MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. That was the district’s first year taking the PARCC assessment, a college- and career-readiness test mandated by the state of Illinois, and the results were dismal, though not exactly surprising.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Stephen’s Episcopal Day School hosted Miami Device , a conference held on their campus November 6 & 7, 2014. The hallmark of a great conference is that there are too many concurrent sessions you want to attend, and that''s exactly what happened at Miami Device. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? There are other areas that also come to mind including student grouping, assessment, and interest. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 All sessions will be publicly available to attend through the online Blackboard Collaborate platform, and every session will be recorded and made available immediately following the conference.

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MindShift

APRIL 6, 2015

The excerpt below is from the book “ Transforming Schools Using Project Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards ” by Bob Lenz, with Justin Wells and Sally Kingston. to every student who enters our doors, even students who enter ninth grade reading at an elementary level.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Estonian students are among the highest performers in Europe on international math, reading and science assessments. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia.

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MindShift

JULY 22, 2018

That’s why the American Association of School Librarians hasn’t taken an official position on the “white-hot” topic, said its current president Steven Yates, despite “spirited discussion” at the group’s biennial conference and in the “Dewey or Don’t We” issue of its print magazine. “It

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) stress the importance of communication, and challenge students to engage in conversation by using evidence to support an argument, while evaluating and listening to others’ perspectives. She has previously taught middle school reading and special education in an inclusive elementary setting.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. If you are at the conference, feel free to look me up with a PM at Twitter ( @mjgormans ) or email (mjgormans@gmail.com). I hope you enjoy and find the time to pass this along via email or a tweet.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it’s been that way since testing began in the 1990s. The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. “We never looked at brain research.

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techlearning

APRIL 10, 2018

BURLINGTON, NC, April 10, 2018 – During the recent NSTA conference, Carolina Biological Supply Company, the leading school science supplier and an NSTA show sponsor, launched the new Building Blocks of Science|3D hands-on unit kits for students in grades K to 5. The program can help elementary teachers fit science into busy school days.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. They are listed below, and after the reminder plea for moderator volunteers, you''ll also find the current list of all conference sessions. Huge thanks!

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix. Shelby Villegas, a sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix, is in her third year with Summit. Teachers decide how many times a student can retake an assessment before intervention is needed.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

About two years ago Houston Independent School District , with its 283 schools and 215,000 students, went in search of an LMS that would help teachers create and use coursework that was both digital and aligned to Texas state standards (Texas pointedly does not use the Common Core).

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. For more, check out this story about personalized learning and Common Core by Sarah Garland.

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Saving Socrates

JUNE 13, 2013

The current movement towards a common core is evidence of this belief brought into action (albeit dumbed down). The promise immersion education holds in elementary school foreign language acquisition is limited only by imagination. Why can''t we have students acquire knowledge of other subjects in the same model?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Wednesday, November 19th, is day three of the fifth annual Global Education Conference. We had another great day of sessions and keynotes on Tuesday, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page. Follow the conference through Twitter using the hashtag #globaled14.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Dr. Seuss The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" Look for our upcoming email on Thursday which will detail the fun and free events coming up at the ISTE conference. We''re currently working on the schedule, so look for updates soon on the conference site ! Future of Museums Keynotes.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” ” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C., ” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C., ” (Psst.

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