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Today’s Innovations are Tomorrow’s Practices: Adapting Learning to Meet Students

Digital Promise

During the pandemic, many districts reported that family engagement in IEP meetings increased dramatically, because the virtual platforms provided flexibility and opportunities to share in more depth on student progress and support. Jean Tower, Director of Media and Digital Learning at Needham Public Schools, Massachusetts.

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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

Neo LMS

Instead of a one-size-fits-all curriculum, a personalized learning environment emphasizes: Each student’s skills and interests . Students’ individual learning goals. Flexible teaching strategies and adaptive learning. Personalized learning puts students at the center of the educational experience.

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New Report Sheds Light on Higher Ed’s Innovation Challenges

Edsurge

A new report surveying academic administrators released Wednesday by the Online Learning Consortium and Learning House sheds some insight on innovation challenges at higher education institutions. Jill Buban, OLC’s senior director of research and innovation, views that finding as one of the most shocking from the report.

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What Does a School Need to Enable Learning Based on Student Competency?

MindShift

A CompetencyWorks report, “Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts,” looks at ways that the movement for personalization dovetails with blended learning and competency-based learning to achieve a more student-centered approach to school.

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

Edsurge

Now, in addition to importing data from IXL, Khan Academy, and an adaptive learning program called Carnegie Learning , I had to transfer the achievement data from my gradebook into another system. Beautiful, actionable reports help students, teachers, parents, and administrators monitor progress and take action.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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