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Zap Zap Math–Gamify any Math Curriculum

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Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Students direct their learning with a unique space-themed avatar (called a ‘mathling’) that identifies their work and keeps them engaged. Android: goo.gl/HheVDf.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

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He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. Those resources are increasingly delivered in digital form. John Fallon CEO, Pearson.

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MinecraftEdu Creators Struggle to Find a Second Hit

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And it came at a time when schools needed to run their own servers to play, which was time- and resource-intensive. The company creates a curriculum and lesson plans around each game and offers learning analytics, showing how games are being used. After Microsoft acquired Minecraft for $2.5 You wouldn’t need to know the games.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

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With this knowledge, administrators can leverage their data to make smart decisions about using the apps that will best improve learning. Baker, Director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics and Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, studied 1.4M Dr. Ryan S.

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Newsela – Robust Education Technology for Reading Comprehension Skills Development

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Adaptive Platform Delivers Reading Materials at 5 Different Reading Levels, With Built in Assessments How would you like to be able to give students reading assignments focused on current events that. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

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Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. Whole-Class Learning is Here. By Kelly Bielefeld, Clearwater Intermediate and Middle School.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Viral videos weren’t new this decade, but the popularity of cellphones, along with the introduction of social media and its associated incentives to “go viral,” meant that viral videos became more common. They recorded school resource officers. Students recorded fellow students. Students recorded their teachers. Course Signals.

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