eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

As the new school year begins, elementary school teachers are now able to access a new, free online artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to strengthen their math instruction and help students learn at higher levels.

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Tools Academic Standards Elementary Software 77

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2017

Students need access to tools that work. The New Schools Venture Fund estimates that K-12 schools collectively spend about $9 billion per year on instructional software, digital assessments, laptops and tablets for students and teachers. A focus on college and career-training readiness. Rapidly emerging technologies.

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EdTech Accessibility Future Ready Academic Standards 60

EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Understanding the Online Learning Environment Embracing the online learning landscape is the first step toward your academic success. Online education in computer science offers flexibility and accessibility, but it also demands self-discipline and effective time management.

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Academic Standards Trends LMS Social Media 100

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

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EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

But in a competency-based model, teachers must assess and record a student’s performance on each academic standard within and across subjects. SIF creates a kind of Rosetta Stone across various education software systems so they can speak the same language. It took a lot of effort for us to create our own SIF agent.”

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Data LMS Company Education 136

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

PrepareRI has asked banks, construction firms, software engineering companies and other types of businesses to develop internships for high school and college students. Without family or professional ties to a particular field, it’s hard to gain access to a quality job in a competitive market.

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Company Academic Standards Report Secondary 111

PlagiarismCheck

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The rise of the internet and the availability of easily accessible content have contributed to the increasing prevalence of plagiarism. Plagiarism checkers compare a submitted text with a vast online and archived content database,academic publications and students’ submissions. Institutions also benefit from promoting authentic work.

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Moodle Software Analysis Academic Standards 52

EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

Texas State academic standards, for example, are different than all other States so those lesson products showing in search should be biased by geo-location (optional, obviously, and could be statewide or region rather than pinpoint geolocation.)

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Personalized Learning Learning System Mobility 100

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. Prioritizing equitable library access for students As school libraries evolve and best practices shift accordingly, there is one constant to solve for: equity.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity. His remarks come amid heavy public scrutiny of online programs, as schools and districts pressured to boost their graduation numbers increasingly turn to computer software to get students over the finish line.

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Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

PlagiarismCheck

MAY 8, 2023

Access to billions of scientific research has never been easier, academic journals and the latest discoveries available online and can be analyzed right from mobile phones. Academic honesty promotion is crucial for student success. The increasing importance of academic integrity policies by institutes and schools.

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Trends Academic Standards Policies Tools 59

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION UPDATES ( edu.google.com ) Google for Education announced updates and new tools to help teachers keep innovation alive in their classrooms. The webinars are led by teachers and come pre-recorded and live on the Center.

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Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 58

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

And students now had access to software and worksheets that allowed them to earn course credits on their own time. The academic standards were low, the structure lacking. Shawn Langston, principal, Sequim High School. It’s changed for the better,” said Jordan, a freshman with an artistic streak. The rules changed.

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Report Handbook Academic Standards Study 105

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Department of Education spearheaded the #GoOpen movement, a collection of efforts to spur educators, publishers and technologists to make OER more available and easily accessible. Several software companies have their own repositories, such as Microsoft’s Docs.com, Schoology’s public resources, Canvas Commons, and more.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

There’s a difference between the promises of “personalized learning” and the policies that school leaders enact—whether through changing academic standards, testing tools, teacher accountability and technology implementation—to make them a reality. District purchases of hardware and software continue to go up.

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Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 105

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

This could also be accomplished through adaptive learning software, smart apps, and a blended approach to learning that mixes precise decoding instruction driven by personal learning algorithms, mixed with “human” teaching of the art and science of media design. ” (1). Personalized learning will disrupt how we think of curriculum.

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Maker Movement Academic Standards Education Elementary 40