Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2023

This 3-part blog series, featuring guest authors from Michigan Virtual , describes the formation of the Learning Continuity Workgroup and how it has supported their edtech procurement and decision-making processes. As schools plan for the future, many administrators are now focusing on their district’s LMS strategy.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 6, 2019

I like geeking out over the latest edtech trends, but this time I will not focus on features. For example, an LMS uses anti-plagiarism tools to immediately detect cheating. It is important to have many assessment types if you want to keep everything online. Plus, an LMS offers flexible options such as non-graded assessments.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Utah teachers are now not only able to keep tabs on how students develop, but they can better develop personalized learning initiatives. Find the Tools to Introduce Interoperability. The alliance also provides tools to get districts on their way.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 21, 2022

Nonetheless, self-evaluation is equally or more important since it allows students to properly assess their strengths and weaknesses and pinpoint the needed course of action. Done inadequately, self-assessment and monitoring can lead to serious issues that can impact students’ well-being. Learning goals. Working memory.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

But what has been left unsaid is how our current system of education works systematically against instilling these skills in students, and how we could naturally embed the development of grit in students—in a way that doesn’t talk explicitly about grit—by moving to a competency-based learning system. Are they despondent?

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

Emily Lai, Director of Formative Assessment and Feedback at Pearson But new, externally audited, efficacy research from Pearson about one of the company’s third-party apps shows a significant correlation between increased retesting and lower overall course performance.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

He’s started working with more schools and districts—instead of reaching students mainly at home—and has partnered with assessment groups, such as the College Board and, most recently, the NWEA for personalized test prep materials. The latter group administers the MAP Assessment—a test designed to measure growth in reading and math.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

To somewhat quote Darth Vader, I found the lack of quality edtech curriculum deeply disturbing. competency-based (a.k.a. standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification. Because I taught at a.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Despite all the promises of education technology in transforming how students learn, change has been, at best, incremental. Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs).

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Schools and universities have been leveraging the power of edtech for quite a while now. This is possible thanks to the platform’s analytics tools.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

Talk about what's being learned, not what's missing. Despite emerging digital communication tools that seek to bring parents and teachers closer, the structure of parent-teacher conferences largely remains the same. Do the research on tools that can minimize the information asymmetry between teachers and learners.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ten years ago two Colorado chemistry teachers unleashed a brash concept on a K-12 landscape where few questioned the age-old formula of lecture, homework, assess, repeat. Flipping, he says, is a tool to help move the classroom toward active learning, and a better use of face-to-face time. “So

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Profile was crucial in developing our current Strategic Leadership Plan for 2018-2022, where Personalized Learning is the top strand. But there is a difference when defining exhibitions in the context of CBE or as a high quality performance assessment. page 94).

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. This competency-based system made sense; if students were chronically absent, holding them accountable to a pacing calendar would prove futile. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!)

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

Portrait of a graduate and rethinking assessment An increasing number of states have moved to create portraits of a graduate —what they believe students should know and be able to do upon graduation. They aren’t backed by assessments that verify a student has mastered the competencies underlying such portraits.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2022

After nearly two decades of teaching, leading, researching and writing—all with a focus on personalized learning—Smith is taking another step forward in his life’s mission to better understand students and help them learn. That step is McGraw Hill Plus , a new tool scheduled to be released this spring.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

One very important point here: as with all of my Edtech Elixirs entries and my personal social media posts, this is only Adam Watson's ideal list as of this posting. The book also helped me think more deeply about the importance of advisory scheduling, graduate profiles, and students doing defenses of learning. Stack and Jonathan G.

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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. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Big Universe is now available in the U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise.

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