eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Executive functioning skills are the foundation of academic success in college, but similar to ‘soft skills’ in the workplace, are often not explicitly taught in secondary education. So what can parents and educators do to help support the executive functioning skill development of their students?

Smartphone 92

Smartphone Facebook Secondary Assessment 92

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In Massachusetts, an emerging partnership between private funders and the state department of education aims to help teachers across the Commonwealth learn, share and spread best practices when it comes to leveraging new instructional models and technologies. You can personalize learning just fine without technology.

Personalized Learning 78

Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 78

EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Often, they need to learn how to speak to one another politely and have civil discourse in a safe environment. Classroom teachers can help facilitate that through the introduction of sentence stems, blogging, and Socratic seminars. More on that here.). Goal Setting. If you do that well, the rest will follow.

Training 75

Training Digital Badges Personalized Learning STEM 75

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

There’s now a movement to teach humanities seminars online. We still see the majority of campuses failing to formally recognize professors’ digital work. Yet we also see academic deans and provosts showing more interest in digital learning than their faculty. This rising tide could pause.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

I've gotten to know Roslyn a bit through our Kentucky Digital Learning Coach state network, and I share her passion for student discourse. in Secondary Education Language Arts. I often participated in school and district technology initiatives--Digital Leader Network, iTeam, etc., Roslyn, welcome to Edtech Elixirs!

EdTech 75

EdTech Google Conference STEM 75

EdTechTeam

JANUARY 19, 2018

Step 4 Socratic Seminar with Sentence Starters: Move to an on-the-spot, think-fast, response system that requires accountable talk or sentence starters. Socratic seminars are just the activity for this. Great Book, Junior Great Book Shared Inquiry discussions , and Fishbowl discussions are similar to a Socratic seminar.

Classroom 52

Classroom Blended Learning Groups Google 52

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

The entry point for students into Trump University was a free 90-minute seminar, which continued into a 3-day seminar that cost $1500. The $1500 seminars led in turn to the “Trump Gold Elite” package, which promised personal mentorship from instructors “handpicked by Trump.”

Conference 63

Conference Course MOOC Technology 63