Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2019

In 2017, at the end of our third year of implementing personalized learning at Dallas ISD, our central personalized learning team conducted a series of stepback meetings with school leaders. In five years, we’ve grown from five to 20 “wall-to-wall’ schools working to leverage personalized learning to meet student needs.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That students are more distracted than ever by their devices—the laptops, smartphones and iPads that just about everyone in this class has out on their desks. As I looked out across the lecture hall, almost everyone had a laptop or iPad in use. They're on their phone or on their laptops doing other things.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Students have fewer barriers to learning when they can use their tablets or laptops not only to find homework instructions, read e-books, and share important information with their families, but to create and work on independent projects, research topics that interest them, and connect with subject experts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

She also uses this for professional development for teachers when she’s preparing to meet them on-site. You could then turn and go on to respond and say, “Teryl, it’s so nice to meet you. She shares essential tips on how to use Flipgrid. This fun video tool is a great way to engage students at the beginning of school.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This is what we currently have in our lab now that we are 3 years into the program: Wonder Workshop Dash and Dot Robots. They work with 4 different apps- Wonder, Blockly, Go, Path.the various apps meet different levels of coding ability. Wonder Workshop Cue Robots. 5 Lenovo Laptops. Their durability is amazing.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2012

Greg also conducts workshops at K-12 schools and universities and mentors doctoral students and administrators in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Some students were using laptops and devices for class assignments or to text, but most were sitting at tables together, talking. Check out his blog Embrace, Adapt, Enhance.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

” The 1:1 initiative aimed for districts to issue each student a laptop for use in-school and at home. Many schools employ the use of a web filter to meet these requirements; however, administrators required new solutions that extended protection to school-owned devices at home. Then there was the iPad.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

At the conclusion of the workshop, I immediately began to think about the potential of this computing device in my school. Special meeting with “Googlers” to learn about what it is like to work there, the application process, and the diversity of programs that they work on. However, something was missing.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Students may come to a Black Girls Code workshop and become inspired and enthusiastic about the new skills they’ve learned. If students can’t do that at home or in school, because either they don’t have a laptop or they don’t have access to broadband, that’s a big barrier for them. What still frustrates you? You learn by the practice.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. Let’s try meeting all of the needs of our students in math,” Sheppard says.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 17, 2014

This is the workshop where you do your thinking every day, basically, and it can be revealing, often unintentionally, about what’s going through your head. OFM contracts with manufacturers in Mexico, Taiwan and China to design furniture and products that meet the highest industry standards. and operations in Phoenix, Ariz., and Taiwan.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

At no cost to him or his family, the program even provided him with his own laptop to use for his coursework. But experiencing a small coding workshop or introductory organic chemistry lab can help students break through those expectations, she said, and “rethink what you think your limits are.”.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

I big shout out to all of you I had a chance to meet at FETC 2018 in Orlando. Also, a big thank you to the over 400 that attended my workshops and sessions. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spun around my laptop, which was currently displaying Mancrates , a website that sends Valentine’s boxes to avid lovers of artisanal meats. What if we could apply the subscription box model to professional learning? My supervisor glanced up at me, wondering what I was looking at on my computer. We knew we needed a change.

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The Innovative Educator

JULY 6, 2017

NYCSchoolsTechChat Q4 Check out the workshops ht tps:// nycschoolstech2017.livecube NYCSchoolsTechChat Q6 Big question: laptop, tablet, phone, or notebook? Who have you connected with & how has it helped you? livecube app.com/?s=schedule_screen. s=schedule_screen. Which are you excited about? What are the benefits of each?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The frequent workshops also offer translation services for families whose first language isn’t English. It is vitally important that parents have access to being able to continue to do virtual workshops.”. Parent involvement is “critical,” says Assistant Superintendent Ebony Lee.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Chromebooks and iPads have become the two most popular digital devices in classrooms (with laptops, 2-in-1 devices like Surface Pro, and Macs next). Now, teachers and parents can meet when it suits everyone’s schedule even if it’s evenings or weekends. More Chromebooks than iPads. Dedicated teacher training.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

I really do build classroom cohort so that we meet outside of the classroom as groups where we can really collaborate together and plan together. Deb transformed her classroom into a blended learning environment using her class website as a launchpad, as well as laptops and iPads with her students daily. How does that work?

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

This meant they needed to program the computer — Little’s laptop — to the MaKey MaKey circuit board, which the students were able to do. Meeting Standards. Little gets fuzzy explaining exactly how the banana piano worked. .” Courtesy of Elizabeth Little).

