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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

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As educators, we always encourage our students to work together; we promise them two heads are better than one. But with so much happening in our individual classrooms, we teachers often don’t take our own good advice. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. Last year at.

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Why we love our PD tools

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This year, we will use video as an informal look at the level of math conversations going on in their classrooms.”. Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. LETRS truly allows you to be an informed educator when you’re determining what to do with students.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

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In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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What to Avoid – and Embrace – in Personalized Learning

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Amy Jenkins is the Chief Operating Officer at Education Elements. Education Elements is a corporate partner of Digital Promise. For more on how to avoid each one, download the full infographic here. Four Elements to Include. This is about complementing in-classroom learning, not computer time.

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A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning

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After five years of teaching, most recently as a technology teacher at an elementary school, I was recruited for a role outside of the classroom. As a classroom teacher, I knew how to move the needle with my students. I quickly realized how siloed my role was. I needed to find a way into their classrooms.

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Education’s Latest Secret Trend: Networking

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It's kind of an irony that schools are in the business of delivering education, but as an entity, schools themselves don't know how to get better. Lydia Dobyns, CEO, New Tech Network How good are schools at learning? And so emphasizing learning networks nudges educators to think about learning in different ways.

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What to Avoid - and Embrace - in Personalized Learning

Digital Promise

Amy Jenkins is the Chief Operating Officer at Education Elements. Education Elements is a corporate partner of Digital Promise. For more on how to avoid each one, download the full infographic here. Four Elements to Include. This is about complementing in-classroom learning, not computer time.