21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

As you read through them please keep in mind that some were new in 2015. Others were ones that I must have waited until 2015 to discover! Reflecting on 2015… Ten Resources I Found Valuable (This is just a small listing of ten…. The people at Common Sense Media (makers of Graphite) bring a collection of educator vetted apps.

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Resources Digital Citizenship STEM Conference 60

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A few years ago, she could see that some of her fifth graders struggled with second grade math skills, while others were capable of eighth grade content on the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. For example, KIPP students are assessed three times a year on the NWEA MAP test. The resulting 1.0

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bipartisan bill designed to address the shortcomings of No Child Left Behind. “ These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning. Blended Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? They are in charge of their learning,” said Hayden. “We When Dan D.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 99

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

” New school accountability measures in England and Wales caused a steep drop in vocational course-taking, from 700,000 enrollments in 2012 to 320,000 in 2015. For instance, Pearson recently landed an potentially huge contract last year (upheld after a legal challenge) to deliver common-core tests to PARCC states.

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Pearson Company Education Common Core 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Be on the lookout for future posts entitled the ABC’s of PBL and Deeper Learning and also 40 great education sites to discover in 2015. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full.

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Blendspace Resources OER Technology 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

BYOD is often seen as a way of solving budget concerns while increasing the authenticity of learning experiences , while critics point to the problems BYOD can cause for district IT, privacy concerns, and more. Blended Learning. Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare. Attempts to use games as assessments ruin the playful experiences that make them an effective learning tool, he said.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

This is something not to be glossed over; through communication and strategic planning, your journey to a CBE system should make clear how competency-based learning is not "one more thing on your plate" but instead becomes the plate where personalized learning, PBL, blended learning and other initiatives smoothly "sit" on and build toward.)

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Competency Based Learning Education Blended Learning Common Core 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

New Hampshire is adopting it, too, and developing a statewide assessment method that would replace most standardized tests. In 2015, the Idaho state legislature approved 19 incubator programs to explore the practice inside its schools. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The scores signified a high point for M.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Summit’s Basecamp is far from the only personalized-learning effort out there, but it’s among the most ambitious. Nineteen pilot schools participated in 2015; this year, the number skyrocketed, with 113 more joining the Basecamp ranks. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You can filter through collections by grade level, Lexile level, theme, genre, literary device, and even Common Core State Standards addressed. Redbird Advanced Learning Mathematics is a digital curriculum platform for in-class or blended-learning use that incorporates robust, research-based adaptive technology.

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