A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 25, 2019

With all of the disruption we see as a result of the 4th Industrial Revolution, changes to how we educate kids have to be considered. This applies to what is seen on social media, in marketing assets, and at conferences. How has assessment changed? The pursuit to improve never ends and nor should it.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

They can post these micro-credentials on their resumes, LinkedIn profiles, or other social media platforms for future employers to see. As students develop their skills, they can earn digital micro-credentials as a way to demonstrate the competencies they have built.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

The competitive, one-size-fits-all, industrial model of American education has persisted for over a century, but it feels increasingly outdated and even irrelevant, at times. Graduation requirements, including the number of credits, types of assessments and graduation pathways, vary widely across America’s 50 states.

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Social Media Meeting Industry Assessment 196

Neo LMS

JUNE 7, 2022

Quizzes are the quickest way to assess student knowledge. Discussions mimic the online experience they enjoy while engaging in group conversations on online forums , public chats and social media. . Google assignments are an excellent way to assess students in a fast, quiz-style way. H5P assignments . SCORM assignments.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2024

Today, digital magazines are extensively used to acquire new followers and retain old ones by showcasing your consistent evolution in the content creation industry. Look for the types of queries your customers often have and review the performance of your brand on social media based on user engagement and comments.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2021

For consultations and presentations at schools across the country I have developed these 15 questions you may want to ask as you develop or assess STEM possibilities for students. Last… please pass this on with a retweet or other social media. How do we get ready for assessment in STEM? Thanks so much.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

It alters the use of authentic assessments, how technology is leveraged, the spaces in which the learning occurs, the way educators grow professionally, how schools collaborate with the community, and the sustainability of the system as a whole. Complete activities to support your individual, school, or district's transformation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2019

This is particularly alarming because we live in an era when, according to Pew Research Center, 68 percent of American adults get their news from social media —platforms where opinion is often presented as fact. While Facebook and other social media outlets have pledged to tackle fake news , the results are lackluster.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

million students in its mission to support the next generation of diverse STEM solution-seekers, the Coalition presents a robust array of career profiles featuring diverse leaders across various industries and job roles. Building on the achievement of reaching 4.5

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

As a spectator sport and as an industry. Sports require students to set goals, assess the competition and consider their individual strengths and weaknesses. Esports teams need students to develop and manage the website and run social media accounts. Esports are here to stay. In colleges and in high schools.

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STEM Industry Study Report 417

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. For example in the music industry, it is said that “great songs are rarely written — they are rewritten” and likewise it is true with all learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

These tech jobs cut across industry sectors and many of them can be characterized as “ middle-skill ”—those that require more education and training than a high school diploma, but less than a four-year college degree. As Google’s initiative demonstrates, it is a false dichotomy to pit industry-based credentials against academic learning.

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Digital Badges Industry Coursera Social Media 85

Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 20, 2023

This could include social media, email, websites, mobile apps, and learning management systems (LMS) amongst others. Quizzes and Assessments : These are a great way to get learners and other stakeholders to engage with your content. They can answer questions, choose different paths, or explore additional resources.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Between the barbeque and baristas, the dive bars and dueling pianos, thousands of educators, along with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policymakers across the education industry, will descend on Austin, Texas, during the first week of March for SXSW EDU. Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe.

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 106

Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

This is hardly a revelatory statement, but in 2018, authenticity in politics, business and the technology industry as a whole feels more necessary than ever before. The final assessment then becomes an opportunity to forge relationships and celebrate original thinking.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As we bid farewell to the teenage years of the 21st century, we posed these questions and others to longtime industry entrepreneurs, analysts and stakeholders about the highs and lows, wins and woes of the past decade. Nearpod seized an opportunity to help the classroom teacher deliver tailored lessons and assess learning in real time.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

The enthusiasm shared by educators who understand that social media will forever impact their lives and practice is very reminiscent of the vibe expressed by dot-commers two decades ago during the first wave of the Internet boom—this is a very good thing. I’ve served as both a journalist and participant within each movement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

Include not only the step-by-step, but samples, artifacts, assessment strategies, feedback from students and parents, and reflections from you after it’s completed. . In this section, also include all of your social media contacts. When that’s done, honestly assess your resume. Sample lesson plans, artifacts.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

More social media platforms,” a girl said. If you told someone a decade ago that you could have a career as a social media influencer, they wouldn’t have believed you.”. Indiana now requires all eighth graders to take a series of self-assessments through the state’s online career explorer or a similar web tool.

