A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

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. Image credit: [link] The other day I had the unique challenge and opportunity of working with elementary teachers in the Spotswood School District.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Recently, I was asked by some Kindergarten teachers at Howell Elementary School in Tennessee during one-on-one coaching sessions about ELA-specific stations that would be great for young learners. Provide trays with sand, shaving cream, or salt for students to write letters and words with their fingers or small writing tools.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

SALT LAKE CITY — June 28, 2021 — Today at ISTE Live 2021, Instructure launched the Canvas for Elementary user experience, a combination of features that make Canvas more user-friendly for elementary students. As a result of the success of Canvas for Elementary, our future goal is to push Canvas district-wide.“.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2020

Can elementary students effectively complete research projects? Will they still meet required learning objectives with the teacher serving as a guide instead of teaching the curriculum in a direct, traditional manner? The answer, thankfully, is a resounding yes! Download Getting Started with Project-Based Learning.

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Gradelink

APRIL 27, 2022

KEY STRATEGIES: IMPROVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. As a class, we investigate the price of various items, and from that, we can create a linear model that represents situations my students are already involved in. When students saw their own ideas in the problems, they were able to connect equations to their real lives.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The post Engage Students AND Meet Standards with Student Podcasting! Jen shares how podcasting can help students meet content standards, explore their interests, learn new skills, tap into the 4 c’s, and engage in authentic learning. Engage Students AND Meet Standards with Student Podcasting!

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As many educators are teaching remotely or in hybrid environments, we need to have multiple options for our students to be able to create and express what they are learning. We should offer some options that promote creativity, student engagement, and student choice. Elementari.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

From interactive simulations to online databases of primary sources, these tools offer educators a wide array of resources to enrich their curriculum and foster student learning. Social studies education serves as the cornerstone for cultivating informed and engaged citizens capable of understanding the complexities of the world around them.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Even Ancient Romans associated the concept of elementary school ( ludus ) with play ( ludere ). When learning is fun, students are more likely to be interested in what you’re teaching, be more relaxed during the class, and better retain information. Mixing education and entertainment in the classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Serendipity struck when Vivi , an Australia-based classroom engagement solution, reached out to Rugg offering a demo. Reluctant to replace the existing tool after just two years, but well aware it wasn't meeting classroom needs, Rugg agreed. It was a no brainer; teachers and students simply had to have it," enthuses Rugg.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Schools should reimagine the learning processes and leverage in-person and hybrid learning to help students achieve the best possible results. The potential for innovation and student engagement are only scratching the surface when it comes to the advantages of online learning. Learn how to foster such connections.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

However, studies suggest that a significant percentage of students feel disengaged in their learning, posing a challenge for educators. As teachers strive to adapt their instructional methods to nurture student curiosity and drive deeper student engagement, the principles outlined in Teach Like A Pirate offer valuable insights.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Last year, a student in Yvonne Steadman’s Kindergarten class began missing a lot of days. Steadman, who teaches at Mendell Elementary School in this highly-diverse Boston neighborhood, passed along her concerns to a colleague, Madeline Gillespie, a family support coordinator. Now, numbers are negligible—one to two students per year.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

However, through state-of-the-art video tools, interactive whiteboards and personal devices, administrators could expand their search for qualified educators, beaming teachers in from anywhere in the country directly to students, and vice versa. Videoconferencing Tools Allow Learning Anywhere. by Curtiss Strietelmeier.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Still, teachers are tirelessly putting in their best effort to make distance learning work for their students. We are grateful for the educators’ generosity in sharing their experiences and offering a firsthand glimpse into their strategies to meet these demanding times. Now it drives instruction.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

“We made sure to take time to welcome each family to Newburg while still keeping the process rolling quickly for families,” she said, explaining that Newburg’s principal and other prominent school figures were part of the meet-and-greet team. Despite less fanfare surrounding rollout, students were still excited to receive their own devices.

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MindSpark

JUNE 7, 2022

All different colored students were able to express how they interpreted and made sense of death.Instead of just learning to draw houses or neighborhoods, elementary students planned, designed and drew their own neighborhood to explain what was important to them. Guide us to meet the demands of education or inspire teachers?

