Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Today, we’re exploring the concept of self-directed learning strategies. Alright, let’s now get into the nitty-gritty of self-directed learning strategies that can transform how we teach and how our students learn. and adapt their learning strategies accordingly.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The edtech in your classroom and in your school should improve instruction, and it should make learning specific content more meaningful. If educators don’t understand how to use them creatively for their subject, they may just use them as basic overhead projectors every day.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

During these sessions, I get to see firsthand how they are implementing ideas and strategies into practice to grow. While giving keynotes and facilitation workshops is something I love, both lack an on-going component, which is one of the most critical aspects of professional learning that leads to scalable results.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Courses about Student Mental Health Strategies for Addressing Student Anxiety With the strategies and interventions you learn in this course, you will be able to create a classroom environment where students can successfully cope with stressors and instead focus on learning.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In that capacity, she is participating—along with eighty or so of her Henry County colleagues—in the Assessment for Learning micro-credential project , led by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE). As a Personalized Learning Coach, I primarily focus on professional development for teachers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We didn’t go in and say, ‘Let’s take the state practice math test to find out how to use the tools.’ About Carnegie Learning, Inc. Carnegie Learning is a leading provider of K-12 education technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions. We just went in, and the kids were fine.”

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The PL2C Blog

JANUARY 22, 2018

We know that each educator has specific learning goals and each classroom is different and micro-credentials support this by offering a means for deeper personalization within the professional learning experience. However, we should consider the consequences of the competencies themselves for personalizing learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Research around the pedagogy of effective blended learning will help you understand how to effectively combine your physical classroom and your online classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2021

They shared how teachers got better using technology, reached out more for feedback, collaborated more, and improved classroom management. What are your exemplars of effective remote or hybrid teaching and learning, and why? How are you sharing these with colleagues and staff or using them for professional learning and feedback?

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More Verbs

JANUARY 9, 2020

One of the things that has weighed on me with the new Tech Director position in Bethel is trying to figure out how to support all our staff (K-12) with coaching, professional learning, and support for learning through technology. They are thirsty for learning more about how to leverage their technology in the classroom.

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More Verbs

JULY 8, 2015

As we think about our teachers becoming highly skilled at using technology in the classroom, we could certainly generate a very long list of skills, approaches, tools, apps, strategies, and other competences we’d like them to get good at. These become our 12 buckets that would make up our professional learning curriculum for teachers.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Microcredentials provide an opportunity for educators to pursue focused professional learning at their own pace, and on their own schedules. This online panel discussion, originally recorded on May 30, 2018, covers what you need to know and how to make the most of microcredentials. It’s an exciting and daunting topic.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2022

It also doesn’t provide teachers and administrators with valuable insight on how to best support learners no matter where they are in relation to standards and critical competencies. Thus, educators need not only a vision for how to personalize learning effectively but also essential supports that will help to ensure success.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast When the Nation’s Report Card for 2022 was released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the declines in student reading and math scores were alarming, but for many, the data was not surprising.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 11, 2022

These micro-credentials are developed, assessed, and awarded by more than 50 partner organizations, ranging from institutes of higher education to non-profit organizations. Teachers have the freedom to choose their own professional learning opportunities and focus on specific areas of interest. How do we do it?

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2020

Our team at Lexington County School District One in South Carolina has focused on mitigating one of these complexities by addressing the human need for connection, support, and ongoing professional learning. Supporting Educators through the Shift to Digital Learning. Supporting Teachers through Virtual, Personalized Coaching.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2024

3 tips for teachers to support young readers Provide opportunities for students to practice flexible decoding strategies with irregularly spelled words. Research suggests encouraging students to use a flexible decoding strategy after sounding out the word using their phonics knowledge will help them become problem solvers while reading.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