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STEM Course Robotics Social Media 138

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2020

Whatever happens to the economy, shortages will remain not just in phlebotomy, but in many other professions, and some may even get worse as a result of the pandemic; social distancing and changes in behavior following the massive shutdowns will likely increase the already strong demand for digital and social media marketers, for instance.

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Training Survey Social Media Industry 128

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

An industry-leading author, speaker, and educator, Fennell is widely published in professional journals and textbooks related to PreK–8 mathematics education. To learn more about hand2mind, please visit www.hand2mind.com , and follow on social media at @hand2mindinc on Facebook, at @hand2mindinc on Instagram, and at @hand2mind on Twitter.

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Common Core Facebook Social Media Twitter 104

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

By bridging the gap between what high schools teach and industries need, P-TECH, initially a partnership among IBM, the New York City school system and City Tech, has opened doors for thousands of students in communities with high concentrations of poverty. Ninth graders are assessed early – and often. “We Credit: Liz Willen.

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Industry Report Groups Study 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Straub, executive search and assessment consultant at Russell Reynolds, recalled of those days. Together”), attracted 90,000 new social media followers and saw a 58 percent increase overall in social media engagement, the university says. Now Earlham (“Education for good”) is advertising on social media and online.

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Social Media Report Survey Conference 145

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples. People don’t know how to translate their skills from one industry to another.

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MOOC Udemy Learning Assessment 139

Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

I don't want to come off today as making broad sweeping statements about all of education everywhere when I'm very much talking about the education system in the US and the education technology industry in the US. " There is a growing digital proctoring industry that offers schools way to monitor students during online test-taking.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2019

Educators can’t imagine a world where their industry isn’t able to stay the way it’s always been. This means that they have started to enter the same frame of reference as all other industries have done. Most of the education industry is consumed with testing and assessment. Here are the stages you can expect.

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Industry Software Data Strategy 100

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

They complete research projects that culminate in video or audio assessments, and submit multimedia reflections through Notability and Flipgrid. We turned to Padlet for collaborative, online work, FaceTime and Google Hangouts for discussions, and Schoology for sharing video and audio assessments. or GoFormative quizzes.

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STEM Robotics Blended Learning Schoology 165

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Industrial-organizational psychologists and other experts have been doing job and task analysis for decades on behalf of the military and the federal government. SkillsEngine started its life as a way to help Texas State Technical College assess how aligned its programs were with employer needs. What do you think is important?”

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The school surveillance industry is booming. While rare, tragedies like school shootings get lots of media attention, and taken together with more common problems like bullying, self-harm, and suicide, these issues raise important questions about students' safety. But what are the trade-offs when we prioritize safety over privacy?

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Digital Citizenship Software Video Social Media 94

Graphite Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

We include books, blogs, and newsletters that cover a range of topics from social media and disinformation to Gamergate. When students write to do well on assessments, they use a soul-crushing paint-by-numbers approach. This formulaic writing might work for assessments, but doesn’t work for readers or writers.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Analysis Case Study 75

Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Communication is much easier with the rise of social media and teachers are well connected with their peer communities and students than ever before. Adapting to the changes in student interests, trends, innovations, and shifts in the industry is a crucial skill needed to stay relevant. Learning is elementary in teaching.

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Outcomes Industry Social Media Tools 98

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

RISE incorporates the RISE Index assessment (developed with Healthier Generation) as the cornerstone to identifying needs and opportunities for districts and schools, which launched in fall of 2019 with a goal of reaching 25,000 schools and districts by 2023. About Kaiser Permanente.

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Resources Education Professional Learning Social Media 90

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Or, as Aneesa Davenport, Social Media & Analytics Manager for EdSurge, suggested, perhaps give them a periodic “check-up?” I am interested in building towards a world where aggregated statistics across the industry of education can help direct conversations on local, state, and federal education budget priorities.

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Education Data MOOC Industry 73

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 27, 2020

These and other important lessons from Oregon’s Gresham-Barlow School District were discussed during a recent edWebinar , hosted by AASA, The Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network , with the district’s Superintendent, Dr. Katrise Perera, and Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Lisa Riggs.

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Professional Learning Assessment Outcomes Secondary 57

EdTechTeam

JULY 27, 2019

With that goal in mind, I set about establishing various ways to apply the core aspects of the show into student-created assessments, professional development wrap-ups, and much more. Developing a culminating assessment for the end of the unit? Make a copy of their slide decks and share them on social media.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

They consume social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. Authors, industry leaders, and other schools can connect together on collaborative projects. By connecting through social media your educators and students can see how the work they do matters. But there are ways to use social media for good.

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Digital Divide Robotics Social Media Conference 58