A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

I should have clarified my comment a bit more by explaining that I was referring to repetitive standardized tests being taken while in the same job with the same school, company, or corporation. Now let’s make a connection to learning. The best learning experiences I ever had were experiential in nature.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 9, 2022

Common Core Math Standards. The Learning Activities. Students used calipers from the Tinkercad Autodesk Innovator Kits (thanks to the company for providing these to my students!) Students used calipers from the Tinkercad Autodesk Innovator Kits (thanks to the company for providing these to my students!)

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

This is the basic premise of Thinkster Math, a New Jersey-based company that marries replay technology with a tutoring service. The company has also undergone another marriage of sorts: an acquisition that will bring quizzes and other tools that help students prepare for the SAT and other standardized tests. near Princeton.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 29, 2016

A new test is positioning itself as a non-common-core alternative to the SAT and ACT. has been making its way through the conservative blogosphere, which is pitching it as a tool for families who don’t want their children taking college admissions tests that reflect the Common Core State Standards.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

After a summer of market research and competitor analysis, the company eventually signed off on a collaboration with a Chinese partner, TAL Education. company that has eyed Asia as the next big market. But their story is not a blueprint that will make sense for every company. ThinkCERCA is definitely not the first U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? Every class, student interaction, social setting and community learning experience is another opportunity to help our students see their potential and grow.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. In this way, each standard is more like an extension of previous learning than a totally new event. A push for deeper learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

The time for financial literacy and real-world learning is now. Through interesting, relatable scenarios and real-life simulations around topics like financial literacy and social-emotional learning, teachers can easily bring the real world into their classrooms. Then they learn about sources of income and employment options.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 7, 2015

I can’t think of an education company out there that doesn’t purport to have CCSS-aligned products. And yet just last month, EdWeek reported that 17 out of 20 math series that claimed to be aligned to Common Core still fail to live up to their claims. Learning (a company that sells digital reading resources).

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

We are so pleased that enVision Mathematics has won this prestigious award,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes. Nationally recognized curriculum earns distinction for best “Mathematics Instructional Solution”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Octavio Gutierrez works with a group of students learning English, giving them a preview of what their fluent peers will learn later. And its poor Hispanic students and students still learning English performed much better than similar kids statewide. Related: Common Core tests will widen achievement gap — at first.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2023

BOSTON – Months after the launch of Lexia Aspire Professional Learning , schools and districts in California, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin have invested in licenses to make the self-paced digital solution available to teachers.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tricia Shelton, the Chief Learning Officer of the National Science Teaching Association, talked about how the biggest successes with the writing of these standards came about when teachers were given a significant voice in the development and implementation of them. Article by Jon Scanlon, based on this edLeader Panel.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Sphero has acquired littleBits , a New York City-based company best known for its electronic kits and instructional resources that introduce kids to building and programming by hand.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. Before taking on his role at PBLWorks, his familiarity with Project Based Learning (PBL) matured as the co-founder of Envision Education and served as its CEO and Chief of Innovation. By Kenna McHugh.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

As it has been noted, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), the creator of Xplorlabs, is a global safety science company. Not only are the UL Listed safety marks for many of the appliances in your house from this company, but they also are creating free science-based modules that promote safety like this one.). MS-PS3: Energy (MS-PS3-5).

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

September 10, 2018—success stories from educators, administrators, and most importantly, students, which bring the company’s tools and service offerings to life. In its design, we put educators and students first in sharing how our company and tools support teaching and impact learning.” NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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User Generated Education

MARCH 18, 2019

Framework for 21st Century Learning. Common Core State Standards – English Language Arts. They tailor their searches online to acquire useful information efficiently, and they integrate what they learn using technology with what they learn offline. Standards Addressed. ISTE Standards for Students.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

So how do companies hire and develop standout talent who may be new to the sector? Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar. The class reads about Common Core and completes a few samples of Common Core assessment questions to understand the student and teacher experience using these materials.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JULY 6, 2016

For ed-tech companies, aggregate rankings and reviews mean faster feedback and in turn more effective products and learning solutions. However, that’s how most edtech companies are trying to reach schools and school districts today, albeit through centralized communication platforms.

