ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps it is because the virtues of Mexican and Indigenous spiritualities in Texas and Minnesota, where I’ve split my whole life, are so universal that it’s hard to not be drawn to their teachings and practices. As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. The short answer: it starts with us.

Cultures 137

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 31, 2011

Fortunately for me I have already begun to work with my staff and students to transform the teaching and learning culture at New Milford HS as it pertains to cell phones as mobile learning devices. I am excited to work with my staff to expand our use of mobile learning devices in our persistent effort to improve teaching and learning.

Educational Technology 326

Educational Technology Cultures Teaching Education 326

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

For the past couple of years every day is treated as Digital Learning Day as we have moved to create a teaching and learning culture rich in authentic activities where students are engaged and take ownership of their learning. Digital Learning Day educational technology New Milford High School' Why might you ask?

Educational Technology 305

Educational Technology Cultures High School Learning Science 305

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Cross-posted at The Educator''s Royal Treatment. As I mentioned in a previous post I have been working on a educational technology presentation for principals in a NJ school district. Sustainable change relies on understanding people, culture, and processes. educational technology Leadership Opinion Social Media tools'

Education 350

Education Educational Technology EdTech Professional Development 350

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. Laura’s inspiration for this idea came from Sugata Mitra’s TED talks on how students can teach themselves and building a school in the cloud.

Library 334

Library Tutoring Pedagogy High School 334

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2013

In my opinion, schools that wish to create the most relevant and meaningful learning culture will go in one of these directions. Probably the most significant impact, either 1:1 or BYOD can have is in the area of teaching digital responsibility, citizenship, and the creation of positive footprints online.

Artifacts 337

Artifacts Pedagogy Leadership Professional Development 337

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

As Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), I have worked with a fantastic team to develop services and tools to help districts, schools, and organizations across the world transform teaching, learning, and leadership. The DPA doesn’t just look at technology and innovation.

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Archiving Leadership Artifacts Cultures 364

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

While thoughtful assessment design and implementation are necessary for student success, building a strong assessment culture in schools is often overlooked but equally important. ISTE is collaborating with the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA) to explore the characteristics of a healthy assessment culture.

Cultures 127

Cultures Professional Development Teaching Research 127

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2012

There were many times during this early period that I questioned the value of the time I was putting in, or the actual impact any of this was having on teaching, learning, school culture, and leadership. connected educators educational leadership educational technology Social Media Twitter'

Leadership 284

Leadership Educational Technology Cultures Teaching 284

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2014

This in itself is just as bad as the education reform efforts described previously. So what really drives me as an educator today? My goal is to collaboratively create a culture of teaching and learning that resonates with my students. Change education reform educational leadership educational technology Opinion'

Leadership 285

Leadership Educational Technology Cultures Education 285

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I began my teaching career as a Teach For America (TFA) Corps member in Jacksonville, Florida. I was part of a cohort of about 100 first-year educators, all united by a common mission: to serve under-resourced and underserved schools. By the end of that first semester, 10 of my colleagues had already left the program.

Classroom Management 136

Classroom Management Social Justice Lesson Plan Cultures 136

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. Josh articulates how teachers have to be ready and willing to change the way they think about teaching to be able to effectively work with this new generation of learners.

Pedagogy 274

Pedagogy Classroom Management Educational Technology Tradition 274

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This hurt her teaching time, and she wanted to know if I experienced the same phenomenon in my teaching career; without hesitation, I admitted to facing the same problem. In my fifth year of teaching Arabic as a second language, I often reflect on how frequently my subject is undervalued.

Heritage 132

Heritage Cultures Teaching Critical Thinking 132

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

As the CEO of Aspire Change EDU , I'm dedicated to research-driven, data-enhanced, and evidence-based services and resources to aid districts, schools, and organizations in transforming teaching, learning, and leadership. It also provides insight into all elements of school culture and student learning.

Artifacts 277

Artifacts Leadership Digital Resources Lesson Plan 277

ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

Educational Technology 98

Educational Technology EdTech Education Heritage 98

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 278

Professional Development Pedagogy Cultures Educational Technology 278

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

When moving to initiate sustainable change that will cultivate innovation acquire necessary resources, provide support (training, feedback, advice), empower educators through a certain level of autonomy, communicate effectively, and implement a shared decision-making practice. That and being digitally resilient.

Leadership 295

Leadership Professional Development Educational Technology Critical Thinking 295

ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. If students are required to make clear when and how they’re using AI tools, should educators be too? Even if an educator decides to cite an AI chatbot, though, the mechanics can be tricky, Yongpradit says.

Teaching 145

Teaching Education K-12 Lesson Plan 145

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There were few role models who looked like me outside of my family, and the only cultural representations I saw were insulting stereotypes that mocked Indian culture. She told me that although he enjoyed the new school, it was a culture shock from his previous school. Now, I’m not so sure.

Cultures 139

Cultures Individual Identity Pedagogy Teaching 139

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Online Teaching, Technology, and Learner Variability : Teachers with a high degree of comfort with technology are significantly less likely than others to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s individual learner variability. Social-Emotional Learning as Part of Whole Child Learning.

