eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Instructors can assess students’ understanding in real-time, providing clarification, guidance, and encouragement as needed. Furthermore, hands-on activities such as simulations, role-playing exercises, and interactive demonstrations offer students opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge in practical contexts.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2012

To date, these statistics are: 140 million+ lessons delivered, 500 million+ exercises done, and 6+ million unique visits per month. In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. As the site increased in popularity it caught the eye of Bill Gates and Google with an end result being over 4 million in funding.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A few years ago, she could see that some of her fifth graders struggled with second grade math skills, while others were capable of eighth grade content on the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. For example, KIPP students are assessed three times a year on the NWEA MAP test. The resulting 1.0

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. There’s a really nice Radix sort exercise from CS Unplugged that we use.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

We primarily used Craigslist for all hires except sales and software development. It proved useful in finding teachers to help develop our lesson plans, assessments and professional development. We screened them using a pre-interview questionnaire built in Google Form.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Aparna is a doctor, and Deepak previously worked at Google. CSPA CSPA stands for “Computer Science Proficiency Assessment.” Cofounder James Lin likens it to an “SAT for software engineers.” There are multiple-choice questions, coding exercises and two essay questions. Lin notes that the format isn’t completely finalized.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

MARCH 5, 2014

Google Forms : useful tool to help you create surveys, give student assessments, collect any type of information in a streamlined way. share it out to students, as they respond, project the real-time results from you response Google Spreadsheet. Free InfuseLearning : platform where teachers can engage students on any device.

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techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

These opportunities encouraged participants to take a deep dive into educational topics and try tools like laptops, 3D printers, exploratory equipment like Google cardboards, and other interactive tools and programs. It is used to develop interactive presentations and assessments that can be used to add amazing effects in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

So we probably had more education software in the early, early days of the PC than anyone else. And that assessment should not be something where you take the kids out of a learning environment, throw them into a lab and test them separately. We equated it to writing a software program. Steve would say, "Education is in our DNA."

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 26, 2018

Area 2 explores the world of assessment, and overall deals with the question ‘Are our assessments effective?’. An important point in this ‘Area’ suggests that we offer more opportunities to evaluate the work of others, an exercise that helps students consider what a quality and creative piece of work really looks like.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. The Marketplace also includes free curriculum content from its partners, including Google Classroom, Newsela, and more. No bubbles required.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 5, 2022

For example, those with IEPs or 504s that include seating accommodations; however for most students I just assign their seats randomly (often just clicking the “randomize” button on my school’s rostering software, and then manually moving individual students as needed per specific learning plans).

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Carnegie Learning’s MATHia gives educators real-time feedback and assessments to help them understand where students are and where they’re headed. MATHia is an intelligent math software supported by sophisticated AI technology and is designed to provide individual student support and insightful data.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2014

Our Google+ Community is about to hit 50,000 members. Our Google+ community will probably hit 50,000 members today. Karen Cameron gives us five reasons that some readers are more reluctant than others, and some great ideas for changing the way we think about reading exercises to accomodate everyone. See my rant below.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The teachers already have to do all that work for the academic standards in that week’s pile to narrow-cast what chapter or software module, discussion questions, what to write a paper on, etc. Denying that to students in the age of Uber, Amazon, Google and more seems sort of an awkward and wrong-headed thing to do. Data entry.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2017

With a reminder that Moodle is Open Source, which means the basic framework can be augmented with just about any addition conceivable (as you’ll see in the section, “ 23 Ways to use Moodle” ), here’s how to start: Download the Moodle software to your school server. It’s free. There’s no licensing fee.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

Buying hardware and buying software does not make you or your students or your institutions forward-thinking. The companies selling us the hardware and software to store this data are fragile. Certainly, we are surrounded by lots of new consumer technology products today that beckon to us to buy buy buy the latest thing.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If you do a Google image search for “classroom,” you’ll mostly see one familiar scene: rows or groups of desks , with a spot at the front of the room for the teacher. More than nine out of 10 districts polled said they were directing devices, software and professional development resources toward personalized learning.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

This turned out to be a rewarding exercise with surprises, twists, and turns. assessment banks, assignments, online homework tools).) The Linux operating system is one of the most incredible success stories of the open source software movement. To paint the picture, let me make two points, and then bring them together.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

We’ve seen the market fluctuate dramatically, as early iPad-dominated classrooms gave way to the rise of Google. It’s well-aligned with the goals of elementary classrooms: The learning activities activate students’ creativity while the multi-modal assessment appeals to innovate teachers and offers great home-to-school connections.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Exercises where computers or tablets are deliberately used may, in fact, improve student performance. public high schools (42.5 Tagged on: August 21, 2017 Should Professors Ban Laptops?

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Exercises where computers or tablets are deliberately used may, in fact, improve student performance. public high schools (42.5 Tagged on: August 21, 2017 Should Professors Ban Laptops?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Ranging from interactive software and multimedia platforms to online collaboration tools, these innovations empower educators to create dynamic, engaging lessons. Learning management systems (LMS) streamline course administration, enabling educators to organize content, assess student progress, and facilitate online discussions.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 31, 2011

I''m posting this same discussion on Google+ , and feel free to answer here or there (at Google+, there''s more opportunity for back-and-forth with others). Mobile Learning Handheld / Tablet Open Learning Open Education Resources Open Source Software in Ed Creative Commons Open PD Digital Textbooks University / College / Higher Ed 2.0

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. Holzweiss asked.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

“It’s an exercise of power aimed at the public, and in a democratic society, power deserves attention and scrutiny, not gratitude.” Pushback against Common Core tests specifically and against standardized testing more generally have also prompted states and districts to rethink the kind and frequency of assessments they buy.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The latter group, which is more likely to be comprised of Black, Latino, and low-income students, performed better on writing assessments when writing with pencil and paper. This includes software, digital content , and websites. This “gap” seems to extend to online courses too. 53% of the World Wide Web is in English.

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