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How to Prepare K–12 Students for Online Testing

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Many states already have an online option for standardized tests, which allowed students to take assessments digitally during remote learning. Studies have found, however, that students generally perform poorly on online assessments compared with written exams.

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Learning.com Joins National Digital Learning Day Celebration with Classroom Lessons and Resources

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. – February 15, 2018 – Learning.com is joining thousands of educators and students nationwide to celebrate Digital Learning Day, February 22, 2018. In addition to free lesson plans, Learning.com will also feature helpful ideas and tips for teachers to show students how technology supports learning in high school, college and careers.

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments. As personalized learning becomes a more mainstream pedagogy in K–12 classrooms, teachers have started to adapt assessment processes to get a deeper look at student growth. . What Are Summative Assessments Vs. Formative Assessments.

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Learning.com’s Third Annual Code-a-Thon Open for Registration

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To introduce the power of learning by coding to thousands of students around the country, Learning.com today announced its third annual Code-a-Thon. . – October 15, 2018 – How can today’s students build important soft skills like creativity, problem solving, critical thinking, empathy and teamwork and become digitally fluent?

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zSpace Unveils World’s First AR/VR Laptop

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the laptop learning environment comes to life, allowing students to lift images from the screen and examine them in detail, gaining a deeper understanding of concepts by physically manipulating virtual simulations, from energy and motion to molecules and organisms. It doesn’t encourage making connections, creativity or collaboration.

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4 Steps for Designing an Online Assessment for Flipped Classroom

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Are you thinking about designing an online assessment for a Flipped classroom? First, consider whether the tool you are thinking about is the right tool for what you want to assess. Second, does this online assessment align with the rest of the course curriculum. Make a plan for evaluating the online assessment.

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6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers

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That means new teachers must learn how to teach science, technology, engineering and math on-the-job. There’s no longer an option to hide students from the online world, what is considered by many parents a dangerous place their children should avoid. Current best practices embrace students learning by using.