Archive: 2016

EdTech

EdTech 10: Super Schools

Sep 21, 2016

The world is a-buzz with the news of the 10 XQ Super Schools, where our own Mary Ryerse was invited to be a judge. This week’s top ten news stories offer even more super news about teaching and learning.

EdTech

7 Ways to Boost Your K-8 Math Program

Guest Author

Sep 20, 2016

By: Caralee Adams. School leaders in a rapidly improving school district with a high-poverty population share what has worked in their schools to boost math performance district-wide among K–8 students.

Leadership

Four Ways Students Learn from School Gardens

Guest Author

Sep 20, 2016

By: Liz Wimmer. I recently discovered that students actually eat more vegetables at school if they help grow them in the school garden, and that school gardens are powerful places that deepen student learning in these four ways.

EdTech

Smart Review | littleBits STEAM Student Set & STEAM Teacher PD

Guest Author

Sep 19, 2016

By: Matt Cohen. As a STEM and math teacher, I recently had the opportunity to explore and provide the Smart Review about the littleBits STEAM Student Set as well the littleBits STEAM online Professional Development.

Leadership

Personalized Standards-Based Instruction Tied to Social Emotional Learning

Emily Liebtag

Sep 19, 2016

Social-emotional learning does not have to be separate from academic learning or from the rest of the academic day, but can be a part of personalized standards-based instruction. Here are several tools and examples to help.

Leadership

Homeschool Partnerships: Changing an Educational Landscape

Guest Author

Sep 18, 2016

By: Marsha Myles. An amazing movement is happening in Michigan that is changing its educational landscape: Homeschool Partnerships, which are having a tremendous impact and influence in our state.

Personalized Learning

Braving the New World of Online Learning: What Students Need to Succeed

Guest Author

Sep 18, 2016

By: Ronit Berger. The digital age is here to stay, providing a wonderful new world of online learning options. Here are three important things I've gleaned as an online tutor that these students really need to be successful in this learning choice.

EdTech

Choose Your EdTech Providers Carefully with These Five Questions

Guest Author

Sep 17, 2016

By: Junaid Mubeen, PhD. Here are five questions teachers and school administrators should ask themselves and their prospective partners when seeking out the latest EdTech solutions.

Leadership

These 10 Resources Will Help Improve Your Researching Skills

Guest Author

Sep 17, 2016

By: Mary Walton. An essential part of an educator's job is furthering their own knowledge of the profession. Here are ten online resources for educator research and improving researching skills.

Leadership

Teaching is a Project-Based Profession: 10 PBL Teacher Mindsets

Emily Liebtag

Sep 16, 2016

Today's teachers who are training students (and our eventual future employees) have a great task at hand preparing students to successfully manage projects. Here are 10 mindsets successful project-based teachers have.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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