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Personalized Learning

Redefining What It Means to be a Successful School

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A quick look down the “successful” and “highly successful” columns and it becomes clear that we set the bar pretty high. It’s also important to note that we believe successful school systems strive to achieve these outcomes for every student.
Personalized Learning

The Power of Student Work

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The Common Core, however, will necessarily generate thousands of examples of high quality student work. If we are able to share these examples, teachers, students and parents will be able to see what both “off” and “on goal” work looks like.
EdTech

Everything is Coming Up Robots

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Now I find myself learning and teaching with robots. Where once I was reading through Chaim Potok’s The Chosen asking myself which learning objectives I could met through this text, now I am searching through Youtube videos of robot challenges to find a match for my objectives for the students.
Personalized Learning

Quality Matters in K12 Online and Blended Learning

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The Quality Matters Program demonstrates that the close correspondence between the iNACOL course standards and the QM Grades 6-12 Rubric, shows K-12 teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders that the QM Rubric can be an effective tool to achieve the iNACOL goals in addition to implementing the more detailed and explicit QM design elements.
Personalized Learning

Worlds of Making @ NMHS

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At the heart of the vision for my Makerspace is to develop the space and to provide resources and opportunities that will aid in promoting web literacy.
Ed Policy

Reynoldsburg City Schools’ Internet Journey

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Known for its inventiveness and commitment to personalized learning, Reynoldsburg City Schools’ (RCS) latest transformation is fueled by blending the best of teacher-led instruction with game-changing technology that is revolutionizing the pace, depth and velocity of learning for its 6,500 demographically diverse students across 14 Ohio schools.
EdTech

Infographic: The Use of Social Media in School

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eLearning Infographics shared this helpful visual along with the 11 facts copied below. The site also provides a full list of helpful teacher guides for all the different social media outlets, outlining best practices for using them with students.
Leadership

Seaford Leaders Build “Pipeline of Success” For Students

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Just like leaders in so many school districts with similar stories across the nation, Seaford educators knew things needed to change. They knew it was time to transform the system to better meet the needs of their changing demographic, while still maintaining a high expectation of academic rigor and student success.
EdTech

Online Learning Boasts Bright Future Thanks to Virtual Reality Platforms

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A high-end virtual world presents new great aspects of an educational experience, and combines this achievement with the greatest aspects of the real world classroom. Before getting deeper into the fantastical possibilities of world exploration, it's important to realize that the “home room” of these virtual worlds can very well be a virtual classroom.