Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Today’s tip: #151–8 Popular Year-long Assessments. Category: ASSESSMENTS. Assess them anecdotally regularly to track progress. Tech use— evaluate student self-directed use of the technology they have learned in class projects. Self-directed use of vocabulary tools —expect students to use domain-specific tech terms as they use technology. Effort —assess student tech knowledge based on process not product.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 24, 2017
In my school, every teacher assesses writing. Writing is no longer treated as a stand-alone skill, rather a tool students use to provide evidence of their knowledge. Use technology to produce and publish writing. Conduct research based on focused questions that demonstrate understanding of the subject. Gather relevant information, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
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Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
It is well known that individuals construct new knowledge based on what they already know, that they learn differently from one another, and that they learn best when they are asked to perform appropriately challenging tasks. Given the variation in students’ knowledge, skills and learning strategies, it is difficult for educators to provide each unique student with the best opportunity to learn.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 6, 2016
The results are in: The National Center for Education Statistics today released its findings for the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The assessment, which has been administered every three years since 2000, measures math, science and reading literacy of 15-year-olds in 73 education systems around the globe. Education Technology Big Data Research
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. sharing digitally to build knowledge. More on Digital Literacy: How to Assess Digital Literacy.
edWeb.net
MAY 6, 2022
First, they needed to access and use remote learning technologies, and then they needed to continue developing their language and literacy skills despite the pandemic-related disruptions and other difficulties they and their families faced. Integrating Technology. Watch the Recording.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Because new information is blended into prior knowledge, the result is – of course – subjective, heavily dependent upon the personal lens of each learner. That, in turn, is dependent upon their society, culture, past knowledge, personal experiences, and more.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 4, 2021
She came on board to help us assess our attendance goals and strategies several months into a global pandemic. One of Mini’s greatest assets is her ability to learn and build a knowledge base that responds empathetically to questions from parents and students.
Linways Technologies
APRIL 2, 2020
Transforming Linways AMS for the betterment of the educational system was possible to a greater extent based on customer feedback and ideas. Some of them include the addition of Rubrics in Integrating Outcome Based Education and development of an advanced version of the accreditation Module.
EdNews Daily
JANUARY 29, 2020
The information and technology explosion has exposed a behemoth that is not able to pivot and adapt. Are sequential and upon completion provide a complete set of knowledge applicable to a career or higher education study pathway. By Matt Ridenour.
A Principal's Reflections
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
The message that I try to convey is that technology should not be separate from sound instructional design, but instead serve as a ubiquitous entity that supports or enhances curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Here is what I struggle with based on what I actually see in practice. In many cases, the "wow" factor of technology is placed ahead of getting kids to think deeply or authentically applying their learning.
Kitaboo on EdTech
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Technology has penetrated every aspect of life, and education is no exception. As more and more teachers, students, and stakeholders experiment with technology, software developers are working day and night to bring them quality solutions.
EdNews Daily
JUNE 22, 2019
When describing the life cycle of technology development, he talks about over-enthusiasm prior to the real revolution. Each company has incredible resources, and each is synonymous with technological innovation. The company that could change the world is a little-known technology company with a rather innocuous sounding name: Value Spring Technology. First, let’s start with other AI conversational products and the technology that supports them.
Linways Technologies
APRIL 2, 2020
Transforming Linways AMS for the betterment of the educational system was possible to a greater extent based on customer feedback and ideas. Some of them include the addition of Rubrics in Integrating Outcome Based Education and development of an advanced version of the accreditation Module.
Doug Levin
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
While these technologies have tremendous potential, this transformation in Ed Tech has raised questions about how the Rule implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA Rule”) applies in the school context, and how it intersects with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”). In this comment, I make four assertions: There is an emerging knowledge base on cybersecurity incidents involving schools and student data that should be used to guide decisionmaking.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
It’s fairly easy for kids to “cheat” while asking them to complete online Google Forms and other types of digital assessments. What kinds of questions are most used in a Google Form assessment? So if all we’re doing with the new and improved locked quiz feature is to make it easier for us to create and assess a low level test of multiple choice questions, well then. Use it to measure basic understanding of content knowledge.
Tech Helpful
MARCH 1, 2018
Educational technology companies know this is an issue and they have created solutions to give educators a little more piece of mind. TEACHER CHALLENGE QUESTION: If you are unsure if a student has cheated or not, ask yourself how you can change your classroom structure to have more formative feedback so you would feel more certain about a student's knowledge base before they take an assessment?
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 3, 2019
In this culminating project-based unit, students design prototypes for real users that address issues related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Building their skillset and their knowledge base makes them eager to solve authentic problems. It allows each person to contribute with shorter deadlines and individual deliverables and makes it easier to assess each person’s contribution.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
I recently got a question from a reader asking how the lessons in my K-8 curriculum supported Dr. Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge philosophy — an integral concept to her school’s mission. Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults. Rather, it itemizes ways students interact with knowledge. How to Create a Tech-based Curriculum Using the SAMR Model.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 24, 2015
Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened to the chapter being reviewed, homework as worksheets based on the text, tests regurgitating important facts. Students are digital natives, already in the habit of learning via technology. Transfer of knowledge is critical. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.
