Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

There are also upstart competitors offering writing tools such as Turnitin and WriteLab, which are attempting to use artificial intelligence technology to parse a student’s submission and offer constructive feedback. Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.”

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

The tangled web of grading, posting assignments, and communicating with students—plus maintaining an engaging and supportive instructor presence, much less high academic standards—often turned confusion into chaos.

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Online Learning Learning Academic Standards Survey 198

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The Chicago Learning Exchange supports out-of-school programs that are trying to change that, particularly those using technology to offer innovative opportunities for kids in Chicago who historically haven’t had them. While digital technology has become ubiquitous in most communities, there is a hierarchy in how it is used for learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

That’s one thing Katie Worth, a former reporter for the PBS show Frontline, found while researching her new book, “ Miseducation ,” about how schools teach climate science. A third of teachers self-report that they tell students that many scientists believe that climate change is natural. But many kids in the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. A growing body of research names curriculum as a critical factor in academic success. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report.

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PlagiarismCheck

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Once the analysis is complete, the software generates a comprehensive similarity report highlighting sections of the text that have been plagiarized and providing direct links to the sources. It enhances their reputation and underscores their commitment to maintaining high academic standards. Try it out now !

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Maybe, we need to look at educators in a new context of what teaching really is in most schools, and whether it should be given cultural, economic and technological change. Plus, Teachers are supposed to be maestros of all technologies and personalizing separate paths for every single one of their students. Sourcing project ideas.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

According to the report, many maker educators believe “making can help students develop real-world skills” such as creativity, problem-solving acumen, critical thinking and perseverance, along with “dispositions associated with positive work and life outcomes.” Who are the people spearheading maker education? And what motivates them?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. A few digital platforms are also dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2017

“Kindergarten is not just about students mastering a set of academic standards.”. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our newsletter.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

How Technology Should Have Already Changed Your Teaching. A little bit of technology doesn’t change much. Tacked-on learning technology can do this. But deep integration of technology–real at-the-marrow fusion of learning model, curriculum, and #edtech? With technology, the name of the game is publishing.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

The tool also offers educators reports on how students perform across various academic standards and skills. Freckle launched with an online, adaptive K-8 math tool and joined the Imagine K12 accelerator for education technology startups. Freckle can group students of similar learning levels for small group activities.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

In 2018, a report conducted by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania found that 44 percent of new teachers left the classroom in five years. Photo courtesy of Winchester. While that example may not apply to us, much of the work educators do daily is under threat.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 30, 2021

It was designed to let students identify–on their own– what to learn as the critical core for understanding how to learn, while also requiring them to design when and with and through what means –learning strategies, technology, alone or together, project-based learning vs academic study, etc.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. It’s no wonder that only 58% of teachers are comfortable using technology in class. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 27, 2019

First came the cries for accountability resulting in increasing numbers of required reports. Then a re-write of academic standards that had to be mapped to teaching and learning, constantly in revision. We need to understand the sum of the effect and what technology is missing and unapplied as yet. .

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. While students have lots of time to play, they also learn traditional and rigorous academic material during the school year. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. EVERETT, Wash. —

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So, what can be done?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

“You can’t actually function in a purely academic zone without also developing the sensibilities, orientations, behaviors and strategies that all of us use to navigate our everyday lives.” That project explored the opportunities and barriers for educators and decision-makers looking to thread SEL throughout their work.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

And these educators in our focus groups were more likely than teachers of younger students to use technologies such as 3D printers and green screens. Flamm remarked, “So many kids these days want [just the] answers and [making allows them to] get out of the dredges of learning so that they can climb out and find out for themselves.”

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

The program includes tablets and apps, along with print workbooks, lesson plans and physical manipulatives aligned to national academic standards. There are “several ongoing M&A processes with global potential” in the works, according to the financial report. To date, Kahoot has raised $63 million in investment capital.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services. See our report on edtech venture capital for more details.)

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EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 110

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As times have changed, technology has advanced, and student needs have evolved—so, too, has the role of the librarian. What are the emerging technologies in a library? Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English. What are the new trends in libraries?

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 91

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. Technology Bridges the Language Gaps.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

more and more schools recognize the importance of SEL curriculums —and with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) now allowing schools to choose a non-academic accountability measure —the question is being raised: Do we need to measure these competencies, and if so, how the heck do we do it? Nueva School. In other words, SEL competencies.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

There are at least two truisms when it comes to education technology: 1. That gung-ho initiative is something that Mark Racine, director of technology at Boston Public Schools, applauds. A report published in January suggests that most software licenses purchased go unused. Teachers don’t always use what their district purchase.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Wilhelm believes technology can help teachers quantify student outcomes, ensuring more buy-in to a competency-based model. We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2014

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. Disclaimer: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is among the various funders of The Hechinger Report. Technology' appeared first on Digital.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. The reading skills of the nation’s eighth-graders rose slightly, but their math skills did not.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Through this certification, Illuminate Education is meeting its pledge to open standards in light of the critical needs of schools and districts to standardize the usability of digital teaching and learning tools across the curriculum. “By These products assist educators with content creation, assessment, student achievement and more.

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Academic Standards Learning Assessment Data 42

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2014

With all its bells, whistles, apps and toys, technology also creates anxiety for both parents and educators, and research is going to have to follow the charge ahead. Nonetheless, it’s not clear if the schools – or the teachers – are ready, Tan notes in her piece for The Hechinger Report and The Times Picayune. “We Technology'

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Nationwide, about 65 percent of public high schools reported offering opportunities for students to participate in work-based learning during the 2007-08 school year, the last year data on the topic was collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. Duxbury, Vt. —

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The new policy stands to degrade academic standards and exclude students based on race, she argued, calling it “a backdoor attempt to dismantle the exam school system altogether.” ” “We believe there is no tension between diversity and academic excellence,” he said.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. Video worked exceptionally well for us (even dating as far back as 2008) as our employees reported feeling more connected. days each week.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

“But, it’s all over the place,” he laments, “with the various textbooks, standards, digital search engines, and vendors.”. Ralyea knows well the challenge of haphazard coordination, having lived it in South Carolina, where he had to work with a standards-based report card.

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eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. It’s no wonder that only 58% of teachers are comfortable using technology in class. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.

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