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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

Edsurge

Our team has interviewed and observed hundreds of teachers from across the country to learn where technology is falling short in their classrooms and where teachers need additional support to take their instructional practice to the next level. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. An enthusiastic teacher who has mastered pedagogy, content, and reinforcement schedules and is passionate about student learning and success is the only true silver bullet.

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

edWeb.net

Professional development defined as one-hit wonders with hour-long speaker presentations and all-day workshops leaves teachers unequipped to implement best practices and personalized learning opportunities for their students. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by 2gnoMe. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Join the Community.

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Illuminate Education’s SchoolCity Product Suite Improves Efficiency with Certification from IMS Global Learning Consortium

techlearning

(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.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

There’s also little evidence that personalized learning improves student learning, in part because so many different approaches are used. After unsuccessfully approaching several major internet companies, the district decided to take matters into its own hands. Related: Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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The End of the Promise of Personalized Learning?

EdNews Daily

In other words, the benefits of target marketing, also known as profiling-and-pushing-messages for helpful learning programs for users could be enormous. Saving Personalized Learning. Anonymized means targeters do not see names but can message/advertise to specific groups of users based on educational interests or needs.