eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. When a student first logs onto eSpark, they’re welcomed with a placement quiz to find their individual learning level. 3: Student Engagement Increases Motivation.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Staker (2011) defined this approach as “any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace” (p.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. This highlights the essential role of teacher collaboration in school reform efforts, with restructured schools reporting marked improvements in student performance. 2011, Nurmi et al.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2022

Just having a genuinely consequential system of teacher performance assessment is really unusual in American public education” Stanford's Thomas Dee Dallas and D.C. Just having a genuinely consequential system of teacher performance assessment is really unusual in American public education,” Dee said. What Makes a Good Teacher?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 12, 2017

The last example illustrates how many grades are nowhere close to indicating what a student has actually learned. After an analysis of several research studies, Alfie Kohn (2011) concluded the following: Grades tend to diminish students’ interest in whatever they’re learning. The issues with grading are not new.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

With interactive whiteboards, students and teachers manipulate content directly on the surface of the screen. Student engagement increased and classroom collaboration was set to skyrocket. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. Teachers were empowered with exciting new tools.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Critical thinking, as Finn (2011) defines it, “is applied rationality…a set of skills that people can learn and apply in their everyday or professional lives.” (p. Leaders of their own learning: Transforming schools through student-engaged assessment. ” Both critical thinking skills (e,g., References Finn, P.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. million from the regular 2009 appropriation reflects the significant amount of funds available under the Recovery Act , which provided $650 million for Educational Technology State Grants, that will be available for use through the 2010-2011 school year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. Increase the flexibility of instruction, learning and assessment.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2011

While attending the 2011 NASSP Conference in San Francisco, CA I listened to a keynote by Dr. Bill Daggett. This tool helps educators and schools adjust curriculum, instruction, and assessment to create high standards and increase student achievement.

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Analysis Course Strategy Conference 208

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

The pandemic unleashed “tremendous interest” in revisiting assessments, said Jean-Claude Brizard, president and chief executive officer of Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization that promotes innovation in education. The vehicle that drives this is student engagement, not ‘Learn or I’ll hurt you,’ ” he added. And Daniel A.

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 139

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In the dynamic world of education, keeping students engaged and attentive is a challenge every educator faces. Classroom Attention Getters Here are some practical attention grabbers/ attention getters to use in your class to keep students engaged and focused: 1. Boredom, as Vogel-Walcutt et al. 2010; Ziv, 1988).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

GradeCraft is an award-winning, game-oriented LMS designed to boost student engagement and motivation. Students earn points by completing a much wider variety of assignment and assessment pathways than what is typically seen in most higher education courses today. Their grades are determined by points accumulated.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Whether she’s searching for standards-aligned curriculum or playing dress-up, the Tool Elementary School principal does whatever it takes to lift her students from struggling to successful. So in 2012, we needed a resource that teachers could use to better prepare students in third, fourth and fifth grades for state assessments.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

In this post, I share how digital student portfolios did make a possible difference. I attempted a schoolwide action research project this past year around literacy and engagement. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios.

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

In this post, I share how digital student portfolios did make a possible difference. I attempted a schoolwide action research project this past year around literacy and engagement. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios.

Elementary 40

Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

My personal example is worth noting as we are starting to see from the research coming available that the results of virtual learning, in which students engage in primarily online- mediated learning experiences, are mixed at best. Learning trajectories in mathematics: A foundation for standards, curriculum, assessment, and instruction.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

My personal example is worth noting as we are starting to see from the research coming available that the results of virtual learning, in which students engage in primarily online- mediated learning experiences, are mixed at best. Learning trajectories in mathematics: A foundation for standards, curriculum, assessment, and instruction.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

With interactive whiteboards, students and teachers manipulate content directly on the surface of the screen. Student engagement increased. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. In 2011, large-format interactive flat panel (IFP) displays became a new alternative.

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Technology Classroom Training Software 157

Fractus Learning

MAY 19, 2016

While educators and learners in classroom-based courses have already discovered the benefits of using engagement as a part of education, the power of online is yet to be fully realized. Ana Donaldson, 2011, Engaging the Online Learner. This could happen to your online program: Students Suing School Over Online Courses.

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Online Learning Learning Course Adobe 42

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 12, 2016

.” The “Back on Track” study , being presented as a series of research briefs at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association this weekend, represents one of the first comprehensive examinations of how online credit recovery impacts student achievement and outcomes. A spokeswoman from K12 Inc.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Pick and play games for intentional moments in the classroom, such formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and reflection to name a few. Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game by Michael Matera Imagine students engaged in a multiplayer world, with XP, quests, mobs, dungeons, and guilds.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

After three years in an expeditionary learning school, students outpaced traditional school peers by 7 months in reading achievement and 10 months in math, according to a 2013 study by Mathematica Policy Research that EL commissioned. Related: Why Maine’s new high school graduation rules could hurt more than help.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 29, 2017

Their feedback was very encouraging and the LBMLG has been embedded in the course since then, now engaging over 1,000 students each year. “ The Local Enterprise App is likely to be a key reason for high student satisfaction in Business and Society as it links the course with the mindset of “Generation Mobile”.

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Hapara

JANUARY 28, 2022

A timely solution for Alberta’s students, parents and teachers. A key role of ERLC is to facilitate the effective implementation of curricula, including instruction, assessment, and student learning outcomes. Wayne Poncia, CEO. Our team is dedicated to building great products for schools.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Some of these reasons according to Blazer include: - Review and reinforce materials learned in class - Check students understanding and assess their skills and knowledge - Enhance students study skills - Provide students with learning opportunities where they can use their newly acquired skills to explore new insights.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

As was identified in the 2011 NMC Horizon Report ( I served on the advisory board of the UK JISC version), it seems that learner analytics is going to be a big thing for education over the next four to five years.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 15, 2018

Quite often, they’re left wondering why there was no change in student engagement or achievement after large financial investments in devices. As technology continues to change so must instructional techniques, especially assessment. 2003; Clark & Mayer, 2008; Mayer, 2011). Today’s devices are powerful tools.

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Learning Outcomes Technology Assessment 298

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Quizalize Quizalize is a gamified quiz making tool that you can use to drive students engagement, increase their participation, and enhance their learning. Teachers use Quizalize to create various types of quizzes that students can access using a generated code. References: 1. & Hammer, J. Academic Exchange Quarterly.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.”

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