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How to Make Learning Stick

A Principal's Reflections

Here are things to consider as you develop lessons, activities, and assessments. By constructing a psychologically safe environment through reframing metacognitive interpretation of subjective difficulty, children can express their full cognitive potential (Autin & Croizet, 2012). There are many ways to make learning stick.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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In 2012, Chromebooks accounted for only 1% of the devices sold to US classrooms; now, they make up more than half of the edtech market. “More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” While the iPad cost anywhere from $300 – $400, Chromebooks were sold from $199.

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Goodbye ABCs: How One State is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments

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The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels. The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment.

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?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017

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REN FAIRE: K-12 learning analytics software, Renaissance , announced Renaissance Flow 360 , an assessment-based platform that aims to help teachers analyze differentiated student data to help determine what students are ready to learn next. “Kids can do homework through the app and use it any place, on the go,” Harrell explains.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al.,

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

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These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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The Magic Number for Any Successful Education Technology Acquisition

Edsurge

Bencivenga, who will be coaching entrepreneurs on acquisitions at EdSurge Immersion NYC in September, founded DataCation (later named CaseNEX DataCation) in 2007, and made his first acquisition in 2011, buying the assessment business DataDriven Classroom. CaseNEX DataCation bought Pals, a reading assessment platform, in 2012.