The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. K., & Bruegmann, E. 25) Kraft, M.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Filter bubbles and echo chambers, and the choices we ourselves make, limit what we see online so that we tend to see the facts, arguments, individual and groups who amplify our own opinions and belief systems and limit us to one side of a story, that is, unless we consciously and actively work to expand our scope. New source bias ratings.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

As this article was being written, the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, forcing a global experiment in online education as schools and colleges closed their doors and moved teaching to online formats. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2016

Previous articles in this series have covered infrastructure , leadership , and mindset. This article discusses sculpting the staffing mix of an organization. The features of the groups are explained below. The percentages of teachers in each category will vary, but each group is likely to be represented.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

The tips and suggestions in this article are here to help you. Through both documentaries and fictional accounts, you can highlight the experiences and perspectives of people from under-represented groups. How can I find movies and videos that are appropriate for school? Streaming and Video Services for Classrooms. Grades: 3-12.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Tumblr ) for peer review or assessment of learning. GroupMe ), messaging, engaging in group discussions, as well as sharing news, scholarly articles, video, etc. By replacing LMS threaded discussion with SMT (e.g. becomes a simple and familiar process.

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Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

With e-commerce leading Americans to expect quick delivery, trucking companies face pressure to haul more and do it faster. England, according to the trucking trade group. Students who fail the assessments are given additional practice, he said. England, a privately held trucking company in Utah that employs about 4,800 drivers.

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Hapara

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Defining a digital learning platform To be categorized as a digital learning platform on the rating website G2, a software product must be designed for use in K–12 and feature elements such as multimedia or gamification. What can digital learning platforms provide?

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Phill and Graham had a wonderful conversation on the topic of e-learning and explored six key digital learning trends that are reshaping the EdTech landscape. I was reading an article last week, that this year, 2019, the amount of video viewed over the Internet will surpass the amount of video people watch on TV globally.

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By rating how well you know the answer to the question on a scale of 1 to 5, you tell Brainscape’s spaced repetition algorithm how often to repeat that flashcard. You rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 on how well you knew that particular piece of information, and this determines how frequently you’ll see that card again.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MARCH 26, 2024

In this article, I'll explain what the Five Question Summary is and why I think it's better than standard SETs, and then I'll show you a workflow I now use that involves Google Forms and an R script to generate statistics and visualizations from the results of a Five Question Summary that you can use with your own students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2016

This is the 16th article in a series investigating the child care system in Mississippi. Help for centers that have trouble meeting regulations, finding and keeping good employees and otherwise improving quality, was largely left up to a small group of organizations and nonprofits in the state.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

It can do so with encouraging highlighting or instant pop-up formative assessments that are welcomed because they could mean more “points” for a student. By definition, it’s the “motion” of “e.” Unlike in the tech industry, where “e” is “electronic,” in “emotion,” it’s “excite,” signifying that motion is present but not always seen.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video). The importance of Retain becomes particularly clear in the context of the emergence of services like Spotify and Netflix at home, and library subscriptions to e-book collections, databases, and journals on campus. download, duplicate, store, and manage your own copy).

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

The purpose of this article is to provide a few recommendations for each grade band and give you some tools to support readers within different text bands. When we look at text bands, though, we can group students within a band together to read for a book club. I am an avid reader myself reading 1-3 books per week.

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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. Now a consumer rights group has forced Redmond to promise it will never do it again, in Germany at least. public high schools (42.5 " Maybe, maybe not.

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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. Now a consumer rights group has forced Redmond to promise it will never do it again, in Germany at least. public high schools (42.5 " Maybe, maybe not.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Curriculum is available online and for iBooks, with interactive activities, videos, and assessments. First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them. Learn more and register here. The curriculum includes resources for parents. Learn more and register here.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Faces Revived Lawsuit Over Campus Rape Article.” million from Scott Cook, Signe Ostby, Chuck Templeton, Deborah Quazzo, Follett Knowledge Fund, Jeff Weiner, Mike Gamson, Plum Alley, and TAL Education Group. ” Education in the Courts. ThinkCERCA has raised $10.1 million total.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tagged on: March 8, 2017 The History of the Future of E-rate | Audrey Watters → The decision by the new FCC to rescind its report on E-rate raises plenty of questions about the future of the program under President Trump. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

A recent Stanford Graduate School of Education report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Literacy assessed of the news literacy of students from middle school through college. Go back to the source: When an article mentions a study, if you can, go directly to the sourceand check its bona fides as well.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Department of Justice , 21 states, and the District of Columbia have reached a $864 million settlement with Moody’s Investors Service over the company’s role in faulty credit ratings that led to the financial crisis of 2008. Justin Reich on “ assessment ” versus “ evaluation.” ”).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Sounds legit.

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Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. " I will do that in a separate article at the end of the year. DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." K12 Inc got a new CEO.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. ” asks Jade E.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via The Intercept : “Civil Rights Groups, Funded by Telecoms, Back Donald Trump’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality.” Testing, Testing… Via Inside Higher Ed : “Large-Scale Assessment Without Standardized Tests.” Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.”

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Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” ” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. The e-book subscription service has raised $21.45

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For its part, Udacity has fully rebranded itself as a high-tech job training company, a topic I’ll cover in more detail in a forthcoming article in this series. ” In one of the many articles it published on MOOCs this year, Edsurge asked the peak-Edsurge question : “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” The Thurgood Marshall College Fund , a national group supporting public and private HBCUs, announced a $25.6 EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, The Guardian article is not quite right. edX has partnered with the World Bank Group. Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium , a major designer of common-core tests for states, is looking for a new fiscal agent after the University of California, Los Angeles, said it will no longer do that work.” Inside Higher Ed has the story – and the censored article.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. ” “ Northwest Evaluation Association To Enter State Assessment Market,” says Education Week. ” Will for-profit higher ed be an election issue?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. You are trying to take that from them.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” So, no doubt, were several articles by and about Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein and his defense of Trump and DeVos. ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.”

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