Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 30, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Teachers can add quizzes that assess student math knowledge by selecting the grade, the topic, one of the suggested Zap Zap Math games, and the duration. What’s changed.

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MindShift

JULY 22, 2018

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Little did Taylor know, she’d stumbled upon a hotbed of controversy in the world of library science. Leigh Collazo, otherwise known as “Mrs.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Sylvia Majdoch, 9, pictured here during a remote school day at her home in Florida, is the fourth in her family to take on math using the principles of Common Core.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Online assessments are becoming more common, and students who have strong digital literacy skills often score higher on them. Students who lack these skills may not be able to effectively demonstrate mastery of key concepts in math, reading or writing on online assessments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

To simplify the process for teachers, they’ve aligned their virtual math manipulatives to Common Core and State Standards. You can print out parent reports in their native language too.) Can virtual manipulatives be used as formative assessment tools? National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. We discuss their goals and what they are working on, and if they had an assessment we might talk about that,” she said. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MARCH 9, 2015

In addition to its free on-demand digital library filled with popular books, Curriculet now allows students to read news articles with embedded assessments that develop literacy skills and build subject area knowledge. Known as "curriculets," these integrated checkpoints focus on specific skills and Common Core Standards.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 1, 2015

If we’re truly reflective practitioners, we think a lot about what happens in our libraries. But there are richer measures and more clearer lenses through which we can share and through which we can learn answers to such questions as” What does learning look like in the library? What are the real impacts of our libraries?

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The Horizon Report: 2017 K–12 Edition, the goal of which is to identify technology that’s likely to impact teaching, learning, and creativity, identifies makerspaces as having “potential relevance to teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in K–12 education” within the next year. At first, students were at a loss for what to do with it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2023

6.6 ) By 3rd grade, Common Core discusses the use of keyboarding to produce work, i.e., CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 which specifically mentions ‘use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills)’ keyboarding is required to take Common Core Standards assessments in the Spring. for example.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. They search based on subject matter, video topic, Common Core or state standard, or simply browse a list of videos. Many topics include thorough teacher resources such as lesson plans and assessments.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 1, 2016

That’s where Kiddom comes in–a free standards-based grading platform that comes with a vast library of standards-based content. Kiddom’s Chief Academic Officer, Abbas Manjee, is a former high school math teacher who often got bogged down recreating and modifying daily/weekly assessments. An added bonus?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. Teachers can start from scratch or build from anything in the FlexBooks library. You will note that many activities let the teacher see assessment results after student completion of an activity. All content is stored in Google docs.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Contains formative learning and assessment opportunities. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. Teachers can start from scratch or build from anything in the FlexBooks library. These chunks can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Is based on standards.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

. * Oncore - A free to use iPad app for teachers that acts like an all-in-one Learning Management System, where educators can assess students, take attendance, communicate w/ parents, and much more. Grammarly - A terrific site for helping students w/ their grammar, spelling, and more w/ detailed reporting.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Partner Announcements Library Journal : So many children’s books. More information at https://www.countrydaylargo.com/.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The line supports up to 8th Generation Intel Core processors, up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, many storage options, and more. ClassLink Analytics helps administrators sort and compare schools, download reports, and modify their dashboard view so they see the most important details, and it also features a downloadable mobile app.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

Whether educators need to learn how to use edtech tools, analyze student data or implement Common Core standards, online PD can offer educators support when and where they need it. Instruction is modeled in PD sessions that are broadcast live, then archived into a library for future viewing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

Teachers and parents know all this and still, the Literacy Company reports that most teachers in classes of twenty+ students spend only five minutes a day reading, and 46% of American adults cannot understand the label on their prescription medicine. The Talking Library is wonderful. – See more at: [link].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

They can search based on subject matter, video topic, Common Core or state standard, or simply browse a list of videos. Students middle school and up (or precocious elementary) can find easy-to-understand facts for a state report or a perspective project evaluating what happened around the world while they were winning a soccer game.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2016

Teachers and parents know all this and still, the Literacy Company reports that most teachers in classes of twenty+ students spend only five minutes a day reading, and 46% of American adults cannot understand the label on their prescription medicine. I am constantly on the hunt for good tech reading tools. Flocabulary.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Consider the academic need to: write reports. use online tools for core classes (Wordle, Animoto, Story Creators). Consider the academic need to: write reports. use online tools for core classes (Wordle, Animoto, Story Creators). keyboarding is required to take Common Core Standards assessments in the Spring.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. join the Library 2.0 The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please ?join

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

To supplement in-person support offered during class and lunch periods, I published a simple Google site to house my lessons, assessments, and other resources. I stepped up my game by adding even more videos and assessment exercises to my class website, mining resources from IXL and CK-12.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. What’s the evidence?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

About two years ago Houston Independent School District , with its 283 schools and 215,000 students, went in search of an LMS that would help teachers create and use coursework that was both digital and aligned to Texas state standards (Texas pointedly does not use the Common Core).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 1, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. How does your library manage digital collections? Is your library mobile friendly?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Additionally, one of the most prominent trends we’re seeing is the need to provide increasingly granular analysis and reporting. In conjunction with the studies of how to make classroom environments inviting and usable for students, makerspaces of all types have been put in classrooms, libraries and common areas in schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 9, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update July 9th, 2014 The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

ESSA gives more autonomy and flexibility to states than they had under NCLB through competency-based assessments, which could drive the development of personalized learning technologies. Significantly, ESSA mandates the collection and reporting of per pupil expenditure data at the school level. (The “ Seen ” cheating.).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “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.

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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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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. “ California ’s teacher tenure battle is reignited by Vergara appeal and a new bill,” The LA Times reports. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.” The takes).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via The Hechinger Report : “Why Betsy DeVos ’ vision of education does little to ensure equity.” Also via Education Week : “Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program ’s Success.” ” A copy of the report has been archived on Doug Levin’s website.

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