Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Students are particularly excited about all of the new possibilities digital learning can offer. Why do kids love e-learning? 78% of elementary school students, 69% of middle school students, and 49% of high schoolers now use a tablet in their school life.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

EdSurge analyzed data from the state report card on every elementary school in the first personalized learning implementation cohort. Other districts without guarantees for positive, measurable results have also seen mixed outcomes from their personalized-learning district reforms. Graphic credit: Jenny Abamu.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

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. The organization’s blog offers useful insights and advice on classroom technologies, digital citizenship, personalized learning and more. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Jaime Donally.

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Technology Twitter Digital Learning Tools 362

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. McGhee says.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Following the district’s successful pilot in 2013 for 1,700 students at two elementary schools, the program is expanding to 14 elementary schools and five middle schools in the 2016-2017 academic year. Each school in the district has its own language learning goals and implementation plans tailored to its needs.

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Elementary Blended Learning Learning Digital Learning 40

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Besides a very helpful website full of resources , they have also created a preK-8 Literacy Continuum published in a popular book, most recently given an expanded edition in 2016.

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EdTech Tools Elementary Examples 87

esri

MAY 23, 2016

Dateline Washington DC, The White House, May 27, 2014: President Obama welcomes Esri to the ConnectED Initiative , a partnership with private industry to help all US K12 students engage in digital learning. Esri also supported a bank of educator workshops in 2015, and is supporting another series in 2016.

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Industry Data Elementary Technology Support 74

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

According to the nonprofit’s most recently available 990 form , the organization took a net loss of $4 million in fiscal year 2016 (ending on Aug. After this acquisition, the plan is to integrate its programs with Imagine Learning’s suite of online curricula that currently spans English literacy, Spanish and math offerings.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

But even the challenges were learning experiences. I served as a communications specialist from January 2015 to July 2016. Since August 2016, I've been focusing mostly on three elementary schools in my district, working as their digital learning coach. I'm blessed to do what I do!

EdTech 40

EdTech Blended Learning Chromebook Elementary 40

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 57

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Kids CoLab helps students target areas of need, build 21st-century skills with hands-on and digital learning. Nine New Jersey elementary middle school students are joining forces with Pearson designers and developers to help the company design features for digital learning solutions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In Massachusetts, an emerging partnership between private funders and the state department of education aims to help teachers across the Commonwealth learn, share and spread best practices when it comes to leveraging new instructional models and technologies. You can personalize learning just fine without technology.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After lesson guides for the elementary, middle, and high schools were created, Theresa presented the information to all the principals for input and adjustments. Each of the principals recommended a tech-savvy teacher that could champion digital citizenship on their campus. Another big takeaway was lack of awareness.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

“We need to take the approach of helping them learn how to identify bias and sift bias and fact from each other and look for information and sources on the same topic from different places…Instead of teaching our students to always trust a source, we need to teach them to always read critically, look for bias, and fact check.”.

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Strategy Libraries Social Media Digital Learning 40

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Under this initiative, children who will be starting kindergarten in fall 2016 will receive a free summer subscription to Smarty Ants®, an effective, research-based literacy program designed specifically for young learners. Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Because of this, we added a learning strand for principals to provide them with a rich and engaging blended experience where they learn to transform their schools with blended and digital learning to personalize education for their students. Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

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Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment 117

edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models.

Technology 62

Technology Education Professional Learning Outcomes 62

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

It dates back to 2008, when an educational journey began in Wyoming that revealed the important role technology plays in enhancing teaching and learning—especially in a rural state. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit. Wyoming Switchboard Network homepage. We can be the example. They don’t call us Silicon Prairie for nothing.

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EdTech Edcamps Course Program Evaluation 82

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

SRA FLEX Literacy Projects Jumpstart promotes critical skills for at-risk elementary, middle and high school students, extends benefits of project-based learning to more U.S. FLEX Literacy Projects resources for either Elementary (3-5) or Secondary (6 and above) classrooms. classrooms.

