Education Elements

AUGUST 3, 2020

After I wrote the first blog in this series, I received a call from a close family member wanting to talk about what I had written. Their initial reaction was offense and confusion-- why did I think all teachers were “white supremacists”?

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 14, 2020

When we first set out to redesign the new ST Math , it was important to our team at MIND Research Institute that we optimized the teacher experience. We’ve spent over 900 user experience research hours in the field, face-to-face with students and educators that have informed the redesign of ST Math. Choose a class.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

Redesigning My Gradebook. I redesigned my gradebook with the goal of helping my students and their parents better understand exactly where they are succeeding and where they are struggling. Instead of organizing my gradebook using traditional categories (e.g.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Redesigning a large traditional district school, Vista Challenge High School will work to develop creators, inventors, powerful thinkers and innovators — students who learn and grow and take action to solve real-world problems through exploration, analysis, debate, imagination, and risk-taking.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

At the end of each year, it’s fun to reflect on what I’ve written about and what other educators have gravitated to on my blog. This year the following 5 blog posts generated the most activity and conversation! #1 3 Grading for Mastery and Redesigning My Gradebook. 1 Thesis Statement Throwdown.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She has worked with organizations like PBS Education, the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, Ashoka, and the Center for Curriculum Redesign. She occasionally blogs for Edutopia. ” The post Are you an upset teacher?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Carolyn Foote on episode 578 of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Many schools are reimagining the learning spaces that some call libraries or media centers. Her blog can be found at Not So Distant Future [link]. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Recently I had the pleasure of publishing a post on ISTE’s blog titled Before Using School Technology, Know Your EdTech Purpose. As always, please stay in touch as I can be of support to your instructional redesign, technology integration, and leadership/innovation needs. Here’s an excerpt: Hope the post is useful to you.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Each quarter on the MIND blog, we share stories of how our organization, our partners, and educators across the country are advancing the mission to mathematically equip all students to solve the world's most challenging problems. Welcome to the MIND Blog Rewind! There's a lot to talk about, and we don't want you to miss any of it.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2023

This three-part blog series, featuring guest authors from The Learning Accelerator and MA DESE OET , highlights the importance of centering equity in edtech selection. In this first post, the authors outline how they centered equity as they developed an edtech selection, implementation, and evaluation guide for school systems leaders.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Modification: This stage is the first step toward a significant task redesign. Students can now share their essays or projects in a blog post. A lesson plan can be totally redesigned by giving students a voice outside the classroom. . Redefinition: The final stage pushes teachers outside of their comfort zones.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 5, 2020

Each month on the MIND blog, we share stories of how our organization, our partners, and educators across the country are advancing the mission to mathematically equip all students to solve the world’s most challenging problems. Welcome to the MIND Blog Rewind! Stay tuned and subscribe to the blog so that you don't miss them.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 15, 2017

Redesigned learning spaces. cross-posted at InnEdCO’s new Innovation in Colorado blog !]. Digital and online (and often open access) information resources. Online communities of interest. Adaptive software and data systems. Alternative credentialing mechanisms. Flexible scheduling. Related Posts. Leaders: Don’t be the lid.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

I spend a lot of time redesigning lessons and units with P-12 teachers, instructional coaches, and principals. I also have done a great deal of program design work at the university level, including recently redesigning our principal licensure program at CU Denver.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here’s some of what I wrote: ENGAGEMENT UDL Guideline(s): Recruiting Interest, Sustaining Effort & Persistence, Self Regulation Tool(s): Blogging platforms such as WordPress or Squarespace. One such tool for me when it comes to the UDL principle of Engagement is a blog. Similarly, the interactive nature of blogs (e.g.,

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

One of the biggest mistakes teachers make when redesigning lesson plans for the e-learning environment is they forget about the learning objectives, and become consumed with “getting it all online”. Keep an eye on the NEO Blog! The post 3 Habits of highly effective online teachers appeared first on NEO BLOG. What do I mean?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2023

Instead of simply creating the poster using Canva or Glogster, embed the finished project into the class blog to share with other students. Modification Tech allows for significant task redesign. Study math online, but use a program like Khan Academy that tracks progress and scales material to student needs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s called a “Growth Mindset” In an Edsurge article by Rupa Gupta, former Redesign Administrator at Burnett Middle School in San Jose, Calif., She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Tom Murray

