Every field has its own distinctive vocabulary, and the world of pedagogy and instructional design is no exception.
Scholars of learning have developed a technical terminology to describe the factors cognitive, affective and pedagogical which contribute to robust student learning.
I am often taken aback to discover knowledgeable and experienced colleagues who are utterly unfamiliar with the language of academic innovation. Here is a list of key terms and concepts used in the scholarship of teaching and learning that every teacher should be familiar with.
Active Learning
Pedagogical practices that actively engage students in learning. Examples include: hypothesis generation, brainstorming, sequencing (asking students to order a series of events or developments), decision making (identifying critical junctures and options), concept mapping, problem solving, and role playing.
Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon. The Portland Public Schools district is among the first members of K12 SIX. (Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
The automotive sector has its own Information Sharing & Analysis Center (ISAC). So do the aviation and maritime industries. They all represent forms of transportation, but no one would say they all face the exact same cyber threat scenarios.
So why have K-12 schools traditionally been lumped in with the public sector and higher education when it comes to ISAC activity? Local education districts have their own distinct challenges as they strive to protect themselves against digital threats. It only makes sense that they have an ISAC of their own.
Alma SIS introduces Standards Based Grading Grade Point Average
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Alma paves new grading pathways for progressive education.
With the all new Standard Based Grading GPA, students can maintain the familiar numerical GPA while also receiving category and class aggregates that detail which skills the student is proficient in and which skills need to be improved. PORTLAND, Ore. (PRWEB) December 17, 2020 Alma Student Information System (SIS) is proud to announce the creation of Grade Point Averages (GPA) for Standards Based Grading (SBG). SBG, also known as Competency Based Learning or Proficiency Based Learning, is rooted in aligning student feedback and progress measurement against the particular skills being taught and assessed, rather than using a single score to cover multiple topics or standards. With a sleek and easy-to-understand design, Alma allows teachers and administrators to manage grading sc
EducationSuperHighway Report Outlines Plans to Tackle K-12 Home Connectivity Crisis
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National non-profit will focus on building public-private partnerships to connect over ten million students who lack home broadband. SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) December 14, 2020 The national non-profit that successfully closed the classroom connectivity gap has announced it is delaying its planned sunset to connect students who lack home broadband. EducationSuperHighway will provide states and school districts with the tools they need to address home connectivity disparities that disproportionately impact students of color and those in high-poverty and rural communities across the United States.
In April, EducationSuperHighway pivoted resources to its Digital Bridge K-12 (https://digitalbridgek12.org) project when the pandemic hit. To date, that initiative has helped over 800 school districts in 41 states identify a