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How to use alternative assessments in the classroom

eSchool News

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day! Of course, standards don’t exactly work like that.

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Improving the Odds: A New Study to Improve Undergrad Math Results

Digital Promise

The post Improving the Odds: A New Study to Improve Undergrad Math Results appeared first on Digital Promise

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TCEA 2023: 4 Major EdTech Themes Emerge for Upcoming San Antonio Convention

EdTech Magazine

Whether you are a novice or an expert, the 2023 TCEA Convention & Exposition will offer attendees their pick of hundreds of sessions focused on the intersection of education and technology. With the theme of “Passionate Educators. Limitless Possibilities,” the four-day event begins Monday, Jan.

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7 Online Resources to Teach About Vehicles

Ask a Tech Teacher

Do your first graders love vehicles? Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to teach about them: Build a car–abcya Design your very own vehicle with ABCya’s Create a Car! Choose from cars, trucks, buses, and even construction vehicles.

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How to Apply the Concepts of Neuroscience to Create a Thriving Learning Culture

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Founder and Chief Freedom Officer at LearningToGo

In this webinar, Margie Meacham, CEO of Learningtogo and a neuroscience expert, will show you how to create a training program that promotes psychological safety and uses neuroscience to create a workplace culture where people flourish, connect, and perform at their best.

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AI, Instructional Design, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

2022 saw some significant advancements in artificial intelligence. My threshold for “significant” here being that the advances moved out of labs and arXiv.org preprints and into tools that many people were using and talking about.

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PROOF POINTS: One expert on what students do wrong

The Hechinger Report

University of Virginia psychologist Daniel Willingham Credit: Adam Mohr for Simon & Schuster Daniel Willingham is a University of Virginia psychologist who frequently engages in pop culture battles armed with academic research.

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Helping Kids Find Their Way in Word Problems

MiddleWeb

After trying without success to teach students how to decode word problems, Michelle Russell turned to research. A math journal article pointed to an ELA strategy: visualizing, retelling, making connections, and asking questions. Learn about her promising first experiment.

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TCEA 2023 Live from San Antonio

EdTech Magazine

Follow EdTech’s TCEA event coverage from Jan. 30–Feb.

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Best Lessons and Activities for Teaching Black History Month

techlearning

Black history is American history

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OPINION: What do early child care workers need? Better pay, more respect and a few good men

The Hechinger Report

In an ideal world, early childhood education advocates wouldn’t need strategies for building respect for the profession. We wouldn’t need to develop arguments for why pre-K educators deserve better pay and working conditions — the country would just accept this as fact and make it happen.

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The Guide to Accessible Learning for Associations

Speaker: Dan Streeter, Vice President of Learning Strategy & Development at Blue Sky eLearn

In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll share real-world accessibility solutions and hidden tools in the applications you use every day such as Zoom, Microsoft Suite, Adobe Acrobat (PDF), Articulate Storyline 360, and Articulate Rise 360. This webinar will help you evaluate the accessibility of your current learning efforts and learn about the tools needed to ensure your eLearning is in alignment with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (proposed WCAG 2.2).

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Are Relationships the Key to Solving America’s School Absenteeism Crisis?

Edsurge

The number of students who’ve gone missing from the classroom has only climbed since the pandemic. These days, 16 million students may be “chronically absent,” according to Hedy Chang, executive director of the nonprofit Attendance Works.

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Creating Choice Boards with Book Creator

Shake Up Learning

The post Creating Choice Boards with Book Creator appeared first on Shake Up Learning. I’ve been learning how to use Book Creator …and LOVING it! More specifically, I am experimenting with ways Book Creator can be used to create and implement choice boards in the classroom.

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How to use alternative assessments in the classroom

eSchool News

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day! Of course, standards don’t exactly work like that.

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3 Tips to Advocate for Teachers

techlearning

Here are simple ways to support your teachers when they feel attacked by the small percentage of critics who carry the loudest megaphones

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Increasing Equity and Access: A Canvas Case Study of Virtual Arkansas K-12

Virtual Arkansas, a fully online school, had a mission to provide high-quality courses in rural and urban areas throughout the state. How would they simplify content creation while enhancing learning? Discover 3 key insights to transform your classrooms.

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Is now a good time for a reset?

eSchool News

At this time of year, I hear a common refrain from school leaders I know: 1) This work is challenging, 2) We have a plan for student success, and yet 3) There is a lot more we need in order to deliver on our promise of a high-quality, equitable education for every student.

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Assistive Technology Projects Featured!

Cycles of Learning

I have written in the past about the Assistive Technology projects my engineering students have created usingthe MakeyMakey as the primary electronics interface and Instructables as the medium for public display.

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248: Does your network shape your mindset?

The Thinking Stick

How do you build a network of learners and how does that network in turn shape you as a learner? On the podcast this week, Drea Weiner answers that question (and many others).

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K-12 Dealmaking: Schola Raises $10M Series A; SEL Provider 7 Acquires BASE Education

Marketplace K-12

The funding will be used to help Phoenix-based Schola hire additional employees and add capabilities to its school choice online marketplace. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Schola Raises $10M Series A; SEL Provider 7 Acquires BASE Education appeared first on Market Brief.

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Unlock the Power of Formative Assessment

Learn how a thoughtful formative assessment approach can help teachers understand where students are in their learning, inform instruction, and in turn, positively impact student learning outcomes. Get the guide today!