Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. To date, close to 3,000 educators have taken the survey. It was my first full-time teaching job.

Robotics 163

Robotics Survey STEM Elementary 163

Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

In a survey from the International Journal of Education, 97% of teachers reported never or seldom using a flexible curriculum for their students.[2] How to Differentiate Instruction in Your Classroom. Students can also select independent reading books from our online library. Benefits of Differentiated Learning for Students.

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy Libraries Guidelines 250

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Those are just a few examples of how the coronavirus pandemic has transformed school buildings and inspired new “Covid classrooms” this fall, as illustrated by photographs and videos readers submitted to The Hechinger Report. You can find directions here for how to submit your images and videos. Credit: Eileen Wood.

Libraries 141

Libraries Report Guidelines Meeting 141

Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

The LVP team recently partnered with ReadWorks , a nonprofit literacy organization that provides free resources, including a library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, to K-12 teachers. While further research is needed to determine how features such as these affect learning, our findings shed a promising light.

EdTech 262

EdTech Survey Report Libraries 262

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A survey of over 20,000 students conducted May through June found that only 39 percent of students said they learned a lot every day while their school building was closed. After instruction went online when schools closed last spring, just 39 percent of over 20,000 students surveyed said they “learned a lot every day.”.

How To 143

How To Elementary Report Online Learning 143

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The Learning Counsel, a leading education research institute and news media hub, announced this year’s National Digital Transition Survey Award winners at its 2019 National Gathering held in Dallas, TX. Four different categories of proficiency were celebrated in the National Digital Transition Survey Awards. This is real and earned.”.

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Survey Elementary Software System 130

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

On the other hand, Alisa, an elementary school teacher from Massachusetts, says that building outdoor learning spaces in her school lead to a stronger community as everyone came together to make it happen for the kids. Image via Library of Congress. schools began holding classes outdoors. Classroom on a ferry, NY, 1915.

How To 85

How To Laptops Elementary Case Study 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We

Digital Divide 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Mackenzie Woll, a second-grade teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts, said diagnostic tests at the start of the year revealed that most of her students were reading at a kindergarten or a first grade level. “But READ THE SERIES. Parents of young children are worried.

Elementary 144

Elementary Analysis Libraries Report 144

edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

STEM 91

STEM Handbook Guidelines Elementary 91

Waterford

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Once you know your state guidelines, hold a survey or all-faculty meeting on possibilities for your training plan. That way, they can keep track of what’s working with their students and ask for guidance from colleagues on how to work through areas of growth.

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Training Strategy Guidelines Assessment 130

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

Elementary 145

Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2016

When I asked you about your problems on this year’s reader survey, here was your answer: I’ll keep writing productivity tips for you. Angela Watson: It’s not about working a 40 hour week–members choose their OWN target number and determine how to allot those hours throughout the week.

Facebook 230

Facebook Survey Groups eBook 230

User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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UDL STEM Tools Guidelines 275

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Children are learning how to be even more resilient, and technology is helping that happen.”. We have such close relationships with other city agencies, and local libraries and community centers. The American Rescue Plan in March 2021 created the $7.2 Shawn Lambert, Brunswick School Department.

Digital Divide 142

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 142

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2017

In today’s show, Connie Hamilton gives us 5 ways to win the hearts of our students before we start school in the fall: How to connect over the summer. How to get to know students now as we plan. As a teacher, Connie taught various elementary grades and 8th grade ELA. So how do we start? The power of snail mail.

Survey 170

Survey Meeting Conference Elementary 170

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

After a full year of study, some initial action items emerged: Extended Library Hours : One outcome to support students was to extend library hours. The project included help and guidance from the school’s student leadership, administration, and library and tech teacher, as well as district librarians.

Accessibility 78

Accessibility Libraries Digital Citizenship Survey 78

iLearn Technology

JANUARY 12, 2021

How to integrate BombBomb into the classroom: During the pandemic, BombBomb has been an incredible way for us to communicate and keep connected to our students and their families. Again, with the email/video/form library you could create this one year and keep using it over and over.

Video 50

Video Libraries Survey Chromebook 50

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. They learned how to manipulate various Photoshop Elements tools to crop, select, paint and fill select areas of their work with contrast colors.

Adobe 120

Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

iLearn Technology

JANUARY 11, 2021

How to integrate BombBomb into the classroom: During the pandemic, BombBomb has been an incredible way for us to communicate and keep connected to our students and their families. Again, with the email/video/form library you could create this one year and keep using it over and over.