Teaching 147

Teaching EdTech K-12 Professional Development 147

ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2025

The list of explanations ranges from a math-avoidant culture to schools difficulties hiring and keeping talented teachers, a job that seems to have become harder postpandemic. Making sure they get enough math proficiency and teaching ability before entering the classroom is a thorny issue. Not everyone believes that is enough.

Elementary School 128

Elementary School Pedagogy K-12 Professional Development 128

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 26, 2013

Hundreds of educators from over ten different states and Canada descended upon my school last year to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path. Innovation begins with a desire to change. The theme of this year’s conference is “Innovation Now”. Check out the schedule HERE.

Professional Development 241

Professional Development Critical Thinking High School Leadership 241

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2012

The challenge then became how to deliver a uniform experience across all devices in order to assist with the teaching and learning process. We began using ClassLink late in the spring, but are extremely excited about the promise that this solution holds to enhance the teaching and learning culture of our school through BYOD.

Leadership 228

Leadership Educational Technology Cultures Teaching 228

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.

Cultures 135

Cultures Civic Engagement Civics Pedagogy 135

ED Surge

MARCH 19, 2025

In the 2021-2022 academic year, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce found more than 43,000 individuals with active teaching credentials were not employed as teachers or staff members in a public school. Our principal recruits and advertises open teaching positions only to receive zero applications most of the time.

Education 99

Education Professional Development Charter School Lesson Plan 99

ED Surge

JANUARY 22, 2025

The arts also help students of different backgrounds and cultures to be celebrated by their peers and teachers. Art as a Language and Bridge My K-12 arts education experiences, not only in the visual arts, but also in dance and theater, shaped the educator I am today.

K-12 114

K-12 Middle School Cultures Teaching 114

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

This day, however, was not really much different than any other day at NMHS as we have made a commitment to integrate digital learning into school culture for some time now. Change Digital Learning Day educational technology Opinion' Students were given a list of paintings/engravings produced in the period 1500-1800.

Library 274

Library History Cultures Educational Technology 274

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Hundreds of educators from over seven different states and Canada will once again descend upon my school to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path. Innovation begins with a desire to change. The theme of this year’s conference is “Innovation Now”.

Professional Development 224

Professional Development Critical Thinking Leadership Educational Technology 224

ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2024

Ken Futernick brings together people who disagree deeply on issues that are most dividing school communities these days — such as teaching about gender and sexual identity or about the history of racism in America. I became distressed about these so-called ‘culture wars’ erupting all over the place. And he records the conversations.

Cultures 128

Cultures Elementary School Teaching History 128

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

They can start with mastering spreadsheets, coding languages like Python or teaching students to use AI chatbots. It is completely OK to take small, entry-level steps to begin to prepare everyone for the broader technology landscape, Drozda offers. It's going to be really good for writing, not so good for math, as one example.

K-12 138

K-12 Education EdTech Lesson Plan 138

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2025

This positive ripple effect strengthens families and communities, fostering a culture of achievement and aspiration. Providing professional development opportunities that focus on culturally responsive teaching practices and the unique needs of gifted Black boys is essential.

Education 101

Education Advocacy Middle School Cultures 101

ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Teaching is about more than curriculum and lesson planning. Teaching, as human work, is to show the beauty and complexity of the human experience in our society. But pursuing dreams and passions requires time and space, and teaching leaves me barely any room to breathe. Teaching has consumed me. Teaching has consumed me.

Teaching 145

Teaching Humanities Lesson Plan Middle School 145

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

Nationally, there aren’t enough bilingual educators , or educators certified to teach English as a second language (ESL). Department of Education’s “ Newcomer Tool Kit ,” a resource for rural educators looking to support recent-immigrant students and families. Hansen-Thomas also points to the U.S.

Teaching 134

Teaching Professional Development Community Engagement Library 134

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When Wendy Schatzberg, an associate professor at Utah Tech University, was teaching introductory chemistry, she thought her students would know how to use basic Microsoft Office tools like Excel and Word. I cannot and should not assume,” says Schatzberg, who also directs the Center for Teaching and Learning at Utah Tech. “We

Teaching 131

Teaching EdTech Cultures High School 131

ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But not every educator who tried hybrid teaching of some kind during the pandemic has continued it. Even vocal proponents of HyFlex admit it’s not widely popular among college instructors.

Teaching 137

Teaching Pedagogy Tradition Cultures 137

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’d already read many stories about ChatGPT in the news, and initially, I wasn’t concerned that the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) would impact my teaching. The reality is, as much as I love teaching my content, I don’t have the capacity to do the individualized planning to support every child’s learning.

Teaching 144

Teaching Education Humanities Tutoring 144

ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The Kids Were Not Alright My first year teaching was the first full school year post-COVID. It was that group of kids who became my lifelong friends, and it was that teacher who inspired me to go into education and still influences my teaching today.

K-12 107

K-12 Cultures High School History 107