The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Still, it’s impossible to ignore growing skepticism about the power of digital tools. Garg spoke about “lea rning engineering,” and noted that pushback against education technology is a direct result of how quickly these tools rolled out in the pandemic. “A

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Kathy Neumann’s third graders at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland, struggled to understand fractions during this pandemic-disrupted school year. With remote learning, they couldn’t do their usual classroom activity of cutting strips of construction paper into halves, quarters and thirds.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: A few weeks ago, we took a look at generative AI’s potential to change teaching and learning on college campuses around the country.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. From now until September 28, Advancement Courses, an online provider of professional development for K-12 teachers, is donating 10% of their sales to funding DonorChoose.org projects.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

Tools for the modern classroom have significantly developed and expanded in recent years. Much of this has to do with fluctuating learning priorities where critical thinking and problem-solving skills for a future-ready, tech-savvy student body are given precedence. The Tools Of Mobile Learning. by TeachThought Staff.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Thoughtless expansion of tech tools into the classroom can exacerbate the discrimination Black and Hispanic students already face, experts warn. In other fields, the risks of racially biased tech tools are becoming relatively well known. Students are really going to have to know how to interact with and understand how these tools work.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That changed when his school district in Fairfield County, South Carolina, switched to online learning during the pandemic. Online, he has no problem asking the teacher a question,” said Woodward. Henry McMaster pushed hard to return all schools to in-person learning this fall, saying remote learning was “not as good.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The science of learning and development, enabled by technology, can help us support teachers’ efforts to address their students’ unique learning needs. Tools powered by artificial intelligence will also help. Platforms like these help improve student outcomes by enhancing teachers’ ability to meet individual students’ needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This was not because the administration wasn’t giving us tools or asking us questions. Last spring, there wasn’t much of a plan for online learning. It’s gotten better now, but being online just isn’t the same as in person.” Lynn Vasconcelos, a first-grade teacher at Wood Elementary School in Fairhaven, Mass.,

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. Her organization recommends that attendance is taken for every in-person and virtual instructional experience.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

After that one morning session, Dunlap, a scientist who grew up in Japan, withdrew Annika from kindergarten at her local public elementary school in Fremont, California. Kindergarten, a foundational grade for young children, is typically the first year of elementary school, even in the 31 states where it isn’t required.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

These versions allow learners to digitally highlight, take notes, bookmark, watch videos and use quick search tools. Teachers may also customize digital textbooks to create a personalized learning experience. There are several online sources for digital textbooks free of charge. Where can you find free digital textbooks?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

All have gone back to school — some fully remote, some via hybrid models that combine remote instruction with in-person learning. In doing so, they are demonstrating resilience and advancing equity in ways that truly improve teaching and learning for all students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Cuomo, who appeared to question this week whether students have to be in classrooms at all , drew immediate fire from many educators and parents, and his secretary later wrote on Twitter that “nothing could ever replace in-person learning.” Children have to talk to each other” and learn how to live in society. A RAND Corp.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2023

In the next two newsletters, I’ll be highlighting how educators and students are already engaging with new AI tools in and out of the classroom. They’re learning about, ‘How do I get AI to replicate my work?’ So, Ross used a generative AI tool — his first experience with it — and prompted it to compose the email “in a kinder tone.” “And

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It’s time to put this groundbreaking technology to work for our teachers, many of whom have too many students to have the time to differentiate lessons based on learning differences. Instead, it can empower them with new time- and cost-saving tools that can improve instruction for all students. With AI, that is feasible.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. It’s not like you can just drop the tool in and the flowers will bloom and the birds will chirp.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Prompted by district administrators’ desire to find ways to build student agency, engage student passion and personalize learning, we hoped blended learning would shake up the status quo and spark large scale change. They also committed to implementing blended learning experiences for their students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. education system. As the U.S.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 24, 2020

Learning Gaps. Based on evidence with both elementary and secondary school-aged students, summer slide can typically equate to one month of learning loss. Students from families classified as low socioeconomic status are often more impacted by that summer slide and have more significant learning gaps. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 29, 2017

But lately I fine myself personally redefining what "best practice" teaching looks like in a classroom rich with technology. What once was pedagogy now seems better defined as digital pedagogy for classrooms with the advantages of easily accessible technology tools. This data also helps in the concept of personalized learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

In my visits to elementary, middle, and high schools around the country this past academic year, here are five tips I took away for how educators can get beyond the buzz to implementation. Because trying unfamiliar tools and strategies where children are involved and the odds are uncertain can feel risky and unwise.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I

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techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

.) – for implementing full-time, statewide virtual school opportunities to provide students with rigorous online courses in a learning model that meets their individual needs. The company provides innovative solutions for pre-K through 12th grade that empower districts to implement successful online and blended learning programs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Two student at Greenville’s Em Boyd Elementary, work on a science project on an iPad. He used that money to buy enough laptops and iPads for every high school student to have their own device, and for every elementary and middle school student to have access to a device in their classroom. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

As difficult as in-person learning was, remote days were worse. Online learning platforms varied by teacher and class. Navigation tools on the iPads issued by the New York City Department of Education were kludgy and complicated. At times it felt like teaching into an abyss.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Knovation honors districts for outstanding usage of online and digital learning resources. have been honored for their use of online and digital learning resources to personalize learning. Knovation’s 2015 Digital Learning Awards program honors districts across the U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Knovation honors districts for outstanding usage of online and digital learning resources. have been honored for their use of online and digital learning resources to personalize learning. Knovation’s 2015 Digital Learning Awards program honors districts across the U.S.

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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.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Daryl Diamond, Director of Innovative Learning, Broward County Public Schools, FL. Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? Then, learning goals drive the decision. Small district: Dr. L.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

According to Idris Brewster, the organization’s chief creative officer, there aren’t a lot of ed tech tools aimed at Black and Brown people. “We want these stories to be accessible to everyone,” said Cantave. Related: A rigorous virtual field trip that’s part of regular class. And while social studies curricula differ vastly across the U.S.,

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

From Obstacle to Opportunity: Using Government-mandated Curriculum Change as a Springboard for Changes in Learning and Teaching: Jon Andrews. Applying Heutagogy in Online Learning: The SIDE Model: Eric Belt. Using educational software and online tools to promote learning is nothing new in most schools.

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