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15 Edtech items to include in your back-to-school checklist for teachers

Neo LMS

Having a welcome section that introduces your class will motivate them to access the content you have prepared. In this section, you can include a link to the calendar to access all the activities you have planned for the semester. Competency-based learning helps you track student progress and identify learning gaps.

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. And then all the content and the videos and the images and links, they’re all in one spot for the kids to access. It’s drag and drop.

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What a Summer Prototype Taught Us About Measuring Quality in an Unbundled Education System

Edsurge

A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems. Denver Public Library Dev Camp : a week-long summer camp where young adults learn the basics of web development, including HTML and CSS, as well as an introduction to JavaScript. .

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Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

Edsurge

Beyond a library of PowerPoint slides, my mathematics curriculum evolved into a patchwork of in-house and free online resources following a scope and sequence specifically tailored to meet my students’ needs. They could easily access a library of lessons and assessments I’d created from scratch, or use.

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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

Edsurge

Understanding the school’s learning management system (LMS). Show parents how kids can access assignments or notes they may have missed or watch screencasts you have created. It’s not just a library anymore; many parents will and should be amazed at the scholarly materials available to their kids. Navigating the media center.

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Can Personalized Learning Be Scaled to Ease Teacher Burdens and Close Achievement Gaps?

Edsurge

EdSurge: How can curriculum providers help schools address teacher burnout and reduce gaps in student learning? Smith: The modern classroom sits at the intersection of blended learning, competency-based learning and personalized learning. And the last thing is the automation of teacher workflow.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

Edsurge

If students missed class or needed additional help, they could go to my website and access the day’s lesson as well as videos and digital exercises from YouTube and Khan Academy. Abbas Manjee's standards-based Algebra 1 scope and sequence. Full size image here. As my students submitted work, I tracked everything in my gradebook.

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