eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Achieve3000 offers innovative new ways to empower blended learning and accelerate student literacy gains through differentiated instruction in the 2016-2017 school year. ELA Test Challenge Courses. State-Customized Solutions. idBizAccess®, TeenBizAccess®, and EmpowerAccess® for English language learners in grades two through 12.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

Finally, the Commissioner of Education assessed the state and district reviewer evaluations, public feedback and cost of the materials before giving approval. Core5 is an adaptive blended learning program that accelerates the foundational and advanced literacy skills for students of all abilities in elementary grades.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s easy to critique a learning experience in hindsight—to make judgements like “I wish there were longer breaks,” “I wanted better feedback” or “I needed more visuals.” But those reflections aren’t very useful unless we take that feedback and use it to make change. It turns out two days is pretty tight for such a lofty goal.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Students work through examples where they compare data before and after a reaction to determine if a chemical change has occurred, with the teacher providing targeted support and feedback. Teacher 2 might also provide feedback on their data collection methods and help troubleshoot any issues that surface during the planning phase.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Even before schools closed in Japan, Apel’s school updated its digital learning plan and shared it with faculty to get their feedback before sending it to parents, who appreciated that the plan clearly spelled out responsibilities ahead of time. His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M.,

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

A student might not remember their score on a math test, but they likely vividly recall that time they shot the winning basket that sent their team to the state championship. Its all about learning through physical activity. Think about the songs or chants that kids come up with when they skip rope. Start small.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But we note that they are not consumers in the sense of exchanging money for good or services, but rather as investing considerable time, energy and passion (the currency of teaching) in the blended learning innovation. Starting a buzz” around blended learning was a foundational part of our strategy.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The mere idea can be intimidating, and figuring out ways to develop ownership through teaching and learning practices compounds the challenge. Given the young age of students, feedback is gathered in a structured process every few weeks. Student self-direction.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

However, Taos Academy’s learning model, like that of many schools, underwent a real time stress test in the spring with our sudden shift to emergency remote teaching and learning. Limited exposure by assigning 1-2 teachers for each learning group.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

This vision is centered on establishing a growth model with expanding choice options for students, enhancing personalized learning pathways, and providing a wide variety of blended learning opportunities to support increased student engagement and improved student learning outcomes. Plan for network readiness.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

has been a leader in implementing stringent supervision and high-stakes evaluation for teachers, these practices are part of a national education reform movement that seeks to standardize teaching in an (ultimately ineffective) quest to boost student test scores. My experience is not unique: While D.C. He just listened and nodded.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

The program uses school resources to purchase Google Chromebooks for students in rural areas (as the name implies) and couples that with a blended learning strategy in the classroom. The results of the program’s first year — and community feedback—were positive. The plan they devised was simple.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2019

Teachers began by exploring the why and what for personalized learning by focusing on blended learning as one of the first paths to personalization. A prototype is often something scrappy, with the purpose of testing to learn and gather quick feedback from the end-user before putting an idea into implementation.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2017

During these sessions, we challenged ourselves to gather resources and ideas to identify resources and spark discussion in the areas of: Improving Feedback Practice. What are feedback strategies that help to increase student engagement? How do we deliver high quality and effective feedback? SAMR in Formative Assessment.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

“One of the topics that were really important to educators was ‘self-directed learning,’” says Garrison. So her team took the theme and broke it down into five parts: flipped classrooms, blended learning, back to basics, executive functioning skills, and student self-assessment and self-regulation.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment. For example, when fourth-grade students learn about their state government, they used to be tested on who the governor is and how parts of the legislature works.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

Balancing digital learning with traditional teaching methods requires a thoughtful approach that values both innovation and foundational practices. Schools should integrate technology as a complement to hands-on learning, discussions, and problem-solving activities rather than a complete replacement.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

And while these may just seem the latest bright and shiny objects to capture our trending eyes, if we step back and examine the pedagogy supporting these “buzzwords,” we can see the importance they have in reaching our students in both in-person and hybrid-distance learning classrooms.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Back in 2011, I was getting my feet wet with blended learning and experimenting with new pedagogical practices in my geography class. As a result of my recent transition to a blended learning environment and my desire to turn control of learning over to my students, I decided the traditional syllabus needed to be turned on its head.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2017

