The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

A 2017 Medium post from the Office of Educational Technology laments the lack of clarity about the term “personalized learning”: “The lack of a consistent definition and language for a relatively complex idea has hampered both understanding and effective ­implementation,” the article states. K–12 Departments Must Find Common Ground.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2023

This 3-part blog series, featuring guest authors from Michigan Virtual , describes the formation of the Learning Continuity Workgroup and how it has supported their edtech procurement and decision-making processes. As schools plan for the future, many administrators are now focusing on their district’s LMS strategy.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Teaching ensures performance, personalized learning , alternative learning pathways, self-paced learning, adjustment of content, and continuous support. Read more: The PROs and CONs of competency-based learning. Grading is a communicative tool. Grading is no longer a coercive tool.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 6, 2019

I like geeking out over the latest edtech trends, but this time I will not focus on features. For example, an LMS uses anti-plagiarism tools to immediately detect cheating. With the help of competency-based learning, you can see how well students are acquiring knowledge and skills. Flexibility in grading options.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Utah teachers are now not only able to keep tabs on how students develop, but they can better develop personalized learning initiatives. Find the Tools to Introduce Interoperability. The alliance also provides tools to get districts on their way.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, April 14, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose digital services support learning wherever it takes place—announced today that its award-winning K-12 learning platform has earned the Learner Variability Product Certification from Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Through this work, we see powerful examples of innovation across education — from students creating their own virtual reality (VR) films, to researchers working with technology developers to improve edtech efficacy, to educators rethinking their own professional development with the use of micro-credentials.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 21, 2022

The learning platform has graphical dashboards that show progress bars so they don’t get overwhelmed with numbers or the time spent in lessons (although teachers can also see this). Learning goals. Additionally, competency-based learning shows students their progress in achieving goals through self-monitoring features.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

But what has been left unsaid is how our current system of education works systematically against instilling these skills in students, and how we could naturally embed the development of grit in students—in a way that doesn’t talk explicitly about grit—by moving to a competency-based learning system. Are they despondent?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. That growth ended up exploding as the acceptance of online learning grew, then got an unexpected boost from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

The Pearson Study In what was described as an effort to build transparency around their products, Pearson’s CEO, John Fallon, issued a directive for the company to run externally audited public efficacy tests on the firm’s third-party edtech applications.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Students of all ages who are better off socioeconomically will do better with tech because they already have access to the people and tools that can help them. Teachers learn best from other teachers, whether they are in the same school or part of a professional community online.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

And so the thing we focus most on, is how do we create content tools, software to allow teachers to allow their students to remediate gaps if they have any, and work on something long enough until they’ve gotten to a reasonable level of proficiency or mastery and then move on. We use tools as necessary.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Schools and universities have been leveraging the power of edtech for quite a while now. This is possible thanks to the platform’s analytics tools.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

Talk about what's being learned, not what's missing. Despite emerging digital communication tools that seek to bring parents and teachers closer, the structure of parent-teacher conferences largely remains the same. Do the research on tools that can minimize the information asymmetry between teachers and learners.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

As edtech buzzwords new and old swirl , it is easy for educators to get lost among the fads du jour, much less apply the principles behind lofty ideas to make meaningful progress for students. Because trying unfamiliar tools and strategies where children are involved and the odds are uncertain can feel risky and unwise.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

To somewhat quote Darth Vader, I found the lack of quality edtech curriculum deeply disturbing. competency-based (a.k.a. standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification. Because I taught at a.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Flipping, he says, is a tool to help move the classroom toward active learning, and a better use of face-to-face time. “So I said, ‘Look, here’s what I expect you to learn, and here’s everything you need to learn it. Go learn it, but I’m not going to tell you to learn it by this date.’

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. It felt like every tool I used in the classroom was inherently designed to work in isolation. It felt like every tool I used in the classroom was inherently designed to work in isolation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2022

After nearly two decades of teaching, leading, researching and writing—all with a focus on personalized learning—Smith is taking another step forward in his life’s mission to better understand students and help them learn. That step is McGraw Hill Plus , a new tool scheduled to be released this spring.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

I hope that this movement will open a larger window for mastery-based, or competency-based, learning, such that we prioritize the success of every single child, not just the few who can keep up with the lockstep pace of schooling.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

One very important point here: as with all of my Edtech Elixirs entries and my personal social media posts, this is only Adam Watson's ideal list as of this posting. The book also helped me think more deeply about the importance of advisory scheduling, graduate profiles, and students doing defenses of learning. Stack and Jonathan G.

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Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 20, 2018

As tools and technology are much more easier to manage now, educational institutions can create their own short-term courses and curriculum to educate people who are out of college to stay updated and learn new things.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The launch of the Profile of a Graduate five years ago certainly gave us a new "why" for student exhibitions and a way to deepen and better measure student learning. But looking back and looking forward, what if we had a tool or a more insightful lens to look at performance assessment more effectively?

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Big Universe is now available in the U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. Purdue boasted that Course Signals increased retention by 21%, making it an incredibly effective tool. CZI took over the engineering of the learning management system from Facebook in 2017.). Or Ito’s return to tech?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.” ” Oh good grief.

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