rn 2019 U19 EURO team of the tournament By www.uefa.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:25:00 GMT Winners Spain provide six of the Under-19 EURO team of the tournament from Armenia. Full Article general
rn Faculty support each other through remote learning challenges and triumphs By news.psu.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 10:10 -0400 Penn State Harrisburg faculty share their experiences – the challenges, triumphs and innovations – as they are adapting lesson plans and teaching processes during this time of social distancing. Full Article
rn Future Teachers Are Unfamiliar With Basic 'Learning Science,' Report Finds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 "There's a science of learning, and ... there's not a single teacher who couldn't benefit, I think, from knowing these principles," said the executive director of Deans for Impact, a group of education school leaders. Full Article Teacherpreparation
rn Governors Urged to Push Pay Strategies By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 New ways of paying teachers launched by districts such as Denver and Houston are alone unlikely to produce the sweeping change that is needed on the compensation front, a report from the National Governors Association says. Full Article Payforperformance
rn Pernille Harder wins UEFA Women's Player of the Year award By www.uefa.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:10:00 GMT Pernille Harder of Wolfsburg and Denmark has been voted the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Player of the Year. Full Article general
rn Busting the Zip Code Curse with Blended Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Online learning holds great potential to transform rural education by ensuring that every student has access to great instruction. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Response: Blended Learning Is 'the Next Generation of Education' By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 21 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Angel Cintron Jr., Connie Parham, Catlin Tucker, Sheri Edwards, Cheryl Costello, William J. Tolley and George Station explore what blended learning is and how it can be made most effective. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn 7 Ways to Break Bad Blended Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 What separates transformative teachers, schools, and districts from those stuck in the routines of the past? The country's best blended teachers have uncovered these commonalities. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Key to Blended Learning: Data-Informed Small Groups By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 A recent school tour of three Bay Area schools with some blended learning experts helped provide answers to some of the common questions we hear about how to implement blended learning. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Creating Successful Blended-Learning Classrooms By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 History teacher Bill Tolley offers tips on adapting to learning environments that combine face-to-face instruction with self-directed online experiences. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Ready to Implement Blended Learning? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Districts across the country are starting to see the blended learning light. We're encouraged by the growing number of forward-thinking leaders who are past the point of needing to be convinced about the potential of blended learning; and are now ready to get serious about implementation. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Parents' Support for Blended Learning Slips, Poll Finds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 A survey found that while fewer parents think students should spend considerable time in front of screens in schools, teacher support was unchanged. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Bringing Blended Learning Forward By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 We introduce the power and resources released by change. We walk our teachers to the edge of a new world for teaching and learning, step off together and lead while we learn beside our teachers. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Blended Learning, But The Data Are Useless By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 The first in a three post series on challenges and opportunities with blended learning, starting with getting to actionable data. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn The Role of Humans in Blended Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 26 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Mica Pollack and her colleagues from UCSD share new research about the importance of teachers in blended learning environments that highlights the strengths and limits of online tools. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Blended Learning Is for Teachers, Too By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Innovative professional development initiatives infuse technology with in-person learning to enhance learning experiences for teachers. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Discussing Blended Learning and Remote Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 We talk a lot about blended learning opportunities in my district, asking ourselves whether we are offering the most beneficial learning opportunities for both staff and students. We're looking to provide quality online learning resources to students when they are outside of our classrooms, as well Full Article Blended+Learning
rn What is Blended Learning? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The new "question-of-the-week" is: Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Blended Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Computer programs may help predict students' grades in school as well as determine successful pathways for completing assignments, finds a new Stanford University study. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Blended Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Using online editing sessions does not affect student scores on standardized writing and reading exams, according to a forthcoming study. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Blended Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Is Blended Learning at a Tipping Point? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Even great innovations can fail. Will blended learning be one of them? These five factors may help us determine if the new educational model has reached a tipping point. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn 5 Major Benefits of Blended Learning By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Modern classrooms are slowly taking a new approach to imparting wisdom and knowledge to the upcoming generation. Traditional classroom teaching techniques are giving way to a new system of blended learning. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Blended Learning (Re)Defined By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Technology-enhanced instruction can make learning personalized, student-centered, and available anytime, anywhere. Full Article Blended+Learning
rn Instructions released for Alternative Grade Calculator and Request Tool By news.psu.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 15:06 -0400 Instructions for using the new Alternative Grade Calculator and Request Tool in LionPATH are now available for undergraduates and students enrolled in the Graduate School. Full Article
rn Books: What we can learn from the literature of imprisonment By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 05:00:00 +0100 The exercise yard lies just below my window. Every day I pace around it 12 times before returning to solitary confinement. The King George V park in Bearsden, of course, does not resemble the interior of any jail and the restrictions on my liberty are minor in comparison to those who have been imprisoned down the ages. Full Article
