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8 LMS features that support student autonomy in the classroom and beyond

Neo LMS

One of the most popular tools that achieve this goal is the learning management system (LMS). Learn how your school LMS can empower students and help them become efficient autonomous learners. . There are myriad ways to promote student autonomy in the classroom and beyond, especially if you use an LMS. Flipped classes.

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Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

All these resources are freely accessible from the Natural History Museum of Utah. Sign up for Research Quest Easy Access to Engaging Science Projects When you sign up for a free teacher account, you'll receive a special code that allows your students to dive into these investigations without needing their own accounts.

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Blackboard to Sell Open LMS Product for $31.7 Million

Edsurge

-based provider of learning management software for K-12, higher ed, government and businesses, has agreed to sell its Open LMS business to Learning Technologies Group, or LTG, a London-based conglomerate of workplace learning software services. As part of the deal, LTG will resell Blackboard products integrated with Open LMS.

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PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Pairing Major K-12 LMS and SIS Providers

Edsurge

Since 2015, PowerSchool has acquired eight companies. Through these deals, the company has expanded its product suite beyond its original K-12 student information system offering to assessment, enrollment, special education and talent management services. K-12 LMS market share in U.S. and Canada. and Canada. and Canada.

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Meet TARA: Your New Teacher Headquarters

The CoolCatTeacher

Also, data is teacher-entered and does not access existing SIS or LMS data so sensitive student privacy data is protected. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. TARA is easy to set up with Google or Clever sign-on.

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There Is a Heightened Awareness Around Student Data Privacy. Here’s What Schools Are Doing About It

Digital Promise

Private equity firm is amassing companies that collect data on America’s children. An example would be a learning management system (LMS) that is connected to the student information system (SIS) for real-time student rostering. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to ‘Crack Down’ on Ed Tech, Student Data Privacy. 1232g, et seq.

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Troubleshooting the Flipped Classroom: Dealing with Unprepared Students

Catlin Tucker

It’s akin to a parent asking their child to clean their room before company comes over, but when the child doesn’t do it, the parent cleans the room for them. Teachers should use a Google Form in quiz mode or build a quick check for understanding in their learning management system (LMS). I caution teachers not to do this.