A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The following is cross-posted at Laura Fleming''s blog titled Worlds of Learning. Laura is the new media specialist at NMHS and has been challenged to develop innovative ways to create structures to recognize informal learning of both teachers and students. Teachers must register to access all features of the site. ?Once

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Mike is also a thought leader in professional learning communities (PLCs) and the PLC at Work process, advancing the work of his mentors Richard DuFour and Robert Eaker. At both schools, he helped create Model PLCs, improving learning for all students. He co-created the RTI at Work approach to systematic interventions.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 18, 2021

Blended learning is something that is near and dear to my heart. For me, the journey began back in 2011 when we first introduced the flipped approach at New Milford High School, where I was principal, with resounding success. Blended learning is where students use tech to have control over path, place, and pace.

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Hapara

APRIL 8, 2025

One way they are transforming learning is through Hpara classroom management tools. A commitment to digital learning Each Tmaki learners family acquires a Chromebook to help them strive for success in school. To support their digital learning mission, the school operates a lease-to-own system for Chromebooks.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2019

ISTE standards offer a framework to help teachers, students, administrators and coaches create learning environments that are innovative and effective. For the first time since 2011, @ISTE is revising its #K12 coaching standards. ISTE 2019: New Coaching Standards to Draw on Comprehensive Input. amy.burroughs_26341. Tweet text.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Mental health and rates of anxiety (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor & Schellinger, 2011; Jones, Greenberg, & Crowley, 2015; Zins & Elias, 2006). They know what makes them feel safe and supported in learning environments. What about that class or learning environment made them feel comfortable?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 12, 2022

Below is a summary by Stephen Meyer of a study by Amabile & Kramer (2011): Over the course of four months, researchers at Harvard conducted a study of over 200 employees at seven different companies. Research has shown that the small wins are just as important, if not more, than the big ones everyone aspires to achieve. Amabile, T.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 12, 2017

The prize in this case is either a coveted letter or number grade that is celebrated above the most important aspect of education – whether a student actually learned and can apply this newly constructed knowledge in meaningful ways. Learning, not grades, should be the reward for students. The issues with grading are not new.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 10, 2019

Where’s the best place for summer learning? Making those experiences more accessible to and commonplace for all children, the theory goes, can help ensure that low-income kids keep learning at the same rate. Lynch looked at two cohorts of kindergarten-age children, one from 1999 and the other from 2011. Hint: Don’t look far.).

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Digital Promise

MARCH 7, 2022

Digital Promise is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with a mission to accelerate innovation in education and improve opportunities to learn for all learners. Since its launch in 2011, Digital Promise has worked with a wide range of partners and practitioners in the U.S. and around the world.”. and around the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 Liz is currently co-chairing an auxiliary committee for the U.S.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the digital learning gap. Every student has a unique and “jagged” learning profile.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. As the teachers reading this post will know, we need to ensure that students are learning as the teaching process proceeds. So, head to Lum.io References.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2021

Today’s guest, Starr Sackstein, author of Assessing with Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students’ Social and Emotional Needs , shares an overview of what is needed so that every student feels respected even as they are given the necessary feedback to improve and level up their learning. Stream by clicking here.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2013

Recently Jeff Fiscina , one of my math teachers, submitted a guest post on my blog that emphasized some of his grading practices that best support and promote student learning. The conversation focused on some difficult questions such as what does a letter grade actually mean and how do you measure student learning.

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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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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2018

Monica Burns first started working with educational technology in 2011 when she was teaching at a New York City school that was becoming a magnet school. Starting in the fall of 2011, Burns spent two years working in a one-to-one environment with tablets in an elementary school setting. Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:41.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The report covered the six-year completion rates of the cohort of students (which the study refers to as the 2011 cohort) who began college in 2011. While the 2011 completion rate shows an uptick of 2.1% A demotivating learning environment. Four-year for-profit colleges: completion rate is 35%. from the 2010 cohort.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Teaching soft skills, commonly referred to as Social Emotional Learning (SEL), is increasingly important in an educational environment, determined that students are graduated from both K12 as well as higher education primed and ready for a dynamic and changing future job market. On Social Emotional Learning. Smart use of data.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Ridgeland, Mississippi SchoolStatus , a leader in K-12 attendance, communications, and data analytics, today announced they have been included in the 2025 GSV 150 , a prestigious list recognizing the worlds most transformational private companies in digital learning and workforce skills.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

