Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments. This has been a goal of Simon’s since she joined Long Beach Unified in fall 2013. But it has proven elusive.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Recently Shaelynn Farnsworth and I had a great and engaging discussion on the topic of Formative Assessment for ACER Education. Some of the highlights: What Is Formative Assessment —As you can tell from our video, there are many ways to describe formative assessment. Formative Assessments should not be graded assessments.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 25, 2021

The post 4 Projects that Go Beyond Traditional Assessment – SULS0111 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Jen shares ideas that will help teachers go BEYOND traditional assessments like reports, essays, presentations, and cookie-cutter assignments. 4 Projects that Go Beyond Traditional Assessment with @virtualgiff.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

For some districts, the cost per student quickly became unrealistic to initially implement, leading schools to create alternate strategies. “More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” Then there was the iPad. Indeed, $2.3

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Along similar lines, referencing Picciano (2009), Fabbian et al (2017) define a blended learning class as one that “integrates face to face (F2F) and online activities in a planned, pedagogically valuable manner while online activities replace a portion of F2F time” (pp.314-315). Auster’s study (Carol Auster, 2016​ ​​​).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Looking ahead, a renewed focus on energy will take place in 2017.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Almost a decade after Lynzi Ziegenhagen began work on tools to help K-12 schools with data analysis and visualization, she faced an important decision. based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. Raising money and building that team internally wasn’t the ideal situation.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2019

Originally launched in November 2017, the Maker Learning Leadership Framework supports educators’ maker learning programs. Acquisition and Allocation of the funds , spaces , and tools necessary to effectively facilitate maker learning programs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers. Here’s the 2017 countdown, from #10 to #1. But students are now pushing back on these generational generalizations—especially the assumption that they’re all “digital natives” who can wield any tech tool with ease.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 15, 2019

Down the hall, seventh graders used digital tools to design memes based on quotes from a novel in their English/language arts class. And at Landrum Middle School in South Carolina, software allowed students to be assessed based on the accuracy of their music performance, encouraging them to improve their score each time they played the piece.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Some of the best things about an ed-tech conference are the sessions, where attendees learn about new tools and resources, trends, and teaching strategies. We’ve put together a list of apps, tools and resources from those sessions. Did you have a favorite session or tool that isn’t listed here?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 23, 2023

Therefore, strategies for identifying and selecting accessible and inclusive tech should be top of mind. District leaders successfully put into motion CITES’ effective practices related to leadership, teaching, learning, assessment, infrastructure, and family engagement. This is especially crucial in educational environments.

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Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Ideally, a healthy self-care strategy should include an activity that addresses each of these factors every day. Now that you’ve learned why self-care can be one of the best stress management strategies for teachers , it’s important to find ways to incorporate it into your daily life. Vistas Online Journal, 2017, pp. 364-367.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

When our district began its journey into competency-based education (CBE), one of the significant early steps was the publication of our Profile of a Graduate (PoG) in 2017. But there is a difference when defining exhibitions in the context of CBE or as a high quality performance assessment.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

E-textbooks also often include digital assessments. Students can take these assessments along the way while they’re reading. Formative assessments in digital textbooks can also break up longer content to make it easier to grasp. School districts are now creating strategies for teaching these skills.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Power of Choice Texts: A Playful Revolution The future of personalized learning is exemplified by a new reading tool called Choice Texts , recently released by eSpark , an online math and reading program for students in grades K-5. Educators know that engaged students learn more, as evidenced in this 2017 Gallup Poll. Amy Lower Ms.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

When we first began coaching, we would get really excited about sharing cutting-edge technology tools. They don’t need new learning goals that rely on a fancy new technology tool the coach or teacher wants to use. What teachers need most from coaches isn’t adding more tools; it’s meeting all of their students’ needs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 1, 2018

Bethany: You know, I think that’s one of the things that kind of scares some teachers a little bit when it comes to integrating technology tools in their classroom. Is the focus of the tool to enhance student learning? What kind of tools can we use to engage students in content? Favorite tools. They’re working together.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In the digital age, this also means being proficient in using online tools for collaboration, such as cloud-based document sharing, video conferencing , and collaborative project management software. This definition highlights critical thinking as a broad set of cognitive skills used in problem-solving and learning.

