eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2015

What are the key technology trends in education according to leadership in our school systems? Assessment readiness is again the No. The growing imperative about being assessment ready isn’t likely a surprise for those living in states adopting the Common Core. What do the data tell us? 1 priority for IT Leaders.

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Assessment Common Core Online Assessments Trends 40

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

As educators across the nation have adopted these high impact assessment strategies, there has been considerable advancement in educational technologies that help amplify the effectiveness of these practices. Assessment Strategies and EdTech Resources in Action. Educator Strategies: .

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Strategy EdTech Resources Assessment 110

Georgia Test Prep

JUNE 26, 2020

That put us on a journey to find websites that would allow for them to practice online without the hassle of printing sheets and correcting them but pretty quickly we realized that was a very costly option. This is where Georgia Test Prep was born! This web app bridges the gap between the classroom and at-home learning.

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Online Assessments Assessment Elementary Accessibility 52

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Jeff Meyer, Director of Education at Learning.com, during a recent edWebinar , underscored that while this generation of students is growing up using technology, they generally lack the digital literacy skills they need for success by the time they enter high school. Things to consider. About the Presenter. After receiving an M.Ed

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Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core Data 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Written by Cory , an 8th grade special education teacher from Michigan. IXL was great for skill breakdown and practice, easy to find standards based on common core. Valerie’s classroom is a bring-your-own-device classroom with both English language learners and special education students.

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Tools Common Core Case Study Online Assessments 60

Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

BoomWriter for Districts ensures that a complete education technology experience will be delivered to your teachers and students resulting in improved fiction and nonfiction reading, writing and content assessment skills, and enhanced vocabulary development. This is a wonderful innovative way to integrate technology into the classroom.

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Common Core Online Assessments Assessment Elementary 28

edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Online Assessments Assessment Student Data Privacy BYOD 52

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The disruptions in online assessments that roiled Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota in the spring of 2015 appear to have had both negative and positive effects on individual students’ test scores, according to a new analysis. The report also suggests the impact of the logout interruptions varied greatly by school and district. .

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Study Analysis Assessment Comparison 68

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The products below were selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges, who scoured the exhibit hall floor during the conference in Chicago. Judges were impressed by BrightBytes’ continued dedication to improving education technology for the benefit of entire school districts. AVER INFORMATION INC.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 41

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Both are great devices, but represent a sea change from the Macs and PCs that have traditionally been the device-of-choice in education. When asked, most educators shrug and point at someone else. An important part of succeeding in core classes is understanding the language. Common Core has three levels of vocabulary: basic.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Chromebook iPad 150

Georgia Test Prep

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Multiple studies (including a peer reviewed study by Edmentum, an eLearning solution) have shown that students who spend at least this much time per week practicing online experienced significantly more growth than those who did not. How long should practice sessions be? Answer: Distribute practice over several sessions.

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How To Edmentum Exercises Analysis 56

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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