Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

From cutting-edge computing and cloud services to data-driven instruction and adaptive learning, K-12 edtech solutions are abundant. Unfortunately, so are school budget restrictions, unmanageable workloads and aging (not to mention underperforming) classroom technology, to name just a few concerns. Get ready for implementation.

EdTech 138

EdTech How To Comparison Training 138

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It appears that much of the focus for improvement has been on creating rigorous classroom instruction to increase student achievement measured by the highly contested standardized tests. Students with Disabilities. Students who are not performing at grade level in the core subject matters (Dove & Honigsfeld, 2013, pp.

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Common Core Assessment Strategy Advocacy 239

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

It includes certificates of achievement, badges at the completion of units, and a classroom tracking poster to show how students are progressing. Students login – no email required. The website is easy to navigate and the variety of material keeps students engaged for hours (really — I’m serious).

Digital Citizenship 173

Digital Citizenship Libraries Google Report 173

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

But it also threatens the psychosocial learning students do in college, as well as the opportunities for personal development that so many of them seek. Given the importance of college for worldview development and cross-cultural exchanges, can interfaith learning continue in a virtual setting? We believe it can. But will it?

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How To Course Study Groups 116

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Mary Howard’s students build and learn in Open Sim , a virtual world like Second Life. Web 3D: Students Using OpenSim Reflect on the Pressing Issues that We All Ask About Using Virtual Worlds. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. We bring these students into a virtual world.

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Twitter Company EdTech Course 174

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2018

Renowned linguist, philosopher, historian, and scientist, Noam Chomsky says it this way: “ Education is really aimed at helping students get to the point where they can learn on their own. Rephrased, this defines education as not about academic success, learning the 3Rs or graduating top in the class.

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How To Digital Citizenship Assessment Training 157

wwwatanabe

JUNE 2, 2012

Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Those were attributes on the Microsoft Peer Coaching Learning Activity Checklist, created by the Peer-Ed Team (part of our Collaboration Coaching).

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Common Core Learning Training Knowledge Base 59

eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In addition to the usual suspects—more augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) apps—a lot of people believe this will be the year that social emotional learning (SEL) and interoperability become part of the mainstream. Carolyn Brown, president and co-founder, Foundations in Learning. •

EdTech 112

EdTech Edmentum Data Industry 112

Benchmark Education

MAY 4, 2016

A New World of Technology—in Classrooms, Around the Globe. In this era of markedly different standards, shifts in core content, and high stakes tests, the bar for our students and for us as educators is significantly higher. The goal: ensuring students are college ready, career ready, AND new world ready. The clock is ticking.

eBook 56

eBook How To EdTech Knowledge Base 56

ProfHacker

JULY 13, 2015

I’ve written a lot about using and making games for the classroom here at ProfHacker, as while games and learning have been around for a long time our ability (and interest) in realizing their potential is on the rise. One of the continuing challenges for bringing games into education is assessing the impact of games on learning.

Assessment 40

Assessment Outcomes Knowledge Base Analysis 40

techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

OVER TWO MILLION WORDS IN FOUR WEEKS First-grade students at Milton Public Schools use SeeSaw to narrate a story and record. At Milton (MA) Public Schools last February, 758 fourth- and fifth-grade students engaged in a four-week collaborative story writing experience. Coeur d’Alene students engage in learning.

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Laptops Khan Academy iPad Google 65

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2016

After all, many of us would agree that the students are the ones who are usually the most knowledgeable, up-to-date resources for what is the latest and greatest with technology, so why not tap into their large knowledge base and cultivate their leadership potential? The Various Student Tech Team Sub-Committees.

iPad 60

iPad Digital Citizenship Elementary Knowledge Base 60

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Flipped Learning and Higher Education are rarely found together in the same sentence. Perhaps that is the case because the idea of flipped learning is attributed to two high school teachers and is a rather new concept, while stakeholders of Higher Education prefer to refer to it as “ reverse instruction ”. Pure genius.

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Flipped Classroom Education Learning Industry 316

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

That means, among many things, taking stock of the damage caused by long-term school closures, and creating plans for reopening amid steep budget cuts, increased costs for safety measures, and widening achievement gaps and learning loss that have hit low-income students and students of color the hardest.

Education 218

Education Digital Divide Policies Common Core 218

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145