Waterford

JUNE 11, 2020

Genius Hour is a fairly new educational technique that allows students to work on self-paced and self-chosen projects for an hour each day.[5] 5] This encourages students to practice their creativity and independent thinking skills, and they can also develop a genuine love of learning. Gamification and student motivation.

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Trends Gamification Digital Citizenship Blended Learning 304

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Schools have already begun to adopt machine learning initiatives to help teachers and students fill learning gaps, and the results have been received well so far. Intelligent assistant solutions can also help teachers analyze student data and alter lesson plans to best benefit their classes. percent by 2016.

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Kaplan Robotics Data Report 329

MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 25, 2018

Jere Whitson Elementary is one of twenty schools at Putnam County School District in Tennessee, but it's the only school serving a largely low-income, highly transient population with many English language learners. Thomas Fuhrman, Principal, Jere Whitson Elementary. points from spring of 2016 to 2017.

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Accessibility Elementary Student Engagement Learning 53

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The anxiety it created for parents and students—and even teachers, because it was something new—was awful. It was phenomenal to see!”

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 117

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 116

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. 3: Student Engagement Increases Motivation. The Elementary School Journal, 108(2), 115–130. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Luyten, H., &

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In high school, he reasoned, students might take vocational training courses, intern at local businesses or meet with guidance counselors to discuss their future. Hidalgo began to envision a program where students would learn about their interests and natural abilities and tie them to specific careers covered in their core curriculum.

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Elementary Meeting Guidelines Course 203

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. It’s not because these students and teachers have a peculiar penchant for fetid footsies. Flashlight reading at Golden Grove Elementary School.

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Elementary Assessment Study Instructional Materials 142

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Highline Public Schools is in the early stages of developing CS opportunities for all students through partnerships with organizations like Code.org, Girls Who Code, Google, and Microsoft. Indian Prairie School District will expand the integration of CS principles in applicable coursework in seven middle schools and 21 elementary schools.

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Digital Citizenship Elementary Microsoft STEM 120

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

Researchers analyzed the records of about 1,300 students, drawn from a nationally representative sample of children across the country, who started kindergarten in 2010 and participated in a gifted program for at least one year during their elementary school years through fifth grade.

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Study Report Survey Outcomes 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“I tell them not to read at the same pace that your neighbors are reading, not too loud that we’re distracting someone, but just enough that you can practice your reading voice,” the second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School said. “So The vast majority of ELL students in the district are Hispanic.

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Elementary Report Training Groups 77

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Whether she’s searching for standards-aligned curriculum or playing dress-up, the Tool Elementary School principal does whatever it takes to lift her students from struggling to successful. Attendance is now soaring, and two-thirds of students are meeting standards in reading and math. In 2016, the U.S.

Elementary 71

Elementary Mobility Assessment Tools 71

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

On Saturday, I shared why I was not at ISTE 2016. That post included our school’s limited progress in embedding technology into instruction that made an impact on student learning. In this post, I share how digital student portfolios did make a possible difference. 2015-2016: 19% growth from fall to spring.

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

On Saturday, I shared why I was not at ISTE 2016. That post included our school’s limited progress in embedding technology into instruction that made an impact on student learning. In this post, I share how digital student portfolios did make a possible difference. 2015-2016: 19% growth from fall to spring.

Elementary 40

Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

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

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2017

To help make all of our students aware of the career options available to them, in 2015 I created a virtual career wheel for Kankakee teachers to follow. Each grade focuses on a different segment of careers, so as students move through elementary school they are able to explore a variety of fields and recognize where their interests lie.

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How To Learning STEM Industry 90

The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“Teachers would tell me at conferences what I needed to help my son with, they would tell me how he was behaving and everything they did in class, like what they were studying,” said Carolina Rosales, a mother of two elementary-school kids. We cannot reduce our students to becoming letters and numbers.

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Conference MOOC Elementary Assessment 71

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 and Virginia Beach City Public Schools have partnered to create Smarty Summer: Diving into Early Literacy, a new kindergarten reading readiness initiative exclusively for Virginia Beach students. Virginia Beach already started using Smarty Ants for PALS-identified students in its elementary schools as of February 2016.

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Blended Learning Secondary Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards 0

techlearning

MARCH 19, 2018

During the 2016-2017 school year, five public school districts in Rhode Island used STEMscopes NGSS in their elementary schools. The 2017 NECAP results show that the districts that used STEMscopes outperformed the rest of the state on their fourth grade proficiency rates in science.

Assessment 40

Assessment E-rate Elementary Data 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

While qualitative data can be collected to measure progress around such things as changes in instructional practices, increases in student engagement, decreases in office referrals, etc., the changes in student achievement occurs more slowly over time. Evaluate the impact.

