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Slooh Launches Its Next-Gen Platform to Engage Students in Space Exploration

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Additional improvements allow educators to easily assign these learning activities and monitor student progress, as well as integrate Slooh with popular learning management systems including Schoology, Brightspace, and Google Education.

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Using Neuroscience to Launch a Research-Informed School Schedule

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Finally settling in at her desk, she checks Schoology, her school’s learning management system, to see what homework she has for the six classes she will attend tomorrow. Andrew's students building robots; Image credit: St. After leaving school at 5 p.m., Because Sam has so many classes each day, she has a heavy homework load.

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

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Companies that aim to provide student data in a usable fashion, like Schoology , still provide value. Another problem the industry has created stems from those monolithic all-in-one systems the big publishers created. Accelerated Reader , a product that started more than 30 years ago, still motivates kids to read.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $40 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $172.9 D2L (learning management system) – $165 million.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

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Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. The i-Ready Standards Mastery system allows apples-to-apples assessment for grades 2–8 in ELA and math.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. Dangerous practices and products are normalized.