eSchool News

JULY 19, 2023

This approval will empower schools and districts across West Virginia to implement Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP) assessment to measure readiness in critical skills, identify learning barriers, and improve instructional approaches. said Vice President of Research and Assessments, Victoria Locke, Ph.D.,

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

. In the education world, it is often said that what gets assessed gets addressed. Many educators have questions, though, about how to measure social and emotional learning (SEL) topics like relationship skills and self-awareness, even when they believe such skills should be addressed. Two newly developed tools can help.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Learning Management Systems were probably created for institutions of Higher Education. Colleges and universities were among the first to reach a number of students so high, they simply needed the power of a software in order to manage all the learning and other data points that came along each student.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 20, 2016

People in a café now usually ask the staff for the Wi-Fi password, and if there’s no Wi-Fi one can always tap the power of cellular data and stay connected to friends. Put that in the context of learning and what do you get? Mobile learning of course. Now owning a smartphone is like losing half our lives.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Partnership gives educators access to assessment library. Edulastic, a next-generation online assessment platform for K-12 teachers and administrators, has formed a new partnership with Key Data Systems to make the Inspect item bank available to Edulastic District Enterprise users.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

All of these resources—including authentic Spanish Reading lessons for Grades K–2, new Spanish versions of Mathematics lessons for Grades K–6, and a new Assessment of Spanish Reading for Grades K–6—are all designed for students to see themselves in the learning materials as they work to meet ambitious goals this school year.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2016

Mindprint Learning. To fully engage in what Mindprint Learning offers, students first take an online assessment to measure strengths and challenges. This research-based assessment was developed by the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. Click here to read the full app review.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

There were no iPads, no online assessments and no Zoom. We reopened our schools last August and allowed families the option to continue learning remotely. This model can be used when data needs to be collected for a specific reason, or when specific feedback on an aspect of instruction is sought.

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In response to the overwhelming demands and requests from the education industry, Linways has created a lighter version of our Learning management system that relates directly to such coaching/training institutes. Assessments and exams are one of the major challenges of coaching/training institutes face while going online.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

The data we currently have omits vast numbers of low-income children, who have been the hardest hit by the disruption. That’s because low-income students were less likely to attend in-person school, where diagnostic assessments were given, or take an online assessment at home.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 9, 2015

Jordan Shapiro said: The majority of [learning] games fail because they attempt to teach skills rather than thinking. They miss the whole reason we should be excited about game-based learning in the first place: because it offers the potential to change the common way we approach teaching and learning. via [link].

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 4, 2015

Q&A: How Data Can Make You A Better Teacher. They engage other students and professors in online forums; they autonomously seek and use personalized learning applications; and they leverage textbook supplements all in service of getting an edge, and trying to make the grade. What data points or signals do you consider?

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

Not only has ongoing formative assessment and quality feedback been honed by teachers for years, it has also become recognized as a core element of personalized learning environments, as highlighted in Rhode Island’s Personalized Learning Whitepaper. So what are some main characteristics of these assessment practices?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 7, 2015

Jo Boaler said: data from the 13 million students who took PISA [math] tests showed that the lowest-achieving students worldwide were those who used a memorization strategy – those who thought of math as a set of methods to remember and who approached math by trying to memorize steps. … [wait for it…]. … The U.S.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

But a lack of high-quality curricula designed to support that personalized learning is stalling the effort, according to a new report. Digital Promise , a California-based nonprofit organization, calls for increased emphasis on supports and resources designed for personalized learning with this more diverse student population.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

In-class time could now focus on experiments, discussions, and more active forms of learning. A Shift in Pacing The vast majority of classrooms, especially at the secondary level, expect all students within a class to learn the given material in one set, standard amount of time. educational technology Opinion'

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2016

How-To’s from Inside the Classroom : Step-by-step guides on everything from social-emotional learning to classroom management strategies in a tech-rich environment. For example, learn how a South Dakota district is getting rid of grade levels in favor of student-centered learning. Edsurgechat : the Fifty States edition.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 3, 2019

STEM-based learning programs are being introduced in schools all across the globe. STEM has proved to be a much better educational program in terms of learning effectiveness and leading to better career opportunities than the regular curriculum. Over the last few years, eBooks have become synonymous with flexible learning.

