eSchool News

JULY 26, 2015

Think Through Learning, creators of Think Through Math (TTM), an instructional system for grades 3 and above, announced plans to expand its high school software line to include geometry. Built from the ground up to align to each state’s standards as well as the Common Core, TTM Geometry combines live tutoring from state-certified U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Its K-8 adaptive learning and diagnostic product i-Ready is used by over 4 million students, and a 2016 study found that it was an exceptionally accurate predictor of student performance on Common Core Assessments in New York State. Blackboard Inc.,

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 19, 2014

Fishtree is an innovative new digital adaptive learning platform that allows educators to curate and create lessons for their students. These lessons contain all sorts of dynamic media as well as being aligned to Common Core Standards.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

TAO is built based on QTI (short for “Question and Test Interoperability”), a data standard that enables assessment content and data to work across different testing platforms, item banks, delivery systems and reporting tools. The company also has contracts with ministries of education in Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Portugal and the U.K.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Anyone who has played a version of SimCity can imagine the potential for exploration of interacting systems in the simulated SimCity town. SimCityEDU is a first product out of GlassLab (or Games Learning and Assessment). GlassLab reflects a shift in the way students can be supported to learn and acquire knowledge.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

As Andersen said, “It would help everyone if we all subscribe to a common core of competencies and associated learning objectives.” Not everyone in the #DLNchat community was as enthusiastic about the potential of adaptive learning for CBE. But how do competencies transfer to other institutions?

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Anyone who has played a version of SimCity can imagine the potential for exploration of interacting systems in the simulated SimCity town. SimCityEDU is a first product out of GlassLab (or Games Learning and Assessment). GlassLab reflects a shift in the way students can be supported to learn and acquire knowledge.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With four different worlds and 23 game characters, Monster Math offers an engaging way for kids to learn over 67 math skills. The arcade-style math app for kids is designed for Grade K-5 with ordinary skill presets aligned with Common Core State Standards. Best Math Game For Virtual Learning: Prodigy: Kids Math Game.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Common Core standards (this one’s not sexy, but few factors impact education more than this index of academic content). Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. The adoption of blended learning approaches through learning management systems. Ease of publishing (e.g.,

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 13, 2015

Among the challenges of assessment, this concept–as it applies to formal academic classrooms designed to promote mastery of Common Core or similar standards–is near the top. Adaptive learning algorithms within certain #edtech products are coded along these lines.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

There is also the US Department of Education’s Learning Registry, which contains resources created by various parts of the US Government. Yet these systems do not often talk to one another—and that poses a problem for teachers trying to find the best resources. Forty-two states and Washington, D.C.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Children learn number sense and how the base-10 number system works by playing on the four tracks (1s, 10s, 100s, 1000s); four dinosaurs, one per track, is allocated to each child playing. An adaptive learning path allows each child to learn at their pace and independently.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue , and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Remember what I’ve said: watch the student loan space.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Historically black universities have been dropped from a controversial North Carolina bill slashing tuition at certain institutions to $500, but worries about the legislation’s effects remain high at two universities still facing tuition cuts – and across the state system.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” Via Phil Hill : “Some Ed Tech Perspective on UC ’s Billion-Dollar Payroll System Fiasco.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. The incident caused a great deal of furor, perhaps because it came at a moment of heightened political outcry about the Common Core State Standards and standardized testing.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Via The Atlantic : “Two radically different bills aim to overhaul [ Detroit ’s] beleaguered school system. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Why Don’t All School Systems Do This?” ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.].

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