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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books.

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CK-12 announces mobile apps with adaptive learning

Educational Technology Guy

Follow me on Twitter and Google+. Android ck-12 mobile learning tests' This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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Unlocking AI’s Potential: Live Blog #ISTELive

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This post will be a live post of the Microsoft “mini keynote” about Unlocking AI's potential. Automatic adapted learning option to create new Kahoots they can play asynchronously.

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

“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!

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education to Acquire DreamBox Learning? 

eSchool News

Headquartered in Bellevue, WA, DreamBox Learning offers the only dual-discipline solution rated “Strong” by Johns Hopkins University’s evidenceforESSA.org in both mathematics and reading. More information is available at www.clearlake.com and on Twitter @Clearlake.

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Why Is Teaching So Prone to Fads?

Edsurge

It was low-tech, but it foreshadowed some of the adaptive learning systems of today. As you listen to this encore episode, share your thoughts on Twitter under the hashtag #teachingfads. For a while, PSI was used extensively at colleges across the country, including MIT. As Zimmerman puts it: “Better teaching costs more money.”

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Rise Vision Named “Student Safety Solution Provider of The Year” in 2023 EdTech Breakthrough Awards Program

eSchool News

In addition, through popular integrations, users are able to automatically pull content from services like Google Slides, Canva, Twitter, and more. Rise Vision offers over 500+ professionally designed, animated, and customizable templates. The company’s newest feature, Classroom Alerts, is a powerful solution in the event of an emergency.

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