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EduStar Platform Promises Quick, Randomized Ed-Tech Trials

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The technology platform is the product of a grant-funded collaboration between two professors and the nonprofit PowerMyLearning. It runs trials on granular pieces of digital learning activities via the PowerMyLearning Connect platform, which is available free to schools. What The Trials Showed.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership , the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom. Instead of isolated lessons, students learn how to connect their studies with real-world problems. About the Presenters. This broadcast was co-hosted by CoSN and edWeb.net.

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Essential Elements for Moving to a 1:1 Environment

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During an edWebinar for the Empowered Superintendent series, “Leadership for Mobile Learning: Creating a Shared Vision,” the presenters said school leaders, though, often miss key parts of the planning process and end up with useless “hunks of plastic.” About the Presenters. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Key Questions and Recommendations for Online Assessment

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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. Use Assessment Data Effectively: Leaders shouldn’t rely on teachers knowing how to use and share the data with students and families.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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One in five students was absent more than present – missing more than 90 days of school. ” The speaker was Lucian Wintrich , whose presentation was titled “It’s Okay to Be White.” “ How to Get Your Mind to Read ” – an op-ed by UVA’s Daniel Willingham. ” Really.