Technology Tidbits

APRIL 28, 2014

Answerables is a wonderful site that is a cross between Game Based Learning meets a Learning Management System. This is an innovative place where educators can "Gamify" a lesson and have their students collaborative learn in a safe 3D dimensional environment (think Second Life for kids). Below is a brief demo video.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 11, 2020

Answer Pad - Is a free visual and student based response system that educators use to blend learning and flip classrooms in real-time on browser based devices. Buncee - One of the most versatile learning tools around that provides a digital canvas for all sorts educational needs.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The American prison system has been criticized for being a place of punishment instead of rehabilitation. In states such as Alabama, where youth as young as 14 can be tried as adults, going into the system can mean a lifetime of condemnation. Yet through partnerships with clinical behavior groups in Huntsville, Ala.,

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 18, 2017

Class Compete is a fantastic Game Base Learning and Assessment system that educators are using to help boost student's test scores and eliminate test anxiety. Educators can even create their own content and best of all assess student progress through detailed reports.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The use of differentiated instruction to individualize each student’s learning experience is becoming more common in today’s elementary classrooms, but creating meaningful differentiation for a typical class of 25 students or more can still be a challenge.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 16, 2016

Class Compete is a fantastic Game Base Learning and Assessment system that educators are using to help boost student's test scores and eliminate test anxiety. Educators can even create their own content and best of all assess student progress through detailed reports.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 11, 2020

These represent new methodologies for some, while others are now applying what they had already been doing to the current situation in the form of blended learning. Blended learning is where students use tech to have control over path, place, and pace. This could consist simply of 3 scaffolded questions.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 18, 2015

Class Compete is a fantastic Game Base Learning and Assessment system that educators are using to help boost student''s test scores and eliminate test anxiety. Educators can even create their own content and best of all assess student progress through detailed reports.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 is the leading literacy solution in blended learning programs today, specializing in cloud-based, differentiated learning solutions for school-aged youth as well as adult learners. Virginia Beach already started using Smarty Ants for PALS-identified students in its elementary schools as of February 2016.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process. I do really hope you enjoyed the prior two posts on differentiated instructions tools for reading using technology. Part 2: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … More Reading. Best of all, most features are free.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Please note that I will continue my Technology and Differentiated Instruction series in the next few weeks. As educators, most of us were taught to think education is about giving learners a model, a plan for implementation, and a system for assessing the impact of that model. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Achieve3000 offers innovative new ways to empower blended learning and accelerate student literacy gains through differentiated instruction in the 2016-2017 school year. The program continuously evaluates each student’s exact skill level, learning temperament and learning pace. State-Customized Solutions.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

From tried-and-true resource websites to Web-based learning management systems, Chrome plugins, and everything between, these tools help you boost learning right from your browser. For students, the site's assessments, digital dissection tools, and stellar 3-D viewing features help promote higher-order thinking and learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Relevant Nouns (facts) – research, planets, solar system.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Part 5: 12 Tech Ideas and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Online Discussions. I do really hope you enjoyed the past four posts involving Differentiated Instruction. In this post, I wish to take a look at how the use of discussion forums can help differentiate the learning in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Little did I know this experience would eventually propel me to help develop a school operating system that tackles technology issues plaguing educators and supports them with more opportunities to offer individualized instruction. At the time, I had no idea this system was called “standards-based grading.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 8, 2020

Summer Learning 20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer – a blog post I wrote on twenty concepts to help you this summer along with links to some suggested courses from Advancement Courses.

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EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 18, 2009

It''s the learning and assessment, stupid." The computer, which could be helping differentiate instruction, often becomes an expensive tool for drill and practice. I cannot institute on my own the paradigm shifts required to make 21st Century learning and authentic assessment a reality in today''s classrooms.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 23, 2020

To get the best of this experience, teachers have to pass over some of the responsibilities regarding instruction and assessment to students. This allows them to become the main characters in this process — a different one, that is — with various background knowledge, learning pace, and level of motivation. Authentic assessment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

BYOD is often seen as a way of solving budget concerns while increasing the authenticity of learning experiences , while critics point to the problems BYOD can cause for district IT, privacy concerns, and more. Blended Learning. Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 9, 2020

What is Blended Learning? It's a smorgasbord of teaching strategies that uses analog and digital technologies to teach and learn. 3] Proponents of blending learning cite the opportunity for data collection and customization of instruction and assessment as two major benefits of this approach. [4]

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Personalized learning is the latest buzzword in an education environment bursting with new ideas but this one is impressive. In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” ” — ISTE.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2016

Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Each system should be in its own color.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com Achieve3000 will apply its online differentiated instruction to the content, helping students to digest critical material so they can read, discuss, and debate core U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

For middle school and high school, Vidalia Academy will use FuelEd’s PEAK personalized learning platform, an open technology platform that provides a single, unified view of online and blended learning activities across multiple solutions for administrators, teachers, and students.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

Migrating to a single platform for assessment, data analysis, and instruction has simplified most everything for one district. They have to plan instruction for all of their classes. They have to tie this instruction to rigorous state and national standards. They have to differentiate instruction for every child.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Schools introducing personalized learning have faced criticism for relying on technology to help kids learn at different paces within the same classroom as districts avoid having to drastically scale up their staff; staff shortages have long been endemic in special education. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

Schools introducing personalized learning have faced criticism for relying on technology to help kids learn at different paces within the same classroom as districts avoid having to drastically scale up their staff; staff shortages have long been endemic in special education. The paperwork involved can be overwhelming.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Haiku Learning is my Learning Management system. Great, stable system that the kids love. Haiku Learning is the tool I use to blend my classroom. Haiku Learning is the tool I use to blend my classroom. If you use Keynote, learn how to use Magic Move. I got into game based learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Interactive whiteboards and smart displays facilitate dynamic presentations, fostering visual learning and engagement. Learning management systems (LMS) streamline course administration, enabling educators to organize content, assess student progress, and facilitate online discussions. What are digital education tools?

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