The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

In fact, the busier it is, the better—whether it’s kids experimenting with the Makey Makey circuitry or uploading designs to a 3D printer, or a class learning media literacy or a student seeking advice on a video she’s editing at one of the computer workstations. based education advocacy group. “It And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. I use this tool when students are making Scratch video games for them to record their games and explain their scripts. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It A slow walk for example, does little to make anyone smarter.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 104

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

To collect the emoji, they will scan the Seesaw QR code, listen to the video in Seesaw, talk as a team, and cross the emoji off on their game board. The QR code videos include information about getting to know their classmates, school and Seesaw. Emoji QR codes with videos linked and ready to play. plan for teachers.

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Libraries Gamification iPhone Advocacy 54

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Some institutions are even cutting teacher degree programs, such as Oklahoma City University, which has suspended its elementary education and early childhood education tracks. “We

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

You can take your videos or those from YouTube and: Clip the video. Pause the video and add your voice just in certain spots. Can you give me an example of where you tried to be that teacher that you never had, and it did make a difference? Tom Loud is first-grade teacher at Middlesettlements Elementary in Tennessee.

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Twitter Flipped Classroom Elementary Advocacy 89

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. SHOW LINK BIO: Rebecca’s dedication to exceptional learners started in elementary school when she was a “special friend” to the mainstream class. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

This post is a newsletter I am sending home to our elementary school families. Schools are being called to action to reverse the trend of Americans not participating in civic duties, for example a decline in people voting. For example, are the “3 R’s” – reading, writing, ‘rithmetic – mutually exclusive from social studies?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” Indeed, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has paid for some of that very press coverage, funding for example “an EdSurge Research series about how personalized learning is implemented in different school communities across the country.”

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix. And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Then you'll find lessons, videos, downloadables, and games organized by a few key topic areas like facilitating tough conversations, understanding bias and prejudice, and getting students civically engaged. There's also a video of this strategy in action. For more, check out our review. For more, check out our review.

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Resources Classroom Video Strategy 98

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As an elementary principal the last seven years, the schools I have had the honor to lead have hosted site visits. For example, our school has invested in Responsive Classroom training for staff and we have found it effective. And we like long-form writing where people really think through an idea and present it. – Engagement.

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STEM Professional Learning Blended Learning Examples 57

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It doesn’t have to be that way, and here are some examples of situations that have been defused. The prevalence of virtual learning and training makes it easier than ever to complete this work via video modules and activities. All too often, student discipline is punitive versus instructive.

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Guidelines Training Advocacy Report 109

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. For students beginning sixth grade math, for example, the course moves quickly from basic arithmetic onward, in a combination of review and assessment. Homeschoolcoop2020.com It’s volunteer-run and free.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency. So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Following Meryl’s death, Ketron decided to continue her daughter’s advocacy. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Across the country, the number of GSAs is at a 20-year low, according to GLSEN, an LGBTQ+ education advocacy nonprofit. Some families have sued.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said. Students can find a video, photo, song, podcast, meme, or gif that illustrates a theme in their book.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 92

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

New York City, for example, which enrolls more than a million students, appears to have zero school-based arrests, which can’t be true, Losen said. And it — along with video footage from 2015 of a police officer grabbing a student by the throat in a nearby high school — helped convince her to run for the school board.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Sitting beside her, Candy Turner , a retired elementary school teacher who had brought Ziploc bags of pear slices and dried cranberries for the hours ahead, agreed. “I Then it appointed Susie Luckey, a popular elementary school principal, as interim superintendent until June. I think we are in trouble based on what I saw.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It

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Policies Education Elementary Advocacy 139

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

So what happens when, for example, we share the research that demonstrates that vouchers do not improve student achievement ? That is, accepting science is not necessarily a function of education or scientific knowledge – parents who are anti-vaccine are often affluent and highly-educated, for example. Should you ban laptops ?

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Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71