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Zap Zap Math–Gamify any Math Curriculum

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Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Students direct their learning with a unique space-themed avatar (called a ‘mathling’) that identifies their work and keeps them engaged.

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What are this year’s top trends at SXSW EDU?

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From Common Core to the SAT, the call for accountability is moving away from the drivers of the past two decades as we look to reflect the more holistic attributes of student development and grapple with the adverse impact of high-stakes testing. Related sessions: Active Learning for Engagement and Effectiveness.

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MinecraftEdu Creators Struggle to Find a Second Hit

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The company creates a curriculum and lesson plans around each game and offers learning analytics, showing how games are being used. While TeacherGaming typically does not pay game developers upfront, opting instead for a revenue sharing model, there are other costs involved. You wouldn’t need to know the games.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core. John Fallon CEO, Pearson.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

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With this knowledge, administrators can leverage their data to make smart decisions about using the apps that will best improve learning. Baker, Director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics and Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, studied 1.4M Dr. Ryan S.

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Newsela – Robust Education Technology for Reading Comprehension Skills Development

EmergingEdTech

Adaptive Platform Delivers Reading Materials at 5 Different Reading Levels, With Built in Assessments How would you like to be able to give students reading assignments focused on current events that. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning

MindShift

Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics. They really become learners and ready for the process of learning.”. For more, check out this story about personalized learning and Common Core by Sarah Garland.