Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

During the 2018-2019 school year, I participated in the Consortium for School Innovators (CSI) residency, through which educators like myself shadowed at 3 to 5 schools throughout the Bay Area to learn about innovative techniques in the areas of blended and personalized learning. Microshifts in Practice 1.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Under-resourced students and those in rural areas without internet access could not consistently attend classes, either in person or virtually. The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported steep drops in test scores , especially in mathematics. Many schools struggled to retain staff.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Students should master learning content but also abilities such as adaptability, resilience, and agency. Read more: How to enhance students’ work-ready skills. Mastery-based learning contains two distinct but complementary elements: the learning content and the skills and behaviors students demonstrate along the way.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

By understanding how these tools impact teaching and learning, educators can determine which ones to use and how to implement them effectively. Innovative assessments The changing formats and contexts of assignments have necessitated a corresponding evolution in assessment methods.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But just as continual development of the iPhone eventually renders older prototypes obsolete; so too are new educational technologies pushing us past differentiation towards personalized learning. Transitioning to a personalized learning environment doesn’t happen overnight—it’s a process.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach. The next, they’ll try a Kindle.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2019

Educators have figured out that technology can help to free their time from administrative tasks like grading assessments, allowing them to shift energy toward individual student relationships. Related: How to unlock students’ internal drive for learning. She named it after herself: the Montessori Method.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Research Projects: When students engage in research projects, they need time to gather information, synthesize their findings, and put together presentations or reports to share their findings. This also teaches students to hone their self-directed learning skills as they own more of the responsibility for their learning.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. To engage students, we need tools that work well regardless of where learning is taking place — hybrid, virtual or in-person.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. EdSurge: There is a lot of discussion right now about learning loss and learning gaps.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BOSTON (October 1, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, has released its “Educator Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in Fall 2021,” a research brief exploring educators’ expectations for the 2021-2022 academic year. About Cambium Learning Group. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. We approach this with a combination of professional development and ongoing, job-embedded support.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Let’s take a look at how to develop K-12 open educational resources. Any type of resource you can create for instruction or to help students learn a skill can be turned into an OER. . Formative assessments like this NGSS-aligned weather formative assessment. Pre-assessments like this clouds pre-assessment.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

At last February’s Board meeting, 10-year old Ryan inspired the adults in the room to see how tech can be leveraged for learning in a whole new light. Ryan had this chance to shine because of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), which has been fostering student voice, choice and collaboration over the last two years.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. Prioritize PD to support remote, hybrid, and in-person learning. Conclusion.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

As we make the transition from distance learning back into the classroom, teachers are facing a whole new set of challenges related to students' social and emotional well-being and mental health. But what does this work look like during the complicated process of reopening schools after a year (or more) of distance learning?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. The project typifies the mix of personalized and social learning that’s been a mainstay for 25 years at King, a founding member of a school network called EL Education. But there’s no common definition yet for what personalized learning actually is.”.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. Learners will read about and discuss rules, decision-making and how to socialize in the classroom. It also includes feedback for learners when they answer formative assessment questions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. Helping Students Overcome Trauma In this course, you will explore the different types of trauma and how they affect students’ behavior and academic performance.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Ushering in a new model.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Backers of project-based learning, and its hands-on relative, maker education, would argue that activities like these not only deepen understanding of academic content but also bolster creativity, persistence, problem-solving and related skills that are critical for success in a rapidly changing world.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Table of Contents: Different Types of Educational Software Available Today School Management Systems Learning Management Software Open Access Textbooks eBook Readers Language/Technical/STEM Learning Apps Gamified Learning Analytics and Communication Platforms Why Do Educational Organizations Need Educational Software?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2018

Teachers get tangled in a web of standards, mission statements, and assessments, and spend too much time on what their institution considers essential. Personal learning environments — aka, self-directed learning using a range of sources and tools. How do you create lifelong learners? Why is this important?

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

Moving towards personalized learning can be fraught with tension. How do you set a vision? How can you get district and state level systems to work together to get a full picture of what is happening? This helps teachers to really see what their vision for personalized learning looks like in practice.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Joseph Valver and his fellow instructional technology facilitators at Hamilton Township School District in New Jersey were providing numerous options for educators in their district to learn how to use education technology, but something was holding educators back. . “As 5 Steps to Build a Technology Professional Development Framework.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Teachers used those colorful pathways in a competency-based system to track what each student had learned — and hadn’t learned — in real time. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. Related: Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Huckans says that Bishop Hall’s use of the Brightspace learning management system provides students with highly personalized learning pathways, which “allow them to innovate and experiment.” He adds, “Kids are allowed to learn at their own pace, and can learn experientially.”

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Here are three different areas of connectivity K–12 IT teams may want to consider when deciding how to configure their schools’ networks: MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are preparing their infrastructures for IoT integration! Video has proven to be an effective learning tool as well. Everyday 1:1 Technology Use.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Like most young children, she liked learning new things, and she excelled at school. One of the key components of engagement is students’ excitement about what they learn. Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Her freshman-year report card reflected that.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2017

Nothing short of “creating the world’s best education and providing personalized learning for all,” he tells EdSurge. Vodicka’s new position is part of AltSchool’s mission to bring its personalized learning platform across the country. His end goal? We sit down with every different cohort and their team. We visit sites.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic, the recently released Nation’s Report Card shows an overall drop in both reading and math scores, with math scores falling in nearly every state. Substantive insights for teachers, rather than just numerical reports, will require less time spent decoding data.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. There are many things to consider, including setting up a pilot program, onboarding, and training teachers on how to effectively use the new LMS.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

In my previous post I explored the subtle, yet significant, difference between brute force computing and ANN (Artificial Neural Networks), and how that distinction is slowly producing what one would call “true” AI products in the classroom. Read more: 4 Ways AI will be a great teaching assistant. Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

As the growth in personalized learning initiatives has emphasized, students will exhibit differing aptitudes for subjects depending on their strengths. UEN has also partnered with Canvas, a learning management system by Instructure, to keep students on an even keel regardless of where they live. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning These environments encourage students to make important decisions about what, when and where they learn. The recent announcement by the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

According to ChatGPT, there are several potential ways that ChatGPT or similar language models could be used in education: As a tutor or teaching assistant: ChatGPT could be used to provide personalized feedback and guidance to students, answering questions and providing explanations on a variety of educational topics.

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