MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Another "big" for Texas is education, and when I'm looking to get a pulse on what the current trends and landscape are, I turn to social media! With over 5 million students currently enrolled in Texas public schools alone , the Twitterverse is rich with insights from state educational leadership. Tony Bonazzi @GISDMath.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

  CHARLOTTE, NC — Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) today announced it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education supporting the district’s five-year strategic plan, Expedition to 2025: Purpose. A unique interface allows students to change what happens in the video and see how that change affects the outcome.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

The exponential evolution if the Internet and social media tools have allowed for the quick sharing of knowledge, ideas, images, videos, and opinions. The education space is not immune to some of the prevalent issues and challenges described above. Digital literacy is more important now than it has ever been.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 24, 2018

Backchannels or back-channeling is common at conferences where attendees use tools like Twitter to discuss the various presentations in near real time. In an educational context, a backchannel can provide quiet students with a place to ask questions without speaking up. In this case, it is the backchannel experience.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). The experiences where I had some level of choice were the most meaningful to me and resulted in real changes to my educational practice. That’s just how it goes.

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Tech Helpful

APRIL 4, 2017

The ISTE Standards for Students are goals that have been vetted through thousands of educators to set measurable outcomes that have been decided would best prepare today's k-12 student for the use of technology in their future lives. There was Twitter talk about it as well. Standard #6 is listed below: 6. Goal achieved.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 24, 2014

The new school year has begun for many educators across the country with others soon to follow after Labor Day. This is quite often the most deflating part of the new year as the real reason for education is temporarily masked by misguided emphasis on elements that do not equate to real learning. Here is the problem though.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 25, 2018

My unexpected journey began with a decision to give Twitter a try in 2009. This should never have happened either as I was convinced that any and all social media tools were a complete waste of my time and would not lead to any improvement in professional practice. The rest is history. This was not my intent or even a goal.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2019

They would also serve as a catalyst for vibrant Twitter conversations. Here I get to experience firsthand how many of the ideas that are talked about on social media and at conferences are successfully implemented into practice. More importantly, it is our duty and the role of education to ensure that they are competent.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Should schools and school districts have a "social media strategy" like business and industry? In the corporate world, social media has moved from being a novelty to a deliberate strategy to engage the public. But if schools were going to be more deliberate about their social media strategy, what would they do?

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

From increased engagement to more inclusive environments, the correct application of EdTech improves a wide range of learning outcomes. Read on for the top 5 advantages to technology in the classroom or visit our education solutions page for more insights on EdTech. The interactivity excites, drawing the learner in.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. Even if we go back to face-to-face learning, we will all have to be prepared to teach online, and the best way to do this is to first educate ourselves with research and pedagogy.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Previous posts in this series tracked the development of educational technology over 40 years. I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

In a previous post I discussed in detail strategies to help ensure the effective use of technology to improve learning outcomes. These are all outcomes that any educator would (or should) openly embrace.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Friday, May 6, 2022) — In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month 2022, observed annually in May, Discovery Education and partners are proud to present educators, students, and families a diverse array of dynamic digital resources supporting the mental health of students everywhere. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is the Learning Pit metaphor? They don't like the outcome. ” The post From Challenge to Triumph: The Learning Pit Concept Explained appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2019

A great deal has changed over the past few years not just in society, but also in education. Sure, there are some unique behaviors and characteristics, but for the most part, it is about identifying intended outcomes, applying an innovative lens, and arriving at them in better, more effective ways. The point here is simple.

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Mistakengoal.com

AUGUST 10, 2016

Last spring, the faculty senate of my university passed a series of resolutions aimed at updating the university’s general education program. Part of that program requires (nearly) all undergraduate students to take a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and one of the resolutions updated some of the specific outcomes of that course.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Educators can use scaffolds such as events happening in the community and artifacts that tie into the learner’s home life. 3:38) A huge part of culturally responsive teaching and learning is for educators to have a strong sense of themselves and their students. Educators need to take time to think about their own identities.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of social media, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation. To be honest, I really didn’t remember doing this as I routinely try to promote the great work of educators I know every opportunity I get.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

July 28, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—today announced a host of new enhancements to its award-winning K-12 platform. Among the latest enhancements made to the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform for back-to-school are: .

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2017

The bottom line is that if we don’t get the instructional design right first, then the chances of technology improving learning outcomes is slim to none. In some cases, I will directly train educators on how to use various tools, but learning to use the edtech tools is the easy part. Engagement is one of them.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – marks its second anniversary by welcoming new members and offering educators, students, and families nationwide an expanded collection of no-cost digital resources. To date, the STEM Careers Coalition has reached more than 4.5 engaging, daily instruction in any learning environment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Discovery Education, the Charlotte, NC, based leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms worldwide, today announced the appointment of Eli Kennedy, the CEO of SMASH , to the company’s Board of Directors. About Discovery Education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s my New Year’s resolution for higher education: extend the reach of research to the people. To address this, higher education must revisit its roots in educating citizens, preparing both students for society and society for itself. Recently, universities and academics have begun to talk about open science (i.e.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2023

In this new collaboration, Discovery Education’s Pivot Interactives will help students in the school’s high school physics class more deeply engage with phenomena and other scientific concepts as they develop their understanding of the discipline. Discovery Education’s Business Development Representative.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. All of these educators had first met online. Every educator’s story is different. One time, my students were Skyping with education leaders in California. When you go to conferences, meet other educators. It isn’t hard.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Students that take part in a global virtual team are more likely to develop their teamwork skills, reduce stereotyping and obtain better learning outcomes than their peers who don’t participate in a global project. Here are just some of them: ePals : an educator can connect with another teacher from any part of the world.

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My Island View

JUNE 16, 2015

If educators can count on one sure-fired outcome of the largest national education conference in America, it is the information feeding frenzy that accompanies it. I think there might be more social media interaction with east coast events because of the time zones. Districts do not budget for teachers to attend.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2018

When I work with schools, especially in a coaching role, I routinely ask educators to share with me how they are empowering students to own their learning or ways in which they are transforming teaching, learning, and leadership. With an array of social media tools at our disposal, every educator should aspire to be the storyteller-in-chief.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 20, 2021) —Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) today launched a new multiyear partnership with Discovery Education that helps educators connect current classroom instruction to students’ possible future career paths. said Superintendent Chad Shealy.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

There are few individuals out there who can list both “two-time TED speaker” and “doctoral student at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education ” on their resume. There’s also something else he brings up—his beliefs, specifically his concerns that educators across the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Illinois’ Shiloh CUSD #1 today announced an expansion of its partnership with Discovery Education that adds a new, cutting-edge resource to the district’s middle school and high school science curriculum. A unique interface allows students to change what happens in the video and see how that change affects the outcome.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. All of these experiences empowered us to think about and then create a deep learning experience that could be easily accessible to all educators across the globe. Anyone can register HERE.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Remember you can follow me on Twitter at @mjgormans. Communication: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Have students practice Communication using texting, acceptable social media, online discussions, video conferencing, face to face, and discuss these avenues strengths and weaknesses).

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. Moving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0:

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