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 11, 2020

6 ways to improve the quality of your teaching-learning. As more institutions are opening up to the world of online learning, new possibilities are emerging along with new challenges. Online classes using video conferencing, discussion forums, mail and message boxes, etc. are the usual tools for communication.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Pandemic school closures and remote instruction made learning to read much harder, especially for young, low-income students who didn’t have adequate technology at home or an adult who could assist them during the day. Nationwide, test scores for younger students, who are just learning to read, dropped far more than for older students.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. When issues arise, in-person meetings are best.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The post 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The Shake Up Learning community is always chatting and sharing digital tools and lesson ideas for the K12 classroom. In this post, you will find 20 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! ” – Rick Stiggins.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2020

While this past month was the ‘minimum viable product’ implementation of remote learning /teaching, schools will be expected to have a far more sophisticated approach the next time around. Online learning must ultimately minimize loss of teaching and learning efficiency and effectiveness. Things to think about.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

Statewide ed-tech inventories are helping state leaders assess their digital learning needs. State leaders were less surprised to learn that, on average, there are only about six devices for every 10 Utah students, or that the wireless infrastructure is not adequate in many schools. New Mexico has a custom tool.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

School board members play an important role in school districts’ ability to improve the level and quality of digital learning opportunities in the classroom. With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. School Network Structure. How to Fund Network Upgrades.

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techlearning

AUGUST 2, 2018

This interactive assessment will provide educators with actionable data on how well their students grasp critical digital literacy concepts as outlined in the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students. To register for the Tech Readiness Quiz, visit www.learning.com/tech-readiness-quiz.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. Links to Local Learning. There’s also a data center that provides off-site storage and backup.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Collaboration with peers is one of the most effective ways to learn about effective ideas and practices. edWeb is hosting an online community and engaging edWebinars to help superintendents connect and collaborate and get the maximum value from the CoSN Empowered Superintendents initiative.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It is imperative that students are prepared to enter high school ready for the rigors of writing advanced essays, conducting internet research, engaging in data collection, presenting ideas and drawing conclusions. So as early as kindergarten, digital literacy skills should be embedded in the everyday curriculum and instruction.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 20, 2016

Secretary of Education—the importance of expanded broadband access, figuring out how to use data to improve achievement, and the importance of research in decision-making about ed tech. ” Online assessments offer opportunities “to lighten teacher workloads as well as collect data … that can be invaluable,” she said.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2016

Where will districts get the new assessment content? Should teachers be involved in developing items and assessments? While two-thirds of respondents believe collaboration is important in creating assessment items and building assessments, they face an array of challenges. Can technology help? What about test security?

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

However, using a learning management system (LMS) allows you to stay updated on various school-related aspects with little effort. Whether you want to create grade charts or reports about class status or class completion, your learning platform can help you out. . Moreover, LMS reports provide you with data at a glance.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Building SEL (social and emotional learning) skills such as gratitude requires face-to-face interactions, meaningful discussion, and reflection. Directly target gratitude Mindprint Learning. Students take online assessments to measure their strengths and challenges. This site helps kids learn about STEM through music.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

They say I’m personalizing learning. If teaching wasn’t the explosion of learning I thought it was going to be, at least I could make my bosses happy. The most critical issue was always the learning gaps. I decided to learn everything I could about mastery-based assessments so that I could start to close the learning gaps.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Building SEL (social and emotional learning) skills such as gratitude requires face-to-face interactions, meaningful discussion, and reflection. Directly target gratitude Mindprint Learning. Students take online assessments to measure their strengths and challenges. This site helps kids learn about STEM through music.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

After gaining a better understanding of a typical district’s network infrastructure, the next step is to determine the amount of bandwidth needed to support your district’s learning goals. Each district is unique and no one bandwidth number will meet everyone’s learning requirements across the board.

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