EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The method teaches children to read by providing training and direction instruction materials for teachers and individualized software instruction for students. Most teachers come away saying that it is the best training in reading instruction they have ever received.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Using results from a student placement test, ChalkTalk’s machine-learning software generates a standards-aligned curriculum customized to fit within existing class schedules. Acting as the ultimate teacher’s assistant, ChalkTalk enables teachers to build hyper-personalized courses in under 2 minutes.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ This new feature gives students the opportunity to receive messages, updates, alerts, notifications, photos and videos directly from their teachers and schools, empowering them to take greater ownership in their learning. has joined the ENA family of companies.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

Instructor video feedback has also been shown to improve social presence, which is correlated with the development of an instructor-student relationship. In short, voice and video conversations can take online learning from mundane to memorable. Educators agree that all students deserve access to all instructional materials.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, April 25, 2018 — Summit™ Math , a curriculum of adaptive online math courses from Fuel Education ®(FuelEd®), and Stride ™, FuelEd’s supplemental learning solution for skills practice for students in PreK–8 grade, were both selected as winners in The ComputED Gazette ’s 24th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Just like good video games, he too is unpredictable, full of surprises, and a fount of unexpected, sharply intuitive expressions and original terms to describe learning at its best. Again, like good video games, Seymour’s ideas can work on many ‘levels,’ ‘layers,’ and ‘depths,’ and have a serious ‘holding power.’

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2017

When a leading research university announces the removal of more than 20,000 course videos and podcasts from the public, in response to a U.S. Many are also joining to support passage of the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HE) Act. Department of Justice ruling, such a move should not go unnoticed.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Safely getting back to the classroom requires many new precautions, and in 2021, innovations in technology such as digital signage software and content management will play a major role. Justin Reilly, CEO, Impero Software. John Wheeler, CEO, Vernier Software & Technology.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A Teach Page offers videos, resources for lesson planning and assessment, differentiation, additional resources, in-a-pinch (for substitutes or surprise snow days) and achievements (badges, votes, and rankings) to promote engagement. This is a nice way to prep for National History Day and it may present a new way to DBQ for APUSH!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

One key finding in the report and the full survey : Teachers’ instructional materials didn’t necessarily change to meet the needs of remote instruction. The results revealed that they “tend to be those geared for synchronous instruction”—that is, for live direct teaching. What About That App Behind the Curtain?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

From California to Connecticut , legislation is being written and revised to specifically tie attendance to learners’ documented interaction with instructional material. submitted assignments, logging on to watch a video, etc.) But now, especially for asynchronous learning, much of the information about participation (e.g.,

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 3, 2015

The idea of instructional materials written by students for students is incredibly appealing to me. Benkler covers this territory in some detail, though there will be important differences when contributors are students as opposed to the traditional volunteer contributors of open source software Wikipedia.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Texas , a Prized K–12 Market , Approves Wave of Instructional Materials.” “ YouTube deletes cheating videos after BBC investigation,” the BBC boasts. Via e-Literate : “Experience Economy: Enterprise software view into persistence and future of LMS market.”

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