The other teachers reported similar feedback. During the pilot I switched to introducing curriculum content purely through the games, largely as a test of efficacy and to satisfy my curiosity. The pilot had another, unanticipated benefit—professional learning. blended learning technique.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

It fuels human connection when students learn in physical isolation from one another and reduces the likelihood of hurt feelings that result when written exchanges are misunderstood. Instructor video feedback has also been shown to improve social presence, which is correlated with the development of an instructor-student relationship.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.” This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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Gaggle Speaks

JULY 14, 2015

As more schools move towards 1:1 learning environments and attempt to reduce paper use, teachers are seeking new options for assessing student work digitally. In addition, finding paperless grading workflows becomes more important as blended learning environments expand and teachers no longer communicate with students solely face-to-face.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Harvard juniors Luke Heine (22) and Cole Scanlon (20) also earned a spot on the list after cofounding the Fair Opportunity Project , a college application and financial aid guide that offers low-income high school students free information about things such as testing, interviewing and scholarships. teachers, of whom just 7 percent are black.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. With our system, you get feedback that tells you, say, only 5 percent of the class gets it, so you immediately shift gears and focus on the underlying learning. You can see how they learn: Are they doing their homework?

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Teachers can then provide real-time feedback to students that will help them to identify the areas in which they need to improve. Digital Portfolios—Artifacts of Learning Digital portfolios support a formative approach by encouraging students to collect artifacts that they can share with both peers and teachers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Educational software, including interactive simulations and virtual labs, brings abstract concepts to life, enhancing experiential learning. Furthermore, adaptive learning platforms, like Khan Academy and Duolingo, cater to individual student needs, offering personalized learning paths and immediate feedback.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We're looking at bias in adaptive learning and artificial intelligence technologies. We have even developed an open-source A/B testing platform that allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of content changes we make in our software. We're looking at how reading affects mathematics outcomes.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Taking aim at standardized testing in particular, Robinson advocates for a “revolution” in learning—and praises several schools that are realigning priorities to put the focus back on inspiring students. Three students share how they’re still learning, and how schools can help. Here are her top four topics to steer clear of.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2016

After a while, we began to film both ourselves and our students, shared the videos and tagged particular teacher/student moves in the classroom, and offered critical feedback. In addition, students share their written essay work via Pathbrite , an e-portfolio platform perfectly designed for classrooms through their unique feedback tools.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Dweck found that feedback, even that of a positive nature, did not necessarily encourage sustained effort through obstacles. Feedback that praised inherent ability, for example, “Good work! On the other hand, feedback that focused on a student’s efforts such as, “Good Work! The Influences of Emotion on Learning and Memory.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Dweck found that feedback, even that of a positive nature, did not necessarily encourage sustained effort through obstacles. Feedback that praised inherent ability, for example, “Good work! On the other hand, feedback that focused on a student’s efforts such as, “Good Work! The Influences of Emotion on Learning and Memory.

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Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. With our system, you get feedback that tells you, say, only 5 percent of the class gets it, so you immediately shift gears and focus on the underlying learning. You can see how they learn: Are they doing their homework?

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 100

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2018

The 8th grade just received their own profiled laptop since the school was deploying a blended learning/personalized learning initiative and the 1:1 student laptop was a key project. I decided to test the waters! I noticed that my eighth-grade class contained 16 students vs. the usual 24 students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2018

The feedback I often get on these sorts of sites is that students do improve speed and accuracy but only on the site. There’s a better way to learn keyboarding: Blended Learning. Here are some of the methods I mix up in my classes: Finger Exercises (unplugged learning). Top Typing Test. TypingTest.com.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The CEO of a tech company doesn’t address the whole company to solve every problem, so I ditched whole group instruction in favor of the station rotation blended learning model in order to meet the needs of all of my learners. I tweaked materials, gathered student feedback and iterated on my instructional designs.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2017

Tell us about an idea that you pressure tested at DreamBox that didn't hold up. It's a human learning environment. you don't get consistent feedback because we haven't applied the discipline of really understanding what’s working, in what environment and why. That's a lot of pressure! They're human beings, these children.

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