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Go Bold School: Old School + Blended Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Weston Kieschnick @wes_kieschnick helps us how to go bold school with blended learning. Old school plus blended learning = bold school. In today’s show, Weston Kieschnick talks about blended learning and old school teaching: The old school wisdom we should hold onto. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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K–12 Experts Weigh In on Training Teachers to Use Education Technology

EdTech Magazine

Only 17 percent of teachers were confident in their web design abilities, 12 percent reported having the skills necessary to use and teach with robotics, 11 percent reported being proficient with data analytics or graphic design and 8 percent were familiar with computer programming. by Heather B.

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Innovation is More Than an Idea or Tool

A Principal's Reflections

Whether to innovate or not should be driven by a challenge or problem that can be overcome in a way that leads to a better outcome. Achievement can undoubtedly fall into one of these categories, but there is so much more to learning and kids than a score. This meant that the homebound student couldn’t go outside to recess.

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Leading in Uncertain Times

A Principal's Reflections

A rapid evolution in artificial intelligence, automation, and advanced robotics should have served notice to anyone in the education space that things needed to change. In the end, though, scalable change resulting in a transformation of teaching, learning, and leadership was more of an exception as opposed to the rule.

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Getting Girls into STEM: The Power of Blended (and All-Female) Instruction

Edsurge

Mary’s all-girls robotics team, knows a thing or two about breaking the mold. At SMA, we know that young women thrive when given the chance to choose how and what they learn, while at the same time being supported by a community that believes they can succeed, regardless of gender. Jackie, the team captain of St. Students at St.

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

Personalized and blended learning pathways were proclaimed to be the future of education. Automation and robotics are already disrupting the world of work, as we know it. The Pillars of Digital Leadership provide a focus that can move us from talk to implementation and eventually evidence of improved outcomes.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

In her current role, she works directly with the district’s online tutoring programs, including FEV Tutor , to accelerate learning for students. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States. VEX Robotics demonstrated its VEX GO and VEX 123 solutions.

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