The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

Top 10 Shows of March 2017. Formative Assessment Tools and Tips with Monica Burns (Show #37). 5 Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Show #20). If you’re wondering what people are listening to, here are the top 10 shows for March and also since show launch. These are calculated on downloads as of today.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

I think 2017 is going to be an exciting year, there’s going to be a lot more cloud based technology than there was before and when classes and content are delivered in the cloud and via browsers, it means kids can access the same experience and content at home as they can in the classroom.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A study based on 2 billion data points identified the top 40 ed-tech products used in schools during 2017-18, according to Lea(r)n Inc. The post What’s Trending in New Ed-Tech ‘Top 40’ Digital Tools appeared first on Market Brief.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 28, 2017

One of the solutions that stood out as an overarching trend in this conversation, and something that we spoke to Training Journal about, is the idea of personalized learning. Currently, the education landscape is in the midst of change; there is a constant shift in the way things are being taught, learned, delivered and captured.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

That was in 2017. “It That reality, along with concerns about inequities baked into the assessments and a growing demographic gap between students in America and their teachers, has propelled a number of states to reconsider their approach. It began to become emotionally draining. I decided I couldn’t keep doing that to myself.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2018

The move is part of a trend of Silicon Valley companies trying to shape curriculum around their products. Take Amazon, which gifted its Echo smart speakers to a subset of Arizona State University students in August 2017. “Learn with Facebook” is coming to the US in the fall (it already exists in Germany and India).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

84% say schools should assess students on their interpersonal skills, and 66% say schools should be held accountable for these test results as well as for academic skill results.”. For those interested in seeing how trends have changed (or haven’t) over the years, Audrey Watters keeps a tally on her blog. The solution?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? Oh, The Places Edtech Will Go – loosely adapted from Dr. Seuss by Isabelle Hau, Omidyar Network 2017 should be another big year for edtech Six big trends we expect. Edtech will allow for formative assessment, And greater competency impressment.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. Goodbye ABCs: How One State Is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments What happens when you take away grades and grade levels?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

The number of eighth graders who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. The percentage of public school students who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points from 53 percent in 2017 to 49 percent in 2019.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

And as anticipated, badging, embedding certificates into degrees and the idea of offering small credentials on the way to a larger one are emerging as key trends, and are ways that new types of credentials are augmenting and supplementing (rather than supplanting) degrees. This trend, too, has seen a jump forward due to the pandemic.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A key area of focus has been developing common assessments and instructional practices that are tightly aligned to standards mastery and data, which are used for decision-making at every level of the district.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2021

In her remarks, Chan mentioned Nottingham Elementary School , which closed for nearly four weeks after Hurricane Harvey in 2017, but invested in mental wellness and belonging in its recovery, and later saw test scores rise. It’s not always an easy task to develop a successful digital tool that aids social-emotional growth.

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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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Between 2005 and 2017, Mississippi increased its scores in all grade and subject areas of the national exam. Subscribe today!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 19, 2020

In practice, the definition of differentiation focuses on meeting the needs of all learners, beginning through assessments of where their skills currently stand. Lorna Earl explains the relationship between assessments and Differentiation best. Individualization Of Learning. It is how teachers differentiate based on common needs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Subscribe today! At age 3 and 4, many pre-K students learn to speak a new language on top of a home language they are still learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Ask them to apply critical thinking questions to assess its credibility. Bottom line Incorporating media literacy into your instruction isn’t just a contemporary trend; it’s an imperative for the digital age we’re living in. Tools to use: Software like iMovie or Adobe Spark Video can make this a seamless process.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

So to help faculty, instructional designers and college leaders better understand what students have said since the program launched, a former cohort leader Rory Foulger, recently completed a comprehensive report highlighting the most popular topics and trends that have come up.

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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. Please let us know in the comments section below, or tweet us @eSchoolNews and tell us about the best thing you learned at TCEA 2017. That’s where eSchool News can help.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2017

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. 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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The trend accelerated with that summer’s Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd. Miriam Hamburger, a 2017 religious studies graduate from Occidental College, is a good example. That must change now that the field has been given a tremendous opportunity: training our next generation of social justice leaders.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The trend has won admirers in the upper echelon of the education system as well. Further, the inclusion of pre-built assessments, school-level analytics or data visualizations can provide additional value on top of the digital instructional content. Some are even free. Through the #GoOpen initiative, launched in 2015, the U.S.

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Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

Teaching How to Listen: Blended Learning for the Development and Assessment of Listening Skills in a Second Language. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 2017, 14(1), pp. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, November 2008, 12(11), pp. The Reading Teacher, November 1988, 42(2), pp. Colombi, A.G., Rycroft, E.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 26, 2017

This unique approach combines a Student Information System (SIS), Learning Management System (LMS), Assessment Suite, and more into one classroom that shares data and has one login for teachers and students. Come by and see me at ISTE with PowerSchool on Monday June 26th, 2017 at 4 p.m. This is a sponsored content episode.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

More than 13,000 more students failed the algebra Regents exam in the most recent 2017-18 school year compared to the previous year, pushing the failure rate up from 25 percent to 30 percent, according to a December 2018 report by education policy consultant David Rubel. “You have a prediction system in place.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

eSpark also correlates nicely with NWEA’s MAP Growth [an assessment to help teachers determine instructional strategies]. Educators know that engaged students learn more, as evidenced in this 2017 Gallup Poll. Our school has a basal reading series, and we also use trade books.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

What’s causing these trends is no mystery.” For the same reasons that many low-income students struggled to learn remotely during the pandemic, it was also hard, if not impossible, for students to take an online assessment of their progress. Even before the pandemic, nearly two-thirds of U.S. Fordham Institute. In 2016, U.S.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Obama administration FY 2015 request for a proposed replacement educational technology program (see page 5) : “ $200 million for a new ConnectEDucators initiative that would help educators transition to using technology and data to personalize learning and improve CCR [college- and career-ready] instruction and assessment.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A 2017 report by the American Federation of Teachers says teachers are more stressed out more often than the general U.S. Despite a general trend toward data-driven decision making, many schools lack the ability to understand and support the development of SEL skills which emphasize proactive academic, career, and citizenship behaviors.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Over the last year, he’s done roughly 100 observations, dozens of them in private child care centers, as part of the state’s new system for assessing quality in early childhood settings. By doing so, Mississippi is defying a national trend toward improved standards and increased accountability for early childhood systems.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

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. There Should Be Something for Everyone For educators, the biggest advantage of digital resources is the ability to personalize content for students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. The troubling trend continued with state English and math tests aligned with the new, weaker standards. A 2008 panel of math experts appointed by the U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

And of course, as has also always been true, when we field offers from investors, we work with our trusted partners and advisors to make sure we can assess appropriately.” In 2017, bootcamps graduated at least 23,000 students, their highest count yet, and that the industry is growing at a rate of 1.5

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Subscribe today! Nearly 70 percent of Mississippi residents are unable to pass the U.S. history to be lacking. Results of a U.S. History in 2014.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2019

It launched in 2015 with $100 million , and re-upped in 2017 with a $185 million coffer. Recent deals in this category include Degreed, a digital credentialing platform, and BenchPrep, a corporate assessment and education service. Owl has been on a streak, having closed on a new fund every other year since its start.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 14, 2017

Nonetheless, to the degree K-12 schools rely on the internet and online tools and services for their daily operations, disruptions of school operations must be assessed as a threat. While these disruptions have real-world implications for schools, they do not necessarily involve a breach or unauthorized disclosure of school data or records.

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