Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. In the video, Karl envisioned a number of possibilities : AHS launches a 21st century learning initiative that is focused on preparing learners, workers, and successful contributors to the global community.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have seen the power it has to help children be more accepting of people different from themselves. Just go to www.coolcatteacher.com/empatico to learn more. That is why I’m recommending those teachers of students aged 7-11 sign up for the free site, Empatico. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2020

Michelle Cottrell-Williams – Bio As submitted Michelle Cottrell-Williams @ WakeHistory has taught in the Social Studies Department at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA since 2006. Her favorite classes to teach are Sociology and ESOL World History II.

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Waterford

MARCH 31, 2020

Because approximately 1 in 59 students are diagnosed with autism, learning how to help students with this disorder in the classroom is so important.[1] 1] Teaching young students with autism communication skills and learning strategies makes it all the more likely that they’ll reach their academic potential later on. Name Game [3].

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

Last year when I needed to take a college CEU course, I chose Advancement Courses and learned so much about teaching computer science in the classroom. Alana Stanton is a kindergarten teacher at Mulberry Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Advancement Courses - Podcast Sponsor. Alana Stanton - Bio As submitted.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

If middle and elementary school students are forced to repeat grades because they fall short of a standard anchored to NAEP proficient, vast numbers will repeat grades. Designating NAEP proficient as the achievement benchmark for accountability systems is certainly not cautious use. emphasis added].

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

But even over summer break, students still need educational opportunities so they can return to school strong and ready to learn more. One of the most common causes of the achievement gap , or the differences in scores between disadvantaged and advantaged children, is summer learning loss (also known as the summer slide).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran. Learn more at coolcatteacher.com/guide. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

If you can adapt your instruction to reflect your students’ needs and learning preferences, you can make class time more effective and help students become more engaged. In this article, we’ll go over what differentiated instruction is and how using this learning strategy can provide your students with the resources they need to succeed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

And I was describing to them that, “We got here with a long-term commitment to stay on a course of — really, if you want to call it, progressive education, but trying to really stay focused on trying to educate kids for lifelong learning, not just simply to build a transcript to take some test and to be able to walk across a stage.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

What does Virtual Reality have to offer to the learning process? If you want to learn more about Virtual Reality check out. And our teachers, in terms of being able to exercise that creative juice, that it lets them really explore learning in a way that gets at passions of teachers. I like technology. It doesn’t scare me.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Whereas a Google search for “learning techniques” returns over 400 million results, researchers Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Mitchell, and Willingham (2013) culled through hundreds of studies to provide a “curated” analysis of the 10 most effective learning techniques commonly used by students. Dunlosky et al.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

One of the most powerful learnings from my training as a counselor was a comment I heard at a conference, Counselors need to be purveyors of hope since many clients get in trouble and/or seek counseling due to a lack of hope. Hope leads to learning goals , which are conducive to growth and improvement.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Green exudes an infectious curiosity that makes viewers want to keep learning, even if it’s on a topic they didn’t even know they were interested in. This week’s podcast sponsor is Emporia State University’s online Elementary Education program: designed for career changers interested in becoming elementary teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

For $295, this all-inclusive event (except for hotel and travel) is an amazing opportunity to learn. If every student learned as fast as they possibly could, they’d all move at different paces, and accomplish things as quickly as they can. Vicki: So we need to personalize learning. There’s a great deal of self-paced learning.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 16, 2019

ADHD is one of the most common learning disorders, and approximately 5%–10% of all students will be diagnosed with it at some point.[1] For elementary school teachers, here are a few early signs of ADHD to look for:[14]. Patterns of Teacher Stress in an Elementary School Sample. Symptoms of ADHD in Children. Low self-control.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

.” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

Right now schools are making—and, in some cases, already implementing— tough decisions about where learning should take place this fall. Courses are taught by two teachers, allowing learning to continue if one develops health issues or leaves. The squads are autonomous and choose the focus of their interdisciplinary projects together.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

