A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Both the math and reading sessions focused on how edtech could be used during independent work, formative assessment, and pedagogically-sound blended learning. Below you will see the specific tools I provided during each session. Some aren't new, but others might be.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

In this second post of this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. I hope you found the first article of this series helpful and if you missed it… take a look. Leveraging Your LMS & Tech Tools: PBL and Blended Learning (Part 2).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 28, 2020

In this series I would like to take the time to share some eLearning and Blended Learning ideas and pose some questions as schools have finished another school session and begin to look at the next year. Read the article or watch the webinar. Read the article or watch the webinar (future).

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 16, 2021

The post Blended Learning with Google Toolkit for Teachers – SULS0101 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I share The Blended Learning with Google Toolkit, a free download to help teachers create dynamic, blended learning experiences for students with Google tools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Note that Screencastify has been one of my favorite formative assessment tools since 2018 when I wrote 10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment. Inside the Screencastify platform, you can now add quick questions to assess for understanding when hosted on the Screencastify platform. Multiple Methods of Sharing.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These days many schools tout blended learning programs when marketing their school to potential students. Blended learning can combine the flexibility of online instruction with the benefits of in-person teaching. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

With little to no training or preparation, they have stepped up to keep learning going. A recent eSchool News article highlighted that most teachers don’t feel fully prepared for remote learning. teachers in mid-March to collect and share best practices, ideas, and common approaches to remote learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 9, 2020

No matter the situation, lessons learned have to be acted upon in order to provide a valuable learning experience to all kids regardless of demographics. High agency strategies such as voice, choice, path, pace, and place typically in the form of pedagogically-sound blended learning lead to high engagement levels.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Our instructor Shawn McCusker’s most recent article has been published on the Otus blog. In it he discusses the challenges we face and the opportunities available to us If you would like to read it in its entirety you can find it here: The Modern Challenges of Formative Assessment. Check out the full article!

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

NYU, MIT, and Yale are just a few universities that currently offer blended teaching to their students. One of the challenges associated with it is assessing and grading numerous students’ works. To tackle this problem and organize blended learning effectively, educators should arm themselves with reliable technologies.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 10, 2017

Through Learning Management Systems (LMS) many educators are moving to put content online and extend learning beyond the four walls and beyond the school day. This Blended Learning approach is both beneficial but its definition can be tough to nail down. Private assessment and gradebook 2.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

There are countless strategies and resources at your fingertips, but this article will spotlight the importance of digital teacher support for your blended learning environment. Digital resources can save teachers innumerable hours of planning, grading, assigning, and assessing in the classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Collaboration and Blended Learning Fosters Critical Skills. CDW Segment.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Read more: From normal to better: Using what we’ve learned to improve education. The unintended consequence of all-day synchronous distance learning may be screen fatigue. In this article from Cult of Pedagogy , Jennifer Gonzales explains how using such tools as Total Physical Response or simulations can activate student learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

In this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. I wish to share with you this article I wrote for PBLWorks (BIE/BUCK Institute) of which I am part of the National Faculty. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

MAY 10, 2022

Listen to this article: UPDATED Episode 157! Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool. Insert Learning (Freemium). InsertLearning is a Chrome extension that lets you turn websites into interactive lessons, and it is the perfect companion to your blended learning lesson plans. Click To Tweet.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In this article, we take a closer look at five of the most valuable options available to teachers. As an article for Edutopia explains , a good case study should ideally present an open-ended problem, with many possible solutions, or with different potential ‘correct’ answers.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 17, 2018

The bottom line here is that feedback matters in the context of learning. It should also be noted how it differs from assessment. Feedback justifies a grade, establishes criteria for improvement, provides motivation for the next assessment, reinforces good work, and serves as a catalyst for reflection.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 26, 2023

An NGSS science standard aligned learning path relating to communications and waves. Propello is hands-on and has many activities and embedded formative assessments inside the materials. Each lesson includes several inquiry based investigations to make the learning hands on and real. This helps show the student's progress.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 13, 2020

