The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Amanda Amtmanis, an elementary physical education instructor in Middletown, Connecticut, handed out cards with QR codes to a class of third graders, and told them to start running. Amanda Amtmanis, the PE instructor at Macdonough Elementary, hands a fifth grader a card with a QR code for tracking her mileage. Whoa, look at Dominic!”

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Elementary Learning Report Exercises 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The tool was supposed to enable teachers to tailor their instruction to individual students’ learning needs, but even the kids who had strong math skills weren’t doing well. Heidi Watson, a math coach at North Park Elementary in the city of Tremonton, said the training on ed tech tools is invaluable.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Tania Figueroa, a fourth-grade teacher at Patrick Henry Elementary School in Chicago. I saw the same dynamic at play when I first became a teacher at Patrick Henry Elementary , a majority-Latino public school in Chicago. Class was like an assembly line: Learn math, then science. Learning is personal.

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Personalized Learning Elementary Exercises Report 84

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

One of the key benefits of adaptive learning is its ability to personalize learning with the help of technology. So if you were to start the 5th grade with an adaptive learning program, each student would receive a different task based on what they already master at this time. What does this whole process mean?

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Adaptive Learning Learning LMS Exercises 150

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

For example, imagine that you are an elementary school principal who is looking for opportunities to strengthen specific third grade math skills in the new school year. With this simple exercise, you have identified an area of need—as well as a valuable SME who is already overcoming the challenge.

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Data Blended Learning LMS Knowledge Base 128

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

As more schools across the country experiment with d personalized learning approaches to better meet the needs, goals and interests of individual learners, many are overlooking an important piece: arts integration. The Academy is a magnet elementary school is located in a U.S. Photo: Kevin Hagen.

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Personalized Learning Common Core Elementary Exercises 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Teacher Meghan Lewis works on math problems with a small group of fourth graders at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts.

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Competency Based Learning Learning Elementary Report 125

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Cuomo, who appeared to question this week whether students have to be in classrooms at all , drew immediate fire from many educators and parents, and his secretary later wrote on Twitter that “nothing could ever replace in-person learning.” A second-grade class completes a Thanksgiving project on paper. “The A RAND Corp.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. Third grade language arts – “Native American Stories” This elementary digital textbook has ten 80-minute lessons, which can be broken up to fit shorter class sessions.

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How To Classroom Common Core Hapara 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Though many teachers make use of group learning, they often avoid grouping friends together, fearing they’ll goof off, said Denworth. And middle schools often spend less time on social and emotional learning than elementary schools , sometimes seeing it as a distraction from academics. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Elementary Report Study Groups 143

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. Chris Berdik.

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Training Elementary Report Exercises 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Gifted education teachers at the National Association for Gifted Children’s 2019 conference work on a toothpick-and-gumdrop tower, an exercise sometimes done in “talent development” classes. However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum.

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Elementary Policies Data Report 129

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. First grade in particular — “the reading year,” as Miller calls it — is pivotal for elementary students, when their literacy skills “really take off.” Students play outside Doss Elementary in Austin, Texas. This story also appeared in USA Today. “Do

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Elementary Report Groups Assessment 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2020

“Affluent families already exercise school choice by enrolling in private schools, or simply choosing to live in places with good schools.” Affluent families already exercise school choice by enrolling in private schools, or simply choosing to live in places with good schools. While the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 106

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2022

But, on any given day, an untold number of children in elementary schools nationwide have all or part of their recess revoked for infractions such as failing to finish their work, talking out of turn or not following directions. Children play during recess at a Louisville, Kentucky elementary school. That’s not appropriate,” Lisa said.

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Handbook Policies Elementary Report 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

While students ultimately may go back to in-person learning, remote learning will remain a possibility for suspended students “whenever feasible,” he says. Sometimes the exercise prompted her to follow up with individual concerns. Robinson says. Everybody needs a check-in.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The exercise is part of a new program that encourages learning middle school math through real world problem-solving, now in use in 190 school districts across 36 states. NEW YORK — I strap on a virtual reality headset. A screen appears and dramatic music pounds into my ears.

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Report Training Online Learning Conference 137

MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? It found that schools using some form of personalized learning were, on average, performing better ( there were some wrinkles we’ll talk about later on).

