eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Keep reading to discover the meaning of some of the most common trends in Edtech. Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom!

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction Gamification 97

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

I’ll be leading a master class titled “Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology” at Alan November’s BLC Conference in Boston in July. The Common Core gives educators and opportunity to rethink how we teach and how students learn.

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Common Core Blended Learning Conference Strategy 150

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 23, 2016

But in business-to-business sales, like in education technology, it’s not always that easy. Flocabulary , a site that uses songs and hip-hop to meet Common Core standards, lists its pricing very clearly and gives users an easy way to purchase online. Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning.

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Blended Learning Common Core Education Company 178

The Web20Classroom

MAY 10, 2017

The use of digital learning spaces has exploded in use in classrooms nearly everywhere. Through Learning Management Systems (LMS) many educators are moving to put content online and extend learning beyond the four walls and beyond the school day. Expert readers apply similar skills no matter what they are reading.

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Blended Learning Classroom LMS Groups 289

eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

This year, many districts are replacing state standardized tests with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, two Common Core-aligned assessments designed to measure college readiness. Smarter Balanced offers optional interim assessments that are meant to provide educators with data about students’ academic strengths and weaknesses.

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Assessment Common Core Blended Learning Analysis 94

EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. Her passion lies with technology in education.

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Blended Learning Common Core Learning Data 45

Saving Socrates

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Over the past few months, I have been fortunate enough to work closely with the Magen David Yeshivah blended learning teachers. I created a blended learning template that I adapted from the original Grant Wiggins template on unit planning. I told them to look at these days as pieces in a greater puzzle called their unit.

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Blended Learning Common Core Classroom Learning 69

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast A recent edLeader Panel, “ Utah Spotlight: A ‘State’ of Alignment ,” featured experts that included Rick Gaisford, Education Specialist, Education Technology and the SETDA Chair Elect, Utah State Board of Education; Melanie Durfee, Ph.D.,

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Technology Common Core EdTech Trends 77

Saving Socrates

JANUARY 30, 2014

Now you might say, no I still have kids that perform awesome in my class and deserve the A and then don''t perform so great on a standardized exam because of test anxiety or a learning issue or some other factor. Yet, it doesn''t mean we should entire disregard all standardized exams as having a place in educational evaluating processes.

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Blended Learning Assessment Tools Common Core 59

eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Keep reading to discover the meaning of some of the most common trends in Edtech. Think of it as a cheat sheet to help you learn all you need to know about technology in the classroom!

Trends 52

Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction Gamification 52

Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2015

As a result, I’ve had to aggressively pursue my own learning to stay current with the changes happening in education. I follow interesting people on Twitter, read popular education blogs, and attend as many sessions as possible at the conferences where I speak. Click here to fill out the form to enter the giveaway!

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Common Core Conference Blended Learning Trends 150

eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

[ Editor’s note : “My Tech Essentials” is a new monthly feature on eSchool News that highlights the choice of ‘must-have’ technology used by one tech-savvy educator; with the hope that other educators might also find these peer-tested tools useful. Our 1:1 approach to technology has allowed us to move into an era of blended learning.

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Common Core Education Blended Learning Secondary 87

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 117

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Request a demo of Levered's System.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 118

eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

This year, many districts are replacing state standardized tests with PARCC or Smarter Balanced, two Common Core-aligned assessments designed to measure college readiness. Smarter Balanced offers optional interim assessments that are meant to provide educators with data about students’ academic strengths and weaknesses.

Assessment 52

Assessment Common Core Blended Learning Analysis 52

Catlin Tucker

JULY 20, 2015

Whenever I’m asked the question, “How do we fix education?” ” I find myself emphasizing the importance of creating smaller learning communities within the context of the larger classroom. At least one of the stations must be an online learning station for this to be considered a blended learning model.

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Blended Learning Learning Common Core Software 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2016

I love reading, but there are so many books out there, it’s challenging to pick the right one for my education needs. Modern teachers and educators need to adapt and keep up with the trends because that’s what their students are doing. Who Owns the Learning?: ” — Cindy Johanson, Executive Director at Edutopia.

