eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

Students taking online high school courses through VHS Learning will start the 2022-2023 school year with many unique for-credit options, from Python Programming to Law, thanks to the nonprofit’s newly expanded course catalog. These new courses add to the more than 300 courses already available.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 15, 2011

One question that comes into my inbox or on Twitter a lot lately is one dealing with iPads. In keeping with the "My Favorite Resources" theme ( last week I listed my favorite resources for talking about Twitter ) here are my go-to resources when people ask me about iPads in the Classroom. Of course you do!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Then, more than 267,000 STEM educators were invited to evaluate the finalists via survey.For information about the awards program, visit www.bestofstemawards.com. It’s rewarding to have those we care so much about affirm our work and mission with Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2023 Awards.” “Our

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Dear Bonni, You have shared often about active learning strategies and the impact they have on student learning. What about when you have 50-60 students in a class? As I’ve been thinking about this issue, I keep coming back to two key questions: What can we discover about the relationship between class size and student learning?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Sign off of Twitter. In a case-study course he taught in the spring about the American jury system, he asked the 60 students to bring their laptops to every session. Stop checking fivethirtyeight.com. Say goodbye and good riddance to those vitriolic political ads. The presidential election is over.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2019

If you can see yourself teaching, connect what you've learned in your courses with what you see, then you will reflect more deeply about it.” If you can see yourself teaching, connect what you've learned in your courses with what you see, then you will reflect more deeply about it. What is she talking about?"

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

On Twitter I came across an exploratory discussion of Minecraft’s potential for school use. Ask them what they like about Minecraft. I really didn’t know anything about the game, so I did a keyword search for “Minecraft” and discovered over 140 million videos! Want to give Minecraft a whirl in your classroom? Credit: Cubey 2.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. Creating (and Communicating About) the Lighthouse Schools Program. Tweeting, by contrast, is easier.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 18, 2018

Also, please take a moment to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and join me on twitter at mjgormans . We analyze videos together, visit successful classrooms, and read case studies. Of course, standards must be at the foundation. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( mjgormans ).

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 6, 2019

It was also great to hook up again with the EADL crew including Jens Greefe, John Trasler, Ellen Gunning, Chris Wolstenholme and Tony Horsfield, and of course, the chair for my session - the wonderful Ildiko Mazar. I met several colleagues for the first time, even though I had probably 'known' and interacted with them on Twitter for years.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

teachers were stressed out about logging in to the point where some would just give up on using technology and go back to their regular pen and paper process. I would parse through our help desk tickets and support calls and see that a third were about login issues. Case Study: Pickens School District enjoys instant access.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Students might learn through games, projects, debates, talking with peers, case studies, just-in-time teaching, or short demonstrations followed by class discussion. It’s about training students to think for themselves, but it also means educators fighting the urge to jump in and help. TOOLS THEY USE PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL ?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

When the social studies standards changed in 2015 – 2016, we needed a way to support teachers throughout Georgia without having specific district or RESA social studies specialists to do that. One of the other beautiful things about the community is we know we have teachers who are anti-social-media.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

When the social studies standards changed in 2015 – 2016, we needed a way to support teachers throughout Georgia without having specific district or RESA social studies specialists to do that. One of the other beautiful things about the community is we know we have teachers who are anti-social-media.

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Professional Learning Learning Education Study 52

The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

So here''s my list of free training and support resources for Google Apps for Education: Getting Started Google Apps for Education FAQ (This is a great place to begin learning about Apps for Education. Answers a lot of common misconceptions about Apps.) Interaction and Ideasharing: If you are a twitter user, follow the hashtag #gct.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

There were about 40 of us. thank you Pam Moran for this question!) – Establishing our rules of play and group norms – Quick reactions to my TEDxDesMoines talk about extracurricular learning v. – Getting set up with Twitter and our new hashtag. We met approximately once per month from September to May.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Note: you need to be a member and logged into the conference site (all free, of course): [link] Follow the Twitter conversation with #globaled17 Responses to Tuesday's Sessions: "Powerful to see the great work young people are doing to create social change. Easy to listen and learn." Kamal Preet, Ms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. As I reviewed this product, I’ve seen special education teachers and organizations raving about how TARA has helped them organize IEP progress, meetings, and result tracking. Website [link] Twitter @lkolb. Dr. Liz Kolb - Bio as Submitted.

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

We analyze videos together, visit successful classrooms, and read case studies. Of course, standards must be at the foundation. 15 Ideas to Ensure That Project Based Learning is Grounded in Content And Standards ] As we talk about mapping or the scaffold of a project we refer to the design process of making a PBL.

