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Spotting Trends and Delivering Data to Connect Edtech Tools With Educator Needs

Edsurge

Data’s influence on modern education is immense; it drives policies, impacts funding—it even affects decisions about which tools and services edtech companies create for educators. And when it comes to helping edtech entrepreneurs understand those educators, Amy Rambo believes she has just the data that can help.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Online Assessment. Assessment must respect learners, provide actionable feedback, and motivate. Student Mental Health (Including Anxiety and Depression).

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

EdTechTeacher

Assessment Strategies and EdTech Resources in Action. Here are 6 examples demonstrating how emerging educational technologies can help us amplify assessment strategies and gain a deeper understanding of our students. Tool: iReady (Adaptive Math/ELA Assessment & Instruction). You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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52 Ways to Go Back To School, From Educators Across the United States

Edsurge

From teachers, edtech coordinators, librarians, superintendents and others, articles are organized around four topic categories. Take this piece from New Mexico, which offers suggestions for how to best onboard students in relation to online assessments. Curious as to what trends EdSurge noticed in the articles?

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K-12 Education in the Post-COVID Era

Kitaboo on EdTech

And then we have online learning platforms that are equipped with all the features required for students to fulfill their learning needs. Complete with collaboration tools, online assessments, data analytics, offline reading facility and interactive learning content , these platforms are what students require today.

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Fighting Apathy, Neglect and Racism to Give Left-Behind Learners a Chance

Edsurge

This started with a pre-test, many of which are available via online programs with one huge caveat: assigning a generic pre-test is a waste of time. Using USATestprep, an online assessment tool, I built diagnostics from scratch to shift the focus from what students didn’t know to what they did.

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We All Teach SEL: Gratitude Activities and Tools for Students

Graphite Blog

Edtech is no complete substitute for that, but there are tools that can supplement the development of character in the classroom and at home. Students take online assessments to measure their strengths and challenges. Think about the digital tools you're already using in the classroom. Check out our suggestions below!

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