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PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Pairing Major K-12 LMS and SIS Providers

Edsurge

PowerSchool has reached an agreement to acquire Schoology, a provider of learning management systems with a sizable footprint among K-12 schools and districts. Schoology would be PowerSchool’s second purchase of a learning management system (LMS), after it acquired Haiku Learning in 2016. K-12 LMS market share in U.S.

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3 Ways to Streamline Expectations While Making Things Easier for Educators

A Principal's Reflections

It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, and student work. Like the LMS, consistent use across a district or school helps develop continuity, especially in upper-grade levels. I tend to refer to these as norms that everyone can get behind.

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Virtual Learning Done Right

A Principal's Reflections

Learning Management System (LMS) The consistent use of an LMS such as Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas works to create a more equitable virtual environment for all kids and families. It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, student work, and SEL check-ins using Google or Canvas forms.

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Creating Interactive Lessons Through App Smashing

A Principal's Reflections

Most schools are relying on their Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, or Schoology to push out work. App Smashing can provide your students with creative and inspired ways to showcase their learning and allow you to assess their understanding and skills. Here is another example.

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Need an LMS next year? Here are three to consider

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An LMS — Learning Management System — is a digital tool that tracks a wide variety of student-teacher interactions such as homework, grading, sharing of resources, parent communication, assessments, and more. Having said that, I have a similar complaint about most LMS programs I’ve evaluated. Did I miss it?

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Schoology launches Assessment Management Platform

eSchool News

Schoology Assessment Management Platform, or AMP, integrates learning management and assessment in one system, bringing together student learning experiences with comprehensive assessment and actionable reporting. Align assessments to standards and in turn, to curriculum.

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Important Lessons Learned During the Pandemic and How They Can Drive Needed Change

A Principal's Reflections

This includes digital pedagogy that consists of purposeful use, a move to personalized learning through blended strategies, use of data to differentiate, innovative assessment, and performance tasks. The big shift overall is to make a move from low to high agency methodologies.

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