Linways Technologies

MAY 14, 2020

Shajimon K John at the Discussion BarCamp hosted by Linways Technologies Pvt Ltd. Discuss Education BarCamp was organized by Linways Technologies Pvt. One of the discussions we had that could reshape the education system was based on implementing Autonomy- the future of Education. Affiliated and Autonomous.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2018

In his latest EdSurge column , Michael Horn laid out how Google Maps offers an aspirational metaphor for what the future of educational tools could look like. Yet there are several initiatives, some of which I’ve had the privilege of working on, that aim to support the educational data ecosystem necessary for learner navigation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2022, students in fourth and eighth grade had the largest decline in mathematics achievement since 1990. As hopeful as this scenario sounds, mathematics is a struggle for many learners.

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Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Setting up of accreditation systems and bodies at the national and international level to rank and recognize Universities and Institutions for meeting the minimum acceptable standards through inspection and assessment has taken top priority amongst the national policymakers as Education takes a center stage in today’s world.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Instructure , the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect , for $42.5 K-12 market for classroom assessment tools is expected to reach $1.7 Of that figure, about $12.3

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

In a recent presentation to the League of Innovative Schools Assessment working group, Erin and Eric shared the Cortex platform and described the academic growth and progress they have seen among their students since the platform’s implementation. The post An Expanded Definition of Student Success appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

As a bonus, these accelerated learning approaches give a lower priority to repetition or “skill-and-drill” uses of instructional technology. Here are five key take-aways they’ve learned so far on their quest: Designing with education equity in mind. But for Santa Fe, inclusion was key.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

EL Education K–5 Language Arts. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning. They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Reading with Relevance.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday. More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.).

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Empower is hardly the only education company that has had to adapt its wares to support shifting trends in data interoperability. As standards come and go, edtech developers are tasked with supporting new technical integrations demanded by school and district customers. Students can upload and view their evidence of learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

more and more schools recognize the importance of SEL curriculums —and with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) now allowing schools to choose a non-academic accountability measure —the question is being raised: Do we need to measure these competencies, and if so, how the heck do we do it? So what’s a whole child educator to do?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Single subjects and rote tasks are easy to plan and assess, but quickly lose their appeal if you don’t connect with the narrow content or see being successful in school as the primary reason for learning. We’ve also doubled down on siloed and basic skills instead of creating opportunities to see learning as connected and authentic.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

You know that old interview question: What would change in education if you had a magic wand? An increasing number of schools —including charter and traditional public schools—are making a similar move to ditch traditional grades in favor of a more robust approach to assessing students’ skills. They just make sense.”.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

Education is changing, things are in flux, and there is uncertainty. In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). The Value of Common Standards in OER.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. The technologies are often purchased separately as well. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I modeled my classroom after the classrooms in the high school I attended—rows of desks, the teacher at the front of the room, nightly homework, and regular assessments. Eight years later, I was back in high school again, this time as a math teacher.

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Academic Standards Training Course Assessment 143

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. It’s no wonder that only 58% of teachers are comfortable using technology in class.

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EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 153

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

One recent whitepaper linked the practice to preparing kids for the long road of schooling ahead , in which progress is measured through standardized testing starting in third grade. Across the country, kindergarteners are pressured to meet academic standards that both teachers and experts say many kids are developmentally not ready for.

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Meeting Academic Standards Classroom Assessment 218

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

How Technology Should Have Already Changed Your Teaching. A little bit of technology doesn’t change much. Tacked-on learning technology can do this. But deep integration of technology–real at-the-marrow fusion of learning model, curriculum, and #edtech? With technology, the name of the game is publishing.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

It explicitly acknowledges the importance of mindset and the fundamentally interpersonal project of education, in which knowledge is developed through a series of trusting relationships between teachers, students and peers.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

(October 22, 2018) - To fulfill its promise to provide collaborative solutions to educators, , the leading K-12 Education Intelligence Platform (EIP), announces that its suite of personalized learning solutions is IMS Global Standards certified. SchoolCity’s OpenSalt v1, Popcorn v0.1, and Suites v4.1, and 6+ have all earned.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). Department of Education spearheaded the #GoOpen movement, a collection of efforts to spur educators, publishers and technologists to make OER more available and easily accessible. Last year, the U.S.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2017

In an economy that is moving rapidly in the direction of more independent workers executing high-level projects for a variety of employers, navigating an ever-changing ecosystem of new technologies will be a fundamental skill for workers. Rapidly emerging technologies. Students need access to tools that work. Static state budgets.

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EdTech Accessibility Future Ready Academic Standards 60

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

The goals of No Child Left Behind were the right goals: Making a promise to educate every child with an excellent teacher -- that’s the right thing to do, that’s the right goal. Higher standards are right. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. Accountability is right,” Obama said. Testing and Accountability.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 10, 2021

What would the opposite of the industrial learning model–the existing vision of most public education systems worldwide in the 21st century–look like? ’ The big idea of this post is using nature as a standard for learning, but it also then functions in juxtaposition to our existing model. assessment and data.

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Learning Industry Academic Standards Assessment 129

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.

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Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 77

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

At some point in your child’s education journey, you’re going to feel the need for tutoring. The internet and the rapid technological improvement are making the world a little bit smaller and are eliminating barriers to learning. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

McGraw-Hill Education’s recent selection of Knovation’s curated open education content is a signal that publishers and ed-tech providers are jockeying to find ways to take advantage of open education resources. “We can have a bigger impact through this partnership approach than singularly going to schools.”

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , “Digital Curriculum Development: The Missing Time-Saving Link,” Daniel Ralyea, Director of the Office of Research and Data Analysis at the South Carolina Department of Education, and Mark T. What’s out in the digital education realm now that shows promise for future enhancements? What’s Out There Now.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

It’s unfair these students – about 98,000 across the state with conditions ranging from dyslexia to severe cognitive impairments – are entering society unprepared, said former Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit, a longtime supporter of the Common Core standards. Reframing expectations. But we do.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Our son’s education was a waste. Higher Education.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services. Education companies have been hit, too.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The model also helped students and educators weather the pandemic’s ups and downs more easily than other districts in the country. For years, Lindsay has experimented with competency-based education, a more personalized approach to education that involves letting kids learn on computers for at least part of the day.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 131

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Especially for education companies, it requires careful considerations around factors such as your company culture, infrastructure, processes, hiring procedures and customer interactions. It proved useful in finding teachers to help develop our lesson plans, assessments and professional development. This alone can be a huge motivator.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

Tracking features in integrated SIS and LMS platform enable educators to plan and modify curriculum and instruction in real time. The tool supports the growing trend toward standards-based grading in schools and districts across the country. Alma’s Standards Tracker was designed based on the standards-based grading model.

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