Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s online assessment, practice, and instruction for K-6 students with a tagline: Curiously fun, amazingly effective, refreshingly affordable. Education Galaxy provides online assessment, practice, and instruction in a highly engaging environment for students. I give new webtools about two minutes.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2023

This approval will empower schools and districts across West Virginia to implement Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP) assessment to measure readiness in critical skills, identify learning barriers, and improve instructional approaches. said Vice President of Research and Assessments, Victoria Locke, Ph.D.,

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The post 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The Shake Up Learning community is always chatting and sharing digital tools and lesson ideas for the K12 classroom. In this post, you will find 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! Google Forms.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But a lack of high-quality curricula designed to support that personalized learning is stalling the effort, according to a new report. New technology is key to allowing educators to provide this personalized support, the report says. This data highlights the changing demographics of the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Summative assessments, such as final exams, can be a great way to assess the efficacy of a curriculum within a school , offering a view of an entire class in order to judge what materials or classroom structures may need to be adjusted for the next year. . Teachers Use Online Forms to Gauge Student Learning.

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Think Exam

JULY 29, 2018

Online quiz tool is a remarkable medium to assess the candidate’s aptitude. With such an advent development in innovation we all have been somewhere a part of online test experiencing the ease of its features.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Data’s influence on modern education is immense; it drives policies, impacts funding—it even affects decisions about which tools and services edtech companies create for educators. Below, Rambo shares her thoughts on education innovation, including her newest tool for edtech companies. Many of these challenges are technology related.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Edulastic, creator of formative assessment tools for teachers, has launched Edulastic District Enterprise, a premium version of the software platform designed specifically for district and school administrators. Choose from a bank of more than 2,000 expert-created pre-built assessments, and customize to fit your needs.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

But the field has lacked an organized method of identifying, choosing and using the best assessments to measure students’ competencies. Two newly developed tools can help. The Assessment Guide and Assessment Finder are complementary tools. Related: The limits of online assessments.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Edtech is no complete substitute for that, but there are tools that can supplement the development of character in the classroom and at home. " While some tools focus specifically on gratitude, the websites and apps you use daily (in all subjects) can be used to promote thankfulness, too. Why gratitude? For science classrooms DIY.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Partnership gives educators access to assessment library. Edulastic, a next-generation online assessment platform for K-12 teachers and administrators, has formed a new partnership with Key Data Systems to make the Inspect item bank available to Edulastic District Enterprise users.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Edtech is no complete substitute for that, but there are tools that can supplement the development of character in the classroom and at home. While some tools focus specifically on gratitude, the websites and apps you use daily (in all subjects) can be used to promote thankfulness, too. Why gratitude? Check out our suggestions below!

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 11, 2020

Online classes using video conferencing, discussion forums, mail and message boxes, etc. are the usual tools for communication. It’s an added advantage if your learning management tool could also help you with push notifications to engage with your students.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

Christopher Pommering, founder of Learnlife , a global network dedicated to fostering lifelong learning practices, says many of the 1,000 school leaders across the 60 countries in its network report that both teachers and students are burning out from trying to conduct the traditional school day in an online environment. “We

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Edtech is no complete substitute for that, but there are tools that can supplement the development of character in the classroom and at home. While some tools focus specifically on gratitude, the websites and apps you use daily (in all subjects) can be used to promote thankfulness, too. Activities and Tools for Science Classrooms DIY.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

Great Online Quiz Maker For Basic Quizzes: Google Forms Best Quiz Makers For Game Styles: TriviaMaker Best Online Quiz Maker For Digital Tests: EasyTestMaker Some Benefits of Teachers Using An Online Quiz Maker More Student Engagement Save Time Collecting Results Reuse Quizzes. Personality tests are based on interactive quizzes.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

With national data reports showing cyberbullying on the rise, especially in public schools, the digital literacy leader has created a cyberbullying prevention toolkit for educators to download and help students and parents do their part in promoting online safety and good digital citizen skills. PORTLAND, Ore.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

While there are lots of ways this can be done and lots of tools that educators can use to accomplish this, there are many sites that can help facilitate the process. ClassroomQ - An easy-to-use innovative tool that acts as a "digital" hand raising device making it easy to assess student's learning and differentiate instruction in real-time.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

