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It’s a Geometric World!
To date, we have 25 blog entries detailing the progress of our PBL project through student voice and pictures. The following links to a blog about Day 16 of our project. http://ksmithschool.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/geometric16/
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Lessons from KIPP Math Blends
The KIPP Chicago team found that strong classroom management is key to ensuring success of instructional technology. They also found that teachers benefit most from synthesized, actionable data--and training on how to use it. Teachers need to know how to use the programs.
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MIND Research Institute Dives into the Benefits of Going Blended
This paper covers topics related to the benefits of blended learning for teachers and students, in addition to a description of the various ways ST Math can become a part of a district’s overall shift to personalized, digital learning.
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Better Blends With Visual Game-Based Math
A white paper that highlights MIND Research Institute's game-based math instructional tool, Spatial-Temporal Math (ST Math®) and the benefits of blended learning for teachers and students.
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10 Tips for Online Student Success
This week we talked to two of its online educators of the year, Shawn Wigg (HS Math) and Elise Harris (MS Civics) both to whom online learning is not new. They are full-time, online teachers at FLVS and know what it takes for students to succeed in online courses- because they see it every day.
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Visual Learning Math Program ST Math Expands Curricula
New ST Math programs expand the previously offered intervention and fluency programs and help to prepare students for success in Algebra 1. New programs include ST Math: Grade 6, ST Math: Middle School Supplement, and ST Math: High School Intervention.
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New Android App Makes Math Adaptive for Students
By: Allan Folz. From the technology stand-point, Allan reports that their apps have two fundamental features which set them apart from the typical offerings in the app marketplaces: an adaptive problem generator and screen captures of student's work.
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Next Generation Blends will Teach to One
Over the last three years, the New Classrooms team has developed an instructional model that seeks to addresses the inherent limitations in one of the more common forms of blended learning-rotational models- where students transition among two or three learning stations within a class period.
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Reflections on Khan Blends
It was a visit to a class at Eastside College Prep using Khan Academy that inspired Scott Ellis to “really dive into blended.” Scott shares his observations along with a recent SRI report.
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Slow and Steady Wins the EdTech Race
Much has been written about L.A. Unified’s $1 billion iPad initiative, which has generated a heated national debate about what a school or district needs to consider before starting a blended learning program of its own.