The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is currently no standardized cyber safety curriculum being taught in primary, elementary or intermediate schools. This has become more critical as students use laptops, mobile devices, and home computers routinely. The reports are easily tailored to a teacher’s specific focus and also helps guide the assessment process.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s a professional assessment of a flawed model. The teachers worked in elementary, middle and high schools. Then I have my [school] laptop to monitor anything if students email me during class that they’re having technical difficulties. This is not whining about working hard at all. teaching work force.

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Personalized Learning Study Laptops Learning 138

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

To do that, the organization plans to work with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) — the folks behind standardized tests including the GRE and the Praxis — to create new tools designed to assess what students are able to do, not how much time they spent studying to do it. There is value in peer groups, in learning to collaborate at school.”

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Currently, Monica serves four elementary schools in her district. Working with a school that is moving towards classroom laptop carts, Monica enjoys sharing Lumio since every student doesn’t need a device to make lessons engaging. To conclude the lesson, teachers can assign formative assessments. About Monica Alicea.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The purpose of my trip here was to learn about the deployment, facilitation, and observable impact of 1:1 laptop programs in various Iowa school districts. First a little history on 1:1 laptop programs in Iowa. Teachers can easily and effectively differentiate content, projects, and assessments for students.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The burned remains of the Paradise Elementary school as seen Friday, November 9, 2018, in Paradise, California. Josie Chelotti, vice principal and athletic director for the Plumas district’s Greenville Elementary and Jr./Sr. Josie Chelotti, vice principal and athletic director for Greenville Elementary and Jr./Sr.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. First grade in particular — “the reading year,” as Miller calls it — is pivotal for elementary students, when their literacy skills “really take off.” This year, she had to backtrack — all the way to the letter “H.”. This story also appeared in USA Today. “Do

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. About a dozen fourth and fifth grade students sat at scattered tables in Bethel Elementary School’s media center, trying to build bridges out of toothpicks and tape. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. BPS applied for help from the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund to purchase additional Chromebooks so students can keep a laptop at school and have one at home.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 142

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 101

MSEDTechie

JANUARY 26, 2015

Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn''t present. The website allows you to assess students’ learning in a fun and engaging way, and it is very simple to use. Students can use computers, laptops and mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 8, 2018

This blog was originally published on Elementary Geek and is reposted here with permission. I’ve talked about using Seesaw in my classroom quite a bit in the past on Elementary Geek. I’ve talked about using Seesaw in my classroom quite a bit in the past on Elementary Geek. Personalized and Quick Formative Assessments.

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Personalized Learning EdTech Tools Learning 62

MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I remember being that shy little girl in my elementary class who would sometimes know the answer, or had a question, but didn’t feel comfortable speaking out. Creative Formative Assessments Can Help: Save time assessing students. I began to think about the 15 years in education and my various experiences. So why not use it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2016

assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. Not this : He sat and looked at the computer for a full ten minutes before he grasped it and experienced the icy weight of his first laptop. Rather: Laptop in hand, he wrote. Elementary-High School.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. — This story also appeared in The Fresno Bee. Ushering in a new model.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. Quickly connect to a PC, laptop, or tablet to begin benefiting from the expansive universe of online educational apps and content. In Praise of The Interactive Whiteboard.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Training 256

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug: Kids walk in there.They hand them a Mac laptop. You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Additionally, mobile devices were provided to additional subject areas, including laptops to all elementary schools. From 2014 to 2018, the subject areas and grade levels in which the district deployed mobile devices have shown consistent increase in student achievement on state assessments and end-of-course assessments.

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Mobility Assessment Laptops Course 82

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

How teachers are benefitting from teaching outdoors: Jain, a high school teacher from Texas, experienced an immediate effect on her physical health and forced her to take advantage of her lunch break while her laptop finishes charging. Another thing is that my battery to my laptop could not last four zoom sessions without a charge.

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How To Laptops Elementary Case Study 85

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

There was a catch, however: school leaders had to commit to implementing personalized learning models as a prerequisite to receiving free laptops and iPads. District leaders even went so far as to dub the hardware “personalized learning devices.” “At District leaders then divided schools into five groups and set them up with coaches.

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Personalized Learning Education Elementary Laptops 115

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A team of fifth grade teachers at an elementary school invited Muri, the superintendent of Ector County Independent School District in West Texas, to participate in an online scavenger hunt they had designed for students. To assess the full extent of the home connectivity gap in Ector County, the school district commissioned a study.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

The version of the tool launched this fall focused on late elementary and middle school math, with new topics planned for the future. million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. The MAP tests, however, weren’t free: Clark County paid about $1.9 Students at B.

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Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 135

MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

In the past month, his son, who is in elementary school, has been assigned multiple worksheets per day. “I Their solutions included switching to a pass/incomplete system at secondary schools and focusing on narrative feedback at elementary schools. Eakins during a recent professional development session. Switching to Pass/Incomplete.

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Policies Secondary Elementary Chromebook 68

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Wicomico mom, who asked for anonymity because she feared retaliation from the school, recalled the terror she felt when she got the phone call saying that her son’s school was going to have him assessed for a forced psychiatric hospitalization. When she arrived at the school, she said, her son was already in handcuffs.

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Data Training Assessment Report 129

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 17, 2013

Our fourth guest blog post is written by Dara Easterling, a Catholic elementary school teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You can read about Dara''s adventures in elementary education on her blog, Kontemporary Kreations. Hello all, I want to share one experience in particular while watching an EdmodoCon session online.

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edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

One example is from an elementary classroom in Dallas where the teacher used their brush mode feature for students to create artwork that could then be displayed or sent via email or text for their parents to see. Functions they help streamline are: Grading and sharing assessments with students and their parents.

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Student Engagement Flipped Classroom Blended Learning Laptops 85

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills. Access this collection via the website. Listen and Read.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. Pedrotti took over as principal of Brook Avenue Elementary School in January of 2016, and Torres joined her that April. This has been this case for Brook Avenue Elementary School six years in a row.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

High-quality learning can happen on laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or cell phones. If you only had six laptops in your classroom, how would you best utilize them? Another center had the classroom’s six laptops to work on English-language learning skills. How does digital learning work with electives?

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

A llow s elementary schools the flexibility to add additional instructional days (up to 210 days); . To date, Texas has invested $200 million to provide 1 million laptops and 500,000 hot spots to students. . Assessing Anticipated Learning Loss. It also : . Designing New School Models. platform. . platform. .

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Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Kalim Rayburn, Principal, Rea Elementary, Calif. According to Principal Lisa Molinaro at Woodbrook Elementary, a Title I school in ACPS with a high ELL population, ST Math is the reason she has seen an increase in her students’ probability, statistics and geometry skills. Madison Elementary, Calif. Pinellas County Schools, Fla.

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Elementary Education Laptops Analysis 40

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

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