Saving Socrates

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

This past week, I had the pleasure to formally observe one of our terrific high school teachers, Rebecca Cohen, using blended learning in the classroom (thanks to our BOLD, blended online day schools grant). Rebecca full utilized a rotational model embedded in our blended learning classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Limited quantities on desktops, gaming laptops, high quality monitors, thunderbolt docks, wireless mice and more. They have everything from computers, gaming, laptops, or even a slick wireless mouse. Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals. Thank you, Dell, for sponsoring today’s show.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

As a result, Artesia can better support classroom IT initiatives , including nearly 3,000 Lenovo laptops for the district’s 3,800 students. School buildings in the district have been outfitted with Aruba wireless APs, and classrooms have been supplied with tools such as interactive whiteboards, student laptop carts and teacher devices.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Almost 10 years ago, I served as the principal of a blended learning pilot school. Then, rather unexpectedly, we were awarded a big grant to test out a hot new topic: personalized learning. We bought the fancy student laptop carts and sleek furniture. Were the blended learning programs themselves all that great?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 17, 2019

Although there is still some debate about the benefits of increasing use of technology in schools, there appears to be plenty of evidence to show that, if used effectively, it can greatly enhance learning. However, blended learning takes the positive aspects of technology and combines them with tried and tested teaching methods.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

School districts today continue to address that challenge as they prepare for the upcoming school year and the possibility of continuing remote or blended learning in the fall.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 19, 2020

School districts today continue to address that challenge as they prepare for the upcoming school year and the possibility of continuing remote or blended learning in the fall.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

million in funds to provide 1,528 laptops, tablets, and devices, as well as 869 hotspots for local students. Immediately, the Highlander Institute created a teacher distance learning helpline that has received hundreds of calls. By May, they had deployed more than $1.5

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Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

EPS launched their one-to-one computing initiative in 2014, and now all students in grades 2 through 12 have an HP convertible touch laptop and access to the Microsoft 365 suite. Elizabeth Public Schools (EPS) was nominated as a HP Spotlight School district based on their recognized leadership in educational technology. Halloran School No.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

Sponsor: Read my review of the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset at www.coolcatteacher.com/vr and learn how to enter to win a STEAM Lab Makeover from Acer and Microsoft, who are giving away 10 Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headsets and 10 Acer Aspire 7 laptops. Listen to the Show. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Even in the most advanced online education environment or any other e-learning environments, students were still limited to their geography. Yes, they could participate in blended learning by mixing in-class and out-of-class instruction, but the latter still came with a certain amount of restrictions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2018

The 8th grade just received their own profiled laptop since the school was deploying a blended learning/personalized learning initiative and the 1:1 student laptop was a key project. I was perplexed since I thought to myself, the district has been deploying laptops to schools for 10 years!

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Limited quantities on desktops, gaming laptops, high quality monitors, thunderbolt docks, wireless mice and more. They have everything from computers, gaming, laptops, or even a slick wireless mouse. Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals. Thank you, Dell, for sponsoring today’s show.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Besides, students can use devices such as laptops to access their courses via a learning management system. As many teachers already know, active learning is not a fad. Some universities use blended learning to solve this problem. For example, students can learn on their own and spend less time in lecture halls.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Touch monitors nowadays have become a hybrid between tablets and laptops, giving you the freedom to precisely handwrite on the screen, while having a comfortable and ergonomic device for your desk, smart podium, or online class. There are different functionalities for different budgets and purposes. Engaging Classroom Immersive Lessons.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Today’s most hyped phrase, personalized learning, is nearing Gartner’s peak of inflated expectations among the chattering class of education thought leaders and philanthropists. What is personalized learning? From the Trough of Disillusionment Toward the Slope of Enlightenment: Blended Learning. That’s tougher to say.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

We’re providing flexible, learner-centered, blended learning environments, including access to inter­active curriculum for teachers, students, and parents. We were more interested in testing tablets than laptops and decided to focus more on the devices’ features than brand names.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Portable devices feature strongly in our blog, because they are a powerful way for teachers to design learning modules that students then can carry with them and complete wherever they are. 7 PROs and CONs of m-learning in the classroom. So, then, why all the hoopla about m-learning? In the end.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

Game-based learning is transforming how students learn Integrating game-based solutions into the learning experience through the use of tablets, laptops and virtual reality (VR) can increase engagement and result in positive learning outcomes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 22, 2017

So, imagine 175 students taking a look at one laptop screen while I’m teaching them. They all have different financial resources, so I think in some cases, blended learning works. Vicki: Teachers, we’ve learned some remarkable things. They told me that they have very little resources in the school.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Oktopus interactive presentation and collaboration software offers a complete blended learning solution. Oktopus combines whiteboarding, collaboration, polling and self-paced learning, all of which seamlessly integrate with ViewSonic ViewBoards and interactive projectors.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2019

Teachers began by exploring the why and what for personalized learning by focusing on blended learning as one of the first paths to personalization. I’ve had this quote from the “Innovator’s Mindset” by George Couros on a post-it on my laptop for years. It serves as my daily gut-check in everything I do.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

I had spent two exciting hours (about half of it with my mouth open) in a complete flow state exploring a new virtual reality world using the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset on my Acer Aspire 7 laptop with Windows Mixed Reality by Microsoft. Participants are also encouraged to include photos or videos to prove their case.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

One was a fifth-grade class at Whelan Elementary School in North Providence, Rhode Island, that had just agreed to begin a commercial personalized learning program. The other was a third-grade blended-learning classroom at Lincoln Central Elementary School, in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

We discuss at length in this blog the benefits of a blended learning environment , where students — empowered with digital tools and access — take control of their learning, thereby creating a more inviting, engaging and successful learning environment.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 30, 2021

If you change devices (for example, if you lose your phone or get a new laptop), you’ll get your synced info back. Blended Learning with Google NOW AVAILABLE! My new book, Blended Learning with Google is now available for educators across the globe. Remote Learning Tips. Google Templates.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

For those children, we offer a blended learning solution called Waterford UPSTART , which provides an online kindergarten readiness curriculum. Families who can’t afford it are provided a free laptop and Internet connectivity. Children spend 15 minutes a day, five days a week working on kindergarten readiness.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

The setting seems highly unlikely for an innovation like blended learning to take root. So why is there so much optimism about blended learning as a solution? Related: Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates that India, where half of the 1.2

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

While Hughes knew the research on how blended learning supports adult learners most effectively, the decentralized nature of RSU 3 made the face-to-face part of blended learning very difficult, if not impossible. They incorporated pre-made courses into their programs, and they provided laptops to their learners. (A

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Kiddom can be used on the web, on Chromebooks/PCs/laptops, or via an iOS app. If you collect student work in a site like Edmodo, Office Mix, or Blended Learning, you would provide one link to the page. Students: Go to this link and enter a username or email and the provided code to reach a personalized dashboard.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 30, 2013

I missed the first couple of minutes of that and dropped in on the two very wise ladies Kate Baker and Liz Calderwood juggling the BOYD, blended learning and flipping, aided by Edmodo. But now my contacts was really almost falling out of my eyes and I decisively closed my laptop, after saying good night.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do.

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