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ProfHacker

MAY 26, 2015

Summer often brings an increase in both personal and academic travel, as the shift from a regular class schedule often lends time for study abroad, extended conferences and workshops, and other events. A stash of at least some business cards. Battery packs for recharging tablets or phones during long days in venues with few outlets.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With schools mostly online, nearly one in four public school students in Detroit aren’t logging in or showing up , the superintendent says — many because they don’t have laptops or Wi-Fi. Her coalition of advocates in Nashville now meets remotely, every Friday morning. That’s significantly more than in a typical year. It’s so sad.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Next Tuesday Nov 13 from 4-6 I will host the first Palo Alto Technology Using Educators (PATUE) meeting at Kehillah Jewish High School. Please leave a comment to let me know you are coming, I will have a room, a screen wifi and a plan, bring your laptops, questions, and love of learning, because learning is living. pedagogy'

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My Paperless Classroom

JUNE 15, 2014

This workshop will get participants programming in as many platforms as we have time for and will focus on iPad based programming instruction. We will likely start on today’s meet. This workshop will get participants exposed to programming in as many platforms as we have time for.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

Armed with laptops, Legos (with no shops to build mechanical structures, the school sent kits) and pads of Post-it Notes, along with their social rituals — meals together, Friday craft nights, a running notebook of their funny quotes — they created a quarantine campus. I went to my sorority meetings for a few weeks, then called it quits.”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

High quality sustained PD as defined in this recent report should “take place over an extended period; longer than one day or a one-time workshop.” But to meet the federal guidelines for quality PD, a school district, administrators, and teachers need to begin with a vision for what the classroom should look like.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

District #3 : Next Generation Digital Classroom - moving away from laptops and desktops. Teachers will write their own questions and goals that they want to meet each fall and spring. More Discussion Notes November suggests no more technology workshops. Workshop needs measurable goals, follow-up, and results based on data.

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Learning With Lucie

JUNE 7, 2015

This week I had the benefit of attending a two day workshop lead by a master facilitator, Liz Lerman, where we learned about and practiced using her Critical Response Process for giving and getting useful feedback on anything you make - from dance to dessert. And sure enough, the two day workshop left me in the promised state.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A big shout out to all of you I had a chance to meet at FETC 2018 in Orlando. Also, a big thank you to the over 400 that attended my workshops and sessions. He initiated a 1:1 laptop program along with PBL in Southwest Allen County Schools near Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

TOOLS THEY USE MOSAIC PREPARATORY ACADEMY First in Math Fluency Tutor for Google Google Drive iPads Laptops myON Promethean boards Special education students at Raft River Schools gain skills and confidence through literacy games such as Reading Horizons’ Whack-a-Word. Teams of teachers meet monthly to examine student writing samples.

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Saving Socrates

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I resented the unstructured weekly meetings my students attended with school counselors and advisors and the almost monthly color war or spirit centered full school event. I found those meetings turned into venting sessions where students were given the ability to complain about anything they disliked. However, this is not the case.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

Saint Stephen’s College invited me to share my direct experiences with their teachers and conduct large and small workshops with their teachers to inspire and brainstorm possibilities. The couch spaces also have two large monitors, where students can connect their laptop to the large screen if needed. Station rotation model.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

She moves her food strategically off camera and ensures she has multiple devices logged in: her phone, laptop and desktop. She started monthly workshops specifically for them. “Let’s turn jobs into degrees.” Brusly Elementary is quiet as Noble settles down in a classroom.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 14, 2019

Fisher expounded that it is essential to understand that all behaviors serve a function and they will persist if they are meeting a need for a student. STAR Autism Support (SAS) provides curriculum materials, workshops and training to school and agency staff who work with students with autism. Data is tracked automatically.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In her edWebinar “Meeting the Needs of Students with ASD Within the Mainstream Classroom” , Finkler outlined the biggest challenges with mainstreaming and key strategies for helping them thrive in their new environment. Our mission is to help others successfully implement research-based applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. The rest of the students were focused intently on their laptops. Fellows attended monthly meetings at which they could share their questions and observations about personalized learning. Shhhhhhhh.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

High schools are also trying to make learning more personalized, so teachers can focus on meeting the needs and engaging the interests of individual students. Ebone Engram, 11, explains her diorama of the solar system. Photo: Sarah Garland. The projects had to be science-related, one student explained.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The answer lies in taking advantage of the tools many students already have - cell phones, smart phones, app phones, MP3 players, tablets, and laptops. Equal Access - Not every student has a cell phone with unlimited data or text plans, nor do they all have laptops they can bring to school. Yet if we open up cloud computing and Web 2.0

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