eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2018

As in many other districts, our efforts to improve student achievement were hindered by curriculum materials that were not tightly aligned with the new standards and often lacked the tasks, norms, and routines needed to create problem-solving classrooms.

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OER Common Core Instructional Materials Resources 97

More Verbs

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Are you making great things happen in your classroom, school, district, or region? If you want to be part of a team supporting teachers and helping them feel capable of making terrific learning experiences happen for every student, in every classroom, then apply. Consider joining us and make great things happen across Maine!

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Technology Digital Badges OER Learning 150

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

First-year teachers have a lot to think about, especially at the beginning of the school year: decorating their classroom, planning lessons and learning units, trying out different classroom-management techniques, and -- most importantly -- getting to know their students. Classroom management. Google Classroom.

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EdTech OER Tools Microsoft 66

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

Open Education Resources (OER). These are documents written by subject matter experts from across the globe on any sector and subject. The information can be used effectively and creatively by anyone to learn outside the traditional form of learning such as classrooms etc.

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MOOC Gamification Smartphone OER 127

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

Many professors are still skeptical about utilizing smart phones in the classroom, but I believe we could get more professors on-board if entrepreneurs better understood the challenges and resistance faculty face to use mobile technologies. Here are 5 tips for entrepreneurs looking to make scalable impact in the community college market.

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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 85

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

This conviction is born out of my 30 years in and around classrooms, first as a social studies teacher at Milpitas High, and then as co-founder of Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI). I wish you wouldn’t pin all hope on OER or content marketplaces or playlists as curriculum solutions. TCI created the History Alive! It’s dispiriting.

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EdTech OER Industry Study 94

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 6, 2017

Collections can help reduce instructional planning and research time, maximizes visibility and usage of your educational resources, and encourages deeper learning in and outside the classroom. You can search for Open Educational Resources (OER) within Destiny Discover and immediately add them to your collections.

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OER Social Media Software Resources 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER. For one thing, not all OER are created equally good and not all commercial products are at all bad.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2016

Annual survey reveals more and more districts are turning to OER and other digital learning resources. Sixty-two percent of districts in a recent survey have a digital content and curriculum strategy, and more than half of those strategies (38 percent) include using Open Educational Resources (OER).

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Survey OER Digital Learning Strategy 40

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Among the report’s findings are that 91 percent of the administrators responding to the survey said that innovation “is stated as a priority in either their strategic or academic plans, or both documents.” Though that’s not to say that digital learning can’t be used well in a traditional classroom, she adds.

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Report Competency Based Learning OER Survey 78

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

The posts generate ideas on how these concepts just might fit in the classroom and/or provide some driving/guiding questions. While it was created to allow for family interaction, it is also figures into the Math PBL classroom. PDF documents. This blog really does attempt to use all of the preceding ideas, plus more!

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

srcid=0B6dF7rWxc-5aMGMyanRsMW5DbzQ&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v&chrome=false&embedded=true Find Apps for Chromebook - great resource to find apps to use with Chromebooks [link] A great list of Apps and Extensions for Education https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xDrYNfAPlLY-2Y7kbL_ADBfVePYmREbNXXV_fyTh5LM/mobilebasic?pli=1

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 31, 2021

In classrooms everywhere, children called on to read aloud. For classroom teachers, the responsibility of monitoring and ensuring the reading progress of more than 20 students who may be in various face-to-face, hybrid or remote settings can be a painstaking and tedious process.

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Microsoft Education Assessment Data 77

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

National Science Foundation – Check out this diverse collection of lessons and web resources for classroom teachers. This is an area that may just help you flip your STEM classroom. There is something for just about any STEM classroom that is ready to engage students. Perhaps your students could be the next contributor.