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MindShift

MAY 21, 2017

Professor John Dunlosky is trying to bridge these two worlds , intentionally studying the effectiveness of strategies that lab studies indicate are promising, but that don’t require special technology or extra resources. There are hundreds of teaching strategies, most of which can be effective in certain situations. RETRIEVAL PRACTICE.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. Video Courtesy of Redwood City School District. Citations. [1] ” [link]. Accessed 2 Oct. ” [link].

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences. They pivoted from focusing on the tool to focusing on the teaching strategy. . Listen to this article. .

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Providing teachers with a wide range of high-quality resources coupled with research-based instructional strategies is also important. Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments. What Do Educators Want?

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Hapara

MAY 25, 2023

A report from 2017 showed that in several states, up to half of high school graduates had to be placed in remedial math and English courses. How do Hāpara classroom management tools support student-led learning? You don’t have to completely overhaul instructional units and strategies, though, to begin making a positive impact.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. Course Objectives Participants will: Self-assess current beliefs and established practices to develop a call to action. The reaction to Learning Transformed has been truly humbling.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I found what they had to say about formative assessment and their use of technology inspiring, and have included their videos below. The extraordinary teachers featured below would be effective with or without edtech tools, but all of them have figured out how to use technology to impact their students in meaningful ways.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

But according to ETS, this marks the first time in its 72-year history that it has invested directly in education startups outside of its core business line, says Scott Weaver, its chief strategy officer, in a prepared statement. ETS is best known for offering assessments like the GRE and TOEFL exams. million in 2017.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 8, 2019

In that industrial-age model, teachers tell students what to memorize while students practice memorizing and retrieving that knowledge for formative and summative assessments. 40 (Hattie, in Magana, 2017). The strategies in the T3 Framework have an effect size of ES=1.6, 34, well below the average impact of.40

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The investment strategy does have specific parameters—the most important of which is that prospective funding recipients should be able to show how their tools and services align with Salesforce’s existing product offerings. There’s also Trailhead, its online platform for employee training.

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2017

You can discuss edtech implementation strategies, hear about favorite tools, and get to know those practices that teachers are excited to bring back to their students. There are hundreds of sources for digital assessment online that uses the same technology that these digital scantron pictures are doing for them.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

At the same time, our middle school science department made the switch from traditional grading to standards-based assessment and overhauled our philosophy to focus on fostering revision practices. Since our switch to standards-based assessment in 2016, I've been keeping records on academic achievement and revision behaviors.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

In this episode, Kasey chats with Dr. Monica Alicea, a Technology Training and Integration Specialist, about strategies and tools to engage students. Monica loves getting students connected on a global scale and loves to use digital tools like Lumio to create interactive lessons to engage her students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

The Learning Counsel released the results of its third annual Survey of school and district digital curriculum strategy and transformation, sponsored by Ruckus Wireless. It also forecasts that district spending on hardware, networks, and major system software will see a slight increase in 2017, rising to $16.2

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). This digital shift enables students to learn flexibly, from any location, facilitated by the widespread use of video conferencing tools. link] Martinez, M.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2019

Through each heartbreaking loss, administrators and staff worked to find lifesaving mental health supports and strategies for the 30,0000 students in Kansas' second largest district. “We With those tools in place, Olathe began measuring social-emotional learning (SEL) data and teaching SEL skills in every classroom in the fall of 2017.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These examples provide valuable insights into the real-world application of blended learning strategies, offering a window into how this approach is transforming the educational landscape. Winters (2017) compares student success in lecture-based and blended learning Introduction to Sociology courses. .’s Fabbian et al.’s

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