Digital Promise

MARCH 26, 2019

While we’ve come a long way from the “grasping at straws” syndrome, educators continue to ponder the worth of many educational technology (edtech) products and struggle with the best and most efficient means of choosing these products. Could this product provide a project-based learning experience?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2015

Last month, Digital Promise launched a crowdsourcing effort on how companies use scientific research to design and develop their educational technology products. Role of online learning in project-based learning. ’ helped us make sure our Teacher Training addresses teacher's needs.”

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As access to technology becomes increasingly commonplace in schools, discrepancies continue to emerge concerning not whether technology is being used, but how it is being used. To learn more, visit DynamicLearningProject.com and fill out the interest form. West Virginia Department of Education. US Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The majority of educational technology is designed for student use. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Some of the most celebrated education reform efforts today serve to make instruction more difficult. Personalized learning, project-based learning, mastery-based learning – they all require more work of teachers and more work of students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It comes from a wide range of education technology products, assessments and other sources — there’s data from reading programs, math programs, state tests, daily quizzes, student history and more, each one a single puzzle piece that could be linked to other pieces to create a unified picture, but that, more often than not, stands alone.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2017

We’ve also invested in bringing coding to life through project-based learning using Wonder Workshop’s educational robots, Dash and Dot. Our director of technology also runs a summer coding camp in which students can learn about GameSalad , GameMaker and GameStar Mechanic.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It’s also important to equip them with professional-quality templates and assets so that the projects they’re creating actually look like professional outputs. Pedagogically, this approach is real-world, authentic, project-based learning.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Before my decade-or-so in education technology, I was a Fortune 500 executive with the responsibility of leading an organization and developing my employees to their greatest potential. But my passion was creating a workplace where people not only performed to their highest level, but also loved their work.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

There are a number of teaching methods developed with this idea in mind, such as project-based learning , which centers on students building skills through working on an engaging project with purpose, and inquiry-based learning , which allows students to develop their own questions and curiosities about content.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. He explored teacher studies and dabbled in designing educational technology. Healey School to bring student-led, project-based learning to regular math, science, language arts and social studies classes.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As technology continued to develop, I often thought, Oh, that’s something my students need to know for their future. I integrated project-based learning and technology in all kinds of ways. I asked them to create blogs to interact through blended learning. Who’s going to teach them?

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ED Surge

MARCH 14, 2022

We are transitioning to more project-based learning environments where students can explore, problem solve and report their work back to others. How we measure learning is going to continue to evolve. Technology is key here—both for how we teach, as well as how we assess.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Research indicates that Generation Z students are technologically savvy and appreciate interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences. Are students of today really that different from those of previous generations?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

But now, I love school math, because I’m learning better.”. There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend. We don’t want to create gaps in our learning for our little ones.”.

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

“They’ll learn about the importance of identity, about youth participatory action research and the importance of engaging the community, while also get[ting] college readiness skills.”

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ED Surge

AUGUST 24, 2022

At the same time, the meta-analysis described dozens of additional studies showing that laptop programs were correlated with positive teaching and learning processes, including more use of project-based learning and stronger relationships between students and teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Many schools embrace technology in the classroom as a route to these students’ hearts. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. How do they draw that something is happening?”.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2023

We’ve explored project-based learning, character education and extending the school day. I threw a lot of energy over the years into different reforms and ideas that would make the school more inclusive, more engaging, more relevant, more successful and more equitable.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s a moment when XQ Institute’s agenda — that schools should offer more project-based learning, allow more flexibility in their schedules, and assign classwork more explicitly connected to career paths that interest students — may excite education leaders searching for solutions.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

And while teachers, principals, district leaders and parents forced to shift to virtual learning are eager for an end to the emergency measures, many are already looking ahead and considering which education solutions have worked well, and what parts of public schooling should be permanently altered. Learning from Lockdown.

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ED Surge

JUNE 13, 2022

Open educational resource curation guide. I recommend project-based learning as a way to help students develop and gather feedback on skills not necessarily emphasized in traditional instruction. Annual educational goals Setting annual educational goals is a keystone of the IEP process.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

The organization says it is producing and testing project-based learning experiences that will give students credits as well as certified badges that break courses into smaller components and recognize the skills they’ve gained.

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