Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Word processing software or tools that provide access to information digitally, like PDF annotators, generally fall into these categories, as the technology substitutes or augments the learning experience, allowing for some functional improvement in the task without a fundamental change in the task itself. The SAMR Model.

Assessment 143

Assessment Social Media Personalized Learning Data 143

TeacherCast

OCTOBER 1, 2015

If a software company wants to give its product away free to educators, that’s a good thing for schools, teachers and students, right? And what region doesn’t have unique assessment and reporting standards? Sometimes there’s no data sharing of assessment results into your online gradebook. What do you do? Stop using the system?

Software 68

Software Company Education System 68

Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A digital learning environment offers students all kinds of options for research, class projects, collaboration, activities and assessments. In order to protect learners, it’s essential for a K-12 district or school to use web filtering software. Should schools have web filters?

Digital Learning 130

Digital Learning Chromebook Learning Policies 130

PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s explore plagiarism software features, pros and cons, and pricing. A Comprehensive Overview of Popular Plagiarism Checkers Efficient plagiarism software needs advanced technology with integration capabilities, the newest algorithms, and databases. But only PlagiarismCheck has integration with Google Classroom.

Comparison 52

Comparison Software Moodle LMS 52

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

In some cases the very technologies that were intended to improve writing, like automatic-essay grading software, have backfired by encouraging a kind of paint-by-numbers approach to writing. And he thinks that the writing students do for their Instagram accounts and social media is actually great. But Warner is not anti-tech.

Software 167

Software Assessment MOOC Social Media 167

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Monitoring software can track what students say and do online, sometimes even on students' privately owned devices or social media accounts. In some cases schools might even use tools like location tracking or facial recognition software. See Google's cookie information for details. Should They?

Digital Citizenship 94

Digital Citizenship Software Video Social Media 94

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. Doing a project that uses Google Docs or MS Word doesn’t mean students will apply that knowledge to the year-end PARCC and SB tests. Let’s face it: Students are on social media or will be soon. Internet use.

Digital Citizenship 150

Digital Citizenship Social Media Wiki BYOD 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

The students came up with the project themselves and designed a Google form to track their phone time, including which apps they used most. They also determined the research questions they’d ask of the data — such as whether social media use during class reduces comprehension and retention.

Data 139

Data STEM Course Report 139

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Who picks the digital apps, software, extensions, and programs used in the classes? Do teachers pull out the iPads only to practice rote math drills (which is a good idea) or do students become inspired by the creativity of apps like GeoGebra and take notes using a digital tool like Google Keep? Or a stand-alone app like Remind ?

Technology 150

Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core iPad 150

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

I want them to join Google classroom. and I want them to turn their photograph in as an assignment in Google Classroom. Formative assessment is key. Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools is a helpful article that I wrote for Edutopia. Working the room is a balance. When students are in the room, they are my job!

Classroom 379

Classroom Course Report Maker Movement 379

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Race, Social Media and the Role of Schools : Educational activism is on the rise and more visible than ever before. Tuesday, March 5, 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Social Media 103

Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 103

The Web20Classroom

JUNE 12, 2015

From there, login via Facebook, Google or Twitter to get started. Files can also be uploaded to be shared via a collection.Simply drag and drop the file - any digital file including photos, videos, lessons plans, quizzes, powerpoints, pictures, Smart Notebook software and more - and it will also be added to your appoLearning Collection.

Common Core 100

Common Core Facebook Android Social Media 100

EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2019

This stage does not necessarily recognize the highest capabilities of digital technologies and merely substitutes old ways for a new mode with the lowest orchestration of software. They often say, “We let the teachers make all the choices as to what and how they will use various technologies including the software elements.”

Industry 100

Industry Software Data Strategy 100

ProfHacker

JUNE 6, 2016

Harris, who worked as a designer at Google until 2016, is the founder of Time Well Spent , a design philosophy intended to change the ways companies and engineers use technology. Which apps or sites do you find most distracting to your productivity?

Social Media 40

Social Media Facebook Software Google 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. Nearpod seized an opportunity to help the classroom teacher deliver tailored lessons and assess learning in real time.

EdTech 161

EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 161

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Feedback: One teacher in Northern California told my team that when her class started using personalized learning software, her students were “just click, click, clicking away.” 7th Grade Informational Writing: How is social media used in times of crisis? 5th Grade Narrative Writing: How do germs help or harm us?

EdTech 154

EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 154

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It has been great watching the stream of potential uses for Google Wave roll in. Here are what I believe to be the best potential uses of Google Wave. I could see the Google Wave being used for class discussions and assignments on these snow days. Johnsonlabz : I am interested in using Google wave for writing class scripts.

Google 64

Google Groups Wiki iPhone 64

MindShift

DECEMBER 10, 2017

And the silly community events are shared on social media and the course website to help create the community feeling that keeps kids engaged in the academic work. MOSS (Measure Of Software Similarity): This tool is freely developed and can help determine academic honesty. Malan finds it more group friendly than Google Hangout.

