The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

More than 75 percent of elementary school math teachers said they used their school’s recommended materials, but fewer than 50 percent of high school math teachers said they did. The do-it-yourself approach has two downsides, Zahner said, both of which affect students. Sign up for Proof Points and other Hechinger newsletters.

Instructional Materials 136

Instructional Materials Survey Elementary Report 136

techlearning

MARCH 14, 2022

Tech & Learning Innovative Leader Awards (Dallas): Best Example of Sustainable Classrooms

Instructional Materials 103

Instructional Materials Examples Classroom Learning 103

Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway. K-12 context.

OER 297

OER Instructional Materials Khan Academy Outcomes 297

eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

These instructional materials have been incredibly valuable to the state’s educational system. CONCORD, NH (March 3, 2022) — In less than eight months, more than 215,000 digital resources have been used by New Hampshire educators, students and families through Discovery Education’s innovative learning platform.

Instructional Materials 86

Instructional Materials EdTech Resources System 86

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The post School Instructional Materials Market Takes Major Year-to-Date Hit in Sales appeared first on Market Brief. The first seven months of 2020 were tough ones for PreK-12 publishers, according to an analysis by an industry group.

Instructional Materials 86

Instructional Materials Analysis Industry Groups 86

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

As schools think about making learning accessible for all students, it is important to consider how instructional materials allow students to interact with information. Traditional textbooks or workbooks provide limited means of interacting with information.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning UDL Learning Guidelines 546

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2019

.” The Fact Finder: Your Foolproof Media Literacy Guide has 11 separate multimedia lessons designed using the 5 E’s constructivist instructional model. These lessons are cross-curricular, standards-aligned, and includes video instruction, instructions, materials, downloadable resources, discussion questions.

Instructional Materials 310

Instructional Materials Video Assessment Strategy 310

Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2021

We just need two things: great instructional materials designed for the latest research in science education, and transformative professional learning to advance instructional practice and get the most out of the materials. It seems simple.

Instructional Materials 257

Instructional Materials Professional Learning Education Classroom 257

Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

For example, a product that disseminates instructional materials may be considered successful based on usage data, whereas a product focused on learning interventions or direct instruction may require assessment data evidence to determine success.

EdTech 322

EdTech Learning Instructional Materials Data 322

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) recently named Just Right Readers decodable books for grades K-2 as approved instructional materials for both English and Spanish phonics. Instructional materials are also open to public review and feedback.

Instructional Materials 89

Instructional Materials Resources Education Libraries 89

Doug Levin

MAY 7, 2017

We have a choice to make about the future of instructional materials in a digital age. As physical books are replaced by digital replicas and - increasingly - by interactive software, do we continue to believe that public school instructional materials should be subject to public inspection?

Instructional Materials 170

Instructional Materials EdTech Software 170

Education Elements

MAY 2, 2022

In our work with districts across the country, we frequently hear questions about instructional materials–from how to select high quality programs that match their needs, to building processes that are inclusive of key stakeholders, to developing sustainable processes for regularly reviewing and refining curriculum, just to name a few.

Instructional Materials 208

Instructional Materials How To Strategy 208

Education Elements

APRIL 23, 2024

This model was the best fit with existing campus and district initiatives, including the implementation of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) in Math and ELAR classes. As part of the school action plan, the school selected a blended learning redesign model.

Blended Learning 210

Blended Learning Education Elements Instructional Materials Elementary 210

Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As more and more high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) become available, we have noticed a tension with districts across the country between being excited about the opportunities for new, rigorous materials, and the concern about when and how to get started.

Instructional Materials 181

Instructional Materials Policies Strategy How To 181

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve established that I am a fan of open educational resources (OER) and think that K-12 educators and policymakers would benefit from thinking more deeply about the ownership of instructional materials.

OER 278

OER Education Instructional Materials EdTech 278

Ascend Math

JUNE 1, 2017

“As a Gates Foundation exec puts it: “ Research tells us that high-quality, aligned instructional material is important in helping teachers support their students in mastering the skills, knowledge, and experience they need to be college and career ready.” ” THE Journal.

Technology 159

Technology Instructional Materials Blackboard Assessment 159

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials (63%). Provides an innovative way for instruction to be personalized for each student (56). That's a 45% increase in just one year.

Video 329

Video Classroom Flipped Classroom Blended Learning 329

Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

Almost 60 percent of technology leaders say that one-quarter of instructional materials in their schools today are digital—not paper-based—and 26 percent say that their level of paperlessness is 50 percent. •

Survey 279

Survey Instructional Materials Social Media Study 279

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2024

Imagine Learning EL Education aligns with the concept of high-quality instructional materials (HQIMs). It offers a content-based approach that combines structured phonics instruction with the use of compelling, real-world texts to engage and excite K-8 learners. It has] really helped us in closing that achievement gap.”

