The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Instead, I hope that you will feel more prepared with how to address AI in your classroom. I’ll explain more on this later but for now… #3 You can “protect” your classroom (kind of…) If you’re still in the camp of “No AI in my class” (whether by choice or by your school’s policy for the next school year), you can somewhat do that.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 16, 2018

Google Forms is one of my favorite classroom tools. Here are 25 different ways you can use Google Forms in your Classroom - with an example for each! This example is based on Fahrenheit 451 in a high school English classroom and is configured to release the quiz score immediately after submitting the quiz.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

In the meantime, remote workers who are parents are fretting over how they’ll have time to oversee lessons and keep their children on top of Common Core math. It belies any logic to say it will be the same thing as a student in a classroom with a teacher.”. New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. “I

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techlearning

APRIL 20, 2018

Google Forms is one of my favorite classroom tools. Here are 25 different ways you can use Google Forms in your Classroom - with an example for each! This example is based on Fahrenheit 451 in a high school English classroom and is configured to release the quiz score immediately after submitting the quiz.

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Examples Google Classroom Conference 65

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

There are as many ways to do that as there are parents who need alternatives to the traditional parent-teacher conference and back-to-school night. The National Association for the Education of Young Children reports that parents are more likely to attend conferences when teachers offer a variety of scheduling options.

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Wiki Common Core Digital Citizenship Guidelines 150

MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

I had the pleasure to attend and present at the Midwest Technology Conference in February. This conference was packed with experts sharing their knowledge with cool and exciting ways to integrate technology in the classroom. Follow reputable news sources and journalists/reporters in the field. Fake twitter feeds.

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Conference Technology Poll Everywhere Common Core 45

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2015

The American Statistical Association (ASA) has issued the Statistical Education of Teachers (SET) Report , which calls on mathematicians, statisticians, mathematics educators and statistics educators to collaborate in preparing pre-K–12 teachers to teach intellectually demanding statistics courses in their classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The already converted policymakers, school leaders and teachers ready to transform traditional schooling came to this annual conference last week from around the world to share a common refrain: Out with the old. This walkout is just the beginning,” Ragan Toppan, a student at Deering High , wrote in a Hechinger Report op-ed last week.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. The goal was to connect with busy families in a more meaningful way: showing parents what’s happening in the classroom and, critically, how they can support learning at home. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. “I

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Along with quality classroom materials, there’s an urgent need for quality curricula, Kockler said.

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OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 77

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. “For Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. — It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 80

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Implosions like this happen every day in tech-centric classrooms. With the pride of place iPads and Chromebooks and 1:1 programs are getting in curriculum decisions, tech problems will be common, varied, frustrating, show-stopping, and nauseating. Those two solve about half of the tech traumas I face in the classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

Anatole France The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Final Notes Updates Future of Museums Conference. For more information, click here. More information here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

We have had such an enthusiastic response to this event that we have expanded the conference this year: we will start Wednesday afternoon/evening and go through Friday mid-day (US Time). 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.

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Common Core Conference Blackboard Digital Citizenship 71

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? What can that look like?

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 95

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2015

“They go to teacher conferences, and they’re more likely to judge the school and the quality of the teacher based on that, than solely using test scores.” Other states have reported resistance to the tests, including Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.

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Technology Tidbits

JULY 20, 2016

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2017

Our future depends on mathematical thinking, but math trauma extends across our country – and the world – due to the ineffective ways the subject is often taught in classrooms, as a narrow set of procedures that students are expected to reproduce at high speed. Watch Jo Boaler’s presentation at the 2017 NCSM conference.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 4, 2016

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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Common Core iPad Conference System 28

Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 25, 2016

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. NEW YORK — Michael Gallin, a 34-year-old math teacher at KAPPA International High School in the Bronx, was winding his way through the cluttered aisles of his algebra classroom listening for sighs of frustration. Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. 2 – 1.44(x+x^3)

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E-rate Strategy Report Common Core 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Elly Eckhoff listened intently as a group of veteran teachers listed what they think rookie teachers need before entering the classroom: more time student teaching and more training in how to communicate with colleagues, parents and students themselves. Maybe not: What two new reports show about teacher preparation. COLUMBIA, Mo.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

While Twitter chats, class blogs and conferences are valuable for finding resources and ideas, the depth of collaboration on these channels is limited by either medium or time. Educators can compile spreadsheets of resources to take advantage of the burgeoning number of internet-connected devices in their classrooms.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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Common Core iPad Conference System 28

Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 7, 2015

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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Common Core iPad Assessment Conference 28

Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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Common Core iPad Conference Assessment 28

Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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Common Core iPad Conference Assessment 28

Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 27, 2015

Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more. Ideal for Reading and Writing Workshop conferring notes, but great for any subject 2. Many customizable features, including the option of associating any Common Core Standards with a class, if desired.

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Common Core iPad Assessment Conference 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Also remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. I have three pre-conference workshops that you may want to register for. I will also have three concurrent session during the main conference. Learn more at the conference master classes page.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Welcome to the third post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference?

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Gaggle Speaks

APRIL 1, 2016

Both admin and teachers can also see where their students fall in comparison to other Newsela students in regards to reading-level achievements and Common Core standards. All pre-loaded prompts are Common Core-aligned. Graphs show average quiz scores and the total number of quizzes taken class-wide and for each student.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Education Week has reported on problems with one-to-one computing initiatives in large school systems in other states, like California’s Los Angeles Unified School District, where students hacked the devices to bypass security systems. He said he’s yet to finalize what that agenda will be.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Welcome to a series that supports the use of technology in support of differentiated learning in and beyond the PBL classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference?

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BERWYN, Ill. —

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 8, 2015

22nd Annual NMC Summer Conference , The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting highly skilled professionals interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Saturday, June 20th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Ten Marks Math Program , Classroom 2.0

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Future Ready Libraries Common Core Conference 28

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

The testing world is being gripped by two overriding, and often competing forces: the continued reliance on big, high-stakes assessments for accountability purposes, and the rise of more sophisticated, nimble, and smaller-scale digital assessments, largely at the classroom level. See also: Understanding Formative Assessment: A Special Report.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

Gardner The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" This week we kick off the second annual Homeschool+ Conference and the Alt Ed Film Fest ! Was there a gap between what we learned in the classroom from our teachers, from our peers, and what we needed to know throughout the rest of our lives?

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