Technology Tidbits

MAY 6, 2014

. ** Not offered online 10 Online Summer Programs BoomWriter Storytellers Camp - BoomWriter uses their innovative collaborative writing process to help students create their very own Mystery or Realistic fiction book/story. This is a one week course where students then receive their very own published book.

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Common Core Game-Based Learning Company iPad 53

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Prior to CueThink, Sheela was Project Director at Pearson Education, focusing on technologically innovative assessment items based on Common Core State Standards. series of books. Before that, Sheela was Director of Technology at CAST, where she spearheaded numerous technical products including CAST eReader and Thinking Reader.

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Instructional Materials Professional Learning Pearson Common Core 76

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Books, videos, math games aim to boost student engagement. Studios launched an expansion of its StoryBots franchise with StoryBots Classroom, a free resource for educators that includes hundreds of videos, books and activities for use on interactive white boards, tablets and laptops in the classroom. JibJab Bros.

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Resources eBook Common Core Libraries 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” They haven’t.). But new technology hasn’t made it easy.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The exam, known as PARCC — which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — was aligned to the Common Core, a set of national educational standards for what students should be able to do in each grade in English and math. But the shift to the Common Core State Standards meant it would have to go.

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Common Core Assessment Report Groups 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2017

You can find even more ideas in Monica Burns ’s recent book Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality. When young learners have the post-lunch slump or deserve a reward for nailing that tough Common Core math activity, a song and dance–mixed with a little dose of empowerment–is just what they need.

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EdTech How To Common Core Tools 60

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Unlike a chapter book or textbook, Kids Discover’s content has the visual appeal of interactive GIFs, custom animations, and historically accurate photos and illustrations that make reading a truly immersive experience. Kids Discover Online aligns with Common Core, State Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards.

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Common Core Study Libraries Tools 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 19, 2015

Amazon launches a number of new features to make it easier for education institutions to transition to digital learning, and scale their deployment of technology for every student. With Whispercast 3.0,

Tablets 40

Tablets Education Android Chromebook 40

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Educators Care about Research Five Books that Will Help You Integrate Game-Based Learning Into Your Classroom. Quest to Learn: Developing the School for Digital Kids. Leading Thinkers: Digital Media & Learning. “I would definitely use games like these in a classroom again,” she says.

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Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study 134

Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2015

It explored the timely topic of “Understanding and Creating Digital Texts,” which also is the title of Dr. Beach’s new book. Nevertheless, a crucial first step is to identify what these tools can offer us that we can’t easily achieve through paper and pencil alone.

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Tools Classroom Laptops Tablets 33

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In a recent eSchool News article, Carl Harvey, librarian and former AASL president described the ways eBooks can assist students in six areas of the Common Core Standards. The company offers cutting-edge digital media services and innovative technology platforms to thousands of publishers, libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.

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eBook Libraries Strategy Blackboard 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

In Allison McIntosh’s nearby seventh grade science classroom, students were three weeks into a project in which they had to draw a comic book story of a geologic site’s past, present and future based on the conditions that build up or chip away at mountains, carve valleys and dry out lakes. How do they draw that something is happening?”.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Huge thanks! Recordings : all conference sessions are recorded and are available almost immediately after being given. Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Learn about free, research-based curriculum and resources to help teach students safe, responsible, and respectful participants in a digital world, while fostering 21st-century skills and Common Core Standards. Learn more and register here. The curriculum includes resources for parents. Happy reading!

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The solution allows teachers to conveniently create and grade tests aligned with Learning Objectives, review student and class performance based on Benchmarks, generate analytical reports and export grade books pre-formatted for LMS input, and much more. Gizmos help prepare students for rigorous new standards and online assessments.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 41

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Ohio State University and Apple on Wednesday announced a collaboration that will start a digital learning effort at the university that Apple and university officials said may represent the company’s most ambitious program in higher education.”

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Five bundles will be available for purchase: one each at the preschool, elementary school, middle and high school levels with grade-appropriate curricula and resources, and two with building blocks and related non-digital materials. Original reporting features (time spent reading, books read, etc.) exclusively through FuelEd.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 69