The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. Now, Mike, you have five ideas for us today, to do formative assessments. Formative Assessment Idea #1: High-Five Hands. And its free!

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 15, 2019

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. Through instructional coaching, the DLP aims to increase powerful and impactful use of technology and improve educational equity.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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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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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It combines the best features of a learning management system, assessment management and data management into one. It provides powerful assessment options to support every subject, grade level, and pedagogical method. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

Top 10 Shows of March 2017. Formative Assessment Tools and Tips with Monica Burns (Show #37). 5 Ideas to Be Technology’s Master and Not It’s Slave with Aaron Sams (Show #25). 5 Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Show #20). These are calculated on downloads as of today. Top 10 Shows Of All Time.

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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. Providing professional development to support teachers’ effective use of technology in classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2021

Dr. Monica Burns is a curriculum and educational technology consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator and founder of. As a classroom teacher, Monica used one-to-one technology to create engaging, standards-based lessons for students. She also provides support to organizations using technology to reach children and families in need.

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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. It’s easy to let technology take center stage.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

Martin McKay is the Chief Technology officer and one of the founders of Texthelp Inc. He directs all research and development at Texthelp with a focus on developing new technologies to assist people who struggle with reading and writing. What do you think the year ahead has in store in terms of Educational Technology?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

million education-oriented Pre-K through High School lesson plans, curricula, videos, classroom activities, assessments, books, bulletin board ideas, classroom decorations, interactive notebooks, task cards, Common Core resources, and more. TpT 2017 Conference Observations. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 4, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast During the edLeader Panel “ Inclusive Technology: Breaking Barriers and Empowering Learners ,” prominent education leaders emphasized the critical role of integrating inclusive technology systems within schools. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Will the cloud continue to reign? Indeed, $2.3

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The two companies are no strangers: Workbench has been integrated with Google Classroom, which allows educators to assign Workbench projects to students, and track, review and assess their progress. According to The Baltimore Sun , the company claimed users in roughly 10,000 schools as of October 2017.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. Learn how she helps students learn and progress using technology. Five Ideas for Technology Stations. Friday, September 8, 2017. These apps will work for all ages of students and subjects.

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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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

We’re pleased to share this year’s Edtech Outlook, a data-rich dive into the state of education technology with case studies into emerging-frontier innovations. Reach Capital Edtech Outlook 2017 from Jennifer Carolan. We focus here on Reach Capital’s sweet spot: school-based education technology. Source: Reach Capital 4.

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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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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). Fabbian et al, 2017).

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

As students and teachers return to school this fall, they will be using more technology than ever before. A study conducted in 2017 and published in June 2021 investigated how five school districts from Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools made edtech purchasing decisions. How might districts find edtech to support learning?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 20, 2019

Emma Chiappetta on episode 463 of the 10-Minute Teacher Emma Chiappetta, Utah State Teacher of the Year 2017, uses a project-based learning approach for statistics. Join me on Tuesday, March 26 at 4 pm ET for a free webinar, 5 Ways to Help Teachers Progress in Their Use of Technology. Today’s show is sponsored by NetRef.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The world’s biggest private nonprofit test maker is dipping its toes into the world of education technology investments. ETS is best known for offering assessments like the GRE and TOEFL exams. And ETS contracts with OECD, which creates the global education assessment benchmark test known as PISA. million in 2017.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 29, 2018

In this episode of the Microsoft Innovative Educator, Spotlight Series Podcast, we speak with Principal Product Manager Mike Tholfsen from the Microsoft Education Team about his favorite moments from 2017. The post Looking Back at 2017 and reflecting on amazing moments with Microsoft Education appeared first on TeacherCast.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

How can we help student to set regular, short term goals, manage their time, think critically about the strategies they are using and how effectively those strategies are working, access resources and support, and assess their learning? Education and Information Technologies , 22 (4), 1395-1454. Theory into Practice , 41 (2), 64-70.

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My Paperless Classroom

JANUARY 1, 2018

In this episode of the Microsoft Innovative Educator, Spotlight Series Podcast, we speak with Principal Product Manager Mike Tholfsen from the Microsoft Education Team about his favorite moments from 2017. Best of 2017. Mike – Closing the Gap, 2017 and AssistiveTech, Special Needs. Best Moment at a Conference.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Those days are over: 2017 was OER’s breakthrough year. Until recently, the use of OER—digital educational materials that are both more easily adaptable by instructors and more affordable than traditional textbooks—was being led by early-adopter professors driven by a desire to improve teaching and an interest in new technology.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 22, 2017

June 22, 2017 Today as we were working on formative assessment apps to use on Android, we thought of reposting this collection of books to help teachers learn everything related to formative.read more.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2020

In 2017, we partnered with Google and EdTechTeam to launch the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a classroom-based coaching program with the goal of increasing educational equity and the impactful use of technology. We also led a corresponding research study to assess the impact of DLP coaching on teachers.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 22, 2017

June 22, 2017 Formative assessment as we have stated in multiple posts in the past is 'an evaluative approach that allows teachers to take quick snapshots of students learning in class. It’s an.read more.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Schools are on the look-out for ways to achieve this and judging from the sheer amount of resources on offer at OEB , technology can be very powerful and impactful when it comes to implementing personalized learning successfully. For example, marking homework and grading tests can be a massively time-consuming task.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 8, 2017

becomes… … Technology does half the job for educators! The past 10 years have witnessed more significant and significantly more technology advances than the previous 50 years combined. Technology is a huge part of our lives and also our students’ lives. Chasing technology.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Roybi, the maker of a pill-shaped robot to teach language and math skills to young children, has acquired additional technology to power its educational features. Developed with experts in language development, the technology covers languages including English, Mandarin and Korean. Founded in 2017, Roybi has raised $4.2

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 29, 2019

Image from JISC publication This table is very useful summary for anyone who is interested in aligning assessment with teaching methods. This include assessment and feedback - which are vital in scaffolding the student's progress through their education. JISC (2017) Effective Assessment in the Digital Age. and Tang, C.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Cloud technology allows video game streaming on nearly any device , from smartphones to traditional game consoles. School technology typically moves slowly,” he continues. “If As recently as 2017, educational technology experts expressed frustration at the lack of options to market and distribute educational offerings. .

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. In 2017, an independent researcher discovered a flaw in how Schoolzilla stored personal information including test scores and social security numbers. In the past, it’s focused on pairing assessments with digital instructional materials.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

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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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Liz is a clinical assistant professor in education technologies at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. published by ISTE in 2013), Learning First, Technology Second (published by ISTE in 2017). published by ISTE in 2013), Learning First, Technology Second (published by ISTE in 2017). Listen to the Show.

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