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Sketchnoting in the Classroom
Topics: Assessment, Curriculum, Personalized Learning, Tools
A Practical Guide to Deepen Student Learning
Product code: SKETCH
ISBN: 9781564847775
Expected publication date: 06/2019
Topics: Tools, Personalized learning, Curriculum, Assessment
Length: 176 pages
Learning First, Technology Second
Topics: Assessment, Curriculum, professional learning, Standards
The Educator’s Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons
Product code: ENGAGE
ISBN: 9781564843890
Published: 2017
Topics: Curriculum, Assessment, Standards, Professional learning
Length: 220 pages
3 ways to improve student writing with tech
06/10/2019
Topics: Assessment
The Innovator Solutions section includes contributions from corporate sponsors and advertisers representing education organizations, businesses, policy-making bodies and other influencers dedicated to transforming education. This blog post was provided by…
With imagination and the right apps, students learn — and can prove it!
05/03/2019
Topics: Assessment
In the classroom as in court, it’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove you know.
And for generations of students and teachers, test scores have provided…
Digital citizenship starts with the person not the tool!
01/03/2019
Topics: 1:1, Assessment, Augmented reality, BYOD, Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital storytelling, Flipped learning, Gamification, Gaming, Learning sciences, Makerspaces, Online learning, professional learning, Technology infrastructure, Tools
Why do we do what we do? It's an age-old question. From getting too close to a fire to getting online excessively, our decisions aren't always good for us.
There is a model for understanding that irrational, sometimes frustrating, human behavior. It's…
Teaching computational thinking more important than defining it
11/27/2018
Topics: Assessment, BYOD, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Flipped learning, Learning spaces, Mobile learning, Online learning, Parent engagement, professional learning, Technology infrastructure, Tools
Computational thinking (CT) is riding a strong current in the edtech world that teaching K-12 students to think like computer scientists will better prepare them for life in the digital age.
But bringing CT to K-12 classrooms isn’t something that can be done…
6 ways to help students manage their smartphones
09/11/2018
Topics: Assessment, BYOD, Computational Thinking, Curriculum, Digital Citizenship, Flipped learning, ISTE Standards for Educators, ISTE Standards for Students, Learning spaces, Mobile learning, Online learning, Parent engagement, professional learning, Technology infrastructure, Tools
Helping students manage smartphone use might not seem like the type of subject that schools should be teaching. But given how widespread cell phone use is among teens and how broadly devices…
Customize learning with Google Forms
08/31/2018
Topics: Advocacy, Assessment, Corporate innovation, Education leadership, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Standards
We know that students do not all learn the same way. Some need a great deal of repetition to learn new material while others can see it once and have it down. Some need absolute quiet to learn while others feel uncomfortable with too much stillness. One might prefer reading while another…
Ensure equity in your BYOD classroom
01/25/2018
Topics: Assessment, BYOD, Parent engagement
The bring your own device (BYOD) movement in K-12 schools has skyrocketed over the past five years. In fact, about 83 percent of U.S. school districts have policies…
Turn your classroom into a personalized learning environment
08/16/2017
Topics: Assessment, Flipped learning, Online learning, Personalized Learning, Standards, Video
By now you’ve probably heard of personalized learning, which tailors instruction, expression of learning and…