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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. Visual Exploration and Searching for Inquiry-Based Learning. Inquiry-based learning helps students think and learn, but it can limit the scope of their inquiry when you’re selecting texts for them to read.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Over the last year, he’s helped Khan Academy manage a three-fold user increase, has grown and developed an online program geared toward early learners, and launched a new peer-to-peer tutoring platform to keep students connected and learning during the pandemic. Everyone used to ask me, “What about early learning?”

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 23, 2016

Some ed-techs companies list their prices, others don’t. 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. Before I started my company it didn’t occur to me why you wouldn’t list prices front and center.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Why does personalized learning, ironically, feel so impersonal? Personalized learning, in its broadest application, suggests tailoring instruction to meet the needs, strengths and interests of each learner. One of the more measured posts reads: There is NOTHING “personal” about personalized learning! Source: Quartz.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2017

A hallmark of Kahoot’s learning games platform has been the ability for teachers to create quizzes and games for students to use during class. So the company set out to make Kahoot Studio, a curated library of ready-to-play kahoot games for K-12 educators and their students. paid) content and kahoots for the platform in the future.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2015

Mentoring Minds is an education publishing company and resource site created by former teachers. Their goal: Critical thinking for life– ” to develop affordable, effective learning tools that help children think critically, giving them the skills to succeed not just in the classroom, but in life.” Conclusion.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Over 250 organizations and 3,000 people comprise Pittsburgh’s Remake Learning Network , which brings together teachers, students, and parents, in addition to universities, museums, libraries, after-school programs, education technology startups, funders, and nonprofits to shape the future of teaching and learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). The only catch was that each staff member had to create and present a learning portfolio at his/ her end of year evaluation conference.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

and claims to explain how to teach the tragedy of the star-crossed lovers in a fun-filled way while hitting almost 50 Common Core standards in five weeks. A curriculum expert who reviewed the pedagogy explained to me that the unit was “weak” and does not meet Common Core standards as the creator claimed.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2013

In both cases, the respective Department of Education is moving at a feverish pace to implement the Common Core State Standards, new teacher evaluation systems, and adopt standardized tests produced by PARCC. Can we do better? The key to reform is not directives, mandates, and threats.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Students show grit when they accept error, even failure, as a necessary prerequisite to learning and progress. The fact is that grit is an essential component in a broad range of academic activities, from success on standardized tests to engaging in project-based learning to successfully navigating the college admissions process.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

You know, 500 years ago, that is the way that people learned. So I’ve been preaching that wholesale mastery learning isn’t realistic because you have to really think about your grade system. And then it goes into the kind of mastery learning framework of Khan Academy. We’re seeing kids grow 20 to 30 percent faster than expected.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

If you’re an edtech company interested in helping spread Ask a Tech Teacher resources to everyone, contact us at askatechteacher@gmail.com. aligned with ISTE and Common Core. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. We can add you to the sidebar, review your product, or another sponsor sort of activity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

intuitive to use with a short learning curve. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game for grades 1-7 that integrates Common Core or Ontario math into a role-playing game using a Pokemon-style wizardry theme.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

A great deal of initial research exists about blended learning techniques such as game-based learning, but adoption has stalled because of a lack of scalable, practical techniques that have also proven effective. Founding a company based on research results. Quest to Learn: Developing the School for Digital Kids.

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Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study 139

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2022

During the edLeader Panel, “ Expanding Educational Equity: A New Paradigm to Ensure Literacy for All ,” Kerri Larkin, Senior Education Advisor at Lexia Learning, walked us through a step-by-step process to build equitable literacy programs that develop students’ confidence. Initiatives such as Brown v. Cultural Equity.

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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 almost dropped my phone. I like Gobstopper so much, I shared it at #EdCampPhilly.

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