edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Shift 1: Moving to Transferable and Conceptual Teaching A 2022 University of Texas study analyzed more than 200 word problems from the PARCC assessment and the Smarter Balanced math test in elementary and middle school. Including high-quality instructional materials—lesson plans, pacing guides, assessments, and rubrics—is essential.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 7, 2024

Today, the shift towards digital content as the primary instructional material is undeniable. Teachers are now creating interactive academic course material with the help of learning management systems such as Moodle and distributing it to students at large. Let’s dive in! Table of Contents: I.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As such, OpenSciEd has several unique benefits relative to typical, commercially produced instructional materials. As an open educational resource, OpenSciEd is under an open license for people to use, remix, and share.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Realizing there is much to learn from her own experiences and those of other dynamic female leaders, she also recently created the Principal Captain Kirk leadership blog and other social media platforms to share best-practice insights and advice. “It About Curriculum Associates.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

This blog was originally posted on the Future Ready website at [link]. With support from ED, state leaders, and new platforms for curation and discovery, there has never been a more exciting time to rethink traditional, static instructional materials. As with any instructional materials, quality is key.

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ExcelinEd

MAY 12, 2020

Missing State End-of-year Assessment Data. Department of Education approved state assessment waivers for all 50 states and D.C. These annual assessments serve several purposes, one of which is to gauge how much students learned during the year and whether they are ready for the next level of learning.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Questioning the quality of instructional materials isn’t new to the digital education era. Thus, there is the potential for more disparity in the quality of materials from school to school. They support sound pedagogy and balanced assessment to help teachers understand and interpret student performance.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Formative assessment can help teachers understand how students are learning. Formative assessment is a snapshot of how knowledge is forming in a student’s mind. Another 2015 study shows that only 30% of teachers improve substantially with PD.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 26, 2022

Blog post by Robert Low based on this edLeader Panel. Additional aspects of high-impact tutoring include the training and support tutors receive and the quality of the instructional materials they work with. Provide equitable access to everything from 1-on-1 tutoring to adaptive assessments.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Rubrics to assess qualitative learning: While all work might not be graded, both students and teachers need to be working toward the same goals. Prior to CueThink, Sheela was Project Director at Pearson Education, focusing on technologically innovative assessment items based on Common Core State Standards.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Blog post by Stacey Pusey based on this edWebinar. Finally, administrators should set up assessments to help track student needs. However, these assessments should be asset based. In recent years, schools have recognized the need to attend to students’ social-emotional needs as well their academic ones.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 24, 2015

More Instructional Materials-In additional to all this there are flashcards, lesson plans, assessments and other materials that can truly make your digital learning a complete experience. You can create your materials and share them instantly to your Google Classroom classes. Using Google Classroom?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

2013) define UDL as “a set of principles and techniques for use in the classroom along with the design of accessible instructional materials.” Technology Integration: Use technology tools such as blogging, digital storytelling, or video creation for students to express their learning. To start with, Courey et al.

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Insight Education Group

APRIL 8, 2021

In order for schools and districts to truly assess the needs of their students, they will have to lead with this information. Schools and districts should expect to assess students early and try to find other mechanisms to assess student learning. Invest financially into solutions.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

The four key factors: Use a real-world instructional design challenge. First, the authentic design opportunity to develop instructional materials for adult learners motivated many to participate in the MOOC. Why has this crowdsourcing design project been successful? Create a clear design guide.

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techlearning

APRIL 17, 2018

Students take an interim assessment and receive a Lexile measure for reading or a Quantile measure for mathematics. Then, a few weeks later, they take an end-of-course or other high-stakes assessment and there can be a significant difference – 100 points or more – in their measures. Test scores are an estimate of a student’s ability.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

Principal among them is pairing professional learning with quality materials to advance teacher practice in the classroom. Assessment. Dr. Lazzaro explained that it’s essential to move beyond traditional assessments (taking a test and getting a score) to design those that align better with what the NGSS recommends for science literacy.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 18, 2019

Teachers need to acquire their own skills in using technology to provide accessible instructional materials and alternatives that will provide voice and choice for students. Effective use of technology can help teachers transform their classrooms and customize curriculum to meet student needs. UDL Framework from CAST.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Essential Elements for Digital Content is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net that provides policy makers, school administrators and educator leaders a better understanding of policies and practices related to digital instructional materials. Christine Fox’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

If education stakeholders want to fully realize the return on the technology investments being made in school systems nationwide, teachers must have more professional development to successfully integrate new technologies into instruction and develop innovative lessons that leverage technology to support the success of all learners.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

And in the 2018-19 school year, that number is expected to double with more than half of the nation projected to report Lexile and Quantile measures from their state assessment systems. The organization develops scientific measures of academic achievement and complementary technologies that link assessment results with real-world instruction.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2020

This is part two of a two-part blog series. In the previous blog entry , I discussed how the limitations of a traditional grading system led us to SBG, and ultimately, Empower Learning. When our district began a move to standards based grading (SBG), we realized that we needed a different digital tool. go down for most students?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

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. How using Assignments created on the Planner makes assessment simpler.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Organizations such as the nationalcyberwatch.org, the Center for System Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA), and the National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCYTE) have a plethora of resources available, including instructional materials that can be tailored to provide students with real-world learning experiences.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Student Centered : Instructional materials shows student how to make their own trip. About : Provide a lesson using slide shows on each student’s device with web visits, slides, assessments. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. Google Lit Trips.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 15, 2016

The School edition offers assessments, standards alignment and the ability to customize instruction. You’ll find Mini-sites covering special events and celebrations, Kid Reporter Scoops , TFK’s own Person of the Year and a For Teachers section, offering instructional ideas and printables.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

This included reading and instruction as it connects to content, research in relationship to inquiry, and student production and how it integrates with voice and choice. There are other areas that also come to mind including student grouping, assessment, and interest. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

This blog post is based on a coaching call I conducted with a graduate of the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club. We also discuss and plan instructional materials, assessments, etc. Are you spending countless hours on lesson planning, yet still feel like you don’t know what you’re doing from day to day?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Albans City School, and several of her students explained how they’re using technology for assessment, service work, and more. In the edWebinar “ Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst, Innovation Specialist at St. Albans City School has a dedicated makerspace open to all students from PreK-8.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

For supporting the inquiry and workflow needs of a specific learner group for an assessment/product : Informed by wide curricular knowledge, school librarians partner with classroom teachers to support the inquiry and workflow needs of specific learner groups for inquiry-based assessments or creative knowledge products. 2014): 27-36.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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