Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Get the right people in the room to start, and consider who will be involved over time This sounds simple, but spending time thinking about the type of team you want involved at the outset of your personalized learning vision-setting is critical. The vision in its day-to-day form?

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How To Personalized Learning Education Elements Differentiated Instruction 70

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Our team has interviewed and observed hundreds of teachers from across the country to learn where technology is falling short in their classrooms and where teachers need additional support to take their instructional practice to the next level. Teachers in Georgia told us about the challenges they face making cross curricular connections.

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EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 144

Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. So do most ed-tech companies. Click here to share it.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In one back room at Skyline High School, you can learn all you need to know about St. After the Denver Zoo’s James Garcia, who had been seeking a way to help Peruvian scientists save the frogs, saw students present a robot they had built at a local workshop, he asked if they could construct an underwater model.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” ” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. Why do people love to be told about “trends”?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

In Boston, an all-day training in a high school gym attracted about 100 educators for instruction in yoga, meditation and mindfulness, part of a 200-hour training offered on weekends by a company called Breathe For Change. About 28 percent of teachers are “chronically absent” (more than 10 school days a year).

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2017

Every year thousands of educators gather for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference eager to learn about the newest features in favorite apps and to glean ideas from one another about how to effectively teach in new ways. They’re told go to this workshop.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Peer-to-peer video comments are changing how one district’s teachers think about their practice. Department of Education to be “Future Ready,” the integration of video coaching is an extension of our pledge to empower educators through personalized learning. As one of nine exemplar districts designated by the U.S.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. .”

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Meanwhile, the schools that shared their ideas focused on student-centered learning and models that honor the differences in students and “think about personalized learning beyond just technology.” Employers on the platform, meanwhile, get to learn about the potential of their current employees.

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Personalized Learning Learning Company Policies 115

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. She has published articles in Educational Leadership, The Learning Professional, and Phi Delta Kappan.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Other programs provide a standalone workshop or course about education technology. In fact, there are so many digital tools, apps, and online learning resources being shared, some educators are feeling overwhelmed. They might also have their location data and IP address tracked without their knowledge.

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Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 209

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2017

Moodle got its start years ago as a method to organize blended learning and online classes. Now, it provides over 90 million educators, administrators, and learners in over 200 countries with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalized learning environments. How to get started. Need an LMS next year?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. MESA, Ariz.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 120

Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. And I was like, it was a fly on the wall.

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Professional Learning Video Learning Examples 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

For example, alongside content creation technologies are the emergence of digital marketplaces where creators can sell their work. I treated my classroom like a business by investing in long-term purchases, I made an investment in my company.”. They might sell some content they created, write a book, or build an app, for example.

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Gamification How To Education Game-Based Learning 104

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academics, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. Mastery folks don’t understand the fundamentals of what learning is about.”.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The district also holds several events inviting staff to learn about technology tools and strategies for the classroom. Alvarez is the Early Learning Director for Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD), a few miles from the U.S./Mexico The company was sold to Jostens, Inc. Mexico border.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. But we don’t think much about them, quite honestly,” said James Murray, Waukesha’s principal. We take the tests.

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Our team has interviewed and observed hundreds of teachers from across the country to learn where technology is falling short in their classrooms and where teachers need additional support to take their instructional practice to the next level. Teachers in Georgia told us about the challenges they face making cross curricular connections.

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EdTech Academic Standards Chromebook Analysis 52

eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Our team has interviewed and observed hundreds of teachers from across the country to learn where technology is falling short in their classrooms and where teachers need additional support to take their instructional practice to the next level. Teachers in Georgia told us about the challenges they face making cross curricular connections.

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EdTech Academic Standards Chromebook Analysis 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

If you have never presented before, and are doing things your colleagues would benefit from knowing about, we invite you to expand your horizons in this amazing way. Karen is passionate about building community and creating opportunities for people to collaborate and communicate. More information in presenting HERE. Please join us!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

.” São Paulo has approved a bill that would allow companies to manufacture school uniforms and sell branding and sponsorship opportunities on the clothing. ” The city uses algorithms, for example, to place students in public schools. ” “Personalized learning,” I believe Zuck calls this.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

is often ignored in conversations about U.S. Yet experts say it is the canary in the coal mine that other districts could learn from as they grapple with the effects of climate change on learning, health and infrastructure. Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Its residents are U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

I thought for a good long while about how best to summarize this decade, and inspired by the folks at The Verge , who published a list of “ The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech ,” I decided to do something similar: chronicle for you a decade of ed-tech failures and f**k-ups and flawed ideas. Good for you.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

President Obama was introduced Wednesday night, for example, by Sharon Belkofer, a member of the Rossford, Ohio school board. Solocron Education LLC , a company whose entire ‘education’ business is filing lawsuits, owns U.S. 6,263,439, titled ‘Verification system for non-traditional learning operations.’

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Elsewhere in irony, WaPo’s Valerie Strauss writes about “The deep irony in Betsy DeVos ’s first speech on special education.” ” The curriculum company Great Minds is appealing a lawsuit in which it claimed that FedEx had violated the “open” in its open educational resources by making copies.

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