21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

The 2016 calendar is beginning to fill including the summer months, so please get with me as soon as possible to ensure a date. While you are there… check out Graphite’s Common Core Apps along with their Lesson Building App. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

I would like to take a moment to wish all of you the very best New Year in 2016! I am now just about booked through the end of February and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. The people at Common Sense Media (makers of Graphite) bring a collection of educator vetted apps. Best of learning to all of you in 2016!

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Yet the common threads between critical literacy and new literacies are hard to ignore. References. 2016, May 14). Retrieved 14:00, October 25, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Critical_literacy&oldid=720298766. Critical literacy. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Forzani, E.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

They are not following Common Core textbooks—they're working together in PLC teams. Patricia Coleman (Student): I think it is good because I don't have to be referred to on the same level as everyone else, even though I am not. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Expect this list of apps to grow a lot in 2016. interactive, common core assessments). This reference guide is perfect for new users and full of handy reminders and tips for more experienced users. © Shake Up Learning 2016. I wish everything connected to Google Classroom! educational content, videos, and more).

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2017

We celebrated our first graduating class of students in June of 2016. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? We have worked for the past 18 months on Cross Curricular Competencies to measure timeliness as well as citizenship skills or what is commonly referred to as 21 st Century skills.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Although they are not part of the Common Core Standards, which focus on language arts and math, the idea behind the science standards is very similar to that of Common Core: less emphasis on rote memorization of facts in favor of teaching a deeper understanding of scientific principles.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 16, 2016

Here’s the relevant Common Core standard, for those of you who, like me, like to decipher standards for a living: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.9. The Common Core standard supports the use of rulers in this way, and the measurements could also include fractions for the slightly older students.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

The term generally refers to using a wide variety of hands-on activities (such as building, computer programming, and sewing) to support academic learning and the development of a mindset that values playfulness and experimentation, growth and iteration, and collaboration and community. Paper presented at AERA 2016).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere. And, beginning with the graduating class of 2021, the district has added an additional challenge, a program it refers to collectively as Diploma+. His predictions have not been borne out by time. Related: Schools on U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

That was in January 2016. In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. A tainted batch of heroin hit the streets in January 2016, causing 40 overdoses in just two days. Students are referred by residential drug-treatment programs, school districts, or parents desperate for help. “I’d

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MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

— SFComplexInstruction (@SFComplex_Instr) February 3, 2016. Walton remembers one student, Alexis, who would often push the limits in class and consistently referred to herself as bad at math. So we need each other.”. High School CI math teachers doing math and planning collaboratively. SFUSDMath pic.twitter.com/O3ieqEsYEJ.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

From 1998 to 2010, the time spent on nonacademic subjects in kindergarten, including free play, decreased in favor of more time on academic subjects, such as conventional spelling and writing simple equations, a 2016 study found. Related: Opinion: Kindergarten is more than preparation for first grade, and we need to take it back.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

. “It was always, ‘Well, that’s not a reflection of Bethlehem,'” he said, referring to the reading scores. ” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? By the 1980s, the debate was so intense that people began referring to it as “the reading war.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Raise your hand if you know your stretch goal,” Johnson said — referring to students’ personal better-than-best target score on their upcoming standardized tests. “I When Mississippi’s legislature voted in 2016 to let students cross district lines to attend charter schools, she was ready. I need you to know what you’re aiming at.”.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In 2016 the Common Sense Education editorial staff evaluated close to 170 apps, games, and websites for learning potential and classroom implementation. You can filter through collections by grade level, Lexile level, theme, genre, literary device, and even Common Core State Standards addressed.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools. The video is part of Impero’s work to support schools in keeping students safe online and promoting good digital citizenship. TCI BRING SCIENCE ALIVE!

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

LeMya is one of 156 4-year-olds in Mississippi who participated in UPSTART’s 2016-17 school year pilot program. PBS content refers to Public Broadcasting Service educational shows such as Sesame Street. 11,300 children across the country were served by UPSTART, an “online kindergarten-readiness program,” during the 2016-17 school year.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. This skill is often referred to as "transliteracy." In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Under a Trump administration: I very much want ed-tech companies and schools to reconsider collecting so much data about students — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) November 10, 2016. 2016 underscored that security flaws aren’t solely a problem of educational institutions and government agencies.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Over the last three years, the proportion of students passing Common Core-aligned national math and reading tests has inched up, growing from 3 percent to 6 percent. We have been able to create this support system that surrounds the family so that when something happens we can refer them to the services they need,” said Green. “We

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

The “silicon” in “Silicon Valley” refers to the silicon-based integrated circuits that were first developed and manufactured in the area. But the total dollars fell sharply in 2016 – “only” $2.2 It also includes Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered. The number of investments fell by 11%. (It’s

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2016

Those who did talk about education either listed it as something Donald Trump would “fix” when he became president, called for more parental say in where children attend school or expressed disgust with the Common Core State Standards, a set of math and English learning targets currently used in 42 states.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

times more likely to be referred to law enforcement than white students. ” As venture capitalist Om Malik wrote on the eve of 2016, “ In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All.” Students with disabilities are more than twice as likely to be suspended than students without disabilities.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Most of the questions from New York ’s 2016 state tests are now public,” Chalkbeat reports. Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” pic.twitter.com/hi32s3S9ke — Chris O'Connor (@ChristopOConnor) May 30, 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

For example, if confirmed, I can promise that I will repeal the Common Core on my first day – which won’t be a weekend, I can assure you. Betsy DeVos : In accordance with my conversations with the President-Elect, I can commit to you many things over which I will have no control.

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