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CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program

EdTech Magazine

Assessments can be used to make programs more cost-effective, improve implementation, enable replication elsewhere in the district and justify more funding to administrators. . However, many schools are not properly assessing technology programs, Baule told attendees. 4 Key Evaluation Questions for K–12 Schools.

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3 Exciting Ways to Use Augmented and Virtual Reality in the K–12 Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Some teachers who have already incorporated augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology into their classrooms or lesson plans have seen amazing benefits in student engagement and retention. The technology is still so new in K–12, but we can see it has huge potential.

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How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies

The CoolCatTeacher

Her comprehension assessment and teaching resources, COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: FICTION and COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: NONFICTION, help teachers make sense of comprehension, especially in whole chapter books and book-length nonfiction texts. So the lesson examples throughout the book. Let's take that engagement example.

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7 Key Steps to Project-Based Learning

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Moreover, well-defined objectives provide a framework for assessing student performance, allowing you to measure their progress and understanding effectively. Choose a Relevant Theme or Problem Choosing a relevant theme or problem is crucial in PBL as it determines how engaged your students will be throughout the project.

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One District's Journey From 'State of Emergency' to Student Success

Edsurge

performing formative assessments. student-centered instruction. We developed a district-wide protocol where for each lesson, teachers had to write the state standard, the learning target, the essential question and the assessments they were going to use for the lesson. We’re also a 1:1 district where every student has an iPad.

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Strengthening Teacher Collaboration: Reflect Before (and After!) You Connect

Edthena

A version of this post about teacher collaboration originally appeared in the February 2023 edition of Language Magazine. What’s happening for students in one classroom is interconnected with what’s happening for students in other classrooms. There are many adages about teaching being a team effort.

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Our Quest for More R&R

A Principal's Reflections

In an article for SEEN Magazine Dr. Daggett provides some nice working definitions for these two terms: Rigor - Academic rigor refers to learning in which students demonstrate a thorough in-depth mastery of challenging tasks to develop cognitive skills through reflective thought, analysis, problem solving, evaluation or creativity.

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