Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 30, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Students direct their learning with a unique space-themed avatar (called a ‘mathling’) that identifies their work and keeps them engaged.

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Learning Analytics Common Core Digital Citizenship Android 195

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

From Common Core to the SAT, the call for accountability is moving away from the drivers of the past two decades as we look to reflect the more holistic attributes of student development and grapple with the adverse impact of high-stakes testing. Moving the Needle on K-12 Accessibility. Learning Science in Action.

Trends 70

Trends UDL Common Core Learning Analytics 70

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The company creates a curriculum and lesson plans around each game and offers learning analytics, showing how games are being used. Another 100 schools have purchased blanket subscriptions, which cost schools $1,200 per year, for access to all 50 games on the platform. You wouldn’t need to know the games.

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Microsoft Company Common Core Learning Analytics 97

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. They really become learners and ready for the process of learning.”.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As concerns about “fake news” make clear, Silicon Valley’s influence also extends to how we access information and build knowledge; it extends to the stories we hear and share. The Common Core State Standards. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Business of Ed-tech.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. “ Online tutoring by students raises access fears,” says the Times Higher Education. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. – this time in science. “How Hard Is the New SAT ?”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52