eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. In addition, Gooru offers a wiki-assessment system with millions of questions teachers can use to assess student learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Opportunities for online learning. Some students may require a more flexible learning schedule than the typical school day allows.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Crisp and other #DLNchat -ters see the growth of CBE and its relevance to employers supported by the expansion of online learning. As Andersen said, “It would help everyone if we all subscribe to a common core of competencies and associated learning objectives.” Or become recognized by employers?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

K-12 Blended & Online Learning. University System of Georgia via Coursera. Common Core in Action: Math Classroom Challenges- Using Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction. Common Core in Action II: Exploring Literacy Design Collaborative Tools. COL101x: The Road to Selective College Admissions.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

Wednesday, April 2nd at 7pm Student-Centered Learning: Make the Shift! , The Common Core State Standards require students to think critically and be effective consumers and producers of information and media. In other words, they can’t just passively receive learning. Common Core Writing Prompts.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Also, has an abundance of lesson plans and students can learn how to create their own Minecraft style game. Oncore - A free to use iPad app for teachers that acts like an all-in-one Learning Management System, where educators can assess students, take attendance, communicate w/ parents, and much more.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Students will be able to research and record key facts involving the planets of the solar system. Students will be able to collaborate on a presentation that provides what they have learned in their own words. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Kaswell — now in his tenth year teaching at MS 88 , a large middle school in the South Slope section of Brooklyn — has always been drawn to combining face-to-face instruction with online learning. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

Monday, April 27th at 5pm edWeb Webinar: Getting Started with Game-Based Learning , Are you curious about game-based learning, but don’t know where to begin? This webinar will cover what to look for in a game, where to get good games for learning, and strategies to integrate games into the system of a classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Students will be able to research and record key facts involving the planets of the solar system. Students will be able to collaborate on a presentation that provides what they have learned in their own words. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

Volunteering to help moderate sessions is a great way to get to know the presenters and to get better connected with our online learning communities. We''ll provide the training and lots of support to those of you who are able to volunteer an hour or two of your time this week. Please sign up to volunteer here.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Mastery-based learning, also known as proficiency-based or competency-based learning, is taking hold across the country. Vermont and Maine have passed laws requiring all school districts to phase in the system. The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences. ” It is generally accepted that there are four models of blended learning: Rotation, Flex, A La Carte, and Enriched Virtual. Individualized Learning. Common Core) for individual students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform. Your comfort level with noise in the classroom has to rise.”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

school system is a “mess.” Going to the Intersection in 8 th grade when everyone else was a sophomore was really challenging, because I wasn’t used to discussions where I needed to think critically about segregation, or the education system, or whatever else. Do they feel that way? Magdalena Slapik has been asking them.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The middle school has started using an online system to guide self-paced learning, and Ms. All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards. A grading system that separates academic mastery from classroom behavior.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Expanding Options in the Digital Age - Professor Lesley Farmer 9:00pm All Systems Go! Evaluating Institutional Repository Metadata for Out of This World Access - Lizzy Walker, Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian InterPARES Trust: Examining the Benefits and Risks of Storing Records + Information in the Clouds - Patricia C.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

. “I think instances of personalized learning will become more and more present in classroom settings. ’ There are a lot of people in education working to create a system that reflects that!” “The Internet allows people to learn whatever they want, whenever they want. ” Aubrey Francisco.

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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. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

All this happened in the larger context of news from the US school system itself. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. The Common Core State Standards. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. The incident caused a great deal of furor, perhaps because it came at a moment of heightened political outcry about the Common Core State Standards and standardized testing.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

So we must, I think, look at the more insidious ways in which various technologies are slowly altering our notions of knowledge, expertise, and education (as practices, as institutions, as systems) – and ask who’s invested in the various futures that education technology purports to offer. The Common Core State Standards.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue , and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. “ Gates Foundation CEO Admits Underestimating Common-Core Challenges.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium , a major designer of common-core tests for states, is looking for a new fiscal agent after the University of California, Los Angeles, said it will no longer do that work.” ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. is disappointed in Common Core. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The book was racist.

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