A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 14, 2016

Are we more concerned about learning or traditional grading practices? How do we know that our investments in educational technology are actually improving student learning and achievement? This question is a start, however it doesn’t really matter much what we think. Does homework improve learner outcomes?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2015

Teachers must reach out and engage parents and utilize them as key players in their child’s education. Technology as a Lynchpin – In the age of education technology, teachers have to be savvy in their use but also wary in their adoption. There are also inherent issues with education traditions.

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

While AI has simply not been in the hands of students long enough to have longitudinal data on its impacts, there is a growing slew of research that touts it as a learning tool for non-traditional students (such as Dai et al., Even with this growing fan club for correct AI use, educators seem to universally want to prohibit bad AI use.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

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? Who Is Edtech Made for?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

As a supplement to traditional discussion strategies technology can serve as a catalyst to increase engagement by getting more learners actively involved during lessons. Our results indicate that peer discussion enhances understanding, even when none of the students in a discussion group originally knows the right answer.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2019

With all the promise that educational technology holds, several pitfalls are always on the minds of educators. The top two issues that commonly come up in my talks with educators are the technology (Internet, hardware, devices, apps) not working or off-task behavior on the part of students.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In many cases, they’ve grown up with access to incredibly immersive technology practically since birth. As a result, it can be difficult at times to compete for attention using traditional teaching methods like whiteboards, worksheets, and extended direct instruction.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

One question often lurks in the minds of college students: “What am I going to do after I graduate?” For those who plan on graduate school, their immediate future is pretty much set. But for most, what happens next is often in doubt.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

What can traditional colleges use from your model? Those are the programs that will lead our students to find jobs, and that's why they are coming to us. Most colleges can’t just get professors to volunteer, and I’m sure many of your professors can only do it because they have paid jobs at other colleges.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We look for the traditional comforts that elicit memories of the past, and search for something new to add to our tables. It is that time of year when we look for recipes that can fill our stomachs and warm our hearts.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Their inexperience can put strain on the more experienced teachers and administrators who support them, she explains, at a time when both administrators and traditional teacher prep graduates say even new fully certified teachers feel less prepared than those in years past.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

How can assessment data effectively inform instructional decisions and support professional development for educators? Kyllonen: We can now go beyond traditional methods with rich process data, including student conversation data. This allows everyone, including the learner, to make the best data-based decisions possible.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This gap may exist partly because of the stereotype that women are natural caregivers, steering girls towards traditional helping professions,” the report states. Less than half of girls responded that they wanted both a service career and a STEM career.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This sentiment reflected an expectation to adhere to the traditional script of teaching English Language Arts. Colleagues often self-censored, deeming certain texts and topics “too controversial” for our school community. I still remember a parent emailing and asking me, “Why can’t you just teach English?”

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

These days, computing power and algorithms have advanced to the level where neuroscience and AI are helping to inform each other, and even challenge our traditional understanding of what thinking is all about, he says. What has really been revealed is that we don't understand what ‘understanding’ is,” says Sejnowski. “We

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2024

During holidays, she would prepare more food than we could ever eat papo secos , a traditional Portuguese bread, always accompanied every meal, and bolo de laranja , a Portuguese orange cake that I could never resist.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I entered the classroom through an alternative certification program , which meant I hadn’t received the same level of preparation as teachers who came through traditional teacher training routes. Early Mentorship in Jacksonville As a new teacher in Jacksonville, I faced a steep learning curve.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 22, 2020

She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years and is currently a technology integration coach in the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has been working in the field of educational technology since 1998 when she earned her Masters Degree in Ed Tech Leadership. Lisa is the epitome of a life-long learner.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 15, 2025

Her defiance was bold and vulnerable, a refusal to let fear or tradition dictate her path. She wasnt just rejecting the status quo for the sake of rebellion, she was daring to imagine a world where she could exist on her own terms, despite being defined by others around her. Sitting in that theater, I felt something spark within me.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The goal is for some of AIs earliest adopters in education to band together, share ideas and eventually help lead the way on what they and their colleagues around the U.S. could do with the emerging technology.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2023

