The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The process of assessing students for special education can be lengthy and often requires a barrage of assessments including classroom observations, a psychological evaluation and academic tests. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In

Education 130

Education Assessment Advocacy Report 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. Now, with far more applicants in the pipeline, “I only see pre-hiring assessment gaining momentum,” Price said.

Company 145

Company Assessment Report Gamification 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

The DIG team identified and prioritized additional needs and quickly added members with expertise in user experience design, behavioral science, data science, software development and innovation advocacy. We continue to grow our capabilities in these areas and more as we foster a culture of learning in innovation at U-M.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

As long as we keep assessing the way we are assessing, we are going to keep instructing the way we are instructing. Authentic assessment is needed but is expensive and time consuming. Collaboration through Project Share is a step in the right direction. A range of digital resources are needed to get the job done.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Mobility Assessment Social Media 49

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Some use online programs or software to give students access to content at their individual level , allowing them to move through lessons at their own pace. Just this year, judging from a fall to a winter assessment of student learning, Procope said, students who hadn’t shown growth in academic achievement in prior years are showing it now.

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Strategy Education Learning 102

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Department of Education, privacy advocacy groups and a school district explore how to find the right balance between the two ideals. Tuesday, March 5, 11 a.m. Why Not Both?

Social Media 102

Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 102

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

After a baseline assessment identifies strengths and weaknesses, there should be explicit and systematic instruction, with metrics used to monitor progress and inform teaching. The teaching approach both he and Kamath recommend for executive function is similar to that used with other types of skills. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

Learning 87

Learning Training Advocacy Strategy 87

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Both the wider internet and the narrower education space are filled with companies and organizations that provide value-added services around openly licensed software and content. Lumen provides for-fee, value-added hosting, integration, assessment, messaging, and other services around openly licensed content.

OER 60

OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 17, 2011

Prior to joining the department, Cator directed Apple''s leadership and advocacy efforts in education. She is the past chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and has served on the several boards including the Software & Information Industry Association—Education.

Technology 69

Technology Advocacy Education Industry 69

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Ask a publisher why inclusive access is good for students and the list of reasons they will provide sounds like it came straight off a 2013 OER advocacy slide. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy? Is it the extensions we’ve made to the Open Assessments platform?

Accessibility 63

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 6, 2011

Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University More Information: [link] Steve Hargadon Web 2.0 Emerging technology use (augmented reality, QR codes, mobile apps and delivery, etc.)

Libraries 43

Libraries Conference Blackboard Training 43

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

With our classroom teacher partners, we build instruction; we build projects and assessments that focus on creativity and knowledge building using the information tools and strategies of our time. In the largest classrooms in our schools, we work with teachers to develop both traditional and emerging literacies.

Libraries 40

Libraries OER Wiki BYOD 40

Reading By Example

MARCH 12, 2016

Is this a fair assessment? Another idea is to allow students to dictate their writing using voice recognition software. The most common incidences involve physical aggression, disruption, and defiance. Why are they misbehaving? I’ve heard from teachers that “boys will be boys”.

iPad 28

iPad Software Report Libraries 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Districts have spent thousands of dollars on consultants and software upgrades, and the racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps that the law was supposed to help eliminate remain largely unchanged. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. K-12 market.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 59

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

Epson 53

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 53

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

Tools 72

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

assessment banks, assignments, online homework tools).) The Linux operating system is one of the most incredible success stories of the open source software movement. There is a popular myth that most of the people writing open source software do this work in their spare time for altruistic reasons. But is 300 a lot or a little?

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Whether working with an OPM will drive up the price of a degree program for students is one of the many factors universities consider when assessing whether to enter into an agreement with one of these companies, said Deborah Seymour, owner and principal at Higher Education Innovation Consulting, LLC. “No

Company 60

Company Education Industry Course 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. based education reform advocacy group.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. based education reform advocacy group.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Testing and Assessment ? Special Needs ? Strengths-based Education ? Student 2.0 ? Student Entrepreneurship ? Teacher 2.0 ? Teaching Online ? Temperament and Learning Styles ? Unschooling ? Virtual Schooling ? World Schooling See you “online!”

Conference 34

Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

While most of the dialog around AI and education seems to be focused on assessment, I think the implications for instructional designers are critically important, too. Especially if you need to create several thousand assessment items. And improvements will absolutely need to be made.

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OER LMS Resources Course 197

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. For the prediction to approach a semblance of accuracy we should be seeing dramatic evidence by now that large percentages of U.S. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. For the prediction to approach a semblance of accuracy we should be seeing dramatic evidence by now that large percentages of U.S. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. apps and software, with some classes much more tech-reliant than others. The same was true at the affluent, predominantly white Barrington Middle School, which will soon move into a $68 million building fitted with a robotics lab.

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

School administration software-maker Connexeo has raised $110 million from Great Hill Partners. The reading software-maker has raised $3.2 “Over 20 advocacy groups complain to FTC that YouTube is violating children’s privacy law ,” Techcrunch reports. Venture Capital and the Business of Education.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said. Why Are School Libraries Important in the Information Age?

Libraries 92

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 92

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. ” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. (National) Education Politics.

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. The base curriculum is aligned with the Common Core, and each course includes meaningful projects, playlists of content and assessments, all of which can be customized. A belief in technological utopia.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145