Tools 55

Tools Poll Everywhere Software Course 55

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Adobe Spark : This flexible design tool lets teachers and students design everything from a web page to a social media post. Google CS First : A computer science curriculum with themed coding projects, this program makes coding less intimidating and more accessible to people from all different backgrounds. Excellent SEL.

EdTech 40

EdTech Tools Symantec Classroom 40

The Principal of Change

APRIL 8, 2020

If you think about it, many young give feedback to others online through different social media platforms, but is it helpful? How can I leverage tools, like online discussions and video conferencing software, to allow learners to engage with each other? Could we ask students to provide feedback to one another?

Learning 101

Learning Strategy Examples Social Media 101

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

It also supports Google Play educational apps, so students can collaborate, discover, engage and learn, and includes a Wacom EMR stylus that lets students use interactive apps, sketch, take notes, and capture ideas. Its portable design enables it to be used comfortably by younger children and in more environments.

Robotics 42

Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. The company has raised some $77.5 If so, what are they?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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).

Secondary 52

Secondary Classroom Strategy Google 52

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 3, 2019

Through his capacity as a social media influencer, he answered the questions below. As the software being used for the virtual online whiteboard can often be new within a school, there is often a requirement to produce additional resources for use within lessons. Neil Rickus. External resource creation.

Social Media 150

Social Media Software Digital Citizenship Video 150

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. Spread the word about World Read Aloud Day on social media to help us grow the movement. Education Revolution Google+ Community A path toward understanding of mathematical concepts. See my rant below.

Conference 50

Conference Education Learning Google 50

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

PLTW Director of Assessment Claudia Guerere (@ClaudiaGuerere) recommends this activity, which she says engages kids’ natural curiosity and discovery. Lightbot – Lightbot is an educational video game for learning software programming concepts. Or how many varieties of leaves exist on the trees in the yard. Do try it at home!

STEM 40

STEM Android Tablets Laptops 40

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

They support single sign-on with Google and Clever. You can only do that if you know how to use technology, especially really fabulous software, which teachers who use technology know how to find. Learn more about formative assessment. Google Cardboard costs like, what — $12 – and every kid has a smartphone.

Social Media 238

Social Media Blended Learning Data Blackboard 238

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Wednesday, April 9th at 4pm Thinking Scientifically: Video and Formative Assessment with POPstar Robert Miller , POPstar Robert Miller - an award-winning 5th-grade teacher - hosts this interactive workshop covering inquiry-based science curriculum; the creative use of video; and one of his favorite resources, NSTA’s Formative Assessment Probes.

Conference 53

Conference Digital Badges Libraries Education 53

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Teacher monitoring, assessing, and support during IR. Assessing Independent Reading. The challenge then is: how do I assess independent reading? Next is a list of tools that I have observed teachers using for assessing independent reading. Google Forms. Students choose what to read. Access to texts. Notability.

Assessment 52

Assessment Tools Common Core Digital Citizenship 52

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

Soft-launched last summer, the library currently houses more than 100 educational apps, which teachers can browse by subjects or categories (like assessment or presentation tools). A report published in January suggests that most software licenses purchased go unused. Meanwhile, the number of tools in classrooms today has ballooned.

EdTech 119

EdTech Libraries Software Company 119

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

We are focusing primarily on communication—both delivering it and managing it—rather than learning or assessment techniques. If you don’t have enough of it, teaching and assessment won’t even be possible, let alone optimized. Google Hangouts/Meet. Google Hangouts/Meet. Google Classroom. BlueJeans Events.

Meeting 213

Meeting Video Groups Training 213

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

Buying hardware and buying software does not make you or your students or your institutions forward-thinking. This data comes from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos, purchase transaction records, and cell phone GPS signals to name a few.

Technology 40

Technology Learning Data Libraries 40

The Thinking Stick

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Here in Washington State our new state assessment is done on a computer. Many schools are now complaining that students are doing poorly on the test because they don’t have the computer skills needed to even navigate the test software. Yes…that means you should be assessing students search skills!

Common Core 93

Common Core Social Media Google Assessment 93

TeacherCast

MAY 8, 2019

They are all coming to your blog or website to learn something and the best way to keep them coming back is to ask them questions, possibly through a Google Form Survey, to get a better sense of topics that you may wish to turn into podcast or blog topics. February: Google for Education. Week 1: Google Docs Tips.

Video 68

Video Social Media Google Conference 68

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

We’ve seen the market fluctuate dramatically, as early iPad-dominated classrooms gave way to the rise of Google. The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. No more bulky software”).

EdTech 120

EdTech Tools Examples Common Core 120

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 25, 2015

Teachers will use online gradebooks seamlessly to share information and projects with parents in a way that feels more like social media and less like grading. Maybe future teachers and students will look back with fondness about the first time they ever held an iPad to look up their house on Google Earth.

Common Core 40

Common Core eBook Assessment Social Media 40