Shake Up Learning

MARCH 16, 2021

Watch this quick video to learn how! Subscribe to Shake Up Learning on YouTube. OR, watch it on TikTok! Blended Learning with Google Toolkit for Teachers. Ready to take digital learning to the next level? Today, I am walking you through each step sharing proven strategies to increase learning and engagement.

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Blended Learning Google Learning Strategy 90

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Here is how I responded: "Education technology – or edtech – is the study and practice of effective teaching and learning processes and strategies that incorporate devices, apps, programs, and media. Edtech can be used in traditional classrooms, at home, and as part of learning in almost any setting." Education is not made up of tools.

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EdTech Internet Safety Digital Citizenship eBook 93

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels. Vrain Valley Schools. .

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Survey Elementary Software System 130

Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Teachers are no strangers to differentiating instruction for their students, and neither are instructional coaches and digital learning facilitators. This isn't the norm in professional learning. This year, I decided to make a change in my approach as a digital learning facilitator.

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Training Professional Learning Differentiated Instruction Groups 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Summer edtech camps with Tri-City United educators facilitating the sessions led to pilot projects with digital learning and instruction with this past summer’s professional developing moving truly into personalized learning. Setting goals for any personalized professional development is key.

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Personalized Learning Moodle Learning Blended Learning 60

Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. Visit the standards. This is when I turn to the EdTech Quick Take videos.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. Visit the standards. This is when I turn to the EdTech Quick Take videos.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In my work with Discovery Education, I help schools across the country create modern digital learning environments. In these conversations, one topic that has regularly come up over the last few weeks is the relationship between blended learning environments and engaging, relevant learning experiences.

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Blended Learning Learning Meeting Resources 82

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2015

I always cringe when educational pundits talk about evaluating teachers according to “value-added” assessment models, as if the value that teachers offer their students could be easily quantified or evaluated according to any standardized metric.

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Tools Classroom Laptops Tablets 33

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

We definitely do try to go that extra step to make those children feel just as comfortable and just as supported and let them know, ‘You can be successful even if you don’t have the same stuff at home that another child has,’” Parker says. Some teachers also have students assess their own mastery of skills.).

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 135

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“We definitely do try to go that extra step to make those children feel just as comfortable and just as supported and let them know, ‘You can be successful even if you don’t have the same stuff at home that another child has,’” Parker says. Some teachers also have students assess their own mastery of skills.).

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120