Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Highlights include how to create a positive school culture around testing, the best ways to partner with parents and suggestions for utilizing available funding. Study Island New Game-Based Group Sessions. Test-taking is a skill; small reminders on how to correctly take a test can improve scores dramatically.

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Edmentum Common Core Assessment Study 140

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

Teach Writing with Tech (closed–only open for groups of five). 20 Webtools in 20 Days (for groups interested in learning webtools from the Structured Learning curriculum ). You’ll have a bunch of tech ed skills you can now say ‘I know how to do that’ Like TwitterChats. Tech-infused Class.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Learning 152

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

You’ll have a bunch of tech ed skills you can now say ‘I know how to do that’ Like TwitterChats. Is the course content theory or teaching how to teach? Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics. Webinars—experiencing how webinars and Google Hangouts are used in teaching.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

Lesson plans serve as a teacher guideline for what students will learn, why they are learning a skill and how they will learn it and demonstrate their proficiency. The first step to planning an effective lesson is to decide what skill you will teach using the Common Core or state standards specific to your content area and grade level.

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Hapara Examples Assessment Common Core 144

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

You’ll have a bunch of tech ed skills you can now say ‘I know how to do that’ Like TweetUps. Is the course content theory or teaching how to teach? Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics. Webinars—experiencing how webinars and Google Hangouts are used in teaching.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

MindShift

APRIL 17, 2018

Additionally, t he Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards specifically focus on oral presentations. Oral presentations can take many different forms in the ELL classroom—ranging from students briefly presenting their learning in small groups to creating a multi-slide presentation for the whole class.

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How To Guidelines Common Core Examples 46

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

—As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. Teachers and parents around the country have questioned whether any “cookie cutter” test can capture how much an individual student knows.

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Common Core Assessment Report Groups 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

Either way, it is important for all edtech entrepreneurs, especially those who develop instructional technology for use by teachers and students in the K-12 grades, to understand how to position their products for maximum sales success. How do your customers see you? Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.”).

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Technology How To Education Software 60

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While Google Classroom and its accompanying suite of tools is immensely popular in education -- especially at the secondary level -- Seesaw is a fast-growing and user-friendly digital platform for teachers to assign work, engage with students, and provide feedback, among other classroom activities.

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

He’s not going to be up in front of people talking about [how] we’re going to charge together. He knows how to engage people, bring people to the table, knowing you can’t solve any of these complex problems singularly. He’s more collaborative. That’ll be his main theme.”. “He The other co-chair was then-Sen.

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Education Elementary Common Core System 120

Saving Socrates

JANUARY 30, 2014

While we have had certain obstacles, teachers are beginning to feel more secure in how to implement this approach and students are becoming more accustomed to the methods it entails. However, there remain a lingering question, how will be we know if it is really effective? It can help drive instruction in all common core based areas.

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Blended Learning Assessment Tools Common Core 59

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

The idea is a holdover from the Soviet era and one that the country intends to keep even as it continues to grapple with how to modernize its schools and further shrink the already small achievement gaps among its students. And students still take a common set of courses that makes sure students have basic skills in all subjects.

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Secondary System Survey Study 0

Reading By Example

DECEMBER 24, 2015

For two years, we received training in how to teach a variety of text features as readers and writers, such as topic sentences, supporting details, and transitions. The Common Core State Standards were a primary focus. We blame the Common Core, the government, or accountability to the public. Structure and Style.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Secondary 28

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

About two years ago Houston Independent School District , with its 283 schools and 215,000 students, went in search of an LMS that would help teachers create and use coursework that was both digital and aligned to Texas state standards (Texas pointedly does not use the Common Core). Build it and they will come.

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LMS Khan Academy Blackboard Moodle 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

A few weeks back, EdSurge published a podcast interview with education consultant and commentator Alan November, and Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District Mike Dorsey, after chatting with the two education experts at ISTE. That is not how to solve this problem.

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Company EdTech Khan Academy Industry 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. The book packaged the ideas he’d developed during his time in the Blair Administration and at McKinsey & Company on how to successfully manage policy reform efforts. Altius Education. And I’d never gotten my Ph.D.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2011

If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you''ll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups! Session will also include a brief how-to on Google+ and a brainstorming activity of ways to implement Google+ with students. Thanks for your attention, and see you online!

Blackboard 48

Blackboard MOOC Digital Citizenship Secondary 48

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

They’re employees of the nonprofit Measured Progress and they care deeply about how the tests can help a state or a school district measure long-term trends and improve education. Measured Progress, the group responsible for creating MCAS, holds thousands of tests waiting to be scored in its warehouse. Sarah Butrymowicz. “We

Common Core 40

Common Core Assessment Data Secondary 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Elly Eckhoff listened intently as a group of veteran teachers listed what they think rookie teachers need before entering the classroom: more time student teaching and more training in how to communicate with colleagues, parents and students themselves. Photo: Peggy Barmore. COLUMBIA, Mo. And then she spoke. Photo: Peggy Barmore.

Classroom 40

Classroom Training Policies Survey 40

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2015

Some parents and educators have encouraged families to “opt out” of tests , such as those related to the Common Core State Standards, as a way to protest these practices and the effects they are having on children , families and communities. Moreover, “constant ranking and sorting” creates stress and makes students less confident.

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Assessment Learning Common Core Comparison 28

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

Rather, most large-group instruction or reader-workshop mini-lessons involve small bits of text, typically no more than a few paragraphs. How can you possibly develop comprehension ability of a text this way? How can you possibly develop comprehension ability of a text this way? Such bits of learning can lead to absurd lessons.

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Strategy Secondary Analysis Common Core 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

Rather, most large-group instruction or reader-workshop mini-lessons involve small bits of text, typically no more than a few paragraphs. How can you possibly develop comprehension ability of a text this way? How can you possibly develop comprehension ability of a text this way? Such bits of learning can lead to absurd lessons.

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Strategy Secondary Analysis Common Core 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. .” Dale Dougherty returned as the CEO of Maker Media, following layoffs there.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Learn more about our MiniCon events and how to sign up for these fun presentation opportunities here. Common Core Camp in UAE , The camps will introduce American curriculum schools, leaders and educators in the UAE who are new to the Common Core Standards. . Follow #RSCON5 for updates. Learn more here.

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Presenters - Please Check Your Instructions Presenters: make sure you have joined the presenter group on the site, that you have read carefully the instructions there and in the emails that have been sent to you, and that you have taken or watched the training (critical). Barrios, Ed.D.; Reuben Thiessen, CTO Let’s Teach The World!

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Conference Education Case Study Blackboard 44

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Teachers in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, use a curriculum that mixes teacher-directed whole-class phonics lessons with small-group activities. ” Related: How to help struggling young readers. Kids must be explicitly taught how to connect sounds with letters — phonics. Emily Hanford | APM Reports.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112