital learning resources. have been honored for their use of online and digital learning resources to personalize learning. Knovation’s 2015 Digital Learning Awards program honors districts across the U.S.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Learning Elementary Personalized Learning 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and the Boston Celtics have launched the second online math challenge for New England schools, SCORE with Go Math! Collicot Elementary School in Milton, Mass. curriculum, used by more than seven million elementary school students in the US, Go Math! Built on the proven success of HMH’s GO Math!

Elementary 40

Elementary Outcomes Online Learning Tools 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Experts cautioned that online learning programs can lead to overuse of screens, which can impact behavior, sleep, and social-emotional development. Just recently, dozens of early childhood experts called for an end to the programs and warned they may do more harm than good.

Accessibility 45

Accessibility Dropout Elementary Trends 45

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

Elementary 106

Elementary Learning Data Report 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Related: When it comes to liberal arts education, online learning changes only the tools. Our political reporting classes had grown out of student reporting trips we took to Cuba, where we covered emerging entrepreneurism in 2015 , the arts in 2016 , and the local environment in 2017.

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Report Course Online Learning Meeting 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

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. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization. Three years prior, the district had received $28.6M

Education Elements 60

Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But a 2015 study by a Stanford University research team compared academic outcomes of students at 158 online charter schools in 17 states with those of students in brick-and-mortar schools in their states who were matched on numerous characteristics, including prior test scores. A lot of these parents, I think, are victims.

E-rate 123

E-rate Pearson Company Report 123

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

million program in 2015 that allows local schools to set their own rules or reimburse teachers who buy their own supplies. States that normally compensate teachers for their expenditures might not have the money to fund those programs. In Nevada, for instance, the state created a $4.5 The budget for that item this year?

Laptops 144

Laptops Tablets Analysis Trends 144

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2020

Worse, while the state limited cash benefits to the poor to roughly $7 million, or 5 percent , of the funds it received from TANF, it spent more $50 million since 2015 on a nonprofit that’s now under investigation for allegedly embezzling millions of government dollars.

Policies 61

Policies Analysis Trends Industry 61

techlearning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The average three-year membership retention rate for schools participating in the program (2015-2018) was 94 percent, indicating strong educator and student satisfaction with the quality of instruction being delivered. is an online learning pioneer. About The Virtual High School The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.)

Course 41

Course Blended Learning Mobility Secondary 41

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The pilot was designed to create and then evaluate the most effective, scalable, and sustainable method of incorporating blended learning. Blended learning is an instructional methodology that combines face to face and online learning to personalize the learning experience to meet the specific needs of each student.

Blended Learning 117

Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment 117

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The English language arts department debuted its curriculum in the 2015-16 school year, and the math, science and social studies departments will introduce curricula during each consecutive school year. Department of Education in efforts to provide schools with quality online material. The Pennsylvania Legislature is joining the U.S.

iPad 40

iPad OER Meeting eBook 40

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

Nine thousand Highline students participated in the December 2015 “Hour of Code.” Administrators build in regularly scheduled coding for students in select elementary schools, with students utilizing Code.org curriculum to enhance and deepen their critical thinking skills. Give current educators the opportunity to get certified.

STEM 40

STEM Elementary Robotics Mobility 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

A 2015 Stanford study that looked at the performance of students in online charter schools found that the majority lost learning equivalent to a standard 180-day school year. She developed a virtual teacher certification program in 2015. And they aren’t alone in showing poor academic results.

Training 58

Training Meeting Study Examples 58

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

Learn current Best Practices for Math Instruction. According to a white paper published by the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) in 2015, as increased rigor in mathematics education and educational technologies rise, so rises the demand for quality professional development in both areas. Teacher Trainers.

Elementary 40

Elementary Strategy Training Survey 40

eSchool News

JULY 13, 2016

Learn current Best Practices for Math Instruction. According to a white paper published by the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) in 2015, as increased rigor in mathematics education and educational technologies rise, so rises the demand for quality professional development in both areas. Teacher Trainers.

Education 40

Education Elementary Strategy Training 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since 2015, Kelly Tudor, in Texas, has run a Facebook group for Indigenous home-school families. Muslim Homeschool and Education , a private Facebook group, now has more than 22,000 members, while another, Successful Muslim Homeschooling , has been followed and liked more than 13,000 times.

Facebook 138

Facebook Groups Data Survey 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Katie Crook, Newington Elementary School’s only ESOL teacher, didn’t hear back from many of the parents she texted early on, perhaps because of literacy issues. as refugees in 2015, is desperate for his youngest son to retain his English skills. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour.

Digital Divide 145

Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A June report by New America Foundation and Rutgers University found substantial progress in home broadband access since 2015. “We have a much more equitable approach to technology and access to technology than we had in the past.” Shawn Lambert, Brunswick School Department.

Digital Divide 141

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 141

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

When I was in elementary school and in middle school, I always knew that I wanted to be a composer. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. My school has a reputation, by being cast in a movie called “Fame,” of being a sort of an attempt to try and drive the arts forward.

System 68

System Education Report Elementary 68

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

With the ability to log into lessons online, students at the secondary level won’t have to miss instruction even if they’re suspended, says Superintendent L. During the 2015-16 school year, Black students in the district faced out-of-school suspension at 3.4 Oliver Robinson.

Learning 141

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. Morial is one of three schools that received a one-time $300,000 grant from the nonprofit New Schools for New Orleans in March 2015. How personalized learning came to New Orleans.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

Congress passed ESSA in 2015, but one area still challenging schools is the tiers for evidence-based interventions and materials. She and her eLearning team worked to boost the state’s efforts to connect Indiana to great ideas in educational technology, virtual and online learning, and new learning models and instructional practices.

Education 40

Education Professional Learning Strategy Data 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

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. SNHU’s model has taken off in a major way.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Policies Assessment 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Thursday, October 23rd at 3pm Webinar: Online Learning for Inclement Weather , Join the discussion! In this session, three districts will share how they implemented online learning options to make up snow days. See you online! For more information, click here. Register at [link].

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to a 2015 study commissioned by the U.S. Elementary school enrollment has climbed the fastest, from 327 students in May 2014 to 391 in May 2018, according to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in Washington. “It Related: Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

Company 111

Company Report Trends Study 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

Related: Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids? Related: How one Mississippi elementary school improved to an A rating. She was widowed in 2013, and lost her son in 2015. 184 teaching positions in Jackson Public Schools are being filled by long-term subs.

Education 69

Education Report Groups Classroom 69

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. How might we bring these important elements to the online learning experience in the next school year?

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

Broadband 90

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 90