Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

Studies now find that performance assessments “can more authentically evaluate candidates’ readiness for teaching” while lowering the “barriers to entry,” particularly for teachers of color who are in high demand. Performance assessments like the edTPA have been found to predict teaching effectiveness.

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Policies Assessment Training Professional Learning 120

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2018

In addition to their daily task of educating students, teachers must also continue to learn. In efforts to make time-mandated and compliance-based professional learning efficient, technology offers microcredentialing as a vehicle for educators to pursue personal growth. Reinforce the Need for Digital Expertise.

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Digital Badges Education EdTech System 238

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). Losing access to social media might be all it takes for students to follow the rules. This personalizes learning without the voluminous extra time that most teachers associate with it.

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Online Learning Social Media Learning LMS 310

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Even in the face of current challenges, many schools and districts are using this moment to design new approaches that will shape learning far into the future. As 2021 kicks off and we set our resolutions for the new year, we pledge our organizations’ continued efforts to respond to educators’ professional learning needs.

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Analysis Education Digital Divide Policies 197

Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. Lessons Learned. Our pilot helped us learn a number of lessons which will assist us as we move forward. Create More!

Future Ready 207

Future Ready Maker Movement Libraries Advocacy 207

Edthena

MARCH 30, 2021

Micro-credentials are an emerging method for helping teachers document their professional learning. They offer districts an innovative way to document teachers’ skills while allowing the teachers to share their progress with others via a digital badge. Now these barriers are eliminated.

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Digital Badges Professional Learning Assessment Video 52

edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2018

Meanwhile, Edulastic provides an easy way to create formative assessments and analyze data. Have students send in a kind of KWL chart (know, want to know, learned) in any subject. Organize files efficiently—any documents, pictures, or videos sent through the app will automatically save into a folder.

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Assessment Tools Classroom Data 40

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

These include a resistance to relinquishing control to learners, attachment to grades and assessment and lack of accessibility to the required technology, explains Blaschke. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING RESOURCE Explore SEL strategies that will help you create a more positive and equitable school and district culture.

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Learning Study Social Media Strategy 157

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Assessment. Research reveals that students ubiquitously perceive assessment as something that is “done to them [sic] by someone else — and is out of their control.” — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. Micro-credentials can serve as a scaffolded approach to personalizing professional learning for educators.

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Policies Personalized Learning Assessment Professional Learning 177

The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

(This is the second of two parts on professional learning. Connected Learning. We not only have access to all of the information in our world today, but we have access to one another. This has a major impact in our learning today. You can read the first part here. We need to do less, better.

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Professional Learning Edcamps Learning Assessment 28

EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2019

Do you want to add your Bitmoji to a document in Drive? The Chrome Web Store has thousands of extensions that help accessibility, efficiency, and creation. Students can create, edit and publish videos, images, documents, projects and more. Kate’s passions in education are Genius Hour and Alternative Assessments.

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Chromebook Classroom Google Software 94

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

They include features specifically designed to help teachers seamlessly shift between in-person and remote learning, easily identify both learning gaps and the critical content from the previous grade to close them, as well as increase student engagement with immersive activities and simplified access to their digital content.

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Learning Assessment Pearson Student Engagement 59

Tom Murray

APRIL 22, 2016

First released in 1996 and updated every five years since, the NETP is the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. The plan, which can be accessed in multiple formats, includes the following components: (1) Introduction , (2) Learning , (3) Teaching , (4) Leadership , (5) Assessment , and (6) Infrastructure.

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Future Ready Technology Equity of Access Education 100

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2017

The school day has just ended, there are three different assessments that need to be graded (×30.), It can be simply a place to house important documents and resources for learners, or it can be a tool that facilitates assessment and feedback. The program provides varied accessibility for one’s needs. Probably not.

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Assessment Social Media Analysis Tools 119

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Frontline Human Capital Analytics , a recent addition to the HCM portfolio, added new data, analytics, and insights that provide quick views into key Absence, Recruiting and Hiring, Professional Learning Management and Central solution metrics, while providing more detail through drill-down capabilities.

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Software Education Data Report 52

Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. Teaching Resources.

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Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 96

edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

The student data covered by FERPA includes any files, documents, or records in other formats that contain information directly related to a student. Other systems include a Learning Object Repository for curriculum content and resources, as well as a collection of productivity tools used for collaboration, presentations, and other purposes.

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Data Student Data Privacy Software Internet Safety 97

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

This includes typical LMS (Learning Management Systems) functions like homework, classwork, schedules, quizzes, resources, and gradebooks so stakeholders–teachers and students–can access them from any location and any digital device. What no one argues is that it works better with Office documents.

