eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

The case for blending and online learning. When implemented well, online and blended learning options give teachers an opportunity to transform the educational experience—to meet the needs of a broader group of learners, individualize instruction, and transform education for everyone.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Use a URL shortener to make links easily accessible in a slide presentation or push out using a Learning Management System (i.e., Leverage an adaptive learning tool if your school or district has purchased a license. If technology resources are available, then the best comprehensive strategy to pursue is real blended learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Through my work with schools on remote and now virtual learning, I have decided to create a one-stop resource that others can use based on successful programs such as the Bullitt Virtual Learning Academy in Kentucky and Davis Connect in Utah. A straightforward way to set this stage is to unpack the standard(s) into a learning target.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

In an effort to personalize learning more and more educators are turning to blended learning strategies. When it comes to personalized learning , the “personal” should be emphasized. Blended learning , as a means to personalize, is one way to accomplish this. See the difference?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

An effective way to tackle the challenge of teaching core academics to all students across ability levels is to implement a personalized approach supported by a variety of carefully chosen digital resources. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools. Intentional design.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

Much of that time has been focused on how to teach in online or blended learning environments. However, to make significant and sustainable long-term changes in education, our perceptions of what teaching and learning “look” like have to fundamentally shift to avoid stagnation and make progress.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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. The next, they’ll try a Kindle.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 15, 2017

When I think about personalized learning I see two faces- my own girls. I couldn’t help but ask myself “how is the current system of math instruction not working for my girls and other students like them?” “Why We turned it into a blended learning station rotation class with the use of technology to fill gaps.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

During the 2018-2019 school year, I participated in the Consortium for School Innovators (CSI) residency, through which educators like myself shadowed at 3 to 5 schools throughout the Bay Area to learn about innovative techniques in the areas of blended and personalized learning. Microshifts in Practice 1.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

For a conference named after “blended learning,” many attendees were surprised to learn that they did not agree on what the term meant. I was talking to a colleague who was using blended and personalized learning the same way,” says Dance. “I The sessions are long because you’re supposed to go deep.”

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

As of late, I have been working with quite a few districts on personalization through a variety of blended learning strategies. I can honestly say that I have learned so much from them over the years as to what pedagogically-sound blended learning really is, and, in my mind, they are a global exemplar for others to emulate.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

They needed to find a way for their systems to talk to each other. Eric Butash is responsible for providing leadership and innovation for enhancing teaching and learning through the identification, evaluation, adoption, and integration of effective educational innovations for the Foster-Glocester Regional School District.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Plus for Personalized/Blended Learning: You could essentially set up a small lesson on Nearpod for students and let them work at their preferred pace. Just keep in mind that mass messages have a character limit but personal messages do not. . Again, this gave students the chance to personalize their work.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready.

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Education Elements

JUNE 22, 2016

When I started writing Disrupting Class in 2006, I was stunned to learn that our school systems—not just in the United States, but throughout most of the world—were not built to optimize learning. They were built to standardize the way we teach and test and for sorting.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

A foundation can then be established for more personalized approaches such as pedagogically-sound blended learning or self-paced activities. You will see they are relatively straightforward, but each in its own right requires a certain level of continuity and consistency.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The American prison system has been criticized for being a place of punishment instead of rehabilitation. In states such as Alabama, where youth as young as 14 can be tried as adults, going into the system can mean a lifetime of condemnation. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Plus for Personalized/Blended Learning: You could essentially set up a small lesson on Nearpod for students and let them work at their preferred pace. Just keep in mind that mass messages have a character limit but personal messages do not. . Again, this gave students the chance to personalize their work.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2017

What never ceases to surprise people is the sheer scale of the New York City school system, a district made up of 1,800 schools, 76,000 teachers and over a million students. BLCReady (Blended Learning Communities Ready) is a yearlong series that supports facilitators to build community and personalize learning for teachers.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. A more experienced teacher can learn faster and skip some modules, while a newer teacher could find it useful to revisit training material whenever needed.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2018

