Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

CIP doesn’t attach value to technology itself, but considers it a means to learning, not an end. Through a focus on the language-logic systems of technology, children gain access to the thinking of technology instead of just using the stuff of technology. Studio A: Designing Creative K-12 Project-Based Learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

The team established a partnership with a local housing project where some of their chronically absent students live and coordinated attendance outreach activities, which included workshops to educate teachers, staff and guardians on the consequences of missing school. This is a time to stretch and learn new things,” he says.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif. Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. They don’t have to think in terms of ‘I can’t go on my vacation this summer because I have to attend face-to-face PD workshops.’ It’s giving teachers a break.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

While students ultimately may go back to in-person learning, remote learning will remain a possibility for suspended students “whenever feasible,” he says. One in 5 school systems report that they have already adopted a fully virtual school option, or are considering adopting this in the future, according to the Rand Corp.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

“She goes to school, feels uncertain about who she is, tryin’ to hide behind the curtain so she lashes out, out of fear of bein’ known, inside and out.” These raw lines open the music video “ Jagged ,” written, directed and starred in by elementary school students. Families and friends beamed with pride and joy.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This team of educators was part of the Fuse RI initiative , a fellowship program that teaches educators, administrators and local education agencies in the state how to integrate blended and personalized learning and technology practices into classrooms. I can’t imagine not having that support system,” Ramm said.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Build a career readiness scholarship for Black students that includes access to virtual career exploration, mentorship opportunities, resume building, professional development workshops, and enrollment in Tallo —the nation’s premier online platform for connecting students with employers, colleges, and universities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Results are out for a Boca Raton, Florida elementary school that is in its third year of a Demonstration Schools for Rigor initiative in partnership with Learning Sciences International. In a personalized learning environment, students benefit from daily or weekly choice in how and where they spend their learning time.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Supporters in New Orleans say that, so far, personalized learning has been transformative. But research has been mixed on whether it works.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. Chris Berdik.

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Learning With Lucie

AUGUST 31, 2017

EMMA - Lucie's mobile studio for Creating and Making Last week EMMA (my mobile studio for creating and making) and I had the pleasure leading a two day workshops for Champlain Valley Educator Development Center (CVEDC) for educators who might want to create a makerspace in their school. We need to think BIGGER than this!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

A new generation of reformers has been working to change that system for more than a decade, and many of their ideas are borrowed — knowingly or not — straight from preschool. The Reggio Emilia method, devised by educators in a city in Italy, also focuses on connecting learning to the real world and integrating arts into the classroom.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

These vulnerable lines open the music video “ Jagged ,” an award-winning film written, directed and starred in by elementary school students at Rocketship schools in California. After completing the program, our young Queens demonstrate mastery through a community project reflecting the learnings of each workshop.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 17, 2021

At the individual level, intrinsic motivation drives educators to actively seek opportunities that support their diverse learning interests and needs. Social media has played a considerable role in this area over the years, demonstrating the power of Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) with learning anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

She had been a fourth grade teacher for the Johnston Public School System in Rhode Island since 1997, though now serves as the JPS Instructional Technology Coordinator. Her work with students enabled her classroom to be recognized as a Blended Learning Lighthouse Classroom, which provided personalized instruction for her students.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

After the Denver Zoo’s James Garcia, who had been seeking a way to help Peruvian scientists save the frogs, saw students present a robot they had built at a local workshop, he asked if they could construct an underwater model. Reitzig admitted that the system still isn’t perfect. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Elizabeth Vega teaches pre-kindergarten at Loma Verde Elementary in Novato, California. Her school and district leaders want to do more project-based learning and have invested in getting teachers like Vega some training. The big ah-ha for a lot of teachers in our workshops is that projects can be about academic content,” Lenz said.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We not only have to understand that we can have personal biases, but that there are biases ingrained in the system. In addition to instructional coaching, Monica supports teachers through workshops, speaking engagements, and blogging for Education Week and Education Post. Kelisa Wing has been an educator for 12 years.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Several of the elementary teachers at our school attended and many plan on attending again. As the technology coordinator, I used it as a time to introduce new tools and practical ways to use them that would be beneficial for all grade levels in an elementary setting.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

CLASSCRAFT ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND QUESTS MARKETPLACE FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING ( www.classcraft.com/?utm_source=techlearning.com&utm_medium=referral The system allows any organization to deliver live 360 4K video to viewers on computers and mobile devices. HERO K12 CLEVER SECURE SYNC INTEGRATION ( herok12.com

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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.

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MindShift

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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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. Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. MESA, Ariz.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sponsored this year by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , the program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation. Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Those contrasting experiences made her believe that one-size-fits-all educational systems don’t work. MELROSE, Mass.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Renzulli’s summer workshops for educators have trained more than 35,000 teachers over 40 years , including numerous Olmsted staff. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Profile was crucial in developing our current Strategic Leadership Plan for 2018-2022, where Personalized Learning is the top strand. When our district began its journey into competency-based education (CBE), one of the significant early steps was the publication of our Profile of a Graduate (PoG) in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If Our conversation went from Jaguar Academy to ‘What if we tore the whole system down?’ ”. But California’s district-accountability tracking system is based on grade-level achievement tests.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

While educators around the country are slowly adopting various approaches that allow them to better differentiate learning for students, the same is rarely true for the adult learners in the system. In this model, teachers can no longer attend a workshop and receive credit for merely being there.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

For the elementary teacher teaching a critical lesson about dividing fractions to her, his or her students, they could actually practice the core example or the kind of crux of that lesson and share it with a coach or a colleague. And what thoughts do you have about professional learning, especially under the current conditions?

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Designed by sixth-grader Sam Ritchie during a Design A Game math workshop, Mental Math is a fun mental math game for kids and an exciting way to learn math in 5 th -7 th grade. Known initially as Dice Mania, the math fact game is played in elementary math classrooms across the US and was given the GEI Institute seal of approval.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Julie Lindsay Director Learning Confluence How to go Global - Lead, Learn, League Emerging technologies and increased access across the world is the catalyst to embed global awareness, interaction and understanding into all learning opportunities, but has this really happened yet?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The new policy stands to degrade academic standards and exclude students based on race, she argued, calling it “a backdoor attempt to dismantle the exam school system altogether.” In many cities, such schools are the pinnacle of academic tracking systems that sometimes begin sorting children by age 4. In January, the Rev.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2018

Full-day kindergarten students Januel Soto and Guijermo Rodriguez work on drawing pictures as part of a writing workshop project at Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire. Crisp Elementary School in the small city of Nashua, New Hampshire, nodded. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

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