Tag: The Learning Counsel
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Using Data-Driven Instruction and SEL to Make the Most of Assessments
By Jenny Angelo Beaumont, Texas, is in my DNA. My family has been here since the 1800s, when the area was mainly devoted to cattle ranching and rice milling, through the great Spindletop oil discovery, which was the first major oil field and the largest in American history. We have so many great opportunities in ... -
The Surprising Impact of Student Led Learning
By Amy Howell TechEd is a hot topic in education right now, but what we really need to be discussing is student led learning. Students leading other students in learning is one of the most amazing things you can see. STEAMbassadors, STEMbassadors, Alpha:Techsperts, The Girls – they go by many names, but they ... -
Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends
By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller What’s hot in education technology? A better question might be, what’s hot in EdTech this year? It’s no surprise that the sector is growing – and quickly. In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 billion. Just the first half of this year alone, the United States neared one billion in ... -
Policy Watch: Educators Can Teach Lawmakers What Our Students Need
School leaders can help lawmakers create better education legislation by keeping them informed of current challenges and offering pragmatic solutions By Glen Miller It’s no secret to educators that students are not meeting literacy benchmarks. A recent report on reading performance from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that 63 percent of students ... -
Helping Teachers Reach Every Student Tyson Smith, Reading Horizons CEO">
Helping Teachers Reach Every Student Tyson Smith, Reading Horizons CEO
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. By Kenna McHugh Since its inception over 33 years ago, Reading Horizons focus is building the awareness of their educational products that center on the Reading Horizons Method. The method teaches children to read by providing ... -
Three Strategies for Using Technology to Support Social-Emotional Skill Development
By Tamara Fyke In order to further our conversation about SEL and EdTech, I am building on the three strategies featured in “How Can SEL & EdTech Work Together“: Three strategies for using technology to support social-emotional skill development: Have the conversations – Use and define a common language for social-emotional learning and make explicit connections ... -
How Technology Can Help Deepen Students’ Learning
By Kelly Bielefeld One of our primary responsibilities as modern educators is to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills so they’ll be able to adapt to the future labor market, which will include jobs that haven’t even been conceived of yet. In order to do that, we need to ensure that students ... -
Student Retention Through Project Based Learning PBLWorks CEO Bob Lenz">
Student Retention Through Project Based Learning PBLWorks CEO Bob Lenz
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. By Kenna McHugh Bob Lenz became CEO of Buck Institute for Education PBLWorks in 2015. Before taking on his role at PBLWorks, his familiarity with Project Based Learning (PBL) matured as ...
