Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

"Differentiated instruction and assessment (also known as differentiated learning or, in education , simply, differentiation ) is a framework or philosophy for effective teaching that involves providing students with different avenues to acquiring content; to processing, constructing, or making sense of ideas ; and to developing teaching materials and assessment measures so that all students within a classroom can learn effectively, regardless of differences in ability."

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Differentiated Instruction Mobility Game-Based Learning Report 35

Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 6, 2013

"Differentiated instruction and assessment (also known as differentiated learning or, in education , simply, differentiation ) is a framework or philosophy for effective teaching that involves providing students with different avenues to acquiring content; to processing, constructing, or making sense of ideas ; and to developing teaching materials and assessment measures so that all students within a classroom can learn effectively, regardless of differences in ability."

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Differentiated Instruction Mobility Game-Based Learning Report 42

Technology Tidbits

MARCH 13, 2018

Edcite is an innovative site for creating digital assignments that I learned about from Monica Burns excellent blog. Best of all, Edcite can automatically grade student responses in real-time and generates detailed reports which allows teachers to differentiate instruction.

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techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

The conversations in these presentations centered on impactful instruction and the magnitude of digital options. It is used to develop interactive presentations and assessments that can be used to add amazing effects in the classroom. TL Advisor Blog

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools.

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Khan Academy Common Core Data Accessibility 39

Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools.

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Khan Academy Common Core Data Mobile Learning 39

Technology Tidbits

JULY 24, 2018

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools.

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Khan Academy Common Core Data Assessment 41

Technology Tidbits

JUNE 21, 2018

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. *Be sure to check out Otus at ISTE, booth #2152.

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Khan Academy Common Core Data Assessment 45

Technology Tidbits

JULY 19, 2019

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Common Core Data 41

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 1, 2016

I came out of the newsroom as a senior reporter for WBUR in Boston. The skills of being able to engage students and control a classroom are very different from selecting public radio stories or writing curriculum and assessments.

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The Christensen Institute

MARCH 14, 2018

For the better part of the past year, the Christensen Institute has worked in collaboration with Public Impact , a national education policy and management consulting firm, to study how schools are implementing innovative staffing models in conjunction with blended learning to personalize instruction and improve student achievement. At Navigator Schools in Gilroy and Hollister California, small-group instructors help teachers give students more targeted instruction. Education Blog

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Personalized Learning Case Study Software Differentiated Instruction 181

The Christensen Institute

MAY 9, 2017

The basic tenants of this design were to group students by age; provide them with standardized, one-size-fits-all instruction; rate them based on how well they responded to the standardized approach; and then sort them into different academic and career tracks. Today, when teachers try to differentiate instruction or do things outside of their teaching duties to support students, they do so contrary to the intended purpose and design of the traditional model.

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Differentiated Instruction Industry Training Blended Learning 180

Kleinspiration

MARCH 25, 2015

Game-based learning is a topic we have revisited numerous times on this blog. The progress reports highlight individual strengths and needs. This helps with my planning and differentiation for my students. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners.

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Common Core Game-Based Learning Learning Differentiated Instruction 275

The Christensen Institute

JUNE 8, 2017

All five schools use some variation of the Station Rotation or Lab Rotation blended-learning models for core instruction in math and English language arts. But even though blended learning is a deliberate part of their instructional approaches, it didn’t seem to be the differentiating factor driving their success. These school administrators have reported that they spend roughly 70 percent of their time providing coaching to teachers. Data-driven instruction.

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Blended Learning Technology Data Elementary 217

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Here’s why: “The report suggested that “we have not yet become good enough at the kind of pedagogues that make the most of technology; that adding 21st century technologies to 20th century teaching practices will just dilute the effectiveness of teaching.”. This report is no surprise.

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In my last post, “Common Assessments” vs “Common Understandings” , I was reminded of how powerful comments are on a blog, and why blogging is a hugely powerful tool for not only sharing your learning, but learning from others.

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Data MOOC Differentiated Instruction Course 58

The Christensen Institute

MAY 7, 2015

We published the first of these reports recently as a series of case studies titled Proof Points: Blended Learning Success in School Districts. The Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning program in Putnam County Schools in Cookeville, Tenn., The elementary school in the Randolph Central School District uses blended learning to actually differentiate instruction and has significantly improved its students’ math scores on state assessments.

