eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) provide deeper engagement, opportunities for collaboration, and hands-on learning that places newly acquired knowledge and skills in context. When purposefully designed, augmented reality opens equitable pathways to deep student learning. Immersive learning isn’t just for students.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

Leaders must begin to establish a vision and strategic plan to create classrooms and buildings that are more reflective of the real world while empowering learners to use technology in powerful ways through either personalized or blended strategies and increased access in the form of BYOD or 1:1. This needs to be prioritized.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And although this has been a trend over the last 20 years, in this post-pandemic timeframe, we see that parents and the general public have a much higher degree of familiarity with the issue and in fact, have become more acutely aware of students’ reading performances. Where do we go from here?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

In my hometown of Houston, bars and restaurants have closed for fifteen days, which has been a trend occurring across the world to limit the spread of the disease. These aren’t an effective practice in school, and thus it shouldn’t be a go-to as a means to validate a remote learning plan. Use playlists and choice boards.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 12, 2018

A recent winner of the ISTE Seal of Alignment Report , Participate.com is a professional learning networker’s dream, packed with features offering local relevance as well as the potential for global connections. You can search the huge chat list, check out what’s trending or chats recommended to match your interest.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

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. Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For each challenge, you’ll find emerging trends and interesting practices League districts are implementing, as well as links to summaries and research-based tools aligned with the specific challenge. Districts are using technology tools in powerful ways to enhance student learning and engagement. Explore the Challenge Map.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Provide professional development opportunities to invest in your staff While the school district I lead in Florida has less than a 7 percent turnover year over year, a recent report by the RAND Corporation showed that teacher turnover rates across the nation grew to 10 percent in the 2021-22 school year.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. Learning spaces had to conform to the perceived rule of law in education. The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal. We must do this. starting today.

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edWeb.net

MAY 25, 2021

During the edWebinar, “ Educators Have Spoken… This Is What Industry Partners Need to Hear,” the speakers presented trends and observations from edWeb’s recent edFocus Industry Summit and offered advice for vendors on building and maintaining connections with their customers. Virtual professional learning is taking over.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

So you get that, you know, big picture thinking and then you get to dive deeper and make some new connections and create your own professional learning network. Can you talk a little bit about how you’ve seen your role change now? In terms of your own personal learning journey. Have a listen.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Teachers should be empowered with actionable data, equipped to engage each student with a personalized learning experience and supported as they establish stronger relationships with home-based learning guardians such as parents. In short, it’s time to more intentionally think about educators as Learning Engineers.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Vrain is also the only district Learning Counsel has found that is deeply involved in workflow aimed at personalized learning, with 100% digital coverage for core curriculum, 90% for electives, 80% for special needs and 100% for professional development. Most recently they unveiled a new mobile Innovation Lab.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

And both during and after the pandemic, data will also continue to be crucial in identifying at-risk students, best practices, opportunity gaps, and ways to support personalized learning. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars. 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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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? Teachers learned how to move their existing curriculum from Google Drive into collaborative Kiddom classes. No school is the same.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

DIY.org : According to Higgin, this is the best community in youth media and learning products. Any kid can go and learn how to make things, share what they make, and earn badges. Newsela : With leveled texts aimed at the classroom, this news platform addresses current events and trending issues. Social Studies Stunners.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have long supported teachers in their career development, but with the help of technology, they’re now transforming education itself. We spoke with educators around the country and discovered seven ways that PLCs are transforming teaching and learning in schools.

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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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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Learn How to Create a Professional email signature that links to social media accounts. For a comprehensive video tutorial and more details on how to set up keyboard shortcuts to save time grading Google Docs, check out Jennifer’s post at [link]. This is such a great teaching/learning resource. Tweet This.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Grad Student Necessity December 26, 2014 by dr.j_cyrus from United States I recommend this podcast as one of the resources for the professional learning networks (PLNs) that my graduate students create each semester. This is such a great teaching/learning resource. Invaluable Teacher Resource November 11, 2014 by Christopher J.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 22, 2022

Teaching routines were constantly interrupted, moving between remote, hybrid, and in-person learning without planning or training. These are essential issues that need to be addressed by giving teachers the relevant professional training they need to meet the current demands of their jobs. Other important initiatives must wait.

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MindShift

JUNE 22, 2016

Luckily, several tech-savvy librarians have been curating the apps their colleagues find useful and sharing the all-stars with one another through personal learning communities (PLC) and edWeb webinars. She sees the same trend in students, but also recognizes many schools have policies against phones because they can be distractions.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Tech Enablers. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Teacher Morale: Current Trends. COVID certainly tops the list, resulting in unfinished learning, teacher shortages and resignations, and the pandemic’s lingering overall toll. Varsity Tutors for Schools is your all-in-one live learning platform that delivers personalized learning to every student in your school district.

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Differentiated Instruction Trends Professional Learning Strategy 74

edWeb.net

JUNE 9, 2023

This happened while the district continued intensively exploring how to support teachers and students. Plenty of research studies and reports, the big one from NWEA, spoke to the degree of learning loss across the states, and we were on it,” she said. “We The program design was incorporated into a personalized learning model.

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Assessment Personalized Learning Data Blended Learning 94

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2017

Baked-In Innovation Schools are staffed with operations, logistics and technology teams that enable teaching and learning staff to focus on curriculum development and delivery, assessment, and professional learning. and from that we gather a suite of reports on a specific trend line,” Minott said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2017

Policies should focus on creating authentic, personal learning experiences. one of the areas that I’m truly trying to push is making sure that we’re creating dynamic, authentic and personal learning experiences for kids. [00:04:00]. How do we make learning personal? The Leadership Gap.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, presented the findings of the 2021-2022 Speak Up survey and moderated a discussion with student experts who shared their experiences and insights about new models of learning, preferred uses of technology, and ideas on how to improve student engagement. Speak Up 2021-2022 Data Sets.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Students’ kitchens became their classrooms, parents became co-teachers and tech support, and the internet became a lifeline to learning. Educators had to radically rethink how we educate our children. We’ve grappled with how to do something apart that, for centuries, we’ve done together. They also have the animated videos.”

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LMS Learning Assessment EdTech 142

edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

Monica Cougan, Manager of Strategic Relationships and Initiatives at ENA and CatchOn, said CatchOn data underscored schools’ and districts’ desires to facilitate quality synchronous learning experiences for students that fostered continuity and content experiences. About the Moderator. Join the Community.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Edtech trends come and go. How to know which is which? All the trends and all the advancements in education are based on living breathing people who want to make the world a better place. With a knack for analytics, he pinpoints e-learning trends and explains their implications for the online education sector.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JULY 1, 2015

I’ve learned more about makerspaces, genius hour, flipped learning, STEM, STEAM, BYOD, PLCs, project-based learning, game-based learning, differentiated learning, personalized learning, and approximately 4,752 different apps and web tools to make it all possible. Do we choose to trust ourselves?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 24, 2023

." - Bill Gates, " The Age of AI has begun " This webinar series is designed to equip librarians with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate ChatGPT into their personal and professional learning, coach patrons and students in its usage, and incorporate the technology into library services and programs.

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Libraries Conference Trends Professional Learning 79

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

As artificial intelligence reshapes the education landscape, teachers, parents, and students have an unprecedented opportunity to leverage these advanced tools to enhance and magnify personal learning, drive educational innovation, and support learning experiences and communities.

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