Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books !

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. Twitter Chats, webinars, MOOCs, online courses, online conferences, virtual events, livestreams, Edcamps, Facebook groups, #Hashtags.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 1, 2016

Many school leaders and education professionals tout personalized learning as the future of learning. Step 2: Prepare Your Learning Formats. The beauty of bringing personalized learning into your classroom is that you can use a variety of methods to engage students. Step 3: Solicit Feedback.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

The best advice I can provide is to understand that making teachers go through the motions like it is a typical school day might not be the best course of action. So many resources are being shared daily on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Adjustments are continually being made, and schedules are always in flux.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 21, 2019

The thought of a machine capable of learning is indeed scary. You may remember some headlines a while ago about Facebook shutting down its AI program after it has invented its own language. I’m talking, of course, about how natural an action is for us to use an ATM to get our money nowadays. Adaptive learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. David Robb, Supervisor of Office of Innovative Learning Projects, BCPS Impact and Lessons Learned.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Gisela Quiñones in Indiana has been home-schooling her two children for years and runs a Facebook group for Latino families who home-school. Over the course of the pandemic, “the group pretty much exploded nationally,” said Quiñones, mother of a 10- and a 12-year-old. They’re average.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

.” Those who enroll in Ancora High School will complete their coursework 100% online via McGraw Hill Connect® and McGraw Hill ALEKS®, two powerful courseware platforms that deliver personalized learning experiences and allow students to learn at their own pace. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

You may wonder how I connected groundhogs with 21st Century Learning. It wasn’t easy, but after I found out that Punxsutawney Phil had a Facebook account, I couldn’t resist contacting him. I do have a link to his Facebook below in my closing. Thanks for joining me for another reflective look at 21st Century Learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Now more than ever, students need access to the tools and resources that can help them succeed in their college courses – and for many current and rising college students, ALEKS MathReady is precisely the tool that they need,” said Kathleen McMahon, VP of Portfolio Management for Science, Engineering & Mathematics at McGraw Hill.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 28, 2019

Google and Facebook are paradigmatic here, and Zuboff argues that the former was instrumental in discovering the value of behavioral surplus when it began, circa 2003, using user data to fine-tune ad targeting and to make predictions about which ads users would click on.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In our first installment of this podcast series last month, I shared the scene from a digital media course where I saw students watching sports highlights on YouTube during a lecture, shopping for beds on Facebook marketplace and playing video games on their iPhones as the professor did his thing on stage. And surveys back that up.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The district’s purchase also includes Lexia Academy, the company’s eLearning platform offering on-demand professional learning courses. Newark educators have embraced courses on topics like Structured Literacy, remote teaching strategies, and effective reading instruction for students with dyslexia. “We

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is just a quick posting to share a session on building your own Personal Learning Network, that I did for teachers in British Council Bilbao recently (25th September 2010). link] I'm on Facebook too and am in the process of creating a page for people interested in learning technology in ELT.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Edwin’s target market was overseas, and to date it claims that 800,000 students across Latin America, Japan and Korea have practiced English with its chatbot, which is available through Facebook Messenger. In 2018, the company tried to expand its offering by creating and selling English courses.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Of course, it also helps reduce the attainment gap and ensures students are prepared for the next grade. SplashLearn, creates engaging learning experiences built to transform children into fearless learners. In 2020, SplashLearn also launched an online tutoring program that offers affordable personalized classes for K-5.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

When teachers rely on tools from Google and Facebook just to keep up with students, it’s a “ race to the bottom ,” says Tristan Harris, who heads the Center for Humane Technology. More Popular Than Gmail, Facebook and Instagram: The Education App That Hit #1 on the iOS Chart. Without a University Involved.).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2017

Summit Public Schools – widely known for its partnership with Facebook to develop a flexible academic program that allows teachers and students to work on custom-fit lessons at their own pace – will soon begin certifying teachers. It’s being branded as the nation’s first teacher residency focused on personalized learning.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In June of 2021, I thought about how I could best support educators with their personal and professional goals and the intersection of the two. I decided to throw an email out and see if anyone was interested in being a part of this community, which led to the “Health, Habits, and Mindset” Facebook group.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

