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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

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Oregon Public School Breaks State Assessment Score Record with Carnegie Learning

eSchool News

The MATHia software component of the core math solution was particularly effective in preparing students to excel on the SBAC. Howard Street Charter School in Salem, Oregon, is a project-based institution that pushes students to achieve excellence in all areas of study. We are witnessing history, and this is just the beginning.

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3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online

Catlin Tucker

1 Hosting Real-time Feedback Sessions Using Video Conferencing Software. Instead, I would like teachers to focus on supporting the process and providing students with actionable feedback they can use to improve their work before the teacher assesses it. Video-based feedback on student assessment: Scarily personal.

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Podcast pedagogy: Leveraging audio programs for learning

Neo LMS

But the truth is that many podcasts that appeal to adults can also be used in secondary classrooms. In addition, there should be multiple points for assessment and reflection along the way. Another option is to use the Leela Kids app to search for podcasts based on age level and other criteria.

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Mentoring for Digital Leadership in California Adult Educators

Digital Promise

For more than 30 years, California’s Outreach and Technical Assistance Network ( OTAN ) has been at the forefront of meeting the technology needs of adult education providers, including English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

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6 tools for real formative assessment

eSchool News

Delivering formative assessments is made easier with classroom technology tools. As education policy moves away from the much-maligned No Child Left Behind and toward new legislation focusing on learning outcomes, technology-enabled formative assessments are moving to the foreground as a way to gauge student learning in real time.

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Ask A Silly Question, Get A Non-Standard Answer

EdNews Daily

A considerable portion of the courses that I delivered were internally assessed and coursework based. Assessment of these courses did not involve standardized testing, but they did involve standardized criteria to compare learners’ work against; the writing of coursework briefs also needed to comply with sets of standard criteria.

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