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Khan Academy Common Core Trends Digital Citizenship 248

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 1, 2016

Former Kaplan CEO Making Big Moves in Education Market. Most Math Curricula Found to be Out of Sync With Common Core. K-12 Dealmaking: Investor Weld North, Learn Launch Make Big Moves. The post Edgenuity Acquires Compass Learning to Expand Online, Blended Learning Reach appeared first on Market Brief.

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Blended Learning Kaplan Learning Common Core 40

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Zearn offers its core content to teachers for free, with the option of a school-based paid account. The content is based on the common core math standard and is a blend of live action lessons and individual math-game play for most grades. Education World is a well-known professional resource for teachers.

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Elementary Classroom Blended Learning Common Core 151

My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. Teach adults as adults.

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Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 54

My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. Teach adults as adults.

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Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 51

eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

As a former teacher and current member of the eSpark team, I’m intrigued by all things education. Many people incorrectly assume that preschool students are incapable of learning math, reading, and abstract thinking at such an early age. How can we nurture a love of learning?

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Blended Learning Common Core Groups Policies 52

My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. Teach adults as adults.

Education 48

Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 48

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

(but should be) – SULS0148 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey chats with Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Innovative Learning at H?para. Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Where do teachers find OER? .

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OER Resources Common Core Digital Badges 93

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use technology to drive authentic writing activities and project-based learning. INTASC 1, 7. Assess student technology use organically.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 373

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

When it comes to their children’s education, parents are like drug-sniffing dogs. Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. But personalized learning raises big questions about educational equity.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 100

Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

The Common Sense Education team just returned from a fabulous four days at the ISTE Conference in Philadelphia. It was great to connect with the thousands of educators who came by our booth, attended our sessions, and entertained us with their impressive karaoke skills. MATH Awesome Digital Tools for K-8 Common Core Math.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Blendspace 40

Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

Lesson plans serve as a teacher guideline for what students will learn, why they are learning a skill and how they will learn it and demonstrate their proficiency. Then, identify the main learning objectives to focus on to develop that skill. FREE GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS. View our educator one-pager.

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Hapara Examples Assessment Common Core 144

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Welcome to a post where I bring together three of my favorite areas of educational transformation. As I deliver workshops across the country I am reminded of how much we need to prepare STEM educators with regards to a process for delivery. After all, STEM (or STEAM) is so much more than content. As I stated in the last post.

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STEM Common Core Conference Blended Learning 162

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Despite their use of technology and personalized playlists, Merit Prep and Matchbook both emphasize blended learning environments in which teachers play the key role. School leaders determined that coupling classroom instruction with digital learning is critical to ensure engagement, according to Harvey.

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Common Core Blended Learning Data Assessment 60

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

The goals of No Child Left Behind were the right goals: Making a promise to educate every child with an excellent teacher -- that’s the right thing to do, that’s the right goal. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. Early Childhood Education. Higher standards are right. Accountability is right,” Obama said.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use technology to drive authentic writing activities and project-based learning. INTASC 1, 7. Assess student technology use organically.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 205

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

The students should be stakeholders in their education and have accountability, responsibility, and be actively engaged in and out of the classroom. I''m a proponent of critical thinking, cooperative learning, metacognition, blended learning, flipped learning. I''m a proponent of learning. Is it blended?

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Assessment Edmodo Common Core BYOD 139

Technology Tidbits

APRIL 2, 2014

sites that can be used in education. The reason for this was a lot of sites that are beneficial for education require that a student has an email account to login. This is very frustrating for educators that have to worry about district policy and CIPA/COPPA compliance to maintain student safety/privacy. Top 40 Web 2.0

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Wiki Common Core Education Mobility 53

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Those resources are increasingly delivered in digital form.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

I had effectively created the conditions necessary for my students to self-advocate, which, as I would later learn, meant parent-teacher conferences would be less of a performance review. Find the right tools As report card season for the school year gets underway, I encourage educators to do their due diligence. Full size image here.

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Conference Blended Learning Data Accessibility 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2020

Appraise technology to support teaching and achieve Common Core Standards. Learn granular approaches to infusing differentiation into all of your lesson plans, whether Common Core or other standards, with this hands-on, interactive class. INTASC 1, 7. Assess student technology use organically. INTASC 1, 8.

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Blended Learning Wiki Common Core Digital Citizenship 224