Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

doesn’t collect personal information other than user credentials or data required to operate the app. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. I was introduced to this math game through an email from the company. positive parent reports. Conclusion.

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Common Core Gamification Digital Citizenship Guidelines 150

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

The nice thing about having those type of meetings is that the answer is, yes, people have been in that situation. Cisneros: The recent one is the data privacy issue. Whether or not they are compliant with COPPA, FERPA or CIPA or any of the student data privacy laws is not always clear. And what’s the total cost of ownership?’

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EdTech Student Data Privacy Data Common Core 117

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 30, 2013

UPDATE AS OF 1/15/14: The company Gobstopper has changed its name to Curriculet, but this update hasn''t changed how I use Curriculet with my students. The stories and information in the below post still hold true despite the change in company name. I got to meet Jason, Sean, and Marika at EdmodoCon 2013. Where''s Jason?

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Analysis Assessment 162

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The educational technology company Amplify is spinning off a service known as School by Design into a new, separate business that will provide schools with data and technical assistance focused on financial and instructional strategy. Amplify was the education division of global media giant News Corp.,

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Company Software Data Resources 40

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Personalized learning, in its broadest application, suggests tailoring instruction to meet the needs, strengths and interests of each learner. least likely to be automated of 19 job sectors, based on data from the U.S. Even more frustrating are those who wantonly brand their company as the “Netflix (or the equivalent) for education.”

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Personalized Learning Learning Facebook OER 94

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Moulton has worked in the field for about 15 years with a small family-run company called Educational Data Systems , which makes exams for local districts and high stakes tests for the state of California. You pick your subject area, let’s say it’s language, and you have a set of standards, like the Common Core standards.

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Common Core Analysis Trends Data 155

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 27, 2017

I’ve found a tool that can help with inquiry-based learning, nonfiction reading, and meeting standards: Kids Discover Online. Those of you wanting to quickly meet a standard will be thankful for this approach. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I support.

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Learning Assessment Elementary Company 240

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

Alan November One problem is that companies are still making money off of selling those “$1000 pencils” as ways to improve productivity. So, can companies and educators co-exist peacefully in the world of edtech, while also working to redefine education? You go to these meetings, and people say, “Can I save money on textbooks?”

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Company EdTech Khan Academy Industry 60

techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

Almost 20 expert science publishers, including leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company working together with expert curriculum developers from the Smithsonian Science Education Center, welcomed the challenge. We were careful to meet every facet of CA NGSS.” Three-dimensional learning; 2.

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Company Instructional Materials Elementary Common Core 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Steve Rowley, CEO of Acumen Partners, with Michael Campbell, Vice President of Acumen Partners, presented the latest updates on ESSA in the webinar, “ Making Sense of ESSA: What You Need to Know ,” co-hosted by edWeb.net and MCH Strategic Data. Steve also addressed any confusion regarding the Common Core State Standards.

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Common Core Pearson Industry Guidelines 40

Insight Education Group

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Working specifically with underperforming schools across the state, he provided on-site training, thought-partnership, and innovative solutions to meet schools’ needs. Most recently, Jason served as Executive Vice President at the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching. About Angela.

Common Core 40

Common Core Training Company Assessment 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Some are returning; high-tech manufacturing companies such as Stark Aerospace have set up shop. What we built in was a kind of project-based learning where kids not only have book knowledge, but also learn about real-life activities relevant to that profession and also meet professionals who do such work.

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Technology Software Company iPad 60

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The benchmarks are similar to those used in the more than 40 states that, along with the District of Columbia, adopted the national Common Core standards a decade ago. Data analyzed by McKinsey & Company late last year concluded that children have lost at least one and a half months of reading. Now, we’re so frantic.

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Elementary Report Groups Assessment 145

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

Often the tools available either meet some of the teachers’ needs or are prohibitively expensive. Summit, for example, will contribute more than 16,000 comprehensive Common Core-aligned resources for students in sixth through 12th grades in October, and High Tech High has already contributed over 4,000 resources.

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Haiku Learning Competency Based Learning Wiki Common Core 40

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

The massive cuts will reduce the giant education company’s workforce by about 10 percent, down from about 40,000 employees based not only in the United States and United Kingdom, but Asia and countries around the world. And in South Africa, textbook sales plummeted with a new adoption cycle and budget pressure, the company said.

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Pearson Company Education Common Core 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

We are committed to personalized learning, but can't continue a program that does not meet the needs of all of our students.” TTO is also aligned with Common Core standards and runs on the Chromebooks that the district had invested in. But the data cited in the letter was problematic. 12 it would drop TTO altogether.

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Personalized Learning Learning Khan Academy Assessment 60

EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

Meeuwse says she loves using this form of game education with her little ones because “it incorporates both technology and tangible objects to meet the diverse sensory learning needs of my students.”. Game #3 – Land of Venn. Teacher #3 – Ryan Read ( @Ryan7Read ), Math. The faculty at the A.

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Robotics Gamification STEM iPad 60

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 9, 2011

His son is vice-president of his theater company and its webmaster. Texas is very data rich and information poor - we collect a lot of data but we don''t push it back out. We can''t meet these expectations with severe budget cuts. Scott visited Texas A&M with his senior daughter and two of her friends.

