Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Schoolzilla, the company perhaps best known for its Mosaic dashboard product, has found a new home with Renaissance Learning , a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc.-based based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. It spun Schoolzilla out as an independent company in 2013.

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Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Two approaches for developing authentic performance tasks that seem to support this work well are place-based learning and project-based learning. Place-based Learning. When teachers develop a unit of student with place-based learning in mind, they find a focal point within the local community. Project-based Learning.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 16, 2015

This post provides links and resources about these skills as well as an educator self-assessment. This assessment contains questions to assist the educator in evaluating if and how s/he is facilitating these skills and attributes in the learning environment. Tony Wagner’s Seven Survival Skills: [link].

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Klaus Schwab coined the term in 2013 in his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.” They can also help students learn how to use these technologies responsibly and ethically. How Technology is Changing the Way We Learn The educational system is changing with the introduction of new technologies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Klaus Schwab coined the term in 2013 in his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.” They can also help students learn how to use these technologies responsibly and ethically. How Technology is Changing the Way We Learn The educational system is changing with the introduction of new technologies.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

“Technology use must, first and foremost, be designed to support learning goals, not the other way around.”. Ottenbreit-Leftwich in their 2013 study of authentic technology-enabled learning, highlights the main challenge coaches face when trying to support teachers using technology. This insight, penned by Peggy A.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

I am pleased to announce that my book chapter in Multimedia Learning Theory: Preparing for the New Generation of Students is now available! My chapter is titled Multimedia Learning and the Educational Leader. Multimedia learning and the educational leader. Jenlink & B. Knight (Eds.), Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Klaus Schwab coined the term in 2013 in his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.” They can also help students learn how to use these technologies responsibly and ethically. How Technology is Changing the Way We Learn The educational system is changing with the introduction of new technologies.

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Industry Learning Robotics Technology 85

EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

Technology Planning Starts with an Assessment. A free security assessment is the first step to determining whether vulnerabilities exist. An assessment can provide a framework so that IT leaders can start to have these conversations in their districts. Make Sure Faculty and Staff Know the Laws. There are plenty of them.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In a recent discussion, I was asked about “common assessments” in a classroom. The thought here is that no matter what classroom you were in, the assessments would look the same. If I ask students to show that they understand the same objective, does the way we assess truly have to be the same?

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

The following post is a modified excerpt from Uncommon Learning. Mobile learning provides enhanced collaboration among learners, access to information, and a deeper contextualization of learning. Over the years I have written extensively on the topic, including a chapter in my new book Uncommon Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Instructure announced it has reached an agreement to sell Bridge to Learning Technologies Group, a London, U.K.-based

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I have been working with ASCD for the past few years to publish my book, Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons. Today, content is freely and abundantly available, and it is more important than ever to help learners in the process of how to learn.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The internet is full of educational videos, websites, software, apps and various other tools, ready to be discovered and used to support students’ learning. No wonder youngsters want these devices involved in their learning process. Mobile devices enable anytime anywhere learning.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I mentioned back in the summer that I had purchased Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss (ISTE, 2018, 3rd Edition), a book I recently finished reading. The six criteria for HQPBL are: Intellectual Change and Accomplishment. Collaboration.

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Learning Assessment Outcomes EdTech 79

EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It makes sense – when used well they can help scaffold learning, practice skills and help with assessment. Learn more: How to import your PDF into Book Creator. Learn more about this update on the Book Creator website. Dan Kemp has been the Marketing Director for Book Creator since 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

In recent months, the phrase has been associated with Mississippi’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card. But, as is true for any complex phenomena, teaching reading and learning to read require knowledgeable practitioners able to adapt instruction to students’ needs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 Liz is currently co-chairing an auxiliary committee for the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

— 7 Mindsets, the leader in Pre-K-12 mindsets-based learning and well-being solutions, today announced the extension of its executive leadership team with the appointments of Robin Glenn as chief strategy and business development officer and Clark McKown, Ph.D., ROSWELL, Ga. as chief science officer.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 17, 2013

Dara has been teaching for almost 14 years and loves helping young children to learn about and use technology in a productive and creative way. Lastly, that there is not just a one size fit all model to communication, collaboration, and instruction within learning. Thank you, Dara, for attending EdmodoCon 2013 and the compliments!

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Its latest act: making a strategic investment in Open Assessment Technologies (OAT), a San Francisco-based startup that offers open-source tools for building and delivering digital tests. Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The second in our New Generation Learning series focuses on personalization. Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously.

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Learning Digital Divide Case Study Personalized Learning 150

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The second in our New Generation Learning series focuses on personalization. Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In my newly released, self-paced course, “ Developing the Innovator’s Mindset Through Remote, Face-to-Face, and Blended Learning ,” I have been sharing ideas and strategies that you can use in a remote, blended, or face-to-face setting. Ideas for building relationships with students in a remote learning setting.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

. In the education world, it is often said that what gets assessed gets addressed. Many educators have questions, though, about how to measure social and emotional learning (SEL) topics like relationship skills and self-awareness, even when they believe such skills should be addressed. Two newly developed tools can help.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. Students will learn to think like scientists. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science. They observed classrooms.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

This story is part of a series from EdSurge Research on how schools are redefining student success using MyWays , a framework created by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC). Part of the EL Education network (formerly Expeditionary Learning) since it’s inception, Two Rivers opened as an expeditionary and project-based learning school.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

At a time of major change at educational software and assessments provider Renaissance Learning executives decided to add one more item to their to-do list. Founded in 2013 and formerly known as Front Row Education, Freckle currently claims more than 700,000 teachers and 10 million students have used the platform across 75,000 schools.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2024

The Skills Employers Demand: An Analysis of the Research summarizes 10 years of studies, from 2013 to 2023, and analyzes job postings in the 16 SREB states. The report is designed to help educators and policymakers as they integrate these skills into what students learn in K-12, dual enrollment and postsecondary education.

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How To Industry Analysis Study 74

Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2022

Teachers have continuously tried to adapt their approaches to the requirements of specific communities with the purpose of reaching students where they are in terms of knowledge and ensuring an uphill learning curve. Students become more actively involved in the learning process and use their voices to solve real-life problems.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Micro-credentials offer an important opportunity for educators to strengthen their professional learning. Brenda Pearson Director of Professional Learning, Clark County Education Association. Grounding micro-credentials in research is central to their gaining acceptance in the field.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

See related article: Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee At this point, we have all heard about the learning gaps in math and reading scores these past few years. In 2022, only 22% of students scored “proficient” or higher on a nationwide civics assessment. Unfortunately, stats are even worse in other subjects.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could.

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