rn Six students earn recognition as Bellisario College student marshals By news.psu.edu Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:05 -0400 Six accomplished seniors will celebrate the culmination of their collegiate involvement and success by representing the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications as student marshals for the Class of 2020. Full Article
rn Bellisario College seeks engagement to bolster internship opportunities By news.psu.edu Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:13 -0400 Bellisario College internship office seeks to bolster its offerings with feedback from alumni and friends, as well as some creative approaches. Full Article
rn Two student journalists among placewinners in Keystone Media Awards By news.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 16:34 -0400 Entries from two Penn State students were among winners in categories for professional television journalists as part of the Keystone Media Awards. Full Article
rn Warming Midwest conditions may result in corn, soybean production moving north By news.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 10:00 -0400 If warming continues unabated in the Midwest, in 50 years we can expect the best conditions for corn and soybean production to have shifted from Iowa and Illinois to Minnesota and the Dakotas, according to Penn State researchers. Full Article
rn Challenge met: Geography department transitions to remote teaching and learning By news.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:37 -0400 Within days of the University's shift to remote learning, faculty, instructors and teaching assistants in the Department of Geography moved 35 resident instruction courses into remote delivery mode to teach 1,947 students. Full Article
rn Materials science graduate student earns award for outreach efforts By news.psu.edu Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:14 -0400 Tom Nigl, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering (MatSE), was awarded the Intercollege Graduate Student Outreach Achievement Award from the Graduate School for outreach efforts that promote science within society. Full Article
rn To Save the Internet, We Have to Break It By www.pcmag.com Published On :: It might sound counterintuitive, but making services harder to use might be the key to making the internet safer and more private. Full Article
rn US Attorney General William Barr Has Encryption All Wrong By www.pcmag.com Published On :: Attorney General William Barr has a completely wrong-headed take on encryption, and he's not the only one. Adding backdoors to secure services is a terrible idea, despite its popularity with law enforcement. Full Article
rn Barnes & Noble Nook GlowLight Plus (2019) By www.pcmag.com Published On :: Barnes & Noble's Nook GlowLight Plus ebook reader has great hardware for the price, but its software and services are limited and buggy. Full Article
rn House Democrats ask 5 companies to return coronavirus aid By abcnews.go.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:58:24 -0400 House Democrats are demanding that companies return federal dollars that they say were intended for smaller businesses Full Article Business
rn Roy Horn of 'Siegfried and Roy' fame dies from COVID-19 complications By abcnews.go.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:48:58 -0400 Roy Horn was 75. Full Article Entertainment
rn Blast of arctic air grips eastern half of US, record lows possible By abcnews.go.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:12:38 -0400 Snow and record cold are in the forecast for New York City and the Northeast Saturday. Full Article US
rn Schuylkill Speaks: Senior Dominique Varra discovers enthusiasm for ornithology By news.psu.edu Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:23 -0400 When she began the biology program at Penn State Schuylkill, senior Dominique Varra thought she wanted to study plants. But after conducting field research studying gray catbirds with Luke Redmond, assistant professor of biology, she has discovered a passion for ornithology. And all of her accomplishments have inspired the next generation of scientists, chiefly her five-year-old daughter Hayden, who hopes to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Full Article
rn Teachers Should Design Student Assessments. But First They Need to Learn How By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 "When the day came to administer the first test I had designed," writes Brandon Lewis, "my heart sank." Full Article Assessment+and+testing
rn Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia earns 2020 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award By news.psu.edu Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:00 -0400 Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and clinical professor of law at Penn State Law at University Park, is the recipient of the 2020 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award. Full Article
rn COVID-19 online roundtable to examine disease’s impact on international affairs By news.psu.edu Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:50 -0400 The Coronavirus and International Affairs Roundtable, taking place 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 17, via Zoom, will bring together experts in law and international affairs from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and the Caribbean to discuss the broader impact of COVID-19. Full Article
rn From Puerto Rico to Penn State: A journey to becoming a student marshal By news.psu.edu Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 19:17 -0400 Daniela Claudio Pagán, a graphic design senior from Puerto Rico, has been named the College of Arts and Architecture's 2020 student marshal. Full Article
rn Regional science tournament canceled By news.psu.edu Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:39 -0400 The 2020 Northeastern Pennsylvania Science Olympiad, scheduled for March 11 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, was canceled and will not be rescheduled. Full Article
rn Wilkes-Barre senior to receive Outstanding Adult Learner award By news.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:58 -0400 Dylan Fredricey, a senior majoring in rehabilitation and human services, has been chosen as the recipient of the Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year award for Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Full Article
rn Campuses transform learning through immersive technology By news.psu.edu Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:53 -0500 Penn State faculty are going beyond using traditional video in their courses by incorporating virtual-reality immersive experiences. They are discovering how those experiences help enhance active learning and focus students' attention on critical lessons in their courses. Full Article
rn Debra Roach honored with 2020 Hendrick Award for service to adult learners By news.psu.edu Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:00 -0400 Debra Roach, director of workforce development and continuing education at Penn State Beaver, has been honored with the 2020 Shirley Hendrick Award, presented by the Penn State Commission for Adult Learners for service to adult learners. Full Article
rn How to Check Your Internet Speed By www.pcmag.com Published On :: Don't take your ISP's word for it, put your connection to the test. The easiest way is to use Ookla Speedtest, but options abound. Here's how to see if you're getting what you pay for. Full Article
rn This Little Chip and Big Box Will Change Your Home Internet By www.pcmag.com Published On :: Qualcomm's new home Internet box will grab 5G from towers a mile from your house. Full Article
rn SpaceX's Satellite Internet Plans for Mid-2020 Launch in the US By www.pcmag.com Published On :: The company's goal is to launch six to eight additional batches of satellites over the next months so that the broadband service has sufficient coverage for the US market. Full Article