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Measuring what matters
09/25/2019
Topics: Assessment, Personalized Learning
As educators pursue more personalized, student-driven and inquiry-based approaches to learning, one obstacle that continues to rear its head is the inability of widely used assessment models to successfully measure student learning and growth.
Critics say traditional models simply can’t…
Learning First, Technology Second in Practice
Topics: Assessment, Curriculum, Personalized Learning, Tools
New Strategies, Research and Tools for Student Success
Product code: EEENEW
ISBN: 9781564848383
Expected publication date: 05/2020
Topics: Tools, Standards, Curriculum, Professional learning
Length: 250 pages
Ethics in a Digital World
Topics: Digital storytelling, Literacies, Personalized Learning, Tools
Ethics in a Digital World
Guiding Students Through Society's Biggest Questions
ISBN: 9781564849014
March 2021
Length: 176 pages
3 unexpected ways tech can humanize learning
01/23/2019
Topics: Personalized Learning
My biggest goal as a teacher is to make every one of my students know how important they are and how invested I am in their learning and well-being. I want students to enjoy learning and to walk out of my classroom with a new level of confidence.
Technology allows me…
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…
3 ways to personalize the learning experience
06/11/2018
Topics: Personalized Learning
Eric Sheninger believes student agency is one of the most powerful aspects of learning that can be aided by technology. But getting there, and setting the stage for the consistent, effective use of technology, requires a pedagogical shift.
“What we need to do is prepare…
Using data in the classroom to personalize learning
03/13/2018
Topics: Personalized Learning
Just over five years ago, I set out to use the most current best practices to reinvent my classroom. I was part of a cohort of teachers from four school districts in Delaware involved in the…
Weigh in on the ISTE Standards for Administrators
12/18/2017
Topics: Assistive and adaptive technologies, Augmented reality, Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital storytelling, Education leadership, Gamification, Gaming, Literacies, Makerspaces, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Project-based learning, Robotics, STEM & STEAM
“Leaders get people moving. They energize and mobilize. They take people and organizations to places they have never…
Focus on equity to ensure that all students are 'computer science material'
12/07/2017
Topics: Assistive and adaptive technologies, Augmented reality, Coding & robotics, Computational Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital storytelling, Gamification, Gaming, Literacies, Makerspaces, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Project-based learning, Robotics, STEM & STEAM
With the dire need for computer science (CS) skills in today’s workforce, one would think that every school in the nation would have a robust CS program. But sadly, almost half of U.S.…