The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Thank you PowerSchool Learning for sponsoring this episode. To learn more about how I use PowerSchool Learning in my blended learning classroom, see my blog post on 5 Effective Blended Learning Strategies. PowerSchool Learning – https://www.powerschool.com/products/lms/ (Sponsor).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Noah began his teaching career in 2001 and has worked as a Spanish Teacher, English Teacher, Technology Teacher, EdTech Coach, and Blended Learning Coach. He is the co-founder of #BadgechatK12 and was a member of the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. You can read his blog at medium.com/@senorg.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Create Flexible Pathways.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen. Planning Blended Learning for another year.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. Three students share how they’re still learning, and how schools can help. With copious data collection baked into the process, schools—and students—are already seeing results.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2019

In 2017, at the end of our third year of implementing personalized learning at Dallas ISD, our central personalized learning team conducted a series of stepback meetings with school leaders. We wanted to learn their biggest concerns around implementation, along with what was and wasn’t working for them.

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Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

Provide students with an opportunity to model active listening skills by holding regular classroom meetings.[7] 7] The subject of these meetings (anything from class policies to recent academic topics) doesn’t matter so much as the structure. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 2017, 14(1), pp.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

And while whole-class instruction may meet the needs of some students, more often than not, it leaves out many more students than it helps. 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.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2020

In 2017, organizers got something extra in their “Edcamp in a Box,” as they were called: a maker kit, so that participants could partake in hands-on activities as part of the experience. We were talking on Twitter about having an in-person meeting,” says Hadley Fergusion, who helped organize the inaugural event.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2017

The survey, “ Online College Students 2017 ,” was produced by The Learning House, Inc. And 59 percent of students reported traveling to campus at least once to meet in person with an instructor or classmates. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about blended learning.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

These six- to eight-week cycles focused on improving a particular student skill/competency, during which the teacher chose a blended learning instructional model along with a set of digital learning tools/resources.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The long-time official policy for the district said that officials may accept ”reasonable expenses for food, travel, lodging and scheduled entertainment of the school official at a meeting which is given in return for the participation of the school official on a panel or a speaking engagement at the meeting.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. In Illinois, District 428 awarded 73 high school diplomas in 2017, up from 65 in 2013 when there were twice as many juveniles in the system and their average stay was longer.

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The Thinking Stick

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

We can even do a blended learning model where a school or PTA can become a member and we will come to your meeting or school once each course to lead discussions, talk through ideas and help support your community. As part of our Micro-Credential #EduroChallenge and launch.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

We incorporated our company in Delaware, held meetings as a board and divvied up shares. The CEO of a tech company doesn’t address the whole company to solve every problem, so I ditched whole group instruction in favor of the station rotation blended learning model in order to meet the needs of all of my learners.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Overall, revenues in the edtech industry have increased, driven by a demand for more blended learning options, greater use of technology in education and a growing middle class overseas. billion have revenue by the end of 2017, and projects that number to increase to $14 billion by 2022. billion in 2017. Moe shared. “If

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.” Indeed, developing “a teaching force skilled in online and blended instruction” is one of the recommendations in the U.S. Department of Education’s 2017 National Education Technology Plan. (A McGhee says.

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The PL2C Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

Colleen attended the August 2017 Leading Schools Summit in Boston and jumped right in, several weeks after the Summit, to immediately begin applying what she learned. As she kicked off the Orientation, she let the staff know “I am learning just like you so bear with me”.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

Data from the 2017-18 school year demonstrates that CPS students using Achieve3000 are experiencing accelerated growth. In August 2017, fewer than one percent of students using the program were “meeting or exceeding” and 6.1 percent were “approaching” college and career readiness.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

a non-profit organization empowering schools with the industry’s most extensive variety of online and blended learning programs, has opened registration for its 2018 summer program. In summer 2017, students taking VHS summer courses for credit recovery had a 75% pass rate. “A is an online learning pioneer.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

CA Group’s goal is to personalize the learning experience and empower teachers to have the autonomy to rethink elements of the instructional model that impact learning, such as time, space, schedule and resources. The company’s approach highlights blended learning as the way to personalize learning at scale.

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization helping schools provide their students with a variety of online and blended learning programs, has spurred institutions in Rhode Island and Vermont to give their students greater access to the wide array of VHS core and elective courses.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Using the School Finder wizard from any device, parents can input their address and select criteria that matter to them in a school, like blended learning, an emphasis on the arts, or after-school programming. Applications in Oakland are now live for both district and charter schools for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary is one of 10 “wall-to-wall” personalized learning schools that recently emerged as part of an initiative at Dallas ISD—one of the largest school districts in the country, serving 157,000 students. They’re invited to meet the candidates and ask questions during the interview.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The VHS online AP Computer Science Principles course first ran in the 2016-2017 academic year, with VHS students earning a 94 percent pass rate on the AP exam. In the 2017-2018 academic year, VHS students achieved an even higher AP exam pass rate of 96 percent – far exceeding AP exam national averages.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The use of differentiated instruction to individualize each student’s learning experience is becoming more common in today’s elementary classrooms, but creating meaningful differentiation for a typical class of 25 students or more can still be a challenge. What should educators and administrators know about adaptive learning?

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EdNews Daily

MAY 7, 2019

Learning Counsel Research has been studying two things: 1) what technology can do and is already doing in many industries as well as state-of-the-art software for learning, and 2) where public education has failed, areas of success in public education and the rising demand for choice. as indicated on their pathways and schedules.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment. At Pittsford elementary, she says, there are “a higher number of students who are meeting their projected growth.” Allen sees NG2 as a continuation of that trajectory.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). Tagged on: September 23, 2017 Lake Central again seeks state technology loan of $900k | NWI.com → Each school district is eligible to receive $100 per student as determined by the enrollment at the end of September. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). Tagged on: September 23, 2017 Lake Central again seeks state technology loan of $900k | NWI.com → Each school district is eligible to receive $100 per student as determined by the enrollment at the end of September. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The district convened a series of meetings with teachers, school leaders, parents, city officials and community members to discuss what kind of educational system the community needed. Lindsay High School junior Gaby León said that other students she meets are fascinated when she tells them she’s never received a letter grade.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

During his work at KIPP Empower, Kim realized there was a need for providing a scalable way to support schools and districts with blended learning. He founded Education Elements to meet that need. Some 95% of districts working with Education Elements last year are returning for ongoing support in the 2016-2017 school year.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 12, 2017

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.” Learn more at the conference master classes page. Mike Gorman ( [link] / ).

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 13, 2018

Brian has spearheaded amazing work at Pickerington, and has conducted workshops and trainings on technology, blended learning and personalized learning throughout the country. Seeing how technology and personalized learning are embedded in Pickerington, I asked Brian how that transformation started. February 15, 2017.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I presented a lot of these ideas last summer at ISTE 2017. Model blended learning. 5 – Sprinkle in the Other G Suite Applications that Meet Your Needs. The VIP trainer course opens twice yearly (May and December) and will re-open for enrollment on November 10, 2017 , and close on November 27, 2017.

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