EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The number of states with policies in place to promote and facilitate competency-based systems has grown from just a handful in 2004 to 43 states in 2018. Interest in competency-based education is growing across the U.S. For resources and information about competency-based learning systems, visit iNACOL.org. by Wendy McMahon.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The GRASPS model (Wiggins & McTighe, 2004) can greatly assist educators in the construction of quality performance tasks. Performance tasks can integrate two or more subjects as well as 21st-century skills. Performances on open-ended tasks are evaluated with established criteria and rubrics. Wiggins, G., & & McTighe, J.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2013

This not only reflects grading as punishment, but also creates a hole that students cannot dig out of (Gusskey, 2000, Reeves, 2004, Reeves, 2008, O’Conner and Wormeli, 2011). Grading Philosophy No zeros : Students should not be assigned a grade of zero (0). This includes HW, quizzes, tests, projects, etc.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Jerry, Joe, and Mary have been with me in some sort of capacity since the beginning in 2004. For it is they who made the choice to go down the road less traveled five years ago when we began transforming our learning culture. Then there is my administrative team at the high school.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 20, 2013

These are facts, concepts, processes, procedures, and principles (Clark & Chopeta, 2004). Knowledge often comes to us via transcribed content or artifacts, which is derived from other''s knowledge. Thus, artifacts are used in the learning process for creating knowledge, while in turn, knowledge creates new artifacts.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 13, 2011

When I came to New Milford High School in 2004 there were many amazing programs in place. A slightly altered version of this post entitled "Learning Like Never Before" is cross-posted at the Huffington Post. Let me start off by saying that I work at an incredible school. One was the Holocaust Study Tour.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2017

Since 2004 he has been an independent ed tech consultant, writer, trainer, and speaker. Terry Freedman. Terry has over 40 years’ experience in education. Roles include teaching (especially hard classes), management in schools, and government agencies. He aims in his books and articles to answer two main types of question: So what?

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Waterford

MARCH 31, 2020

The Bureau for At-Risk Youth, 2004.[3]. The Bureau for At-Risk Youth, 2004.[5]. Shapiro, L.E. 101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills. Social Emotional Learning Guidebook: Ideas for Incorporating SEL Activities into your Classroom. Retrieved from dvc.edu: [link]. Shapiro, L.E. 101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The research shows that agency is something teachers can cultivate. Agency is a skill that will transcend any one classroom and serve students well for the rest of their lives. Citations: Mitra, D. The Significance of Students: Can Increasing “Student Voice” in Schools Lead to Gains in Youth Development? Teachers College Record, 106, 651-688.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2015

Teachers who experience close relationships with students reported that their students were less likely to avoid school, appeared more self-directed, more cooperative and more engaged in learning (Birch & Ladd, 1997; Decker, Dona, & Christenson, 2007; Klem & Connell, 2004).” How do we do it?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So remind us what Google did back around 2004. So the way that folks discovered books was really different. You browsed a card catalog or you went to a bookstore, or you browsed the stacks. It was a very, very different experience. There had been a whole series of efforts to digitize library materials beforehand.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

Due to the influence of my father and a passion to help as many students as possible succeed, I ventured into the world of educational administration in 2004. However, in a school of close to 2000 learners I felt that I could do more. Obviously my journey continues.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

Founded in 2004, 3P Learning offers a suite of supplemental digital content for math, literacy and science subjects. If passed, the deal would mark IXL’s fourth acquisition in three years, following its purchase of Vocabulary.com in March 2020, Education.com in 2019 and ABCya the year before.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 12, 2017

Similarly, Mark Zuckerberg completely changed the way people interact with friends and family by launching Facebook in 2004. Fast-forward a century, and cars are woven into the fabric of society. The site grew from a small network of members to a massive 1.86 billion monthly active users ( [link] ) by the end of 2016.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 2, 2023

The first (which was really the second chronologically) was re-reading the words of a professor quoted in What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain (2004). Our interest in revisiting this topic was prompted by two events. Teaching is ‘above all,’ about commanding attention and holding it.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2016

Rooney (2004) explains there are whole-school arts-based models where arts instruction is increased or interdisciplinary approaches are used school-wide and involve community partners and artists; and classroom-level models tend to include an artist in residence who works with a teacher to “plan and implement art or arts-based lessons” (p.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 5, 2015

Bio- Maria Theologidou has been working as an EFL teacher and translator since 2004. At our official site, 30Goals.com , find all the goals, participant reflections, badges, and get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers: Small Steps to Transform Your Classroom workbook. Click here to discover all the 2015 goals ! 30 Goals Cycle 6.

