Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2018

As we got near each other, the young man literally grabbed and hugged me,” my colleague reported. Making the Connection to Learning Through Differentiation Connecting this way requires teachers to differentiate instruction—recognizing their students’ individuality and then planning learning experiences with the range of student needs, interests, styles, and preferences in mind. Webinar: Accelerating Literacy with Precision Differentiation. “Stay out of jail!”

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Differentiated Instruction Dropout eBook Assessment 131

techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

The conversations in these presentations centered on impactful instruction and the magnitude of digital options. It is used to develop interactive presentations and assessments that can be used to add amazing effects in the classroom. One group decided to design a backpack.

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Report Conference Differentiated Instruction Exercises 60

Technology Tidbits

JULY 16, 2019

Answer Pad - A fantastic Student Response System that lets educators seamlessly assess students, differentiate instruction, and turn their classroom paperless. This makes it easy to differentiate instruction.

Game-Based Learning 51

Game-Based Learning eBook Flipped Classroom System 51

The Christensen Institute

APRIL 26, 2018

Even though we aren’t even half-way through 2018, there are already several insightful reports on blended and personalized learning from this year that are worth highlighting. These reports examined various tools and approaches to implement blended and personalized learning models, as well as the potential impact these models could have on students and teachers. Another point of interest was how technology allowed teachers to change how they provided instruction to students.

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Blended Learning Report Differentiated Instruction Software 146

Technology Tidbits

MARCH 1, 2017

HOOPs is a new basketball game by Zzish for assessing students learning and differentiating instruction. This is done using Zzish which creates quizzes and gamifies formative assessments. Teachers can use this for any subject and for individual students or in teams/groups.

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Report Groups Differentiated Instruction Game-Based Learning 46

Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2019

Creating the Assessment Data Interoperability Challenge Collaborative. Together with a team of researchers and developers, this group formed the Assessment Data Interoperability Challenge Collaborative. DIFFERENTIATING. INSTRUCTION. Schools are drowning in data.

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Data Differentiated Instruction Outcomes Groups 255

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

A leader in personalized learning, LEAP Innovations, recently released a second report showing Lexia Reading Core5® to have a statistically significant, positive impact for students in Chicago Public Schools. test-score points beyond what the control group gained.

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Comparison Outcomes Differentiated Instruction Personalized Learning 52

The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In my last post, “Common Assessments” vs “Common Understandings” , I was reminded of how powerful comments are on a blog, and why blogging is a hugely powerful tool for not only sharing your learning, but learning from others.

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Data MOOC Differentiated Instruction Course 80

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

You will also see a summary overview, tips for success; some will have differentiated instruction strategies for English Language Learners and special accommodations. I love that it includes some tips and differentiated strategies. Students will work in groups of two.

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Chromebook Khan Academy OER Policies 75

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

This will not be another article about how you need to use data to drive your instruction. Instead, let's take a look at some ways to use data regularly in your classroom and take some of the pain out of obtaining it to differentiate instruction. In Support of Formative Assessment As educators, we can use formative assessments to monitor progress while we still have time to reteach, fix misconceptions, and give more practice time.

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Data Edmodo Differentiated Instruction Video 95

The Christensen Institute

MARCH 14, 2018

For the better part of the past year, the Christensen Institute has worked in collaboration with Public Impact , a national education policy and management consulting firm, to study how schools are implementing innovative staffing models in conjunction with blended learning to personalize instruction and improve student achievement. At Navigator Schools in Gilroy and Hollister California, small-group instructors help teachers give students more targeted instruction.

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Personalized Learning Case Study Software Differentiated Instruction 203

100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In the previous installments of our series, we have shared ideas on instructional strategies that allow the simultaneous implementation of Approaches to Teaching and Learning (ATLs). This fifth post addresses h ow differentiated teaching can advance students’ thinking skills.

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Flipped Classroom Differentiated Instruction Smartphone Strategy 78

The Christensen Institute

MAY 9, 2017

The basic tenants of this design were to group students by age; provide them with standardized, one-size-fits-all instruction; rate them based on how well they responded to the standardized approach; and then sort them into different academic and career tracks. Today, when teachers try to differentiate instruction or do things outside of their teaching duties to support students, they do so contrary to the intended purpose and design of the traditional model.

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Differentiated Instruction Industry Blended Learning Training 198

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2018

With the push to move assessments online, students need good keyboarding skills. It does this through a process of review, demonstration, practice, and assessment. This takes you to your teacher dashboard where you will find student reports and more.

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Differentiated Instruction Digital Citizenship Laptops Chromebook 195

The Christensen Institute

JUNE 8, 2017

All five schools use some variation of the Station Rotation or Lab Rotation blended-learning models for core instruction in math and English language arts. But even though blended learning is a deliberate part of their instructional approaches, it didn’t seem to be the differentiating factor driving their success. These school administrators have reported that they spend roughly 70 percent of their time providing coaching to teachers. Data-driven instruction.

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Blended Learning Technology Data Elementary 218

Digital Promise

MARCH 25, 2016

I am glad to report I’ve never seen a district make all these mistakes, but most districts make at least a few. Risk #2: Curricular and Instructional Misalignment: Personalized learning is about shifting pedagogy and thinking about curriculum and instruction differently.