And this school year, with a new focus on personalized learning, students have a new way to take control of their lives. This wasn’t the original goal of the new learning model, but Hulac sees it as an important consequence. “I Related: The path to personalized learning is not straight.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2021

“This survey shows how the choice of remote instruction has ramifications that extend beyond longstanding concerns about the lower quality of remote instruction,” said Heather Schwartz , lead author of the report and director of the Pre-K to 12 educational systems program at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

One thing that I’ve been thrilled about is that technology and online learning have really supported these students to continue their education, even though the pandemic disrupted many systems and processes. As schools and universities reopen their gates, there’s great hope that there will soon be more in-person learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2017

What never ceases to surprise people is the sheer scale of the New York City school system, a district made up of 1,800 schools, 76,000 teachers and over a million students. BLCReady (Blended Learning Communities Ready) is a yearlong series that supports facilitators to build community and personalize learning for teachers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Earlier this year, the Highlander Institute, The Learning Accelerator and The Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. For example, in Mineola Public Schools in New York, leaders reframed their assessment system to focus on agency. “We

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2016

Earlier this year, the Rhode Island-based Highlander Institute and the Clayton Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. Many initiatives that participants discussed came from a few early innovators trying new approaches within their systems.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 10, 2017

The use of digital learning spaces has exploded in use in classrooms nearly everywhere. Through Learning Management Systems (LMS) many educators are moving to put content online and extend learning beyond the four walls and beyond the school day. Want to learn more?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Blended learning is rapidly becoming a core part of schools’ educational approach, partly because the model suits so many educational needs–credit recovery, dual enrollment, and access to advanced courses not always offered in brick-and-mortar schools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2018

Earlier this month, the Highlander Institute, the Christensen Institute, and the Learning Accelerator held a three-day event called the 2018 Blended & Personalized Learning Conference. Attendees saw blended and personalized learning in action and collaborated with other practitioners to see these ideas in practice.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 6, 2021

When looking at larger-scale efforts, virtual courses, academies , and smaller learning communities (SLC’s) can be established that has the potential to incorporate all five high agency elements, Blended learning represents the most appropriate way to ensure equity through personalization.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Could personalized learning and the use of technology fundamentally change rural student outcomes? Could personalized learning and the use of technology fundamentally change rural student outcomes? For one, personalized learning could drive improved outcomes at the student level in rural communities.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This unprecedented situation calls for a flexible hybrid learning approach to minimize further disruption and ensure that high-quality teaching and learning can continue. A comprehensive solution such as a learning management system can assist everyone in dealing with hybrid learning characteristics in more than one way.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Revere hosted a learning tour for other schools last year, to share its experiences with personalizing learning. Blended learning was the gateway to personalized learning in the Natick Public Schools, about 20 miles west of Boston. Grace Magley, director of digital learning, Natick (Mass.)

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Tech Helpful

MAY 29, 2016

Year one of the blended learning math prototype for the eighth grade math class is in the books. Taking on learning a brand-new LMS that was actually a student performance system was a feat in itself. Taking on learning a brand-new LMS that was actually a student performance system was a feat in itself.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Plus for Personalized/Blended Learning: You could essentially set up a small lesson on Nearpod for students and let them work at their preferred pace. Just keep in mind that mass messages have a character limit but personal messages do not. Again, this gave students the chance to personalize their work.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Odysseyware aims to provide a learning solution for schools seeking the flexibility and customization of online courses, as well as for those looking to offer students a virtual learning environment. Standards-based, personalized learning using customization. Use of frequent, meaningful interactions and embedded feedback.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 19, 2015

From competency-based learning ( I just gave a presentation at Keene State’s Education Summit ) to personalized learning, Stemscopes (hands on science curriculum) to Dreambox (adaptive math), and Edusight (robust gradebook) to Fishtree (adaptive learning system), we have a lot of choices.

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