Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

EL Education K–5 Language Arts. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning. Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). EL Education Language Arts (Grades K-5). Who is Kiddom?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast A recent edLeader Panel, “ Utah Spotlight: A ‘State’ of Alignment ,” featured experts that included Rick Gaisford, Education Specialist, Education Technology and the SETDA Chair Elect, Utah State Board of Education; Melanie Durfee, Ph.D.,

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Technology Common Core EdTech Trends 75

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. Those standards, designed to get students college and career ready, place an emphasis in part on deeper learning and communicating complex ideas – something that poses a challenge for many students whose primary language isn’t English.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

There is a great deal of talk these days about micro-credentials and digital badging as a means to acknowledge professional learning of educators. Micro-credentials can be used to guide, motivate, and validate informal learning. Check out what Mozilla has created with their Open Badges platform.

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Digital Badges Common Core Professional Learning Tools 150

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

In this episode, Kasey chats with Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Innovative Learning at H?para. Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? Then add in the pandemic forcing the use of online learning.

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OER Resources Common Core Digital Badges 93

EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

While debate about professional development expands, educator hopes for feeling supported are shrinking. We can be hopeful that the connection between teacher training and student learning seems to be realized and now what’s needed is to find the right formula for improving this crucial component of school culture.

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Training Dropout Competency Based Learning Common Core 228

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With the continued move to distance learning and digital resources, educators need to make sure any tools support this new mindset. During an edWeb edLeader Panel sponsored by ORIGO Education , the presenters offered their key criteria for digital mathematics tools and how they should support teachers and students.

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Instructional Materials Professional Learning Pearson Common Core 71

Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2016

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Bring universal learning ideas to life in your classroom by creating and sharing your own educational materials. Help your students learn to write a better lab report. UDL Book Builder. UDL Curriculum Toolkit.

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UDL Tools Common Core Guidelines 120

More Verbs

AUGUST 1, 2015

In order to create a high performing, learning-focused 1to1 initiative, this is where to move the needle: Leadership skilled at building a high level of buy-in with educators, students and parents/community. PD designed to effectively support teachers’ successfully changing classroom practice. Technology in support of learning.

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Learning Common Core Program Evaluation Professional Learning 150

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The very first year I taught middle school science, I found myself teaching more reading lessons than I had ever expected—and that didn’t change when I switched to a middle school math classroom two years later. She was a good student but lacked the confidence to speak her mind outside of the EL classroom.”. Bethany Lake.

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Common Core Strategy Study Video 128

edWeb.net

APRIL 8, 2020

With the Common Core Standards came an increased focus on reading informational texts, starting with kindergarten. First, teachers should get familiar with informational texts, which are media where their primary purpose is to convey information, to understand how they can support classroom lessons. Join the Community.

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Common Core Course Video Professional Learning 98

edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2019

Willis and Arakawa underscored the importance of creating learning environments in which students and teachers understand that it is not about getting it right the first time; it is about failing forward and being inspired to keep moving forward. Coding Software. Coding Activities. Join the Community.

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Robotics Classroom Common Core Software 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

All are online, hands-on, with an authentic use of tools you’ll want for your classroom. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. The Tech-infused Teacher.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Assessment Common Core 79

edWeb.net

MARCH 9, 2017

“If we don’t have enough time or resources to do everything we’re asked to do, or want to do in the classroom, what should we do?” With limited time and resources, teachers often have to prioritize what goes on in their classrooms. Educators must start with the end goal in mind: college and career readiness. Join the Community.

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Classroom Common Core Outcomes Blended Learning 40

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2015

Fulfilling the promise of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) requires sustainable implementation support in order for teachers to be successful. Video is an excellent starting point for seeing and understanding instructional shifts, but watching a video alone will not sustain the changes in practice that Common Core requires.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

-- Discover Survey Suggests Financial Education Courses Are Helping Americans Become More Confident with their Finances -- Riverwoods, Ill. The program provides comprehensive financial literacy curriculum free of charge through self-paced modules, classroom activities and family extension activities. Thursday, Nov.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 24, 2013

Each of these books forced me to examine and challenge fundamental assumptions I had about teaching, technology, leadership and education. Even if you aren’t planning to go full-scale student-centered, this book offers quite a bit of information that can help you turn your classroom into an engaging environment for your students.

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Common Core Social Media Professional Learning Strategy 86

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

KQED Teach , which launched on July 11, provides a series of free, self-paced courses to help K-12 educators develop the media skills necessary to bring media production and communication to their learning environments. KQED Teach will improve educator media literacy and help busy teachers leverage media in their classrooms.”.