Boston – VHS Learning has been selected to receive a $25,000 grant to create a high-quality U.S. History curriculum and professional development supporting discussion-based primary source analysis online and in other learning settings. History curriculum.” Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Course Hero was founded in 2006. It offers step-by-step explanations to problems ranging from simple elementary school questions through complex calculus queries. We see this as being a meaningful way to accelerate our mission … that is something we’ve been progressing towards with the Series B financing.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2019

Listen to Dr. Jody Carrington help us learn five ways to help students regulate their emotions Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. Challenge We learned 5 ways to step back in but today, I’m giving you the Name that Child Challenge. I have learned the power of the relationship. Connection.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran. You can change the dominant pedagogy from teaching at the teaching wall to more project based work or activity based and inquiry focused learning. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2023

Like a walking dead”: Being a teenage girl who wants to study under Taliban rule By Mahsa Kosha I was born in 2006. Witnessing their determination and eagerness to continue to learn despite not being allowed to go to school was amazing and inspired us to amplify their voices. I had many dolls and friends at that time.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It’s “flipped” because it’s the opposite of the traditional structure in which students first learn from a teacher’s in-class instruction. Advocates believe that students learn more when class time is spent actively learning instead of passively listening. classrooms, from city college campuses to suburban elementary schools.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Although it costs state, local and federal governments an estimated $90 billion a year, we know very little about whether special education services are actually helping students with disabilities learn more. The New York study focused only on children with specific learning disabilities, which is the largest disability category.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

But will they actually learn anything? Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know. We’ve never really had to demonstrate our learning,” said McCormick.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

In the 2006-07 school year, only five of the 231 students who entered the program were Hispanic, and only two were Black. However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum. Nothing was wrong with the kids, in other words.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, and 17 more wounded, in the sanctuary of an elementary school. Teach SEL Skills Socio-emotional learning is demonstrated to help reduce violence and make schools safer. Secret Service analyzed 67 school shooting plots that were successfully averted between 2006-2018.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The post Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Students learn about fills, borders, zooming, duplicating, rotating, aligning, ordering, grouping, and flipping in those four initial lessons. They also learn helpful keyboard shortcuts. The first four are freely available.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Her research paper, “ Non-optimal Uses of Video In the Classroom ,” published by the Learning, Media and Technology Journal in 2006, is one of the few papers that addresses instances where teachers used video for non-optimal purposes in classrooms, including in lieu of classroom management and to give the teacher a break.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

We have learned about programs that protect brain and cognitive development, needed now more than ever because of the pandemic. Goldie Hawn works with a student at Pacoima Charter Elementary School. But these programs are currently available to far too few children. Credit: Barbara Robertson, courtesy of The Goldie Hawn Foundation.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 13, 2021

We’re exited to launch SchoolLibraryNJ , a evolving project designed to address inequitable access to resources for K12 schools and libraries and to present the value of librarians in digitally curating resources for teaching and learning. Tabor Elementary School bmraff33@gmail.com Steve Tetreault, KnowledgeQuest blogger, William R.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2022

The rate of teachers quitting and retiring from the profession, according to Goldhaber’s calculations in one state, Washington, was about 11 percent in 2020-21 – actually a smidge lower than it was in 2006-07, another year of high turnover when a strong job market lured educators away. Most departures were filled with new hires.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

For example, since I started teaching moviemaking with my students in 2006, I have used a Storyboard Dictionary of shots that I originally adapted from the American Film Institute. If a student learns quickly and is ready before the other students, we can easily export to Adobe Premiere Pro from Adobe Premiere Rush.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

Recognizing that a student’s belief about intelligence and their ability to learn can have a profound impact on their academic performance has led educators, including myself, to seek ways to cultivate this mindset. It’s not only about the words and messages we convey but also about the visual aids we use to reinforce them.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

The MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) program coevolved with the technology available. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009.

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