Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2018

Today we’ll look at grading and assessment, and how technology can assist teachers to streamline the process, as well as extract more valuable information on how students are tracking on their learning pathways. Teacher tricks: grading & assessment. Grading: a necessary evil? Grade for completion.

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Assessment Common Core Academic Standards LMS 170

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Back in 2013, when New York was one of the first states in the nation to adopt Common Core standards and administer tougher tests, children’s test scores initially plummeted. After an initial drop in pass rates among eighth and ninth graders on a Common Core algebra exam in 2014-15, scores improved. Weekly Update.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

This year, many districts are replacing state standardized tests with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, two Common Core-aligned assessments designed to measure college readiness. Schools using PARCC have the option of taking a mid year assessment as a means of monitoring student growth. Smarter Balanced.

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Assessment Common Core Blended Learning Analysis 94

Neo LMS

MARCH 29, 2022

Establishing SMART learning objectives is the first step you need to take on this journey. These objectives are the “why” behind your actions – the reason why you teach students and engage them in the learning process. In this article, we will explore the topic of SMART learning objectives in depth.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. That’s when I heard about John Hattie at an education conference I attended and his concept of Visible Learning. When the learning is visible the teacher knows if it is occurring.

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Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship Assessment 384

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. The real reason we read is to learn, experience new adventures, find out what’s over the next horizon. Assessment of point of view and purpose to shape content and style.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Guidelines Twitter 387

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 10, 2015

Assessment coach Garnett Hillman helps us understand how our assessments need to change. (We We might even learn that we don’t have to grade so much and get better results.) We learn the tools and tips to help us with assessments. What are the most common mistakes teachers make when assessing students?

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Assessment Tools Common Core Learning 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Category: ASSESSMENTS.

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Assessment Strategy Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2016

note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from the editors of Graphite.org , a free service from Common Sense Education. Edulastic is a Web-based platform designed to help teachers assess and monitor students as they work toward mastery of the Common Core standards. What’s It Like?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2021

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, has been approved by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) for use under two statewide initiatives. Individualizing learning for every student. Pinpoint knowledge with the Real-Time Diagnostic.

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Blended Learning IXL Learning Assessment Common Core 82

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship 333

eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

This year, many districts are replacing state standardized tests with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, two Common Core-aligned assessments designed to measure college readiness. Schools using PARCC have the option of taking a mid year assessment as a means of monitoring student growth. Smarter Balanced.

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Assessment Common Core Blended Learning Analysis 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Renaissance, the global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, has enhanced Star Spanish , its assessment platform for students who speak, or are learning to speak, Spanish, with new reports and the first authentic K–12 learning progression for Spanish available in the country. About Renaissance.

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Assessment Differentiated Instruction Common Core Report 86

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2022

I’d love to hear your suggestions in the comments about how you do this in your classes: Because I teach graduate classes for educators, I talk to lots of teachers all over the country. Despite the claims of tech gurus that technology makes the job of teaching easier, few educators see it that way. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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Common Core Libraries Digital Citizenship eBook 377

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2021

Educators participate in this five-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop to learn about widely-available digital tools that will help their students develop their inner writer. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. MTI 558: Teach Writing With Tech.

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Differentiated Instruction Common Core Digital Citizenship Software 232

wwwatanabe

JUNE 2, 2012

Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core.

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Common Core Learning Training Knowledge Base 59

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations. But we do.”.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 57

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

It’s been over five years since Kentucky adopted the Common Core, guidelines for what students need to know in math and the English language arts in each grade. Introduced as an ambitious educational reform at the end of the last decade to make sure that, across the U.S., Middle and high school students’ scores also dropped. “Of

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2015

Responding To Criticisms Of The Common Core. Ed note: Supporting “commonness” or standardization isn’t a part of our mission at TeachThought, but we are interested in giving equal voice to diverse voices across education. by Adam Blum , CEO of OpenEd.

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Common Core Academic Standards Resources Accessibility 40

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 16, 2015

About 200 educators will learn more about the common-core standards, which are implemented in American-curriculum private schools in the Middle East.

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Common Core Education Learning Assessment 40

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

The students should be stakeholders in their education and have accountability, responsibility, and be actively engaged in and out of the classroom. I''m a proponent of critical thinking, cooperative learning, metacognition, blended learning, flipped learning. I''m a proponent of learning. What is being assessed?