Moe is best known as the co-founder of GSV, a constellation of investment, advisory, banking and educational services that’s backed some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Facebook. He’s also backed Coursera and Course Hero, two privately held edtech companies that are each valued at more than $1 billion.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Florida Funders Invests In ChalkTalk, Personalized Learning Program for Real-Time Instruction, Designed to Shape The Future of Teaching & Training. Using results from a student placement test, ChalkTalk’s machine-learning software generates a standards-aligned curriculum customized to fit within existing class schedules.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 18, 2012

As I reflect on my continuous evolution as an educational leader I am constantly amazed at how things have changed over the course of three years. As I became active on Twitter members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) began to suggest that I start a blog.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

You may wonder how I connected groundhogs with 21st Century Learning. It wasn’t easy, but after I found out that Punxsutawney Phil had a Facebook account, I couldn’t resist contacting him. I do have a link to his Facebook below in my closing. Thanks for joining me for another reflective look at 21st Century Learning.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2020

But with the coronavirus pandemic disrupting more traditional professional learning opportunities like in-person conferences and workshops, it's time for you to chart your own course. Fortunately, there are plenty of informal ways to learn and grow professionally on your own.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2021

LETRS is designed to fill the language structure and language development gaps left by many teacher-preparation courses,” said Gaehde. “We About Lexia Learning. Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is the structured literacy expert. About Cambium Learning Group.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 14, 2010

As I reflect on my continuous evolution as an educational leader I am constantly amazed at how things have changed over the course of a year and a half. As I became active on Twitter members of my PLN (Personal Learning Network) began to suggest that I start a blog.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

And what kind of impact data should they be tracking over the course of a season? Using half of the funds, the Texas Education Agency contracted with OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University, to write textbooks for several popular high school STEM courses. They need technology to collect and analyze the data. Powered by Pinboard.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

With personalized learning at the forefront of many school initiatives, the use of learning management systems has become a hot commodity among schools. With so many choices on where to build your digital classroom, the questions often arise: “Why do I need a learning management system? And which one do I choose?”.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Now it depends on how you define CPD, but for me it is the personal learning you require to sustain, enhance and extend your own capabilities within your professional practice. This learning can come in many forms. All of my learning right now, at this stage of my career, is self determined. Unported License.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 23, 2019

Lindsey spreads her love of learning as the Personalized Learning Environments Program Manager for San Francisco Unified School District. She reimagines learning through empowering teachers and administrators as designers of flexible learning environments that leverage technology to personalize instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Is technology necessary to personalize learning? But even the best online program is not a panacea, of course. The Education SuperHighway , a nonprofit organization with major funding from the founder of Facebook, has build a database intended to help schools compare costs with other districts.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 22, 2010

Change: We can no longer settle for learning environments that are stagnant, students are not challenged to be creative, critical thinkers, and free technology is blocked as a result of misinformation and/or philosophical differences. Of course you can. Innovation : This ties into the change process.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

During my early years of blogging I always posted each post to my personal Facebook page and emailed my parents a live link. Money Matters – My dad was all over me even as a young adult about creating a personal budget in order to manage my finances. In my opinion this was one of my strengths. I could go on and on.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

If you spend hours flipping through albums at the local record shop for fun, I suggest you check out Pinterest for Teachers or Facebook for Educators ; the variety of quotes and visuals is infinite. There are, of course, more formal options available. Personalized Learning Through Gaming. Please leave a Comment below.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 18, 2014

When I speak to groups, I often talk about how I use Twitter as my main source of rich professional development and as a transformational PLN builder (Personal Learning Network). I don''t use Facebook personally or professionally at all. Read Dear Facebook , We Need to Talk. Geekery & Zombies, Oh My!

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