That trend is called m-learning , otherwise known as Mobile Learning. Defined as a way to facilitate education through the use of devices like smartphones and tablets, m-learning is also a lot more than that. As a concept, m-learning changes that delivery mechanism and makes it one that can exist anywhere.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Never stop learning! I was voted Dowell Campus Teacher of the Year in 2011 by my peers and served as a campus leader in various roles, including 504 and RTI Coordinator. That’s just $120 per graduate credit hour or $160 for 50 clock hours. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2017

Today Liz Kolb @lkolb talks about how we can put learning first and a very important reason technology should be second. In today’s show, Liz Kolb talks about the role of learning and technology: What is the role of technology in learning. How we can make technology improve learning and not distract from it.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

We can all agree that the phrase “blended learning” is well and truly a part of the modern-day discourse on education; so much so that academics have begun to curate a universal definition, as well as identify sub-themes and genres of the concept. 4 Models of blended learning. In 2012 Heather Staker and Michael B. The rotation model.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

If that isn't bad enough, UNESCO found that more than half of children and adolescents were not even learning worldwide. Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. What will you do with your learning?

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In 2009 , California passed a law requiring that all college textbooks be available in electronic form by 2020; in 2011 , Florida lawmakers passed legislation requiring public schools to convert their textbooks to digital versions. The post The Enduring Power of Print for Learning in a Digital World appeared first on Digital Promise.

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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. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) implemented in 2011. For change to be successful it must be sustained.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Learn more now. He has been an active member of the Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator program since 2011. From small programmable robots to programming languages at the upper level, Computer Science is an essential 21st Century skill and method of thinking and creating that is applicable to many fields besides Computer Science.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2017

Are these buzzwords or are they things that can be used to improve learning? Today Steven Anderson @web20classroom brings back the veil and helps us learn about these emerging technologies. Are these buzzwords or are they things that can be used to improve learning? Augmented reality and virtual reality. Listen Now.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 16, 2017

For as long as children have preferred playing to sitting quietly and learning their ABCs, preschool teachers have been craftily devising games as Trojan horses to teach them concepts such as shapes, letter recognition, colors, seasons and relationships. A digital game-based learning experience. Why students love game-based learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2018

In addition to their daily task of educating students, teachers must also continue to learn. In efforts to make time-mandated and compliance-based professional learning efficient, technology offers microcredentialing as a vehicle for educators to pursue personal growth. A lot is demanded of teachers.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Students can gain more from the learning process when they’re able to ask questions and discuss concerns. Verbal communication also helps students socialize and build friendships, which in turn helps the learning process.[10]. Some students may face emotional or physical challenges in learning good communication skills.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 7, 2019

Rachel Eells's (2011) meta-analysis of studies related to collective efficacy and achievement in education demonstrated that the beliefs teachers hold about the ability of the school as a whole are "strongly and positively associated with student achievement across subject areas and in multiple locations" (p. Begin with the end in mind (i.e.,

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). Image credit: [link] The PGP was launched in September 2011. A great deal was learned after I reflected on year one of the PGP.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

learning the sounds of the English language and their correspondence to letters that represent those sounds. learning the sounds of the English language and their correspondence to letters that represent those sounds. Of low-income 4th graders, 50% read below basic level (NAEP, 2011). Learn in small groups.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2017

One of those bright spots was being asked to read Carl Rogers, Freedom to Learn , which was published 1969 in an upper level Educational Psychology course. The following text provides a summary of Rogers’ major themes about learning and education from Freedom to Learn and comes from Weibell, C. Retrieved from [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I hope you'll experiment and learn about Notion. With over 280 courses to choose from, Advancement Course offers subjects in everything from educator wellness to social-emotional learning and more. Review a tutorial to learn Notion basics. Notion is free for educators. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Norwood Elementary School.

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