edWeb.net

JUNE 11, 2019

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. in School Counseling Program, Freed-Hardeman University, TN, lays out strategies and ground rules for what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to assessments.

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Assessment Strategy Mobility Guidelines 48

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. A focusing activity is designed to immediately focus students’ attention as soon as they walk in (or log in) to the classroom.

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Examples Groups Google Outcomes 435

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What reading program did they use in elementary school? Related: NAACP targets a new civil rights issue — reading Meanwhile, Megan met Jazmine as her ninth grade English teacher in East Harlem in 2009. Jazmine rarely raised her hand, her reading fluency was choppy and she scored poorly on assessments.

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Elementary Report Trends Training 106

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). Performance assessments that integrate evidence of teaching practices and student learning measured in a variety of ways (such as student work, lesson plans, assignments, in-person or video observations based on standards, and/or National Board assessment).

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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. On days when SpaRRk Academy students are learning virtually, the classrooms are empty except for teachers and administrators, who come into the office just about every day.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 91

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

The first was that elementary school students who attended “Core Knowledge” schools – which teach young children a broad core curriculum in many subjects – were better readers. It’s nearly impossible to test different instructional approaches in real classrooms. They said the gains were large enough to catapult U.S.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a 2009 keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences!

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. Self-training apps on the iPad allow students to practice outside of the classroom and increased the amount of time students spend practicing.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 76

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. Hands-on and experiential learning is used in some elementary schools but this diminishes as students get older. Engages the senses. More likely to engage emotions. ”( Hands-On is Minds-On ).

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Learning Elementary Training Outcomes 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

percent in 2009 to 87.9 Give them more control over the manner in which they’re taught and how their work is assessed and you’ll produce more involved, successful students. Finally, the approach breaks from traditional classrooms where students are expected to sit and listen. percent in 2009 to 87.9 percent in 2017.

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E-rate Report Assessment Study 111

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through.

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Khan Academy Elementary Company Personalized Learning 165

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Denver Public Schools, a large district at 90,000 students, hired one Colorado-based firm to create its sustainability plan and a second to do the financial impact assessment. Related: Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning. Get reputable help. Start with efficiency. Then look to electrification.

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Education Company Secondary Elementary 80

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling. The heart of the ESIFC is our students.

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Digital Citizenship Libraries Secondary Social Media 76

Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. How do we help teachers to see how to use these devices in their classrooms for transformed learning.

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Technology Chromebook iPad Outcomes 72

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

To make up the gap, states are putting teachers without a strong science background in front of classrooms. But the state’s teacher shortage means there’s no guarantee that there are teachers with a science background in classrooms. In Oklahoma, to fill vacancies, emergency teaching certifications have skyrocketed since 2009.

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Survey Report Data STEM 113

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

DALLAS — In Levar Dobbins’ eighth grade classroom, a dozen students were learning about workforce trends. Indiana now requires all eighth graders to take a series of self-assessments through the state’s online career explorer or a similar web tool. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. A whole bunch of robots,” one boy suggested.

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STEM Course Robotics Social Media 137

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face. 24) Jackson, C.

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Any time a program is changed or phased out, it can be disruptive to classroom activities, administrators tell EdSurge. That’s how school district users last year found out about the end of TenMarks, which has provided curriculum, lesson plans, exercises and assessments in math and writing to students in an estimated 11,500 U.S.

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Khan Academy IXL Learning Company Software 87

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. The program started with 1:1 iPads in two first grade classrooms in 2010.

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STEM Personalized Learning BYOD iPad 88

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I. The George W.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

Considering an education projector for your classrooms or lecture hall? First, taking the time to assess your needs and installation conditions will help you pick an education projector you’ll be satisfied with. Consider classroom size and number of students. Assess lighting conditions and ability to control ambient light.

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Education Video Laptops Classroom 150

EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. This information was sent to all the students through Google Classroom for the students to view.

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Blended Learning Common Core Learning Data 45

eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

Committed to reimagining learning to better meet the needs of all students, this cohort of visionary districts has a shared set of best practices for bringing purposeful technology into the classroom to transform learning. classroom technology] has really carried students to a different level.". Elizabeth Forward School District.

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iPad Differentiated Instruction Elementary Meeting 40

EdTechTeam

MAY 31, 2017

Keep in mind, group work at the elementary level remains a skill that should be modeled and refined based on the data curated from previous observations of a task. Maintaining a mindset of a classroom Teacher is pertinent for me, if I expect to gain traction for the goals that I set for myself and ultimately students.

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Groups Strategy Data Elementary 81

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Warm classrooms in the 60-year-old building would smell like urine, her co-workers told her. Rand recognized the classroom sets of literature books she studied from as a senior. State and federal education leaders have feted Mississippi’s four-year stretch of improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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Outcomes Elementary Report Resources 138

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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Personalized Learning Learning Policies Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Liam Frometa, 5, left, and Christopher Ramos, 5, right, play with their classroom’s smart board at Fun Time Early Learning Academy in Naples, Fla. Eliane Lebrun, a kindergarten teacher at Highlands Elementary, a Guadalupe Center feeder school, said the distinction becomes apparent within the first week of school.

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Elementary Report Accessibility Assessment 53

Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

" But the answers to that question are, of course, bound up in our beliefs and practices and expectations, in our assessments of what "preparedness" even means. As school buildings were shuttered, the district turned to the radio to replace classroom instruction. Radio wasn't entirely new to CPS.

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Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

MindShift

OCTOBER 14, 2019

When I visited Maya Lin, an elementary school in Alameda, California where art is at the center of learning, third graders were in the middle of a multi-week project on climate change. Before it was called Maya Lin, this school was known as Washington Elementary. Maya Lin’s Journey to Arts Integration Was About Equity.

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Learning Elementary Study Mobility 53

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Key to that success, Johnstone says, was that the district had already started teaching math differently back in 2009. It’s about who’s in front of students, supporting teachers, making sure we have effective teachers in the classroom, ensuring that we have teachers that know how to teach to the new standards.

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Common Core Elementary Groups Robotics 40

EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

What Does Creativity Look Like in the Classroom? Students have more computing power in their cars and even their phones than the Apollo 11 systems (Computer Weekly, 2009). As long as we are constantly striving to improve ourselves and our classrooms, we are being creative. Cultivating Creativity in the Classroom."

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Mobility Google Libraries Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

Thompson, 69, came out of retirement to teach English after learning that Jackson Public Schools were looking for help in local classrooms. I called and got the information and a few weeks later I was back in the classroom.”. About 1,000 of the district’s 1,800 teachers have worked in classrooms for three years or less, Murray said.

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Education Report Groups Classroom 69