Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. They learn these topics and then demonstrate competency via varied forms of assessment. . Not anymore.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2023

And its advertising materials emphasize the community component , with daily seminars, small group tutorials and peer tutoring. Those talks led to a partnership with ASU Prep that opened up access to the school’s Arizona charter. It’s not dirt cheap, but it’s accessible.” There are currently 50 students, all ninth graders.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

It’s worth reexamining how we’re recreating these educational walled gardens online—as we move from the heyday of MOOCs in 2012 to the gradual decline of open access courseware in 2017. In the first wave of online learning, we focused on democratizing access to content.

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Educate AI Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

We will move beyond the hype and the headlines to address the concrete challenges and opportunities that AI presents, focusing on the crucial questions of equity, safety, and access. Equity: Beyond Equal Access Equity in AI implementation is not simply about providing all students with the same technology.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The disparities often stem from larger structural issues — a lack of access to quality curricula , for instance, or teachers expecting students to perform poorly. The math seminar also ensured that, for students who would have regularly been placed in a higher-level class, lessons did not slow down their learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

What’s unprecedented about ChatGPT and its clones is access, says Brian Stamford, program director for accountability and innovative practices for Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania, a regional public education body that provides services like professional development for educators in suburban Allegheny County.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

Those reasons may include: lack of writing skills, insecurity around writing skills, struggles with time management, confusion about the topic, missing grammar and organizational skills, having no motivation or interest, missing real-world relevance, poor work ethic, lack of access to resources, and home/personal life stress.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I used traditional grading practices, assessing student progress through quizzes, tests, project, midterms and finals each year. For that first one, I divided my class into three segments: Foundation, Content and Skills, and Assessment. I was confident that students were learning and their grades supported that.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Or taking any professional learning seminar requires hours of travel with no viable substitutes to cover the class? In other words, rather than just attending a seminar where the leader doesn’t know who’s taking notes or who’s on their phone, micro-credentials require evidence of mastery, which is formally assessed.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

In that class, two students choose a peer-reviewed article and lead seminars every Friday. They make a point to de-emphasize grades and tests, removing all high stakes tests and assessments apart from the state’s End-of-Pathway assessments. Pedersen says the lack of testing allows more time for laboratory experimentation.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 9, 2021

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2024

Having a fast and reliable way to disseminate information will lead to quicker response times for day-to-day operations and is vital for threat assessment, developing a plan of action, and responding to emergencies. This can be achieved through active participation at industry trade shows, seminars, and training sessions.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

We recognize that technology is dramatically improving access or increasing access to higher education while also improving the quality of it, so I think it’s a really good fit. Because our priorities are increasing access and improving quality. I’d say, within WGU, there wasn’t a lot of pushback. Yeah, they do.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Title for Kaylsta: 3 assessment tools that support student individuality and assets (not deficits). Original title: assessment-tools-that-support-student-individuality. There is another approach to assessment that supports students’ individuality and provides teachers with effective information about their learning.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The presentation includes several other common standbys, but one tool art teachers in her seminar were excited to learn about was VoiceThread. To access unlimited reads of the 1,000+ books in their library, the cost is $39.99. Susan is happy to share her presentation slide deck where she’s added a few tutorial videos.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

access resources for further review and practice following the session demonstrations. This session will present a survey and demonstration of key technology skills, with a specific eye on how SLPs can apply these skills in their practice. develop understanding and confidence in applying selected tech skills.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Students in the academic track increasingly have access to both apprenticeships and university, and some students who complete vocational qualifications can still go on to attend a university, where options for combining practical experience with academic studies are growing. Students are encouraged to think about their futures. “We

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Smith’s center, A Jubilee Academy, was chosen to participate in an improvement program by PRE4CLE, a city initiative with the goal of expanding access to high-quality preschool across Cleveland. This focus on access to high-quality preschool was born out of a larger city-wide plan to transform schools, introduced in Cleveland in 2012.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

This approach, says Goldman Sachs’ Victor Hu, offers “an efficient, relatively inexpensive way for overseas investors to access the U.S. EduLab , a subsidiary of JIEM, a Japanese research and assessment provider. (It (Reach, in turn, has invested in 26 US-based edtech startups, including EdSurge). That’s the strategy for.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2022

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Waters agrees, saying that most schools don’t really move past the assessment. Private schools like Arkansas’ Delta School and New York City’s Riverdale Country School (which has a phone app students can use to access a strengths list) are likely to have the resources to explore promising trends like this. Weekly Update.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Organizational all-access pass programs are significantly discounted in bulk. Individual all-access annual passes are normally $495, but are on sale this year-end for $295. webinar previously receive an additional $100 off, making the cost of their all-access annual pass $195. in Security Management, a B.A. in Psychology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In addition to speaking at staff development seminars and keynoting national education conferences on a regular basis, he conducts workshops for teachers and administrators on various topics. Kohn lectures widely at universities and to school faculties, parent groups, and corporations.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2019

CPD opportunities for teachers might include: : Workshops, seminars and conferences. At your university, it’s important to understand the processes involved with getting extensions and accessing flexible class schedules. These can give you the ability to study outside of work hours and complete assessments in your own time.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 23, 2024

Apart from networking, the event features talks and discussions on campus management, AI, sustainability, cybersecurity, accessibility and inclusion, and other urgent topics of modern learning. TechEdu 2024 When: November 13-15, 3 days Where: Abu Dhabi, UAE TechEdu is a forum created to promote innovations in teaching and learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

The revamped program combined co-requisite courses — essentially one-hour workshops or seminars that give students additional time to practice basic skills — with a tiered placement model that sought to reduce the overall number of students placed into developmental education programs. Sides has a similar assessment at Northwest-Shoals.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Example 1: I almost always (except on assessment days) start with a number sense routine in math. Assessments on Fridays: I used to do a quiz in math every other Friday. Alternate Day A Stations on Monday, Day B Stations on Tuesday, Day A Stations on Wednesday, Day B Stations on Thursday, Review or Assessments on Friday.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

College honors programs, which typically give top academic performers access to a supplemental curriculum and other benefits, have been around for almost a century, but their numbers have grown dramatically since the 1990s, according to the National Collegiate Honors Council. percent in 2000 to 25 percent by 2025.

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MindShift

APRIL 29, 2018

Over the year, he was increasingly able to give students work without scaffolds, until they were leading socratic seminars. To do that, he’s been clear that all his assessments will focus on skills, but the tasks themselves are rooted in content.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Content published via KITABOO is accessible both online and offline and works across platforms & devices (iOS, Android, Windows). KITABOO is one of the best digital tools for the classroom because its content is designed for bite-sized learning with knowledge nuggets, interactive assessments and gamification. Conclusion.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 3, 2019

By designing effective and engaging online PD for my staff, that they can access at anytime, anywhere…. Include quick assessments after any content knowledge. Include an online discussion, a book talk, an online socratic seminar, etc. Start With District Goals and Initiatives. Think Shmoop ! .

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

Once student responses come in from a Check-In, it's easy to see what category the students have self-assessed themselves so you can plan your next lesson accordingly. I quickly jumped on board and used it to set up a Socratic Seminar with my English II course. Note the potential categories in Step 2 which help shape the objective.

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