eSchool News

JULY 17, 2023

Conservation Station : Explore the unexpected connections at the heart of the energy-water nexus and discover how to conserve water and energy with engaging at home activities from Conservation Station: Creating a More Resourceful World—an educational initiative with Itron. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Get the right people in the room to start, and consider who will be involved over time This sounds simple, but spending time thinking about the type of team you want involved at the outset of your personalized learning vision-setting is critical. The vision in its day-to-day form? “We We are all learners who deserve PL experiences.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

Ubiquitous access to technology means that acquiring knowledge is no longer dependent solely on a classroom teacher. Google provides quick and easy access to information while YouTube provides on-demand how-to videos on just about any topic.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The conversation about how to achieve those outcomes for all students is much more complex. A clear understanding of how the Science of Reading leads to structured literacy and how to apply these teaching principles has shown that the 95% of students who are capable of learning to read can build this skill set.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

So you get that, you know, big picture thinking and then you get to dive deeper and make some new connections and create your own professional learning network. Can you talk a little bit about how you’ve seen your role change now? Have a listen. And you know, did a computer lab for a long time.

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edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

From developing lesson plans, to performing administrative functions, to implementing creative strategies to spark student engagement and collaboration, today’s classroom teacher juggles more responsibility than ever and does so in less time than ever. Students naturally understand the display and how to connect their devices.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Together they discuss how inclusive learning is meeting the needs of all learners. Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning. Every student brings their own unique learning needs to the classroom.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. A safe and cooperative climate for learning. Support and training to promote continual professional learning. Data to track and promote collaborative inquiry and practices that improve student learning.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

To provide the best possible teaching and learning environment, school leaders need to provide their teachers with professional learning opportunities that are personalized and engaging. edWeb.net is a free professional learning network that hosts special interest communities on innovative topics in education.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2019

While not calling for a return to those rigid structures, in the edWebinar “ Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning: Making It Work,” Dina Brulles, Ph.D., both education consultants, advocated for using groups to assist student learning. and Karen L. Brown, M.Ed., Join the Community.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Their collaborative learning is powered by the video evidence of their own classrooms. During an instructional coaching cycle, teachers can use any device to easily record, upload and share videos of their classroom practices with their peers or coaches. Instead, they should capture the everyday reality of classroom life.

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techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

-Discovery Education’s Math Techbook and Professional Learning Services to Strengthen Efforts to Create Dynamic Digital Classrooms – Silver Spring, Md. Through this effort, students are building collaborative learning skills that prepare them for college and careers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2019

During a recent edWebinar , ways to develop early coding skills through playful learning were presented by Leanna Prater, Ed.D., a Solution Engineer at LEGO Education, and Jennifer Rodabaugh, a classroom teacher and developer of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) projects. Building Coding Skills. About the Host.

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Learning Confluence

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Wikispaces is topical right now given the announcement to close – I am still wondering how I can archive 200+ wikis before July… BTW – there is a dead link in the post, the Flat Classroom 2007 wiki is here – [link]. The early heydey of Flat Classroom projects was exciting.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It was more like a media center and had spaces that were created for collaborative learning as well as spaces to work your own. Flexible seating accommodated the learning needs of many different learners, and it was a space, unlike anything I had seen in education before. It was incredible to watch.

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Libraries Collaborative Learning Professional Learning Technology 40

Edthena

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Without a doubt, teachers are engaged in a “learn as you go” method when asked to navigate video and virtual classroom platforms to discover how to teach, collaborate, and support learners without adequate training due to the pandemic. Coaches, you should be learning from teachers this year.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

For many districts, the days of after-school PowerPoint-driven lectures not differentiated by content, expertise, grade-level or delivery, not to mention daylong workshops on an obsolete topic, have recently given way to face-to-face coaching programs and professional learning communities. A picture IS worth 1,000 words. It’s powerful.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 6, 2017

