eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A recent study by Tyton Partners found that about 60 percent of teachers are responsible for making the digital purchasing decisions for their classroom and 27 percent purchase the content out of their own pockets. Is the content mapped to curriculum standards?

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Tablets EdTech Common Core Software 79

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 7, 2012

In my previously paper-based classroom, I had shelves with 3 ring binders of each unit and novels studied, and file folders of resources stashed (ok, crammed) in filing cabinets. Resources can be tagged by grade level, subjects, Common Core Standards (YES, Common Core Standards!), and keywords. UnitedWeTeach.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

With the emergence of Common Core and very few resources available to align with these new standards, teachers began utilizing OER once again. There was an influx of districts assigning teachers or instructional coaches to compile OER options that reflected the needs of common core.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

Complies with State and Common Core educational standards. Helps students increase their basic skills as shown in research studies. “We Is easily accessible at school or home. Works on desktops, laptops, and tablets , including Chromebooks, and on whiteboards.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

How did you transition from a traditional company focused on providing workbooks to an edtech company? The first thing we did was actually go about making things for the Common Core standards which were coming out. We used the success of that and actually the learning of that—from the Common Core—to start on the edtech side.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Listen Current, a curator of public radio stories geared towards science, social studies, and English/language arts classrooms, raised $950,000 in seed funding. Common Core Ed-tech Venture Capital commoncore edtech englishlanguagelearners k12dealmaking listencurrent publicradio venturecapital'

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Last week, the EdSurge team ventured down to SoCal for another EdSurge Tech for Schools Summit, where educators played and experimented with an array of edtech tools. If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. Here are a couple of tools that caught their eye.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

School leader, Jordan Silvestri and Kiddom representative, Melissa Giroux, describe what it takes for an edtech company to deliver the kind of personalized experience to its customers that teachers give to their students. An EdTech Startup that Actually Gets It. When I Buy Edtech Products, Our Teachers Don’t Use Them… What Do I Do?

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Now a soon-to-be released study from Vanderbilt University demonstrates the impact of rigorous, peer reviewed research into curricular tools, in this case showing that students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests. In every district throughout the U.S., Minecraft —Teaches kids how to code through play.

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Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Students created a computer program using free online coding platform Scratch to show their progress on a particular Common Core narrative writing standard. Social Studies / Current Events. Social Studies / Current Events.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

The interview got quite a number of listens, likely because November said that the edtech industry had created a “mess” at one point in the interview. How has the edtech industry created a “mess”—and more importantly, whose responsibility is it to clean up that message, according to November? Can you elaborate on that, a bit? "If

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In today’s blog post I am sharing with you this handy collection of best vocabulary apps for students that I carefully curated based on my long standing experience as both language teacher and EdTech blogger. The smart algorithm focuses on efficient learning, ensuring that your study time is well-utilized.

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Saving Socrates

DECEMBER 25, 2013

The reasons I like it don''t vary that much from other school''s reasoning; however, I particularly like it in a blended/21st century classroom that and even more particularly find it necessary in a yeshiva day school where the number of hours dedicated to general studies is even more crunched. What was my big mistake? (I I always have one.)

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 18, 2022

Students can find information on any topic they study with a simple Google search. Edmodo is also aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it can be used to measure student progress. The result is that education is more efficient and effective than ever before. Easier For Students To Access information.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

BHP, dubbed a “social studies course that runs on jet fuel”, covers nearly 14 billion years of history for middle and high school students. Freddy has been studying how kids learn to read for four decades and has written more than 100 peer reviewed articles on the subject. Along the way, there is a heavy focus on writing.

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OER Common Core Video Assessment 114

Fractus Learning

JULY 23, 2015

Quizlet – Flashcard and study games that engage learners. Currently the Director of Professional Development at Presentation High School in San Jose, he provides a wide variety of edtech integration training for many organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and sits on the board of Balefire Labs, an edtech startup.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models.

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

A Digital Promise case study examines the blended learning implementation at Utica Community Schools, a district in the League of Innovative Schools and one of eSpark's first and largest district partnerships. With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models.

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Finding high-quality nonfiction is of particular interest to ELA teachers, especially as school districts work to fully incorporate Common Core standards. Countless edtech apps and websites have that "wow factor" to hook students into meaningful learning while also satisfying the Common Core.

