A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 23, 2020
In the case of the latter, check out this PreK – 12 curricula from Khan Academy. One of my favorite examples I saw during a coaching visit to Wells Elementary School was a Tic-Tac-Toe board that included formative assessment, purposeful use of technology, and differentiation, which you can read about in detail HERE.
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Big Blue Button is open source and not a stand-alone platform so it must be integrated into an LMS such as Canvas, Schoology, or Moodle. They are easy to use but do a run-through at the beginning of the school year to familiarize students with it — especially older elementary and middle school. Google Hangouts. Webroom.net.
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Edsurge
DECEMBER 25, 2017
From Google and Microsoft’s LMS-like collaboration system to Apple’s device manager, here’s a handy guide to all things Classroom. This April, the company released its first tool built for school: a teacher’s aid that allows users to create lesson plans corresponding to Khan videos and track student progress via a data dashboard.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
With students on my roster performing at a range of grade levels from elementary to beyond high school, I decided against bundled curriculum and textbooks and instead committed to building an in-house curriculum tailored to my students’ needs. Khan Academy videos coupled with IXL exercises aligned to standards we were learning in class.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 24, 2011
The Senate Education Committee began work this week sifting through the 800-some-odd-page reauthorization for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. I''ve already reached the limitations of the number of times I can use an image of Admiral Akhbar in an LMS-related story, but you can read more of my thoughts about the announcement here.
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Today’s LMS is a bit of an upgrade, with new features and design elements frequently drawn from the social networking sites students love so much. For most, the LMS is rarely so different. Arnillas said this advanced LMS functionality allows teachers to link individual questions—or groups of questions—to a specific learning objective.
techlearning
MARCH 5, 2018
Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.
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