Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

Now the Zynga has released Words With Friends EDU, an educational version of the popular Scrabble-esque app on the web, iPad and Android Tablet. They’re words that show up on assessments and standardized tests, most notably the Common Core, with which much of the game aligns. The game is aimed at 4th to 8th graders.

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Common Core Education Android Tablets 60

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. Where LAUSD's iPads were used at all, they were used for whole-classroom instruction, just like whiteboards of old. But follow-up studies showed a bigger problem.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. The program started with 1:1 iPads in two first grade classrooms in 2010. The secret to our success?

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STEM Personalized Learning BYOD iPad 104

eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

Since arriving at Elizabeth Forward in 2009, district leaders Dr. Bart Rocco and Dr. Todd Keruskin have focused energy on establishing a culture of innovation within the district. Read on for a look at the many ways a few of our Digital Promise district partners are boosting student engagement and academic growth. Elizabeth, PA.

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iPad Differentiated Instruction Elementary Meeting 40

There is no box

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

As I’ve been an advocate for 1:1 in schools since 2009, I immediately drafted a response, one that I uncharacteristically then let sit for several months so I could stew on it a bit more. Real time classroom assessment with data capture is hard to do without 1:1. Blended learning is hard to do without 1:1.

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Blended Learning Accessibility Robotics Assessment 79

There is no box

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

As I’ve been an advocate for 1:1 in schools since 2009, I immediately drafted a response, one that I uncharacteristically then let sit for several months so I could stew on it a bit more. Real time classroom assessment with data capture is hard to do without 1:1. Blended learning is hard to do without 1:1.

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Blended Learning Accessibility Robotics Assessment 58

EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. Math seems to be at the forefront of many districts’ agendas.

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Blended Learning Common Core Learning Data 45

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2015

This month on the Global Search for Education by Cathy Rubin, we are reflecting on How do you balance preparation for high stakes assessments with teaching and learning in your classroom. If you’re stressed out from focusing too much on high stakes assessment, students will sense that, and it creates anxiety in them, too. Screencast.

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Strategy Assessment iPad Classroom 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. Apple : “Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017,” Edsurge reported in August. Students will receive iPads. The company has raised some $77.5

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

The high school graduation rate in Utah’s Juab School District was 78 percent in 2009. Teachers now assess students’ proficiency across four categories: basic, approaching, proficient and advanced. Robins sees clear benefits to doing away with class rank and assessing students as individuals on their own path to mastery.

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Personalized Learning Learning Competency Based Learning Secondary 102

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. But this isn''t simply kids playing hopscotch or tag, of course.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Half of those, the firm said, would be iPads. Apple sold just 50 million iPads. 2009 – the phones in their pockets. In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. IDC estimates that the total number of shipments in 2015 was actually around 207 million units.

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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

wwwatanabe

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

The analogy connects learning to what students know, and it provides the teacher a picture of those connections, which can be used as checking for understanding and formative assessment. Below is a product that my 2009 5th grade students created based on that idea. a flow chart, a concept map, or a visual metaphor).

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Common Core Groups iPad Assessment 70

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

So whoever you get is whoever you get, so you need to assess who they are as people, first and foremost. So, and I think because I have that framework, it allows me to work with any number of things, including discipline, including assessment, including even how much homework I give and how many times I called parents.

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Conference EdTech Advocacy Assessment 189

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

If every child had a computer or iPad, she could log into a customized cyberclassroom and learn at her own pace. Some kids are English learners, and others have disabilities; some read well above grade level, and others lag behind in math. The George W.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. The iPad would solve that,” he said.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145