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Moodle Google Classroom LMS 155

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

Brehm pointed out that at a macro level, the K-12 data ecosystem usually includes information on instructional activities, student characteristics, and academic performance, as well as assessment results across a variety of subject areas. Erin Hommeland has a deep background in edtech and 10 years of classroom teaching experience.

Data 53

Data Education Report Professional Learning 53

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The positive impact of face-to-face tutoring has been documented by many studies. J-PAL North America examined 96 RCT studies that measured the efficacy of face-to-face tutoring, and across the board, they found that high-quality tutoring programs improve learning outcomes. Is there proof of the efficacy of face-to-face tutoring?

Learning 85

Learning Outcomes Data Study 85

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Document Comments in the Grading Tool. 3 Document Comments in the Grading Tool. When you assess student work through Google Classroom, you can leave document comments and private comments in the Google Classroom grading tool. The comment bank is tied to your Google Account, so you can access it from any computer.

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Google Classroom Tools Assessment 101

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

And then sharing it with people meant handing over a document or a PDF at best.”. Stakeholders should assess their digital beliefs to see where they stand, and also consider tech affordability and accessibility with regard to digitization. Will the system provide access to evidence-based resources? What’s Out There Now.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

He says that in doing that, we need to define outcomes, measure access, measure use, and examine the relationship between access, use, and outcomes. When looking at the impact of 1:1 access on education, Damian then shows the ration of students to computer over time. Access shifted from shared access (i.e.

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Data Outcomes Assessment Accessibility 60

Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Upload all learning materials into one digital spot While Heather’s French learners added all of their content into Google Drive, as the Innovation Coach, she and her educators upgraded to Hāpara Workspace. This technology gave them one spot to upload all learning materials for a single lesson or project. Give feedback (lots of it!)

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Strategy Technology How To Robotics 282

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Abolishing the routine of announced observations, having teachers provide artifacts of evidence to show the bigger picture since you can never see all that is done in a single observation, and prioritizing the collection assessments over lesson plans can also be effective.

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Personal Learning Network Strategy Conference Assessment 499

techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

- Award-Winning Digital Services and Professional Learning to Support the Development of Life-Long Learners- Silver Spring, Md. This unique combination of rich digital content and professional learning will drive HCS’s efforts to help all students become life-long learners.

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STEM Future Ready Professional Learning Social Media 40

The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 20, 2013

ASCD is offering what they call “high-impact, in-depth professional development resources” at no cost. These offerings let educators take professional learning into their hands by selecting desired areas for growth and immersing themselves in targeted learning at their own pace. Nothing better than Free!

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Resources Common Core Policies Advocacy 84

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

This is a serious opportunity to lead and to address issues of access and equity. We organize resources for intellectual and physical access and equity and our efforts are portable, collaborative, embeddable, easy to access, customized for their audience and optimized for all platforms. Facilitates Professional Learning.

OER 46

OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

In the latest phase of AISD’s relationship with Discovery Education, the district will soon begin implementing Discovery Education’s Digital Leader Corp professional learning system in all four middle schools. The whole team at Discovery Education is ready to begin this important education initiative.”

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Social Media Professional Learning Education STEM 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

As a proud K-6 teacher of more than 25 years in the New South Wales public school system I have taught in both the pre- and post-professional standards eras. Other country briefs can be accessed free by scrolling to the bottom of this page. ). learn from Australia’s high bar for new teachers? Related: Can the U.S.

Professional Learning 65

Professional Learning Training Study Report 65

Graphite Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

" As you start to plan your professional learning for the summer, take a look at this recommended reading list from the Common Sense Education team. Her writing is accessible and her recommendations offer parents actionable ideas for managing family media use. Not too much. Mostly with others.” The New Childhood.

Digital Citizenship 75

Digital Citizenship Social Media Analysis Case Study 75

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Appropriate accommodations, especially in the upper grade levels, could include more time on tests and assignments and access to audiobooks, speech to text, scribes, and notes. Tracy has training in Structured Word Inquiry, the Orton-Gillingham approach, Lindamood-Bell programs, Read Naturally and a variety of reading and writing assessments.

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Training Conference Study Course 62

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

One of the most impactful professional learning experiences that I have ever experienced took place at the Central Texas Writing Project Summer Institute. Kasey’s Dynamic Learning Experience Planning Document should help! Kasey walks listeners through the six steps on this document. [30:04] Genius Hour.

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Technology How To Google Study 70

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Join the Community.

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E-rate EdTech Broadband Digital Divide 42

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Students can access a variety of digital assets including images, primary source documents, podcasts, oral interviews, books on tape, articles, videos, and more, and are empowered to become content creators with a suite of content creation tools that help teachers and students safely and easily collaborate in real-time on virtual projects.

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STEM Social Media Differentiated Instruction Education 40