User Generated Education

JANUARY 20, 2019

I believe authentic learning experiences have the following qualities (which, by the way, are way too, often are not the qualities of many classroom activities): A state of flow – learners often say, “Is it time to go already?” ” For more about this, see Flow – A Measure of Student Engagement [link].

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Learning Survey Analysis Elementary 314

Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

Using available micro-credentials from Digital Promise, each educator can create a personalized professional development plan that builds on the expertise they feel they most need in the classroom and in our schools. Allen Elementary in rural Floyd County, Kentucky, has embedded micro-credentials within a system of personalized learning.

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Digital Badges Professional Learning Data Elementary 217

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Since 2011, national math test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, fell by 17 points for eighth graders and 10 points for fourth graders in data analysis, statistics and probability. The result is that student achievement has moved in the opposite direction of modern technology.

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Data Analysis Report Course 129

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

Below is an adapted section of Chapter 4 from our book that looks as research that can influence learning space design in classrooms and schools. Appropriate Level of Stimulation : The learning space can offer the “silent curriculum” that affects student engagement levels.

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Learning Steelcase Study Outcomes 313

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

1991/1992) talk about five questions that teachers need to address in order to integrate portfolios in (college level) classrooms. The chosen content should demonstrate the student’s skills, knowledge, and personal growth throughout the course. How and when the classroom teacher assess student’s works in the portfolio?

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Assessment Analysis Data Tools 117

EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

Imagine this classroom scenario. Students gather around the lab table helping one of the group members focus in on a specimen on a flat panel screen from a USB camera connected to the microscope. Once focused, the students capture the image and insert it into Google Slides and label the image on the slide.

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Technology Classroom Chromebook Data 69

Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Some school districts have created Google classroom groups just for families of children with special needs to connect and share experiences.[3]. Maintaining social skills is vital for students with special needs.[13] There are many useful online resources to help students engage with each other.[14] Fleming, Nora.

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Online Learning Learning Education Meeting 246

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

Researchers analyzed the records of about 1,300 students, drawn from a nationally representative sample of children across the country, who started kindergarten in 2010 and participated in a gifted program for at least one year during their elementary school years through fifth grade. Redding and his co-author, Jason A.

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Study Report Survey Outcomes 145

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Our vision statement is, “We inspire students to become STEM innovators and responsible global citizens.” With the belief that STEM skills are best acquired starting at a young age, we start building foundational skills early in elementary school. This in turn sparks passion. Extend STEM learning.

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STEM Robotics Course Company 122

MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Our work was guided by the question, “How might we equip elementary (Pre-K-grade 5) teachers to enable authentic and joyful math learning for all students?” As a group, we worked to uncover strategies that will help create a more coherent and connected math experience in our nation’s elementary schools.

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Elementary STEM Analysis Report 78

Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2020

Best Classroom Tools for Presentations and Slideshows : Slideshow apps and websites that let students' work shine. Classroom Management Apps and Websites : Our editors' top tools to help you motivate, manage, and maintain a great classroom in person or virtually.

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Resources Common Core How To Learning 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Whereas once they had to wait until honors high school courses, students of all levels are now introduced to primary sources in elementary school. State standards’ directives about the modes of analysis that students should apply to sources also present problems. These are not small issues.

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Analysis Industry Guidelines Study 113

edWeb.net

MAY 24, 2022

The disruption in K-12 schools has not only had an academic impact on children experiencing learning loss, but it has also had a social impact as many children have not developed the basic social-emotional skills required to be engaged and active learners. Why Do Students Need Social-Emotional Learning? Three Types of SEL Instruction.

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Learning Strategy Examples Analysis 93

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. 3: Student Engagement Increases Motivation. The Elementary School Journal, 108(2), 115–130. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Luyten, H., &

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

WASHINGTON – Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. Related: Teachers conquering their math anxiety But do topics like high interest rates translate to higher interest among students? That figure rises to 14.2

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Learning Course Report Policies 99

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

Gilmore: We worked with AdvancED | Measured Progress to do a root cause analysis: in order to move the academic needle in this district, what do we need to accomplish? We observed classrooms and interviewed all stakeholders—students, teachers, parents, the community, principals, district office staff. well-managed classrooms.

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Differentiated Instruction Assessment STEM Analysis 138

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In-person, online, or a hybrid classroom for the 2020-21 school year, there’s no one right way to teach science. 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. What do I do for elementary school kids?

