Flocabulary’s Raps Makes Common Core Learning ‘Fun and Accessible’
EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Frank Smith Each video includes a quick news review, a quiz and interactive lyrics to deepen and reinforce Common Core skills.
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EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Frank Smith Each video includes a quick news review, a quiz and interactive lyrics to deepen and reinforce Common Core skills.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 26, 2017
In response to extensive interest from readers, Ask a Tech Teacher will be offering four Summer Learning Certificate classes with 18-24 CEUs: June 19th through August 6th. To help you make your decision, I want to share the most common questions I’ve gotten regarding sign ups: Q: What is the cost to register? Is that available?
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Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 22, 2016
In response to extensive interest from readers, Ask a Tech Teacher will be offering four Summer Learning classes: 1 of 4 Certificate classes. It’s the sequel and lets you dig deeper into what you learned last year. For teachers: Common Core Webinars. Click Summer Learning. 1 of 4 Certificate classes.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 19, 2020
IKI features over 500 Common Core aligned math lessons. Two of my favorite sites for finding educational games, actives, worksheets, and more, has just recently made their sites free for educators/students during school closures. More info from their following press release.
The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 24, 2021
The time for financial literacy and real-world learning is now. Through interesting, relatable scenarios and real-life simulations around topics like financial literacy and social-emotional learning, teachers can easily bring the real world into their classrooms. Then they learn about sources of income and employment options.
Catlin Tucker
JULY 20, 2015
” I find myself emphasizing the importance of creating smaller learning communities within the context of the larger classroom. One strategy for a teacher interested in pursuing this approach come fall is experimenting with the Station Rotation Model–a blended learning model. Station Rotation Model.
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2021
Over the last year, he’s helped Khan Academy manage a three-fold user increase, has grown and developed an online program geared toward early learners, and launched a new peer-to-peer tutoring platform to keep students connected and learning during the pandemic. Everyone used to ask me, “What about early learning?”
Shake Up Learning
MARCH 8, 2022
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A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 31, 2016
Possibly one of the most important shifts needed in schools is to provide individualized and personalized learning experiences to students. Learning has fundamentally changed with the evolution of the Internet and other technologies that allow for ubiquitous access to information and knowledge.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 19, 2021
Mathew Felton-Koestler, known as “Mathy Matt” on his YouTube channel , makes videos for parents that explain why and how young kids are learning math these days. He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Credit: Michelle Majdoch.
Catlin Tucker
JULY 31, 2015
In my last post titled “ Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model ,” I provided a blended learning strategy that creates more time in the classroom for teachers to work individually with students. In one online learning station, students listen to books/stories with an audio recording.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 16, 2020
The suburban Seattle school is part of the Northshore School District, which closed earlier in March and has since paused its online learning program. (AP For others, it’s an even bigger catastrophe: they may not be able to afford proper meals for their children, much less the technology and connectivity needed for online learning.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 1, 2018
Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. Provide students with self-paced, student-driven learning. Things to know.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Walker, Teacher, writer at EduGeeksClub shares her impressions about the book: “The content of the book is essentially adapted for those who just start learning Google Classroom and for those who need to teach it to others.”. Who Owns the Learning?: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 30, 2019
What stands out for me is how popular education trends, from social-emotional learning to school discipline, aren’t standing up to scientific scrutiny. This study found that students in gifted classrooms are learning the same topics and curriculum as students in general education classes. school systems separate children by race.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 8, 2019
Mathletics is a captivating online learning space that provides students with all the tools needed to be successful math learners both in the classroom and beyond. There is also a section with math games for those who learn best by challenging themselves. Interactivate.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
But even the best guides on how to help students complete unfinished learning don’t have advice on how to help math students who are three years behind. First, let’s take a closer look at middle school learning loss. Indiana Learns provides qualifying families with scholarships up to $1,000. Students who need more time get it.
District Administration
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Keys to using virtual and online resources to provide new opportunities for learning District Administration Custom Publishing Group District Administration, December 2015 Virtual learning can offer a variety of benefits to districts as well as students.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 17, 2021
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Lessons meet Common Core and Next Generation Science standards, according to Larson. Subscribe today!
Marketplace K-12
MARCH 23, 2015
Fewer than 30 percent of K-12 school technology officials believe their districts are ready for online testing, according to the Consortium for School Networking. Online Learning Assessment Common Core assessment testing'
Marketplace K-12
JANUARY 27, 2015
Tim Kelly, who is credited with leading the society''s transition into digital media, is helping to launch a game-based learning platform, according to an SEC filing. Assessment Common Core Ed-tech Fundraising Online Learning educationaltechnology entrepreneur venturecapital'
Marketplace K-12
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
Assessment Common Core For-Profit Education Online Learning assessment commoncore testing' Despite the claims of critics of testing, states'' spending on assessment is a small fraction of overall K-12 budgets, a researcher concludes.