As technology changes, so must pedagogy, especially assessment and feedback. Leaders should always be looking to improve instructional design and establishing accountability protocols to ensure efficacy in digital learning. Tell your story, build powerful relationships in the process, and empower learning with a brandED mindset.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Support for small-group instruction was recognized as a crucial part of meeting students’ specific literacy needs, and identifying those needs required not only training but also improved assessment data. Then, the educators had to learn how to meet those instructional needs. Article by Robert Low , based on this edLeader Panel.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Difficult decisions have had to be made regarding grading, making funds available to get technology in the hands of disadvantaged kids, getting school work to kids where the digital divide could not be overcome, and figuring out how to provide professional learning support virtually. Ensure SPED accommodations are being met.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how these two popular blended learning platforms can improve K–12 classrooms. What Does Blended Learning Mean for K–12? Teachers who establish and successfully roll out four to five stations complete the first stage of tradigital learning. . Let us know how you fare on this journey.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

In short, according to the National Center on Improving Literacy , the science of reading is “research, over time, from multiple fields of study using methods that confirm and disconfirm theories on how children best learn to read.” Learn more about how different stakeholders will champion the science of reading.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2022

If we don’t empower educators by providing support, skills and relevant, job-embedded professional learning, we risk that too few teachers will join and remain in the profession. We should equip teachers with tools like DreamBox Math and DreamBox Reading (which my company created) to assess how a student is thinking.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2020

Here’s what we’ve heard in conversations with schools and districts around the country, and some thoughts on how to use the sense of urgency the COVID-19 pandemic has inspired to help students get back on track. Many conversations currently surround what assessments can do now, and how teachers can broaden their use.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

Our research-backed micro-credentials are digital certifications that verify an individual’s competence in a specific skill or set of skills, regardless of where and how they learned them. Students are able to recognize ways that they get “stuck” in coursework, and learn ways to become “unstuck.”.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. What should professional learning look like to help foster more creativity in the classroom?

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2024

Today, the use of this technology in education settings is underway, and states are even beginning to release guidance on how to navigate AI in schools.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2023

But students with dyslexia are not alone, according to Lexia Learning Senior Education Advisors Kimberly Stockton and Octavia Gray-Essex, and Brenda Peters, Director of Assessment and Consultation for ACT Dyslexia Solutions. Early identification is one of the best strategies for helping struggling readers achieve literacy success.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 27, 2015

How To Design A 21st Century Assessment. Getting these design elements into a teacher’s current curriculum demands that teachers create professional habits around Replacement Thinking. Getting these design elements into a teacher’s current curriculum demands that teachers create professional habits around Replacement Thinking.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

While the vast majority of teachers are well schooled in pedagogy, instruction, and assessment, many are not prepared to manage and support students with the increased occurrences of mental health issues and behavioral struggles. To truly excel in this dynamic field, educators require a broad array of tools in their toolkit.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

The Dynamic Learning Project , a national program led by Digital Promise and supported by Google, aims to provide training to educators at low-income schools to help them learn how to use technology effectively. Work side-by-side with teachers in classrooms, using technology for Teaching to meet learning goals.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2019

How will pedagogy change in ways that emphasize path, pace, and place? How will assessment and feedback change or improve? What professional learning support is needed to maximize the use of flexible spaces? I highly suggest you check out this post , which goes into detail on the pedagogy of blended learning.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2019

states require some kind of performance assessment in order to be fully licensed. Teachers also point out that their school schedules, workloads, and the make-up of their professional learning communities (PLCs) are not designed for the type of teacher-led inquiry many micro-credentials demand. Half of U.S.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

InsightMath will offer a way for students to see the math around them, how it connects to their passions and interests, and how to dispel the notion that they are “not a math person.”. Formative Assessment. Our formative assessment practices are designed to (1) center and empower students and (2) position and support teachers.

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Edthena

JUNE 22, 2023

An effective school improvement plan includes both year-end metrics as well as a process for all teachers to monitor progress and experiment with classroom strategies to understand their ongoing impact in a repeatable way. The end-of-year goal could be measuring an overall proficiency increase on the end-of-year standardized test.

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