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Online PD helps teachers respond to bullying

eSchool News

“Teachers often tell us they don’t feel prepared to address bullying issues at school, especially those complicated cases involving at-risk youth or kids with disabilities,” said Chad Rose, an associate professor in the MU College of Education and Human Development.

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Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

Despite the long history of advocacy for student-centered learning, PL has been one of the more elusive reform efforts to actually define. For example, some district’s personalized learning initiatives focus primarily on learner-centered approaches that tend to be what some term “hyper individualized instruction.”

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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. As an example, see this question and answer from a FAQ for California’s ZTC grant program : 12. Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann.

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How Blogging Changed My Career

Fractus Learning

For example, someone will share that when they were a child they made gingerbread houses with their mom at Christmas, or they built forts outside with their friends in the summer. This is the name of a public blog I administrate and is something that I use for early childhood educator professionalism advocacy. The Benefits.

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How SBG Led Us to Empower: The Tyranny of 82% (Part 1 of 2)

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Let me give you an example. If a medical procedure has a 82% success rate, I can take comfort in the fact that there are "only" 18 out of 100 case studies when the procedure fails. Of course, the opposite is also true -- for example, Google Classroom offers no gradebook beyond one with traditional points and percentages.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

When Hallowell tried to extend proficiency-based education to its high school in 2008, parents put up a fight, saying the change would make it harder for their children to compete for scholarships and admission to selective schools, according to a case study published by the state Department of Education. The state ramps up.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Associate Professor of Biology A Case Study in Science and Engineering Job Shadowing in High School - Ann Gaudino, Ed.D. Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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