A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. Technology, the pursuit of innovation, and advancements in research have fundamentally changed the learning culture in many schools for the better. With this being said, I have gone back to the ITIP Model and adapted it a bit.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2023

Over the years, the state of Utah has provided me with a plethora of opportunities to work with schools on Personalized Competency-Based Learning ( PCBL ). In Shawn Berry’s 8th-grade math class, I observed students writing down individual learning goals for the lesson based on unpacked standards in the form of learning targets.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. In 2019, he returned to the classroom to further develop Flipped and Mastery Learning.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In March 2020, some world-renowned university faculty invited me to help launch a new website and podcast initiative, Silver Lining for Learning. I am greatly appreciative of the opportunity that I had to help get Silver Lining for Learning up and running. What I’ve been up to: Silver Lining for Learning. Related Posts.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I got started with this tradition of predictions in 2010 after reading Disrupting Class, a book by Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn. In their book, they predicted that by 2019, 50% of all high school courses will be online in some blended learning model.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 17, 2018

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012).

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 26, 2024

After being invited to participate in the one-and-only Google Teacher Academy for Administrators in 2010, I followed up on a goal I had set there to establish a blog. While I don’t blog as consistently as I once did, I still find it my preferred way to reflect and share what is working in effective teaching, learning, and leadership.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I never saw myself as a writer until I started blogging back in March 2010. It all began with goal setting for the Google Teacher Academy for Administrators, and I haven’t looked back. Consistency has been vital for me, as I have published a post every week since. Therein lies the dilemma I am currently facing.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

I’ve worked with the Bismarck Public Schools multiple times on leadership, vision, and instructional design for deeper learning (and we featured Legacy High School in Leadership for Deeper Learning ). Leadership Day 2010 – The final list! Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 05. Related Posts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Job growth from 2010 to 2014 was in the double digits in several engineering occupations. The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.”

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2021

We just need two things: great instructional materials designed for the latest research in science education, and transformative professional learning to advance instructional practice and get the most out of the materials. That was 2010, and A Framework for K-12 Science Education was out for public review.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Children of poverty typically have little access to books (8) , yet current trends in literacy education focus on other issues such as digital literacy and early childhood learning styles. Bayless 2010. Robinson 2010. Evans, Kelley, Sikora, and Treiman 2010. Schubert and Becker 2010. Worthy and Roser 2010.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Recently I recently learned about Pocket Points , an app that educators are using to promote better decision-making amongst students with the goal of keeping them off their phones when not being used to achieve learning outcomes associated with the class. In Uncommon Learning , I detailed the necessary steps we took to ensure success.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccles, 2009; National Science Foundation, 2017). Learn More. Visit the Edtech Pilot Framework to learn more about the edtech marketplace.

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EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Clutch Prep was founded in 2010 on the idea that students would rather re-learn a concept from scratch rather than patching holes in their knowledge on the subject. Each course has a video playlist where the chapters are broken down into topics with their own video explanations and practice problems for easy learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

In 2006, a state education bill required for the first time that the states eighth graders take Algebra I, starting in the 2010-11 school year. This whole idea is a very naive belief that if we just kind of make it for everybody, everyone will learn, Brookings education researcher Tom Loveless told the Twin Cities Pioneer Press in 2008.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

I made three assumptions back in 2010 that still hold sway today. They inform my day-to-day work as well as the important learnings I’ll take forward for years to come. Teachers are the unwavering center of schooling and we should continue to learn from them every day. I talked about mastery learning a lot back then.

