Garapan students celebrate Digital Learning Day In the News
March 18, 2015THE fifth graders at Garapan Elementary School learned many things about the American Revolution by “visiting” U.S. museums on the Internet during Digital Learning Day on Friday. All public school students experienced digital learning throughout the day as their teachers and librarians showcased the use of classroom technology, digital-learning tools and software.
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Digital Learning Success Is About More Than the Technology In the News
March 18, 2015Across the world on Friday, educators celebrated Digital Learning Day by sharing the strategies that have worked in the classroom. Technology’s role in schools includes connecting the informational dots, capturing and reflecting on student artifacts and helping teachers personalize their approaches.
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How a Milwaukee School Remodeled Student Learning In the News
March 18, 2015Last week, communities and schools across the country were gearing up for Digital Learning Day. This wave of enthusiasm for digital learning is hardly new, or limited to one day out of the year. For some teachers, digital learning is helping them tackle some of the biggest problems they face in the classroom—and the ones students will face once they leave it.
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Learning never stops with technology at District 100 In the News
March 18, 2015This past week, Berwyn South School District 100 celebrated national Digital Learning Day in our schools. Digital Learning Day provides an opportunity for districts, such as District 100, to highlight great teaching practices, showcase innovative teachers and leaders, and promote the effective use of technology to improve the learning experience in our schools.
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Digital Learning Day Brings Technology, Innovative Teaching to Wedgwood Elementary School In the News
March 18, 2015Students at Wedgwood Elementary School participated in Digital Learning Day 2015 on Friday, March 13, 2015. Digital Learning Day is a huge national initiative run by the Alliance for Excellence in Education. Started in 2012, Digital Learning Day has provided a powerful venue for education leaders to highlight great teaching practice and showcase innovative teachers, leaders and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes. This grassroots effort blossomed into a massive nationwide celebration, as teachers realized that Digital Learning Day is not about just technology, but also about learning, and enhancing the role of the teacher in America’s classrooms. Digital Learning Day promotes the effective use of modern tools afforded to every other industry in order to improve the learning experience in K-12 public schools.
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A tiny school in the Ozarks powered a nationally-acclaimed turnaround with a mix of technology and trust In the News
March 18, 2015Every morning, Daisy Dyer Duerr, the principal of tiny St. Paul High School in northwestern Arkansas, ends the morning announcements with a rallying cry: “No excuses. No limits.” In the isolated, rural town of St. Paul, on the edge of the Ozark Mountains, the streets are dirt and the poverty is generational. Excuses and limits were once easy to accept here.
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Five strategies for using classroom technology In the News
March 16, 2015Technology and digital media continue to represent a powerful pathway for advancing the goals of education, including raising academic achievement and preparing students for college and career, according to a new study released by the Center for Promise, the research arm of America’s Promise Alliance. In time for Digital Learning Day, the new paper, Wired to Learn: K-12 Students in the Digital Classroom, supported by the Cable Impacts Foundation, explores digital learning as a promising strategy for improving students’ educational experiences and highlights the efforts of five school districts across the country focused on reshaping the traditional learning environment
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Tune In For a Day of Educator Stories: #DLDay In the News
March 16, 2015Ever since our CEO Jay Bhatt shared Blackboard’s renewed mission and vision at last year’s BbWorld, we have been focused upon bringing the concepts of ‘Reimagine Education’ and ‘A World Inspired to Learn’ to life. One way we’re doing this is by supporting organizations that share these very same goals: Empowering teachers, increasing student engagement, and improving college and career readiness.
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Digital Learning Day Turns into Digital Learning Week at Hoover High In the News
March 16, 2015This past week, our school celebrated Digital Learning "Week" in honor of Digital Learning Day that was on Friday, March 13. On Sunday, I sent out a challenge to our staff I challenged our teachers and staff to complete 3 of the activities on the flyer, and they would be entered into a drawing for an iTunes or Starbucks giftcard. One of our teachers emailed the link to her Pinterest board Sunday night! I was pumped and hoped that this was the start to many teachers participating in the challenge.
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Goose Creek increases technology use to foster learning In the News
March 16, 2015The world celebrated technology on “Digital Learning Day” Friday, but on any given day throughout Goose Creek CISD, students and teachers can be seen using cutting-edge technology to enhance learning and accelerate achievement. “It is a day to highlight great teaching practices and showcase innovative teachers, leaders and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes,” said Matt Flood, chief technology officer.
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