EdTechTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Technofy Your Vocabulary Instruction originally appeared on Shaelynn Farnsworth’s blog on May 1, 2016 . I do love a challenge, and my friend and fellow Certified Google Innovator , Alicia Brooks offered the perfect one a few weeks ago. It is also a part of the Common Core State Standards, based off of the work of Isabel Beck.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 2, 2016

My first project of 2016 was to help Kingsley elementary school , a small school in northern Michigan, build an elementary book report machine. Writing reflectively is a key component of the common core standards ( example ). We quickly put together a Google form which contained all of the required elements of the book report.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

What might be considered a kind of basic standard for education technology in 2016. Here is exactly what the Common Core standards say about technology , for example.). Do mystery Skypes/Google Hangouts. Automate quizzes with Google Forms. Use Google Forms for student check-in and exit slips.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Students are grouped by academic need so teachers can review topics with struggling students while the rest of the class works at their own pace, often on a playlist of exercises assigned by Canvas (grades 6-12) or Google Classroom (K-5). The 2015-2016 math scores were similarly impressive, with growth across the board.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2016

KQED Teach participants will have access to a wide range of social media and digital media tools allowing them to construct and remix media in multiple formats and across a variety of platforms while addressing many writing, reading, speaking and listening skills required by both the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

We started Torah Academy in September 2016 with a strong vision for how and what we want our students to learn. Educators at Torah Academy teach courses that cover everything from Common Core mathematics to Judaic studies, as well as provide services including speech therapy and vocational training.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 29, 2016

billion for the first half of 2016. Source: Google Finance. See also: Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources. The stock price for Pearson PLC , the world’s largest education business, dropped precipitously Friday after its announcement of a 7 percent decline in underlying sales to about $2.5

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 15, 2016

Many of the articles are accompanied by a Common Core-aligned quiz designed to check for student understanding, to prompt critical thinking and to provide teachers with immediate feedback. News-o-matic : This daily newspaper for kids is available: for Android on Google Play , for iPhone and iPad at the App Store , or for Kindle.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 26, 2016

If the question is Google-able then it probably is not deep inquiry. Now, using advanced Google skills to find answers that create more questions fits the bill for common core skills. I am now almost booked through October and the rest of the 2016 calendar is filling fast. Check out my Booking Page.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2019

As early as kindergarten, Common Core math requires students to see math abstractly with numbers, concretely with objects, and visually with pictures. Arakawa extends the lesson by collecting student work, recording the design thinking process and creating a top three balloons Google Form for parents and other teacher groups to vote.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

Educators today are facing two major shifts in education–a move to the Common Core Standards and increasing pressure to teach students with the technology they’ll be expected to use in their lives beyond high school. Writing dialogue with Google Story Builder. Inspiring creative writing with Google maps.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

version was a Google spreadsheet (shown below) that allows teachers to copy-and-paste their students’ MAP scores and generate an individualized Khan Academy playlist for each student. During the start of the 2015-2016 school year, KIPP Bay Area began implementing the. Eureka Math curriculum while adopting the Common Core standards.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

showed her students the 2016 documentary Before the Flood , featuring Leonardo diCaprio journeying to five continents and the Arctic to see the effects of climate change. Google offers free online environmental sustainability lesson plans for grades 5-8. They range from simple to elaborate. Show a movie. Here are some more resources.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2017

Our school got a grant in 2016 to implement a personalized learning initiative. I made a class playlist on Google sites with hyperlinked assignments that allowed students to choose which skills to work on and which activities to complete. When I returned, I purchased beanbags and bounce cushions to implement flexible seating.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 18, 2015

Learn granular approaches to infusing differentiation into all of your lesson plans, whether you’re a Common Core school or not, with this hands-on, interactive class. Participants will review between one and four during the five-week class (by themselves or in groups) and present their review to classmates in a weekly Google Hangout.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 25, 2015

But in the here and now, the reality is less romantic, and as we head towards the 2015-2016 school year, it’s just might be that teaching is more difficult than it’s ever been before. Many school districts have adopted the practice of writing their own curriculum in order to align with Common Core.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? It wasn’t being published in a lot of the journals and newsletters she got as a school principal, but as her boss, Silva, had discovered, all it takes is a Google search to find it. ” In 2016, the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington, D.C.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Every year has its fair share of surprises, but this seems especially true for 2016. Here’s a chronological roundup of stories that made the biggest bang on the edtech industry (and to a similar extent, our web traffic) in 2016. A Timeline of Google Classroom’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems.

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Kathy Schrock

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The closing dates for registration for the remaining three simulations are January 7, January 21, or February 4, 2016. Here are some infographics and Google search links to get students started. The H & R Block Web site also includes Budget Challenge lesson plans and student activities educators can use in the classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Here’s what they said: 2016 was The Year of Video. And it has.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. That was certainly the case in our experience. What’s the evidence?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

LeMya is one of 156 4-year-olds in Mississippi who participated in UPSTART’s 2016-17 school year pilot program. 11,300 children across the country were served by UPSTART, an “online kindergarten-readiness program,” during the 2016-17 school year. In 2016, that average was $4,976 per student according to NIEER.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

March 8th, 4:00pm US-Eastern: Webinar: CloudReady, Your Aging PCs + The Google Admin Console Ever wish your existing, aging computers ran like your Chromebooks and could be managed in the Google Admin console? Plus some quote and news at the bottom to challenge your thinking! This skill is often referred to as "transliteracy."

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

“Anti- Common Core Groups Unhappy About Trump Ed Secretary Pick Betsy DeVos ,” says the Sunshine State News. Via Google’s press release : “ Google and Bertelsmann launch mobile digital skills initiatives with Udacity – 10,000 Android scholarships available for EU developers.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 Google had a big media to-do this week. Via Ars Technica : “Google unveils a $249 smart camera that decides what’s worth photographing.” 2 Post at Ed. Shares closed at $13.46

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. They use cheat sheets and Google Search during exams. 2016 underscored that security flaws aren’t solely a problem of educational institutions and government agencies.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” “Someone Hit the Internet with a Massive Google Doc Phishing Attack ,” Motherboard Vice reports. Use this as an excuse to avoid all future Google Docs and “collaborative” writing projects. Don’t click.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). Funding has shrunk. ” You are a fool. “ Tweaking the business model.”

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Nevada officials announced Tuesday that a common-core assessment consortium will credit the state $1.8 Via Education Next : “The Politics of the Common Core Assessments.” ” Google has released its 2016 Scholar Metrics. “ Are MOOCs Forever ? .”

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) May 10, 2016. – this time in science.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. But the total dollars fell sharply in 2016 – “only” $2.2 To become a platform is to be “the next Facebook” or “the next Google” (and as such, to be a windfall for investors). They aspire to be monopolies.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” ” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016. ” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016. ” asks Edsurge.

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