ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

This year, our Instructional Technology Initiative (ITI) team sought new ways to engage our students in STEM and digital literacy, specifically to help meet district goals in computer science and digital citizenship. Celebrate and showcase students’ achievements and learning outcomes.

Project-Based Learning 82

Project-Based Learning Pedagogy K-12 Research Skills 82

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2024

Even our pedagogies model this thinking. Take the concept of tech-enhanced learning, for instance, which views digital tools as key to supercharging learning: just integrate a particular technology and off-you-go, soaring up Bloom’s Taxonomy. It’s about better understanding the alchemy of meaningful learning with technology.

EdTech 135

EdTech Cultures Pedagogy Humanities 135

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 30, 2012

Education is currently at a crossroads as traditional methods and tools are changing as a result of advances in technology and learning theory. We are beginning to see some schools across the country take the lead in merging sound pedagogy with the effective integration of technology.

Education 381

Education Professional Development Educational Technology Pedagogy 381

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2014

Using the Protosphere platform we are exploring the unique pedagogy in a virtual environment and technology as the learning environment. educational technology Laura Fleming New Milford High School Proton Media Protosphere virtual reality' Check out our progress below.

Library 315

Library Pedagogy Tutoring High School 315

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2015

This places them in the most important role to usher in and sustain meaningful change in the classroom that will ultimately shape school culture for the better. Education needs a revolution of ideas, pedagogy, and the very way in which we talk about teaching and learning.

Pedagogy 265

Pedagogy Classroom Management Tradition Educational Technology 265

ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2022

Another thing is that because there's this visual element as well as storytelling through the words and dialogue, I feel it's such a beautiful way to share the emotional context—the cultural context—and to also be playful with the ways that these ideas are communicated. A culture shift?

Pedagogy 109

Pedagogy Cultures Tradition Research 109

Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

Thank you for your work on the front lines to ensure our children and youth’s health and education were sustained throughout this difficult year. As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes.

Pedagogy 117

Pedagogy Educational Technology Cultures Research 117

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Yet, PBL as a pedagogy has seen varied levels of adoption in math classrooms across the United States, with many math teachers falling back on traditional teachings of formulas and procedures. It encouraged teachers to design learning experiences that engaged students in meaningful mathematical thinking and problem-solving.

Education 115

Education Pedagogy Critical Thinking Middle School 115

ED Surge

MARCH 17, 2022

Hollie’s work explores how students' culture impacts how they engage in the school environment. In this sense, culture transcends race and includes age, religion, and class, to name a few. Sharrocky Hollie in places where Black and Brown children were the primary learners.

Pedagogy 111

Pedagogy Charter School Cultures Library 111

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

For the technically inclined, pivoting to a job in the education technology industry seems like a natural fit. Former educators told us they had moved on to become UX designers, part of sales teams and founders of their own edtech companies. They will need to shape up — or create from scratch — their LinkedIn presence. “The

EdTech 106

EdTech Pedagogy Professional Development Educational Technology 106

ED Surge

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Teachers were burnt out, the national turnover rate was high and our school didn’t have the capacity to train staff to facilitate community-building circles and implement socio-emotional pedagogy. Considering these adverse factors, the school leaders decided to invest in our students’ well-being and purchase a packaged curriculum.

EdTech 117

EdTech Humanities Pedagogy Lesson Plan 117

ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Encouraging teachers to collaborate, coach and mentor others can also improve climate, culture and retention.

Social Justice 145

Social Justice Leadership Cultures Professional Development 145

ED Surge

JULY 28, 2023

Instead of just aiming to increase the quantity of STEM programs, the field must question how we evaluate the success of a program and redefine what quality STEM education looks like. Young girls need culturally-relevant curricula and programs in their schools and communities that are accessible and affordable.

K-12 92

K-12 Pedagogy Cultures Economics 92

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2012

The resulting article described New Milford High School’s many accomplishments pertaining to the use of educational technology to enhance the teaching and learning process. How did New Milford become a technology-rich school where potential and promise is emphasized as opposed to problems, challenges, and excuses?

Professional Development 265

Professional Development Pedagogy Cultures Educational Technology 265

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Sports and Culturally Responsive Teaching My school sits just six miles from the border with Mexico, and many of my students cross that border daily to attend school in the United States. Our students have rich, cultural lives and dynamic insight into their passions.

Cultures 120

Cultures Pedagogy Elementary School Teaching 120

ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2022

A teacher that does not have a firm belief in every student’s ability to achieve success cultivates a classroom culture that actively prevents learning—whether that is their conscious intention or not. It means taking the standards-aligned curriculum and shaping it to be culturally relevant for each of your students.

Education 103

Education Pedagogy Cultures Teaching 103

ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Solving deep-seated equity challenges in education is complex for a myriad of reasons. One key and solvable challenge is for solutions to be informed by the cultural and contextual expertise of the communities in which they’re implemented.

EdTech 80

EdTech Charter School Cultures Pedagogy 80

ED Surge

JUNE 26, 2022

If they have a healthy digital culture at home, you have a healthy digital culture at school,” he said. Thinking Digital Pedagogy, Not Tech Skills It seems counterintuitive, Culatta said, but new teachers are often the least effective when it comes to using technology in the classroom.

EdTech 100

EdTech Pedagogy Cultures Teaching 100

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

That mindset reflects a broader cultural anxiety, and when teachers don’t like the subject it hinders student achievement. “I But worse, teachers seem to struggle with the conceptual understanding of math themselves, Baumann adds, pointing back to the broader cultural anxiety and inadequate teacher development.

