Discovery Education

MAY 27, 2022

Summer is supposed to be fun—and summer learning should be, too! Whether you’re looking for curriculum support, at-home activities for students, or professional learning resources, we’ll help you make this a summer to remember! Take students to a far-off destination without ever leaving the home or classroom!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Happy Black History Month video : In this new video from Sesame Workshop for students in grades PK-2, Elmo, Gabrielle, Tamir, and Abby come together to celebrate the contributions of Black and African American communities.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Districts, schools, educators, and families scrambled to get plans in place for distance learning. Fortunately we have seen possibilities become reality in our Verizon Innovative Learning Schools, where one-to-one devices are provided along with up to four years of data, as well as ongoing professional learning for all teachers.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2017

Leveraging Learning Trajectories and Diagnostics for Personalization in 6-8 Math (B304). Professional Learning with SeeSaw (B302). Adding Interactivity to Google Slides for Customized Learning (B307). iPad Art & ‘Tra-Dgital’ Approaches to Learning in Hands-On Creative Classrooms (B306).

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2021

The priority focus areas are student engagement, responsive and inclusive teaching and learning, and meeting all learners’ needs. Provo City School District , Utah — Improve literacy outcomes for students in K-3 through 1:1 coaching for teachers and leaders at four elementary schools.

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edWeb.net

JULY 6, 2020

The announcement was made today by Lisa Schmucki, Founder and CEO of edWeb.net, a free professional learning social network, and Alex Urrea, Founder and Managing Partner of Eduscape, the emerging leader for K-16 educator professional development in North America.

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Hapara

JUNE 7, 2023

Where : Pennsylvania Convention Center, 122B Session type : Participate and share: Forum Session focus : This session will explore TeachMeet, a type of teacher-driven professional learning. You’ll also learn how student-driven podcasts affect student engagement and creativity.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

July 28, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—today announced a host of new enhancements to its award-winning K-12 platform. Among the latest enhancements made to the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform for back-to-school are: .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Inquire about techniques to promote active student engagement during lectures. Professional development guidance: Real-world examples: Ask Chat GPT for recommendations on educational conferences or workshops. Inquire about strategies for building a professional learning network (PLN).

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2019

While these types of projects can be fun in their own right, adding a story and humor to the lesson increases overall student engagement. Why do I need to learn this? The presenters encourage educators to challenge students to become inventors and creators of tomorrow. This edWebinar was sponsored by Wonder Workshop.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Experience – Discovery Education’s flexible, award-winning K-12 learning platform – was selected by Los Angeles Unified following a review that included an overwhelmingly positive response from educators. Through these interactive professional development sessions, participants will learn best practices for using their new digital resources.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Neuroscience, and the measurement of emotional immersion, will become a key innovation and a new precision metric of student engagement. Consequently, technology will find its place to support rather than supplant student engagement through personal interactions with both peers and teachers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As part of its effort, Savvas is developing professional learning to support teachers in setting high expectations for all learners and creating classroom environments that welcome individual voices, provide safe spaces for challenging conversations, and promote student agency by empowering students with choices in how they learn.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2019

Carrie Willis, Technology Director for Valley Preparatory School and Strategic Outreach Manager for Wonder Workshop, and Caitlin Arakawa, Kindergarten Teacher at Valley Preparatory School, dispel these misconceptions, during a recent edWebinar. Nearpod is a powerful teaching and learning tool that promotes student engagement in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Leadership is second only to teaching among school-related factors that can improve student achievement, and it tends to show greatest impact in traditionally underserved schools ( Leithwood, Seashore Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom, 2004 ).

