A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

New Milford High School proudly joined 37 states, 15,000 teachers, and over 2 million students on February 1 for the inaugural Digital Learning Day. This day, however, was not really much different than any other day at NMHS as we have made a commitment to integrate digital learning into school culture for some time now.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

This year, as more classrooms are open for students, teachers are reflecting on their experiences from a full year of completely digital learning and asking themselves how they can blend what they have learned in the digital world with the new opportunities that they have available to them in their physical worlds.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

Those were just a couple of the questions raised on Tuesday, February 27 when the #DLNchat community got together to discuss: What Is the Role of Libraries in Digital Learning Innovation? Curation is key,” tweeted Trish Briere, “but some good education on digital rights is also very helpful.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Teachers must meet the challenge of creating engaging instructional resources to support personalized learning, develop lessons to spark student curiosity, and facilitate opportunities for collaboration. I am often asked for my favorite edtech tools to save time.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Today we celebrate Digital Learning Day across the country by taking time to highlight the impact of technology on teaching and learning. . Any educator will tell you digital learning includes: Frozen screens. No, and definitely not at first. Definitely. My appreciation for digital learning took time.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Shari Eberts, a hearing health advocate and speaker, offers guidance through these definitions: Diversity is the presence of differences that may include race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, language, (dis)ability, age, religious commitment or political perspective.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 1, 2018

February 22, 2018, marked the seventh annual Digital Learning Day. Digital Learning Day celebrates the use of technology and innovative practices in student learning. Many teachers, myself included, incorporate digital learning strategies on a regular basis. The post Digital Learning Day?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 14, 2020

I would definitely recommend this conference to any educator in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education. If you enjoy these resources, then take one of my fully accredited continuing education and graduate online courses or check out my latest book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies with EdTech Missions !

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Read Write Think walks students through the definition of a timeline and creating their own. Myhistro is a web tool and iOS app for creating a digital timeline with text, video and pictures. Tiki-Toki is a web tool for creating beautifully animated 3D timelines with images, text, and colorful backgrounds. Embed on a website.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2021

There were definitely excellent practices taking place in classrooms across the globe. They offer a suite of tools for differentiation, promoting digital citizenship, establishing productive workflows, providing feedback, and allowing learners to work at their own pace. Now don't get me wrong. All of that has changed in many schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

While the fears of cheating have definitely been legitimate, have you actually tried writing an essay using just AI? Just as the internet revolutionized education, AI will be the next game-changer.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2015

Annual survey finds that students say digital learning supports self-directed learning and collaboration. “There isn’t one recipe for implementing digital learning, particularly personalized learning.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 22, 2022

More higher education institutions have now recognized the need for hybrid learning options. While the hybrid class definition might vary with the institute, the framework remains by and large the same. What is hybrid learning, and how does it work? Hybrid learning is […].

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 14, 2020

I would definitely recommend this conference to any educator in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education. If you enjoy these resources, then take one of my fully accredited continuing education and graduate online courses or check out my latest book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies with EdTech Missions !

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Read Write Think walks students through the definition of a timeline and creating their own. Myhistro is a web tool and iOS app for creating a digital timeline with text, video and pictures. Tiki-Toki is a web tool for creating beautifully animated 3D timelines with images, text, and colorful backgrounds. Embed on a website.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2022

It predicts that, “at those institutions with stated political allegiances, the idyllic vision of a university classroom alive with free thought and open debate will give way to classrooms with constrained discussions and narrow definitions of what counts as legitimate knowledge and truth.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This use of AI at school will impact how students learn and use their creativity as innovation, which will be increasingly necessary in the future as even higher-order thinking skills become standard. We must evolve our definitions of creativity to higher orders to stay relevant, including successfully using AI in and out of the classroom.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2018

What are the best ways to support and structure digital learning? One text described it as looking into institutional return on investment (ROI) for digital learning. Adaptive learning and open education resources – the report approves of them in principle, but finds sample sizes too small at the present.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