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Blended Learning Dropout Learning Survey 208

Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2016

I am glad to report I’ve never seen a district make all these mistakes, but most districts make at least a few. Risk #2: Curricular and Instructional Misalignment: Personalized learning is about shifting pedagogy and thinking about curriculum and instruction differently. Element #2: Targeted Instruction: In Benjamin Bloom’s famous study, he found that effective small group instruction supported student learning nearly as much as one-on-one tutoring.

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Personalized Learning Education Elements Data Differentiated Instruction 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2018

With the push to move assessments online, students need good keyboarding skills. It does this through a process of review, demonstration, practice, and assessment. This takes you to your teacher dashboard where you will find student reports and more.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Kyle Schwartz on episode 141 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam is a web-based tool that lets you customize assessments with multiple choice, true/false, number grids, rubrics, and more.

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Elementary Advocacy Differentiated Instruction Report 330

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

According to nprEd , in 2016 32 states reported not having enough teachers for ELL students. “We At Compton Unified, ELL students receive differentiated instruction with a teacher and language development through blended learning activities, Michele explained. For many of the 4.5

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Strategy Differentiated Instruction Blended Learning Training 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” Use the self-grading features of programs like Google Forms to assess student work.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Interestingly enough, Dr. Fleming reports that Kinesthetics (the K in VARK) is the most common learning style though not the most common teaching style. Differentiated instruction, also called “personalized learning”, addresses the truism that every student learns differently.

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Guidelines Differentiated Instruction Learning Digital Citizenship 222

Digital Promise

MARCH 25, 2016

I am glad to report I’ve never seen a district make all these mistakes, but most districts make at least a few. Risk #2: Curricular and Instructional Misalignment: Personalized learning is about shifting pedagogy and thinking about curriculum and instruction differently.

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Personalized Learning Education Elements Data Differentiated Instruction 159

Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 12, 2017

I’ve heard from many teachers over the years I’ve been writing this blog of new tech tools and their standby favorites. Many of TextHelp’s tools integrate with Google, and their software for exams and assessment is aligned with the Common Core and other State Standards.

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Differentiated Instruction Assessment Common Core iPad 56

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Welcome to a series that supports the use of technology in support of differentiated learning in and beyond the PBL classroom. Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading. This is a program that really does allow for whole class differentiation.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Comparison 113

Shake Up Learning

JUNE 4, 2019

She teaches technology, blogging, photography and more. When she goes home, she blogs and podcasts. She teaches keyboarding, digital film, and blogging. At night, Vicki blogs and podcasts and she is a mom of three. [07:50] 22:37] Differentiate instruction with technology.

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Course Learning Differentiated Instruction eBook 68

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Welcome to the third post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Welcome to the fourth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Part 4: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Engagement.

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Kleinspiration

JULY 1, 2012

Thank you to everyone who supports the work we all share through our blogs and social networks. Autographed Books : (per Amazon): In The Book Whisperer , Miller takes us inside her sixth grade classroom to reveal the secrets of her powerful but unusual instructional approach.

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Personal Learning Network Personalized Learning Camtasia Common Core 285

The Cornerstone Blog

MAY 24, 2017

I shared with you before how much I love Kiddom as an easy tool for managing standards-based grading , and there’s a couple of new updates that you definitely need to know about if you’re spending too much time creating resources for differentiated instruction.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Libraries 54

The Cornerstone Blog

AUGUST 26, 2018

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Real teachers talk about differentiated teaching strategies that worked — and didn’t work — in their classrooms. This time around, we’re talking about how to manage differentiation. Differentiation should be meaningful and purposeful.

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Schoology How To Differentiated Instruction Groups 76

wwwatanabe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Does the assessment measure the learning? Instead, teach it through direct instruction, look it up online or in a book, and then move on. That might be good differentiated instruction, but that does not make it PBL.

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Wiki Outcomes Differentiated Instruction Assessment 83

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2016

I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Have students create word clouds of a lab report and compare results. Welcome to a post that grows each time I write it.

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