Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Top 25 Sites/Apps of 2019 Wakelet - Wakelet lets educators easily bookmark any item on the web (i.e. Walnut - A excellent new site/app for finding educational videos and then taking quizzes to assess learning (think BrainPop). This is a great way for educators to assess learning and differentiate instruction.

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Differentiated Instruction Game-Based Learning Common Core Mobility 28

Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 2, 2019

New Analytics Tool From CDW, Lightspeed Systems Helps Schools Optimize Tech Use Today at COSN 2019 , CDW, in partnership with Lightspeed Systems , introduced Analytics Powered by Relay, a dashboard solution enabling K-12 schools to make informed decisions about their use of educational technology devices, applications and websites.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And Urdan says Duolingo brought a mobile-first approach to the sector. The company also noted that “in 2019 and 2020, we had net losses of $13.6 Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. Now, in 2019, that’s dropped to about a third. Because mobile devices are faster, it satisfies student curiosity and builds their passion to be lifelong learners. And this works both ways. And why not?

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Mobility iPad Survey Chromebook 173

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

Statista predicts that approximately five billion people will use a smartphone by 2019. Access to mobile devices that connect learners and educators to the vast resources of the Internet and facilitate communication and collaboration. Now we know that across the world adults have pretty much embraced the smartphone.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Despite in 2019 the U.S. Educators and legislators must remember that the key to closing the poverty gap in this country and alleviating citizen need for social services is educational attainment , which opens the door to social and economic mobility through employment. poverty rate being 10.5 With an undeniably large number of U.S.

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techlearning

JANUARY 28, 2019

Amplify announced today that it is launching a new mCLASS suite that includes both teacher-led and adaptive student-driven instruction, as well as the mobile version of the DIBELS 8th Edition assessment developed by the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon’s College of Education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

We are interested in the power of competency-based assessments that can interpret “equivalent” non-traditional education signals, and other assessments that can predict fit and retention of candidates to ease this friction in the labor market.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2019

education technology, and early signs in 2019 suggest the industry is poised for another cash infusion. Recent deals in this category include Degreed, a digital credentialing platform, and BenchPrep, a corporate assessment and education service. Owl has invested in several, including Quizlet and Bakpax, a mobile grading tool.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

After all, in October 2019 the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway declared that nearly 99 percent of U.S. The new report—adding EducationSuperHighway as a partner—spends its 33 pages focused on best practices to address this gap in a series of who-what-how steps: assessing needs, procuring solutions and accessing funds.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 16, 2020

Some are targeted for student assessment while others are built to deliver quality audiovisual content to online learners. Educate yourself on your learning management software’s features and familiarize yourself with how it can make mobile learning more engaging for your students. Education Technology / July 11, 2019.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

million from 2012 to 2019. Source: Mind Wires With the pandemic intensifying the decline, postsecondary education leaders have been anxiously watching the discouraging trend over many years; enrollment slipped by a million from 20.7

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TeacherCast

MAY 31, 2019

What if there was a way that you could combine traditional writing assignments with the popularity of audio/video podcasts in a format that was accessible to any mobile device, Chromebook or desktop available to your students? — Deana Hubbell (@DJHubbell) January 15, 2019. — RefineEd (@RefineYourEd) January 12, 2019.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So, if students ever have issues with their Wi-Fi or mobile data, we have them covered with our offline reading feature. Assessments and Quizzes. Kitaboo has built-in assessment widgets which can be added to the existing content. Educators can evaluate the assessments as soon as they receive it. Pricing and Licensing.

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The Game Agency

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Your learning management is full of great elearning courses and content but how do you assess that your learners are retaining that content? Pre-load the game links onto mobile devices that can then be used at a live event. December 6, 2019. September 11, 2019. September 5, 2019. September 4, 2019.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In February 2019, an IBM AI supercomputer named "Project Debater" was pitted in a competition against a human national debate champion Harish Natarajan. The implications of all of this seems clear if not outright ominous: if an AI tool today can now write essays and poems, how must that change how we teach and assess student writing?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

based early childhood technology and services developer best known for its GOLD observation-based assessment system and its Creative Curriculum product lines for infants, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Any serious engagement of this demographic with educational technology tools must have a mobile-first strategy in place,” Roden says.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

The experience includes a mix of 3-D animated simulations along with assessments. It so far does not work on mobile devices. If 2019 is Labster’s year to grow in the U.S., On Labster, students can conduct lab assignments in a digital version of a science lab, answering questions along the way to prove their understanding.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