And 2: Many scour the web to find tools to use on their own—often without the knowledge or approval of school leaders. To continue encouraging teachers to find tools while still keeping tabs on what they’re using, Racine has asked them to turn to another destination: the Clever Library.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

There’s no longer an option to hide students from the online world, what is considered by many parents a dangerous place their children should avoid. Besides so many digital tools–how does anyone stay up to date on them–there’s a worse problem: What happens when something doesn’t work? Problem Solving.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

As a Google for Education Premier Partner, Illuminate Education is integrating its entire suite of products into the Google Cloud ecosystem, including full support of Google for Education productivity tools. Support for Chromebooks – This includes: (1) Full integration of online assessment and learning solutions for students. (2)

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), which administers standardized tests for 15 U.S. states, one territory, and the Bureau of Indian Education, has agreed to make the Desmos calculator available as a tool in its online exams. The browser is “locked,” thus limiting access to only pre-approved sites.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Here are some tips and links to web apps: Remember - we shouldn’t teach software (ie Word, Excel) we should teach skills, like writing, using spreadsheets and graphs, etc. to Teach Literacy Strategies to Struggling Readers Students can write, create blogs, collaborate on writing projects and more.

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techlearning

JULY 18, 2018

Many of the latter often hide the up-and-coming tools for 2019 and beyond. We scour the sprawling expo with one aim: to find you the most interesting, potentially useful classroom tools out there. Explore Tyto Online. A uniquely ambitious project, Tyto Online is a multiplayer online game focused on science.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Counties across the state have worked to increase their broadband capacity as online assessments, video resources, and mobile devices have become more prevalent in schools. Material from a press release was used in this report. So, I’m glad we were able to meet the need and do what is best for student learning.”.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2015

K-12 education market, with the devices now making up 51 percent of sales for the first time, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. 6 reasons Chromebooks are the device of the moment ].

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Many of the latter often hide the up-and-coming tools for 2019 and beyond. We scour the sprawling expo with one aim: to find you the most interesting, potentially useful classroom tools out there. Explore Tyto Online. A uniquely ambitious project, Tyto Online is a multiplayer online game focused on science.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Many of the latter often hide the up-and-coming tools for 2019 and beyond. We scour the sprawling expo with one aim: to find you the most interesting, potentially useful classroom tools out there. Explore Tyto Online. A uniquely ambitious project, Tyto Online is a multiplayer online game focused on science.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

SETDA supports the use of such survey tools to help state leaders understand where best to deploy their public dollars, Fox said. New Jersey and Michigan developed individual state tech readiness tools in preparation for (online) assessment,” she said. New Mexico has a custom tool.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Whether a student’s next step is online assessment, core subject productivity, or college and career readiness, McDowell County students enter the environment with a confidence that comes from familiarity with digital literacy concepts. This lab includes various STEM products, modular seating, and curriculum.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Edtech is no complete substitute for that, but there are tools that can supplement the development of character in the classroom and at home. While some tools focus specifically on gratitude, the websites and apps you use daily (in all subjects) can be used to promote thankfulness, too. Teacher Tools Popplet. Why Gratitude?

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

We will be using an online assessment tool to monitor the program’s effectiveness and to help us provide the best service for our community.” Our BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL is to help shift the Nation’s Report Card from only 36% of our 4th-graders reading proficiently to more than 70% reading proficiently.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Teq Online PD offers educators unlimited access to over 200 live and archived professional development sessions focused on the effective integration of technology into instruction. There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL.

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2016

On the Republican Party platform and presidential ticket: “ Trump plan would base student loans on employability,” the Hechinger Report says. Following a failed coup attempt in Turkey , some 15,000 education staff have been suspended, the BBC reports. Edsurge reports that Smartly has launched its free, online MBA program.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Indeed, a 2019 report from the U.S. Department of Education concluded that adult learners need their own edtech tools instead of being expected to learn from the same resources designed for children and teens. Audience question]: I'm a representative of an e-assessment platform company [from the Netherlands].

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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