My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn.

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Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 50

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

My teaching experience helped me understand that I didn’t need to buy a blended learning or personalized learning product. I had a process and practice in place, and needed a set of interoperable tools.

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My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn.

Education 48

Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 48

Technology Tidbits

APRIL 2, 2014

Flocabulary - A interesting site that allows teachers to share an educational account which allows access to educational hip-hop videos for learning and assessment. Glogster EDU - A popular Common Core Aligned digital platform that allows educators to create student accounts for making interactive posters, signs, presentations, etc.

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Wiki Common Core Education Mobility 53

Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Great for informal learning, student-directed, and after-school settings. ELA AND ELL A+ Tools for K-5 Common Core Reading Comprehension. Learn how to help your students boost their reading skills with resources like Lightsail, ReadWorks, and StudySync. MATH Awesome Digital Tools for K-8 Common Core Math.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Blendspace 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

The site contains some wonderful blended learning possibilities including rich, comprehensive lessons and effective strategies contributed by teachers across the globe. The people at Common Sense Media (makers of Graphite) bring a collection of educator vetted apps. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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Resources Digital Citizenship STEM Conference 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

BYOD is often seen as a way of solving budget concerns while increasing the authenticity of learning experiences , while critics point to the problems BYOD can cause for district IT, privacy concerns, and more. Blended Learning. Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Fractus Learning

JANUARY 9, 2017

Do I believe that leaving kids free to decide if they’re ready to do an assignment will make them learn better because they don’t feel pressured to do work they’re not ready to do? Some were more strict than others but they all cared about the final result and didn’t enforce a purely one-size-fits-all strategy at all times.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Blended Learning Cohorts for Powerful and Sustainable Professional Development - Chad Fairey, Head of School The Easy and Hard Problems in the Transformational Use of Digital Media in Schools - James Bosco, Professor Emeritus What are the traits of an effective Elementary Physical Education program in today''s world - Francis J.

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Common Core Conference Blackboard Digital Citizenship 65

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60