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STEM Resources Learning Conference 162

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

And then sharing it with people meant handing over a document or a PDF at best.”. That’s already happening with tools like Google Classroom. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license. Digitization to the Max: What That Could Look Like.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

These important attributes of a PBL classroom need to be intentionally thought out as part of the online experience. Before the pandemic, I often said the Gold Standard Project Design Elements created at PBLWorks must be built into the culture of the classroom every day. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

Using the tool, Jasmine can access her work without the distractions or clutter of a busy Gmail inbox or the need to toggle between folders in Google Drive and Google Classroom. Mr. Stone locates openly licensed content found on OER Commons and uploads it within the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. It’s now 10 a.m.

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OER Chromebook Hapara Accessibility 235

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

HyperDocs are perfect opportunities to grow teacher librarian/ classroom teacher partnerships. According to the HyperDocs site , HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Of course, there is still Flipped Learning, 1 to 1 Programs, Blended Learning, Maker Movements, Genious Hours, SAMR, Learning Targets, 21st Century Learning, the 4C’s, Personalised Learning, Digital Textbooks, and OER! Open Education Resources – Talk about big, this network brings together 44,129 OER tools for sharing curriculum.

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Resources OER Learning STEM 105

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). You can swim with sharks, visit outer space, and more without leaving the classroom.” Available Expeditions. Take the learning to the next level by placing the artifacts to scale inside your classroom such as the Rosetta Stone shown above.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

BASE provides access to millions of documents from repositories worldwide, making it a comprehensive tool for academic research. It’s an excellent resource for teachers looking for classroom-ready content. It’s ideal for educators seeking to connect classroom learning with the world outside.

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Education OER Libraries Accessibility 115

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Instead in this post it will be important to see how the technology is being integrated in a classroom. Past… Beyond the Shine Series Articles. Introduction to SAMR. Through the work of Dr. Ruben Puentedura, Ph.

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Resources Technology Examples STEM 60

Hapara

JANUARY 28, 2022

It takes away the need to navigate to various websites and apps and search their Google Drive for important academic documents, and puts everything in one single dashboard. Additionally, the platform provides seamless management and distribution of open educational resources ( OER ), licensed content and materials created by school divisions.

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OER Hapara Learning Google 130

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

There are articles, videos, PBL Units, rubrics, designer documents, and many more. How might some of these look in a blended classroom? OER Commons : ( [link] ) – Wonderful place to find lessons and blended learning ideas that can cover standards that fit into a PBL or just a single lesson. Final Thoughts.

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Blended Learning Learning LMS STEM 180

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

My dear friend and former Flat Classroom administrator Lisa Durff is also involved.). We’ll document and publicly share what we’re doing. This is truly the next generation of global collaboration and we’re recruiting top classrooms to help perfect this method and share it with the world,” says Davis.

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OER Social Media Classroom Industry 150

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The goal of this blog has always been to provide teachers with digital learning resources, tips, and tricks, and help teachers find ways to integrate technology meaningfully in the classroom. 15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers. 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]. The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2022.

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Google eBook Assessment OER 95

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

There’s an understanding – even if it’s a disgruntled one – among those in the classroom and those making procurement decisions of what the LMS is for, what it should do, and so on. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) ” “ How Google Took Over the Classroom.”

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. SHEG also offers two other fabulous portals filled with resources to help classroom teachers and teacher librarians inquiry and historical analysis. You can now find out. But wait, there’s more! .

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Marquette University was justified in disciplining a professor who had publicly rebuked a graduate teaching assistant over her handling of classroom discussions of homosexuality, a state judge ruled on Thursday.” Yik Yak had raised $73.5 million in venture capital.).

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : “New documents show what KIPP told Mike Feinberg leading up to his firing.” classrooms in new deal with McGraw-Hill Education.” “The RISE Package for R: Reducing Time Through the OER Continuous Improvement Cycle” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” More via the AP.

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

The New York Times on The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , an online charter school: “Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” .” Via NPR : “ Paying Students May Raise Test Scores, But The Lesson Is Not Over.”

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” ” An “innovation pod” is actually a private classroom in a shipping container.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47