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User Generated Education

MAY 23, 2016

Consequently, compared to less engaged peers, engaged students demonstrate more effort, experience more positive emotions and pay more attention in the classroom (Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004). Encouraging Positive Student Engagement and Motivation: Tips for Teachers ).

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

Student information systems, online gradebooks, electronic formative assessment tools, and data warehouses are all examples of technologies that help educators input, manage, analyze, and present student learning data (Wayman, Stringfield, & Yakimowski, 2004).

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. Working closely with partners, I spent the years from 1993 to 2004 starting and leading a handful of technology startups. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Not yet convinced? Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 10, 2017

He became an assistant principal in 2004 and was named the 2011 Oklahoma Assistant Principal of the Year. As a high school teacher, he taught Language Arts, creative writing, and Advanced Placement English. An Oklahoma educator since 1993, he was named Broken Arrow Public School’s South Intermediate High School Teacher of the Year in 1998.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

Education, Communication & Information, 2004, 4(1), pp. Reissman, H. “7 7 smart ways to use technology in classrooms.” September 2017. Venezky, R.L. Technology in the classroom: steps toward a new vision.” Couse, L.J., and Chen, D.W. “A A Tablet Computer for Young Children? Exploring its Viability for Early Childhood Education.”

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

When I first started teaching in Philadelphia in 2004, teachers were lucky if they had one desktop computer in their room for students to use, and students attended weekly computer lab classes. I have spent the last 13 of those years as a technology teacher and coordinator, and an informal technology coach, in three different schools.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

A brief social-belonging intervention improves academic and health outcomes among minority students. Science, 331, 1447–1451. doi:10.1126/science.1198364. Vansteenkiste, M., Sheldon, K. M., & Deci, E. Motivating learning, performance, and persistence: The synergistic effects of intrinsic goal contents and autonomy-supportive contexts.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Krashen 2004. Stanovich and Cunningham 2000. Atwell 2007. Bayless 2010. Robinson 2010. Achterman 2008. Evans, Kelley, Sikora, and Treiman 2010. Schubert and Becker 2010. Guthrie 2008. Atwell 2007. Worthy and Roser 2010. Allington 2012. Barbara Moss and Terrell Young (2010). Swan et al. data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

In a 2004 paper, economist Jonah Rockoff, now at Columbia Business School, tracked how teachers improved over their careers and noticed that teachers were getting better at their jobs by leaps and bounds at first, as measured by their ability to raise their students’ achievement test scores.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Founded in 2004, Pluralsight currently offers more than 6,000 online courses on a variety of technical, business and design skills—from architecture to manufacturing, game development and software engineering. Education Secretary Arne Duncan onto its board of directors.)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

He was the University department chair and program director for Nuclear Medicine Technology from 2005-2012 and from 2004-2005 he created and implemented the AS in Nuclear Medicine Technology. Since 2012, he has been the program director for the BS degree in Imaging Sciences at Keiser University.

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

2004, November). A randomized trial examining the effects of parent engagement on early language and literacy. Journal of School Psychology. Redding, S., Langdon, J., Meyer, J., & Sheley, P. The Effects of Comprehensive Parent Engagement on Student Learning Outcomes. Harvard Family Research Project. Sheridan, S.M., Boviard, J.A.,

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Ditch That Textbook

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

When I started teaching in 2004, there was one computer in [.]. And I know there’s a chance that the term “21st Century” might rub you the wrong way. But we’re here, and teaching and learning look very different. At least they have the potential to.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Founded in 2004, HotChalk has raised $235 million in investment capital, most of it from German publisher Bertelsmann. More than 50 people across the marketing, enrollment and technology teams from HotChalk will join its new owner, including CEO Rob Wrubel, who will serve as Noodle’s chief marketing officer.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

The long-term assessment format changed in 2004, which is why you’ll notice some spikes or kinks for that year in the graphs below.) Achievement gaps were at their most narrow in 2004, but Black 9-year-olds continued to make progress in math through 2012.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The Utah-based company was founded in 2004 to compete against the likes of Lynda and other online education companies focused on serving technology and business professionals. Its platform features video courses developed mostly from paid third-party authors, to which individuals and organizations can subscribe to.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

In 2004, the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, New York, found itself in a whole lot of academic trouble. In Middletown, we are personalizing education, not standardizing it!

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2023

Since 2004, KidWind has held more than 800 training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world. About the KidWind Project: The KidWind Project, an international leader in clean energy education, has been working with educators and students to integrate renewable energy into classrooms for over 15 years.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 10, 2017

He has taught in the Ypsilanti community for the past 25 years, and has been the Lead Mentor for the Award Winning FIRST Robotics Program since 2004.

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