Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Here’s how teaching students to think like a detective, examine source materials, and think critically moves history lessons from memorization to critical thinking and exploration—skills that will serve them well even beyond history class. The definition of historical thinking is vague but encompasses several core concepts.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

With 1:1 computer access for grades 3–8, students engage in coding, inquiry-based learning, and critical thinking beginning with Kindergarten. The school visit included teacher presentations demonstrating the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) framework, classroom observations, and student showcases.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment.

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Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Miles Hooper, the 26-year-old manager of Vermont’s largest goat farm, remembers what it’s like to be 16 and not want to be in a classroom. It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalize” learning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. Photo: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report. RANDOLPH, Vt.

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Report Personalized Learning Dropout Course 103

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

Classroom management skills is the topic of our blog post today! Classroom management is an art and a science that lies at the heart of effective teaching. It’s the invisible thread that weaves together student engagement, academic success, and the overall harmony of the classroom environment. Gage, Ph.D.,

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If you do a Google image search for “classroom,” you’ll mostly see one familiar scene: rows or groups of desks , with a spot at the front of the room for the teacher. One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Secondary sessions are held in Zoom meeting rooms with a capacity of 300--if those rooms are full, you'll have to wait for the recording to watch. Often distracted and easily bored, these students are also critical thinkers capable of thriving in the online classroom while learning 21st-century skills.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

While funding from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is available to districts for tutoring purposes, it is challenging and unsustainable for districts to reroute how they have historically used these funds.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

Verso is a platform for virtually managing discourse in your classroom. At its most basic, a teacher can create a question or pose an issue, and students can not only respond to the prompt, but to each other. It would be nice to see integrations such as Google Classroom which could pre-load a Class's roster.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

When and how much should students be using technology in class? What is the best way to set up my classroom for device use? How can I make sure I am protecting student privacy when using technology? Are there benefits to allowing student phones in the classroom? If so, what are they?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Jenn draws from her experience as a high school English teacher and a professor as she researches best teaching practices and shares them in a way that is practical and easy to implement in the classroom right away. Integrating technology does not automatically improve student engagement or learning. ?MYTH

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

So the following list of public education terms is useful not so much for the definitions, but for the credibility (or at least authority) of the definitions, as they are sourced from the Department of Education itself, in this case in regards to clarify Race to the Top language and meaning. Student survey . Achievement gap.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 15, 2020

“You can break motivation barriers for disengaged students by recognizing that motivation is an investment decision. Students have time, attention, and effort, and they are making a decision every single day about whether they want to invest those things in our classrooms or in something else. Robyn Jackson.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Their stances on education policy differ, but they all have at least one thing in common: classroom experience, which Biden has promised would be a prerequisite. Students from Meriden, students from Connecticut and Latino students in general are going to be looking at him … and have an opportunity to say, ‘Yes, this could be me.’

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. Students don’t pay attention to lectures, they would argue. WTF is Unizin ?!

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