K-12 125

K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 125

ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2023

They represent the beautiful diversity of cultures, beliefs, abilities and gifts that come with the knowledge and appreciation of our histories. The “ culture of power ” to keep students obedient - silent and still - is firmly fixed into our students’ perceptions of classroom protocol, yet we know this to be false.

Public School 106

Public School K-12 Pedagogy Private School 106

ED Surge

APRIL 6, 2022

The deepest challenge getting edtech and educators to connect is a cultural one, said Luyen Chou, chief learning officer at 2U, Inc., Morris says taking the gig has allowed him to introduce the educator’s perspective to influential edtech executives who would otherwise probably not get exposed to it.

EdTech 111

EdTech Education Pedagogy Cultures 111

ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It’s a pendulum swing, that we need to get people back in the classrooms,” says David Rhoads, director of hybrid and emerging pedagogy at Vanguard University in California, who considers himself a proponent of HyFlex teaching. Even vocal proponents of HyFlex admit it’s not widely popular among college instructors.

Teaching 118

Teaching Pedagogy Tradition Cultures 118

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This begs an important question: When schools know that they’re on the receiving end of that supply, what need is there for meaningful, lasting change to the school’s culture or approach? For no reason other than I wanted a change of scenery, I found myself in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Teaching 99

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Cultures 99

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. As a teacher or a student, you may remember a holiday-week screening of E.T.

Teaching 113

Teaching Education K-12 EdTech 113

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Although Black Americans reinvented and established a unique culture, we’re eternally connected to the sub-Sahara. It opens with an explanation of its title and its connection to Black culture. The chapters in this anthology illustrate the magic of educators co-creating with students and sharing power to uplift students’ voices.

History 101

History Teaching Sociology Oral History 101

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The external forces have to do with the conversation that the culture is having about cancellation, about what authors are OK, about what books are OK and what content is OK. And this seeps into the college culture within the context of a classroom. How can educators respond to these changes?

K-12 89

K-12 History Pedagogy American History 89

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

At the same time, many game-making professionals have grown tired of entertainment-only games and leery of the often toxic culture. What is the right alchemy of pedagogy, subject-matter coverage, assessment and teacher professional development that would ultimately see learning games integrated into schools?

EdTech 117

EdTech Pedagogy Professional Development Tradition 117

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform. When Black scholars and innovators are visible to students, more often than not, they are admired as individuals and exceptions to the rule.

History 103

History Pedagogy Tutoring American History 103

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

They are: Leadership and school culture lay the foundation. Technology must be leveraged and used as an accelerant for student learning. Community collaboration and engagement must be woven into the fabric of a school’s culture. 146), I think that idea gets lost in Chapter 3 amidst all of the technology discussions. .

Leadership 87

Leadership Pedagogy Cultures Research 87

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This concept really does underpin all of our pedagogy. They are deeply passionate about education with a collective, tenacious focus on driving positive change for future generations. We have a particular approach to how we teach math, literacy and even languages that is based on what the research says is most effective.

Research 100

Research K-12 EdTech Middle School 100

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2018

teachers are) just learning how to get the technology into their classroom and how to incorporate it with their curriculum so that it's meaningful and embedded. Teaching with Technology. Districts are using technology tools in powerful ways to enhance student learning and engagement. Explore the Challenge Map.

Education 80

Education Artifacts EdTech Pedagogy 80

ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

We found that the combined effect of tutors' knowledge of both reading development and culturally responsive pedagogy was significantly correlated with students' reading development,” Sodani shared in an email. Teacher candidates at most colleges are not paid when they work in schools as student teachers.

Tutoring 139

Tutoring K-12 Education Pedagogy 139

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The educators sat through lectures on pedagogy, the finer points of math and how to apply it to actual biological problems. As these Harvard training sessions took place, the California State Board of Education finally approved a new framework that sets out to make math more culturally responsive and inquiry-based.

Social Science 145

Social Science Tradition High School Economics 145

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

Digital discussion: Allows creativity in responses (video, images, online research citations) Provides an avenue for open reflection Affords more learners an opportunity to answer and ask questions Better meets the needs of shy and introverted students Can extend conversations and learning beyond the traditional school day Welcomes participation from (..)

Pedagogy 412

Pedagogy Tradition Research Humanities 412

Digital Promise

MAY 1, 2017

A series of collaborative activities were used to introduce aspects of Chinese language and culture to students in Australia before they spent time on exchange in China. In some educational uses of AR, three-dimensional images, video, audio or text are “triggered” to appear by a printed image.

Pedagogy 48

Pedagogy Cultures Research Educational Technology 48

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2013

As we continue to advance in the digital age schools and districts are beginning to re-think pedagogy and learning environments by instituting either 1:1 device programs or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. In my opinion, schools that wish to create the most relevant and meaningful learning culture will go in one of these directions.

Artifacts 331

Artifacts Pedagogy Leadership Professional Development 331

ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2024

Jennifer Gonzalez, with Cult of Pedagogy , she has a post called ‘ Why no one reads your class newsletter. ’ How much language and cultural barriers can play a role in parent communication? These days many teachers have weekly newsletters they send to parents as well, and as a parent myself I get these for my two kids.

Pedagogy 113

Pedagogy Private School Cultures Teaching 113