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Another plus: High-quality CTE helps with student engagement and retention. Research suggests students are more likely to continue their education when they know they already have a head start. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read about the roles educators play in meeting the demand for cybersecurity experts.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Hopscotch is an app (iPad/IPhone) that enables students (ages 8-14+) to learn about coding by creating a game, changing a drawing into an animation, or exploring the projects that have been shared to the gallery. Read more: Promoting student well-being through serious games. Hopscotch offers a free account for teachers. Kubo coding.

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 18, 2019

To meet this demand, there has been ongoing discussion on how to best educate our kids for a STEM-focused future. The main problem is that many elementary teachers are woefully unprepared to cover in-depth topics that ignite their students’ passion for STEM. Today’s game-based learning is far more sophisticated.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements. Adopting successful models of technology integration such as those utilized at George Mason University’s Elementary Education Program is a start.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

The just-released Second Step® Elementary digital program is the organization’s first fully web-based offering for Grades K–5 and is based on its long-standing and award-winning Second Step® Elementary print-based classroom kits.

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MindShift

MARCH 18, 2018

While it’s easy to envision using math picture books in elementary school classrooms, literature for older grades poses a bigger challenge. The two occupy opposite ends of the secondary math spectrum — seventh-grade pre-algebra and 12th-grade calculus, respectively — and both have found ways to strengthen student engagement through reading.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

Students have the ability to choose their own characters and other story elements when creating a customized reading passage with Choice Texts. For example, one student asked me, ‘Can I get my journal out and write about this?’ Image Credit: eSpark. That is what you love to see as a teacher!”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. We don’t have eyes on our students.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The project team developed the Water Runoff Challenge (WRC), an NGSS -aligned, multi-week curriculum unit for upper elementary students that integrates Earth science, engineering, and CT.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2024

Mary Ann Cahill , associate dean of professional programs and director of the School of Education and Counseling at Purdue Northwest, serves as the campus lead for Purdue Northwest, and Holly Hullinger-Sirken , clinical associate professor of elementary education, serves as the campus lead for Purdue Fort Wayne. “We

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The anxiety it created for parents and students—and even teachers, because it was something new—was awful. It was phenomenal to see!”

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

18, 2022 – Many students don’t have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® (AP®) classes due to limited availability of AP® course offerings or certified instructors to teach the classes. Interested parties can schedule a meeting with DESE’s Innovative Partnerships Lead Jennifer Gwatkin to find out more about the program.

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Waterford

JANUARY 19, 2021

Perfect for distance learning students, this online treasure hunt sends children searching for answers about Black history. This page has hunts broken down by grade level for elementary, middle, and high school students. This online resource from Teachervision has age-appropriate videos for students. Ruby Bridges.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Indian Prairie CUSD 204, a large school district in Illinois, uses Rise Vision to bolster its school communication strategy and increase student engagement. This case study highlights how Indian Prairie has successfully implemented digital signage to communicate with its student body population.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

School District , educators across multiple disciplines are using this program to build student engagement. . “It Although restrictions on student email addresses are important, it’s crucial for students to know those guardrails don’t exist in other platforms or apps they may use. . Experiment with new tech too.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2023

Each day, Geneva CUSD 304’s teachers, administrators, and staff seek to educate the nearly 5,500 students they serve within an environment that encourages the desire to learn and meets the unique academic, personal, physical, and social needs of each child.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Business leaders can offer students co-op opportunities — paid, part-time work while they are still enrolled in high school — and a bridge to jobs following graduation. They can also donate equipment and serve on advisory boards to ensure that schools’ technical education classes meet industry standards.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

This is especially evident in the elementary grades, which on average only teach social studies 30 minutes a week. This number decreases further in schools whose students struggle to meet educational benchmarks, with teachers believing their time is better spent focusing on math, science and reading—in other words, the “testable” subjects.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In the United States, about 14 percent of students in public schools receive specialized education services.[1] 1] During a normal school year, a student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) establishes goals and outlines the support needed to meet them. Maintaining social skills is vital for students with special needs.[13]

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