A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. Our learners will need to thrive and survive in a world that is almost impossible to predict thanks to exponential advances in technology.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

For Ryan Baker, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center of Learning Analytics, there is one thing in particular he’d like school leaders to keep in mind: providing better tech support for students and families. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.”

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2023

It might work for some, but definitely not all. Learning is a process, not an event. By providing a variety of learning activities, teachers can ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn at their own pace. Another way to implement pacing in personalized learning is to use technology.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 2, 2017

More specifically, machine learning has quickly gained the potential to overhaul what educators can accomplish with technology due to how rapidly the field has advanced within the last two years. Yet, using machine learning, a program can assess which questions are similar in meaning (regardless of keywords), and meld them together.

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EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

For now, let’s think about how this technology could influence employment sectors of the future. The issue is that a positive hit does not necessarily definitively prove that AI was used. Still, educators have developed similar policies to control new technologies in the past. Over-reliance on transitory phrases.

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Neo LMS

JULY 18, 2019

Along with concepts like blended learning, adaptive learning and virtual learning, the need to focus on the main character in the learning process came about. This is how personalized learning became the key to every new approach to learning and teaching.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Research shows that explicitly teaching metacognitive strategies improves student autonomy and learning outcomes, particularly when paired with AI tools that provide real-time, personalized feedback (Fischer, Hmelo-Silver, Goldman, & Reimann, 2018). Together, these strategies empower ELLs to take ownership of their learning and thrive.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

Learn what it means, what benefits it brings, and what teachers need to create a personalized learning environment for students. What is personalized learning? With the help of edtech, students to learn at their own pace and focus on their specific goals. Students’ individual learning goals. Digital field trips .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The adaptive learning capabilities and the data safety that Typing Tournament has invested in are also helping to tip the scale for school usage. A fantastic programme that is definitely leading the US market for individuals and is highly utilised in the education system. More on keyboarding. Should you Teach Typing?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

They're working with Alexa Skill Blueprints to create new assessments and letting kids ask for word definitions or simply to play soothing background music. Especially in the center setting, it's like having another teacher voice in the room," explains Julie Daniel Davis, the director of instructional technology.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 24, 2017

The applications of AI in education are incredibly various, and will definitely transform how teachers teach and how students learn today. By using technology — maybe an LMS , maybe some other sort of software — teachers will be able to input all the base materials they have on their subject matter. Delivering adaptive learning.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

We learned a lot in the past two years and if you’re not new to this blog, we hope you did too. E-learning and education technology seem like never-ending subjects. But why exactly do students of all ages simply love a game-based learning experience? How new technology can boost student creativity in the classroom.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The integration of digital tools such as interactive software, cloud-based platforms, and adaptive learning systems has shifted traditional educational models towards more personalized, flexible, and engaging learning experiences. What is the definition of educational technology?

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

The metaphor stems from the way Netflix “learns” about your viewing preferences based on what you watch, and is then able to recommend shows and movies you’re likely to enjoy (and may not otherwise discover) based on others with similar viewing patterns. By definition, data is backward looking. By definition, data is backward looking.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy. My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2018

Schools are increasingly moving toward personalized and adaptive learning programs. Technology plays a leading role in making personalized learning possible. Today’s typical student is adept at a wide variety of devices, from smartphones to wearable technology. Essential AV elements.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

using technologies that haven’t yet been invented. 3) Technology has become a major player in the pedagogical equation.In Now that the cloud of confusion and uncertainty left by the pandemic has cleared up, one fact becomes certain: technology is here not only to stay but to reign. Better be prepared than sorry.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. We’re at a state where the quality of OER is definitely on the level of content from any publishing company,” claims Dave Hughes, Knewton’s chief product officer in an interview with EdSurge.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It’s called the Teaching Online Podcast, or TOPcast , and co-host Thomas Cavanagh says he is driven by his quest to figure out one of the grand challenges of higher education: how to use technology to raise the quality of instruction while lowering costs. There are things that technology can do that humans can't.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

But OER advocates like Allen say the definitions should be simple. Allen: It's one of those cases where definitions really matter. So could there be a future where publishers essentially become adaptive learning software companies? Lang: I really think so, yeah. So what's next?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 20, 2015

A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology. Keeping up with technology is impossible, even for blogs like Mashable, Engadget, and Techcrunch that do it for a living. Perhaps this is old hat for you, but there may be a teacher still understanding how to implement technology in the classroom. Blended Learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. He claims to be among the first to coin this approach as “adaptive learning.” What’s all the buzz about adaptive learning really about?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. Mark, how would you describe the ideal scenario of how this technology might play out at colleges, and how a student might be helped by AI on campus? It’s a pivotal time for artificial intelligence in higher education.

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Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

And, of course, the educational technology community has now begun to focus on this. Now I have confess, I made a major mistake (ok this is nothing new and definitely not my first nor last) by not taking the full Columbia Readers and Writers Workshop while at TC. I first stumbled on this subject when my first child was born.

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Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The rise of technology startup culture and remote opportunities has greatly benefited student participation in this stream. Blended Learning Blended learning, by definition, is a pedagogical strategy where the students learn with a combination of face-to-face interactions and digital communication.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Microschools have definitely made a mark in the K–12 landscape. When people think of disruptive innovations, they tend to focus on new technologies: personal computers, online video streaming, rideshare apps, etc. In short, minimills used a new technology (electric arc furnaces) to enable a new organizational model.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

But we’ve been disheartened to see a lack of interest in making that clear distinction, as evidenced most recently by the comments of a number of our colleagues in a recent Campus Technology article. Personalized learning, adaptive learning, potato, potahto. The terminology doesn’t really matter.”.

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IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) Data : Data is the primary analytics asset.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2014

In this first installment, software engineer Ben Slivka — inspired by science fiction — dreamed of creating truly adaptive learning software. Definitely wary of spoiling his kids with premature wealth. Blended Learning Computers Technology' CHAPTER 9: Sci-Fi-Inspired Software. Point accepted.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

They’re definitely not ideal replacements in terms of what we were looking for,” he says. (Some teachers already use Freckle and Khan Academy on their own.) Curley says they decided on a combination of IXL and DreamBox and have been ramping up with those products in recent months. But we were spoiled because we really loved TenMarks.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

See EdSurge’s report on adaptive learning tools including i-Ready in Adaptive Learning Close Up. And he’s definitely not interested in selling to just any bidder. The school gets a yet-untapped wellspring of funding, estimated at close to $100 million in value.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

July 19, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reading Plus, an evidence-based online reading program for grades 3-12 designed to help students boost their literacy skills and reading confidence.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

But the definition of design is much broader. And they have to do it in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing environment due to globalization, the increasing complexity of modern technology, the rise of online learning, and the economic climate and corresponding demands for higher return on investment on education.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

But without proof, Monroe, vice president of academic innovation and support at Ivy Tech Community College, and her colleagues are searching in the dark to find the right tools that faculty can use to improve learning outcomes for the more than 200,000 students in the Indiana community college system. So much is coming at us,” Monroe says.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 18, 2020

The Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) recently published a rigorous study that found students who play ST Math have higher mathematics self-beliefs than non-ST Math students. Rutherford et al, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2019. Can a game change how you feel about math?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Our guest pointed to a five-page definition of CBE. Before this technology existed, faculty & staff were making modifications manually so automation helps students, and the faculty and staff who serve them,” Long shared. Not everyone in the #DLNchat community was as enthusiastic about the potential of adaptive learning for CBE.

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