Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Our transition to personalized learning has been an exhilarating journey that picked up even more momentum through our work with Education Elements beginning in the 2017-18 school year. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools. Intentional design.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

An exciting example: privacy and security. So let me give you a quick example. Vicki: And digital citizenship is something that concerns all of us in all of our examples. It can even be done in the elementary curriculum. I’ve been working a little bit with some folks in the elementary world, which is a stretch for me.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I first wrote about this app in December 2017 shortly after launch. For example, I start with a simple, one-day, “make something fun” experience in Metaverse. With this in mind, I want my students to be familiar with terminology, and here are some examples. Here’s an example of friction in Metaverse.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Edtech and Social Emotional Learning. Transcript: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Vicki: Yes, you can use Ed Tech and Social Emotional Learning! Many schools are moving to portfolios as a way to capture learning instead of a polished final product. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom.

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techlearning

JUNE 19, 2018

a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization helping schools provide their students with a variety of online and blended learning programs, found that VHS students who sat for Advanced Placement® (AP) exams outperformed the national scores on the College Board AP® exams. is an online learning pioneer.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

From “The Vault” of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast Lisa Scumpieru’s show aired in 2017 and remains a highly shared resource on hyperdocs. Vicki: Can you give me an example of a recent Hyperdoc lesson? Give me an example. Vicki: So you’ve given us the suggestion to look at other examples.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017. They are examples of things he is using and that he has presented about virtual reality. Vicki: So what are some of your favorite examples when you’re trying to convince people that this is a great model? In Second Life, I’ve visited the surface of Mars, for example. Enhanced Transcript.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

Contemporary classrooms (from elementary school to graduate school) are structured similar to a manufacturing line and typically produce students who are full of information. Using my own classroom as an example, I plan to demonstrate how I am “Swarming the Classroom” using the following simple rules: Rule #1.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school.

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edWeb.net

MAY 23, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Learning in the 21st Century: What Teachers Think Matters,” the presenters talked about the science of individuality, how they’re using the research to help developers create products to meet these individual needs, and examples that show how the Learner Variability Project can work in the classroom.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

That stagnation of the environment mirrors the stagnation in how many classrooms still work (a teacher at the front, lecturing students and asking them to repeat back what they learned). Schools need to throw out that design—and that way of teaching—and think about developing spaces that reflect new approaches to learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 28, 2018

I think that we’ve got a fantastic example here with Stephanie Goldman and Lindsay George that we can kind of take apart and look at it. This is my first year teaching since graduating from Augusta University May 2017. It’s a very positive relationship that’s happened. Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford kymberlimulford@gmail.com.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 31, 2017

There is a power in students creating their own maps to help them visualize information or to tell a story an example of this is two students who collected the Oral Histories of Route 66 and displayed it on a Map. Stacy is a former elementary and middle school teacher and also spent some time as a district technology director.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

“Every dollar saved for this necessary utility can and should be repurposed for the teaching practices that can improve education,” said Daniel Owens, a partner at The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit focused on expanding blended learning in U.S. Jeff Mao, former leader of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Learning Menus Can Be Used with Any Age Group. I have found that menus and choice boards tend to be more popular among elementary teachers, but I used them in my middle school classroom, and now I use them in professional learning workshops with adults. Any grade level can use learning menus! Follow him @TommySpall.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 22, 2017

They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry based learning. This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Could you describe for us one of the examples of the projects that you’ve done collaboratively?

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

After five years of teaching, most recently as a technology teacher at an elementary school, I was recruited for a role outside of the classroom. In 2017, I began a new position as the director of personalized learning at a public charter school serving students in grades 7-12 in Phoenix. That isn’t good for buy-in.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Both types of education, for example, require significant resources and trained staff — but often don’t get either. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 school years, teacher retention grew from 60 to 90 percent.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 19, 2017

The post How to Differentiate Questions with Google Forms appeared first on Shake Up Learning. UPDATED March 2017! For instance, if I asked, “Do you teach elementary, middle, or high school?”, Note: my sample form is very short, and just for example purposes (more application ideas included further down.)

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

While there are limits to comparisons between the two educational approaches — special education is legally mandated and personalized learning is a loosely defined pedagogical philosophy that takes many forms — some of the cracks that have appeared in personalized learning are not unlike those facing special education.

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