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Education Common Core Robotics Laptops 53

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

This crucial juncture, and its far-reaching implications for those who don’t meet the mark, is why some educators are focusing their literacy efforts on the school years that come before third grade — hoping through innovation to offset what could be a terrible and lasting deficit in children’s reading skills.

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How To Training Report Dropout 109

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The company also works on large-scale assessments for 16 other states and is one of two companies in the running to design the MCAS 2.0. Once the items have gone through this initial review, it’s time for the Assessment Development Committee meetings. The process “gets the best data on those items,” Kahl says.

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Common Core Assessment Data Secondary 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This presentation highlights specific eBook tools, presents tactics to ensure educators are meeting CCSS and state standards, and presents examples of best practices in enhancing the reading experience for all readers, but specifically kids who struggle.

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eBook Libraries Strategy Blackboard 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 26, 2011

This session directly addresses the need to develop and implement real-time employee training assessment strategies specifically designed to meet targeted business objectives. Utilizing an actual high-tech, consumer electronic Fortune 100 company renamed ''Orange Inc.''

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Digital Divide Wiki Common Core iPad 46

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2019

When assessing return, teachers look for the following: Will It Help Meet Learning Objectives? A teacher’s primary goal is to get students to meet standards-based learning objectives. If the technology supports this, it meets the primary requirement. Does it meet subject- and grade-level Common Core standards?

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EdTech Meeting Laptops Company 167

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Twelve years ago, Amplify CEO Larry Berger and I wrote about the “ pareto distribution ” of companies in the K-12 sector. Most revenue was generated by a few winner-take-all companies, then there was a long tail of subscale operators. And a new, growing class of companies may soon join us. We broke through in different ways.

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Industry Edmodo Pearson Instructional Materials 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

It’s also one of the more controversial, as the computer programs that tend to enable personalized learning stoke anxieties about student data being hacked, sold, or otherwise abused. Summit Learning does share student data with 20 different service providers who help facilitate the platform’s capabilities.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 124

techlearning

APRIL 10, 2018

BURLINGTON, NC, April 10, 2018 – During the recent NSTA conference, Carolina Biological Supply Company, the leading school science supplier and an NSTA show sponsor, launched the new Building Blocks of Science|3D hands-on unit kits for students in grades K to 5.

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Assessment Differentiated Instruction Common Core Education 40

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

But it was a one-off on our program three generations ago, pre-common-core assessments, and one type of school profile. Unfortunately most of the studies that have found impact contribute little to helping us meet that goal. Ed-Tech Companies Can Compete in Research Challenge to Replicate High-Impact Studies , EdWeek.

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Study eBook EdTech Common Core 45

techlearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Results correspond to Common Core State Standards and specific state standards. Available now, the ASSIST system was designed by educators at ASSIST Education as a new approach in meeting the needs of educational institutions within a single platform. ASSIST works on any computer or device with Internet access.

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CMS Assessment System LMS 40

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

Their teacher, Kate Selkirk, was using this game as a starting point for an eight-week unit on math concepts — data analysis and graphing, proportions, probability and slope. At the core of gaming is the concept of a challenge, and a player’s journey to meet it. That makes perfect sense inside a school building, Etai told me.

Learning 28

Learning Laptops Report Analysis 28

MIND Research Institute

MAY 9, 2019

But it was a one-off on our program three generations ago, pre-common-core assessments, and one type of school profile. Unfortunately most of the studies that have found impact contribute little to helping us meet that goal. Ed-Tech Companies Can Compete in Research Challenge to Replicate High-Impact Studies , EdWeek.

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Study eBook EdTech Common Core 40

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 70

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

Aligns to content area, instruction, and Common Core Next Generation Science Standards. Believe it or not, next week we are meeting with the State University of New York to create K-20 programming! Kids taking care of plants can document, collecting data, aggregating data, they’re talking about it, discussing it.

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Elementary Common Core Mobility Maker Movement 98

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Before launching Legends of Learning, company founder Dr. Vadim Polikov worked with Vanderbilt University’s. As more data becomes available, Legends of Learning will make it available to researchers. Physical Sciences: Newton’s Third Law Players meet the historic scientist Isaac Newton and help him get to a party. .

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Classroom Game-Based Learning Laptops Tablets 108

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2016

Even though the Common Core initiative to set consistent standards in schools nationwide has been promoted as a path to better preparing students for college and careers, for example, many higher education faculty say no one ever asked them what that means. Department of Education reports , based on recent performance.

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Course Report Common Core Advocacy 40

EdNews Daily

MARCH 6, 2020

Kalyan worked to change his curriculum to meet his students where they were: he put the grammar and math rules to raps and jokes. He was determined to find a way to build a company that could democratize test prep access. Think Khan Academy meets Saturday Night Live. In fact, in a recent pilot study, students improved 2.5

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Khan Academy Common Core Laptops Company 130

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

. “In a sweeping move, the for-profit school chain has been told to lock its doors after parliament demanded it halt operations in response to its failure to meet educational and infrastructure standards.” ” Elsewhere, more claims about “the global poor” and MOOCs (and other ed-tech companies) in Edsurge.

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Education MOOC Facebook Company 40