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Reimagining Student Supports in a Year of Distance Instruction

Digital Promise

Teacher who is teaching remotely full-time at a school that offers full-time distance and in-person learning models. “We We learned [that] parents were learning as well as the kids. Even though kids had iPads, parents were not sure [how to use them for class]. Principal at a school with a hybrid learning model.

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

Edsurge

People have noticed that I’m strengthening relationships with my students, I’ve designed a curriculum that’s engaging for the toughest kids, and I’m using the iPads I found in a corner. They say I’m personalizing learning. I found out we had a cart full of 40 iPads in a closet purchased with school improvement money.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

techlearning

EDMENTUM EXACT PATH ( WWW.EDMENTUM.COM/ ) Edmentum Exact Path utilizes adaptive diagnostic assessments paired with individualized learning paths to ensure academic growth in K-8 reading, language arts, and math. Gizmos help prepare students for rigorous new standards and online assessments.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

. “I can’t speak for other companies, but I have a lot of confidence in the reliability of our online assessments. Pearson was one of the companies, along with Apple, that was faulted as the Los Angeles Unified school district’s 1-to-1 iPad program, faced technical breakdowns and backlash.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via EdScoop : “‘Deliberate cyberattack ’ delays online assessments in five states.” ” “Don’t Take Personality Tests Personally,” says Pacific Standard. ” “ Blockchain for education and skills ? A big maybe,” says New America.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. The iPad would solve that,” he said. His idea was to hire great textbook writers to create digital versions, and make them a feature of the iPad. But if we can make the textbooks free, and they come with the iPad, then they don’t have to be certified. Alexa at School. “Do

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