A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Any personalization necessitates a move from “what” to the “who” to emphasize ownership of learning. Make the shift to personal learning goes right back to finding the right balance between instruction and learning. Solid instruction should lead to great learning where kids are in the proverbial driver’s seat.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. Young had already built considerable credibility with the district through earlier advocacy work and a city-wide literacy campaign conducted by the parent-powered organization.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

Education 202

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Image credit: https://andrewherrick.files.wordpress.com If we are to improve learning and ultimately school-based outcomes student agency needs to be a real element of school culture. Student agency is about empowering kids to own their learning (and school) through greater autonomy. It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

As educators reflect on the disruptions of the past two academic years, they’re increasingly gravitating toward the kind of personalized, “move on when you’re ready” learning being practiced at Parker-Varney. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

We are often reluctant to label anything facilitated through technology as a failure. Technology has become so pervasive in our lives that we have grown reticent to question its value when its use may not support evidence-based practices. Technology should support rather than replace human interactions. Let’s start a movement.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Join me today, Thursday, February 2nd, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com panel discussion on "Personal Learning Profiles," also referred to in variously as "personal success plans," "learner profiles," or "personalized learning paths."

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Until in-person learning can fully resume, family members are the only adults who regularly work with students on distance learning assignments. By and large, English learners aren’t thriving under distance learning. This issue is particularly important for English learners and their families , given that many U.S.

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Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

While the learning curve has been steep in terms of new technology, and there have been some expected kinks to work out, virtual learning has brought some opportunities that an immediate return to in-person learning may not have. Music teachers need your advocacy and your help.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It does this through: Advocacy. Identifying models of next-generation learning. Materials include reports to help shape vision, such as: What’s Possible with Personalized Learning? An Overview of Personalized Learning for Schools, Families & Communities ; and. Establishing standards.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership , the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Winners and finalists were selected by a panel of educators and industry experts who reviewed the submissions and judged the products and services based on the extent to which they are transforming education through the development or advocacy of edtech. A complete list of winners of the 2021 Tech Edvocate Awards can be found here.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

How can school and district leaders leverage research-based practices and models of success to create an effective personalized learning ecosystem for all learners? District leaders can use Future Ready’s free Interactive Planning Dashboard to create a digital learning implementation plan with customized strategies for planning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. Related: Despite its high-tech profile, Summit charter network makes teachers, not computers, the heart of personalized learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

“For personalized learning to thrive, principals must create a culture of innovation that brings together students, teachers, administrators, parents and the community to share a vision for an improved learning experience.”.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

The school needed his expertise to help keep its assistive technology up and running as it was a school for children and adults with disabilities. In the beginning, Mike fixed wheelchairs and such, but as technology expanded so did his work assisting students with disabilities. Technology is now a readily available resource.

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SETDA Says

DECEMBER 21, 2017

2017 was a great year for state leadership for educational technology. SETDA engaged members, affiliates, private sector partners, and partner organizations around federal and state advocacy efforts and provided national leadership for broadband, digital instructional materials, and data interoperability.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. About 20 other states sprinkled elements of personalized learning into their plans.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 69

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

In my previous role as the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education and in my present role as ISTE Chief Learning Officer, I am struck by how often we find that students, and even some teachers, feel disengaged with school. We are not creating innovators; we are creating consumers.

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Advocacy Guidelines Report Personalized Learning 159

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Project Unicorn is an advocacy initiative focused on improving data interoperability within K-12 education. Project Unicorn is an education advocacy initiative that got started in May 2017; so far, some 200 school systems, representing 2 million students, have signed on to support the effort.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. To her, it was “heartbreaking.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Project Unicorn is an advocacy initiative whose eight partner organizations want to improve data interoperability within K-12 education. As schools and districts implement innovative learning systems, they must address issues of data interoperability.

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Data Tools Advocacy Outcomes 60

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Third, the Recommendation comments positively on the ability of information and communications technologies (ICT) to “open possibilities for OER… to enable personalized learning.” The ND licenses fail to qualify as open licenses as per the Recommendation.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Core5is a research-proven, technology-based program that accelerates the development of fundamental literacy skills for students of all abilities in grades pre-K–5. Core5 provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized learning paths in six areas of reading. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning Advocacy Learning 41

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

As the importance and benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL) have become more widely recognized, many teachers have struggled to combine this type of learning with their required curriculum. Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, and a former eighth grade English teacher has spent 11 years in the classroom.

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Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 43

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The demand for making the learning experience responsive to every student’s individual learning needs is accelerating. Personalization is a growing focus for policy development, technology applications and educational marketing. Related: Opinion How do teachers know if they are getting personalized learning right?

Tools 40

Tools Advocacy Personalized Learning Assessment 40

edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Providing families with used school-issued Chromebooks, adding access points outside the school buildings, and collaborating with community partners on projects such as youth centers and public libraries are providing students and the entire community with access to technology. This article was modified and published by eSchool News.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The development of the technology platform has been run by CZI since 2017.) CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others. The announcement highlights your work with the Summit Learning Program.

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Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 106

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

The program focuses around those seven tenets, or gears, with personalized student learning at the center: curriculum, instruction, and assessment; personalized professional learning; use of space and time; data and privacy; community partnerships; technology and infrastructure; and budget and resources.

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Future Ready Libraries Advocacy Digital Learning 74

EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2019

Another powerful project in collaboration between EdTechTeam and Google for Education and reseller partners, is Education on Tour , an event series is focused on sharing best practices for implementing Google for Education technology in the classroom. “Our team is so excited about this award. .

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. But experts emphasize that schools should not expect to replicate what they could achieve in the classroom, and should pursue an approach suited for their own students and teachers and their distance-learning capabilities. Coronavirus gave many just days.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

A number of top executives, a bipartisan assortment of governors, and multiple advocacy groups have issued an open letter to Congress calling on the government to devote $250 million to computer coding education for students, along with professional development in that subject for teachers. District Teaches Coding to K-8 Students.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A New Hampshire student shows one of his assignments to his mother, biology teacher and math teacher during a personalized learning meeting. Related: Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills. Photo: Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report. That’s a tall order from states.

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