DECEMBER 3, 2018

” – Jonathan Swift Over the past few years, learning space redesign has become one of the trendiest topics in education. Yet, it’s imperative to remember that redesigning learning spaces is about how design impacts the brain and learning; NOT about being pretty for Pinterest.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In a series of blog posts, we have described the steps to creating a responsive strategic plan. Even if you are not going through a strategic plan redesign but are working towards implementing your current plan or designing the rollout of a new initiative within your plan, we want to show you how to plan for change and not perfection.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Advancing equity means designing and redesigning for it with intention through ongoing commitment. Read our blog series on EdClusters’ COVID-19 responses here.). Follow the work of the Center for Inclusive Innovation , and sign up for email updates at the end of our blog here. Be intentional about equity.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Many of you know Richard from his primary site, Free Technology for Teachers , one of the most widely-read education blogs in the world. Last week my conversation with Richard Byrne went live on the Practical Ed Tech Podcast. Richard and I have known each other for a long time. Maybe he’ll come see me in Colorado sometime.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2021

They need experiences that allow them to see the designed world and its impact on people, collaborate and empathize across differences, and leverage their skills to redesign the world around them to meet the needs of all people in their communities. The next generation of problem-solvers needs more than technical skills and expertise.

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techlearning

MARCH 14, 2018

I can go on and on about how design-based learning should replace problem, project, and passion-based learning (this -based learning stuff is getting out of control), but what I wanted to share today was how I redesigned my design rubric a few months ago and have been thrilled with the results. I also thought about language in the redesign.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 17, 2018

At CU Denver we are having conversations about principal licensure program redesign, including possible orientation toward what we’re calling the ‘grand challenges’ of the principalship. ISTE Follow-Up 20: Principal blogs (THE PUSH 2014). better engaging diverse student and family communities. Calling all bloggers!

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Computational thinking is an innovative approach to teaching that redesigns the STEM and ELA curriculums on a new framework. The post 6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking appeared first on NEO BLOG.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

After reading Catlin Tucker’s blog post, 5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction , I was inspired to reflect on and revise a mini-unit I designed focusing on the short film Alike by Daniel Martinez Lara and Rafa Cano Méndez. I decided to redesign my mini-unit on Alike using the playlist model.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2019

Before getting into the article, I want to thank Norah Colvin for inviting me as a guest on her wonderful newly-redesigned education blog, ReadiLearn where Norah covers great topics for the first three years of education., If you’ve ever wondered about that, come check out my short article on this subject.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 28, 2019

Yesterday I blogged an update on the 7-day Innovation Academy that we are conducting for 72 school leaders in North Dakota. Today I thought I’d share that we are about to launch a new initiative in Virginia. The first round of the Virginia Is for Learners Innovation Network will launch in March and run through December of this year.

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Gradelink

MAY 13, 2021

This moment might just be the perfect time to rethink your school’s report cards. Maybe you’re looking for new frames of reference that convey students’ performance in areas of work habits or specific skill sets in addition to core subjects like science and math.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

It occurs to me that so many of my best ideas come from the blogs of others. As often as not, those blogs live outside of the school library world. In no particular order, here’s a very personal selection of blogs/bloggers I couldn’t live without. Cult of Pedagogy is far more than a blog.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 27, 2019

In this blog post, Kim describes her unique approach to Powerful Learning. The students built a scaled table model of the property to include in the space so that the Grands would have a 3D map of the property, and created a plan for how they wanted to redesign the space using biophilic design principles.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 20, 2022

This blog post is the beginning of a series sharing our Maker Learning team’s experience designing this professional learning opportunity. This pause to redesign the opportunity allowed us the flexibility and time to put these reflections into action. We asked ourselves, are these the applicants who need this funding the most?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 8, 2017

More about Kiddom: Kiddom Redesigns Student Experience. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. Learn More. The Kiddom Team.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 26, 2022

[this blog post is a follow-up response to the Twitter exchange with Van Schoales posted below]. I offer this longer-form blog post as an attempt to bypass the lack of nuance available in 280 Twitter characters. I don’t know if you had a chance to read my previous blog post, Much ado about NAEP , but I tried to make two key points.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching in augmented reality (AR) for the past several years has been a bit of a challenge, in my opinion, as is often the case with new technologies. This blog post is sponsored by 3D Bear. Also, I’m able to easily assess and share their work in AR.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 24, 2017

Episode 40 of #10MT Interviews Daisy Dyer Duerr From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Blog: [link]. As the CEO of Redesigning Rural Education, LLC, Daisy is a National Keynote Speaker, Education Consultant, and Leadership Coach. I hope you enjoy this episode with Daisy!

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