The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

A recent, nationally representative survey revealed near-unanimous commitment to SEL among school principals. A similar survey of teachers from 2013 showed the same. But the field has lacked an organized method of identifying, choosing and using the best assessments to measure students’ competencies.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 1, 2020

Remote Learning AP Culture of Assessment. Advanced placement students were surveyed and 91% of them responded that they wanted the opportunity to take their exams. On March 20th, Collegeboard made some initial announcements about the relationship between Remote Instruction and AP Assessment in their AP Central Platform.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 14, 2017

School leaders have an ironclad legal requirement to ensure student safety and privacy when using online tools for learning known as CIPA, the Children’s Internet Protection Act. Not surprisingly, schools or districts are providing their students with a range of different mobile learning devices.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

By setting up the parameters, you can have the tools in your arsenal to deliver effective, personalized feedback that’s powerful (and impresses your principal!). Here are some examples of how you might want to collect information, or give feedback: Online assessments (Google Forms now allows teachers to create and grade quizzes ).

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

It was the 100-percent response rate from the survey. “We Connected Nation released the results of the survey last month. “We SETDA supports the use of such survey tools to help state leaders understand where best to deploy their public dollars, Fox said. New Mexico has a custom tool.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Teq Online PD offers educators unlimited access to over 200 live and archived professional development sessions focused on the effective integration of technology into instruction. There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

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.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 4, 2015

Andrew Smith Lewis: What types of learning applications, tools, and services do students use these days and how do these tools impact student performance? What types of services and tools would you like to proliferate? Students use tools that they can access immediately. Most students carry a cell phone and/or tablet.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

Great Online Quiz Maker For Basic Quizzes: Google Forms Best Quiz Makers For Game Styles: TriviaMaker Best Online Quiz Maker For Digital Tests: EasyTestMaker Some Benefits of Teachers Using An Online Quiz Maker More Student Engagement Save Time Collecting Results Reuse Quizzes. Personality tests are based on interactive quizzes.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

And 2: Many scour the web to find tools to use on their own—often without the knowledge or approval of school leaders. To continue encouraging teachers to find tools while still keeping tabs on what they’re using, Racine has asked them to turn to another destination: the Clever Library.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

In our community’s next webinar, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will share the results from Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America, a report from a national survey of over 1500 parents of children ages 2-10. Read more and register for this event here. Please see the call for proposals and submission instructions here.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. Purdue boasted that Course Signals increased retention by 21%, making it an incredibly effective tool. That’s not a surprise, as a COSN survey that year found educators pleading that “ We’re Not Ready for Online Tests.”.

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2016

“Teachers Want Better Ed-Tech Science Tools. ” Via Education Week : “High-achieving North Carolina 8th graders who took Algebra 1 online performed worse than similar students who took the course in a traditional classroom, according to a new study from researchers at Northwestern University.” ” (Um.

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