Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Then that too changed when rote drills and worksheets were replaced with cerebral challenges and dynamic exercises. Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

4] Principals should be in the loop on things like access to the curriculum for special education, need for assistive technologies, and other accommodations. Educators should be sure to provide a checklist or task analysis for parents when they make these assignments.[8]. Strategies for When Special Education Moves Online.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But this contest has felt different, says Todd Flory, a fourth grade teacher at Wheatland Elementary School in Andover, Kan. It can be an exercise in empathy and self-recognition. Look to outlets like that and others that just tell you what happened, without too much opinion and analysis.” But for now, just go and be a kid.’”

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Progress through the teacher pipeline: 1992–93 college graduates and elementary/ secondary school teaching as of 1997.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

For example, imagine that you are an elementary school principal who is looking for opportunities to strengthen specific third grade math skills in the new school year. With this simple exercise, you have identified an area of need—as well as a valuable SME who is already overcoming the challenge.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Elementary students can participate with activities that track and map noise levels across schools, or predict and study migration patterns of animals. Middle and high school students can engage using exercises to explore Darwin’s observations on the Galapagos islands, or learn more about the battles fought during the Civil War.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

It’s well-aligned with the goals of elementary classrooms: The learning activities activate students’ creativity while the multi-modal assessment appeals to innovate teachers and offers great home-to-school connections. Do an Exhaustive Competitive Analysis Every year our editorial team walks the ISTE expo floor to find new tools to review.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2016

It came out loud and clear that with technology, we needed to do better about supporting staff—not just talking about it in August, but supporting it with someone people know over time. They had limited impact on professional learning, says Epps, principal of the Mancos Early Learning Center and Elementary School.

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Data Common Core Assessment Training 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We times the rate of white students, according to an analysis of federal data by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 141

Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

Do people still imagine, do people still believe that technology is the silver bullet? " I write a lot about the powerful narratives that shape the ways in which we think about education and technology. I tend to be pretty skeptical about exercises in "reimagining school." I don't know. But I won't lie.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Bottom line: Ask an administrator or your technology department for guidance before you get started. Your school's technology coordinator or IT department may also be able to help. Teachers can see students' quiz results, run a class-wide analysis, and give students feedback on their progress. Grades: 4-8. Grades: K-12.

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Video Classroom Digital Citizenship Libraries 90

EdTechTeam

JANUARY 19, 2018

As a modeling exercise, the teacher will type the responses as the students formulate them together. It also encourages deeper inquiry instead of superficial analysis of a topic. Recording the dialog might be helpful for self-analysis and debriefing. This is where the accountable talk comes in. Scaffold here as needed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2015

As they improve, they level up, adding if-then analysis to their decision matrix, and the course gets more complicated. The free version has a limited number of exercises. Kodable now offers a curriculum for elementary school. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. Insider tips. Create a Macro.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rhode Island also emphasized the importance of involving state government in their efforts (the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, led by former Office of Educational Technology Director Richard Culatta, has been a key partner in EduvateRI). Let’s innovative to improve public education together. pic.twitter.com/0IGG3yduXv.

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Assessment Tools Blended Learning Exercises 120

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2022

I have been a reader of dystopian fiction for years, primarily due to my role as librarian to upper elementary and middle school students. Science fiction and dystopian fiction have enough in common that this analysis rings true for me.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

There is a relative lack of research available examining the effect of search engines on our brains even as the technology is rapidly dominating our lives. Instead of making us stupid, he wrote, the Internet and technology “are the only things that will keep us smart.” seems to share Carr’s concerns.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2024

Those, the analysis found, were much less common. Learn more about the data and how we did our analysis.) In fewer than 15 percent of cases, students got in trouble for using profanity, according to a Hechinger analysis of the records. million instances.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2017

A student who places into the lowest-level English course might still struggle with something as elementary as subject-verb agreement, said Melvin Brooks, associate dean of English, Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts at BCCC. On a Wednesday last fall, she started off her class with a now-routine exercise: diagramming a sentence.

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MindShift

AUGUST 19, 2016

That’s why Littleton’s Instructional Technology Specialist, Dana Levesque, started compiling resources on a site that both teachers and students can access to find the tools that fit their needs. Teachers are also experimenting with publishing to more authentic audiences. The app offers texts in both Spanish and English.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organized a virtual dance party to give her second-grade class some levity. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In addition to public health departments, there are other areas where partnerships outside a school may be beneficial; partnering up to address technology and space needs was a particular theme in this project. Invest in school staff and invite their contributions to safety strategies.

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Data Examples Strategy Policies 128

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2016

Adams Elementary School resource room teacher Zoe Leverson, and STR graduate student Maria-Elena Velásquez, check in with a fifth-grader following the lesson. Toward the end of Studio Day, visibly exhausted, Velásquez and her classmates gathered around a library table at Adams Elementary School, snacking on popcorn and tangerines.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

Carr nodded, saying they could return to rote exercises after. student population today participate in tutoring, it has historically been reserved for the monied elite and is often cost-prohibitive for children like Victor, who attends an elementary school where three in four students receive discounted meals. Victor nodded.

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