The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As a teacher, it’s validating to hear someone else recognize how challenging our work can be, especially looking in from the outside. But admiration of our craft is not enough. Or have students come in two shifts with teachers working 14-hour days on rotation? I put a humble face on, but beamed with pride inside.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

At OpenEd18 I gave a presentation titled “Questioning the OER Orthodoxy: Is the Commons the Right Metaphor for our Work?” A powerful metaphor draws our attention to salient features that we would likely have missed otherwise, increasing our ability to make progress. Closing Thoughts (for Now).

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 3, 2024

Keep: What would you like to keep because you are enjoying it, finding it valuable, or it it just works well for you? What would you like me to continue doing in terms of my interactions with you, my approach to our lessons, or the specific learning activities you regularly engage with in this class?

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In a gig-based economy our students will find themselves working on asynchronous teams in different geographies, different times, and with different cultures. How then can we prepare them for this workflow?

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

One of the biggest hurdles I encountered working with teachers using the whole group, teacher-led, teacher-paced model was their lack of time to design. This knowledge is essential to effectively harness AI’s potential in a way that truly benefits our students.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Housed in the dining room for ease of access by all, the copper and cream books with gold trim were a staple resource for my brothers and me when we had to do any research for school work. Without the encyclopedia set, our world was not very big. You can even claim that the world is in the palm of our hands.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Additionally, I'm testing some new AI tools to see if it is practical to return to a five-day-a-week episode, and the best way to work through workflow is to do it more frequently. Remixable templates as a starting point for student work 11:09 Tip 7. Voiceover for reflection and sharing creative work. Let's see how it goes!

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It’s not every day you find technology that works to build human relationships, but ViewSonic’s brand does just that. ViewSonic intentionally designs our products, such as ViewBoard interactive displays and myViewBoard software, with valuable input from our teacher community,” says Kenneth Mau, the company’s marketing communications director.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2024

It is a day we can all participate in making our air clean, our water fresh and our land unlittered rather than accepting the trash-filled oceans, the smoggy skies, and the debris-laden land that is becoming the norm. Despite the questionable health of our world, we have made progress. This is more than straws.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. Many of our students may not have a dedicated and quiet workspace. Technology access can be another barrier.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We live in exciting times as unprecedented access to knowledge, research, and effective strategies at our fingertips can assist educators in creating meaningful experiences for students that align with both needs and strengths. While the students worked, Brylee was seen conducting individual conferences as a Tier 3 support.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I hope today's show will provoke thought and thinking about what it means to relate to our students. Tom also emphasizes the need to recognize and support the many and various backgrounds of our students and the need to build trust over time.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

A former principal who won awards for his work, Meechin encouraged attendees at the National Future of Education Technology Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., The reality is that our… to rethink their overall approaches to education.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It is a process where students evaluate their work, reflecting on what they’ve learned, how well they’ve understood complex concepts, how much progress they’ve made toward mastering key skills, and where they may need to invest time and energy to improve their concept knowledge and skill set.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What do teachers find mentally stimulating about their work? What aspects of a teacher’s work lead them to engage in problem-solving, critical thinking, and reflection? A teacher’s cognitive engagement is the degree of attention to and investment in their work (Klassen, Yerdelen & Durksen, 2013).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2024

(A discussion of PhotoMath) Then, we moved on to discuss the need for two things with learning: Productive Struggle Focusing on the process of correctly learning how to do something As we work to learn there is a certain amount of productive struggle required. Use of AI to help learning math: Work a problem out completely.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2024

[link] Blog: [link] Podcast: [link] Show Notes Takeaways: Setting Boundaries: Establishing clear boundaries, especially regarding communication with parents and managing work time, is crucial to prevent burnout. This includes not checking messages or emails during off-hours to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Barb (01:20) Right.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2024

Please support our sponsors by clicking on the link and checking out their services. So some teachers think, well, it's hard to get students in a group of two to work together and how can you get kids to collaboratively build apps together? So what's what are the current best practices you're seeing as you work with teachers?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

