Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 13, 2023

” question about the way generative AI might change the ways that learners interact with instructional materials like textbooks. Last week I asked a “What if?” This week I’d like to ask another.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In a previous blog post I scratched the surface of the big topic of visual learning in schools and the idea that students of all grades could appreciate having more visual elements in their instruction. For example, if you’re teaching young students how to read, you can come up with a color coding system for words. Let’s dive in!

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) classroom setups are very common nowadays, but there are a few aspects to consider before implementing them. I’d like to address here internet-readiness because for BYOD classrooms to be sustainable, schools must have a reliable internet source. They must know how to teach with technology.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Key points: AI has tremendous potential in education–here’s how to harness its power 4 lessons learned about AI in 2023 Everything you need to know about AI in education For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page It seems as if we hear about AI in education every day, if not every hour.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. Khan Academy. Open Culture for K-12 Grades. Screencast-O-Matic.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

UDL is based on the principle that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning and that instructional materials and methods should be flexible and adaptable to the needs of all students. What does the menu analogy look like in the classroom?

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Engage students actively for deeper learning and enhanced academic outcomes Enhance learning through active participation, collaboration, and critical thinking skills Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But these reading gains are meaningful for a real-life classroom experience, not a laboratory experiment or a small pilot program, which involved more than 7,000 third graders over two years. How to drive research to inform practice within schools and within classrooms is the central problem we face in education policy,” said Dee.

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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. The post How to sort the good from the bad in OER appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

When instructors make videos where they use their presence in the video well, the researchers argue in a recent peer-reviewed paper , it can “contribute to greater engagement, promote generative learning, direct efficient integration of the instructional material, and lead to better post-test performance.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Based on students’ results from this assessment, teachers are provided with high-quality instructional resources. This new assessment joins the i-Ready Diagnostic for Mathematics in Spanish, which is also available to help teachers understand how to support the needs of their students in mathematics.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The book is titled, “ Adaptable: How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environment ” and is now available in an EBook format for only one dollar! Erica has been a Brave New Voices slam champion, an HBO Def Poet, and has spent a decade in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Yet progress is now being made in many schools of education, with concerted efforts to help teachers understand the cognitive aspects of learning to read and the ways to provide research-based classroom instruction. If we are truly to reconsider efforts to improve reading instruction, I offer two ideas.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

I used to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to teach a preschooler in China how to read, write and speak English. Five years ago, I ditched whole-class lectures in my fifth grade brick-and-mortar classroom in favor of small group rotations. There’s a learning curve for everyone when moving instruction online.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

3 Challenges of Digital Design for K–12 Classrooms. Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. “Some schools are relying on several different technologies, creating an environment that is no longer level.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Credit: Allison Shelley for EDU Educators around the country have embraced the “science of reading” in their classrooms, but that doesn’t mean there’s a truce in the reading wars. That’s the technical name for showing children how to break down words into their component letter sounds and then fuse the sounds together.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2023

“It actually was a tangible piece of evidence to see what we were talking about when we say there is a lack of respect for educators — when you don’t even want to have them on a committee to talk about what would keep them in a classroom.” At school you teach and support students. At home you answer emails, grade, plan, and analyze data.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Based on the inspiring work that has been supported by educators leading The Reading League chapters, I can confidently predict that educators will continue to be hungry to understand how to bring evidence-aligned practices and materials into their classrooms.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Lewis recently presented a webinar on how to partner with a high-dosage tutoring provider to launch an effective summer school program. Instruction that aligns with districts’ standards, scope, and sequence. Standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials to support grade-level learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Too often, facilitation centers on giving strategies to teachers rather than coaching them on how to deliver the strategies to students. Instead, more professional learning time should be spent helping teachers plan, develop materials, and practice delivering the strategies with colleague support. ( [link] ).

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

One source for insights on how to proceed is the cross-pollination that takes place when educators working in separate spheres learn from one another. These insights explain why the 50-minute-plus lecture format is more common in high school and college and why, in earlier grades, teachers often break up activities within a classroom period.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

In fact, it has been so successful, O-G is being mainstreamed into the general education classroom, as a way to unlock the power of reading for more students. Encouraged by Dr. Orton, she compiled and published instructional materials which provided the foundation for what became known as the Orton-Gillingham Method.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state education agency also established a committee to advise the state on how to bring the TEAACH Act to life in schools and produced a webinar series to support the mandate’s implementation. As a PD facilitator, Hurh says she prioritizes modeling how to incorporate Asian American history in a way that treats the community with dignity.

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Discovery Education

MARCH 27, 2023

Preparing future-ready students means helping them build the skills needed to succeed beyond the classroom. As younger students begin identifying how goods and services connect to the role of money, older students can put these concepts into practice by considering how to save, spend, and invest in the real world.

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Hapara

MAY 9, 2022

Being in an elementary classroom, it is hard to help students understand how their digital habits affect themselves and others. Scaffolding digital citizenship instruction. The following four key ideas were developed to include in classroom instruction. and “How do I have a friendship with someone I’ve never met?”

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Bank of rich and culturally relevant tasks: Any mathematics content management system should give teachers access to or allow them to create and import problems that represent the diverse needs of their classroom. It’s a mindset—a way of approaching the world—and any tools used in the classroom should support growing these essential skills.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Her name is Rachel, and she’s beginning her sixth year in the classroom. ” She’s prepping ahead of time, but somehow that’s not translating to feeling prepared in the classroom. Rachel says, “I collect so many great ideas, but then I’m not sure how to make it all happen. Currently she’s teaching 5th grade.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

Corwin’s professional learning consulting services provide sustained, job-embedded professional learning to support educators in implementing effective classroom strategies that have the greatest influence on student achievement. To learn more about the Curriculum Associates and Corwin partnership, visit [link].

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2018

To meet current math standards like the Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics or the Common Core State Standards, it is no longer enough for students to simply memorize how to do something. They must demonstrate a deeper understanding and be able to explain the “why” behind the “how.”.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The method teaches children to read by providing training and direction instruction materials for teachers and individualized software instruction for students. Another challenge we solve in the classroom is that students need more individualized instruction than their K-3 teachers have time to provide.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

She invested $19 — the cost of hosting a website — and created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, in tables clearly organized by grade level and subject matter, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

When students fail a required high school course, they can retake a prepackaged version of it in a classroom or computer lab, clicking through screens and multiple choice questions to “recover” the credit. “I Journalists discovered cheating scandals and evidence of low-quality instructional materials. But there was a downside.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

And they found MidSchoolMath —much to the delight of Erica Wheeler, Lead Instructional Materials Coordinator for Santa Fe Public Schools. I'm excited to use it in a face-to-face classroom. Hansen Bergamini, El Dorado Community School How has MidSchoolMath helped you navigate instructional shifts during the pandemic?

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The decision came after the Florida Senate passed a bill that requires instructional materials to incorporate evidence-based strategies, including a phonics-based approach to acquiring literacy skills. Lucie Public Schools’ curriculum of every kindergarten through 2nd grade classroom, along with various 3rd grade classrooms.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 15, 2023

School districts are actively seeking ways to implement tutoring as one of the main classroom interventions to get student math scores back to where they need to be—perhaps even higher. When considering how to utilize and apply data, it should be used to inform decisions about curriculum at the district and state levels.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

Annual survey reveals digital resources such as game-based environments and online videos have experienced increased use in classrooms. Surveyed school principals (84 percent) said they believe effectively using technology as part of instruction is a key part of student success, but said there are barriers to meeting those expectations.

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