Education Elements

APRIL 24, 2019

Personalized learning represents a shift in how we teach students, a reflection of our changing educational landscape, and an acknowledgement that the world we must prepare our students for is different than the one we grew up in. One of the biggest ways education has already changed is in the content and tools students engage with.

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Education Elements

JULY 19, 2017

Yuma Elementary School District ONE began the journey of Personalized Learning over two years ago and we went all in --17 schools and 9000 students all at once. At the start of school, iPads were distributed to all students and 490 teachers -- many staff and students had never even held an iPad prior to the distribution.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif. Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. Education Elements’ leadership PD and consultative approach helped us change the way we run meetings—they’re efficient, more effective, and inclusive of all attendees.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 17, 2018

To learn more about each of these in the elementary and secondary settings, check out these infographics: PL models for elementary classrooms & PL models for secondary classrooms. Let’s first explore where each model is most useful:

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

At a minimum you want to consider school leaders, teachers, students and parents but there may be more audiences to think about or more ways to split them up (for example you might want different messages for your secondary vs elementary teachers). Anthony Kim is the founder & CEO of Education Elements, a education consultancy.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

As educators, we always encourage our students to work together; we promise them two heads are better than one. Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. Brandi Todd has been an elementary teacher for sixteen years. They both worked with Education Elements to make smath a reality. .

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Education Elements

JULY 27, 2016

He continues by stating that the advances in digital content for educational purposes involve key elements needed for increased student achievement. Michael Fullan describes the necessity of harnessing the power of “new pedagogical innovations with technology,” in his article, “Choosing the Wrong Drivers for Whole System Reform.”

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Our transition to personalized learning has been an exhilarating journey that picked up even more momentum through our work with Education Elements beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Intentional design. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As it turns out, I have a strong opinion on the matter, given my experience as an elementary and middle school educator and my dedication to building more equitable learning environments for all students. I decided it was time to engage in the conversation and wanted to share a few things that I learned along the way.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

If entire K-12 districts move online, what can schools expect of early elementary schoolers? As Holland points out, successful remote learning experiences depend on teachers who know how to create and deliver engaging lessons online and students who have the digital literacy skills to access them.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

“At first we thought this was just going to be a hoop we have to jump through in order to get these devices,” admits Daniel Hodge, a personalized learning coach at Barnwell Elementary School in Fulton County, echoing the concerns and confusion shared by other Fulton County educators in an interview with EdSurge.

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Education Elements

JUNE 3, 2015

Guest Blog Post by Wendy Daniels, 4th Grade Teacher at North Evanston Elementary School in Evanston, Wyoming. Students in Wendy Daniels 4th grade blended classroom in Evanston, WY join a virtual pen pal session with 5th grade blended students in Middletown, NY.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Separate from its Playbook that helps define a vision, Education Elements , a consulting firm, helps schools and districts design next-generation teaching and learning models. Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools. There’s more from Ed Elements.

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Education Elements

JULY 3, 2019

It’s mid-May at Baychester Academy, a public elementary school in the Bronx’s District 11. But then something unusual happens: Educators from across the district begin to arrive.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. “You become very attached.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

After five years of teaching, most recently as a technology teacher at an elementary school, I was recruited for a role outside of the classroom. It’s also the fact that when a school hires a singular position to own a large change, it sends a message that one person owns the responsibility to change practices across an entire staff.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

We hired an outside consultant -- Education Elements -- who specializes in, and works with our teachers on, the pedagogical aspects of personalized learning models (i.e. This summer, in fact, we finished the two-year opt-in period for blended learning at the elementary level. blended learning). That's pretty good buy-in.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Prior to launching the nonprofit organization, both co-founders worked together at Education Elements , consulting with districts around designing and implementing blended learning models. In fall 2016, ASCEND will expand the prototype to the entire elementary school.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ALAS 2022 Friends of ALAS Award – Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements. Latino Equity Champion Award – Dr. Betty Rosa, Commissioner of Education and President of the University of the State of New York. The 2022-2023 honorees are: ALAS Awards. ALAS 2022 Trailblazer Award – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Education Elements , which builds and supports school systems that meet the needs of every learner, will partner with Fairbanks North Star Borough School District to design and implement personalized learning across all its elementary and secondary schools over the next three years.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.”

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