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Personalized Learning Education Elements Data Differentiated Instruction 203

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam is a web-based tool that lets you customize assessments with multiple choice, true/false, number grids, rubrics, and more. They wanted to share with their group. Tip #2: Remember that we’re mandatory reporters.

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Elementary Advocacy Differentiated Instruction Report 371

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

As reported in April 2016 (the most recent year for which data is available from the National Assessment of Educational Progress ) only 37 percent of high school seniors in the U.S. Traditional teacher-centered instructional practices, such as recitation or lectures, have given way to hands-on activities, student-led discussions, ­collaboration and group learning — all hallmarks of personalized learning.

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Personalized Learning Tools Differentiated Instruction Survey 124

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

Working in small groups with defined roles, students applied their knowledge of energy pyramids and nutrient cycles to design and actually create mini-biospheres that could support terrestrial and aquatic life—even after being sealed shut. Students collaborated, constructed their designs, collected data, wrote reports and gave presentations.

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System Differentiated Instruction Social Media Assessment 131

Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2016

I am glad to report I’ve never seen a district make all these mistakes, but most districts make at least a few. Risk #2: Curricular and Instructional Misalignment: Personalized learning is about shifting pedagogy and thinking about curriculum and instruction differently. Element #2: Targeted Instruction: In Benjamin Bloom’s famous study, he found that effective small group instruction supported student learning nearly as much as one-on-one tutoring.

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Personalized Learning Education Elements Data Differentiated Instruction 175

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In fact, where that plurality of kids might be the biggest group in the class, those that weren’t learning in this prescriptive manner was an even bigger group. Others start by reading instructions, watching videos, and observing the work of their neighbor.

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Guidelines Differentiated Instruction Learning Digital Citizenship 227

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

According to its findings, “teachers report that arts integration stimulates deep learning, creates increased student engagement, and cultivates students’ investment in learning.”

Learning 248

Learning Differentiated Instruction Study Accessibility 248

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Our user-friendly platform has saved teachers countless hours in grading assignments and helped them offer more personalized, targeted instruction.”. New learning platform creates dynamic learning experiences, provides instant feedback to students, and saves teachers hours on grading.

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Differentiated Instruction Video Data Mobility 72

The Christensen Institute

MAY 7, 2015

At the Christensen Institute, we partnered with the Evergreen Education Group to do just that: research and profile district schools with measurable positive student results from having adopted blended learning. We published the first of these reports recently as a series of case studies titled Proof Points: Blended Learning Success in School Districts. The Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning program in Putnam County Schools in Cookeville, Tenn.,

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Blended Learning Learning Dropout Survey 239

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The first is differentiated instruction. With the ever greater range of student proficiency in today’s schools, this is virtually impossible if the teacher is standing in front of the class addressing all the students as a single group.

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Differentiated Instruction Classroom Data Elementary 99

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2017

With any luck, teachers will see this is an opportunity where teachers both black and white must differentiate instruction for students in the classroom and seek out programs after school or outside of school that may benefit or interest high achieving students.

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Differentiated Instruction Groups Training System 74

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Welcome to a series that supports the use of technology in support of differentiated learning in and beyond the PBL classroom. Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading. This is a program that really does allow for whole class differentiation.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Comparison 111

techlearning

APRIL 19, 2018

NYSE: RST) Company, today announced that Lexia Reading Core5® has been named by the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) as an approved provider of early interactive reading software for literacy instruction and assessment for grades K–3.

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Assessment Differentiated Instruction Software Report 52

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Welcome to the third post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process.

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UDL Resources Differentiated Instruction Tools 91

Shake Up Learning

JUNE 4, 2019

14:18] Technology can be used for learning, assessment, and feedback. [15:41] 22:37] Differentiate instruction with technology. There are also project managers who report at the beginning of the class. [26:30] Title : Teacher and Instructional Technology Director.

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Learning Course eBook Differentiated Instruction 79

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2017

In the stations, students work on adaptive online programs, collaborate in small groups, and receive differentiated instruction from the teacher. Education Week reports that 12 percent of U.S. Furthermore, most teachers themselves were schooled in a largely traditional setting, heavy on teacher-led, direct instruction. As he or she progresses along the continuum of levels, stations and pull-out groups are gradually introduced. .

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Personalized Learning Differentiated Instruction Meeting Groups 101

The Cornerstone Blog

AUGUST 26, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Real teachers talk about differentiated teaching strategies that worked — and didn’t work — in their classrooms. This time around, we’re talking about how to manage differentiation. Differentiation should be meaningful and purposeful.

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Schoology How To Differentiated Instruction Groups 80

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Welcome to the fourth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Part 4: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Engagement.

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Resources Differentiated Instruction Tools STEM 97

The Cornerstone Blog

MAY 24, 2017

I shared with you before how much I love Kiddom as an easy tool for managing standards-based grading , and there’s a couple of new updates that you definitely need to know about if you’re spending too much time creating resources for differentiated instruction.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Libraries 59

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

In the traditional model, you still want to differentiate and meet students’ needs, but sometimes it can be challenging when you need to move a student a little bit faster.” Brown says technology has made differentiating instruction based on students’ needs easier, noting how the curriculum is personalized through programs such as Odysseyware, a learning management system that allows students to move through lessons at their own pace (based on assessed content mastery).

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Personalized Learning Dropout Differentiated Instruction Blended Learning 101