iLearn Technology

JANUARY 21, 2015

What we actually end up with is new standards, new curricula (usually replacing one one-size-fits-all with another one-size-fits-all), new technology initiatives, more professional development, added “rigorous” expectations, new standardized tests, new assessment systems, and new buzz words. Tests show progress in learning.

Conference 28

Conference Secondary Elementary System 28

iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

If you are interested in student voice, starting a school, inquiry, customized assessment solutions, building community, learner profiles, individualized education, 1:1 BYOD environments, learning excursions, professional development that transforms, re-imagined classroom space, design thinking, maker spaces, mentorship, or project-based learning, (..)

BYOD 28

BYOD Conference Assessment Learning 28

iLearn Technology

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Flexible implementation options mean that Woot Math can be used in any classroom configuration whether it be 1:1 devices, shared devices, whole-class, or as intervention. The Woot Math system works on the web, iPads, or Chromebooks seamlessly…it truly is a great option for any classroom!

Adaptive Learning 28

Adaptive Learning Learning Chromebook iPad 28

iLearn Technology

JULY 10, 2016

I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom. It is not a replacement for assessment.

Digital Badges 28

Digital Badges Assessment Libraries System 28

iLearn Technology

JUNE 10, 2016

Perhaps the most disheartening outcome of the systematization of education is the way that it dehumanizes classrooms. May we, as educators, stand up and defend the humanity in our classrooms! Emboldened by being ‘the best,’ our education system has become blinded to the individual. The student-with-a-name.

Data 28

Data System Outcomes Classroom 28

iLearn Technology

JANUARY 19, 2017

Re-imagining assessment? This year’s trip: Half Penny Brewery including a brewery tour, Most Likely to Succeed showing, and conversation with other passionate educators. The opportunity to talk shop: have you ever dreamed of starting a school? Throwing away one-size-fits-all curriculum? Ditching homework? Ditching the test?

Conference 28

Conference Education Meeting Assessment 28

iLearn Technology

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We can’t assess in a way that minimizes the individual and the learning journey that is happening. We can’t have restrictive classroom space. Something different happens when you are in a classroom that isn’t yours, teaching students you don’t normally teach. Because, students-with-names.

Conference 28

Conference Meeting Groups Assessment 28

MindShift

JULY 29, 2015

Educators and students are quickly becoming more comfortable with classroom technology, allowing them to shift from thinking about the technical side of integrating a new tool to focusing on how it improves learning. iLearn United States : This game-like app has a learn mode and a game mode. That’s where we want to be.”.

iPhone 28

iPhone Classroom iPad Android 28

iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In short, this is a conference that will do more than inspire you, you will be empowered to launch in your own classrooms, schools and districts! We do all of this with the same per-pupil expenditure as the public schools in the area! This year our sessions and keynotes will be centered around student agency.

Conference 28

Conference Edcamps MOOC Education 28