Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Read a book, blog, or magazine. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). Introduction to Programming with Scratch in Education from University of Northern Iowa (20-30 hours). Check out the curriculum options linked above.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It After everybody chose a symbol, she introduced the students to options for their presentations, such as creating a mini-blog or using digital presentation tool called Wixie that allows students to weave together text, images and their own voice.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

Coaches have taken on larger advocacy roles and are serving as liaisons between teachers and administration to communicate ongoing distance learning challenges and needs, as well as offer feedback and suggestions on district-approved applications, software, and systems.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Student advocacy reinforced Kettle Moraine’s implementation of CBE and expanded opportunities around personalized learning. Deklotz said, “Students telling the story about how their personalized plan has helped them plan for the future and how they think about school has more impact on the board and community than data.”

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2019

Inspire advocacy for more experiential learning in schools. Help parents in understanding the nature and value of 21st century learning. Build awareness of experiential learning opportunities for youth in a region. Spark curiosity and learning for youth. Connect host organizations and participants to a national movement to Remake Learning.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 22, 2019

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, these actions have taken many forms, from advocacy to direct action to storytelling. Each year on April 22, millions of people around the world come together to demonstrate their support for environmental protection.

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Dr. Preece

MAY 31, 2024

Colleagues new to it might want to look back at this blog piece on how I teach using earth.nullschool , or this guide to the IPCC’s AR6 release that gives some further context. I’ve uploaded my slides here ( [link] ) with all of the links and references.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Among them are advocacy campaigns, curriculum and resource development, professional development for teachers and administrators, and continued research. We offer a number of recommendations to move this work forward. Supporting educators to teach computational thinking.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Community Engagement and Advocacy. South Fayette Township School District Director of Technology and Innovation Aileen Owens stated, “We build in the opportunity to code a robotic device because they [students] were thinking of them [coding and robotics] as separate items. …

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

“All of them are searching for that holy grail of tailoring content and skills to the weaknesses of each kid,” said Larry Cuban, an emeritus professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, who often writes about education technology on his popular blog. based education reform advocacy group.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Hear a teacher’s experience with cultivating agency and self-advocacy in her students to better understand what they needed from their learning environment. Resources to help you use technology to increase equity in schools: Learn more about the Digital Learning Gap and how we’re working to close it.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

CLX now has substantial, informative data they can use as a foundation or justification when making decisions around funding, advocacy, partnership, and expansion. In the same vein, CLX hopes its data will help Chicago understand the importance of informal DMTT-focused learning experiences for the city’s students.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. National Association for Gifted Children.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The National Literacy Council’s website also has an extensive list of helpful resources for teaching and learning, programs, and advocacy. Additionally, the Census is hiring up to 500,000 part-time and temporary workers to support with address canvassing throughout the nation.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

a retired English teacher who blogs about education and is the Colorado coordinator of the Education Policy Fellowship Program. In Colorado, which is pushing this idea , one statewide program places high school students in banks and insurance offices for from 16 to 24 hours a week.

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Living Geography

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Guardian also picked it up for their GCSE blog which was live for the morning as students received their results. I was asked to provide some feedback on the GCSE results which came out today on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society. Scroll down to 11.13 to read my comments.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Shortly after leaving that post, Riley planted his skeptic’s flag with an oft-cited blog post titled, “Don’t Personalize Learning.”. “We

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All Things Pedagogical

JULY 10, 2024

These remarks can be found on my blog. So this takes me to where my activism and advocacy started from and it is Ruskin, yes problematic fav Ruskin. You should take it; it is a good reflective tool to identify levels of privilege. Are they scholar-activists? I mean 15 plus years of adjuncting will do that to you I guess.

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All Things Pedagogical

MAY 28, 2023

Sometimes people pick up these ideas from things they see on social media, blogs, podcasts, and then continue it as their unique contribution knowing full well it isn't and the more social and cultural capital that person has in particular spaces the easier it is to erase the real innovator.

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Digital Promise

JULY 28, 2016

So much of environmental study has been about advocacy for the outdoors, or nature ed. They are now starting a third phase, which they’re calling EcoXPT, where they are working with ecosystem scientists, teachers, and students to find age-appropriate ways to add authentic forms of experimentation into the mix. “We

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MPSA

JUNE 11, 2021

By: Dr. Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education Through its ongoing partnership with Wiki Education , MPSA has been helping political science and policy students engage with subject content in meaningful and lasting ways all while improving the world’s access to reliable knowledge in these very fields.

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MPSA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By: Dr. Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education For the past several years, MPSA has been partnering with Wiki Education to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of topics related to Political Science. In an era where misinformation and disinformation are rife, this initiative has taken on new meaning as well as a sense of urgency.

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MPSA

OCTOBER 24, 2024

by Colleen McCoy, Communications and Outreach Coordinator at Wiki Education This blog has been reprinted with permission from Wiki Education. In the ever-evolving landscape of information, the need for accurate, well-sourced content has never been more critical, particularly in the midst of this U.S. election year.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2024

A few weeks back, my friend Monica Burns reached out and asked to share some insight on my favorite artificial intelligence (AI) tool for a blog post she was writing. Stronger Advocacy : Use data to advocate for effective policies and programs. Increased Accountability : Demonstrate the impact of evidence-based practices.

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ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2023

Stuck in Limbo In a recently released report , immigration advocacy organization FWD.us Completely by luck, I came across a blog of undocumented students who were sharing their [college] experiences anonymously online,” he recalls, “and I applied to three private schools because I heard stories of undocumented students at those institutions.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2017

DeVos played a role in Michigan education reform, so in a world of alternative facts , suddenly claims and counter-claims about Michigan schools are all over blogs, social media and mainstream media. The future of the district is unknown, but blaming state or local control for the issues at hand does not capture the whole story.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2017

If public education is ever going to meet the needs of low-income students, ideas for change must get beyond the constant war of words fueled by advocacy journalism, partisan blogging and fake news. The pervasiveness of advocacy writing helped usher in a “post-truth” era, where people consumed copious amounts of narrative over fact.

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MPSA

APRIL 11, 2019

Read more on the MPSA blog from Smith and follow him on Twitter. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are solely those of the original authors and other contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Midwest Political Science Association, MPSA staff, and/or other site contributors.

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