EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2019

Build a Diverse Team for a Clear Cybersecurity Assessment. The best way to move forward on these assessments, according to presenters, is to gather a group of leaders spanning different departments throughout the school. . “A JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued FETC 2019 coverage. by Eli Zimmerman.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2016

A Michigan State University study found surprising results when researchers analyzed laptop programs. Students who receive a laptop computer from their school tend to see a noticeable increase in academic achievement, a Michigan State University study reveals. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

2 And, over half of students report discomfort when using laptops 3. But when we look down–for example, at a laptop or tablet sitting on a desk or in our lap–our head tilts downwards by about 10-15 degrees. Survey of physical ergonomics issues associated with school childrens’ use of laptop computers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While students may not have it inside Microsoft Word, remember that if they have the consumer version at home or on their laptop, they will have access to these powerful features. I do believe everything changes when we all have copilot in Office 365. The power of ChatGPT is everywhere and in everything and cannot be blocked.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Forms are popular in schools for assessments, data collection, and a slew of other reasons. PCs, tablets, Chromebooks, laptops, and desktops). quizzes –have students complete their assessment–formative or summative–in a JotForm Smart PDF form. JotForm Reports–A Fresh Way to Energize Remote Learning.

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Digital Citizenship Data Comparison Mobility 381

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2024

The report is quite interesting from an academic library perspective,” said Beth McNeil, 2023-2024 president of the Association of College and Research Libraries and dean of libraries at Purdue University. Gen Z students typically carry multiple devices (think laptop or tablet, smartphone, headphones) that need juice.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. It’s a professional assessment of a flawed model. Then I have my [school] laptop to monitor anything if students email me during class that they’re having technical difficulties. And then I have my personal laptop on so the students can see me with Microsoft Teams.”.

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Personalized Learning Study Laptops Learning 137

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2023

Invest in technology: Schools can use funds to purchase laptops, tablets and other technology devices to support blended and online learning. A needs assessment can help schools identify specific areas where relief funds can be most effective.

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Learning Laptops Tablets Assessment 148

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 22, 2024

How Interactive Textbooks Transform a Students’ Learning Experience Makes Content Easily Accessible Fosters Personalization Embeds Multimedia Adds a Touch of Gamification Fosters Interactive Learning Promotes Timely Assessments Promotes Immersive Learning III. KITABOO enables you to create and publish interactive, media-rich textbooks.

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Study eBook Gamification Assessment 59

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

This progress is “significant,” write the authors of a report that details the groups’ findings. The majority of efforts since March 2020 are temporary, stop-gap measures,” according to the report. “In This affects Black students and students living in urban areas the greatest, the report finds. Money is an issue.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 217

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz. Differentiation –rather than assigning a project to be completed with a particular tool (such as a poster or a written book report), have students pick the media best suited to their communication style.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This has become more critical as students use laptops, mobile devices, and home computers routinely. As students play Cyber Legends, reports appear in the teacher dashboard. The reports are easily tailored to a teacher’s specific focus and also helps guide the assessment process.

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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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Laptops Smartphone Course E-rate 205

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

I think we’re moving away from an emphasis on summative assessments, for example, and embracing increased implementation of formative assessments. We now have so many great edtech tools to assess in real time. Technology is key here—both for how we teach, as well as how we assess. That is unacceptable.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

He’s the man behind SELweb , an online tool designed to assess K-3 students’ social-emotional learning (SEL), their ability to recognize and manage emotions and build healthy relationships. The assessments are meant to work in tandem with SEL curriculums—a supplement rather than replacement. But SELweb offers a different approach.

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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. A June report by New America Foundation and Rutgers University found substantial progress in home broadband access since 2015. Shawn Lambert, Brunswick School Department.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. 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. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. And Daniel A.

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 140

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

When we roll out hardware or one-to-one edtech in schools, we need to purchase laptops and carts and wireless access points. Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly,” he says. Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly.

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Training Assessment Survey Tools 148

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. The district collects data through a School Climate Survey, a Getting to Know You Survey, and an MPS Cares self-reporting tool.

