Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

I glanced at the clock for the third time in five minutes and realized I still had two hours left of my training on Canvas, our new learning management system (LMS). My district signed a large contract with Canvas in 2016, and as a result, a two-day training on the LMS became a requirement for almost everyone on staff.

LMS 90

LMS Training Blended Learning Groups 90

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

At the postsecondary level, more than 15% of students were enrolled exclusively online in 2017. It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , a further 33.1% took at least one online course.

Learning 254

Learning Student Data Privacy Data Software 254

Neo LMS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Luther College notes that there are many commonalities between literacy and music and especially so in early elementary-age children. Learning to play a musical instrument, according to Dr. Nina Kraus during a 2017 Scientific Learning Corporation presentation , improves a child’s ability to read.

Exercises 170

Exercises Elementary Tools Classroom 170

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

As momentum for digital learning builds, some districts—80 percent according to the 2017 Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) K12 IT Leadership Survey Report —are using open educational resources (OER), which the U.S. Each iteration should be evaluated to make improvements in the next iteration.

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OER CMS Guidelines Digital Learning 101

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

From “The Vault” of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast Lisa Scumpieru’s show aired in 2017 and remains a highly shared resource on hyperdocs. So is it almost like somebody’s in Google Classroom, and the doc is like a page or a webpage you would have in your LMS? And i’ll have these long pages.

Moodle 296

Moodle Google Twitter Tools 296

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

Three years ago, the pilot launched with ten elementary schools, and as of fall 2016, it has grown to include 20 schools (out of a total of 173 BCPS schools), specifically ten elementary schools, seven middle schools and three high schools. Katherine Cox, Instructional Coach at Mays Chapel Elementary. According to the S.T.A.T.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Strategy Learning Case Study 60

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

PowerSchool is my SIS and LMS and is the sponsor of today’s show. h ttps://spacesforlearning.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/the-phygitals-have-arrived%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8aa-generation-for-this-century/. Get motivated today listening to Pam. This is part 2 in our series with Pam. She holds a B.S. View story at Medium.com. Twitter: @pammoran.

Education 250

Education Examples Maker Movement Company 250

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 30, 2018

She was just an elementary computer teacher?" "How I feel fatigued from having to defend educational technology which is always odd to me that this has become part of who I am. My insecurities imagine what they say "Who is she? How could she possibly think she could tell me better ways to teach my class?" "She

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Assessment Outcomes Data Technology 96

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners. Ally is designed to integrate with a school district’s existing LMS and automatically runs class materials through an accessibility checklist that looks for common accessibility issues.

Tools 70

Tools Edmodo PresenceLearning Blackboard 70

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

Classroom 53

Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 53

techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. It adapts to the need of the student.

System 40

System CMS LMS Outcomes 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.” According to Edsurge , changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will soon be another “ win for ed-tech vendors.” ” You are a fool. The Procurement Problem.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” It’s 2017, and Wired still promotes a narrative that “ hackers ” are all young men. ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. percent from 2017 to 2021.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Kaplan Company 47

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” ” e-Literate on the latest debates about LMS markets : “Response to MoodleNews: Some considerations for critical reading of market sizing claims.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” Via Chalkbeat : “New York City’s largest school charter network, Success Academy , has won the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.” ” Contests and Awards. ” asks The Atlantic.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

pic.twitter.com/0oMZuYGFbD — Mike Bowen (@DrMBowen) November 8, 2017. ” “In my book, there’s no reason why children in elementary schools can’t be launching their own businesses,” [says founder] Rebekah Neumann. And from Phil Hill : “A Note on Data Used for LMS Market Analysis.”

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Via Education Dive: “Fifth graders from Tennessee ’s Nolan Elementary have created a campaign to convince the Tennessee Department of Education and Gov. “ Nancy Zimpher to Resign as SUNY Chancellor in 2017.” .” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C.,

Education 45

Education Sakai Udemy Report 45