The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 18, 2014

L os Gatos, CA – June 17, 2014 — OpenEd ( www.OpenEd.io ), the largest K-12 educational resource catalog, today announced a free tool designed to enable teachers to easily create assessments with the question types required by Common Core standards. OpenEd Assessment Creation Tool - www.OpenEd.io/#!/assessments

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

And I did this routine for the very first time when I came back from Harvard’s Project Zero Classroom in 2012, and it’s an opportunity for the kids to really share what are they nervous about so that’s the N. You can just google Project Zero or you can google “Making Thinking Visible” and you will find a multitude of resources out there.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Zoom is actually a decade old, and the first conferences launched in 2012, limited to a mere 15 participants. Look for more augmented and virtual reality integrations Google has been in the virtual field trip game for years, through its inexpensive cardboard headsets that use ordinary smartphones.

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Here are my nominations for 2012: Best individual blog: Dare to Care by Denise Krebs Dare to Care Denise is a passionate educator who I learn so much from. Most influential blog post: "Staff Development Day: Blogging and the Google Teacher Academy" by Linda Yollis Mrs. Yollis'' Blog This post by Linda Yollis made a huge impact on me.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

I have always been enamored with what Google and Pixar have done to improve working conditions for their employees. Kobbacy (2012). "An All one has to do is look around and see the amazing changes that are taking place in workspaces across the world. The Huffington Post summarizes a study by Barrett et. Where are areas of opportunity?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Ask any educator who teaches five classes of 30 students each per day; there’s a lot of homework to assess. Plagiarism-detection software can address the most pressing needs of classroom educators faced with assessing students’ written work. The Challenge: When identifying plagiarism, teachers need to be confident in their assessment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Hall, an online professor with the University of Wyoming since 2012 says: “Early in my online career, I marched students, expeditiously, from one weekly deadline to the next. They do have to be done by the time the class closes). Think about it: Why does it matter? That approach, of course, sapped the advantages of being online.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

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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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Notes from TCEA 2012 Workshop Presented by Hall Davidson , Discovery Education Session PowerPoint posted at [link] Why do we do standardized testing the way we do it? A Bold concept : The student being assessed is directly benefited by the assessment. Achievement is approved as you are doing the assessment.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

In 2012 I took a job as a general education language arts teacher, working with at-risk youths. In 2012, I transferred to McClarin Success Academy in Fulton County School District. I started using Google Classroom to post all of my content online, and provide feedback on assignments.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 6, 2016

According to research from online course provider Sophia Learning and the Flipped Learning Network , the number of teachers who have flipped a lesson has grown from 48 percent in 2012 to 78 percent in 2015. The end result is an accountable video lesson , informing instructors of requirements for the state assessment writing samples. .

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

Copenhagen-based Labster, founded in 2012, plans to use the money toward content development and expansion in the U.S The experience includes a mix of 3-D animated simulations along with assessments. Labster previously raised $525,000 in seed funding in 2012. It so far does not work on mobile devices.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Some of the topics: technology in the classroom, Social Media in Education, New Tools for Educators, meeting the needs of students, assessment, educational use of iPads, Evernote, Google for education, technology and special education, STEM resources and much more. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Connect your students and join.

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Education Chromebook Microsoft Company 192

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A quick Google search resulted in no immediate hits of others writing such an essay. For the entire text of this example lesson plan, click here to view as a Google Doc.). A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. I thought I could easily stump ChatGPT.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In 2012, Kim took over as CEO of Plum District, which she described as a “Groupon for moms,” and steered the struggling company to profitability and an eventual acquisition. Escaping the Shadow of Google Figuring out Edmodo’s identity, and what makes it unique, is key to re-establishing its footing in the market. Are we an LMS?

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

After making a few rounds in the behemoth expo hall, we’ve rounded up the ones that made our ears perk up and what edtechies should look out for: Big news from the blue chips OGLING GOOGLE UPDATES: With over 70 million G Suite for Education users, Google’s education tools dominate U.S. classrooms. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

Through expanded, lasting partnerships with Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, Brightspace, and Clever, integrating Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform into existing IT architecture is easier than ever. Editable, ready-to-use worksheets and assessments are also available in both English and Spanish.