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Digital Promise

MAY 4, 2021

I learned that it was deeper than simply understanding content: Students had not developed the mindsets or foundational skills necessary to tackle complex problems in STEM. If all students need skills in design thinking, all educators will need the skills to facilitate the appropriate learning experiences.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

from the 2010 cohort. Both the 2010 and 2011 cohorts are still below the pre-recession completion rate of 55,8% (which in itself is still nothing to write home about). A demotivating learning environment. Public (two-year) community colleges: 38%. Just short of half of all community college students drop out entirely.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link]. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. This edited book is the perfect primer on self-determined learning or heutagogy. The Basics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2022

College enrollment among high school grads grew during the early 2010’s, leveling off about 2017 when it began to drop to a current low of about 62%, approx. It looks at how to best include this learning into an existing curriculum. . There are also many resources available online that can help you learn about different careers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Singling out specific skills is like having students only learn the rules of basketball and practice free throws without ever giving them the full context they'd get from watching a real game, Su says. As a consequence, someone may dismiss themselves as not a math person because they struggle with a particular skill.

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Waterford

JANUARY 10, 2020

If you work with bilingual and English-language learning (ELL) children, the answer to this question could make a world of difference for your students. Then, learn how you can help your English-language learners maintain their first language (and why that matters). What’s the difference between additive and subtractive bilingualism?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2024

Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning contributed by Michael Mirra Abstract Diversity has been at the forefront of educational discussions over the last few years. This paper explores the impact socioeconomic status has on student learning in order for teachers to have a better understanding of their diverse classroom.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The book highlights five key functions of annotation: providing information, sharing commentary, sparking conversation, expressing power, and aiding learning. What I’ve been up to: Silver Lining for Learning. The year in review: Some year-end blog stats for 2010. Most popular posts – October 2010.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If you’ve been in the educational field long enough, you’ve probably come across Fleming’s learning styles theory. For over forty years, researchers have sought to classify how different students learn and what teachers can do to support them. What Are the Four Learning Styles? How would you discover a student’s learning style?

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 29, 2017

Mobile phones are in the hands of young people everywhere, so it is quite natural that teaching and learning opportunities are progressing towards the mobile domain. Hallmarked by high-interaction and high-context situational learning, LBMLGs provide students with the opportunity to visit real locations and adopt new perspectives.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2017

Learn what I do now to make the fall even more wonderful! Richard’s work is focused on sharing free resources that educators can use to enhance their students’ learning experiences. In 2010 he was a finalist for ACTEM’s (Association of Computer Teachers and Educators in Maine) educator of the year award. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Today they talk about what makes a great learning video and how to select good videos on YouTube for K-6 students. K-6 Educational Music Videos: Selecting the Right Videos for Learning. I think that most kids learn in different ways. So, it’s fun to see they are understanding the way that they are learning.

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Digital Promise

JULY 22, 2022

The resources I learned about, and the teachers I have met, have made me more confident with powerful digital learning. Overwhelmed by tens of thousands of educators looking to connect, learn, and find inspiration to continue their calling, the positive energy was palpable. They are given autonomy in their learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

“Those weekly face-to-face sessions are as much about seeing people’s faces—seeing how tired they look, seeing how engaged they are in the material, seeing all of those kinds of things, and having that back and forth—as it is learning new content together,” she noted. Department of Education.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 15, 2018

Abusing authority, not listening, or going at it alone will not lead to embracement of new ideas and strategies to move a learning culture forward. I remember as a principal in 2010 my pursuit of a tool that I wanted to purchase to improve communications with parents and students.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. Increased intrinsic motivation to learn. Beyond Computers In The Classroom: Factors Related To Technology Adoption To Enhance Teaching And Learning. and Brand, L.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Moving from a fixed to a growth mindset and feeding of the daily inspiration that connected learning provides gave me with the fuel to create a shared vision that eventually became a reality as a result of action. Online courses through the Virtual High School implemented in 2010. For change to be successful it must be sustained.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When surveying the research , effective teacher professional development is content-focused with active learning, supports job-embedded collaboration, uses models and modeling, provides coaching and expert support, gives opportunities for feedback and reflection, and is of sustained duration (Darling-Hammond). But, what is active learning?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2018

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Google Apps.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This leads to greater equity and inclusiveness in the classrooms, the development of social and emotional learning skills, greater student investment, and a more positive and productive school climate and culture. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, Creating a School Culture That Values Student Voice , sponsored by PERTS.

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