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Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment 117

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Teachers Can More Effectively Collaborate With One Another When it started in 2016, many teachers saw the Personalized Learning Initiative as just one more initiative. Just one example of this is a teacher at Hidalgo Elementary School, who last spring put the PLI ideas into practice. The New Kids on the Block Program.

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Learning Analytics Personalized Learning Learning Microsoft 127

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Last year, a student in Yvonne Steadman’s Kindergarten class began missing a lot of days. Steadman, who teaches at Mendell Elementary School in this highly-diverse Boston neighborhood, passed along her concerns to a colleague, Madeline Gillespie, a family support coordinator. ROXBURY, Mass.

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Meeting Elementary Groups Report 119

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.

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Differentiated Instruction STEM Blended Learning Elementary 40

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. As of spring 2016, the company has supported 100 districts nationally, representing 300 schools and 300K students. Three years prior, the district had received $28.6M

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Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2017

During the 2016–17 school year, 175 teachers across six school districts helped fine-tune the curriculum as part of a yearlong beta release. Daily teacher feedback was used by the Illustrative Mathematics authoring team in the refinement of the materials.

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OER Resources Kaplan Instructional Materials 84

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Updating this policy resulted in strengthening the partnership among district educators and technical professionals as we worked collaboratively to iterate a version that would be easy to understand and could be used as an instructional resource in guiding students and staff in the responsible use of technology.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Policies Elementary 40

eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

The new 2016 curriculum adds 3 new Javascript courses, 12 STEM programming courses, and a course on drone programming in partnership with Parrot, one of the world’s leading civil drone companies. Tynker’s drone curriculum offers a structured approach to get elementary and middle school students flying drones in minutes.

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STEM Course Elementary Company 40

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. FY 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000). the language that describes the purpose, structure, and requirements of the program); official guidance (i.e.,

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

They still are, but as the academy enters its sixth full year, its student outcomes are drawing praise from a variety of sources, even while administrators note that steep challenges remain. Perhaps not surprisingly, these students drop out at higher rates than any other major subgroup. But not at the Muñiz Academy.

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Learning Dropout Report Elementary 111

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I am now booked through the end of March, and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. In this post, I wish to extend DI and writing in the area of student engagement. Before taking note of some of the tools and resources, lets take a moment to define what leads to student engagement in writing. Opportunities.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Learning 60

EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

One area where I have focused over the past few months is integrating technology and math in the primary classroom with my colleague, Meagan Cinfel ( @mcinfel ), a first grade #iPadAcademy teacher at Central Elementary in Bellevue Public Schools. Students can create reflection videos using the Explain Everything app. Learn More!

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Educreations How To Classroom iPad 60

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 28, 2017

On February 25th, 33 students were honored as “Shining Stars” and invited to attend an educational symposium and celebratory luncheon at the Disneyland Hotel. We enjoyed meeting the incredible Orange County high school students who were recognized through the 2016 – 2017 Dreamers & Doers program! “We

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Elementary Examples Student Engagement Meeting 40

MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” — Susan Stewart (@TechCoachSusan) September 17, 2016. — Dustin Ellis (@dustin772) July 14, 2016. It was at an elementary school, and a healthy brunch was provided.

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Edcamps Meeting Conference Learning 68

Turning Learning On Its Head

MAY 29, 2016

FlipCon 2016 : July 19-21 in Allen Texas. Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement (Bergmann, Sams). Flipped Learning for Elementary Instruction (Bergmann, Sams). There are two FlipCon conferences this summer, and I am leading an all-day workshop in Illinois. I will be leading this event.

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Flipped Classroom Facebook Social Media Software 40

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Successful schools look at assessments as a jumping off point to evaluate curriculum, teaching methods, student engagement, etc. the national movement to redefine what it means for students to be college, career and life ready while serving as the 2015-2016 President of AASA, The School Superintendents Association.

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Technology PowerMyLearning Learning EdTech 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

Vodicka along with Erik Burmeister, Superintendent, and Theresa Fox, Coordinator of Technology and Innovation, both from Menlo Park City School District, CA, agreed that if 80% of students are graduating, then 20% of students are not graduating and that educational professionals can’t be satisfied with these statistics.

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Education Industry Meeting Assessment 45

edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

After 10 years as an elementary teacher, Suzy Brooks is now the director of instructional technology for Mashpee Public Schools in Massachusetts. He is passionate about working with districts as they move to the cloud and increase students’ access to technology. Jena is passionate about improving how students learn with technology.

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Data Student Data Privacy EdTech Software 45