eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Educators use these multimedia tools cater to diverse learning styles, ensuring that students grasp concepts more effectively. Online platforms and learning management systems are other examples of technologies that improve student learning and enable teachers to share resources, assignments, and feedback seamlessly.

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Fractus Learning

JULY 14, 2021

What to Look for in STEM Toys Engineering Toys Compared Best Engineering Kits For Kids Reviewed Building Sets Circuits and Electronic Games Robot Toys. The best engineering toys for kids are STEM toys that blend learning engineering concepts, having fun, and combining kit pieces to create exciting engineering projects.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Can a robot be whimsical? The last example I will share goes to the heart of instruction. The generation of the text took longer than the other two examples -- maybe an entire ten seconds -- but once again, I could not stump the bot. For the entire text of this example lesson plan, click here to view as a Google Doc.).

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

And, we’ll highlight the best examples from across the country on our website for others to learn from. Manager of Blended Learning. We believe our middle school students are ready for more complex projects, including using simulations which require students to program robots to solve challenges.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient. blended learning). Too many edtech initiatives treat teachers as robotic implementers of a higher plan.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 7, 2020

The Esports activity they get to do, or the hands-on robots project that they’re going to do that they’re not going to do in homeschool. Those things, the science experiments and those other things that school can do as a hub of quality experience, things like woodworking, for example. Learners are not going to do those things at home.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Google Classroom would be a great way to follow-up on professional learning and workshops. We can also use Google Classroom to help connect and share resources within our school clubs and organizations. New Teacher Training.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. For example, Tressa Norris, a library media specialist at Joppa View Elementary School, recently worked with second-graders on multimedia presentations about American symbols to bolster a unit about patriotism being taught by their classroom teacher.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Dr. Catlin Tucker , a blended learning coach and teacher of 16 years, shares her expertise about tackling the different aspects of blended teaching including engagement, group work, and assessment in a virtual classroom or hybrid setting. CATLIN: It is so hard.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Teaching will be one of the last jobs taken away by the robots, because software will never be the same as a human who is thinking about what you’re thinking and can use that understanding to say, `here, let me unlock this for you.’ ”. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We create opportunities for our students to not only integrate technology in the classroom but have some computer science, robotics, and coding opportunities that support grade level curricular learning as well. We are seeing our teachers adapting blended learning into their math curriculum using Khan Academy and Matific.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Some problems are already being solved in creative ways by educators setting an example of the way forward, while others are more difficult and haven’t yet been solved. Online learning, on the other hand, has been around for decades, but the panel notes that adoption of online learning components in brick-and-mortar classrooms has increased.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I also asked each person to specify their role concerning technology, and there were a lot of different roles: someone running a distance learning program, another in charge of a problem-based learning initiative, a prof looking for good examples of technology in liberal education, a provost to whom several tech departments reported, and more.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. A company called Sphero, for example, has successfully marketed a ball to teach coding, geometry and genetics. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning. The post Can children learn from a “mixed-reality” game?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

In another, young visitors learn about earthquakes and build cardboard structures to test on a battery-powered “shake table.”. Related: Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code? The Fab Lab’s shadow-puppet challenge, for example, uses laser-cut acrylics to reinforce classroom lessons about transparent, translucent and opaque.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. The department released a letter that outlines and clarifies different ways schools can use federal funds to support digital learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2017

From “blended learning” to digital worksheets, below are a collection of comments from ten educators about their biggest edtech pet peeves. We're always going to be lifelong learners, so let's leave the “development” behind because we developed enough—let's start learning. Jennie Magiera Jennie Magiera: Blended learning.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Or one for the Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Made with Code, Girls/Boys Scouts, etc. Google Classroom would be a great way to follow-up on professional learning and workshops. We can also use Google Classroom to help connect and share resources within our school clubs and organizations. New Teacher Training.

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MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. A company called Sphero, for example, has successfully marketed a ball to teach coding, geometry and genetics. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning. Most technology is so isolating,” she said. “I

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. This post is actually intended to supplement the “Cycle of Learning Innovation” model that will be publishing tomorrow (7.7.2015), which means this is less about analysis and context and more about the examples. 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom .

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2019

We highlight examples of how real educators built safe learning environments, we’ve included examples of how network security breaches can immobilize your school networks (and how to avoid those), and more. Stay tuned for eSchool News Guides on STEM learning and makerspaces, online/blended learning, and more.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. Quintyn Scott (left) and Ella Bartholomew program robots at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2021

In Kasey’s book, Shake Up Learning, she included a Hyperdoc unit designed to accompany the novel Wild Robot. . Taking a look at the learning cycle used throughout examples can spark ideas for teachers in making their own Hyperdoc lessons. For example, all subjects teach vocabulary.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2020

We highlight examples of how real educators are using multimedia presentation tools each day, and we’ve included examples of how easily these tools can fit right into existing curriculum plans. Stay tuned for eSchool News Guides on STEM learning and makerspaces, online/blended learning, and more.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

We explore this issue, which is vital to digital and mobile learning. Stay tuned for eSchool News Guides on STEM learning and makerspaces, physical and network safety, online/blended learning, and more. P.S. – if you missed our inaugural guide, the eSchool News Robotics Guide , you can find it here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Founder and Editor International Project-Based Learning: The Monarch Butterfly / Mrs. Brad Maguth, Associate Professor Poverty as a Lens to Global Competence / Cate Biggs, Adjunct Professor / Jeanne Rewa and Nirvani Budhram, World Savvy Preparing Teachers for Instructional Best Practices Within an Evolving Digital Society / Imani Akin, Ed.D.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Monday, March 3rd at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe: Breaking Down Library Walls , Learn how to use Google Hangout and Edmodo and more to break down the library walls and connect with other people from around the world. See examples of how Shannon and I are doing it (poetry summit, virtual debate, author visits, class vista etc). Thanks, Ted!

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. During these introductory sessions, by phone or web chat, Kent explains course logistics — for example, how she and the student will meet (virtually) at least once a month and how to upload weekly assignments. After all, I live with a perfect example.”.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The rise of collaborative learning environments within hybrid and blended learning models is another notable development in K-12 technology trends. While the pandemic did cause learning loss, it also pushed forth an increased use of online and hybrid/blended learning technologies for students.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

” I have taken issue with the NMC’s refusal to revisit previous years’ predictions, for example, which is why I started a project where you can see at a glance how the predictions have and have not changed over the decade-plus of the Horizon Report’s existence. Blended Learning Designs. Were they adopted?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Here’s a different example of ownership (and the surrender of ownership) of students’ stories via the Star Tribune : “Retired Minn. Via WaPo : “Study: Robot baby dolls don’t curb teen pregnancies. Robots probably won’t take your jobs. So unbelievably gross. Icon credits: The Noun Project

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

“Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “In an age of robots , schools are teaching our children to be redundant,” says George Monbiot. ” asks a “teacherpreneur” writing for The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Education Week has a Q&A with Stanford professor Larry Cuban on personalized learning and progressive education. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “​Are False Connections with AI Robots Putting Your Student’s Emotional Health at Risk?” ” “ A.I. million total.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Black preschool children, for example, are 3.6 Take, for example, ProPublica ’s article on Donald Trump’s son-in-law and “consigliere”: “ The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard.”). times more likely to be suspended than white preschool children.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment with blended learning.

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