The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. is whatever and they think we need to completely rethink how we do.
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. And the one thing that Flipsnack cannot do it … it cannot be worked on simultaneously like Google docs where two students can work on it at once.
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Edsurge
JULY 9, 2019
Many investors, foundations and even private equity firms have started so-called impact investment funds with a mission to support companies involved in teaching and learning. In 2016, Lumina launched a venture capital arm to make direct investments in education companies. New Markets Venture Partners was one of the early ones.
eSchool News
APRIL 14, 2022
The K-12 learning platform is designed to work within the school systems’ existing infrastructure and workflows and provides safe, secure, simple access methods for educators and students. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5
Edsurge
JULY 16, 2019
You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. I think AltSchool—and I don’t think I’m saying anything that their founders would disagree with—started off as a tech company. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. What does that mean to you?
Edsurge
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Equally important, the approach offers a readymade solution to a universal problem: In the information age, how do you teach students to think for themselves when so many answers are just a Google search away? “We I said, ‘Look, here’s what I expect you to learn, and here’s everything you need to learn it.
Edsurge
JUNE 25, 2018
One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) This competency-based system made sense; if students were chronically absent, holding them accountable to a pacing calendar would prove futile.
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