Digital Promise

AUGUST 24, 2020

We’ve developed “Look for” documents to support teachers and administrators in envisioning how this fusion could work in elementary and middle school classrooms. What are “Look for” documents? Look for” documents can also facilitate instructional coaching to help teachers integrate CT into their existing lessons.

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2024

This AI Guidance document was written specifically for K-12 educator use, an area currently in need of such guidance. Statewide, this is the first group to come together and establish an AI workgroup or focus on AI learning in schools, led by Michigan Virtual’s recently established AI Lab. “As

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

In 2019, a group of researchers, led by James Kim, a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, randomly selected 15 of the district’s 30 elementary schools to teach first graders special knowledge-building lessons for three years, through third grade. Students were also given related books to read during the summer.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2019

Project-Based Learning Engages K–12 Students with Real-World Challenges. realized how enthusiastic her social studies students were about the civil rights movement, she decided to help them explore the rich history of their own city through project-based learning. marquita.brown_tC0Z. Fri, 06/21/2019 - 14:43.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jackie Gerstein Recently, EdSurge spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms: Dr. Jackie Gerstein, Dr. Brandon Taylor and Dr. Stacy George. Gerstein: I taught machine learning activities to the students with ISTE standards using Google's Teachable Machine as the tool.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

A coalition of 14 education organizations, helmed by the nonprofit Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, released sample guidelines earlier this month that walk teachers and administrators through potential pitfalls to consider before using an AI tool in the classroom or for other tasks. In Michigan, it was a team effort.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In most classrooms today, students are seen working together in small groups, perhaps in learning stations in the classroom, and taking a more active role in learning. Social learning works. Read more: Can EdTech enable Social Emotional Learning (SEL)? Some quick ways to collaborate.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The discussion about learning and what constitutes “good learning” is almost always couched in the context of a classroom. They can jump online and watch a video tutorial to learn how to do something that interests them. Is this learning less powerful than the learning that happens in a classroom?

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2024

Conversations around the benefits of esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, but recently, the conversation has expanded to include elementary esports, too. Here are 6 tips to start an elementary program. Learn more about the basics of esports program creation and tournaments. Is esports a good career?

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Metacognition, often referred to as “thinking about thinking,” is a cognitive skill that empowers learners to reflect on their thought processes, learning strategies, and understanding of a concept or subject. These questions are the gateway to inquiry-based learning, stimulating curiosity, and driving further exploration.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2019

There’s a learning curve to knowing where to save, how to do that correctly, and then ultimately how to retrieve it. Most kids learn how to properly save/retrieve digital files by suffering a painful experience. Elementary-age students rarely know the file name. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 1, 2019

As elementary students learn how to read, teachers administer reading fluency tests and listen to students read passages. In a coaching session with a second-grade teacher, I suggested we try using Voice Typing in Google Documents to help students track how many words they read in a minute.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Heutagogy puts students at the center of their learning process. Substantiated by a growing body of neuroscientific research, heutagogy is an instructional strategy that supports learners in being the agents of their own learning. In a nutshell, heutagogy emphasizes relearning how to learn.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. It warmed my heart when Amy Rhodes, the principal of Bevins Elementary, shared what she had recently implemented in regard to feedback.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. Why learn keyboarding? Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding. –Type to Learn, 1986. Is elementary school too early—or too late? Zeitz, 2008.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

The time for financial literacy and real-world learning is now. Through interesting, relatable scenarios and real-life simulations around topics like financial literacy and social-emotional learning, teachers can easily bring the real world into their classrooms. Then they learn about sources of income and employment options.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea. Discover how this powerful tool propels students to think deeply, make personal connections, and consider the larger implications of what they are learning.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Lesson plans can be tailored to meet the learning needs of individual students. It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. Without modern technology and near-constant connectivity, online learning wouldn’t be possible. Spoiler: Don’t open it!).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

You can upload anything you already have in your classroom, every pdf, every electronic document, or the materials you’ve purchased and add to Lumio. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 29, 2015

Many people fear that computer usage in the early elementary years consists of just “playing games” and want to limit the “screen time.” They’ll use it as another tool for learning. I’ve seen it happen, and it is pure joy to listen to the squeal of a six year old who discovers his friend’s cursor inside of his document.