Technology in schools can be a critical tool in advancing equity. While this may look different from school system to school system, the guide includes several elements to support technology leaders in keeping equity at the center of their work.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For this week’s EdSurge Podcast we’re looking at how metaphors shape technology in education. After all, an ‘online lecture’ is a metaphor, using the tradition of teaching in front of a classroom to describe teaching in an online video format. What is the most dangerous metaphor in education technology these days?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This perception undermines my efforts and sends a troubling message to my students—that learning Arabic, or any subject outside traditional school disciplines, is less meaningful to their learning experience. This also reflects a broader issue that sends a damaging message to students about what’s truly important in their education.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

That’s why the development of AI-powered tools that can accommodate all learners must be a priority for policymakers, districts and the education technology industry. But doing so can be especially challenging for students with special needs working with traditional digital interfaces.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Kestin doesn’t deliver traditional lectures. Kestin provocatively titled his paper about the experiment, “ AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning ,” but in an interview he told me that he doesn’t mean to suggest that AI should replace professors or traditional in-person classes. “I

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ED Surge

MARCH 10, 2025

But the real power of her work, she says, goes well beyond the traditional responsibilities associated with the role. In that position, Muoz sits at the front desk what she calls the face of the house answering phone calls, sending emails, receiving visitors.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Education technology with built-in lesson recommendations, like WordFlight , can provide teachers with instant access to a detailed view of each student’s progress, including insights about which concepts or skills students should learn next and which of their classmates are ready to learn those concepts too.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Renee Dawson Educational Technology Specialist at Atlanta Public Schools “Augmented reality is when you take something that you can already see in the world and add an interactive or experiential layer on top. AR can be used in the classroom to create interactive learning experiences that enhance traditional instruction.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

Is it time to give traditional letter grade systems an F and replace them with alternatives that focus more on getting more students to master material? Its a complex issue well continue to explore in the year ahead. Thanks for listening! Is It Time for a National Conversation About Eliminating Letter Grades?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The lesson seemed a lot more relevant than copying a row of equations from a chalkboard, which I remember from my own more traditional (and boring) math education so many years ago. The concept caught my attention during a demonstration at HolonIQ’s ‘Back to School ’ summit in New York City earlier this month.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, as with any shift in traditional practices, there are some kinks to be worked out in terms of leveraging technology to our greatest advantage. Use of a digital calendar management tool assures the elimination of overlapping meetings and additional scheduling mix-ups.

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ED Surge

JUNE 19, 2024

Picture it: a room bustling with eager five-year-olds unaccustomed to center procedures and five iPads as the hottest commodity amidst blocks, dolls and traditional learning stations. I can still vividly recall the chaotic scene of introducing iPads into Kindergarten classrooms. What’s the Kindergarten version of the Hunger Games?

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ED Surge

MAY 13, 2024

Thomas Smith Boren agrees that early exposure could be a critical route for getting more people into educator preparation programs and, ultimately, classrooms. Members of Gen Z also want to be a part of work that is collaborative, which exists in pockets of the profession but is “not a strong tradition in teaching,” Smith says.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Whether it's a charter school, a traditional public school, a private school, an independent school, they all need a school library with a school librarian in it to support information literacy and becoming the thought partners of classroom teachers. I wish every school was resourced with a full-time, certified school librarian.

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ED Surge

APRIL 1, 2022

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. percent drop that’s the largest decline higher education has seen in five decades.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

Yet, many of the traditional strategies employed, while absolutely essential to professional growth, can be cumbersome and disruptive for teachers, their students and even those responsible for offering support. “Now, Improved methods of new teacher support Providing adequate support for new teachers has long been a top priority for schools.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Shifting the power dynamics in a classroom doesnt mean losing controlit means transforming the space into one where students see themselves as active participants in their own education. Apologizing was a small act, but it challenged traditional hierarchies, demonstrating that respect should flow both ways.

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