eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

teachers in mid-March to collect and share best practices, ideas, and common approaches to remote learning. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S. Ensure SPED accommodations are being met.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Three years ago, with the help of the education agency the Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), Iowa rolled out its initiative to implement blended learning as a model for the state. In a competency based system, students advance upon proficiency and receive rapid differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning. The districtwide shift towards blended learning began in 2015 when Erica Hartman was hired as Supervisor of Technology Integration.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The post Engage Students AND Meet Standards with Student Podcasting! – SULS0134 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 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. Click To Tweet. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

You may find a program that meets some of your requirements but not all and wonder if you should settle. The catalog include topics relevant to today’s K-12 education offered in a variety of approaches that meet teacher needs. provide a clear module-based learning path culminating in a ready to use action plan.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

As a result of this webinar and some research of my own, I compiled this list which I hope will serve as a quick menu for you and the teachers at your school to select summer professional development that will help you grow and learn. Social-Emotional Learning. We have to relate to educate. These courses will give you a start.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. For the past year and a half, my team and I at ICLE have been assisting the district with doing Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) K-12, incorporating blended learning, and aligning sound pedagogy to the use of flex spaces.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Today, I'm amazed at the impact technology can have on the learning process—especially when it enables teachers to personalize learning. One of my favorites is from Kate Wagner, principal of Red Mill Elementary, who says, “ We are no longer teaching to the middle.” 6) Webinar—Blended Learning: Which Model Works For You?

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

There are countless strategies and resources at your fingertips, but this article will spotlight the importance of digital teacher support for your blended learning environment. Digital resources can save teachers innumerable hours of planning, grading, assigning, and assessing in the classroom.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. Knowing this, we opted to pilot the Lexia Core5 Reading adaptive blended learning literacy program a few years ago.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

MADISON, WI – Today, Open Up Resources and Kiddom announced Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD ) has selected its top-rated EL Education K-5 Education Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for its 31 elementary schools in support of the district’s efforts to prioritize early literacy and beyond. ABOUT KIDDOM.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

When a competency-based approach to assessment is in place, students must show what they know as well as what they can do. No more just showing up for class and meeting the seat time requirements. And as interest in this approach to teaching and learning increases, so does the need for assessments to support it.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Blended learning seamlessly weaves together online and in-person learning experiences to boost student engagement and meet the unique needs of a diverse class by providing flexible pathways through learning experiences. This positively impacts their motivation to engage with tasks.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

Universally designing blended learning presents educators with the opportunity to transition from designing a single experience that is teacher-paced and teacher-led to a more flexible experience that gives the students more control over the pace and path. 1 Student-Paced, Free-Flow Station Rotation Lesson.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”. What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment.

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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. Students also needed support when it came to the end of year state assessments. “We The following year, Ruiz did the same.

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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. Mónica Ruiz, principal at Montgomery Elementary in Chula Vista, CA. The following year, Ruiz did the same.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Working with that group, I really found my tribe, and I really worked to explore and expand myself in a leadership role and helping other teachers in other districts build their own blended-learning capacities. So I think I developed myself as a leader through some of my external pieces. How does that work?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

And then there’s Seoul Foreign School in South Korea, which serves about 1,500 students from elementary to high school, and where teachers have been using a hybrid approach for about a week, explains Tanya LeClair, a digital learning coach who is originally from Canada. His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M.,

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2019

According to Learning in the 21st Century: the 2019 Digital Promise LVP Survey , 83 percent of teachers think students are capable of high achievement, but just 26 percent think students are reaching those levels today. Context : The context of a student’s home and learning environment matters too. Dr. Baron R.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Dr. Mary Grace is the assistant superintendent for education services at Anaheim Elementary School District in California. Marie Morse is the elementary manager of school leadership & instruction at Worcester Public Schools in Massachusetts. Previously, she was the principal of Union Hill School Elementary in the district.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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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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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the CRPE analysis, which looked at plans from more than 100 districts and charter school groups, less than half were offering summer programs for elementary and middle school students, while 58 percent were offering a program for high schoolers. But blended learning options are few and far between.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

We incorporated our company in Delaware, held meetings as a board and divvied up shares. The CEO of a tech company doesn’t address the whole company to solve every problem, so I ditched whole group instruction in favor of the station rotation blended learning model in order to meet the needs of all of my learners.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif. Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. Education Elements’ leadership PD and consultative approach helped us change the way we run meetings—they’re efficient, more effective, and inclusive of all attendees.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Whether from formative and summative assessments or online instructional programs, data is both a powerful indicator of teaching and a driver for personalizing professional development. While it can be hard to share out the myriad of little things teachers do that are so effective, we do have a tool that can help—data.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

I can’t imagine having to do both,” said Abby Bjornson, a fourth-grade teacher at Munford Elementary School in Talladega County. Bjornson didn’t know what to expect when she volunteered to teach students remotely last August; she was motivated, she said, by an interest in learning new technology. Leaning on existing expertise. “I

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Plan regular meet ups. If a joint grant application seems like a bridge too far, but you still want to encourage cross district collaboration, reach out to administrators at other districts and arrange a series of lectures, meet ups, or skill shares throughout the the year. Medium Commitment. Decide on a classroom model.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The use of differentiated instruction to individualize each student’s learning experience is becoming more common in today’s elementary classrooms, but creating meaningful differentiation for a typical class of 25 students or more can still be a challenge. What should educators and administrators know about adaptive learning?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

In a major move, online and blended learning solutions provider Edgenuity has acquired education software company Compass Learning , creating a suite of digital curriculum products. Compass Learning, based in Austin, Texas, offers software for blended learning, intervention and inquiry-based personalized learning.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Learning objectives shouldn't just be written on the board each day but in a Learning Management System that allows students to access if they are absent, behind, need to study, or even to move forward in the curriculum at hand. It means creating a curated list of additional helps for access.

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