Video 36

Video Libraries Survey Chromebook 36

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders. On the other had, a smaller number of elementary students see Wikipedia as a starting point to discover additional content. Context, disciplinarity and type of use play a role in how we view it.

E-rate 111

E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2020

Participate in the pre-show voting survey on the question of "K12 Costs and Staffing - What Is the Likely Scenario in the Next 12 Months?" with Kyle Zegarac - Business Development Manager, PowerNotes | Wilson Tsu - Founder and CEO 12:00 PM - The Human Side of Exponential Change: How to Thrive with Julie M.

ePortfolio 35

ePortfolio Conference Learning Groups 35

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

This group of students has a library budget that they have complete control over. Through surveys, they have set purchasing goals to buy new books for the library that kids want to read. There were several books our students got excited about that we actually have in our library, but they haven’t seen them.

Libraries 28

Libraries Survey Industry Groups 28

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Joy : When the pandemic hit and it was two weeks in, we realized that this wasn’t going to be a quick couple of days off school, and we needed to figure out quickly how to support teachers across the state, district coordinators, and RESA directors. JoAnn : One of the biggest highlights of the edWeb community is the resource library.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Learning Education Study 52

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Joy : When the pandemic hit and it was two weeks in, we realized that this wasn’t going to be a quick couple of days off school, and we needed to figure out quickly how to support teachers across the state, district coordinators, and RESA directors. JoAnn : One of the biggest highlights of the edWeb community is the resource library.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Learning Education Study 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

That seems to match overall results from the National Survey of Children’s Health, which includes a question for each household asking how many students ages 6 through 17 have ever been retained. Rory Williams stands in the library at George Washington Carver High School. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

Analysis 123

Analysis Report Data Policies 123

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. What works for a high school in a major urban area may not fit the needs of a rural elementary school. on March 18, 2020. Inequity looms large.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In one recent survey by vaunted education publisher McGraw-Hill, 93 percent of teachers equated social-emotional learning with academic learning in terms of overall importance. Experience tells us there are three key features that, taken together, contribute to successful SEL and whole-child outcomes in elementary and middle school.

Learning 392

Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 392

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Cynthia Leck of the Center for Public Research and Leadership shared new impact measures for harbormaster/intermediaries and how the approach evaluating that impact within a network. HawkinsatKVEC if we believe that kids learn differently, we have to think about how to measure differently #edclusters16. edclusters16.

Assessment 120

Assessment Tools Blended Learning Exercises 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

The RAND study was based on surveys completed in early 2021—nearly one year into the pandemic—by more than 1,000 teachers across the country. She arrived as an elementary teacher in 2008, drawn by the school’s racial diversity and stellar record in academics and the arts. A principal weighs in.

Report 143

Report Meeting Groups Data 143

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

.” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. And now you know how to meet me in the morning.” And we’ve got WritingCity.

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. Partnering with Gretchen Thomas and her UGA Project Spark class to give students more access to our library makerspace. Post 2-5 photos per day.

Robotics 28

Robotics Libraries Social Media Education 28

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

These students are increasingly the children of parents who helicoptered them through elementary, middle and high school or who didn’t go to college themselves and can’t provide much help with it. This is just how they’ve been raised and what they’ve come to expect. They don’t know how to be independent learners and critical thinkers.

Course 126

Course Report Policies Study 126

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

History Survey Course: Free, Collaborative, and Self-Paced Professional Development - Craig J. Thomas Röhlinger, MBA Founder & Editor in Chief of Radijojo World Children''s Media Network Take Your Classroom Global!

PLE 57

PLE Conference Advocacy Case Study 57

eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The district also surveyed parents to find out what their biggest needs were. Now, parents know that if their child is having trouble with algebra homework at 9 o’clock at night, and they don’t know how to help, they can get an instant response. They know how to reach out to other parents in ways we don’t think of.”.

E-rate 40

E-rate Social Media Video Survey 40

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Frequently, elementary-school students keep their devices at school while middle- and high-school students are able to take them home. Originally, we used teacher spreadsheets for device assignments, but now we’re using our library system to manage all the check-ins and check-outs, fines, and student agreements. ?

BYOD 42

BYOD Chromebook iPad Software 42

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. The school building itself has Wi-Fi, but a recent survey found that about one-quarter of Walton students had limited or no internet at home. It just wouldn’t be fair.”.

Broadband 90

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 90