A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Most of this work is focused on digital pedagogy so naturally, I am focused on observing and collecting evidence to get a handle on both the level of instruction and the learning that is taking place. Here is what I struggle with based on what I actually see in practice. Take tools like Kahoot and Quizizz. Mican using Quizizz.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Learners achieve higher achievement scores in math One 2016 randomized study by Roschelle et al found that students attained higher achievement scores when teachers combined one-on-one attention and web-based homework tools.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Given what we’re trying to help teachers with at Edusight , I was attracted to two sessions – making assessment meaningful, and reinventing the parent-teacher conference. Here are the top 3 things I learned about how teachers can make assessment more meaningful every day! Assessment then, should be ongoing and informative.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

In its Back-to-School survey, Brainly , the leading learning platform for all school subjects and grades, highlights a growing trend – a remarkable 66.5% Students can seamlessly switch between an AI Tutor and Live Experts for 24/7 learning assistance.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

parents[1] commissioned by Lexia , a part of Cambium Learning Group , and conducted online by The Harris Poll, found that just over half (51%) of parents strongly agree that their children’s teachers are properly trained in the science of reading. BOSTON – A national survey of over 800 U.S.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

BOSTON (April 21, 2022) – Hemet Unified School District in Riverside County, California, has adopted LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs for its teachers and administrators. It also offers professional learning sessions led by national LETRS experts. About Lexia Learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

During their middle and high school years, students are encouraged to shape their educational and career paths through courses that provide a foundational knowledge base. This highlights a gap in exposing students to various education and career choices.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Since the days of writing on wooden shingles with charcoal in one-room school houses, an increasing array of objects – pencils, paper, scissors, paste, books, and microscopes, to name a few – have been routinely used in classrooms to help students deepen understanding and record and communicate what they learned.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The results are in: The National Center for Education Statistics today released its findings for the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The assessment, which has been administered every three years since 2000, measures math, science and reading literacy of 15-year-olds in 73 education systems around the globe.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Below, Melissa shares advice for how teachers can facilitate these kinds of powerful collaborative learning experiences with their students. In this culminating project-based unit, students design prototypes for real users that address issues related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Interested in learning more?

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It was great speaking to this group of students after nine years of learning, leading, and troublemaking since the release of the book. I gave my weekly assessments. But too much of our current knowledge base puts teacher activists in the past, as if we don’t have living examples among us. So I stayed subversive.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

She came on board to help us assess our attendance goals and strategies several months into a global pandemic. One of Mini’s greatest assets is her ability to learn and build a knowledge base that responds empathetically to questions from parents and students.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 5, 2023

The way we design learning objectives and activities plays a colossal part in the success of our teaching. Remembering Remembering is the starting point of learning, the initial step in our cognitive journey. It involves the recall of previously learned information – facts, terms, basic concepts, and answers.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness SXSWedu 2017 Debate Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research, Christensen Institute Lisa Hansel, Advisor, Knowledge Matters Saro Mohammed (Moderator), Partner, The Learning Accelerator Personalized learning is one of true transformational opportunities in education.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

Overall, the panelists are optimistic that the transition to online learning will hasten the adaptation of technologies and teaching methods that will better prepare students for 21 st century careers. Dr. Smith recommends using the community and its knowledge base to obtain information, anticipate issues, and develop solutions.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Best Digital Learning Tools for Future-Ready Classrooms. KITABOO is an end-to-end cloud-based digital publishing platform that allows learning content to be published & distributed with ease. The platform facilitates instant assessments and feedback so teachers can stay connected to their pupils in real-time.

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Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 14, 2018

There are some major shifts happening in the way perceive education and the mechanisms we use for teaching and learning. We have written about some of these changes in our previous blog: “ 7 powerful shifts towards the future of learning that is changing education ”. Research mentality and continuous learning to stay updated.

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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. Rephrased, this defines education as not about academic success, learning the 3Rs or graduating top in the class. Lifelong learning is a better way. What is a lifelong learner?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2019

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 25 percent of students nationwide are writing on grade level, and 3 percent are considered advanced. A systematic approach to writing instruction is missing from the knowledge base. Related: Beyond basic reading, students can learn to think like a good reader.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults. Expect students to think cognitively — to critique, revise, memorize, and compare throughout their learning. How to Create a Tech-based Curriculum Using the SAMR Model.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

She says the teaching practice has changed and the expectations put on teachers are vast, noting that they are expected to pre-assess to gauge where students are beginning from, learn multiple technology tools, differentiate their instruction, finding out students’ interests and habits, personalize their instruction and ensure continued growth.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 24, 2015

Something that could adapt with the ever changing knowledge base educators and students could pull from along with being more personal. More Instructional Materials-In additional to all this there are flashcards, lesson plans, assessments and other materials that can truly make your digital learning a complete experience.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

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. While it can be hard to share out the myriad of little things teachers do that are so effective, we do have a tool that can help—data. Build a PD playbook.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Students are digital natives, already in the habit of learning via technology. It’s the teacher’s responsibility to insure students learn over-arching concepts such as how to speak to a group, how to listen effectively, how to think critically, and how to solve problems. Transfer of knowledge is critical.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Quality of Support These five plagiarism checkers offer customer support through email and comprehensive knowledge bases and FAQ sections on their websites to help users troubleshoot issues independently. All of them, excluding Grammarly, offer integrations with Learning Management Systems such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, etc.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 2, 2012

Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core. PBL is the "how." "How

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In addition to the usual suspects—more augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) apps—a lot of people believe this will be the year that social emotional learning (SEL) and interoperability become part of the mainstream. Dr. Carolyn Brown, president and co-founder, Foundations in Learning. •

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Like any edtech tool or feature, these new Classroom additions can be abused, focusing not on historical thinking skills but low level learning. Focusing on teacher centered, standardized learning rather than student centered, authentic learning. What kinds of questions are most used in a Google Form assessment?

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 1, 2018

Currently as our teachers are creating their courses in the learning management system Canvas, they have access to the following ways to trick the tricksters: Question Groups- By creating Question Banks in Canvas you can very easily assign different quizzes to different students by allowing the system to choose questions out of the bank.

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edWeb.net

MAY 6, 2022

The last two school years have been a challenging time for many students who were learning English while speaking a different language at home. Peng used the term “emergent bilinguals” to describe these students, who she defined as “developing skills in a native, heritage, or home language while learning a new language.”

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 7, 2018

Guest writer Nancy Lin offers 5 free web apps with phone based counterparts, that can be a huge help in classroom. Not so long ago, teachers had to rely largely on an extensive knowledge base, [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Then, like millions of other students across the country, Hernandez was forced to shift to learning online. For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom.

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ProfHacker

JULY 13, 2015

I’ve written a lot about using and making games for the classroom here at ProfHacker, as while games and learning have been around for a long time our ability (and interest) in realizing their potential is on the rise. One of the continuing challenges for bringing games into education is assessing the impact of games on learning.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Quality of Support These five plagiarism checkers offer customer support through email and comprehensive knowledge bases and FAQ sections on their websites to help users troubleshoot issues independently. All of them, excluding Grammarly, offer integrations with Learning Management Systems such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, etc.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2016

It is the ‘glue’ that connects interactive displays, PCs, laptops, and tablets while enabling teachers and students to collaborate and co-create in real time, do in-class assessment, connect to shared digital workspaces and interact with Web-based learning materials regardless of location or device.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

And that we would be able to build a learning environment based on technology that would eventually be all digital, that would meet the needs of all students. And that assessment should not be something where you take the kids out of a learning environment, throw them into a lab and test them separately. This was 1978.

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