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Unlocking the Spectrum of Learning: The Multi-Faceted Magic of Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

It is also important to point out the following: You don’t need technology to personalize learning. Putting all kids on a device simultaneously and having them watch a video or work on an adaptive learning tool is not personalization. There is not one best or right way to personalize.

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How edtech boosts parent engagement in schools

Neo LMS

It can also mean that parents are overwhelmed by the number of tech tools available and are struggling to teach their children how to use them responsibly. Schools have been using edtech for many years now as a way of improving the learning process. Edtech tools need to be intuitive and easy to use. Accessibility.

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

Edsurge

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is crowdsourcing best practices for piloting learning technology tools, and we want to hear from you! Our Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing study found that districts often use “ pilot tryouts ” to make decisions about learning technology tools. So do most ed-tech companies.

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. They’re on the lookout for digital programs that are designed specifically for middle school students, highly adjustable, and equipped with robust data tools for teachers.

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

eSchool News

Free, personalized online tool makes high-quality content available to all users. As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction.

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

Edsurge

When I was a teacher in a traditional school, I had 20 or more students in my charge at any given time, each with a different learning style, level of engagement, and rate of mastery. Today, I lead a company that creates online models for teaching and learning, yet my mission is much the same as it was when I was in the classroom.

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