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Why we love our PD tools

eSchool News

But PD tools don’t have to be unproductive. Teacher-recommended PD tools. Video coaching with Edthena provides us with a sustainable and scalable professional development model. This year, we will use video as an informal look at the level of math conversations going on in their classrooms.”.

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Personalized learning can be a tool for equity or a barrier to it

The Hechinger Report

Morgan Tigert, a high school special education teacher in the Corcoran Unified School District in central California, uses personalized learning to teach history, and says it has helped close achievement gaps. Morgan Tigert, high school special education teacher, Corcoran Unified School District in central California. ”.

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Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

As an online learning tool, Listen Current fits well into blended learning, but I wanted to learn more about how schools are adopting it and how we as a company can be more attractive to schools using blended learning. Education Elements offers personalized learning consulting services and can help schools walk through the process.

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

Edsurge

Communications Planning for Innovation in Education (Education Elements/TLA). “(Do Before the pandemic, MPUSD was also sending weekly 60-second highlight videos called “ MPUSD Minute.” Facebook has built-in surveying options, as well as live broadcasting and engagement tools.

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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

Noah Dougherty, a senior design principal at the education consulting firm Education Elements, wrote in a blog post last week that “the biggest shift virtual learning requires is flexibility and a recognition that the controlled structure of a school is not replicable online.” , PearDeck, Google and GoGuardian are among them.

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

We’re excited for the opportunity to spread the word of what’s happening – and what’s possible – in education. Advances in technology and hardware have reinvigorated interest and experimentation in immersive video. We will team up to guess research trends and key findings in maker education. Is there a right way to approach CBE?

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How do teachers know if they are getting personalized learning right?

The Hechinger Report

Through working with thousands of teachers and designing hundreds of instructional models, all with the intention of changing what teaching and learning looks like to provide for a more personalized experience, Education Elements identified four core elements that should exist in every personalized learning environment.