For example, in a digital text, teachers can hyperlink to dictionary definitions, images, diagrams, or animations to aid comprehension. Learning is a complex process in which learners take information and turn it into knowledge they can use when making decisions or approaching new and novel situations or tasks. Comprehension.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Read Write Think walks students through the definition of a timeline and creating their own. The following free web tools will help learners design multimedia timelines. Create Timelines.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Our learners need to learn how to argue more intelligently, which is why in my book, Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions , students are sent on the mission to engage in a thought-provoking online debate with their peers. Then the groups exchanged their expertise with the other groups who took notes.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Frustration in the classroom by learning a difficult topic is the same in a video game when a player is trying to complete a difficult level. The difference is that the player knows that after completion, there is a reward, but the same is not true when attempting to master the limit definition of a derivative.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2020

According to LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher at the Learning Counsel, “When we’re talking about social distancing, we’re normally talking to schools who are now moving into a hybrid mode. That has many different definitions. It […].

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2024

Today’s education leaders have unprecedented access to edtech products, but there’s no clear way to determine a product’s quality or effectiveness for learning. How can decision-makers know if a product meets learning standards and drives student achievement without a shared definition of what makes a product usable, valuable and effective?

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2020

E-learning has now become the primary source of instruction — but this is new territory for a number of teachers. The sudden pivot to digital learning has thrown the education system into flux. Here are seven tips for making the digital teaching experience more fruitful for everyone involved: 1. Communicate often.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Thirty years after the World Wide Web provided a gateway for the world to access information, connect, and learn, we are still facing a digital divide that has contributed to a continually expanding digital learning gap. Why hasn’t innovation in teaching and learning cascaded to underserved populations?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If traditional teaching methods reliant on textbooks, lecture, and rote memorization have proven anything, it’s that one size definitely does not fit all. The lesson for educators is clear: to truly connect with our students, we must diversify our teaching methods and keep the learning experience fresh.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 26, 2020

The map was created with a template provided by Amanda Sandoval ( @HistorySandavol ), who I definitely recommend following, because she shares so many amazing free Google Slides templates. My teachers were so awesome to send me their Bitmojis to include. In the original I added their names. Bitmoji Virtual Field Trip Template and Resources.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

In addition, members of Verizon Innovative Learning schools Connection can access a variety of resources for all roles across the initiative. “I I think this will be a great way to centralize the information for our staff,” said Jenni Sherrill, digital learning coach at R.M. Marrs Magnet Center in Omaha, Nebraska. “I

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Also, discover web tools and apps students can use to create their own digital writing prompts for their peers. Include any of these prompts in a digital click and learn calendar , such as the one at the end of this post. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2021

By definition, personally identifiable information (PII) is a clear and present danger to every school and every district. By Robert Iskander It is hard to overstate the gravity of personally identifiable information as it relates to any and all student and minor populations.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As Bill Gates said last spring, “You definitely want the good guys to have strong AI.” As for that first challenge I presented—the one about AI being able to do any schoolwork—unfortunately, it proved true: AI can do pretty much any class assignment. And that made us all squirm. In fact, that feels scary.

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More Verbs

MARCH 18, 2016

But almost 15 years in, our data show that our students are still stuck at just using their devices for word processing, presenting and online research, skills we certainly want students to develop, but don’t go far enough in supporting student learning. We need to help close the Digital Learning Divide.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Over the years, the position and responsibilities changed (as did the title to Digital Learning Coordinator!), Project-based learning, personalized learning, competency-based education, blended learning best practices -- all this and more has been infused into my educational DNA along the way.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 9, 2021

By Devishobha Chandramouli Parenting is tough, but parenting a special needs child definitely needs a complete reset in the way we do everything. Interestingly, there is an alarming rise in the number of misdiagnosis incidents of special needs.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2023

Students thrive when they have a choice in what they learn and how they engage with the content. Differentiation plays a role in the definition of personalized learning as well. Identifying all these different pathways for students to demonstrate their learning is the basis for high-quality personalized learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 18, 2019

Inclusive learning and providing for students and families from different backgrounds is something that the Buncee and the Microsoft team are definitely passionate about, making this integration a natural fit. I've also had students experience difficulty with reading on certain colored backgrounds, so this is a definite plus.

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