A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

The best part is the conversations that I get to have with learners, especially at the elementary level. Then there is the practicality of being able to work with both administrators and teachers at the ground level to improve pedagogy and, in turn, student outcomes. Case in point. Recently I was conducting learning walks in Edward K.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Let’s take a look at some of the latest online learning trends: Is online learning really effective? Flexible, hybrid learning is key to student success. Schools should reimagine the learning processes and leverage in-person and hybrid learning to help students achieve the best possible results. The short answer: Yes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Student Mental Health (Including Anxiety and Depression). Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The change already delivers extraordinary results and 96% of teachers claim that EdTech increases student engagement in learning. The same gamification principle counts for many other subjects and the corresponding mobile apps, making this learning strategy universal. 5 New EdTech tools to watch. Robot teachers. Online learning.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School is a dynamic neighborhood school that uses technology predominately to redefine learning. With 1:1 computer access for grades 3–8, students engage in coding, inquiry-based learning, and critical thinking beginning with Kindergarten. Don’t make your equity work a trend.

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Discovery Education

MAY 14, 2023

Check out what’s trending in EdTech news! The Simplest Elementary School Science EdTech Every day, educators are using digital resources to meaningfully support science teaching and learning—and the best EdTech tools are the ones that are easy to use. The industry is set to grow by an impressive 13.6% from 2023 to 2030.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

Students have the ability to choose their own characters and other story elements when creating a customized reading passage with Choice Texts. For example, one student asked me, ‘Can I get my journal out and write about this?’ Image Credit: eSpark. That is what you love to see as a teacher!”

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al., 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Leijten, P.,

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edWeb.net

MAY 24, 2022

Learning how to best incorporate social-emotional learning (SEL) into classroom instruction was the subject of the edLeader Panel, “ Powerful Strategies for Embedding SEL Across the Curriculum ,” which was led by Dr. Tammy Cruz, an instructional coach for elementary schools at Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin.

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MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2017

And yet, content could also be tagged with study strategies, overarching themes or essential questions debated in class. When teachers build this type of critical thinking into note taking instruction, they can help students to engage more deeply with their notes. Multimodal Notes. Visible Thinking Routines.

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Edthena

JANUARY 15, 2021

Principal walkthroughs are a strategy often used by school leaders and team leaders to sample instruction across multiple classroom environments. Ultimately the person observing is able to identifying trends in teaching and learning across the set of classrooms. During Covid-19, it might not be possible to go in person.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and Chief Scientist at EveryDay Labs, have tirelessly worked with school districts to identify, develop and implement strategies to reduce absenteeism at scale. Focusing on how to engage students more fully has the potential to reduce chronic absenteeism significantly.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on instructional strategies for better student engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2020

Project-based learning has been shown to increase student engagement, offer interdisciplinary learning opportunities and give students opportunities to practice collaboration and critical-thinking skills that are in high demand in the modern workplace. Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

How teachers are addressing pandemic learning gaps Most of Bhatia’s students missed key skills in fourth and fifth grades — the years that school was remote, then interrupted by waves of COVID — but they mastered more advanced concepts in sixth grade last year. It’s a strategy meant to keep students engaged — and showing up to school.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Now the middle school, along with two of the district’s other elementary schools and its high school, have makerspaces.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

In this post, I share how digital student portfolios did make a possible difference. I attempted a schoolwide action research project this past year around literacy and engagement. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

In this post, I share how digital student portfolios did make a possible difference. I attempted a schoolwide action research project this past year around literacy and engagement. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios.

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 13, 2020

This usually includes testing the memory on terminology, facts, conventions, trends and sequences, classifications and. Here, students should be able to break down knowledge into it’s. elementary modules to draw connections between ideas and utilize. Bloom’s taxonomy is a widely popular instructional strategy across.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Wolf’s (1993) concept aligns closely, depicting it as a process wherein “knowledgeable teachers systematically observe and selectively document their students’ performance through multiple methods, across diverse contexts, and over time as students engage in meaningful learning activities” (p.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS). the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S. The post U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Additional attention needs to be given to all types of learners by addressing various learning modalities, intervention paths, and students with Individual Education Plans through technology that is customizable, integrated, and aligned to state standards. This will be imperative to supporting students and teachers alike. –

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators. Dr. Yuvraj Verma, a teacher at Chalkville Elementary School in Alabama, notes that investing in STEM education from an early age nurtures the next generation of innovators, problem-solvers, and leaders. Dive into Dr. Verma’s argument for elementary-level STEM.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 10, 2019

Now students wait for their results and plan ahead for what stream or course they want to pursue and which institution they want to join. Parental & peer pressure, industry trends etc. Students discontinuing courses is also one of the major concerns of higher educational institutions. So that’s not it. So will that be all?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

When Destiny Reyes started elementary school, she felt highly motivated. Destiny, 18, is like most students in the United States. Surveys reveal a steady decline in student engagement throughout middle and high school, a trend that Gallup deemed the “school engagement cliff.” PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Stay tuned!

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MindShift

MARCH 27, 2019

When Destiny Reyes started elementary school, she felt highly motivated. Destiny, 18, is like most students in the United States. Surveys reveal a steady decline in student engagement throughout middle and high school, a trend that Gallup deemed the “school engagement cliff.” PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2021

As Executive Director of Instructional Technology at Plano ISD in Texas, he often slips into his district’s sea of digital usage data to understand student engagement, direct budget planning, find power users and more. Take student engagement, for example. Understand ROI, engagement and trends with ClassLink Analytics.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Learning from Home: Episode 2 Bring on the Learning Revolution Learning from Home: Episode 3 Creating a New Normal Passion How to Escape Education's Death Valley Building a Culture of Innovation THE LEARNING REVOLUTION SERIES Laurie Santos: Happiness Homeroom: Well-Being Strategies for High School Students (Dr. hours a day.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

8] And as standardized tests are used to evaluate both student and teacher performance, more time that was once spent on the arts is diverted to subjects that students are tested on. Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] 5 Creative Art Activities for Elementary Students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Through the strategic integration of these innovative technologies, Akron Public Schools has witnessed significant improvement in student engagement and academic growth. By creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere, Mr. Hatcher has empowered students from all walks of life to unlock their full potential.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. There are already plenty of good strategies and resources educators can draw on. SUBSCRIBE NOW.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast : We’re talking to Doug Fisher about the best practices in distance learning from their book with John Hattie — The Distance Learning Playbook: K-12 Teaching For Engagement and Impact in Any Setting. It’s the same passion, engagement, and relationships — you already know how to do that.

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