Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

Because learning is student-driven rather than teacher-driven, learner-paced rather than unit-paced, technology is critical to the rollout of this approach. That means not only digital devices but infrastructure and teacher training. What is Standards-based Grading? Visible Learning and John Hattie. What is MBL.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. And just as universities haven’t been ‘job training facilities,’ more immediately, neither has K-12. An example?

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

It also comes at a moment when digital technology has prompted many people to question longstanding practices about when , where and how learning and work should get done. There is a clear business case for how skills-based training could help companies, Sevak says.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

They offer comprehensive visa support, particularly for Optional Practical Training (OPT) opportunities, which have increased in importance as the H1B route has become more competitive. The program is also opening a new training center to provide English language instruction to non-native speakers and language learners.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In fact, we should use this technology to our advantage and add more ways that teachers and parents can work together face-to-face in helping every student succeed. Offer training or resource sessions. Using technology to distribute information and maximize face-to-face time can help foster strong relationships. Absolutely not!

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

But were entities to emerge that paired online learning, with its flexibility and competency-based learning attributes, with place-based clinical experiences that trained students to practice law in a more affordable and practice-oriented fashion, the pressure on law schools would only increase.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

As educators reflect on the disruptions of the past two academic years, they’re increasingly gravitating toward the kind of personalized, “move on when you’re ready” learning being practiced at Parker-Varney. The pandemic really changed the policy conversation to more systemic shifts.”. The response? They want to help,” said Espinola.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

The “Great Dome” on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is hosting an experimental program to recruit physicists, engineers, chemists, linguists, biologists, neuroscientists and other experts and train them to be primary and secondary school teachers. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve been able to see firsthand how school leaders are implementing exciting innovations that are accelerating high quality teaching and learning—things such as Open Education Resources (OER) , repurposing their spaces , completely overhauling how they assess a child’s growth by shifting to a competency-based learning model , among other things.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

No one wants to feel like a cog in the wheel, especially not when it comes to something as personal as learning. EdSurge: I wanted to talk about your Humanizing Online Learning training course. Related: Higher Ed’s Technology Blind Spot: a Response to Sherry Turkle. To me, that's not what learning is about.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws. All of our classrooms are learning labs now. It's not mine.

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Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We can only expect whatever technology we have to advance rapidly and everything changes with it. We are not sure what skills or knowledge might prove relevant and what jobs, opportunities, and system will be outdated as AI, VR, and many other technologies becomes mainstream. It’s a win-win-win.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Every year for the past 15 years the New Media Consortium and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) have been taking the pulse of where education technology stands among K-12 educators. Trends affecting the adoption of technology in schools. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition). CHALLENGES.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems. Arts Street : uses up-to-date arts and technology education to engage low-income youth, expand their career possibilities and nurture leadership.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

We enrolled in the fellowship program, which began with a one-week training in the summer of 2019, put on by the nonprofit that developed the model, and extended into coaching throughout the current school year. It turned out that our sixth-grade English and science classes thrived under the model.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. She says students must learn the process for problem solving, which requires more time asking questions before jumping to solutions. ” Challenge 3: Fostering deeper learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”. Free online training will be offered to familiarize Activate users with Gooru. Around the country, schools using this approach are documenting student success.

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MindShift

JANUARY 18, 2018

And by putting other talents first, it’s also a closely watched reversal of the conventional approach to training them. “We This gives them experience with a process, known as competency-based learning, that a growing number of primary and secondary schools where they’ll eventually teach are beginning to adopt.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Through examinations of classroom surveys such as Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up , the Flipped Learning Global Initiative estimates that around 16 percent of U.S. teachers are currently flipping their teaching, and 35 percent would like training on the subject; 46 percent of principals want new teachers who know how to flip a classroom.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The learning model Dr. Martin presented is known as Competency-Based Learning, and one key aspect is that learners “articulate” their own progress toward competencies. This started with the campus leaders and included book studies and regional trainings with campus teams. Kimberly Hatten, Ed.D.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

The event was hosted by Phill Bevan, Community Advisor at VETR , a digital learning community for the Australian vocational education and training sector. Phill and Graham had a wonderful conversation on the topic of e-learning and explored six key digital learning trends that are reshaping the EdTech landscape.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

When school leadership made this announcement in August during our staff training, I immediately felt overwhelmed and confused. My experience has taught me to believe that it is possible for technology to ease administrative burdens and increase the quality of interactions between teachers and students. You’ve got time to plan ahead.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

Related: Organic adoption of one technology leads to a seamless way to blend others. Student learner pathways are customized based on students’ strengths, weaknesses and goals; and learning experiences vary. Related: School leaders say they need more practical training in education technology.

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MindShift

MARCH 25, 2015

Three main ways schools are attempting this work are through technology use, an emphasis on personalizing learning and moving toward a mastery-based or competency-based evaluation system. She doesn’t believe that it works to rely exclusively on technology to help students catch up. LEADERSHIP.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Over the last decade, he has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and global competencies to audiences in over 30 countries. in Education Technology program at Long Island University. Many Thanks to Our Sponsors At Participate , we believe learning has no limits.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2018

So here are eight ed-tech organizations every teachers should know about: ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). Structure: Membership-based. ISTE describes itself as a community of educators passionate about technology. ITEEA (International Technology and Engineering Educators Association). Level: K12.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2016

Competency-based learning has received widespread recognition as a way to better align higher education to careers. On higher ed’s biggest weakness: Philosophy is probably the single most important major any institution can offer in terms of intellectual training. …

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2018

Lucie Public Schools has worked tirelessly to add augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology to his CTE classes over the past 12 months. EdSurge chatted with Carbenia, who shared tips on selecting, implementing and funding the technology—along with a deeply relevant lesson he learned from his family.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

APRIL 3, 2016

Lately I have been thinking about how flipped learning, mastery learning, and competency based learning (CBL) intersect. I believe that implementing a Flipped Mastery approach is a practical way to personalize learning for each kid. Ara was reading a book about learning and we struck up a conversation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

We talked at NNSTOY about training that inspires and helps teachers change. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. Smoke” talks about what makes excellent professional development.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Mastery-based learning, also known as proficiency-based or competency-based learning, is taking hold across the country. The students at M.S. Photo: Kyle Spencer. Several factors are driving this shift.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Over the last decade, he has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and global competencies to audiences in over 30 countries. in Education Technology program at Long Island University. Many Thanks to Our Sponsors At Participate , we believe learning has no limits.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Rando noticed when his daughter, Olivia, a middle school student and a black belt in karate, enrolled in VLACS to accommodate training and competition. To do competency-based education at scale you need to use technology,” she said. That level of teacher communication was the biggest difference A.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

At the Air Force Institute of Technology, for instance, when some courses shifted to a CBE model, some instructors chose not to stick around to make the change. Illinois, meanwhile, is setting up a statewide CBE effort to train early-childhood educators. “We're continually revising policy. And faculty are not always sold.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In “ Shift Happens ,” released last week, Jamai Blivin, CEO of Innovate +Educate and Whiteboard Advisors’ Ben Wallerstein, explain how the learning-to-employment landscape is challenging historic models of higher education, training and hiring.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Perhaps the disappearance (and reported murder) of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t seem like an education technology story. The Business of Job Training. National) Education Politics. But it matters.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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