Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Edtech gatherings that attract more than 1,000 attendees, such as LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries Conference last week in Boston, are usually echo chambers of hubbub and hoopla about technology’s potential to transform education. Adam Peloquin, a high school science teacher, had to completely transform the way his students were assessed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Assessment for Learning. Speakers Include: Jay McTighe – Internationally recognized thought leader on curriculum mapping, assessment, and instructional strategies. Best teacher blog winner, *Speaker*author* @Mashable Top Teacher on Twitter*Top #edtech Twitterer. STEM/STEAM Integration. Contemporary Literacy.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

I would say that jams are kind of “messy,” so if I was assessing a jam, I wouldn’t assess on neatness. Tom: So, the entire jam you can do as a PDF. So you can do it that way, and then once you have that you can submit that as an assignment. You get messy. You just do. It’s part of the process.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. My favorite quote from his post is: “What problems are we hiring edtech to solve?” Makerspaces allow us to be “active creators of our own knowledge” in all disciplines. ” Wise words.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

As the 21st century learning movement expands internationally, we’re seeing an abundance of frameworks, assessments, and semantic labels as different organizations put their spin on what’s worth knowing. Wondering how to teach and assess 21st century competencies? Full sized infographic here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Playful Learning: Games and the Future of STEM - Danny Fain, Teacher in Residence Redefining STEM Rubrics for the 21’st Century: It’s all about mastery!

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