Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Each targeted quest curates a collection of third-party apps, webtools, videos, games, and other resources that focus on particular math or reading skills identified by the teacher or from the student’s earlier work as an area of academic need. This can be incorporated into Google Classroom or another LMS that you use.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Courtesy of Santa Fe Public Schools Everywhere you look, it seems, people are talking about “learning loss,” or how much students haven’t learned during the tumult of the past two years. It’s not about memorizing everything you should have learned, it’s about moving you forward so you pick things up along the way.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Today, students are blessed with interactive platforms, personalized education, online learning, and educational software that have been designed to enhance the learning experience.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 3, 2018

Why Learning Innovation Can’t Come From Teachers Alone by Terry Heick A few years ago, the late Grant Wiggins, a learning expert who inspired me since my first year in the classroom, wrote about the intersection of academic standards and creativity.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

Written by a range of practitioners — from classroom teachers to district leaders to African American Studies professors to philosophers — these commentaries each dissect the cases differently, introducing new solutions and new ways to consider what is “right.”. The post Ethics in the Classroom appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

After more than two decades in the classroom, supporting students facing intense challenges in their home lives and trying to keep up with the unrealistic expectations set by administrators, I’ve finally hit my breaking point and all the compassion I have for my students and my dedication to the field may not be enough to help me recover.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Understanding the Online Learning Environment Embracing the online learning landscape is the first step toward your academic success. Prospective students should prepare to adapt to a virtual classroom setting, where interactions happen through screens and learning materials are predominantly digital.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 6, 2021

How can K-8 teachers integrate computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) into classrooms? We hope teachers find these examples to be relevant and useful tools to integrate CS/CT lessons and to replicate and adapt these lessons for their classrooms. Have you integrated CS/CT in your classroom?

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Hapara

DECEMBER 4, 2023

They need to learn how to protect themselves online, respect others, have a healthy relationship with devices and think critically online. They need practice with these skills to learn how to think critically. By scheduling guided browsing sessions ahead of time, students will stay on track, which means learning time won’t be lost.

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The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 20, 2020

I arrive in my classroom every morning at around 7:20 am, 40 minutes before my students trickle in. I came into the profession hoping to see more of “me” in those computer science classes and so much of it started from my misconceptions about the math I learned long before that. behind my desk.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2021

It found that in fourth through seventh grade, graduates of the Georgia pre-k program were one and half to two times more likely to meet the state’s academic standards on math tests than their peers who did not attend public pre-K. The program at that time was less academically ambitious but more comprehensive, said Neuharth-Pritchett.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Many say they feel less effective when they’re stressed , which research shows can negatively impact the quality of their instruction, classroom management and relationships with students suffer. To do so, we can learn from other industries. But there is a wise lesson to be learned from this. Not right-sized.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This was a classroom full of climate refugees, and many of them said, ‘Oh, it hasn’t affected my life yet. And so of course I wondered, if they moved here, what would he learn about climate change? So I think it’s safe to assume you didn’t find the most promising results about what kids are learning about climate change.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

. — On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

I know he can learn and do the math, but his struggles with attention and staying focused, along with the structure of school, make it really hard for him and others who share his challenges to find the success they deserve. Trapped between the schedule of the day and his own brain, he was going to fail.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Other initiatives, however, have come from top-down reform efforts, such as the creation and implementation of academic standards and associated testing regimes that emerged from the accountability movement. As mentioned, education is an extremely complex affair requiring more than just skilled classroom teachers to succeed.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 20, 2021) —Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) today launched a new multiyear partnership with Discovery Education that helps educators connect current classroom instruction to students’ possible future career paths.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

It makes learning organic, part of life rather than something that must happen from a certain book or room. The problem is trying to blend them effortlessly into a class LMS or learning platform without lots of extra clicks and logins. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I still remember the first time a student refused to step into my classroom. We were a few weeks into my first year teaching kindergarten and I had begun to think of my classroom as a warm and inviting space. I never imagined those same worksheets would become what made Truman dread the classroom so much.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

To help accomplish their vision – that every students get not just to but through college – Brooklyn Lab leverages Cortex, a digital learning platform where student data and work can be accessed by students, teachers, parents, and administrators alike. Mastery of Rigorous Standards. Positive Youth Development.

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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. After I had a few years under my belt, I began collaborating with colleagues to incorporate more projects into my classroom. Of course, I can’t go back.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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eSpark

MAY 2, 2016

The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. Luckily, the vast majority of successful project based learning activities share a set of key characteristics that educators can replicate in the classroom and across a district. 3) Authenticity.

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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. It was a pleasant surprise when she learned about the brewing partnership between the startup and the nonprofit. “We

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Online education, which has almost become synonymous with distance-learning, is a serious alternative to traditional education, not only in the US but also in other countries around the world. Quality is not as good as that of daytime or classroom education. As per a recent survey , 5.8 8 Myths about online education debunked.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

As the new school year begins, elementary school teachers are now able to access a new, free online artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to strengthen their math instruction and help students learn at higher levels.

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PlagiarismCheck

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The tool supports checking documents in over 15 languages and integrates with popular learning management systems such as Moodle, Canvas and Google Classroom. It enhances their reputation and underscores their commitment to maintaining high academic standards. Institutions also benefit from promoting authentic work.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Rather, investments in education—both public and private—made at the local, state and national level have been spread across a range of activities committed to making the “line teacher” more effective at delivering learning to their “customers” (students). But the success of such improvement efforts have proven elusive.

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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. OneRoster ® Allows for the secure use of roster info by teaching and learning systems. ?

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N2Y

MARCH 6, 2020

n2y was founded on the belief that everyone can learn. Before many states adopted extended (accessible) educational standards for students with unique needs, we began developing differentiated materials to provide students with the ability to learn skills, demonstrate knowledge and raise the bar for educational expectations.

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eSpark

APRIL 14, 2022

Student engagement—participating in lively class discussions, investing time and energy into their academic work, and applying what they learn in school to the world outside the classroom—increases when educators value social-emotional well-being, according to 81% of teachers. What does student engagement look like? Interaction.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Social-emotional learning is a growing need for schools across the United States. Keep reading to learn about 3-must haves for any social-emotional learning solution that will build a student wellness program that hits goals and truly grabs students’ attention. 1 Social-Emotional Learning Must be Relatable for Students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively.

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Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 121

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

Kahoot is best known for its digital quiz tools that can turn the classroom or corporate office into a raucous quiz show. The program includes tablets and apps, along with print workbooks, lesson plans and physical manipulatives aligned to national academic standards. But there is no question about how it plans to grow.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

A Project-Based Learning Spectrum: 25 Questions To Guide Your PBL Planning. I’ve been talking with a friend recently about project-based learning, which is leading to a TeachThought Project-Based Learning framework hopefully sometime next week. (Or A Project-Based Learning Spectrum: 25 Questions To Guide Your PBL Planning.

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