Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

The different factors that we know impact learning encompass the whole child—not just their math and literacy skills but also their cognitive abilities, social-emotional states, and their personal background. All of these factors interact to impact a child’s readiness to learn when they come into the classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

Editor’s note : This story on digital learning originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. From classroom lessons and professional learning resources, to staff guides and announcement graphics, more and more information is being delivered in a visual way.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

How K–12 Schools Should Define and Act on Digital Learning. To be honest, I hate the term blended learning. Let me explain why: In today’s world of education, blended learning gets thrown around for any type of new education involving technology. . What Does Blended Learning Mean for K–12? eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Post by Jed Stefanowicz , Digital Learning Coach. As a digital learning coach, my primary goal has always been to support and enhance the instructional capacity of educators. Yes, capacity builds agency, and that’s the struggle I see facing many classrooms as we look for restorative practices to “get back to normal.” .

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The only difference is we are not in the classroom and they feel comfortable; it helps that the students have that experience.”. Bridging the Digital Learning Gap. The Digital Learning Gap is caused by differences in how learners in and out of school access and use technology to improve learning opportunity and outcomes.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow and the founder of the heralded Speak Up Research Project, along with a panel of students, had a conversation about decades of trends and the latest shifts in digital learning today. We’ve redefined digital learning. Students recognize technology’s role in their future.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 7, 2013

I am proud to announce Worlds of Learning @ New Milford High School , a digital badge professional learning platform. The idea behind this platform is to provide professional learning with a pinch of gamification. ?For putting their learnings into practice in the classroom.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

It’s one thing to realize that you need more digital learning in your classroom, but it’s quite another thing to do the research and put in the time to learn how to effectively incorporate digital tools in a way that improves student success.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2015

As of late I have been doing a great deal of work with schools and districts on how to effectively implement digital learning across the curriculum. When it comes to technology in general, the overall goal is to support learning, not drive instruction. It can also increase relevance and make the curriculum more contextual.

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Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Personalized Professional Learning. In future ready schools, technology and digital learning expand access to high-quality, ongoing, job-embedded opportunities for professional learning for teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. Budget and Resources.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2019

Picture this: You roll out a new learning management system (LMS) for students, but all of your professional learning is either hosted on a different platform or conducted in person with notes shared via email afterward. Sound familiar?

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2023

Charlotte, NC – Minnesota’s Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Public Schools (GFW) today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting the creation of engaging science lessons in K-12 classrooms districtwide. Among the resources coming to GFW schools are:   Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform.

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eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2023

AI’s rapid pace of development in recent months offers exciting applications for the classroom, but the unprecedented technology also demands deliberation as the implications are vast. TeachAI will bring critical voices across education, policy, and technology to develop a practical framework for teaching with AI and teaching about AI.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 10, 2020

Options range from continuing home learning programs full-time, to fully reopening classrooms with or without additional public or outdoor spaces and staggered schedules, to hybrid approaches. Most agree there are no failsafe options. Despite the complexities of the moment, educators are creative, resourceful problem-solvers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

CONCORD, NH —  The New Hampshire Department of Education and Discovery Education are thrilled to announce that Granite State educators, students and families have reached one million engagements on the Discovery Education digital platform – helping to support learners statewide.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 10, 2019

Seven years ago, a wide-scale digital learning conference was unheard of because the majority of school districts across the country weren’t equipped with the infrastructure or technology to implement a robust digital curriculum. To keep the conversation going, join an upcoming #futureofschool Twitter chat.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 14, 2021

The new cohort includes 26 educators from across the United States and Canada, selected for their excellence in powerful teaching and learning with technology. HP Teaching Fellows Exemplify Powerful Learning. HP Teaching Fellows are part of Reinvent the Classroom , a collaboration between Digital Promise, HP, Microsoft, and Intel.

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BYOT Network

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Teachers need on-going support if they are to truly transform their classrooms into ecosystems for digital age learning. A Model for Redefining Learning. The SAMR Model developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura provides a guideline for explaining the digital transformation. Digitized Learning.

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BYOT Network

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Teachers need on-going support if they are to truly transform their classrooms into ecosystems for digital age learning. A Model for Redefining Learning. The SAMR Model developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura provides a guideline for explaining the digital transformation. Digitized Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2021

There were definitely excellent practices taking place in classrooms across the globe. They offer a suite of tools for differentiation, promoting digital citizenship, establishing productive workflows, providing feedback, and allowing learners to work at their own pace. Now don't get me wrong. All of that has changed in many schools.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2023

The renewal of this partnership ensures students and teachers in the district’s K-5 classrooms will continue to use the company’s award-winning Mystery Science service to explore the natural world and more deeply engage in science instruction. Also, all GCSS educators enjoy access to the Discovery Education Community.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides educators an enhanced learning platform which facilitates engaging, daily instruction in any learning environment.??? .

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Things are certainly changing in classrooms, schools, and districts, as edtech tools, digital learning resources, and instructional strategies evolve to meet the needs of every learner. From cybersecurity and STEM learning to AI and professional development, every aspect of education is set to see new advances in 2024.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

What did you learn about safety and equitable access to technology? Reflection: What was it like for you and your students to teach and learn every day using technology? With an abundance of digital learning resources readily available , knowing where to begin, then making a selection, can seem daunting.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

Each of the course’s five modules are 40 minutes or less, allowing teachers to complete them during the standard professional learning or planning period. AI tools can help teachers easily adapt lessons and materials to different learning styles and levels, and allow them to be more efficient at everyday administrative tasks. “We’re

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Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2021

122 billion of unprecedented federal funding is now available to school districts, providing an opportunity to make significant strides in closing the Digital Learning Gap —but only if we think differently about how schools use technology to meet the needs of every learner. A clear, inclusive, and easily accessible transformation plan.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, February 17, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National Engineers Week nationwide. leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Wednesday, November 3, 2021) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support National STEM Day observances nationwide.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

Fast forward to September 2022, and I am finalizing modules on Canvas, our learning management system, to continue to deliver the same quality professional learning, but in an entirely different format. This shortage has impacted many areas of our schools’ day-to-day practices, and is now impacting how teachers learn.

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Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

schools are buying tremendous amounts of technology, placing these tools in classrooms, and often are left wondering what to do with it. On Tuesday, September 12th, from 2:00-2:30 pm EST, join author and long time educator, Kristin Ziemke and me as we discuss: Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom !

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Practices such as BYOD, 1:1, blended learning, personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, professional learning, etc. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). Additional data is collected and archived in the PLP during classroom observations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Use should be appropriate, tied to classroom content areas, and guided. Interactive, game-based lessons designed by experienced educators help you engage students at all grade levels and bring critical real-world skills like financial education, early literacy, character education, health & wellness, and more to your classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Collaboration and Blended Learning Fosters Critical Skills.

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BYOT Network

JANUARY 9, 2017

Of course, many districts have also increased their subscriptions to digital content providers, but to strategically curate digital content is a different initiative that requires its own comprehensive plan. In a professional learning session, a teacher once complained to me that her district was technology rich, but resource poor.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 18, 2020

The post How to Create Google Classroom Blended Learning Lessons (Part 3) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Google Classroom is more popular than ever. Lessons for blended learning have to be different than in-person activities translated to a digital space. Quick Tip of the Week (Google Classroom).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2022

Through this new collaboration, educators districtwide are now integrating Discovery Education’s award-winning suite of digital resources into science instruction for all students’ grades K-12. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. .

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