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Zap Zap Math–Gamify any Math Curriculum

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Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Students direct their learning with a unique space-themed avatar (called a ‘mathling’) that identifies their work and keeps them engaged. What’s changed.

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What are this year’s top trends at SXSW EDU?

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Future of Assessment & Accountability. From Common Core to the SAT, the call for accountability is moving away from the drivers of the past two decades as we look to reflect the more holistic attributes of student development and grapple with the adverse impact of high-stakes testing. Playful Assessment: Don’t Stop the Fun.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

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Impact tracks the link between student usage on a particular app and how that may or may not influence their performance on assessments. Educators need to know which products are likely to have a positive impact on learning for their students. Dr. Ryan S. Clarity will really help us guide our next steps.”

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

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Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core.

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The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning

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By NICHOLE DOBO, The Hechinger Report. The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. They really become learners and ready for the process of learning.”. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

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Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. However, school districts are beginning to use technology to achieve energy efficiencies and savings.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” “D.C.