Neo LMS

JUNE 4, 2019

You can’t just throw it various seminars and educational summits without an afterthought. This will be hard to do if they are already overworked (as all teachers usually are) — if you pile more work (in the form of seminars) on them they might be reluctant to participate in any training session.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2016

One method, called the Socratic seminar, challenges to students to formal discussions about a text based on open-ended questions. A double horseshoe configuration works well with a small group of students to be the inner circle. Once the seminar begins, discipline yourself not to guide or facilitate the conversation.

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Educator Innovator

JANUARY 22, 2015

After two short meetings and one extended planning session, Dan and James organized three student groups (Groups A, B, and C) that combined students from both of their sections since our learning activities would take place during a period on a “block” in which both sections had the opportunity to meet together.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 9, 2021

and hosted by Dr. Steve Albrecht : " Serving Library Patrons with a Trauma History: An Awareness-Building Seminar.” For significant group discounts, to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com. DATE: Friday, March 19th, 2021, at 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 6, 2022

For this purpose, it helps to have a platform where students can form groups, collaborate, and even submit their joint assignments. As the teacher, you can also monitor their work in real-time and comment on their progress since it’s all in the open in a chat, group, or web conferencing session.

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Starting this January forty (40) humanities seminars will kick into action, online. Professors get to teach classes in their specialties, while enjoying a broader group of students (remember that this is a national effort). The advantages for faculty and their campuses are important.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 7, 2021

Update: I just realized that discussion strategies don’t necessarily have to be grouping strategies. The innermost group can take turns responding to a debatable prompt–the limits of freedom of speech, for example. Paideia Seminar. You can read more about the Paideia Seminar here. ’ Some examples?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Preservice teachers take an ethics seminar provided by the Athens State college of education, Tuesday, Oct. The seminar aimed to help prepare prospective teachers for real-world issues in the education workplace. Preservice teachers listen closely at an ethics seminar provided by the Athens State college of education, Tuesday, Oct.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The vision was for students to come in and have Socratic seminars and maybe discuss a passage. The collaborative spaces focused on math, on the other hand, are tech-friendly with high tables, soft seating stools and large interactive whiteboard monitors for students working in groups.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

On the day of the Socratic Seminar, they listen to classmates, challenge what they hear by building an argument based on what they have read and heard, and in so doing critically think about not only their opinions but those of classmates. If the group is small, you may have just one circle. A high school Socratic seminar explained.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2017

On Monday I was in charge of TIES’ annual all-day Leadership Seminar. Here is the list that my group came up with… Leaders in innovative schools… give permission for innovation AND ALSO provide support. “I skipped the Vikings game for this workshop and am glad that I did” . Both of those were high praise indeed!

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2016

They can collaborate on a group activity on an online chat, on Twitter, or on any platform you deem is the most appropriate for what they have to do. The first time I tried gamification with my students was during a seminar on green marketing and consumerism. The one-and-a half-hour seminar almost flew away. And now, story time!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2021

This is all the more significant in an educational context, because teams of teachers are in turn responsible for looking after large groups of students who need to be ushered through the twists and turns of remote learning with aplomb.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2020

If you’re like me, you spent the summer attending webinars, seminars, and conferences. But in the end, now, it saves me lots of time on grading, running my classes, assigning work, moderating groups, chatting with students, and so much more. Ready or not, it’s time to go back to school. Can I learn from you?

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District Administration

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

District Administration Custom Publishing Group. Students need to be able to communicate with their teacher when necessary, and teachers should be able to hear what all students are saying during small group instruction.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. This means giving people small chambers of engagement where they can interact with a smaller, more manageable and yet still diverse groups. These design choices have noticeable implications.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 15, 2018

My training and teaching background encompasses after-school programs, church’s institutes, women’s focus studies, women’s empowerment groups, conferences, workshops, seminars, and teaching STEM to kids in an after-school boys and girls club, located in Baltimore. Clearly, I thought to myself, “I am not in my comfort zone.”

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MindShift

JULY 20, 2015

At Maplewood High School in Nashville, every freshman is required to take a semester-long freshman seminar course that helps them think about what they want to do with their lives, and prepares them for what high school will be like. How can we prepare these kids to do college work?”