In July 2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SXSW EDU issued a challenge to the edtech world: Design an Alexa skill to transform education. A panel of expert judges assessed the competitors using four equally-weighted criteria: innovation, impact, usability and stickiness factor. Audrey Bierly, AWS Developers across the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Wicomico mom, who asked for anonymity because she feared retaliation from the school, recalled the terror she felt when she got the phone call saying that her son’s school was going to have him assessed for a forced psychiatric hospitalization. When she arrived at the school, she said, her son was already in handcuffs.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 11, 2022

It is a journey to upgrade or replace traditional processes with more modern ones with the twin aims to cut costs and improve the efficiencies of all the processes in education, be it teaching, assessment, admissions or administration. Digital Publishing / April 9, 2019. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. You May Also Like.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I have been using it religiously since 2019 and I love it. It can severely undermine one's risk assessment skills and decision making abilities. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ). Any situation where there is dead time, audiobooks can fill it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Districts expressed interest in additional DreamBox products that address other pandemic-related problems, like its new predictive analytics tool, designed to assess student progress and learning loss in lieu of now-canceled standardized tests. Between 2016 and 2019, online tutoring services raised more than $1.2

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Technology Tidbits

JULY 16, 2019

Answer Pad - A fantastic Student Response System that lets educators seamlessly assess students, differentiate instruction, and turn their classroom paperless. Chronicle Cloud - A cutting edge all-in-one iOS app for teachers for taking notes, assessing students, providing feedback, and more.

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Differentiated Instruction Game-Based Learning Assessment Flipped Classroom 31

N2Y

MAY 20, 2021

Deaf‑blindness is rare; in fact, according to the 2019 National Deaf‑Blind Child Count , there are only about 11,000 children with the diagnosis who receive special education services in the United States. A functional behavioral assessment is sometimes needed to figure out what message is being communicated by the behavior.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

But now with mobile phones, tablets, and laptops being a part of school education, it is much easier to deliver STEM courses on these devices, making the courses more interactive, accessible and engaging. Related: 8 Trends in Education Technology That Will Have A Major Impact | 2019. Allows Students to Keep Up with Technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

To find out what that really looks like—and more importantly, if it works—the campus is also conducting a major study over the next year to assess active learning in the new building. Now, three training courses slated for in 2019.

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Learning Outcomes Training Study 86

The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Someone had to have a vision of what a “phone” could be, but when you look at mobile devices, this has led to other innovations. It trickles into how we do everything, whether that is assessment practices, leadership, professional learning, how we use technology, and so many other areas, but ultimately in teaching and learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2019

Karoline Jimenez track downs a student to persuade him to take the SAT in the 2019 documentary Personal Statement. Such views are hugely problematic for those of us hoping to improve economic mobility in the United States. Photo: Juliane Dressner. My father was proud of his work, but he did not want house painting to be my only option.

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Survey Report Course Outcomes 112

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Assessment Tools. Quizzes and assessments are an important part of education. Teachers must be able to review the assessments and provide feedback online. How about a cloud-based content platform to create-publish-distribute interactive mobile-ready ebooks. Education Technology / September 26, 2019. Download Now!

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eBook Education Gamification Course 56

Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Content can be represented in the form of videos, quizzes, self-assessments, Audio, and slideshows. Discover How An Ebook Conversion, Publishing & Distribution Platform Can Help You Kitaboo is a cloud-based content platform to create-publish & securely distribute interactive mobile-ready ebooks. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 30, 2023

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019-29), employment in STEM-related fields is projected to increase by 8% by 2029. Some of the things educators can do are: Provide the students with interactive eBooks from a STEM publishing site containing case studies as an assessment method.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

K-12 classrooms as a 1:1 mobile device. For more education technology events, check out our 2019 calendars: U.S. For more education technology events, check out our 2019 calendars: U.S. In 2019, there were 8,300 registered for the conference, slightly up from 2018 but significantly up from the 6,000 who attended in 2014.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

billion cut in funding for the education department, compared to a 10% decrease in 2019. Introduce eLearning Apps: Mobile apps have seen a surge in recent years. And with additional features like audio and video resources, different assessment techniques and other elements like a bookmark, search feature, page curl, etc.,

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Trends eBook Education Industry 97

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

BIHNER REGAINED FULL CUSTODY of Ryder and River, her now-1-year-old, in January 2019. By April 2019, Ryder was enrolled. The teachers measure children’s progress three times per year using the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment ( DECA ), a 38-question evaluation of children’s social and emotional skills. It’s a lot each day."

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Students can access various online assessments and activities that are created to improve their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. While assessing the situation and coming up with possible solutions to tackle the challenges, students could perhaps develop an interest in a particular field of study from a career perspective.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Annotate Using Google Classroom on Mobile (iOS or Android). Many users don’t know that there are some additional Google Classroom features that only work on mobile (for now at least). In the mobile version of Google Classroom, you can annotate on assignments, meaning you can draw, markup, create, etc.

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