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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

. “Interactive Middle School Math 7” This middle school math online textbook aligns to the Common Core State Standards. It includes interactive media, such as videos, and hands-on activities that are also interactive. It also includes feedback for learners when they answer formative assessment questions.

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Online AP Testing Glitches Force Some Students to Retake Exam

Edsurge

Such is the disappointment and frustration that many students—and their parents—are sharing across social media , after learning that their submissions for the online Advanced Placement exams , happening this week, were not accepted due to technical difficulties. million students will take the exams from home this year.

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

eSchool News

Race, Social Media & the Role of Schools. Future of Assessment & Accountability. With data collection on the rise and the push for interoperability to better align reporting, there is an opportunity to capture competency through new and unique methods. Beyond Rubrics: Embedded Assessment in Making.

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7 Skills Students Need for Today’s Classwork

Ask a Tech Teacher

Creating an online graphic organizer on the animal kingdom doesn’t necessarily conflate with knowing how to compare-contrast (a skill mentioned thirty-eight times by Common Core between kindergarten and eighth grade). Let’s face it: Students are on social media or will be soon. Internet use.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

techlearning

A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. Impact tracks the link between student usage on a particular app and how that may or may not influence their performance on assessments. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices.

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British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content

Marketplace K-12

In Great Britain, government officials and their testing contractor, Pearson, are investigating how the answers for a spelling and grammar assessment ended up on a site where they didn’t belong. ” See also: Common-Core Testing Clashes With Social-Media Monitoring. .

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. The homework could be research reports. Jon Corippo. Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. They don’t need homework.

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