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Personalizing Learning for All Students With OpenCourseWare

A Principal's Reflections

Over the course of the marking period, students identified courses, registered through our Google form, and went to work. We learned a great deal after the student presentations this past February, and were pleasantly surprised by how seriously many of the students took this learning opportunity.

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Your Device Rollout Isn’t About Hardware—It’s About Engagement

Edsurge

Without one, schools and districts run the risk of missing out on many of the potential benefits that having devices in the classroom can unlock, such as introducing personalized learning, teaching digital citizenship and giving students access to the myriad of apps and tools available online. Engagement in the classroom matters.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Learning and Individual Differences , 23,72–79. Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers.

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edWeb’s Research-Based Practices for Personalized Professional Learning

edWeb.net

edWeb Case Study: Rock Valley Community School District. Report prepared by Cambridge Learning Group. Active learning through structured online activities and classroom application. Sustained development through personal learning plans linked to activities in edWeb.net. Download the full report.

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

Edsurge

And that is a very conservative number, based only on time saved using the top six critical core web applications from Pearson, McGraw-Hill, PowerSchool, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Google Classroom. Case Study: Pickens School District enjoys instant access. We actually have well over 30 applications at this point.

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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

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Students recorded these reflections on a Google Doc as a reference for the next time we played. And these discoveries were added to the student's Google Doc log so that descriptive or instructional language was captured and refined as necessary. Digging Deeper: Learning and Re-learning with Student and Teacher Minecraft Communities.

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Learning to Learn – From Sabba Quidwai

EdTechTeacher

She saw the possibilities for creating personalized learning experiences that would empower students to make thinking visible and for creating environments where rich discussions through team-based learning would challenge students to think critically. Learning to Learn: Self Assessment Through Patient Case Studies.