Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2017

Personalizing education does not mean simply putting a laptop in the hands of every teacher and student; rather, it occurs as leaders empower teachers to go beyond the traditional role of a “content expert” and organically diagnose, analyze, guide, instruct, and coach students.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. Students and educators have more tools to create a learning environment that fosters personalized learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Learning management systems streamline administrative tasks, allowing educators to organize, distribute, and assess coursework efficiently. Virtual reality and simulations transport students to immersive educational environments, enhancing experiential learning. Which technology is the most available technology in classrooms?

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These visual representations enhance the learning environment and provide valuable reference points for students throughout the school year. Moreover, traditional assessment tools, including quizzes, tests, and exams, remain essential for gauging student comprehension and mastery of material.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Technology in K-12 classrooms can revolutionize education Choosing the right edtech requires a thoughtful and strategic approach Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Technology transforms K-12 education by enhancing engagement, personalizing learning, and fostering collaboration. Platforms like Kahoot!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Renaissance , a global leader in student-centered, pre-K–12 personalized practice and assessment, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nearpod , a leader in teacher-facilitated instructional delivery, to unlock an unparalleled level of student insights. “In About Renaissance.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2018

The 8th grade just received their own profiled laptop since the school was deploying a blended learning/personalized learning initiative and the 1:1 student laptop was a key project. I was perplexed since I thought to myself, the district has been deploying laptops to schools for 10 years!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

To do that, the organization plans to work with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) — the folks behind standardized tests including the GRE and the Praxis — to create new tools designed to assess what students are able to do, not how much time they spent studying to do it. There is value in peer groups, in learning to collaborate at school.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I wonder if he is going to be able to take our weekly formative assessment today, or if it will be another case of him rapidly clicking through the test simply to complete it. And every week there are required fluency- and standards-based assessments to get through too. I notice my student Kayla is on the verge of tears.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

The pandemic unleashed “tremendous interest” in revisiting assessments, said Jean-Claude Brizard, president and chief executive officer of Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization that promotes innovation in education. Related: Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment. Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. Adaptive learning platforms provide instruction that is specific to individual students’ needs in a cost-effective manner.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In the middle of all this activity, seventh-grader Jacob Higuera sat alone with his laptop, intently typing out a social studies assignment. Overall, [seeing their progress] helps the kids to take accountability for their own learning, which is huge, because not only does that benefit them in school, but in life.”.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Five years into a massive transition to a personalized learning model, Educators at Fulton County School District in Georgia are scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. District leaders even went so far as to dub the hardware “personalized learning devices.” “At It should have been communicated better.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.”

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

From lesson creation to assessment and gamification, there is something for K-12 schools, universities, vocational schools, and so on depending on the purpose of the conference. So besides packing their bags, laptops, agendas and passports, teachers can do a little extra something: their pre conference homework.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. To get Lumio for FREE, head to Lum.io

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

After considerable research and collaboration, UCS designed a blending learning model starting in kindergarten in which students progress through personalized learning plans with state-of-the-art technology such as iPads and MacBook Air laptops.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

After considerable research and collaboration, UCS designed a blending learning model starting in kindergarten in which students progress through personalized learning plans with state-of-the-art technology such as iPads and MacBook Air laptops.

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

What makes the place truly unique, however, is the way Marc Pedersen and his wife Tricia Pedersen have set up their classes to offer students a differentiated, high-tech, personalized learning experience—all without relying heavily on screen time. Pedersen says the lack of testing allows more time for laboratory experimentation.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Nearpod seized an opportunity to help the classroom teacher deliver tailored lessons and assess learning in real time. As we took notes on our $2000 laptops, those stats seemed too far off. Shauntel Garvey (General Partner, Reach Capital): The launch of the iPad and Chromebook ushered in the age of devices in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Vicki: So we need to personalize learning. Doug: Well, the Science Learning Academy in Philadelphia is one where I visited. Doug: Kids walk in there.They hand them a Mac laptop. There’s a great deal of self-paced learning. And we do have the capability to personalize learning so much more. Doug: Yeah.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

There are so many ways that kids can creatively show you their learning in a timely and efficient manner, and ways teachers can conduct assessments that take away the testing anxiety that plagues so many kids. Creative Formative Assessments Can Help: Save time assessing students. So why not use it.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In two of the five districts I serve, many of our schools are now 1:1, meaning that all middle and high schoolers are issued a laptop and most textbooks are provided in an electronic format. It is a part of our world that continues to be infused into every aspect of our lives.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Tagged on: August 17, 2017 Do Laptops Help Learning? Tagged on: August 16, 2017 You Need Data to Personalize Learning | Data Quality Campaign → They need data to personalize learning. But, they also tell us that personalized learning doesn't rely on technology in the classroom.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 12, 2010

Here''s Twelve Examples tags : leadership , favorite Google Tools for Teachers (NCTE 2009) tags : Google , favorite Wiki Skills on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Some of them had never seen an iPad or a laptop and probably wouldn't have without the program here." Since we started differentiating with eSpark, our 2015-2016 annual NWEA state assessment gains were terrific. Their faces were so happy—it was like Christmas. I could have cried. Their faces were so happy—it was like Christmas.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Summit Math won a BESSIE in the High School: Math Website category and Stride won in the Teacher Tools: Adaptive Learning Tool category. The Summit Math curriculum, which is compatible with desktops, laptops, and tablets, has 6-8 grade math course offerings, as well as Algebra 1 (+Honors), Geometry (+Honors), and Algebra 2 (+Honors) courses.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Used to working on tablets or laptops for much of their day, many of these students were also behind in fine motor skills, struggling to use scissors and still working on correctly writing numbers. Related : What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read. One report by Amplify Education Inc.,

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Elementary Report Groups Assessment 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. The day after Gregg pointed out the detailed awesomeness of his aquatic dragon, Jahein Flanagan, 13, sat in a classroom at Ed Von Tobel Middle School with a school-issued laptop open before him. Students at B.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

We offer over 300 professional learning courses that you can take anywhere, anytime. And because you can access them with your mobile devices—your phone, your tablet, your laptop—there’s a pervasiveness in the way you get to your courses. I joke that we do macro and micro personalization. Parent Engagement in the Modern Era.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Khan Academy provides personalized learning for students at their pace and is an excellent flipped classroom tool for teachers to identify their students’ strengths and needs. Student engagement in answering questions or testing their knowledge with challenges helps teachers assess the student’s student progress.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

In 2000 he co-founded Wireless Generation, which pioneered the use of data, digital diagnostics and assessments to support students. He also talked about the challenges facing edtech companies today, including his skepticism towards what he calls an “engineering” model of personalized learning. Edtech” certainly wasn’t a thing.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 20, 2015

One of education’s hottest buzzwords these days is g amification: the integration of games into classroom instruction to enhance student learning. Purposeful gamification can allow for personalized learning , increased student engagement , and greater creativity. ( Apps Assessment Games Tools kahoot'

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