We must collect formative assessment data in each lesson to understand our students’ progress and respond to their needs. Observations with a Checklist: Simply observing our students at work can provide valuable insights into their behaviors, interactions, and level of understanding during classroom activities.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The event marks a major milestone and is the culmination of months of hard work that began in the spring when teachers received their devices and began planning. Our teachers, our parents, our community loved it.” Verizon devices have been distributed and our students are fully immersed in their work.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As our group began meeting, it quickly became apparent that we had a long list of shared challenges and limited time to address them. Using the process outlined in this article, we were able to organize our work and create crowdsourced resources through KeepMichiganLearning.org.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 13, 2014

I had the opportunity to speak with a few hundred librarians today to discuss how we can get to the uncommon core of our work using social media. You can see the presentation below and visit it at this link. It is made available for others to view and copy if there is something you want to share with others.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“We are seeing an increase in mental health challenges among our younger students, starting in elementary school.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

To them, loving and teaching our youth was a great honor despite the devaluation educators often experience. As an educator, I work within and around systems that are designed to lock out historically marginalized communities; this is why I lead and educate through a DEI lens. You’ll be called where you’re meant to be.”

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techlearning

JUNE 11, 2018

This site features 11 amazing nature photographs answering questions like Do bees like caffeine? Are spiders omnivores? What does it feel like to be left out when you want to join a group?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

How does this work fit in with our other current initiatives? How will we help our employees, students, and families understand the connections with our other work? How much of a priority is this work compared to our other initiatives? What’s our follow-up plan afterward? Related Posts.

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Education Elements

MARCH 12, 2024

If you haven’t visited, you're missing out on a slice of Rochester's personality—hard working, welcoming, curious, and determined. During a recent trip, while gearing up for one of our sessions, we made sure to kickstart the day with something sweet. Her response was heartening: "I love our schools, and our students are amazing.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Our students already have so much daily screen time.” The early childhood teachers I work with have a unique set of challenges and concerns about integrating technology into instruction for our youngest learners and no one understands that more than I do. “It’s exhausting to get them all logged in.” “Our It makes sense.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 25, 2024

As Digital Promise’s pilot work in Haiti continues into its second year, our partners reflect on lessons learned.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2024

Reach University offers adults employed in schools and other workplaces the opportunity to earn a unique bachelor’s degree that embraces work experience as part of the learning process. In our virtual math reasoning course, preservice teachers can answer in the chat or share their thoughts verbally.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2024

This article unveils prominent themes that were uncovered during our time together along with implications and further considerations for research regarding Black women’s experiences and trauma-informed leadership in the classroom. Professor of public health and African American Studies David R. I felt unsupported and undervalued.

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Ditch That Textbook

AUGUST 29, 2022

That's the holy grail of our work as teachers. Then, we reflect and make decisions on our instruction going forward. Whether it's whole class, small group, or one-on-one instruction, our job as teachers is in a constant state of reflection and growth. Purposeful, efficient, effective instruction.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2024

At Olmsted Falls School District, our leadership team understands how critical it is to support our educators as employees. Thankfully, while our school district isn’t struggling with staffing shortages to the degree of our neighboring districts, that may not always be the case.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For many, it’s a vision that includes tables of students sitting quietly, working diligently as the teacher walks around or pulls small groups. For me, that part is important because I collaborate best when I feel like I can relate to the people I work with beyond the work we do together.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2024

Key points: More and more steps have become essential to protect critical data How to maintain secure access and data privacy 4 ways to improve your district’s data privacy For more news on data protection, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub Protecting our privacy and security is challenging. Really challenging. Forgot your password?

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Edutopia

APRIL 6, 2016

Maurice Elias Character Education Because character education and SEL are misunderstood, they are often ignored as an integral part of the learning for which our schools are responsible. Photo credit: Ross School via flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 19, 2013

School based, formal education is not all that impacts one''s interests and life''s work. Serendipity, chance events, and life experience can have a huge impact. Doug Engelbart is one example.'

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