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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. discuss two main types of prior knowledge which I want to draw your attention to: declarative prior knowledge and procedural prior knowledge.

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Scaffolding Questions to Develop Deeper Understanding

A Principal's Reflections

To allow educators to critically reflect on their practice I take many pictures of what I see, especially the types of learning activities with which students are engaged. There are no inherent issues with the tools themselves, educators just have to be more mindful of how they are being used. Take tools like Kahoot and Quizizz.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Building their skillset and their knowledge base makes them eager to solve authentic problems. It allows each person to contribute with shorter deadlines and individual deliverables and makes it easier to assess each person’s contribution. Make space for students to truly work as a team. Collaborate with teachers in your school.

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Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change

Edsurge

People love to try guess what Apple is up to—that’s true for the company’s education strategy as well. So when Apple’s longtime vice-president of education, John Couch, published a book this year with his thoughts on the future of education and accounts of his work at Apple, it opened a rare window into the company’s views on education.

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Rediscovering @CK12Foundation Flexbooks And More!

The Web20Classroom

Something that could adapt with the ever changing knowledge base educators and students could pull from along with being more personal. There are Flexbooks for middle school and even some for Elementary Math. Still true today!) Digital devices ushered in an era where all this (and more) is possible.

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ETA hand2mind Unveils Daily Math Fluency at 2018 NCSM/NCTM Conferences

techlearning

Developed by elementary math expert Brittany Goerig, Daily Math Fluency activities are designed using visual models and manipulatives to support classroom math curriculum without cutting into instructional time. She spent 17 years in the classroom as an elementary math teacher. per grade level.

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Four Ways You Can Use Data to Create a Personalized, Teacher-Driven PD Playbook

Edsurge

As someone who now leads professional development for educators, I know that teachers rarely get to see each other teach. Whether from formative and summative assessments or online instructional programs, data is both a powerful indicator of teaching and a driver for personalizing professional development. Build a PD playbook.

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