Digital Promise

DECEMBER 13, 2017

They are piloting new tools and evaluating their impact. To really take stock of EdClusters in 2017, we first need to revisit the foundation and origin of Education Innovation Clusters — what they are, how they work, and how they are progressing. They are designing solutions to local challenges and sharing them across regions.

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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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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It is integrated classroom tools for students and teachers and powerful transparency for families and school leaders. It combines the best features of a learning management system, assessment management and data management into one. Otus is an interesting product, created by educators.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – 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 35 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. and Marion L.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). Tagged on: September 9, 2017 Do Perks for Teachers Compromise Their Integrity?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). Tagged on: September 9, 2017 Do Perks for Teachers Compromise Their Integrity?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success. According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 12, 2017

UPDATED: August 14 16, 2017. Data breaches happen. Yet, as bad as a data breach can be, when breaches happen it is how organizations – including schools and school vendors – respond to and communicate about them that will be remembered. For how long was Texas school employee data publicly posted online?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2020

Biggest challenge: We wanted to refine our data culture and dig deeper into our data to determine external factors that could be impacting student achievement and growth. Related: 6 steps for using data to improve instruction.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

With little existing research evidence for most edtech products and substantial latitude from the Department regarding what counts as evidence in informing spending of COVID aid dollars, districts will be largely left to utilize their own processes for determining which digital learning tools to invest in.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2017

Monica Burns, author of #FormativeTech , shares essential tools and tips for effective formative assessment. Pick some tools. What are some of Monica’s favorite tools for formative assessment. How should teachers select their formative assessment tool belt. Want to hear another Tech Tool Tuesday? Listen Now.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 25, 2023

Overview OVERVIEW With a strong focus on data governance, Fayette County Public Schools partners with Lightspeed Systems® to effectively manage their edtech ecosystem—in and outside of the classroom. However, Fayette County knew that ensuring student data privacy on the school-issued devices was going to be a challenge. “We

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Many tools give teachers the flexibility to customize lesson plans for their students by pulling in up-to-date content and activities, without waiting for the latest textbook versions to hit the market. Others are more optimistic about the adoption of proprietary digital curriculum tools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The district has been invested in data-driven decisions for more than eight years. 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

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Data integration baffles even the most edtech-savvy districts. Translating and sharing data between your student information system (SIS) and a multitude of tech applications is complex, costly and time-consuming. But with easy access to data comes visibility into students’ successes, struggles and—most importantly—their needs.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

We needed a better system to capture—and then use—the immense amount of data we were collecting through our EBT interventions. We collected data around the frequency of certain behaviors, who was receiving treatments, how much treatment and then the outcome of the treatment. Join thousands of educators. And then there are time savings.

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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. Here are some of the trends from 2017 we’re excited to share: 1. Source: Reach Capital 4.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. This was giving me 100 percent quantifiable data on how many questions I asked and how often I asked them in a 90-minute class,” York says. It’s not a rubric.

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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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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 29, 2017

I spent the last week in warm and sunny Orlando attending the 2017 FETC Conference. We looked at how to apply the "flipped" methodology to professional learning and learn what technology tools can enhance the flipped professional learning model. All the resources can be found by clicking the link below. Download the session resources.

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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. Learning analytics and big data are huge.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? Technology in higher education on the eve of 2017 is at a crossroads. If 2016 was the year of “unbundling” college, my hope is the “the place we will go” in 2017 will be the unbundling of higher-ed tech. What aspects of curriculum or community might get us there?

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2017

BIG DATA SLIP: Earlier this month, security researcher Chris Vickery uncovered a flaw in Schoolzilla’s data configuration settings through which personal information from the company’s data warehousing tools was backed up to a publicly accessible location on Amazon S3. Chris Vickery (@VickerySec) April 5, 2017.

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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. Mike – Learning Tools, Line focus.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017. Dachille believes that data can determine the type of classroom environment where a teacher can thrive.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The report, titled “Beyond Engagement” and written by Julie Evans, chief executive officer for Project Tomorrow, expands on findings from Project Tomorrow’s 2017 “Speak Up” report. . Drawing on the data gathered, Evans points to three key ideas to take away from the report: .

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Hattie and Timperley (2017) shared the following. As they worked, she used data to call up individuals and engage in a feedback dialogue. Best of all, they can serve as an empowerment tool to help kids exert more ownership over their learning. All feedback isn’t created equal. What are the goals?) How am I going? Goodwin, B.

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Nothing is sacred—or secure—when it comes to data. As schools and districts increasingly rely on digital tools, what have companies and districts learned about safeguarding sensitive information? Minimize Data Collection. The best way to secure data is to not collect any. Sure, we would like a lot more data on students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2019

Biggest challenge: We wanted to refine our data culture and dig deeper into our data to determine external factors that could be impacting student achievement and growth. Related: 6 steps for using data to improve instruction. Related: Data-informed instruction can affect every lesson; here’s how.

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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The biggest announcement that certainly got our attention was that Vault is now able to retain data in Google Drive. (May May 30, 2017). May 16, 2017). March 10, 2017). June 2, 2017). May 3, 2017). August 23, 2017). July 20, 2017). June 22, 2017). September 27, 2017).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2017

State leaders are collecting reams of data on students, but they must do more to put that information into the hands of parents and teachers, according to a new report. based nonprofit organization that advocates for better data use. Brennan McMahon Parton, director of policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Some of that data is shared with Intersect, which is sold to colleges and universities to support their recruitment and enrollment efforts. The two most recent acquisitions are Hoonuit , a set of data management and analytics tools, and Schoology , a learning management system. Vista purchased EAB in 2017 for $1.55

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Let's see what resonated on social media in 2017. Similarly, Instagram Insights shows me data about each of my posts. I’m using these tools to bring you the best of what I shared in 2017. I’m using these tools to bring you the best of what I shared in 2017. A Visual Guide to Formative Assessment Tools.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome. Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation.

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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. With copious data collection baked into the process, schools—and students—are already seeing results. GRAPH: Where Do US Teacher Salaries Really Go the Furthest?

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