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Taking Personalized Learning Personal

Tech Helpful

When I think about personalized learning I see two faces- my own girls. With tutors in their life studying for exams became less tearful. When I think of personalized learning, I see my girls and what it could have done for them to make them feel like more confident learners.

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From pencils to pixels: Tech is shaping the future of education

eSchool News

Undoubtedly, the pandemic accelerated the shift to technology adoption in schools. However, this push to digitize doesn’t just involve remote learning technologies, but also tools for in-person learning. Educators can then leverage those insights to create tailored, personalized learning experiences.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms. The study aimed to better understand what educators want, need and expect in their search for and use of digital content.

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Technology’s Role in Putting Learning Science Research To Work

Digital Promise

Given the variation in students’ knowledge, skills and learning strategies, it is difficult for educators to provide each unique student with the best opportunity to learn. Today’s technology allows teachers to generate and monitor personalized learning plans for their students.

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

Edsurge

When districts invest in new instructional technology, many teachers find that at first their students are quiet and focused, clicking away on activities aligned to their instructional needs. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

Edsurge

In research released by the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR), our team investigated the educational technologies that colleges and universities use in developmental education and the common challenges that they face during implementation. Student support technology supports students’ academic performance.

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What are Good Tech Goals for Students?

Ask a Tech Teacher

But that’s not what technology is about. Technology supports a curriculum. It scaffolds learning, making it blended, normative, rigorous, and granular. The metric for measuring technology skills isn’t a rubric with a list of skills (i.e., Everyone who uses technology knows it breaks down.