A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Our goal is the purposeful integration of technology to support or enhance learning. We not only want students engaged, but also want to see evidence of learning aligned to high standards as well as the development and application of essential skill sets. Within minutes I was bombarded with so many new tools.

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Elementary EdTech Personal Learning Network Secondary 242

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

On any given day, you’ll find Felix and her students using iReady Math, making FlipGrid videos, or participating in a Skype Class virtual field trip to learn from rangers in places like Dinosaur National Monument and Grand Teton National Park. One tool on heavy rotation is Microsoft’s Immersive Reader.

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Tools Microsoft Laptops Accessibility 169

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

PHS students investigate the triangle inequality theorem, for example, using Geometer’s Sketchpad, and angle pair relationships with Geogebra. All of this learning, says Marum, is personalized, diagnostic, and adaptive. Murrieta students engage in interactive technology to learn math. Geometer’s Sketchpad ?

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Khan Academy Classroom Learning Case Study 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As education author Alfie Kohn has long argued , homework represents a “second shift” for students, and there’s mixed evidence they get much out of it. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. WTF is Unizin ?!

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Vrain Valley Schools 2021 and 2022 were the years of urgency and near-term decisions to ensure learning continued through the pandemic. This goes beyond just providing 1:1 tablets or laptops; it’s giving students guidance on how to use classroom tools in meaningful ways that work with how they learn best.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 67

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

His activities with teachers and students are guided by a focus on learning-by-doing. Denise Pope Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University Dr. Pope specializes in curriculum studies, service learning, student engagement, school reform, and qualitative research methods.

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Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

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. Lessons should have a clear design, intention, and target areas of student success.

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