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The 2014 ASCD Annual Conference: There is Hope

Philly Teacher

Reflecting on a busy weekend of conversation and learning at this year’s annual ASCD conference in Los Angeles, a few bright spots stand out for me. These are the bright spots that make this year’s conference feel different than the last one I attended. Social Media and Connected Learning.

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3 Essentials for Success in a Blended [Literacy] Classroom

The Web20Classroom

The use of digital learning spaces has exploded in use in classrooms nearly everywhere. Through Learning Management Systems (LMS) many educators are moving to put content online and extend learning beyond the four walls and beyond the school day. Expert readers apply similar skills no matter what they are reading.

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Integration of Digital Badges to Acknowledge Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The platform has been designed so that its resources will help to prepare our educators to fully leverage the potential for mastering digital age skills embodied in the ISTE NETs Standards for Teachers , as well as the seamless integration of technology addressed in the Common Core Standards. ?After

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The 2014 ASCD Annual Conference: There is Hope

Philly Teacher

Reflecting on a busy weekend of conversation and learning at this year’s annual ASCD conference in Los Angeles, a few bright spots stand out for me. These are the bright spots that make this year’s conference feel different than the last one I attended. Social Media and Connected Learning.

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Merit Prep Sets Student Goals One Playlist at a Time

Edsurge

In Onyemaobi’s case, Spark generated a learning document that estimated how long it would take her to learn about body systems and helped her teacher develop a customized “playlist” of online and paper resources she could work on individually. LaNiece Primus, who teaches U.S.

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Methods: Tradition vs. Relevance

My Island View

As a person who attends many education conferences year round, I experience many lectures often in the form of Power Point presentations. Many of the educators in the system were not students within a digital age and have yet to come to a full understanding of it.

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McGraw-Hill Education launches free project-based literacy instruction

eSchool News

In an effort to reach all students with meaningful literacy instruction, McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, has launched SRA FLEX Literacy Projects Jumpstart, a free introduction to project-based literacy intervention for grades 3-12.