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New to Competency-Based Learning? Here're Five Ways to Assess It

Edsurge

Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment. When teachers use formative assessments to measure that knowledge, they gather information necessary to adjust teaching and learning as needed. Webinars —covering topics such as using video in K-12 classrooms, game-based learning, and journaling.

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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

As he spoke, it became clear to me that the only way to have an impact on the K-12 education industry (a $650 billion business at last count) was to introduce the use of technology to improve its product and increase its productivity. So we were off and running.

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What does it take to make an innovative school?

The Hechinger Report

One of the challenges in trying out new learning strategies, including those that embrace technology, is that schools have a tough time finding out which new methods work best – which ones actually help kids learn. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. based nonprofit organization, for five years.

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Not Just Buzzwords: How Teachers Bring Big Ideas, Innovative Practices to Life

Edsurge

Blended learning in credit-recovery courses and alternative schools—areas where students would often have no brick-and-mortar options—has gotten a bad rap because of questions about the rigor of the online learning experience. Sweat the school culture Culture matters more than technology.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Do you think others could learn from the way you conduct ed-tech pilots to inform product decisions? Digital Promise is crowdsourcing best practices for piloting learning technology tools, and we want to hear from you! So, do you think you have a pilot approach others could learn from? Manager of Blended Learning.

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Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

Edsurge

I credit technology—and superheroes. Talk about what's being learned, not what's missing. Do the research on tools that can minimize the information asymmetry between teachers and learners. And from what we’ve gathered, teachers are constantly looking to empower students to take control of their learning.

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How 2Revolutions is Helping Schools, Districts, and States Support Future of Learning Models

Edsurge

In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. Build From 2013 - 2016, 12 Colorado districts and about 150 educators participated in short-cycle prototypes around two topics: blended learning and rethinking time and talent.