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But for all methods, safety should be the first priority along with helping students engage in the scientific process and relate the lessons to the real world. In Flinn Scientific’s edLeader Panel, “ Teaching Science and STEM in a COVID World Fully and Safely—Whatever the Learning Approach,” Dr. About the Presenters.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2020

One of the key takeaways from this in-depth research is that deeper learning most often occurs when students “play the whole game at the junior level.” During a recent MAPLE Masterclass that included district teams from across Massachusetts, Mehta reiterated this concept throughout the workshop.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 12, 2019

For the past 17 years, Jamie has redefined education practices by designing creative learning networks for educators and families. As a former high school teacher, school administrator, and after school director, Jamie has facilitated hundreds of professional development workshops on student engagement in digital spaces.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Based on results from a live survey of #EdClusters18 attendees, we took a deep dive into five challenge topics around teaching and learning in EdClusters across the country: Authentic, formative assessment tools and practices. Personalized learning implementation. Reaching traditionally underrepresented/disadvantaged students.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 21, 2013

Cell phones in Education Steve Hargadon'

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. Start by picking a target grade level, then the unit you believe your students need the most.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

During the school year, the professional learning we receive can be very district- or campus-centered. According to Malcolm Knowles' theories in adult learning, we should: Be task-oriented -- not only focused on memorization. Start by picking a target grade level, then the unit you believe your students need the most.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Students worked on projects through open exploration, consisting of mainly free time in the makerspace; workshops, in which students work in groups to learn new skills; and design challenges, in which a group of students focuses on a specific challenge directed by a prompt. Join the Community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

[link] A 7-STEP PLAN TO IMPROVE YOUR ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM FOR MAXIMUM STUDENT ENGAGEMENT (60 minutes) 5:00 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time Click here to see the time in your own time zone Online learning is the new normal. He likes the results a lot, and his students do, too.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 5, 2015

TeacherQuest: On a practical level, educators leave TeacherQuest workshops with the ability to use games in several different ways: as tools for student engagement; as tools for supporting and assessing learning in traditional content areas; and as tools for supporting and assessing development of 21st century skills.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Additionally, she provides professional development and hands-on workshops for educators at local, regional and national venues. Her work in blended learning, student engagement, and social media has been featured by EdWeek, NBC News’s Education Nation, Instructor Magazine, Intel, ISTE, ASCD, Tech & Learning and the NEA.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In addition to instructional coaching, Monica supports teachers through workshops, speaking engagements, and blogging for Education Week and Education Post. She speaks both nationally and internationally about discipline reform, equity, student engagement, and many other topics. Join the Community.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Since its founding, the company has developed a two-part offering for schools and districts: consulting services to help envision, design and create instructional models and professional learning for blended and personalized learning programs, and a technology platform that helps schools transition to blended learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

A teacher’s efficacy belief is a judgment of his or her capabilities to bring about desired outcomes of student engagement and learning.4 6 Satisfaction resides in the willingness of the teachers being studied to adopt the technology and apply it to their professional settings. Schools as Learning Communities.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

Network with innovative and inspiring teachers, principals, district leaders, thought leaders, and education organizations from around the country and the world committed to educating students for a diverse, global society. She conducts workshops across the country and presents at regional, national, and international conferences.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The Framework helps districts address and track key steps and milestones in a unified way, integrating professional learning with district-level success metrics and milestones. The bundles pair Wonder Workshop’s Cue, Dash and Dot robots with Acer Chromebooks, Chrome tablets, Window notebook PCs and Android tablets.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

In Teachers Know Best, teachers “suggest that the ideal professional learning experience should focus less on presentations and lectures and more on opportunities to apply learning through demonstrations or modeling and practice.” Platforms like OTIS allow you to upload content specific to your school and its workflows.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 7, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. Professional Development.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Video technology has encouraged educators to expand their roles in greater authentic, communicative and collaborative learning. The possibilities are inspiring and include: Building student engagement through “real-world,” video-based projects. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Concurrently, a portion of the funding went to LEAP to help train principals and teachers at more than 100 Chicago-area schools on personalized learning. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning. It’s always evolving; it’s a very living document.”. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

Concurrently, a portion of the funding went to LEAP to help train principals and teachers at more than 100 Chicago-area schools on personalized learning. Stacy Stewart, principal of Belmont-Cragin Elementary School seen here before the COVID-19 pandemic, credits personalized learning for helping to improve student engagement.

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