eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. For example: which voices are represented during decision-making processes and in our instructional materials? If we are going to be gatekeepers, we have to be aware of the microaggressions we perpetuate.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Questioning the quality of instructional materials isn’t new to the digital education era. Thus, there is the potential for more disparity in the quality of materials from school to school. State leaders need to make sure they are giving educators the tools they need to select the best materials for the classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2019

Games support literacy skills in part because they enable students to play and learn in authentic worlds they care about Karen Schrier, Marist College Another early adopter, Paul Davarsi teaches English and media studies in Toronto, and likes games for many of the same reasons as Fallon.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2016

The resources–including over 10,000 articles, videos, lesson plans, and more–are clear, easy-to-navigate, and user-friendly, with opportunities to collaborate with other teachers. engage in group study of a topic to promote grade-level or school goals.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

(September 13, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today it has added new digital assets to its services that boost teachers’ ability to engage students in a variety of subjects including Science, STEM, and Social Studies.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

For years, a stream of articles have tried to dispel pervasive but wrong ideas about how people learn, but those ideas still linger. For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners.

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Learning Examples Instructional Materials Social Media 141

edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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OER Instructional Materials Policies Broadband 41

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

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. Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann. This was justified by the fact that there is a lack of empirical evidence to support expanding the use of OER.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. For example: which voices are represented during decision-making processes and in our instructional materials? If we are going to be gatekeepers, we have to be aware of the microaggressions we perpetuate.

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STEM Classroom Gamification Instructional Materials 52

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

In a recent edWebinar , presenters from Idaho and Pennsylvania discussed how state and district leadership support digital learning opportunities and implement digital materials. According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructional materials has large effects on student learning.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 15, 2016

Many of the articles are accompanied by a Common Core-aligned quiz designed to check for student understanding, to prompt critical thinking and to provide teachers with immediate feedback. Text Sets For Social Studies. Users can also browse the Editor’s Picks or content Most Loved This Month. Spanish Text Sets. State Text Sets.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

By providing reviews and recommendations from multiple states about many different types of resources, the new SETDA dashboard makes the selection of high-quality educational materials a faster, easier and much more inclusive process. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Instructional Materials Accessibility Policies OER 41

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. Science and social studies teachers may be the first to use online mapping technology, but there is plenty of opportunity for teachers of other subjects to get involved.

Learning 40

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 28, 2017

Carnegie Corporation of New York recently released a report that stated, “NGSS are in demand, but the supply of high quality K-12 instructional materials in science is lacking. About Legends of Learning American children need new education heroes, teachers dedicated to using new, engaging methods to teach curriculum.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenters.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Breaking News – Are you looking for a site filled with great news articles? Keep in mind that a teacher can even find an older article that matches curricular content standards. You will find this site filled with leveled fiction and nonfiction articles that are flexible, research based, and aligned to standards.

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edWeb.net

JULY 7, 2021

These findings led to “deep work” on transforming literacy practices, including monthly collective learning sessions led by Dr. Davis in which educators had opportunities to study and talk in a safe environment. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Elementary Professional Learning Program Evaluation Instructional Materials 98

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2017

Although students can access WiFi in places like fast food restaurants, many public spaces do not provide the safest options for high school students to study at night. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director, SETDA, noted the importance of having safe WiFi access.

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Equity of Access Accessibility Elementary Instructional Materials 40

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Over the last few years, we’ve traded resources, articles and work samples as we try to build our own starter kit for this fast-moving field. Lesson 4: Go study other great teachers and other great learning experiences. This approach helps you clarify your target outcomes and how you’ll collect “evidence of learning.”

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

This article was modified and published by eSchool News and EdScoop. Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These specialized search platforms provide access to peer-reviewed articles, books, journals, and a plethora of other academic materials, essential for in-depth research and study across various disciplines. It’s a valuable resource for educators seeking in-depth academic studies and theoretical frameworks.

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Education OER Libraries Accessibility 115

User Generated Education

JULY 1, 2018

Per the study, student participation rates change dramatically from K-8 (where there’s nearly equal participation by gender) to high school (where male students outnumber females by a factor of three). K-12 makerspaces lack inclusive culture, Drexel study says ).

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

This article will not have an admin option. This article is about book choice as well, but it’s about the choice to say no (how to say no, how to tell when you should say no, what are the ramifications of saying no, what to do when you maybe should have said no but said yes instead, and how to turn a no into a consenting yes).

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

public school districts spend a combined $8 billion on instructional materials while trying to ensure that schools receive the maximum value for their money. Because there aren’t many alternatives, they did this despite concerns about the quality of materials. Photo: Jackie Mader. Now is the time of year when U.S.

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Resources Instructional Materials OER Elementary 89

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

According to Kathy Mickey, Senior Analyst of Simba Information, all of these could impact the instructional materials marker. Also, because of issues like climate change and other current issues, science teachers often pull together their own materials. This happens with social studies too.). About the Presenter.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The combination of Core5 and Schoolwork will streamline the classroom workflow, make it easier to distribute and collect instructional materials, and provide educators with useful and timely insight into each student’s progress to ensure learning is taking place.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article. The questions from the article are presented in bold ; unattributed blockquotes are from the original article.). But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use? Faculty do.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2012

Notes from panel discussion/concurrent session at SXSWedu 2012 Geoff Wurzel, TechNet Wurzel was one of the influencers on Senate Bill 6 and the creation of the Instructional Materials Allotment in Texas. Study focused on 1. There are not very many international studies available. The New Digital Learning Environment II.

Learning 61

Learning Pearson Study Survey 61

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

OER, then, are educational resources whose copyright licenses provide the public with free, irrevocable, and perpetual legal permission to engage in what Wiley (2015) calls the 5R activities : Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of materials (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video).

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Shift 1: Moving to Transferable and Conceptual Teaching A 2022 University of Texas study analyzed more than 200 word problems from the PARCC assessment and the Smarter Balanced math test in elementary and middle school. Including high-quality instructional materials—lesson plans, pacing guides, assessments, and rubrics—is essential.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 3, 2015

see this article on the $400 textbook ) for open educational resources (OER). In each of these cases, students created new material or revised existing material, ensuring that the final product was thorough, thoughtful, well documented, and well suited to the needs of students studying specific topics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. " I will do that in a separate article at the end of the year. This is part three of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Texas , a Prized K–12 Market , Approves Wave of Instructional Materials.” This study says fix unstable housing, not schools.” Icon credits: The Noun Project

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Thomas Pogge , one of the world’s most prominent ethicists, stands accused of manipulating students to gain sexual advantage,” says Buzzfeed in an article about allegations – an “open secret” apparently – about the Yale professor. The Indian gaming company has raised $1.2 million total.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ New Online Tool Aims to Help K–12 Leaders Choose Instructional Materials.” ” “Students can take charge of learning by controlling the seating plan ,” according to Education Dive ( rewriting an Edutopia article ). It’s not true.”

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