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Common Core Education Secondary Exercises 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

million recent STEM grads as of 2016; India had 2.6 Related: How to Improve Student Learning Outcomes with Digital Learning. School is a place where students are allowed to learn, experiment and make mistakes. While it is alright to learn from one’s mistakes, sometimes the mistakes are too costly to bear.

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STEM Smartphone Mobility Industry 90

eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2017

Unbeknownst to parents, all first-grade classes in a suburban Los Angeles elementary school were successfully taught by teacher robots during the 2015-2016 school year. “I wanted to see if they could teach real students, because we’ve seen robots help children with social-emotional learning.”

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Robotics Elementary Assessment Report 40

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

“Learning management systems enable a teacher (and the student) to connect learning goals with student portfolios, online assessments, and searchable resources in multiple formats.”. See also: Personalized Learning in 2016: What’s Working, What’s Missing? Student-Centered Learning Can Modernize Schools.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Report Classroom Learning 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Sure, you may have taken a selfie, but you likely haven’t taken an equivalent fraction selfie — and if you ask the Jefferson Elementary School fourth-graders in Jennifer Moser’s fourth-grade math class, you haven’t really lived until you’ve snapped, uploaded and shared your share of equivalent fraction selfies. .

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iPad Chromebook Laptops Elementary 40

BYOT Network

JUNE 28, 2016

Begin with the Purpose – The five major purposes of communication are as follows: to inform, to express feelings, to imagine, to influence, and to meet social expectations (Communication, 2016). Provide enough time for students to respond to questions. Record instruction and watch the video for feedback about communication. References.

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Personalized Learning Learning Strategy Guidelines 54

BYOT Network

JUNE 28, 2016

Begin with the Purpose – The five major purposes of communication are as follows: to inform, to express feelings, to imagine, to influence, and to meet social expectations (Communication, 2016). Provide enough time for students to respond to questions. Record instruction and watch the video for feedback about communication. References.

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Personalized Learning Learning Strategy Guidelines 54

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Elementary students can participate with activities that track and map noise levels across schools, or predict and study migration patterns of animals. Middle and high school students can engage using exercises to explore Darwin’s observations on the Galapagos islands, or learn more about the battles fought during the Civil War.

Learning 40

Learning Exercises Policies Software 40

Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

The ultimate tablet option for digital learning, the Amazon Fire Kids Edition comes with “u nlimited, free access to 10,000 kid-friendly books, movies, TV shows, educational apps, and games.” As your child grows, the Leapfrog series will grow with them, with advanced offerings for elementary-aged students.

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Laptops Tablets Game-Based Learning System 40

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 21, 2018

Today, we have a gigabit wireless network deployed at our elementary, middle and high schools , and starting this fall, we expect to have deployed more than 3,000 Chromebooks to our students, teachers and administrators. Given today’s realities, going digital was the clear choice. Focus on Establishing Infrastructure. Customer Focused.

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How To Chromebook Elementary Google 273

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

In addition, NSNO started a personalized learning fellowship in the 2016-17 school year, giving teachers $2,000 apiece to start pilots in their own classrooms. Fellows attended monthly meetings at which they could share their questions and observations about personalized learning. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Therefore, when I told them about digital learning day I didn't ask for anything special to happen, I just asked them to allow visitors when they normally used technology in the classrooms. Our visitors were also given the opportunity to ask our students and teachers questions as long as direct instruction wasn't happening.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Edcamps Learning Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) February 9, 2016. Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Teaching and Learning. Cybersecurity and cyber safety impacts teaching and learning, especially in this era of digital learning. Matt is grateful for his supportive family—son Mason, an aerospace engineer in Florida, and daughter Jessica, an elementary teacher in northern Cincinnati.

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Strategy System Data BYOD 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school. That’s the argument Summit makes. All screen time is not the same.

Learning 123

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. At the intersection of analog and digital learning opportunities, the value of school libraries has increased at all levels of education.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Doug Levin

AUGUST 17, 2017

I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons, including sloppiness in reporting, bias, and lack of relevance to education policy and practice considerations.

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Digital Learning Learning Outcomes Equity of Access 186