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techlearning

JUNE 5, 2018

In addition to English language arts and math, IXL covers science, social studies and Spanish, and is aligned to the Common Core and all state standards. For more information and to subscribe to IXL, visit www.ixl.com.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2022

WORD Force is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, ELA K-2 Standards, and North Carolina’s English Language Arts Standard Course of Study. The games use positive reinforcement to help children master the necessary skills to move up. Watch the Recording. Join the Community.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

The product will enable teachers of all subject areas to create and share digital assignments that correlate to Khan Academy videos and other materials, including more than 60,000 Common Core-aligned lessons and interactive exercises.

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Khan Academy Tools Common Core Exercises 155

Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

As teachers and students adapted to remote learning, a number of tools saw huge increases in search traffic on the Common Sense Education site: Google's Jamboard , an interactive whiteboard app; Lalilo , a K–2 literacy program; and Mathgames , which has games and quizzes aligned to the Common Core Standards.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

The group was formed in 2006 through a merger of three regional accrediting agencies: the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement, and the National Study of School Evaluation.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When it comes to the most popular edtech tools among teachers, some apps, websites, and games have stood the test of time, while others tend to come and go with each new year. So, what are the most popular edtech tools this year? Here's a collection of some of the most-searched-for edtech tools among today's teachers.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Wordle is a nifty little site that creates word clouds that can be used as an introductory "Do Now" or "Anticipatory Set" (using steps 1-5 below), and later as a culminating activity and project (steps 6 & 7) using analytic thinking, prediction, collaboration, writing, and presentation skills that align with the Common Core Standards.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

Under ESSA, states are not required to adhere to Common Core Standards, but the act says that state-determined standards must prepare all students for postsecondary success. ESSA encourages districts to bring edtech into the classroom. Find out how your district can transform student learning with edtech:

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

If you're a math or English language arts teacher, you can launch the Common Core Explorer to find technology tools you can integrate into your lesson activities to help you address that learning outcome in a new way. Or searching for a fun project idea for a particular unit of study? Visit the standards. Take a deep dive.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

If you're a math or English language arts teacher, you can launch the Common Core Explorer to find technology tools you can integrate into your lesson activities to help you address that learning outcome in a new way. Or searching for a fun project idea for a particular unit of study? Visit the standards. Take a deep dive.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When it comes to the most popular edtech tools among teachers, some apps, websites, and games have stood the test of time, while others tend to come and go with each new year. So, what are the most popular edtech tools this year? Here's a collection of some of the most-searched-for edtech tools among today's teachers.

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Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When it comes to the most popular edtech tools among teachers, some apps, websites, and games have stood the test of time, while others tend to come and go with each new year. So, what are the most popular edtech tools this year? Here's a collection of some of the most-searched-for edtech tools among today's teachers.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

Educators today are facing two major shifts in education–a move to the Common Core Standards and increasing pressure to teach students with the technology they’ll be expected to use in their lives beyond high school. Connecting with Voxer to create study groups, encourage asynchronous conversations, or offer virtual office hours.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2019

They highlighted that soft skills critical to student success in future fields of study such as logic, problem-solving and creativity are integral components of computer science curriculums. As early as kindergarten, Common Core math requires students to see math abstractly with numbers, concretely with objects, and visually with pictures.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A study by Kyli White and Leah McCoy confirm that game-based learning can significantly enhance student achievement and engagment. One thing that caught my eye was that it’s aligned with Common Core standards, particularly focusing on operational properties and fluency in multiplication and division.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

LLPC - Faculty Harmonizing Global Alliances: A Case Study of Afghanistan - Maria A. Tuesday, November 15th ( US-Eastern Time ) 5:00am (iEARN) cultural package exchange project - Mrs Asma Al Beriki Why Baki Matters II: Stories and Projects from Silk Road - Melda Yildiz, Ed.D. Sears, M.A., Beebe, Ph.D., Beebe, Ph.D., Gaudino, Ed.D.

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EdTechnocation.com

MARCH 22, 2013

I sat in on four periods, Science, Math, Social Studies, and Language Arts, during the school day at the University Laboratory School , a public charter school in Hawaii. In Social Studies, students created their own Google Slide presentation and a handful of students presented a current event they found in the news a few days prior.

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