Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We often don’t reflect on how professional development—both in-person and virtual—can be better, more relevant, more applicable and more appropriate for teachers. OTIS really helped our teachers meet our district’s goals in using technology to deliver high quality instruction. We designate three in-service days as trade days.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Middle school students are still at the elementary level, and upper elementary students are still figuring out the basics of numeracy. For that success to happen, however, ELLs need individualized, differentiated instruction to close the math gap—but challenges abound.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As the visual arts teacher at an elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., I teach art via a program called Teaching for Artistic Behavior, which values student choice and agency and aligns perfectly with trauma-informed instruction. Following a how-to-draw video and typing out the character’s day is another.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is intervention time at Vitovsky Elementary, where nearly 60 percent of students come from low-income backgrounds and a quarter are learning English. A “sound wall” at Vitovsky Elementary features different speech sounds, breaking up vowels and consonants. “Sap,” Simpson said. Reading Remedies. READ THE SERIES.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

This highlights the essential role of teacher collaboration in school reform efforts, with restructured schools reporting marked improvements in student performance. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Madda et al., Leijten, P.,

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

This past semester I had the opportunity to observe two elementary classrooms using technology in new and exciting ways. One was a fifth-grade class at Whelan Elementary School in North Providence, Rhode Island, that had just agreed to begin a commercial personalized learning program. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. More than 30 years ago, Rockville Centre began a gradual but determined effort to do away with gifted classes in its elementary schools as well as many of the tracked classes at the middle and high schools. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.)

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Hannah Hughes is playing a game with a group of second graders at Johnson Elementary School in Kingsport, Tennessee, who are still working on their reading skills. Hughes, a first-year teacher, said she learned how to teach this important decoding skill to help struggling readers in her pre-service training. What does the word say now?”

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 26, 2018

This time around, we’re talking about how to manage differentiation. During the roundtable, we’ll move past “differentiation” as a buzzword and talk about what’s happening in real classrooms. Each roundtable member will share how they differentiate instruction, and then move into how we can make differentiation more scalable.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? Ali, co-author of a report on the tech gap. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

But for others, the teacher is still central to the picture, using technology as a means to support differentiated instruction. School leaders hope that the support and understandings shared by people they view as experts will help teachers learn how to perfect personalized-learning instruction.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2016

When Amber Teamann was a teacher in Garland, Texas, seven years ago, her use of data to help guide her instruction was fairly limited. Based on the programs I was using, I could evaluate how to differentiate instruction for my students,” she said. A lot has changed since then.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 7, 2020

50 Sites/Apps for Educational Games ABCya - A great site for games and mobile apps for elementary students. Also, there is an educational portal that allows teachers to track/monitor students, generate detailed reports, and assess student's learning to make it easy to differentiate instruction.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. According to nprEd , in 2016 32 states reported not having enough teachers for ELL students. “We Teachers are also trained to analyze data to better inform their instruction and design activities. Leadership 3.0

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Also, check out Newsela for Elementary and note there is a also a comparison of a free and paid version. This Research Report will provide you with even more information on this wonderful program. This is a must have tool for those educators trying to bring differentiated instruction into their classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

50 Math Sites and Apps 4 Dice: Fraction Games - A great iOS app for learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. Some nice features is when a student gets an answer wrong BuzzMath shows them the correct answer and how to solve it. Prodigy - A excellent innovative Math game for grades K-8 w/ real-time reporting.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Part 4: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Engagement. I do really hope you enjoyed the past three posts involving differentiated instructional tools for reading and writing using technology. Students must still know how to cite a source, write with proper mechanics, and research for information.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Code Kingdoms - One of my favorite sites for learning how to program (Javascript) by drag-n-dropping blocks of code (i.e Also, has an abundance of lesson plans and students can learn how to create their own Minecraft style game. Grammarly - A terrific site for helping students w/ their grammar, spelling, and more w/ detailed reporting.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

The learning spaces they have set up open up so many possibilities and opportunities for blended and differentiated instruction and individualized learning, meeting the needs of all different learning and personality styles. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Teachers can use MoveNote to explain directions to individual students, making it easier to differentiate instruction. Sense-Lang’s Balloon Game – Once you get the basics down, this game is great for teaching you how to type without looking at the keyboard. As MoveNote calls it, it is ‘Presentations with Emotions.’

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

The learning spaces they have set up open up so many possibilities and opportunities for blended and differentiated instruction and individualized learning, meeting the needs of all different learning and personality styles. When students are in their MOOC course, they all report to the open learning space, as in the pictures below.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 21, 2021

Not only are podcasts a great way to build students’ content-area knowledge, but audio instruction also helps strengthen their listening comprehension skills. . Monica shares examples of how teachers are incorporating podcasts into their instruction. Audio can be a tool for equity and differentiated instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

The study was funded by both the Overdeck Family Foundation and Arnold Ventures; both foundations are among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.) Bhatt is now studying how to further increase student-to-tutor ratios and time on ed tech to lower costs even more. The post PROOF POINTS: How can tutors reach more kids?

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

So, I go through a very detailed explanation in my book about how to do this lesson with your students, but it really starts with sharing yourself with students and letting them know about what you wish they knew about you. 1 – Give students options about how to answer the question. You know, make it a two-way street.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. But there are plenty of reasons to be cautious.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Thousands of students in Plymouth public elementary schools participate in Hour of Code, a lynchpin in our technology curriculum for the past three years. I am passing the torch that was unknowingly passed to me back in 1983, when my father taught an 8-year-old girl how to code.”. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

Clarity in instruction allows students to follow along without confusion, while effective methodologies engage them in learning. Example: A teacher may utilize graphic organizers to aid students in understanding complex subjects, providing clear instructions on how to fill them out. The Elementary School Journal, 59(1), 158–.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As founder of the Center for Education Market Dynamics, Livingston has spent the better part of two decades thinking about how to get edtech innovations to the students who need them most. I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School. That’s no surprise given his credentials.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

This will not be another article about how you need to use data to drive your instruction. You already know how to do that. Instead, let's take a look at some ways to use data regularly in your classroom and take some of the pain out of obtaining it to differentiate instruction. These are painless assessment tools.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

This story about IEPs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ). Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ).

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Green Screen Magic by Janet Corder and Joan Gore Your K-12 students can easily create videos for storytelling, book reviews, historical reenactments, weather reports and more through the use of Green Screen Technology. Janet and Joan share their green screen moviemaking resources on a Smore page. Make it a Great Day of Learning!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We work with teachers and administrators to create life-long learning patterns in students, whether that’s by curating resources for classroom research projects or by coming into the classroom to teach a lesson on how to do research themselves. A lesson on how to create a podcast. A lesson on how to create a podcast.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. We’re discussing how to strategically implement video feedback “now” and replicate successful models from other districts. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. We’re discussing how to strategically implement video feedback “now” and replicate successful models from other districts. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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