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Fostering Powerful Use of Technology Through Instructional Coaching

Digital Promise

While in some cases, technology is used in powerful ways to support students in developing critical thinking and collaboration skills, and to develop a sense of agency, in other situations it is used in things like drill and practice exercises, test prep, and reading online content.

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Teaching Tools and Techniques

eSchool News

Here, students engage with instructional content, such as pre-recorded lectures or readings, at home, freeing up class time for interactive activities, discussions, and hands-on exercises. Textbooks offer comprehensive coverage of subjects, accompanied by exercises, examples, and supplementary materials to reinforce learning objectives.

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S'Cool Tools of the Week: Plotly, DoodleMaths

Edsurge

If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. A product out of the UK, DoodleMaths provides students with tutorials, games and exercises for learning math concepts, rewarding them with stars along the way. DoodleMaths Freemium! Plotly Freemium!

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School Counselors Have Implicit Bias. Some Are Ready to Address It.

Edsurge

A smaller, but still notable, percent say they’re providing one-on-one counseling, addressing racism in classroom lessons, or using hard data to identify blind spots, such as which students are subjected to harsh discipline or, conversely, recommended for rigorous coursework. Spirit animals are sacred,” Parker says.

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Assessment strategies in higher education- What are formative and summative approaches in student assessment?

Linways Technologies

The lack of this connection makes the whole exercise ineffective. Examples of Summative assessments: Midterm exams, Final exams, Research papers, Case studies, Portfolios, Projects, Essays, Performance tasks, and Standardized tests Both of these types of assessments are crucial in supporting current and future students in their learning.

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‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

The Hechinger Report

Miller’s first graders are a case study in the scale, depth and unevenness of learning loss during the pandemic. Data analyzed by McKinsey & Company late last year concluded that children have lost at least one and a half months of reading. Students work on a phonics activity during center time in Heather Miller’s classroom.

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EduStar Platform Promises Quick, Randomized Ed-Tech Trials

Marketplace K-12

Chatterji, who is an associate professor at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, summarized the trials in a presentation of “Learning What Works in Educational Technology with a Case Study of EDUSTAR,” a report released by The Hamilton Project.