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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Yet despite some efforts to document the experiences and outcomes of multilingual learners in the district, a legal monitor noted last year that Boston’s school leaders had defied requests for records showing how it spent its funds. This is especially true in rural communities with few options to support professional learning experiences.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how blended learning platforms such as Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams can improve student engagement. Simply post a link to a shared organizational resource page, where you provide a Google Doc with hyperlinks to all priority documents and resources. . Allow Users to Access Content at Their Convenienve.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 3, 2020

4 Research-Based Reasons Students Should Learn Science Through Play. contributed by Cindy Hoisington , Elementary School Science Teacher. As an early elementary science educator, I’ve advocated for years (to anyone who would listen) about the increasing need for high-quality science teaching in Kindergarten and Grade One classrooms.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

You might be wondering how this is possible—how one might actually minimize their dependence on education technology in an era of remote instruction and screen-dependent learning. But doing so is imperative if we want to re-humanize learning experiences for our students. School leaders asked: Which apps should we download?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

By leveraging edtech tools, teachers can foster participation, build confidence, and provide tailored learning experiences. Digital collaboration platforms: Introduce digital collaboration platforms like Google Workspace for Education, Microsoft Teams, or collaborative document tools. Apps like Kahoot!

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Writing deepens learning and positively impacts academic performance, improves our students’ ability to establish and maintain relationships, and helps students manage their complex emotions. Students in upper elementary and beyond “do little writing in or out of school for academic purposes” (Graham & Harris, 2019).

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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. What is an OKIOCAM?

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TeacherCast

MAY 19, 2022

Recently, I sat down with Sara Delano Moore, the Vice President for Content and Research fat ORIGO Education to learn about their brand new Stepping Stones 2.0 students have access to a variety of tools and activities to learn mathematics. is very user-friendly, brightly colored and able to adapt to any student learning level.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

Learn more! See Eric’s blog post on emojis in Google docs to learn how to do this. However, an anchor links within the document. I do this an easy way in a long document by making headings. they are a big time saver for students and teaches on long documents, for example, if you’re writing a book.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The sudden shift to online or hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has created plenty of challenges for students, schools, and parents. But how can schools and families follow an IEP when learning moves online? Families whose students have an IEP may need extra support in managing distance learning and special education.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A study published in 2023 in the journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology documented that second graders memorized more multiplication facts when they practiced using flashcards rather than by repeating their times tables aloud. To help advise teachers, a team of learning scientists compared two common methods: chanting and flashcards.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In fact, interactive whiteboards have astonishing potential to make learning more engaging and effective in many surprising ways. Keep reading on to learn more about how interactive whiteboards are reshaping education or check out how ViewSonic is creating engaging spaces using all forms of EdTech. Powerful Learning Tools.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2020

Klassroom, the Paris-based company that reinvents parent-teacher communication in pre-kindergarten and all elementary school grades, just raised a $3 million seed round led by Bpifrance and several angel investors including Jerome Lecat, CEO at Scality, and Andy Myers, President at Waterford.org and former executive at Renaissance Learning.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Neeb, the principal of Williams Elementary School, and Tickle, a digital learning specialist and Google Certified Trainer, presented “The Whole Ball of Wax: A Place for Everything,” on Monday. The old method was a mix of paper and cloud-based documents, but it didn’t work very well, Neeb and Tickle said.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Puskar Experts say math research hasn’t gotten as much funding or attention, especially beyond the elementary level. This back-to-school-season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. on Tuesday, Sept.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Schools nationwide are scrambling to find ways to recover unfinished learning over the past three years, using federal relief money to hire interventionists to work with students and placing students in high-dose tutoring sessions after school and during the summer. Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, Alabama.

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