The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The Chicago Learning Exchange supports out-of-school programs that are trying to change that, particularly those using technology to offer innovative opportunities for kids in Chicago who historically haven’t had them. While digital technology has become ubiquitous in most communities, there is a hierarchy in how it is used for learning.

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Study Tools Social Media Academic Standards 88

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

But for all the conversations in the news and on social media, one place we’re not seeing it as much is in schools themselves. As a bonus, these accelerated learning approaches give a lower priority to repetition or “skill-and-drill” uses of instructional technology. Embedding a social-emotional learning lens into instruction.

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 214

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

There is every reason to expect that both entrepreneurs and enterprising educators will continue to generate new and compelling ideas about how to effectively address the challenges facing public education through technology, and for this we should remain optimistic and hopeful.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. It’s no wonder that only 58% of teachers are comfortable using technology in class. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.

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EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 151

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

I invest in education technology, but decades before I knew what a venture capitalist was, I was a history teacher in a small town in America’s heartland where I started my school’s first “Internet club.” But 2018 marked an inflection point for education technology that most investors and developers did not see coming.

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Comparison Academic Standards Technology Social Media 120

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

There are at least two truisms when it comes to education technology: 1. That gung-ho initiative is something that Mark Racine, director of technology at Boston Public Schools, applauds. For instance, a curriculum director may decide that one math program does not align with the district’s academic standards, while another one does.

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EdTech Libraries Software Company 117

The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 20, 2020

I expect them to acclimate to these academic standards while sympathizing with their hunger and growing pains. I read former students’ social media, some with incisive commentary on the state of the world, others with dance memes and hood jokes.

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Classroom Academic Standards Guidelines Social Media 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

“Transforming misery into agency” is among the visionary goals that co-founder Wisdom Amouzou has for The HadaNõu Collective , which currently operates centers in public high schools that “map authentic experiences to academic standards.” The school will serve 250 students across five centers this fall. WordsLiive.

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Education Social Media Groups Company 122

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

As an assistant principal with a social work background, my experience is similar to that of many school counselors and mental health professionals today. It occurred to me that creating a safe space for her to share what was happening in her life was perhaps the most important thing I could do for her—and it didn’t need to be me.

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Meeting Training Academic Standards Social Media 154

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Ed note: 2 Pieces for Context– 30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education by 2028 and Curriculum is More Important Than Learning Technology. The focus of that piece was technology, and how it might impact the way students learn in the coming decades. Personalized learning will disrupt how we think of curriculum.

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Maker Movement Academic Standards Education Elementary 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Which academic standards are the focus of the unit? How will data from formative assessment (that target these standards) help teachers and students respond within the project? Progress towards mastery of academic standards? Is technology use distracting, useful, or critical to the success of the project?

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Learning Secondary Social Media 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Content-based academic standards. Social media in the classroom. Let’s pretend for a moment that we will eventually be able to design a system of teaching and learning where every single student will be able to master every single academic standard their local government has set out for them.

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Academic Standards Mobile Learning Flipped Classroom Mobility 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 21, 2015

But the truth is, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to educate children in the face of such radical technological and pedagogical progression. In short, the shift from purely academic standards to critical thinking habits supports personalized, 21st century learning through a preceding shift from institution to learner.

Classroom 40

Classroom Game-Based Learning Social Media Trends 40

EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

Texas State academic standards, for example, are different than all other States so those lesson products showing in search should be biased by geo-location (optional, obviously, and could be statewide or region rather than pinpoint geolocation.)

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Personalized Learning Learning System Mobility 100

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In the age of blogging and social media, is there still room for books? ” Yet he argues consistently for using many of the most controversial elements of schooling, including the widespread application of academic standards. 16 Books About Modern Learning Every Teacher Should Read. by TeachThought Staff.

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Learning Case Study Data Training 40