Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Horton says other teachers in her district had been piloting TenMarks in their classrooms. TenMarks’ co-founders Andrew Joseph and Rohit Agarwal, joined Amazon Education after the transaction but left , respectively, in 2016 and 2017. Last August, the team unveiled an instructional writing tool for students in grades 4 to 6.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2018

This is in large part due to a shift in the demographic makeup of the student population (non-white students are expected to make up the majority of public schools by 2024) while the demographic makeup of the teaching workforce remains constant ( 80 percent of teachers during the 2015-2016 school year were white).

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Policies Instructional Materials Training Assessment 61

techlearning

JUNE 12, 2018

Most importantly, research confirms that students who have access to Ready instruction outperform their peers on state summative English language arts and mathematics assessments. Ready has long been a leader in introducing rigor and quality materials into classrooms,” said Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates. “As

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Meeting Instructional Materials Assessment Study 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. Also credit Edgecomb’s intermediate ELA teachers with introducing Flashlight Reading periods when kids quietly read by flashlight in a darkened classroom.)

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Elementary Assessment Study Instructional Materials 133

techlearning

AUGUST 14, 2018

This is the first time in 12 years that California has reviewed new science instructional materials. The CDE accepted submissions for science material adoption for grades K-8 in the spring of 2018 and will make recommendations for materials adoptions this month for formal adoption in the fall.

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Resources Instructional Materials Company Strategy 40

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2017

Developed by Illustrative Mathematics, the nonprofit founded by standards author Bill McCallum to improve mathematics instruction in U.S. Illustrative Mathematics 6–8 Math is a problem-based curriculum that fosters discussion-filled classrooms and encourages students to show their mathematical thinking in multiple ways.

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techlearning

MAY 24, 2018

Companies that did not show growth from 2016 to 2017 were excluded. For nearly 50 years, Curriculum Associates has been on a mission to make classrooms better places for teachers and students. Only those firms with a headquarters in Massachusetts and revenue of at least $500,000 in 2014 and $1 million in 2017 were considered.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 26, 2016

Existing practices in classrooms are unlikely to change dramatically anytime soon, he predicted, outlining several reasons for his conclusion that “ease of use” is the baseline differentiator for product success. Google for searches, Google Classroom and Google Docs. The answer?

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Differentiated Instruction Industry Instructional Materials Google 40

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Instructional design is experiencing a renaissance. To be a good instructional designer, you should steep yourself in the research on learning and teaching. Surely a lot has changed!

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 121

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Welcome to this second post in a series devoted to supporting student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. In this post I wish to begin pointing out some tools and resources to help as an educator builds that students centered classroom. I am almost booked through January and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill.

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Resources Technology Tools Blendspace 60

NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 15, 2016

CNN Student News : is designed for use in middle and high school classrooms. News for Your Classroom : is Scholastic’s free daily magazine complete with kid reporters, video highlights and an archive. There’s a rich Election 2016 archive. The ten-minute, commercial-free daily news program is produced by journalists.

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Common Core iPhone Instructional Materials Android 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. But it has helped the Pittsburgh-based company promote a second service it has quietly offered since 2016: the Duolingo English Test. Denny’s is selling groceries.

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EdTech Company Training Guidelines 146

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

And though more school and state leaders have made broadband connectivity a priority, a 2016 FCC broadband progress report notes that the digital divide is still very much present, and that 41 percent of schools have not yet met the FCC’s short-term goal of 100 Mbps per 1,000 users.

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Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Welcome to a series that supports the use of technology in support of differentiated learning in and beyond the PBL classroom. I am now just about booked through the end of March and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. any classroom, involves providing reading material for students that they can successfully read and understand.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Learning 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

That’s a lesson that the team behind Edmodo, a classroom management and collaboration platform, quickly learned. That was a short-lived project, as company executives quickly learned that few teachers had the authority or money to buy digital materials for their class. But a large teacher following is no guarantee of success.

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Pearson Kaplan Company Education 84

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Schools can use these online mapping systems to teach powerful classroom content spanning across subjects and grade levels, and they can get started with free resources for online mapping activities from esri.com/schools. Miller Lifetime Achievement Award (2016).

Learning 41

Learning Exercises Policies Software 41

techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

The state is reviewing new science instructional materials for the first time in 12 years to help science teachers succeed in teaching students the latest standards. 2016 to address NGSS, but implementation at the school level has taken time. It is ideal to hear kids talking and buzz in the classroom.

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Company Instructional Materials Elementary Common Core 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

It included our teachers’ instructional materials, organized lists of primary source portals, embedded ebook anthologies, document analysis tools, tools for organizing writing, documentation and remixing, On that guide also was a Google Custom Search Engine I created for searching across the most important of those portals.

OER 46

OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. million, only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

public school districts spend a combined $8 billion on instructional materials while trying to ensure that schools receive the maximum value for their money. Because there aren’t many alternatives, they did this despite concerns about the quality of materials. Photo: Jackie Mader. Now is the time of year when U.S.

Resources 89

Resources Instructional Materials OER Elementary 89

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

When it comes to instruction, the work consists of four segments: core curriculum, supplemental (intervention, test prep, little books) curriculum, assessment, and technology (hardware, infrastructure and connectivity). And each individual segment, rather than a unified initiative, drives the market for instructional materials and services.

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Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 121

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Your classroom libraries, core texts, optional reading, and on-the-fly suggestions have great power in developing your students’ love of reading, leading them to new understanding, and nurturing their empathy. For your classroom libraries and your optional reading list, there should be more flexibility for challenging or more mature books.

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

“We are committed to driving the greatest possible gains for all learners, and this study demonstrates the remarkable impact the program is having in classrooms nationwide.” Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools.

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Meeting Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Analysis 40

techlearning

AUGUST 8, 2018

“This recognition from the Mississippi Department of Education not only gives us the opportunity to partner with more schools and districts across the state, it reaffirms we are making classrooms better places for students and teachers.” It also helps students make real gains. To learn more about i-Ready, visit i-Ready.com/empower.

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Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Education Assessment 40

User Generated Education

JULY 25, 2016

It is invigorating ( Adam Savage’s 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire Talk ). Traditional classrooms are often marked by students quietly at their desks completing the same tasks at the same time. The classroom was loud, seemingly chaotic and messy. Making is important; it’s empowering. Assumptions About Skill Levels.

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Education Robotics Elementary Examples 120

edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

Principal among them is pairing professional learning with quality materials to advance teacher practice in the classroom. What students are now able to do in the classroom, with a small probe linked to their either computer or smartphone, is unbelievable,” said Krehbiel. “It Assessment. Technology.

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Education Assessment Professional Learning Policies 91

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

We’re looking at a paradigm where technology is intertwined with critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and other key skills, preparing learners not just to succeed academically but to thrive in life beyond the classroom. In the classroom, fostering these skills can involve various strategies.

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Learning Khan Academy Moodle Adaptive Learning 65

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). Funding has shrunk. ” You are a fool. “ Tweaking the business model.”

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. The company, which provides public radio and related instructional materials to classrooms, has raised $1.55

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