EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“There are many kinds of assessments that educators use in the classroom—what makes them ‘formative’ is when the information from the assessment is used to adapt the instructional approach to meet students’ learning needs.”. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms!

Data 310

Data Assessment Adaptive Learning Microsoft 310

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Now one of its most high-profile content partners and investors, Pearson , is pulling back.

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Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 76

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

It includes a variety of assessments, multiple-choice and claim-evidence-reasoning assessments, along with extensive support for teachers such as embedded professional development and instructional resources to support a differentiated learning experience for each student. Each learning space is equipped with a 20’ 2” (6.16

Epson 53

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. It’s all of our loss, really, as too many in education technology happily reduce the potential of computer programming as an epistemological endeavor to a market for new products. This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” ” Shocking, I know, but apparently “technology” is a “megatrend.”

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43