Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

Learning is personalized, based on school standards. Students who don’t understand a topic and don’t do well on the summative assessment for that subject, aren’t automatically moved on because time allotted for that topic ran out. Assessments are competency-based and referenced to school learning criteria.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

Without one, schools and districts run the risk of missing out on many of the potential benefits that having devices in the classroom can unlock, such as introducing personalized learning, teaching digital citizenship and giving students access to the myriad of apps and tools available online.

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

For example, teachers tend to assess learners who are Black differently than white learners. percent more likely to be held back. Intentionally used, technology tools can support rigorous and engaging opportunities for learning that meet learners where they are at. percent more likely to be suspended multiple times and 2.2

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The winners of the 2023 EdTech CODiE Awards serve as prime examples of exceptional products, services and groundbreaking innovation that enables learners of all types to connect with educators and educational materials,” said SIIA President Chris Mohr. “We The scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 26, 2016

It’s tempting to assign a goal–say, third graders should type 15 wpm–and then assess based on student ability to meet that goal, but that’s not practical. It doesn’t take into account where students are in the learning curve and what their personal learning style is.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2017

There’s also the problem of assessing this sort of non-metric thinking. It is an online student-driven performance tracker that uses the metrics of goal-setting and reflection to assess progress. As students complete multiple activities, they look for patterns in their learning and identify strategies for future success.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

Here, Gillner shares how easy access to differentiation tools saves time, empowers her students to learn concepts more deeply and helps learning stick. Cathie Gillner: Say I’m teaching a digital citizenship concept. Can you share a specific example? Now, media is something that kids expect as they're learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Here are my top ten favorites: Create an assessment. It can be based on information the student has prepared or something the teacher is sharing in class (for example: The teacher shows an image and asks students to select the right answer using the form’s ‘multiple choice grid’ question option).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning. If I want to teach my students effectively in any learning environment, I have to be willing to experiment with methods that may be out of my comfort zone.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

In recent years digital citizenships skills have been added to that list as schools address safe and healthy online behavior. For example, before there were societal norms for cell phone use, teachers were some of the first to face the dilemma of “when is it appropriate to use your cell phone.”.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Differentiated instruction, also called “personalized learning”, addresses the truism that every student learns differently. For example, when I teach coding, some students jump in and learn by doing, not getting frustrated by how many times they must debug, retry, and redo. How do you get started?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Though these are game-based learning, there’s no plot as you might find simulated games. Each app includes personalized learning, an enhanced review mode, and additional challenges to keep students motivated. I signed up for the French app as an example. It started by asking me to self-assess my language skills.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

I post what we are “learning, doing, and homework” - a Visible Learning approach. This can be done digitally with an accessible slideshow or clear instructions for students to begin working straight away. 12 for an example. However, I do make sure I know what to do, so this may not be the best example!

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In this position, he works with the school districts in Riverside County as they implement programs such as online and blended learning, personalized learning, and California State Standards and assessments. The post Esports Emerge as Learning and Social Catalyst in Schools appeared first on edWeb.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Much of our teacher professional development focuses on use of programs or tools, but falls short when it comes to imparting best practices around teaching and learning methods, digital and in-person instruction, differentiated assessment and data analysis.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

MARCH 4, 2019

Teachers combine the three elements in ways they see fit to personalize learning in their classrooms. ” “The model pulls together the best from modern learning theories and BC teachers’ advice. focus on higher-order learning. This year over 2,000 grade 9 students took Digital Learning 10 in Coquitlam.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

Of course I’m looking forward to a return to in-person instruction, but I think a lot more of us are going to be asking if learning really has to happen in a room where we’re all sitting together, if it can only happen when the teacher says it’s time to learn. From there, we might create a personalized learning plan.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Future Ready has developed a common set of information, tools, and assessment, that are all available for free. Personalized learning and how technology can make the learning more personalized, is the focus for Future Ready initiatives that include collaborative leadership and also extend outside the classroom to community partnerships.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As such, it is closely related to (but different than) personalized learning and individualized learning. Digital Citizenship. Karen Mossberger, Associate Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, defines digital citizenship simply as “the ability to participate in society online.”

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 14, 2015

Learning models, for example, are the new teaching strategy. Assessment. Between differentiation and personalized learning. Between project-based learning, and learning through projects. This is how great things are built. Curriculum. Relationships. Portfolios. There is no one way. Lit circles.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2019

As a part of experiential learning, gamification boosts not only engagement but also retention level of learners. 4. Personalized Learning. Learning styles, behaviors, and habits have become more diverse. And thanks to AI, it’s all because of its ability to monitor and learn. 8. Real-Time Tracking.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). How Do Digital Promise’s Micro-Credentials Work?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2017

Moodle got its start years ago as a method to organize blended learning and online classes. Now, it provides over 90 million educators, administrators, and learners in over 200 countries with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalized learning environments. This isn’t as hard as it sounds.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.).

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 17, 2018

More powerfully, we can use playlists to differentiate and individualize learning and allow students to work through content at their own pace as they return and review at the moment of need. They can include interactive elements and assessments of progress. Have them create original content and assessments as well. Pearltrees.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

That’s happened to me more than once but one example stands out. Anhil (not his real name) came from a personalized learning school where instruction was freeform based on what the student wanted to learn. One example is I always allow students to retake quizzes. I call it a Mulligan — a do-over.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Learn more and register here. Thursday, June 12th at 3:30pm in Atherton, CA Common Sense Media: Making a Better World: Digital Citizenship For K-12 , As student devices are being integrated into schools, helping students be good digital citizens is more important than ever. Learn more and register here.

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MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

It is a powerful example of a self-correcting organism. The students’ personal learning networks of friends, forum users, Twitter followers and Facebook friends provide a rich source of knowledge gathering when they are at home, but use of such networks is excluded from their classrooms. DO IT WITH FRIENDS.

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