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2023

It offers a plethora of resources, including professional development opportunities, web seminars, and classroom activities. They offer a wide range of topics and difficulty levels, making it suitable for various age groups. Their journal articles are particularly insightful, covering the latest in science education research.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2023

Generative AI in the Classroom with Steve Dembo Donnie Piercey, AI and Math Donnia Piercey @ mrpiercEy is sharing how to integrate AI into Math instruction and is hosting an upcoming seminar with the National Council of Math Teachers on a deep dive on AI in math instruction for elementary grades.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Interactive Lectures: Instead of passive listening, interactive lectures involve activities such as quizzes, polls, or small group discussions interspersed throughout the lecture to keep students engaged and reinforce key concepts. This approach maximizes classroom time for interactive, hands-on learning experiences.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

That group includes students from low-income families, students with disabilities, veterans, parents, those who are the first in their families to attend college and racial minorities. Experts have also noted a set of common barriers to graduation that could be avoided if colleges changed their practices.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Jigsaw : Students work in small groups, each becoming an expert on a different aspect of a topic, then sharing their knowledge with the whole class. Socratic Seminars : Students engage in a structured dialogue, asking open-ended questions and discussing ideas with classmates. This fosters cooperation and peer teaching.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2015

Students cluster around teachers in one of three small-group “seminars,” then scatter to work independently in the large room, which was once the library. Children here are grouped by ability rather than grade level.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Rather than sitting in a PD seminar all day, instructional coaching provides support relevant to the teacher’s specific classroom and content. “If Personalized learning—a hot buzz phrase for the 2018-19 school year—occurs when teaching is tailored to meet each student’s unique needs and goals.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The past few months have shown us the true extent of the flexibility and resilience of our model as we plan for students to return after summer break, both virtually and eventually in small groups on campus, as well as design wraparound supports across a variety of formats. Limited exposure by assigning 1-2 teachers for each learning group.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

You will choose a theme/concept statement from the statements we generate or address in our Socratic Seminar at the end of the play. The group members will be the “characters” in the photos and the tableau you create must be true to both the stage directions and visual “SPECTACLE” of Hansberry’s play. You will work in a group of three.

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Neo LMS

MAY 14, 2020

That is, students learn in a blended environment, where they do research on their own or in groups. That could also be true for seminars and lab projects. Let’s imagine that most lectures or teacher-centered activities are replaced with asynchronous learning. Read more: Adopting the asynchronous mindset for better online learning.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

When I was a CIO, I brought in a group and told them to go through every aspect of the network. IT people at school districts are typically stretched thin and don’t have time to attend workshops and seminars. A good network security group can complete an assessment in about a day and send back results within a week.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Now, if you’re on the move like me, always between meetings, researching, and possibly attending educational seminars, the feature to download Prime Video titles for offline viewing is a lifesaver. As educators and parents, we know that not all content is suitable for all age groups.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The speakers were phenomenal and I truly learned greatly from the seminars. The different seminars focused on specific aspects of business such as business law, accounting, finance, public speaking, and economics. The students attending the camp were divided into groups which competed to create different businesses.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A former student of mine shared this opinion in a class seminar about Transcendentalism. We also grapple with big questions as we learn to interrogate our thoughts: “Is it true?” — I ask after they criticize themselves in a group discussion, usually berating themselves for being lazy. When a student replied, “I mean, yeah!

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Neo LMS

MARCH 10, 2016

Interrupting classes because they arrive late, skipping classes altogether and affecting everyone in their learning group by not being totally prepared for the latest course, or turning in late assignments and begging for them to be taken into consideration. Working students. Aren't they a character?

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2023

And when those sort of went their ways or ended their National Science Foundation funding, a group of us decided to start the Global Science of Learning Education Network because this was propagating around the world. ‘What are the basic principles of learning and how do we inform education with that?’

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. The edtech seminar I'm teaching this semester recently explored the post-desktop world, and to get students thinking about the differences, I began with a quick exercise, asking them to rearrange the classroom into old-school rows.

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