The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

This connection means even more during the current health crisis, as the coronavirus pandemic has shaken up the education system with a shift to online learning. Now schools are formulating plans to reopen, most likely with some combination of online and in-person learning. How would I engage with students?

Learning 111

Learning Social Media Report System 111

MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

Christopher Dodge is the Principal and Lead Learner of Orange Elementary Schools in Orange, Massachusetts. All Orange Elementary Schools students receive free breakfast and lunch. I present regionally on innovative practices in education, topics such as the flipped classroom or using social media to build relationships for families.

Education 97

Education Chromebook Google Digital Citizenship 97

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

They include personalized learning approaches and engaging lessons, but here is a list of strategies / considerations that may be applied to a unit, lesson, or activity. Imagine that! Teaching Tips & Strategies This is a section that I feel can apply in the connected or “disconnected” class.

Classroom 115

Classroom Digital Citizenship LMS Strategy 115

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. But the foundational knowledge, the skills to be able to learn and do well in school later are so important. Kindergarten matters a lot.”. They are doing just fine.”.

Survey 69

Survey Elementary Report Social Media 69

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I found Woodard when I noticed that she had retweeted me and was following me on Twitter (personal learning networks are about who pays attention to you as well as who you pay attention to). I was particularly drawn to the blog’s description: “One Student’s Mission to Explain the Benefits of Social Media in the Classroom.”

Social Media 28

Social Media Personal Learning Network Wiki Common Core 28

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2016

In addition, 35 teacher leaders and their principals, representing five elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, will participate in Discovery Education’s Digital Leader Corps.

Social Media 40

Social Media Digital Learning Strategy Industry 40

MindShift

DECEMBER 10, 2020

High school students face many of the same friendship dynamics as elementary and middle school students, yet friendship operates in distinct ways in these later adolescence years. Positive change has also been documented in high school students dating high-functioning peers. What does all this mean for educators?

Study 47

Study Groups Examples Social Media 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

21st Century Leadership Shift Happens (must see video for any educator unfamiliar with the tends and impacts associated with technology and social media. 21st Century Educators must be able to adapt, communicate, take risks, model, continually learn, collaborate, exhibit vision, and lead. Learn more about Google Docs here.

Tools 310

Tools Social Media Smartphone Education 310

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Folks on Reddit and Twitter had some interesting thoughts on the piece. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!) new additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map. " Your password gets hacked, you can change it.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Folks on Reddit and Twitter had some interesting thoughts on the piece. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!) new additions to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map. " Your password gets hacked, you can change it.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Social media caption: The latest trend in assessment tools and gimmicks is the adaptive, “smart” test and the use of individualized learning plans to improve test scores. But what these tests and the resulting learning plans do, is work off a deficit model that only serves to influence the outcome of the test itself.

Assessment 52

Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding.

Conference 59

Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

One way to do this is to provide more opportunities for students to learn and engage in hands-on STEAM education by incorporating STEAM across the curriculum. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

EdTech 69

EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Anyone interested in improving schooling through digital tools has to distinguish between what the media hypes and what policies are actually adopted. There’s a difference between the promises of “personalized learning” and the policies that school leaders enact.

Technology 72

Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 72

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Lisa Grant, superintendent for the Centralia school district, makes her monthly rounds in a fifth grade class at Fords Prairie Elementary School on Dec. The school district welcomed all elementary students back for in-person learning in early December. million in 2023-24, according to budget documents.

Elementary 104

Elementary Report Policies System 104

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As a set of policies, accountability was instantiated in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002, and reinforced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. Under surveillance when they use social media. Under surveillance by police.

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. . “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. ” Education Week has published a new report on personalized learning.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45