A common thread among education articles from the past few months has been the emphasis on supporting families during the learning process. For instance, educators may use choice menus to give students options in assignments and assessments or design different learning paths to account for student preferences and abilities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2022

First, students based on their abilities using district data (NWEA or STAR data) or the built-in pre-assessment. The formative assessment and immediate feedback provide teachers with the data they need to show growth throughout the school year. Practice Activities. Critical Thinking Challenges. Sign up for Your Free eSpark Account.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 25, 2016

Newsela has a growing collection of articles about science, art, health, war and peace, and money written at four different Lexile levels. There is a short quiz paired with each article, so teachers can assess the students’ ability to comprehend, analyze and evaluate what they’ve read. . #5 Newsela.

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Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

Some examples of possible learning objectives include: . English class: By the end of class, I will be able to analyze an argumentative article and identify the author’s claim and types of evidence used in the argument, as evidenced by my annotation and rhetorical précis. . Design assessments to measure understanding .

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The purposeful use of technology can innovate assessment, transform time frames around learning, increase collaboration, enable learning about information and research thanks to unprecedented access, and provide a level of student ownership like never before.

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Linways Technologies

JULY 2, 2020

This article, as the name suggests, discusses some of the key elements to align your institution’s learning outcomes with the teaching strategy. It states both the substance of learning and how its attainment is to be demonstrated. How does an institution set learning outcomes. How does teaching strategy come into play.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 7, 2019

Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Saving Socrates

MAY 13, 2014

They learned something priceless, the value of grit. At first, we attempted to utilize blended learning to compensate for the lack of face time beyond one 40 minute period once a week. However, I have yet to find a blended learning platform that does this for this specific AP, let alone for the AP European.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Knowing this, we opted to pilot the Lexia Core5 Reading adaptive blended learning literacy program a few years ago. We were collecting data from a variety of assessments, but the interventions we were using just weren’t showing that students were making consistent progress as readers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

In combination with online and blended learning, microschools have taken hold in the alternative education space, and we expect 2024 to be a big year of expansion for this learning approach.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Take your Google skills to the next level and learn why I call Google Slides the Swiss Army Knife of Google! Listen to Part 1 of this article. Listen to Part 2 of this article. Blended Learning with Google Podcast Series. Blended Learning with Google (Part 1: Do This, Not That!).

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 18, 2022

While these tips and tools are extremely helpful in this pandemic environment of teaching, they are also helpful for any blended learning classroom. Virtual learning is here to stay! Listen to this article. . The Opportunity for Dynamic Learning. This is the concept of dynamic learning. Click To Tweet.

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Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We have written a great deal about teaching strategies and teaching techniques in our previous articles. Creating futuristic classrooms , standards-based grading , student engagement in online classrooms, outcome-based education, student-centric education , Project-based learning , etc. Feature Number 2: Blended learning.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 8, 2017

The same ideals that make 21st-century teaching and learning engaging to students are quite often the same reasons online learning is appealing to teachers. Barbara Kurshan , a Forbes contributor, wrote an article titled: The Teacher as the Learner: Professional Development for Online and Blended Learning.

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Hubbli

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, we will discuss some tips for effective curriculum development and implementation in private schools. Define Learning Objectives and Outcomes: The first step in curriculum development is to define clear learning objectives and outcomes.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

By leveraging AI and technology to rethink traditional teaching methodologies, we can level-set our classrooms to more effectively empower educators and personalize student learning. Instead, each student built foundational skills and only moved on to subsequent material after successfully demonstrating mastery on end-of-lesson assessments.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

The program covers blended learning and project-based learning. It also helps teachers learn about the “Four Cs” of learning — critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration — as well as how to use the substitution, augmentation, modification and redefinition (SAMR) model. by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The following article was published in the most recent edition of Digital Learning Magazine in my column, “The Tech Savvy Classroom with Shawn McCusker.”. Click here for a link to the complete article published in Digital Learning Magazine. Personalized learning creates a variety of challenges for teachers.

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