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Common Core Social Media Learning Course 40

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. Working together over the course of the year, we—at Torah Academy and Kiddom—together learned three powerful lessons about how to deliver personalized support to educators: 1. Learn More About Kiddom Academy For Schools: Apply to Kiddom's Pilot program.

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Company EdTech Common Core Assessment 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

“When I do an H, I do a straight line down, another straight line down and then I cross in the middle,” Miller said, demonstrating on a projector in a front corner of the classroom. A student works on a writing assignment in Heather Miller’s classroom. One report by Amplify Education Inc., Some got it right away.

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Elementary Report Groups Assessment 145

edWeb.net

AUGUST 10, 2015

The most recent data from the National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed that 58% of US fourth grade students are below proficiency level in mathematics (The Nation’s Report Card, 2013). Past webinars, presentation slides, and CE quizzes are available in the Webinar Archives folder of the Community Toolbox.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2015

I always cringe when educational pundits talk about evaluating teachers according to “value-added” assessment models, as if the value that teachers offer their students could be easily quantified or evaluated according to any standardized metric.

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Tools Classroom Laptops Tablets 33

MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

” Yet at the same time, we also heard from teachers and education organizations who are introducing the topic in subjects from social studies to math to English language arts, and at every grade level, from preschool on up. At the same time, there’s a tension in pushing more educators to take this on. Do citizen science.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2022

For decades educators have known that children who can read on grade level by the third grade stand a much better chance of succeeding in school and in life. WORD Force is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, ELA K-2 Standards, and North Carolina’s English Language Arts Standard Course of Study. Watch the Recording.

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Common Core EdTech Professional Learning Digital Learning 76

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Teachers participate in a Common Core training session in Kingsport, Tenn. Educators can learn a valuable lesson from American wheat farmers’ progress in the past 125 years. Educators, like farmers, have professional goals. One is to continually increase effectiveness in the classroom.

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Training Technology Common Core Professional Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

During their first few days in the classroom, they are bombarded with a variety of situations they had not anticipated, and are often caught off guard by the realities of teaching. When new teachers aren’t supported to rapidly develop skills and address the realities of the classroom, it’s their students who pay the price.

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Common Core Professional Learning Meeting Report 74

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

Because their elementary school teachers do too, says Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), a policy institute that studies what America can learn from the world’s best-performing education systems. Related: Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

The perception that good teachers reject textbooks and design their own curriculum has been a persistent belief of educators over the years. Under the current era of the Common Core State Standards, this myth is playing out in some districts and schools in a different way. References. L., & Feiman-Nemser, S. Heifetz, R.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2012

I have to say, I''ve been really appreciative of the opportunity to participate in the organization of Connected Educator Month , and while the kickoff days and preparation for the virtual Learning 2.0 What are some goals for you, as an educator, for the first 6 weeks of this school year? Conference (next week!)

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Education Common Core Professional Learning Personalized Learning 48

Insight Education Group

JULY 20, 2015

Great resources are hard to come by in education - particularly when it comes to assessment. Considering the importance placed on testing in most states and districts today, there is relatively little available to support educators through writing and selecting well-designed assessments. However, the. Reform Support Network (RSN) and.

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Assessment Education Professional Learning Groups 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

With new feature from Participate Learning, educators have free, online space for collaboration around lesson plans and more. With Participate Learning’s Collections, teachers can find and curate educational websites, apps and videos for improving student outcomes and place these in a digital folder.

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Tools Common Core Android Chromebook 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

As more schools across the country experiment with d personalized learning approaches to better meet the needs, goals and interests of individual learners, many are overlooking an important piece: arts integration. Related: Can testing save arts education? Related: Do the arts go hand-in-hand with common core?

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2015

Assessments are critical to our efforts to improve instruction in K-12 education. Across the district, our teachers have created a number of online assessments—individually and through their work in professional learning communities—for use in our district. Homegrown online assessments prove invaluable to one district.

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Online Assessments Assessment Common Core Data 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Jeff Meyer, Director of Education at Learning.com, during a recent edWebinar , underscored that while this generation of students is growing up using technology, they generally lack the digital literacy skills they need for success by the time they enter high school. About the Presenter. After receiving an M.Ed Join the Community.

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Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core Data 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

. - Mahatma Gandhi The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Educator Innovator , which is powered by the National Writing Project, will be a CEM Theme Leader this year. We’ll convene conversations and events around the theme of “Connected Learning: Time and Space.”. Broadening Participation in STEM Education. Innovations in Professional Learning.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. If you are a classroom teacher, the following learning paths or opportunities may be ideal for you.

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