Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

. – I want to focus instead on one aspect of how we are shifting from print to digital: the procurement decision schools make about whether to license digital instructional materials or purchase them outright, because I think ownership of instructional materials matters.**. Image credits. Image credits.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Instruction that aligns with districts’ standards, scope, and sequence. Standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials to support grade-level learning. Robust pre- and post- assessments to regularly track student growth and performance. Bilingual and multilingual tutors are available.

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Learning Instructional Materials Professional Learning Meeting 111

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

The United States ranked 36th in math and 13th in reading among 79 countries and regions that took the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2018. Hoping to improve our standing, researchers have been calling for a new approach to education for nearly a decade—one that combines in-person and virtual instruction.

Learning 218

Learning Software Blended Learning Flipped Classroom 218

The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 7, 2013

The education practitioners in the schools are also having to spend an enormous amount of time learning new software and data collection programs, purchased with Race to the Top funding, and these programs still are not fully functional and are too often causing data errors and more work staff in the schools.

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Assessment Instructional Materials Software Data 87

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Some states, such as Nevada, also restrict the use of state supplemental academic intervention funds to programs that meet federal research standards and are elevating the importance of evidence-based and high-quality instructional materials. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 135

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Using results from a student placement test, ChalkTalk’s machine-learning software generates a standards-aligned curriculum customized to fit within existing class schedules. Then their students take a placement test online to assess their starting skill level. First teachers choose their curriculum & set schedule.

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Company EdTech Instructional Materials Microsoft 110

techlearning

APRIL 19, 2018

(NYSE: RST) Company, today announced that Lexia Reading Core5® has been named by the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) as an approved provider of early interactive reading software for literacy instruction and assessment for grades K–3.

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Education Assessment Software Differentiated Instruction 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Most educators and students are not technology professionals and prefer classroom solutions that are simple to use and easily work with the various programs, software and other hardware which educators have grown accustomed to. 2024 will be a mix of states and districts spending their remaining funds while also looking to the future.

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

Curriculum and instructional materials live on websites, in the cloud, on paper, in LMS’s, in Google Drive or OneDrive. A stack is simply the set of tech tools, software, and data standards and frameworks that an organization uses to get its daily work done.) Edtech can enable and house the holistic blueprint.

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EdTech System Data Company 160

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A recommended strategy is that comprehensive cybersecurity courses include the 30 critical concepts such as IT literacy, concepts, terminology, software, virtualization, hardware and system administration, and networks such as Linux and Windows.

Pearson 56

Pearson Training Instructional Materials Course 56

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Absent checks on real and potential biases, errors and omissions, students’ future educational prospects are being shaped by software. For example, many of the nation’s largest school systems use Google’s free suite of education tools, which allows teachers to develop their lessons, create assignments and administer assessments online.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 49

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Helping Learners Find Their ZPD Understanding what “tailoring instruction” means and what it takes to make it happen is critical when implementing a personalized learning model. For Reyes, it’s about using purposeful groupings, choosing relevant instructional materials and modifying content to align with learning interests and needs.

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Personalized Learning Meeting Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials 104

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

Schools were unhappy with both the cost and the quality of the instructional materials available. Retention is key in any software-as-a-service business, he noted, and “it’s easy to underestimate the exponential power of churn.” Products that are actively used are generating value for teachers and learners.”

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Outcomes Education Company Broadband 76

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

The investment company Weld North Holdings LLC today announced its acquisition of Performance Matters, a student assessment and data analytics company that it will merge with Truenorthlogic, a K-12 ed-tech business focused on continuous educator improvement.

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Kaplan Company Data Industry 40

Marketplace K-12

JULY 26, 2016

. “This will be more true than ever going forward,” Hoverman told more than 125 education business leaders attending the event sponsored by the Education Technology Industry Network of the Software & Information Industry Association.

Differentiated Instruction 40

Differentiated Instruction Industry Instructional Materials Google 40

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, April 25, 2018 — Summit™ Math , a curriculum of adaptive online math courses from Fuel Education ®(FuelEd®), and Stride ™, FuelEd’s supplemental learning solution for skills practice for students in PreK–8 grade, were both selected as winners in The ComputED Gazette ’s 24th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES).

Adaptive Learning 40

Adaptive Learning Instructional Materials Blended Learning Course 40

eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2022

To help accelerate teaching and learning this coming school year, Curriculum Associates has updated its award-winning i-Ready Personalized Instruction and Assessment program with new reports, lessons, accessibility features, and more. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass. — New Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension have also been added.

Assessment 98

Assessment Instructional Materials Differentiated Instruction EdTech 98

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Albans City School, and several of her students explained how they’re using technology for assessment, service work, and more. They researched trophy designs, used software to create the trophies, and printed them on the 3D printer. She used the school’s design software and vinyl cutter to develop and print her stickers.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A Teach Page offers videos, resources for lesson planning and assessment, differentiation, additional resources, in-a-pinch (for substitutes or surprise snow days) and achievements (badges, votes, and rankings) to promote engagement. Bank of multiple-choice and discussion assessment questions. These are useful well beyond the game!

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Libraries iPhone Android iPad 51

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Safely getting back to the classroom requires many new precautions, and in 2021, innovations in technology such as digital signage software and content management will play a major role. Justin Reilly, CEO, Impero Software. John Wheeler, CEO, Vernier Software & Technology.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Most educators and students are not technology professionals and prefer classroom solutions that are simple to use and easily work with the various programs, software and other hardware which educators have grown accustomed to. 2024 will be a mix of states and districts spending their remaining funds while also looking to the future.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ The tool is ideal for differentiated learning, literacy, English-language learners (ELL) or Special Needs instruction. The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. No bubbles required.

Tools 51

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 51

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Others went deep, with curriculum, intervention and assessment stacks. All of these players, new and old, are operating in a stable yet fragmented market, finding product-market fit in school systems’ existing market segments: core, supplemental, and assessment. (I Assessment (including state tests) is another $1.2

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Industry Edmodo Pearson Instructional Materials 86

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. software and electronic textbooks, as is the case in New Mexico ) to physical devices (e.g. State Funding States vary drastically in the funds they make available for K-12 technology.

Technology 180

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 180

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

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OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Controls appear in a small movable, contextual palette that offers access to images, drawing tools and a library of instructional materials. A tiled display feature allows teachers to see all student sessions on a single screen and quickly assess understanding. Boards may be embedded on other sites.

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Khan Academy Moodle Libraries Instructional Materials 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. The learning management system is a piece of “enterprise” software after all. Everything’s a business opportunity.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40