How To 166

How To Instructional Materials Guidelines Blended Learning 166

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Collaborate with faculty to support them in an instructional design capacity, inspiring and helping them implement engaging curricular units around instructional technology and innovation. Develop training and instructional materials for faculty to enhance their fluency with available technologies and software.

Classroom 407

Classroom Microsoft STEM Adobe 407

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials. In one survey of educators, ViewSonic Corporation found that three-quarters of teachers (75 percent) connected so-called blended-learning models with increased student engagement.

Learning 448

Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 448

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 1, 2019

My post doesn’t just refer to just sites like Teachers Pay Teachers, but also a wide range of materials from a variety of sources. To assist with the vetting process, I suggest you take a look at the Digital Instructional Materials: Acquisitions Policies for States site from SETDA.

Assessment 290

Assessment Instructional Materials Resources Examples 290

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

While it may seem logical for teachers and professors to clearly disclose when they use AI to develop instructional materials, just as they are asking students to do in assignments, Watkins points out that it’s not as simple as it might seem.

Education 217

Education Instructional Materials Policies Company 217

eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2021

New research released from the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University finds that digitally accessible, high-quality instructional materials designed to bring students, families, and educators together increased student learning and engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic. View the report here.

Instructional Materials 109

Instructional Materials Resources Learning Report 109

EdNews Daily

APRIL 23, 2024

In 2021, the New Hampshire Department of […] The post Discovery Education to Produce New Civics Curriculum for New Hampshire Schools first appeared on EdNews Daily.

Instructional Materials 130

Instructional Materials Education Technology 130

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In states that mix adoption and local control, like Utah, a commission reviews, vets and ultimately recommends instructional materials, although districts have final say. State Procurement Case Studies: Spotlight on Digital Materials Acquisition is available online. . Each state operates differently.

EdTech 300

EdTech Case Study Instructional Materials Policies 300

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

When combined with other sources, one estimate places this figure as high as $10 billion annually, with $200 million of that spent on digital instructional materials. Highly fragmented, these organizations often serve small numbers of learners and have very limited budgets for instructional materials.

Education 164

Education Instructional Materials Company Mobility 164

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade. This is good news and cause for celebration.

OER 170

OER Instructional Materials Meeting Advocacy 170

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

When instructors make videos where they use their presence in the video well, the researchers argue in a recent peer-reviewed paper , it can “contribute to greater engagement, promote generative learning, direct efficient integration of the instructional material, and lead to better post-test performance.”

Video 218

Video Instructional Materials Study Student Engagement 218

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Four, we must ensure that all instructional materials – no matter their form or medium – remain available for public inspection and review. There simply is no room for instructional black boxes in public education. Students should not have to trade their privacy in exchange for a free, high-quality public education.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. This amount of time grows exponentially for teachers in underserved schools with students who may need more support. “If

Twitter 236

Twitter Instructional Materials Blended Learning Conference 236

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It is important to remember how far we have come in only a few decades with technology to be able to still see our students via video, to both distribute instructional materials and watch them progress in software, to talk to them live from a distance and help them to learn.

Instructional Materials 130

Instructional Materials Survey Software Learning 130

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

As principals do classroom walkthroughs, they look for specific instruction based in the curriculum, rather than an academic standard dutifully written on the chalkboard but ignored. This is a lot to ask of teachers, and it seems strange to allow the quality of instructional materials to depend on a teacher’s Google-fu.

Instructional Materials 156

Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 156

eSchool News

AUGUST 5, 2024

That challenge is followed closely by securing CTE program funding (53 percent), retaining qualified teachers (51 percent), developing work-based learning opportunities for students (48 percent), and finding engaging instructional materials (32 percent).

Instructional Materials 108

Instructional Materials Industry Training Trends 108

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2020

Set up a command central for instruction materials. We have to give kudos to our K-12 curriculum and instruction specialists, who came together to form the best group of educational professionals we’ve ever worked with. Here’s how we did it: 1.

Instructional Materials 138

Instructional Materials Learning Classroom STEM 138

Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 13, 2023

” question about the way generative AI might change the ways that learners interact with instructional materials like textbooks. Last week I asked a “What if?” This week I’d like to ask another.

Instructional Materials 148

Instructional Materials Training Assessment Examples 148

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In the last few weeks we shared with you a number of interesting free resources from OER Commons that you can use in your class for a wide variety of instructional materials (see resources on.read more

Resources 110

Resources OER Instructional Materials 110