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STEM Outcomes Data Elementary 74

Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Her job is to help teachers to use technology to meet the needs of their students. . Engage Students AND Meet Standards with Student Podcasting! Engage Students AND Meet Standards with Student Podcasting! They also purchased sound boxes to give students specific spaces to record. .

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Meeting Google Blended Learning Assessment 95

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

PLCs go a step beyond professional development by providing teachers with not just skills and knowledge to improve their teaching practices but also an ongoing community that values each teacher’s experiences in their own classrooms and uses those experiences to guide teaching practices and improve student learning (Vescio et al.,

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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2021

During his time in Virginia Beach, Dr. Spence has led division efforts to systematically address equity and poverty issues and their resulting impacts on academic achievement, student engagement and discipline. Prior to the role as director, she served as an elementary school principal and taught at the elementary level.

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Policies Professional Learning Elementary Assessment 78

MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

The “reality of human-caused climate change” is mentioned in at least 36 state standards, according to an analysis done for NPR Ed by Glenn Branch, the deputy director at the National Center for Science Education. “It is our intention to make our students engaged citizens,” Fisher says.

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Classroom Resources Common Core Study 50

edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. Data empowers school districts to make informed technology decisions that impact student success, Draper explains. It is imperative that district leaders remain vigilant and mindful of the learning tools used in classrooms.

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Data Student Data Privacy EdTech Software 47

techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

OVER TWO MILLION WORDS IN FOUR WEEKS First-grade students at Milton Public Schools use SeeSaw to narrate a story and record. At Milton (MA) Public Schools last February, 758 fourth- and fifth-grade students engaged in a four-week collaborative story writing experience. Coeur d’Alene students engage in learning.

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Laptops Khan Academy iPad Google 64

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspiring district leaders, classroom teachers, and school staff have found unique and innovative ways to engage students in learning, motivating students to see beyond classroom walls and truly immerse themselves in learning. Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators.

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STEM Education Learning Trends 118

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms? And will we return to our classrooms to teach in the same manner as we did before COVID? Regardless of whether students are learning in the classroom, at home, or a combination of the two, students are in need of greater support during this time.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 140

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. the language that describes the purpose, structure, and requirements of the program); official guidance (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A critical topic for schools, communities, and most importantly, our students, is what teachers do in the classroom to nurture ALL students, create a sense of belonging, and keep educational standards high. Racial discrimination can lead to trauma responses such as feelings of intense fear, anxiety, and helplessness in students.

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Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. The platform, now called “ Highlight ”, supports teachers and schools as they develop personalized learning environments by managing passwords, the sign-on process and data analysis.

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Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2017

As digital devices become more common in classrooms, teachers and students are discovering that what worked in the analog world may not be as effective in the digital one. Nowhere is this more clear than with note taking, a long-standing and important practice in most classrooms. By Beth Holland. Visible Thinking Routines.

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Strategy Study Laptops Course 76

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2022

I have been a reader of dystopian fiction for years, primarily due to my role as librarian to upper elementary and middle school students. Science fiction and dystopian fiction have enough in common that this analysis rings true for me.

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Libraries Social Media Examples Exercises 30

Waterford

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

8] And as standardized tests are used to evaluate both student and teacher performance, more time that was once spent on the arts is diverted to subjects that students are tested on. Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] Why Is Art Important in Education?

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How To STEM Elementary Classroom 270

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As classroom teachers led classrooms through turn-key lessons and helped students apply what they learned to their goals and challenges, Jim took it even further by having assemblies to showcase the learnings happening in each classroom. Nominee: Mark Hess , Mary Helen Guest Elementary School Nominated by: Epson.

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Education Edmentum Epson Elementary 106

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

Read more about technology in the classroom. It was a warm day in late April, and his chatty sixth-grade class had been corralled from a narrow hallway into a classroom at the end of a short hall. But this type of classroom, while unusual, makes perfect sense to Etai and his classmates.

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Learning Laptops Report Analysis 28

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

All the focus on the logistics of getting kids back in schools gave short shrift to planning quality distance education this summer, said Benjamin Cottingham, associate director of strategic partnership at Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Students need to engage with one another to help them feel less isolated, experts say.

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Learning Blackboard Student Engagement Social Media 137

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Going through the scholarly literature and regardless of the disagreement and controversies the topic of homework raises, there is a growing consensus that homework has some benefits , especially for students in middle and high school ( National Education Association ). The Elementary School Journal, 60, 212–224. Tymms, P., &

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Study Elementary Analysis Mobile Learning 145

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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