A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

I still vividly remember having lunch with Dave Moyer, the superintendent, where he explained in detail the vision that had been set for the district, centered around the six C's (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, character, citizenship). It was at this time that the decision was made for me to assist.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It can bring traditional textbooks to life by adding interactive elements like videos, models or supplementary information to printed pages. Heather Brantley Educator, Instructional Technologist and Edtech Consultant EdSurge: What sparked your interest in incorporating more technology into your teaching methods?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

While he’s enthusiastic about its potential, others are less sure what to think about it. For businesses, artificial intelligence has proven immensely profitable, by some accounts even lifting the overall amount of funding flowing to edtech last year. These days, Kohn thinks of a chatbot as a sort of a TA-plus.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It is not uncommon for teachers to spend hours searching through edtech tools to customize and differentiate for individual student needs. What if you want to see what your students are doing on those screens in the traditional classroom? In a typical setting, we can move around our classroom.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2023

creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem solving, resiliency) and crosses multiple disciplines (e.g. And, regrettably, when it comes to education, they remain constrained by tradition. Making games cultivates a range of hard skills (e.g. coding) and soft skills (e.g.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 13, 2020

Others believe that there is an EdTech tool out there that is going to solve all of our problems in education. In a previous post , I wrote: “I agree to a certain point that technology is a part of the solution, but it is not a silver bullet or a magical pill that will cure schools of this “traditional approach” disease.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Similarly to a traditional classroom, receiving feedback remains a valuable part of distance learning to evaluate the learning environment and promote growth within the virtual classroom. . So, what is the instructional coach’s role? . Instructional coach feedback is still an essential part of teacher learning.

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