A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Difficult decisions have had to be made regarding grading, making funds available to get technology in the hands of disadvantaged kids, getting school work to kids where the digital divide could not be overcome, and figuring out how to provide professional learning support virtually. Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology). and tinyurl.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 14, 2021

When edtech comes into play, specifically through a comprehensive solution that allows teachers to create courses online , assess students, track their progress, and communicate with them through the same platform, things start to get interesting. Read more: The flipped classroom: how to create a win-win situation for students and teachers.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2020

As a white educator engaging in anti-racist efforts, one of the most frustrating things I have seen in my 15-year teaching career is schools and districts purchasing costly adaptive learning programs that require rapid, singular responses from students, and dedicating tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of devices to delivering these programs.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

Picture teachers fully integrating technology into their classrooms through authentic learning experiences that include collaboration, creativity, and innovation, and preparing students to be productive digital-age citizens. Work side-by-side with teachers in classrooms, using technology for Teaching to meet learning goals.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

These limitations are only amplified in remote learning environments, where teachers are no longer in the same room to determine what students need, and parents may not always know how to diagnose or support their child’s learning needs. We must ensure teachers have relevant training.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Additionally, student-centered learning is often intertwined with personalized learning paths. This can involve differentiated instruction strategies where tasks are tailored to each student’s learning pace and style. Incorporating real-world problems into the curriculum makes learning more relevant and engaging.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Michele Dawson, Senior Director of Instructional Technology in Compton Unified School District, CA, and Kelly Urlacher, Senior Curriculum Designer at DreamBox Learning, had a conversation of essential approaches for supporting these students in “ Key Strategies to Making Access and Equity a Reality for ELL Students.”. Leadership 3.0

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

With comprehensive PD, teachers can learn how to utilize AI to ease their own workload, while simultaneously building familiarity with AI technologies to support ethical student usage. This year, schools and districts will invest in comprehensive strategies to alleviate the factors that contribute to teacher burnout.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

In addition, UDL’s mission of recognizing each learner as an individual provides the foundation for building trust and partnership with a teacher or facilitator––key pieces in constructing a healthy, sustainable learning environment that makes learning student-centered and accessible for all. Learn More.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Students also needed support when it came to the end of year state assessments. “We Rocking the CAASPP Both schools have since experienced outstanding increases in their California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) scores. She jumped at the opportunity to pilot the program in her school. Source: Levered.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

Rocking the CAASPP Both schools have since experienced outstanding increases in their California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) scores. She says, “Not only are they learning the language but at the same time they’re learning the content.” She jumped at the opportunity to pilot the program in her school.

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 15, 2023

I especially disagreed with the section below because online tools should not be supplemental, but infused into the curriculum in a meaningful way to support teaching and learning. In today's digital age, classroom teachers can take advantage of a wide range of online tools to enhance the teaching and learning experience.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The principal's students were in an alternative setting and the main delivery and assessment of content came from an online course platform. The staff fully recognized the need to provide the students with a richer learning environment than simply watching videos that led to multiple choice quizzes and eventual unit tests.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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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. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. . #1: 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. 7: Student Explanation of Learning Aids Retention.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

My match was able to identify with some challenges I'm experiencing and provide (in addition to empathy) some really concrete suggestions for how to navigate.” The future is adaptive. adaptive learning. -Joseph Moreau, Vice Chancellor of Technology, Foothill-De Anza Community College District. “My

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It relies on the huge database of the Internet, and like much of AI, is learning how to be more effective every time we use it. The implications of all of this seems clear if not outright ominous: if an AI tool today can now write essays and poems, how must that change how we teach and assess student writing?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As part of a long-term study on the school, a team of researchers at NYU, led by Richard Arum, decided to look at other metrics, including a performance-based test called the College and Work Readiness Assessment, which is designed to measure various problem solving and reasoning skills. In fact, all games use learning theory to some extent.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

But how much surveillance is acceptable, and what are the implications for students’ privacy rights? EdSurge’s managing editor, Tony Wan, will pose these questions to Bill Fitzgerald (New Knowledge), Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Courtney Goodsell (Impero Software) and Stephanie Cerda (administrator at Austin Independent School District).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

As the growth of mobile technology in studying is anticipated to continue, schools, districts, and institutions need to strategize how to adapt their infrastructure, while teachers will want to consider ways to incorporate mobile learning into their curriculum.

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edWeb.net

JULY 24, 2018

Using the CISD framework as an example, the presenters discussed six key phases for developing buy-in and creating a successful data-oriented learning system. What assessments do they use now? This is the opportunity for stakeholders to brainstorm about how they can use data to make a difference. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

The technologies built by these companies span a wide gamut of buzzwords (adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, gamification) but will be integrated with TAL’s online offerings. That’s the strategy for. EduLab , a subsidiary of JIEM, a Japanese research and assessment provider. (It Sinovation’s portfolio of U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 29, 2014

Game designers are incorporating assessment tools into new learning games in ways that are useful for instructional decision-making, without overpowering teachers with irrelevant data. . Last fall, at Robinswood Middle School in Orlando, Florida, 65 students were learning about air pollution. Photos courtesy of GlassLab.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 9, 2017

The rapid growth of edtech is making it easier to transform schools and classrooms into environments that support individualized learning, but success requires a thoughtful, strategic approach. Join education experts working with schools all over the country to pilot new technologies in support of personalized learning. The vision.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

Districts are also figuring out how to localize curriculum. Less than one year later, teachers are on pace, there’s consistent pedagogy focused on the text-dependent questions, and they’re seeing strong results on their interim assessments around reading comprehension and writing about reading. What kind of success are you seeing?

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Before I dive into this post topic, I must say how impressed I was with what the teachers and administrators have accomplished. Their growth has been astounding as they have successfully implemented many of the pedagogical strategies emphasized last year, which has made the transition to a hybrid learning model more manageable.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

One challenge that persists in mainstream education is how to create truly authentic learning opportunities within the bureaucracy of schools. Professional Development: Another challenge being met in some places is how to incorporate technology into teacher-training programs.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Without further ado, here are the general directions in which the industry of educational technologies is growing: Adaptive learning and learner-centric education. Phill: The first question is about adaptive personalized learning. And more importantly then, how do you see this area progressing in the next 12 months or so?

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

You will also see a summary overview, tips for success; some will have differentiated instruction strategies for English Language Learners and special accommodations. Overview : “Teach students how to maximize their creativity by turning them into creators as they write, illustrate, and verbalize their own stories.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

It includes a variety of assessments, multiple-choice and claim-evidence-reasoning assessments, along with extensive support for teachers such as embedded professional development and instructional resources to support a differentiated learning experience for each student. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Snoopy Snow Brawl is a multi-player coding game that encourages kids to use problem solving, strategy and algorithms in a snowball fight between Woodstock and his bird friends that Snoopy referees. CYPHER LEARNING NEO LMS ( www.cypherlearning.com ) CYPHER LEARNING announced the launch of the Windows app for its product NEO LMS.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Adaptive learning platforms are gaining prominence as personalized becomes more critical for student success. These platforms use artificial intelligence to tailor lessons based on individual student progress and needs, making for a more effective and customized learning experience. How has technology impacted K-12 education?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. That piece is critical, and we need research-backed methods for teaching kids how to read and decode.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. That piece is critical, and we need research-backed methods for teaching kids how to read and decode.

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