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Assessment Learning Video STEM 40

The Thinking Stick

JUNE 15, 2016

We hike in about a mile, no Internet, no cell service. I wrote last year about the 5 year contract we signed with Marysville School District and the work the team and I would be doing there. You can view them here ( link to blog ) or follow COETAIL on Facebook or Twitter as we release them once a week over the summer.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 13, 2016

In fact, think twice about working for any organization that doesn’t bother to look you up. What do your website, blog, and social media profile say about you? If you want to reach other educators, Twitter and Pinterest are big winners. million followers on Twitter alone, and he offers effective social media tips in his book.

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Social Media How To EdTech Google 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Joseph Ball (Curriculum Coordinator, Crash Course), Kevin Baloyi (Teacher at LEAP Science and Maths School), Karen Blumberg (Technology Coordinator, The Brearley School), Tudor Clee (Touchable Earth), Tosca Killoran (NIST International School), Dr. The final live training is on Saturday, which you can access through the training page.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Tell a Friend / Colleague The conference is open to ALL, so please tweet, blog, email, or shout at your friends and colleagues to let them know about us. We''ll be tweeting out a reminder about an hour before for each conference session with each of the session links. We have some great new features this year! You are all terrific!)

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Common Core Conference Blackboard Digital Citizenship 71

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag # globaled13. Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here. History Survey Course: Free, Collaborative, and Self-Paced Professional Development - Craig J.

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PLE Conference Advocacy Case Study 57

Digital Promise

JUNE 28, 2018

David Miyashiro and Jonathon Guertin of Cajon Valley Union School District, two leaders heavily featured in our recent case study that dug into the pain points in advancing data interoperability in districts across the country, hosted our most recent #DPLIS Twitter chat on this very topic. Great insight from a teacher!

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Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

While plenty of folks are touting the affordances of digital textbooks and instructional content and prognosticating about how fast K-12 schools make the switch to digital – including me and Arne Duncan among many others, etc.,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Two meta-analyses on growth mindset were published online in the fall of 2022 in the journal Psychological Bulletin and arrived at opposite conclusions about one of the most popular ideas in education. How could two such studies come out within just three weeks of each other in Psychological Bulletin and arrive at opposite conclusions?

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

Learn more about Edthena’s start and video-powered professional learning in this conversation between Rod Murray of The Pulse podcast and Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller. I, of course, would only accept sponsorship from companies and products that I’m very fond of. I also invite you to follow me on Twitter.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

Learn more about Edthena’s start and video-powered professional learning in this conversation between Rod Murray of The Pulse podcast and Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller. I, of course, would only accept sponsorship from companies and products that I’m very fond of. I also invite you to follow me on Twitter.

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Professional Learning Video Learning LMS 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

And I asked him, ‘Aylon, how are you thinking about building pipelines for the kinds of teams that are reimagining education?’ I’ve been thinking about it, but I’m not sure I have a good answer.’” Today, NewSchools and Transcend released a case study that looks at the first Collaborative. And he said, ‘Good question.

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Learning Exercises Personalized Learning Outcomes 76

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I’ve written about Pearson’s efficacy work in the past, and Ray Henderson’s twitter post this morning has prompted me to ponder and write a bit more. Our typical conversations about the efficacy of educational materials completely miss this critical distinction. I don’t know much about the REVEL product.

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Pearson OER Comparison Case Study 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

10 Ways to Easily Integrate Global Collaborations in Your Daily Curriculum - Rhett Oldham A Joined Up Approach to Education and Learning - Christine Farrell A World of #CollaborativePD: Build Your Global PLN Twitter Chat - Dr. Jennifer Williams, Brad Spirrison Amplifying Student Voices Globally Via the Our Global Classroom What If Grid.

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Conference Education Case Study Mobility 4

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. It has an online bookstore, does consultations, and has an online course for school starters. More information at [link].

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Game-Based Learning Conference Libraries Education 59

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. Yildiz, Faculty Come take a tour! Engaging students in a virtual setting.

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Please let others know about this free set of events! You can also follow the event on Twitter @GlobalEdCon and using the hashtag #globaled19. Oldham will provide you with some quick start ideas to get your students excited about connecting with the world with people around the world! follow the directions here.

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Secondary Conference Survey STEM 73

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 1, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Follow the Twitter feed for this event at #RSCON5 and be sure to let your peers know about this fun event!

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