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Tools EdTech Schoology Social Media 77

Educational Technology Guy

MAY 22, 2012

but includes a model lesson for teachers to use with every concept, assessment questions for each standard, a teacher’s guide, and DVDs for when the Internet is not available. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. are packaged together to follow the five E model of instruction. t=a&d=630360655. Discovery Education science resources'

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Education Resources Twitter Assessment 161

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

Getting students to write something has always been such a solid form of assessment — probably one of the bigger tools we have in our toolkit,” he says. “We The assignment he revised was from a course he taught in 2012 about the history of mathematics and cryptography that fulfilled a campus writing requirement.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

He’s started working with more schools and districts—instead of reaching students mainly at home—and has partnered with assessment groups, such as the College Board and, most recently, the NWEA for personalized test prep materials. The latter group administers the MAP Assessment—a test designed to measure growth in reading and math.

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Khan Academy Common Core Assessment EdTech 124

Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 7, 2015

Back in January of 2012, I published a post entitled " 10 Important Skills Students need for the Future " in which I described what I, and other research, felt were the 10 most important skills for students to learn. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. The list: Sense-making. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 3, 2019

The best quote I have heard on this topic is from Yong Zhao: I have been criticized often for saying that “If you can google the answer to the question on the test, the question probably sucks.” It is also imperative to understand that we should not solely become dependent on “Google” for knowledge.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 9, 2017

One of the challenges, however, is that much of my social media is pretty wide open and easily accessible through a google search of my uncommon name. 8478 tweets with swear words (unintended consequence – the initial count includes tweets that have anything to do with assessment, assistant, associate, class, pass, etc.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Here’s what Google autocomplete shows when you type “computational.” (You In 2012, the U.K. Few would challenge that coding is a popular and effective vehicle for learning and applying (and hence teaching and assessing) CT in K-12. You can try it for yourself!)

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The only issue was that I had to go back to my computer and plug in the pen to get the files uploaded to either Evernote , Google Docs, or other services. Connections to Evernote are standard and future connections include Dropbox, Google Drive and Facebook (coming early next year). 29, 2012 —Livescribe Inc.

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Tablets Meeting Assessment Smartphone 182

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We had been working for several weeks on a storytelling unit in my ESL classes in 2012. Students recorded these reflections on a Google Doc as a reference for the next time we played. And these discoveries were added to the student's Google Doc log so that descriptive or instructional language was captured and refined as necessary.

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Wiki MOOC Handbook Case Study 143

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2017

If 2012 was “ The Year of the MOOC ”—massive open online courses, usually offered for free—2017 could be “The Year of the Microcredential.” After all, paying for marketing and advertising to recruit students is a fast-growing cost for colleges , and building free and low-cost courses may appeal to colleges more than buying Google ads.)

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2019

The Maker Education Initiative started in 2012, when individuals and organizations reached out to Dougherty, eager to bring maker education programs to schools. Last year, its biggest donors included Google, Cognizant, Chevron and the National Science Foundation. million, funded by donations and fees from services it provides.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Facebook Centurions Book Group A gro up of readers who have set a goal to read 112 or more books during the year, 2012. Members will be posting month by month their titles, highlighting at least one pick to total twelve favorites for 2012. All genres accepted from picture books to poetry anthologies to professional texts.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. It is worth noting that at the younger ages, there was also significant growth in their reading achievement as measures by interim assessments (running records).

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. It is worth noting that at the younger ages, there was also significant growth in their reading achievement as measures by interim assessments (running records).

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

The purpose of this workshop is to help administrators and teachers assess when higher-order thinking skills and student agency factors are (or are not) present in classroom uses of technology by students and teachers. Ability to access Google Docs and Sheets is needed. Participant device prerequisites. Register here! Related Posts.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Listen to this week’s podcast on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen, or use the player below. There’s actually more going on than in 2012 when the bubble happened. From everything we’ve read about Christensen, we’re guessing he’d be happy to see his ideas debated and engaged with.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2019

A Google search for “fear of college” returns over five million results! When I didn’t do so well on the CUNY assessment test — particularly in math, which has always been my kryptonite — I was referred to CUNY Start. One of the last things she told me before cancer took her in 2012 was not to leave school.

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Resources Report Assessment Meeting 79

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Collaborative Google Docs 3. Seniors vs Freshmen "Bouquet of Sunflowers" by Claude Monet Oil on Canvas, 1881 "Flower"by Katherine Baker, Microsoft Paint, 2012 With the freshmen, I start the year off working with Narrative Terms and showing how an author can add artistry to writing. Week 2 Break Down: 1. Socrative Space Race 4.

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