Marketplace K-12
MARCH 23, 2015
Assessment Common Core E-rate Ed-tech Online Learning ltlf assessment testing' Delisle, a top official at the U.S. Department of Education, said amid a growing anti-testing backlash, state and local officials need to evaluate how their assessments are used.
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Where it used to be sufficient to teach students how to thrive in their home country, that falls woefully short in a world where the internet reaches everyone, anywhere, where geopolitical borders have little effect on international activities, where the customs and culture of a country have a significant impact on student learning.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Often that involved thinking differently about how, when and where teaching and learning actually occur. Opportunities for online learning.
eSchool News
APRIL 20, 2021
April 20, 2021 – After a rigorous evaluation, the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) has added CoderZ to its online list of professional learning programs. The CoderZ professional development program introduces instructors to the concepts of teaching computer science and computational thinking using an online tool.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Personalized learning lets Champlain Valley Union High School sophomore Bella Curtis study toward a certificate in horse management. New ways of teaching and learning are needed to make sure students prove they’ve mastered topics before earning a diploma, they say. Photo: Austin Haeberle. NASHVILLE, Tenn. –
The Hechinger Report
MAY 26, 2020
We hadn’t even gotten to the tape diagrams and “quick tens” she had to master for her Common Core math lesson yet. They were listing some of the silver linings that have come with the shift to remote learning in the wake of coronavirus. It was fun to peek into exactly what they’d be learning in school. I’m an editor.
Digital Promise
APRIL 7, 2015
Below you can see the responses that best highlight what we’ve learned from ed-tech developers so far. Mindprint Learning • myON • Remind • Sokikom • Zulama. Mindprint Learning provides a cognitive assessment developed for children that can be administered online. How do you use research?
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 1, 2014
The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 1st A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. Andrew Carnegie The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Learn more at www.geo-education.org.
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
A venture capital firm backed in part by retired NBA basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is making its first-ever education investment in an online tutoring company for Chinese children who want to learn English. VIPKID, also founded in 2013, provides online home English tutoring to children ages 5 to 12 in China using virtual classrooms.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 13, 2018
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. . Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.
The 21st Century Principal
JUNE 20, 2013
These offerings let educators take professional learning into their hands by selecting desired areas for growth and immersing themselves in targeted learning at their own pace. educators implementing the Common Core State Standards in both mathematics and literacy. Nothing better than Free!
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 12, 2018
The Greenfield model uses some rather commonplace strategies, such as integrating online learning, small-group instruction and greater parental and community involvement. Where the model pushes boundaries is in the addition of learning experiences called “expeditions.” Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 1, 2018
Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. Is sameness the key to equal opportunity?
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 20, 2012
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 All sessions will be publicly available to attend through the online Blackboard Collaborate platform, and every session will be recorded and made available immediately following the conference.
Technology Tidbits
JULY 8, 2018
iPracticeMath is a wonderful FREE (Common Core aligned) site for Math grades K-12. Finally, w/ Ten Marks shutting down and school out for Summer, parents can use this to stop summer learning loss or use for online learning and homeschooling. Also, iPracticeMath covers a wide variety of Math problems.
eSchool News
JULY 27, 2016
School leaders are expected to help their teachers use current technology to enhance learning, but at the same time, they must keep on top of future technologies that might soon impact teaching and learning. zSpace, Inc.
Edsurge
AUGUST 16, 2018
Cali Morrison added: “I define CBE as personalized pace, mastery-based learning where students demonstrate mastery through authentic assessment and progress as they learn rather than after a set amount of time.”. Not everyone in the #DLNchat community was as enthusiastic about the potential of adaptive learning for CBE.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 21, 2014
The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 21st, 2014 In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions.
eSchool News
JUNE 8, 2015
As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. Every student is unique and learns differently. Gooru’s resources are contributed by credible online sources and educators from over 60 public school districts.
Gaggle Speaks
MAY 6, 2015
The Gaggle webcast also reminded attendees of the importance of creating a safe online learning environment for students when using Google Apps for Education. Topics discussed included removing obstacles, overcoming safety risks, ways to incorporate GAFE into your curriculum, ideas to help meet Common Core Standards and much more.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 19, 2017
This is a list of kids I need to check in with, maybe because they’re learning the English language, or because I’ve observed something where they need a little more help,” Kaswell said. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning. Some kids can push ahead if they’re ready.
eSchool News
AUGUST 26, 2015
Hobsons has launched Naviance Test Prep, a new online learning platform that is intended to make test prep engaging and personalized for students. The new solution uses game-based mechanics to deliver content from leading publishers, including McGraw Hill, Allen Prep, Cengage Learning, and MasteryPrep.
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