Edsurge
JULY 13, 2017
She says the teaching practice has changed and the expectations put on teachers are vast, noting that they are expected to pre-assess to gauge where students are beginning from, learn multiple technology tools, differentiate their instruction, finding out students’ interests and habits, personalize their instruction and ensure continued growth. But she acknowledges that technology has accelerated the pace of change and practice.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 2, 2018
It’s an idea that’s gaining traction as technology offers new tools for both tracking student learning and customizing classwork based on past performance. Like traditional schools, Hellerup’s student body is divvied up into grades; students are assessed based on projects, portfolios, and standardized tests; and teachers follow the national curriculum. The 10 grades are each split into groups with a designated base (analogous to a homeroom) and teacher.
Edsurge
JULY 10, 2017
Whether from formative and summative assessments or online instructional programs, data is both a powerful indicator of teaching and a driver for personalizing professional development. Let technology inform your approach to professional development. Use the data outputs from your LMS, classroom assessment and practice programs, high-stakes tests, and any other technologies that you already have in place as support for driving effective instructional techniques.
Benchmark Education
MAY 4, 2016
A New World of Technology—in Classrooms, Around the Globe. Our students have grown up in a brave, new, digital world—so we look first to technology as a key part of the answer. Why Use Technology in the Classroom? Harnessing the power of technology by truly integrating it into our curriculum enhances instruction, enriches guided practice, and ignites independent practice. Technology holds huge promise, but has it delivered?
edWeb.net
MARCH 15, 2021
But even during the crisis, they dug in, designing creative digital learning experiences, using technology for enhanced remote engagement, and leveraging local phenomena and investigations for students and their families to do at home. Assessment. Technology. By Michele Israel.
eSchool News
APRIL 21, 2022
Offered by Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, LETRS provides educators with the deep knowledge required to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading. Hemet USD began rolling out LETRS in March 2022 as a two-year, cohort-based program.
Edsurge
JULY 31, 2018
The book is called Rewiring Education: How Technology Can Unlock Every Student's Potential. The second part of it was that we knew that the technology was continuing to grow. And that we would be able to build a learning environment based on technology that would eventually be all digital, that would meet the needs of all students. And that's what technology can do. Technology can reach each individual. But they've never employed that technology.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 31, 2018
I’m pleased to say that more and more education leaders and technology products providers are regularly talking and doing something about this. Educators will prioritize SEL over technology controls as cyberbullying deterrents. This more comprehensive understanding of social-emotional health will spur schools to prioritize SEL as a foundational response and technology monitoring as a complimentary (but secondary) facet of student wellness and safety.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 15, 2018
” The first step toward reaching that goal would be opening their minds to fascinating bits and pieces of knowledge, be they about computer games or nature. Teachers get tangled in a web of standards, mission statements, and assessments, and spend too much time on what their institution considers essential. The concept of lifelong learning recognizes that knowledge is not confined to a classroom but takes place throughout life and in a range of situations.
Tech Helpful
MAY 6, 2016
I recently participated in a #TnTechChat Twitter chat moderated by @TeachTnTech regarding Technology skills needed in preservice teachers. As this week has progressed I find myself thinking on the subject a lot, and this blog post is a more thought out list of technology knowledge I think preservice teachers should be aware of before entering the workforce: Blended learning. Technology-based formative assessment options. Technology can change this.
edWeb.net
JUNE 12, 2020
Overall, the panelists are optimistic that the transition to online learning will hasten the adaptation of technologies and teaching methods that will better prepare students for 21 st century careers. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.
eSchool News
JANUARY 18, 2016
SMART Technologies, Inc. SMART amp is a cloud-based solution, available on virtually any browser-enabled device. It is the ‘glue’ that connects interactive displays, PCs, laptops, and tablets while enabling teachers and students to collaborate and co-create in real time, do in-class assessment, connect to shared digital workspaces and interact with Web-based learning materials regardless of location or device.
EdTechSandyK
MARCH 6, 2017
Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness SXSWedu 2017 Debate Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research, Christensen Institute Lisa Hansel, Advisor, Knowledge Matters Saro Mohammed (Moderator), Partner, The Learning Accelerator Personalized learning is one of true transformational opportunities in education. Critical thinking is grounded in knowledge bases. Assess tools by use case as opposed to features and functionality.
techlearning
APRIL 4, 2018
All of our teachers have had ample professional development in writing process and pedagogy, which helps to provide a strong knowledge base around the most effective practices,” says Gale. The district is seeing great results from its investment in technology-based tools and in training teachers to use them. The district has a limited budget for technology, so Tuckett found Reading Horizons and began with direct instruction only.
wwwatanabe
JUNE 2, 2012
Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
Students must also either attain an industry-recognized credential or pass one of the state’s Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards Assessment exams — tests that were developed from standards drawn up by the state’s industry groups. A computerized numerical control machine at Breckenridge Area Technology Center. The only way we are going to compete with companies in places like India, China and Mexico, with much lower labor costs, is through knowledge.”.
Connecting 2 the World
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
The Traditional Model The traditional model used by organizational learning theorists begins with the depth of knowledge. This can further be linked to depth of knowledge being greater as it is internalized (Yaklief, 2010), as exhibit 2 illustrates. The greater the level of internalization of knowledge, the greater perceived depth of knowledge (Allee, 1999; Herling, 2000; Yaklief, 2010). Individual content knowledge: Resume and portfolio of work.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. It’s not that paying for a piece of technology will treat you any better, mind you.). But new technology hasn’t made it easy.
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