Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

In the interest of helping other companies and school districts enable extraordinary teaching and learning at scale, we’ve highlighted the three main findings—and some solutions—that have come from these conversations: 1. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 161

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

Even the transparency and apparent relevance of a classroom activity factor into the “value” of a learning experience as much as how cleanly that activity aligns with an academic standard. This all emphasizes the value of uncertainty in learning. The Tone of Learning. Uncertainty.

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Academic Standards Assessment Social Media Data 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 21, 2021

The big idea of combination learning is shifting the focus from content to the process of learning. Combination Learning allows teachers and students to work together to ‘mash’ bits and pieces of learning to design entirely unique and personalized learning scenarios. Need to Know Sources (reasons to learn).

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Learning Analysis Strategy Academic Standards 133

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Anyone interested in improving schooling through digital tools has to distinguish between what the media hypes and what policies are actually adopted. There’s a difference between the promises of “personalized learning” and the policies that school leaders enact.

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Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 85

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

This could also be accomplished through adaptive learning software, smart apps, and a blended approach to learning that mixes precise decoding instruction driven by personal learning algorithms, mixed with “human” teaching of the art and science of media design.

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Maker Movement Academic Standards Education Elementary 40