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Assessment Edmodo Common Core BYOD 139

EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 18, 2022

The digital revolution has profoundly impacted all aspects of our lives, including education. Traditional educational methods are no longer adequate in preparing students for the workforce of the 21st century. The digital revolution fundamentally transforms the way we live, work, and learn. What Is The Digital Revolution?

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Coursera Khan Academy Edmodo Social Media 113

User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

As noted in USC Rossier Online, “ In order for your school and students to be fully invested in maker education, it has to be integrated into your curriculum, not squeezed in” ( [link] ). Maker education can be a tool for teaching the curriculum that you already have, At a glance, maker projects may appear disconnected from the curriculum.

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 180

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the edLeader Panel “ Next Generation Science Standards: Exploring Ten Years of Progress in Science Education ,” four specialists in the field of science education took us through the history and impact of the NGSS, how assessments and educational practices have changed to work with them, and the challenges they pose.

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Common Core Assessment Professional Learning Company 82

Marketplace K-12

MAY 29, 2016

A new test is positioning itself as a non-common-core alternative to the SAT and ACT. Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C., Families who home school or send their students to private schools, and those who live in states without the common core, are key audiences for Vector A.R.C.

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Common Core Assessment Analysis Policies 40

eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Keep reading to discover the meaning of some of the most common trends in Edtech. Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom!

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction Gamification 97

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

In last year’s statewide Common Core-related PARCC test, just 24 percent of the students at Esteves’ school met grade-level expectations in reading and writing, a category called English language arts and literacy. In general, I think the common core approach is the right one,” wrote Shanahan in a blog.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Academic Standards 40

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. In this way, each standard is more like an extension of previous learning than a totally new event. A push for deeper learning.

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Common Core Blended Learning Elementary Strategy 40

User Generated Education

APRIL 22, 2022

Education for Sustainability Standards and Performance Indicators. Students will design, implement, and assess actions in the service of their individual and collective visions. ( [link] ). Common Core English Standards. I suggested that it be a sustainable city (Sustainable Development Goal 11). Standards Addressed.

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Common Core Libraries Elementary Assessment 270

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

The most effective educational tools and services are ones developed and informed by those with firsthand experience in schools. Having that prior experience has been a huge advantage in building products for educators. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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EdTech Course Common Core Industry 133

The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 19, 2014

BoomWriter is an award-winning educational technology resource that is free for teachers and allows their students to create, share, and even publish stories and other original content. BoomWriter can be used by teachers in a variety roles and educational settings, such as whole class, small group, before, during, and after school.

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Common Core Tools Assessment Groups 78

Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

In my ISTE Sunday 8-10 am poster session, I demonstrate many diverse mobile activities to help students achieve the English Language Arts Common Core Anchor Statements through mobile devices. The mobile activities focus on free common tool apps that are available on both the Android and the iPad.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2022

For you as a job hunting educator, this becomes the best time of year to find a job. All lessons include self-reflection from students to see if they can transfer what they learned to both classes and life.” This includes certificates you hold such as Apple Distinguished Educator. Digital portfolio sites. Certifications.

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Robotics Social Media Chromebook Common Core 368

MSEDTechie

APRIL 8, 2014

There are many practical ways educators can move their students t hrough the SAMR model (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) through technology integration, to extend learning, to meet the common core standards and develop lifelong learners. Why do we need the SAMR model? Check out this video below.

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Common Core Khan Academy Meeting Technology 66

Waterford

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In connection with the Science of Reading Virtual Summit , Waterford.org is sharing an article series exploring the science behind how students learn to read and what administrators can do to guide school and classroom strategies. That’s why choosing research-based programs for core, supplemental, and intervention instruction is so important.

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Common Core Study Groups Meeting 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2022

They could learn just as much—or more— when it comes to literacy, numeracy and executive function skills critical to early academic success, according to a new review of 17 studies of play. Guided play, unlike free play, means there is a learning goal set by an adult and children are ‘ gently steered’ to explore.

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Report Learning Common Core Study 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) dependent schools are run by the U.S. The schools were recently in the news for their relatively strong performance on what’s known as the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). military for children of members of the armed forces.

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