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Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?

Edsurge

In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning. The districtwide shift towards blended learning began in 2015 when Erica Hartman was hired as Supervisor of Technology Integration.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

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Keep reading to discover the meaning of some of the most common trends in Edtech. Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

Keep reading to discover the meaning of some of the most common trends in Edtech. Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom! Blended learning combines traditional, in-person learning with digital learning, so that students can experience both forms.

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

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With this simple exercise, you have identified an area of need—as well as a valuable SME who is already overcoming the challenge. Learn how schools and districts are leveraging the data from Edmentum’s online solutions: Meeting the needs of individual students through blended learning in Pennsylvania.

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When Teachers Build Edtech, Awesomeness Ensues—and Here’s Why

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In fall 2014, Khan Academy quietly released a PDF document that told teachers which Khan Academy exercises are most relevant to students based on their MAP scores. Kamal Pannu, who was a 5th grade math teacher back then, began manually assigning Khan Academy exercises to students using this guidance. “I

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Top 40 Web 2.0 Sites w/ Educational Portal

Technology Tidbits

Flocabulary - A interesting site that allows teachers to share an educational account which allows access to educational hip-hop videos for learning and assessment. Glogster EDU - A popular Common Core Aligned digital platform that allows educators to create student accounts for making interactive posters, signs, presentations, etc.

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Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. Can teachers figure out how best to use it?

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To do this, they use “ Basecamp” software developed by Summit Public Schools in California, a charter network whose personalized learning platform stresses self-directed learning and project work within a teacher-driven curriculum. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. And the reason is, everyone has access to it.