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Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 334

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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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

These opportunities encouraged participants to take a deep dive into educational topics and try tools like laptops, 3D printers, exploratory equipment like Google cardboards, and other interactive tools and programs. It is used to develop interactive presentations and assessments that can be used to add amazing effects in the classroom.

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Conference Report Differentiated Instruction Mobility 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2018

With the push to move assessments online, students need good keyboarding skills. No more “runs only on desktops and laptops” Let me back up and describe Type to Learn Cloud. It does this through a process of review, demonstration, practice, and assessment. The problem is, they don’t work very well.

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Learning Differentiated Instruction Digital Citizenship Assessment 157

EdTech Magazine

JULY 17, 2018

With every tap of a touchscreen or login onto a laptop, a school’s back-end infrastructure — the maze of servers, racks and cords — is crucial to keep students prepared for their digital education. According to COSN’s 2018 K–12 IT Leadership Survey Report , the use of devices and digital material in the classroom will only continue to grow.

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Data How To E-rate Industry 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 363

Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

million in funds to provide 1,528 laptops, tablets, and devices, as well as 869 hotspots for local students. LEANLAB released a series of recommendations as part of a new report on the impact of distance learning on teachers and the immediate technology needs of schools. By May, they had deployed more than $1.5

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Digital Divide Libraries Survey Meeting 267

eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2020

Unlike other online initiatives, Family Playlists use families’ phones, so families can fully participate without having a laptop or computer at home. The resulting reports give teachers valuable assessment data and critical insights that enable them to see their students as whole children.

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PowerMyLearning Laptops Tools Mobility 82

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. Now, with far more applicants in the pipeline, “I only see pre-hiring assessment gaining momentum,” Price said.

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Company Assessment Report Gamification 144

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report Heather Miller has already seen improvement in writing, including among students who started the year without a strong grasp of forming letters. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report Heather Miller’s students frequently write in notebooks to show their progress in writing skills.

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Elementary Report Groups Assessment 145

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

In addition, curricula must include elements such as guidance documents, formative assessments at the lesson and unit level, annotated unit outlines and supplemental resources. . Through the Skyline project, teachers have the consistency and guidance to create the most effective, equitable curricula they can, said Clark. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Twitter Instructional Materials Blended Learning Chromebook 219

ExcelinEd

APRIL 20, 2020

Utah already had an option for students to “test out” of some classes using competency-based assessments, reported Education Week on April 8. 32,000 Laptops Distributed to Small and Rural Florida Districts. Utah Expands Ways Students Can Demonstrate Learning Gains.

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Laptops Education Survey Industry 53

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It Their failure is my failure.”.

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Education Course Report Policies 129

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

Schools have gotten creative, sending students home with Wi-Fi enabled devices or hotspots that let students connect their own laptops to the internet. Marwell said his team is leading pilots in districts and states to refine methods of assessing who needs internet access in a given community. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Advocacy Policies Accessibility Laptops 134

eSchool News

JULY 21, 2017

For example, we do not believe that asking students to do research or type a report is innovative or engaging. Teachers monitor student interaction and are able to collect data and formatively assess each student’s understanding. Laptops are an educator’s lifeline. A Curriculum Specialist’s Tech Essentials.

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Laptops Future Ready LMS iPad 89

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2020

Teachers must take care of children and elderly parents in their homes, as well as their own precarious health, and cannot be available in the same ways they are during “normal” times when they are reporting to school each day. These conditions combined are not conducive to teaching and learning. Together, what can’t we accomplish?

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Online Learning Differentiated Instruction Guidelines Learning 112

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 92

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Wicomico mom, who asked for anonymity because she feared retaliation from the school, recalled the terror she felt when she got the phone call saying that her son’s school was going to have him assessed for a forced psychiatric hospitalization. When she arrived at the school, she said, her son was already in handcuffs.

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Data Training Assessment Report 127

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. Here are five questions to ask when assessing the strength of the evidence. The list goes on.

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EdTech Comparison Study Groups 203