By partnering with Marginal Syllabus, Educator Innovator seeks to facilitate open learning for educators in all kinds of spaces (in schools, libraries, and afterschool programs to name a few). When prompted, select “Add Extension”. Also, at hypothes.is/welcome The annotathon will occur from Monday, April 24th through Sunday, April 30th.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection. These important attributes of a PBL classroom need to be intentionally thought out as part of the online experience. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

If you didn''t participate last year, this US Department of Education-sponsored month-long series of events focuses on the significant ways that online collaborative learning is playing in professional development. From Twitter to Facebook and Pinterest to Vine (hey--what about Classroom 2.0 ?!),

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Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by KQED this summer in partnership with Educator Innovator and the National Writing Project. Schedule: Week 1: July 7 — What are the best strategies for accessing professional learning online? By Matt Williams, Educational Technologist, KQED.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 26, 2012

As we wrap up our second year of Collaboration Coaching , we celebrate the success we''ve had with collaboration, learning with colleagues, and creating 21st century, student-centered classrooms. What is a Collaboration Coach? We''ve adapted it to fit our district''s needs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

And special thanks to Blackboard Collaborate for the terrific conference platform. To see the conference schedule in your own time zone, and for instructions on how to click through and enter a session, please go to our schedule page. Manager of Professional Development Retention via Virtual Classroom Enhancement - Nancy A.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

Instead of scheduling a 1/3 of my staff for announced supervision times, I now pop into any classroom unannounced on a daily basis. These attributes of student engagement became the characteristics I would use as a lens when observing and experiencing classroom instruction. These questions became our agenda for the evening.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

Instead of scheduling a 1/3 of my staff for announced supervision times, I now pop into any classroom unannounced on a daily basis. These attributes of student engagement became the characteristics I would use as a lens when observing and experiencing classroom instruction. These questions became our agenda for the evening.

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Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth.

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Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

What Everson leaves for the reader to figure out is how to develop and implement an action plan that honors all learners’ need for autonomy to follow their passions and become more engaged in school. I have found that the happiest students learn best in classrooms with the happiest teachers. It is a smart way to start.

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Collaborative Learning Meeting Assessment 28

Reading By Example

MAY 2, 2016

What Everson leaves for the reader to figure out is how to develop and implement an action plan that honors all learners’ need for autonomy to follow their passions and become more engaged in school. I have found that the happiest students learn best in classrooms with the happiest teachers. It is a smart way to start.

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Student Engagement Collaborative Learning Meeting Assessment 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Cynthia “Such a gift to learning and sharing!" Anonymous “Fantastic way to conference without leaving the classroom." -R. Ioana Literat Making International Education for Everyone - David Potter, Chief Development Officer TIC para enseñar y aprender - L.I. Martinez H. Carter “Amid Dark Times, a brighter side of U.S Pakistan ties.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2019

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech coaching/mentoring is available from experts who work with you via email or virtual meetings to prepare lesson plans, teach to standards, integrate tech into core classroom time.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media 174

Shake Up Learning

JUNE 7, 2022

Kasey also shares how to manipulate the drop-down menu so it’s possible to reuse it. . Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences. Watch the two-minute video below to learn about drop-down menus and how to insert in Google Docs.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Video emerged as a crucial, game-changing tool in this adaptation, enabling K-12 teachers to provide students with the best possible learning environments despite the crisis. With teachers and students returning to the classroom, video technology tops the list of tools that will continue to bolster instruction and learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Teacher candidates will use personal classroom videos uploaded to the platform to self-reflect on pedagogy, classroom management, and interactions with students; they’ll also share videos with peers and receive feedback from one another. By Kathy Schrock, Wilkes University. The trend I witnessed blossoming in 2016 was the makerspace.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 30, 2012

and shows an amazing level of support by the DOE for the role of online communities and social learning networks--networks like Classroom 2.0 that are "helping hundreds of thousands of educators learn, reducing isolation and providing ''just in time'' access to knowledge and opportunities for collaboration."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Join us to shine a spotlight on the importance of helping kids learn how to create safe, responsible digital lives. Check out these resources and learn how Common Sense Education’s whole-community approach engages everyone -- from educators and students to parents, district officials, and community leaders.

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