Those factors include integrating technology into intervention classes; setting aside time for professional learning and collaboration for teachers; allowing students to use technology to collaborate; integrating technology into core curricula at least weekly; administering online formative assessments at least weekly; lowering the student-to-computer ratio as much as possible; using virtual field trips at least monthly; encouraging students to use search engines daily; and providing training for principals on how to encourage best practices for technology implementation.
Only about 1 percent of the 1,000 schools surveyed by Project RED followed all those steps, and those that did “saw dramatic increases in student achievement and had revenue-positive experiences,” Ms. Wilson said.
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Education Week: Study Finds Social-Skills Teaching Boosts Academics - 21 views
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Whole Child
Education Week: 'Curriculum' Definition Raises Red Flags - 36 views
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Calls for shared curriculum for the common standards have triggered renewed debates about who decides what students learn, and even about varied meanings of the word "curriculum," adding layers of complexity to the job of translating the broad learning goals into classroom teaching.
Hybrid Charter Schools - 44 views
Teacher Magazine: Boys Trail Girls in Reading; Can Fart Jokes Help? - 32 views
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Parents of reluctant readers complain that boys are forced to stick to stuffy required school lists that exclude nonfiction or silly subjects, or have teachers who cater to higher achievers and girls. They're hoping books that exploit boys' love of bodily functions and gross-out humor can close the gap.
Blending Face-to-Face and Flipping -- THE Journal - 54 views
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In depth article including advantages and disadvantages of flipped lessons and combining flipped with traditional.
Pear Deck - 34 views
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Great tool for distance learning if you want to have students responding as you are presenting. Also good for in class 1-1 settings. That's what it is designed for however, it becomes a question of whether or not you gain what you want by having a silent class simply responding on their screens. Google for login is required but integrates with Google apps, upload ppt. or create your own within pear deck
Education Week: Effective Use of Digital Tools Seen Lacking in Most Tech.-Rich Schools - 100 views
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Data drives decisions....or at least should
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cut their photocopying and printing budgets in half.
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The "paperless classroom" or the "not so much paper as before" classroom
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This is similar to what is happening in Australia, particularly NSW, I think.
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Most schools that have integrated laptop computers and other digital devices into learning are not following the paths necessary to maximize the use of technology in ways that will raise student achievement and help save money, a report concludes."We all know that technology does things to improve our lives, but very few schools are implementing properly," said Leslie Wilson, a co-author of the study, "The Technology Factor: Nine Keys to Student Achievement and Cost-Effectiveness," released last month. She is the chief executive officer of the Mason, Mich.-based One-to-One Institute, which advocates putting mobile-computing devices into the hands of all students.
Education Week Teacher: How to Make the Most of Your Professional Learning Community - 33 views
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During our first meeting of the school year, we jotted down on sticky notes what each of us wanted to accomplish in our weekly meetings. Three main ideas rose to the top and have driven our work together ever since: support for each other, help with pacing an overwhelming curriculum, and detailed plans to implement with our students. Everything we do as a group addresses one or more of these three objectives.
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Talking about the issues and pressures of teaching—always in a solutions-focused way, of course—is cathartic itself.
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PLCs must find ways to share the workload, not increase it.
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