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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms! Teachers Use Online Forms to Gauge Student Learning. Kathy Dyer is manager of innovation and learning, professional learning at NWEA, a research-based nonprofit organization for student assessments. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Are AI-Powered Chatbot Tutors the Future of Textbooks?

Edsurge

The mellow atmosphere at this year's SXSW EDU didn’t stop Day 3 keynoter danah boyd from lighting up Twitter and sparking countless conference-floor conversations on the merits of media literacy and how to think critically about critical thinking. Read our full coverage of her remarks here.) When Dempsey typed, “I hate you!”

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Leading Through Crisis and Beyond for Teachers and Educational Leaders – SULS060

Shake Up Learning

The demand for basic digital learning skills has hit a new high. This emergency school closure has shown how many teachers haven’t received training and professional learning. Now is not the time for new tools, as we learned from Jennifer Pearson. The Opportunity for Dynamic Learning. Digital Tools.

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THANK YOU for 5 Amazing Years of Educational Podcasting! Thank You For Amazing Feedback!

TeacherCast

Grad Student Necessity December 26, 2014 by dr.j_cyrus from United States I recommend this podcast as one of the resources for the professional learning networks (PLNs) that my graduate students create each semester. This is such a great teaching/learning resource. Pearson Tell. Edsby: Learning Management System.

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Why Teacher Recruitment Needs to Change

Insight Education Group

In Utah, Governor Gary Herbert addressed his state’s teacher shortage recently with the following plea to his fellow residents via Twitter: "Consider becoming a teacher; it is a noble profession.". & Pearson, R. teacher leadership opportunities. Moving Forward. Sources for reference in alphabetical order: Anitha, S. Striking women.

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Why #techquity

Educator Innovator

In an impromptu discussion I initiated on Twitter, a number of educators expressed interest in creating a hashtag focused on equity issues in educational technology, and having a twitter chat devoted to these issues. Before we got to the discussion we needed a snappy hashtag. We settled on #techquity.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. Sueann Galt, STEM Coordinator Does the use of ‘Learning Menus’ increase students’ intrinsic motivation? MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process.

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