Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

He muddled through with low grades and the assumption that learning was wearisome and trying. “I His own school experiences have since fueled his drive to support data-driven personalized learning in an effort to make today’s schools engaging, fun and free of “the stress and angst” many students feel.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

To get up to grade level in science, Amarachi Onyemaobi knew she needed to understand the systems of the human body. A formal assessment on key terms then closed the loop, but Onyemaobi’s presentation could now become part of the playlists her teacher puts together for future students. “If LaNiece Primus, who teaches U.S.

Common Core 60

Common Core Blended Learning Data Assessment 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 13, 2015

The Assessment Range: Using Data In The Classroom To Meaningfully Affect Learning. If you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind. What Should Assessments “Do”? In short (depending on the assessment form, purpose, context, type, etc.),

Assessment 40

Assessment Data Learning Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

The Windsor Locks High School freshman belongs to the first cohort of students going through middle and high school under a new system. Traditional grades no longer exist, children get extra help based on their individual learning needs and classrooms run very differently. She heard the rationale for the new system.

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Common Core Advocacy System Personalized Learning 96

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2015

This is the second of a two-part conversation with Yong Zhao about standards, testing and other core elements of the modern system of education, and the assumptions that may be standing in the way of meeting the real learning needs of all children. The key to good assessment, says Zhao, is to ask: “Whose purpose does this serve?

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Assessment Learning Common Core Comparison 28

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? Raising $15M to Power Schools with Kiddom Academy, a K12 Operating System. When I Buy Edtech Products, Our Teachers Don’t Use Them… What Do I Do? Hardly the case!

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Company EdTech Common Core Assessment 122

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Common Core math standards and Next Generation Science Standards were being implemented, and subjects were becoming more interconnected. They then had to convert their measurements into different units while using the metric system. Perhaps best of all, smath always us to personalize learning in new ways.

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How To Differentiated Instruction Common Core Groups 132

Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As w/ the previous year''s list, more and more mobile apps are making the list as mobile learning continues to be the rising trend in education. However, that''s not to say that there isn''t a good amount of websites and Learning Management Systems showing up as well. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.

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Game-Based Learning Common Core iPad Mobility 74

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As the artificial intelligence revolution comes to education, teachers are rightly concerned that AI in schools will replace the human assessment of human learning. My students are already loaded into the system, and I simply assign a diagnostic. Today, I open my Clever portal and click on Quill.

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Tools Common Core Robotics Exercises 79

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. In addition, Gooru offers a wiki-assessment system with millions of questions teachers can use to assess student learning.

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Haiku Learning Competency Based Learning Wiki Common Core 40

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Whether from formative and summative assessments or online instructional programs, data is both a powerful indicator of teaching and a driver for personalizing professional development. This very same approach can help you implement more personalized PD. Let technology inform your approach to professional development.

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Data Blended Learning LMS Knowledge Base 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2017

MST grades in a true competency-based grading system of 1-4, where student’s progress through their courses in a year or more time since seat time is not the focus. Summative assessments evaluate competencies in each course through the year, instead of the quarters to reach a “3” in each competency to achieve course credit.

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Common Core Course Secondary Laptops 40

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Little did I know this experience would eventually propel me to help develop a school operating system that tackles technology issues plaguing educators and supports them with more opportunities to offer individualized instruction. At the time, I had no idea this system was called “standards-based grading.”

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System Khan Academy EdTech LMS 123

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

It is difficult for teachers to really understand what data to act on and how assessment results should change their daily practice. Principles such as there should be data from multiple sources and data is only as good as the instrument or assessment from which it is derived. Data is so much more than just numbers and technology.

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Data Analysis Assessment Training 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Students will be able to research and record key facts involving the planets of the solar system. Students will be able to collaborate on a presentation that provides what they have learned in their own words. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

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. BOXLIGHT MIMIOSPACE ( MIMIO.BOXLIGHT.COM ) The MimioSpace collaborative system consists of a laser projector, touch board, and Mini-PC, creating an expansive 32-touch area with Touch 360° interactivity.

Robotics 41

Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 41

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Students will be able to research and record key facts involving the planets of the solar system. Students will be able to collaborate on a presentation that provides what they have learned in their own words. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system. Contains formative learning and assessment opportunities.

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OER Khan Academy Moodle Meeting 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In short, differentiation is the process of personalizing universal learning goals for groups of students. As such, it is closely related to (but different than) personalized learning and individualized learning. Individualized Learning. Common Core) for individual students. Informal Learning.

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. What is personalized learning?

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

Lenz and his contributors do an excellent job of sharing their narrative of how they changed learning at one school, which then evolved into a system of transformative schools ( Envision Learning ). Bonus: it includes a DVD with video clips! Honorary Mentions of other CBE authors and websites: Rose Colby.

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Competency Based Learning Education Blended Learning Common Core 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. MESA, Ariz.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 125

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Mastery-based learning, also known as proficiency-based or competency-based learning, is taking hold across the country. Vermont and Maine have passed laws requiring all school districts to phase in the system. He imagined a more holistic system that required students to demonstrate learning before moving ahead.

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Learning Common Core System Groups 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

Many administrators at public schools say they are using strategies to “personalize” learning, giving students the chance to tackle coursework at their own pace or have a greater say in what they study. The middle school has started using an online system to guide self-paced learning, and Ms.

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Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 88

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

RTTT offered states grant money to implement education reforms, including the introduction of teacher evaluation systems, and NCLB waivers nudged states further in this direction. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). 2: Create Your Heat Map.

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Policies Academic Standards Common Core Exercises 60

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Each pathway has required modules, and several elective modules to enable personalization.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

These districts and schools are drawing more benefits out of their learning management systems. Learning management systems originally got their start in higher education, serving as central hub for college students to drop in assignments, check grades, and contact their professors.

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LMS Khan Academy Blackboard Moodle 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

CASEL defines these in terms of specific competencies that can be assessed and mastered: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. . Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. STEAM , the CCLS ELA standards, etc.),

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Resources How To Academic Standards Personalized Learning 60

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

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. But it surged in big way in 2016, below the radar, but touching lives like never before.

Trends 110

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 110

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Learn about free, research-based curriculum and resources to help teach students safe, responsible, and respectful participants in a digital world, while fostering 21st-century skills and Common Core Standards. Curriculum is available online and for iBooks, with interactive activities, videos, and assessments.

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

From the US Department of Education’s blog : “Building the Next Generation of Assessments in Education.” ” Via Education Week : “Personalized learning pioneer Summit Public Schools is expanding its network to include 100 new schools, CEO Dianne Tavenner announced via a Facebook post today.”

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Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” in August has released an assessment on the university’s response and what it could have done better. ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.”

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

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. The student identification number, race, age, school, and disabilities of about 12,000 students in the DC school system.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. The incident caused a great deal of furor, perhaps because it came at a moment of heightened political outcry about the Common Core State Standards and standardized testing.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Via The Atlantic : “Two radically different bills aim to overhaul [ Detroit ’s] beleaguered school system. ” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Why Don’t All School Systems Do This?”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

In education, that’s the learning management system (the VLE) perhaps. And even Facebook has made an effort to this end, partnering with a chain of charter schools in the US, Summit Public Schools, in order to build a “personalized learning platform.”

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64