The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2019

My students are already loaded into the system, and I simply assign a diagnostic. I can attach custom rubrics to various assignments or choose pre-built ones aligned with Common Core standards. Related: Ten jobs that are safe from robots. Today, I open my Clever portal and click on Quill.

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Tools Common Core Robotics Exercises 74

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

BOXLIGHT MIMIOSPACE ( MIMIO.BOXLIGHT.COM ) The MimioSpace collaborative system consists of a laser projector, touch board, and Mini-PC, creating an expansive 32-touch area with Touch 360° interactivity. Judges appreciated its innovation and affordability. Gizmos help prepare students for rigorous new standards and online assessments.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 17, 2014

Answerables - A innovative 3D virtual world that allows educators to Gamify their lessons in this cross between Game Based Learning and Learning Management System. Back Pack Games - A wonderful site filled w/ lots of educational games aligned to Common Core Standards in the subjects of Math & Science. time, money, etc.)

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Game-Based Learning Common Core Gamification iPad 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 26, 2016

Now, using advanced Google skills to find answers that create more questions fits the bill for common core skills. EQ: What are the characteristics of the planets in our solar system in regards to atmosphere, surface, and composition? DQ/IQ: Can we program a robot to …. ?

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

With the Common Core, state testing, interventions, and all else that goes on in the elementary day, how would I find time for my students to investigate and inquire into their interests? While some studied robotics and social media, others dived into different learning disabilities and schools around the world.

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Classroom Libraries Learning Elementary 85

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

“The most challenging thing about implementing challenge-based learning in schools is changing the mindset of students and teachers,” says Dawn Hennessy, Technology, Design, Innovation and Robotics teacher at Carroll Magnet Middle School in North Carolina's Wake County Public School System. Why is this important?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

If we continue on our current trajectory, they will come of age in a world filled with smart cities, embedded augmented reality, smart robots and revolutionary nanotech. That is because the current design of the school system is more than 100 years old. Without some major changes, we are selling snake-oil disguised as opportunity.

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Industry System Common Core iPhone 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

When done well, games can foster collaboration, strengthen critical and systems thinking, pose adaptive challenges, and spark inquiry. Harvard’s 1,000 Kilobot swarm demonstrates the future of robotics 50 apps for the new school year Using Design Thinking to Create a School from Scratch Is This The School Library Of The Future?

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Google Game-Based Learning Libraries Conference 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

From homeschooling to unschooling, from Buenos Aires the Himalayas, and from America''s common core to the self-directed ''curricula'' of many home learners, we hope these films stimulate and inspire you to think about education''s role in creating your life and the world.

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eBook Conference Libraries Game-Based Learning 48

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2015

‘Close reading’ entered the teacher’s lexicon with this Common Core literacy anchor standard: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. first read. second read.

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Tools Common Core Android Adobe 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

How Technology is Set to Transform India''s Fragmented Education System What Teachers Need to Know about the New Creative Commons 4.0 Bertini argues that we must use "systemic thinking" to develop and sustain major changes in the current educational model. Teacher Motivation in Urban Schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

This panel tackles this challenge from a variety of perspectives ranging from educators, administrators, policymakers, and nonprofit leaders providing insight on how to effectively evaluate the learning potential of digital content, and how the educational system can best structure technology acquisition and implementation. Learn more here.

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While Massachusetts high schools adhere to the relatively tough Common Core academic standards, at Independence Academy the priority is on meeting students where they are. “When we look at other school systems, we’re like the Cadillac version,” Kirrane says. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says.

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Report Meeting Study Data 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Dr. Rachel Clarke, Principal Globalizing the English Common Core Reading Materials - Ashley Gwinn Master Teacher and Curriculum Specialist Gomabseubnida, Seoul: How My Summer in Korea Made Me a Better Teacher. - Sears, M.A., Barrios, Ed.D.; Associate Professor Harmonizing Global Alliances: A Case Study of Afghanistan - Maria A. .

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Conference Education Case Study Blackboard 44

User Generated Education

JUNE 21, 2015

During our maker education summer camp, the young makers made LED projects, circuit crafts, and simple robotics. The kids of all ages struggled a bit – as is common with making type activities but all were successful to some degree with all of the activities. Yet, my group of 14 kids contained half under that age.

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Learning Robotics Common Core Groups 120

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Common Core standards (this one’s not sexy, but few factors impact education more than this index of academic content). The adoption of blended learning approaches through learning management systems. Robotics in the classroom. 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom . Planned obsolescence of mobile technology.

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Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2015

Even with the push-back to Common Core and with the opt-out movement, culturally the physical school building still overwhelmingly defines learning. But in other interesting, maybe even a little disturbing, ways, this renaissance in information hasn't necessarily led to a revolution in how we view learning, or in student independence.

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Common Core System Robotics Education 28

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Via Politico : “The Kansas Supreme Court rejected the state’s school funding system in a ruling issued Monday that found it runs afoul of the state’s constitution by failing to adequately and equitably fund its school districts.” 2 Post at Ed.

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” Via Phil Hill : “Some Ed Tech Perspective on UC ’s Billion-Dollar Payroll System Fiasco.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. More LAUSD news in the legal section below.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

“Anti- Common Core Groups Unhappy About Trump Ed Secretary Pick Betsy DeVos ,” says the Sunshine State News. ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” Common Sense Media looks at education applications’ use of encryption.

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Education Report Android Libraries 40

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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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Via The Atlantic : “Two radically different bills aim to overhaul [ Detroit ’s] beleaguered school system. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Why Don’t All School Systems Do This?” Will the legislation do more harm than good?” ” “ U.S.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

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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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. 6,263,439, titled ‘Verification system for non-traditional learning operations.’ Get rid of it.’”

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Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This comes as the majority of students in the US public school system are now students of color. Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.”

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Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

11, 2001, has not been in use since 2011, so the move is largely symbolic and appeared to be aimed at distancing the departing administration from any effort by the new president to revive the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or Nseers.” LMS is learning management system.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Abraham Kamara at Memorial Junior High School. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 96

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

The court has said that schools will have to close if the Legislature does not correct inequity in the system by the end of June.” Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” ” Nice priorities you have here, Kansas. ” (Psst.

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Education Sakai Udemy Report 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” Via The Guardian : “ Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web : ‘The system is failing’ ” It is not entirely clear to me what, per this Edsurge op-ed , higher ed can learn from precision medicine.

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson , after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on learning management systems , is leaving the market as the company seeks to restructure itself and boost its profits.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Charter Debates,” says Edsurge.

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Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

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. ” “ Robot Takeover of Higher Ed Hits a Snag,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Lee Partners.

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Education Company Data Pearson 40