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

For this exercise, I’ll only have you create one class. . Christina has worked in various roles in elementary, middle, and high school environments, as Associate Director of the Institute for Personalized Learning, and as a Manager of Partnerships at Discovery Education. Select the Teacher role.

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Google How To Classroom LMS 73

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

But Steve had a special place in his heart particularly for elementary schools. In fact, in the book, Steve is quoted saying, "If I could put one computer in a school and one person would find that computer, it would change their life." So we probably had more education software in the early, early days of the PC than anyone else.

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Education iPad Strategy Technology 112

MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Meagan Erwin has been an elementary teacher for 20 years. Teaching 90 minutes of math with elementary students of varying experience lends itself to some challenges. By bringing up previous concepts, it also helps students build connections to what they are currently learning, which fosters deep conceptual understanding.

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Learning Strategy Groups Elementary 85

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Adaptive assessments, i.e. personalized learning or individualized instruction tools, are (often) computer-based, multiple-choice tests that adjust to get increasingly difficult or easier in response to correct/incorrect answers. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 111

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Personalized learning for struggling readers can be timesaving and easy to execute. Students struggling with fluency can do chunking and phrasing exercises with cards that contain phrases to learn to read multiple words at a time, instead of word by word. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter.

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Strategy Exercises Elementary Professional Learning 50

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Boston: Eileen Rudden of LearnLaunch announced a new multi-sector partnership to scale personalized learning throughout Massachusetts, and discussed the funding approaches they have leveraged to support the expansion of the ed tech network in Boston. LearnLaunch has graduated 31 #edtech companies and has 120 mentors.

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Assessment Tools Blended Learning Exercises 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Sylvan Hills Middle School Assistant Principal Monica Blasingame, center, and Principal Artesza Portee, right, discuss “big life goals” with a student as part of a goal-setting exercise in Atlanta Public Schools. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. But principals can play a role in setting the right tone.

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Data Exercises Trends Comparison 84

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Adaptive assessments, i.e. personalized learning or individualized instruction tools, are (often) computer-based, multiple-choice tests that adjust to get increasingly difficult or easier in response to correct/incorrect answers. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student. .

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 105

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Language Learning Support: ChatGPT can be a valuable tool for language teachers. It can assist in practicing vocabulary, sentence construction, grammar rules, or even engage in conversational exercises. Students can interact with ChatGPT to improve their language skills in a more interactive and personalized manner.

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Education Strategy Examples Differentiated Instruction 84

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Khan Academy is another very successful and popular platform that produces short lectures, covering a variety of subject matter in the form of YouTube videos, with practice exercises for students and tools for educators.

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Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 49

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Where you have the well-intentioned decision of legislators imposing their view upon trained professionals and thereby impairing their exercise of professional judgment that, I think, is the basis of our hesitation,” said Kevin Casey, executive director of the School Administrators Association of New York State. It really broke me.”

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Report Survey Data Elementary 112

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Holland, from the school board, said a district program provides weekly meals for students enrolled in virtual learning, and will offer meals to all families during the holiday break. After Thanksgiving, the parish schools switched to in-person learning, though a virtual option is still available.

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Online Learning System Exercises Data 140

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Khan Academy is another very successful and popular platform that produces short lectures, covering a variety of subject matter in the form of YouTube videos, with practice exercises for students and tools for educators.

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Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Plus, the available content was designed around how much time I’d spend teaching it versus what I actually needed to get students adept at learning the topic at hand. Khan Academy videos coupled with IXL exercises aligned to standards we were learning in class. If that sounds like a lot of work, it was.

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Khan Academy Assessment Differentiated Instruction EdTech 60

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Khan Academy is another very successful and popular platform that produces short lectures, covering a variety of subject matter in the form of YouTube videos, with practice exercises for students and tools for educators.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Khan Academy is another very successful and popular platform that produces short lectures, covering a variety of subject matter in the form of YouTube videos, with practice exercises for students and tools for educators.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I found Woodard when I noticed that she had retweeted me and was following me on Twitter (personal learning networks are about who pays attention to you as well as who you pay attention to). Grace Schaffstall collaborated with elementary school students and their teachers to create and publish a book about the growth of a bird.

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Social Media Personal Learning Network Wiki Common Core 36