The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

This doesn’t include Google Chrome independent extensions like Quillbot , described in its overview as a “Grammar Checker, Paraphrasing Tool & Summarizer.” Google Translated material, for example, flags as AI-generated content. These are just the top apps in the Apple App Store. ChatGPT) well.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. Doing a project that uses Google Docs or MS Word doesn’t mean students will apply that knowledge to the year-end PARCC and SB tests. For example, a picture taken in Google Earth is added to a slide deck for a geography report.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 12, 2015

From there, login via Facebook, Google or Twitter to get started. Simply type in the search term on appoLearning, or browse by subject, grade-level, device and Common Core Standard, to find a list of vetted resources. Creating a Collection couldn’t be easier. Click or tap “Create a Collection” to get started.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2017

In 2016, among other things, I took the time to focus on learning the ins and outs of ClassFlow collaborative learning software. Next year, I plan to look at my growing list of websites, software, and subscription services and pick a few to dive into on my own. After 10 years of teaching, I was set in my ways on many things.

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Kathy Schrock

JANUARY 1, 2014

How can the use of infographics be used to address the Common Core State Standards? The second way infographics can be incorporated into teaching and learning is by having students create an infographic as a formative or summative assessment. ELA Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 28, 2019

Quick Take: Overview of educational assessment tools focusing on Summative assessment and Formative assessment. A comparison of summative assessment and formative assessment. The main components of being an educator are preparation, teaching, and assessment. How to explain summative assessment.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Let's examine these two issues: Silos You can find OER in dedicated online repositories including OpenEd , Curriki , and OER Commons. Several software companies have their own repositories, such as Microsoft’s Docs.com, Schoology’s public resources, Canvas Commons, and more. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 29, 2016

Source: Google Finance. The drop in underlying sales —which are sales that omit adjustments that could distort a company’s trading performance, such as exchange rate movements or acquisition costs—was due mostly to expected declines in assessment revenues in the U.S. billion for the first half of 2016. and the U.K.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A few years ago, she could see that some of her fifth graders struggled with second grade math skills, while others were capable of eighth grade content on the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. For example, KIPP students are assessed three times a year on the NWEA MAP test. The resulting 1.0

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

As one anecdote to consider, Kamenetz mentioned a new product, which provides surveillance software for K-12. The company making this software claimed as an achievement to have prevented three suicides by detecting self-harm signals through pupils’ digital activity. Testing tools aren’t very good now.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

It also supports Google Play educational apps, so students can collaborate, discover, engage and learn, and includes a Wacom EMR stylus that lets students use interactive apps, sketch, take notes, and capture ideas. The line supports up to 8th Generation Intel Core processors, up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, many storage options, and more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2020

Learn granular approaches to infusing differentiation into all of your lesson plans, whether you’re a Common Core school or not, with this hands-on, interactive class. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 16, 2020

Learn granular approaches to infusing differentiation into all of your lesson plans, whether you’re a Common Core school or not, with this hands-on, interactive class. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Wednesday, April 9th at 4pm Thinking Scientifically: Video and Formative Assessment with POPstar Robert Miller , POPstar Robert Miller - an award-winning 5th-grade teacher - hosts this interactive workshop covering inquiry-based science curriculum; the creative use of video; and one of his favorite resources, NSTA’s Formative Assessment Probes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2019

Learn granular approaches to infusing differentiation into all of your lesson plans, whether you’re a Common Core school or not, with this hands-on, interactive class. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2019

And the number of education-specific apps, services, and software I actually used consistently? The Return When teachers conduct an initial assessment of any technology, they assume there will be some investment involved—usually related to the amount of time it will take to learn the technology and incorporate it into practice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2015

Even if the sub is knowledgeable in the subject matter, s/he doesn’t have intimate knowledge of what this particular student group knows about software, websites, problem solving, and more, which can be scaffolded for the current lesson. This preparation will be time well-spent on your part: You can use them for other assessments.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Google Apps for Education. A collection of software bundled by Google that is available on a subscription model for schools and classroom. Services include Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, and more. Google Classroom. Common Core) for individual students. ” Heautagogy. Informal Learning.

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Teacher monitoring, assessing, and support during IR. The authors also cite the Common Core Anchor Standard that addresses independent reading: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.10. Assessing Independent Reading. The challenge then is: how do I assess independent reading? Assessing Independent Reading. Google Forms.

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Assessment Tools Common Core Digital Citizenship 52

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Others went deep, with curriculum, intervention and assessment stacks. All of these players, new and old, are operating in a stable yet fragmented market, finding product-market fit in school systems’ existing market segments: core, supplemental, and assessment. (I Assessment (including state tests) is another $1.2

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. He attributes this theory to the role Asia now plays in the global economy with automation being software driven, and abundance of material in the market place. In essence, routine work is disappearing!

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The Thinking Stick

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Here in Washington State our new state assessment is done on a computer. Many schools are now complaining that students are doing poorly on the test because they don’t have the computer skills needed to even navigate the test software. The Common Core standards do contain references to digital literacy, however.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 25, 2015

Many school districts have adopted the practice of writing their own curriculum in order to align with Common Core. Teachers have to figure out how to formatively and summatively assess students by writing quizzes, tests, and assessments to assess higher order thinking skills and demonstrate student ability on each objective.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

We’ve seen the market fluctuate dramatically, as early iPad-dominated classrooms gave way to the rise of Google. The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. No more bulky software”).

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 12, 2017

https://www.emaze.com/education/ ) BoomWriter — Using a unique collaborative writing and peer assessment platform, BoomWriter features interactive tools for fiction writing, vocabulary development, and assignments across grades 2-12 for all subject areas. Emaze is easy to use, fun for all, and will spice up any presentation.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. I see their confidence level take off.

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2019

About 10 years ago, in 2010, when Common Core was launched in the U.S., Every day, people are having conversations with their Alexa or Google Assistant, requesting knowledge from endless databases of information. It’s this third piece that we are finally embracing. This is just a taste of what’s possible.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

He is one of the originators of the Massive Open Online Course, writes about online and networked learning, has authored learning management and content syndication software, and is the author of the widely read e-learning newsletter OLDaily. Video Observation for Teacher PD. By Rebekah Ralph, LaGrange College Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

But most kindergarten-readiness and online preschool software is offered by for-profit companies. Company officials also said students are assessed throughout the program to see if they have mastered preschool-level skills before they move on to more challenging material. Waterford’s UPSTART is free. For example, K12 Inc.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. I’ll look more closely at discrimination by design – in software and in algorithms – in the final article in this series.) “ Seen ” cheating.).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. Turns out that “free” might not be the best business model for a for-profit company, particularly one that cannot rely on advertising the same way that other “free” products like Facebook and Google can. They aspire to be monopolies.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. ” The agendas of other foundations – big and small – often echo those of Gates.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Nevada officials announced Tuesday that a common-core assessment consortium will credit the state $1.8 million as compensation for problems that derailed a spate of its assessments last year,” Education Week reports. ” Google has released its 2016 Scholar Metrics.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge. “ Columbia Drops SAT Subject Tests Requirement,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. “ Gates Foundation CEO Admits Underestimating Common-Core Challenges.”

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