EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

The key strategy to get to this level of understanding involves a tried-and-true instructional practice: formative assessments and feedback. So what are some main characteristics of these assessment practices? Students learn to set goals, self-assess, monitor their progress over time. Educator Strategies: .

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Strategy EdTech Resources Assessment 110

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Mónica Ruiz, principal at Montgomery Elementary in Chula Vista, CA. The following year, Ruiz did the same.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 121

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

An adaptive teacher is able to recognize and respond to the different needs and backgrounds of their students, adjusting their approach to maximize learning for all. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Madda et al., Leijten, P.,

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2017

Since his days as an elementary student in Texas, Richard Collins has loved history. Istation , Collins is intent on sparking that same love of learning in new generations of students, while creating opportunities for them to succeed in school and, by extension, life. Every child is different and they all learn different ways.

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Assessment Data Elementary System 97

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification. Plus, the available content was designed around how much time I’d spend teaching it versus what I actually needed to get students adept at learning the topic at hand. Kiddom's Planner.

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Khan Academy Assessment Differentiated Instruction EdTech 60

edWeb.net

JULY 24, 2018

Using the CISD framework as an example, the presenters discussed six key phases for developing buy-in and creating a successful data-oriented learning system. What assessments do they use now? Although some training can be done in large groups, most should be small group work, possibly even one-on-one.

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Data Learning Education Assessment 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Education rewards patience, and one investor group has re-upped its coffers. He also believes the market is also moving towards tools that bundle assessment and content, rather than being offered as separate products. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. funding) Can Investors Make Money and Do Good in Education?

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EdTech lynda.com Education Company 60

Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

I did not take into account my future role as a parent nor did I take into account the possibility of ever being on the board for an elementary school or becoming so fully enamored with elementary education. She scores much lower on online exams than in person assessments.

Technology 51

Technology Blended Learning Elementary Assessment 51

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Prodigy Math: Kids Game Prodigy Math is ideal for elementary and middle school students, blending curriculum-aligned math content with captivating, role-playing game (RPG) elements. As students journey through a mystical world, solving math problems becomes key to advancing in the game, thus seamlessly integrating learning with play.

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iPad Khan Academy Exercises Elementary 62

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom.

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 53

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Amplify Fractions covers math standards in grades 3–6 and uses adaptive learning, interactive storytelling, and a personalized digital tutor to help students conquer fractions. This remarkable functionality makes an array of assessment types possible – including spelling tests, short answers, fill-in-the-blank, and more.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A study by the NPD Group released this week finds that 91% of kids ages 2 to 17 play games.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Brainscape

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To us “big kids”, the stuff taught in kindergarten couldn’t seem more elementary in nature: ABC’s, recognizing numbers and shapes, the colors of the rainbow, etc … But to little kids, this first year of formal schooling is a huge learning curve that goes well beyond the curriculum.

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Comparison Adaptive Learning Examples Elementary 52

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 70

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Chattanooga Christian School in Tennessee is piloting five Echo Dot Kids Edition devices in elementary and high school classes. They're working with Alexa Skill Blueprints to create new assessments and letting kids ask for word definitions or simply to play soothing background music.

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Trends Smartphone Video Google 155

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 17, 2019

. - Eric Sheninger I remember back in 2012 when we began to implement blended learning strategies at my former high school. At the time the flipped approach was all the rage and best suited for the resources we had and the age group of our kids. Herein lies the impetus of the work at Wells Elementary schoo l the past two years.

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Blended Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Advocacy 411

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. Lessons learned in 2022: Educators are eager to support student mental health.

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EdTech Industry Assessment Data 135

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. ” Right-wing troll Ann Coulter pulled out of her talk at UC Berkeley , because “because she had lost the backing of conservative groups that had initially sponsored her appearance.” ” Oh.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., PowerSchool has acquired the LMS Haiku Learning for an undisclosed sum. ” Ugh. public schools.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 48