Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As some schools reopen, edtech product use declines. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. Its measurement gathered up “more than one million” fall screenings given using its FastBridge adaptive assessments going back to fall 2016. million assessments” from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Inequity Back to … Normal?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. edtech companies in the first half of 2019. The high tally for venture funding this year is not unique to the edtech industry. edtech companies, but their counterparts overseas have also attracted plenty of venture capital.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! One example, the Ed-Fi Operational Data Store, provides a way to pull information from different systems into a singular database for easy access and assessment. Transfer Student Data Seamlessly Across Academic Careers. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Competency Based Learning OER Data Comparison 283

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

As a director for Common Sense Education , I’ve enjoyed something of a ringside seat, having edited close to 1,000 edtech reviews written by expert educators. Identify a Real, Solvable Problem The edtech industry has a tendency to misdiagnose the day-to-day challenges teachers and students face.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 16, 2015

charts comparison free resources free technology for teachers' This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2024

At the heart of this challenge is understanding how districts approach their edtech procurement decisions. In 2022, the Decision Lab (TDL) , an applied behavioral science research and innovation firm, interviewed and surveyed over 225 edtech decision-makers in K-12 school districts in the United States.

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EdTech Conference Survey Comparison 107

Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Blended Teaching: How Plagiarism Detection Software Can Help Educators Gain Confidence Discover the benefits of using plagiarism detection software in times of blended teaching Today, EdTech has become more popular than ever before. One of the challenges associated with it is assessing and grading numerous students’ works.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 16, 2018

You probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that every education technology (edtech) publisher says their product works, and they all have some sort of supporting evidence. Highly credible edtech evaluation lists give top marks for just one RCT (randomized controlled trial). The Problem: Gold Standard EdTech Studies are Rare.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 5, 2022

Keep these tips top of mind during your edtech search: Just because tools are pretty doesn’t mean they correlate to academic achievement. Research should inform any edtech selection. Industry standards, urged the panelists, are critical to measuring the trustworthiness of product claims and completing product comparisons.

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EdTech Outcomes Company Comparison 91

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

With the addition of MasteryConnect’s formative assessment tools, Instructure aims to capitalize on what it sees as a “shift occurring at the state level as they replace high-stakes, end-of-year testing with innovative assessment models,” according to a prepared statement. billion by 2020. But those efforts did not pay off.

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LMS Assessment Company Comparison 128

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

Which Country Is Really Leading Edtech? The answer—as always—is “it depends,” according to a panel of global edtech executives and analysts at a session on Tuesday. in sheer number of edtech companies and dollars invested. in sheer number of edtech companies and dollars invested.

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Education EdTech Learning Conference 131

Lightspeed Systems

MARCH 13, 2025

School boards want visibility into how long students are onlinenot just during class but also after hoursso they can assess the impact on everything from learning outcomes to student well-being. Grade-Level Comparison: Are younger students spending more time on screens than recommended?

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Report Data Internet Safety Policies 59

100mentors

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

We conclude this series with the last but not least IB requirements for teaching and learning in the Diploma Programme (DP): assessment and self-management skills. This final installment covers h ow to cultivate students’ self-management skills through teaching informed by assessment. How can you turn this around?

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 12, 2019

Assessments and knowledge checks are central to any eLearning course. Quillionz enables you to create quality assessment questions for your eLearning courses in a fraction of the time it takes you today. Good questions have the power to make the learning experience memorable and successful. They help prepare, reinforce, and evaluate.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). Yet edtech investors remain uncertain whether to invest in K-12 curriculum products. “Curriculum is becoming commoditized.” And he’s not alone.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

It comes as no surprise that some tools show fleeting gains in test scores, especially those that are designed to mimic standardized assessments. The potential impact of technology products to improve student achievement pales in comparison to other pedagogical, cultural, and societal inputs. 70), and prior ability (.94)

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Personalized Learning Learning Tablets Company 155

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And therein lies the challenge for both educators and EdTech leaders – how can we best serve an industry that’s constantly evolving every nine months? But on the other, adding in a completely new mix of students you don’t yet know becomes more challenging for both educators and EdTech leaders. Low Barrier to Entry.

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Symantec How To EdTech Learning 125

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The first report, The State of Student Learning in 2022 , analyzes reading and mathematics data gathered from nearly two million Grades 1–8 students during the 2021–2022 school year via the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool. About Curriculum Associates.

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Trends Elementary Data Comparison 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Fenichell seems fine with that assessment, saying that the investment in her company pales in comparison to the billions of dollars that go into producing movies and games each year. Kids deserve the same kind of quality of content that they see on Netflix and gaming consoles,” she says.

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Company Comparison Video Google 159

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Amongst these eight educators, edtech software such as IXL Learning and i-Ready both get lumped in with Amazon’s Alexa in the same AI bucket, despite the fact that a tool like IXL doesn’t theoretically become smarter over time as a user interacts with it. “Not And because of that, Vermont superintendent Ned Kirsch is ready for the future.

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IXL Learning Education Comparison Digital Learning 137

100mentors

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

We conclude this series with the last but not least IB requirements for teaching and learning in the Diploma Programme (DP): assessment and self-management skills. This final installment covers h ow to cultivate students’ self-management skills through teaching informed by assessment. How can you turn this around?

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Assessment Comparison Learning Guidelines 60

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This does not improve assessment practices or give a teacher more insight into learners’ reasoning. When learners feel inadequate in comparison to peers, they may participate less and become increasingly isolated. Learners are still limited in the modes in which they can express or represent their thinking.

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

For example, teachers tend to assess learners who are Black differently than white learners. When learners feel inadequate in comparison to peers, they may participate less and/or become increasingly isolated. Research from the Brown Center for Education Policy at Brookings found that Black students are 5.8

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This post serves as the 5 th in our series supporting the creation of EdTech Integration Plans. Instead of breaking down professional development into “those who need it” and “those who don’t think they need it,” it is far more effective to break down every member of the team and assess what they need.

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EdTech Google Microsoft Comparison 88

TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This post serves as the 5 th in our series supporting the creation of EdTech Integration Plans. Create a Staff Needs Assessment. Create an EdTech Menu. Create and Approve your Final EdTech Integration Plan. Please take a moment to visit our additional posts on this topic: Create a District Snapshot. Define Your Endgame.

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EdTech Google Microsoft Examples 90

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Five PRIME Factors for EdTech Evaluation As someone who has evaluated and published findings on an edtech program for two decades, closely watching the marketing hype in the math edtech market in particular, I’ve come to believe something you may find shocking: All edtech programs work.

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Comparison EdTech E-rate Outcomes 52

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 29, 2019

Then check out our detailed comparison below and find out which tool is the best fit for your classroom! Feedback and Assessment Seesaw allows teachers to customize which feedback options are available in their classes: In addition to teacher comments, parents and peers can provide feedback on student work. Winner: Seesaw.

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Google Classroom Android Differentiated Instruction 75

MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 15, 2024

In our first study, we observed a group of ST Math users (aggregated across states, years, assessments, grades 3-5) from the year prior to ST Math use, the year during ST Math use, and the year following the removal of ST Math. This normalization allows comparisons across years, exams, and states.

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Analysis Comparison Trends Study 83

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

techieMusings

JULY 19, 2019

BLC19 Session — Making Thinking Visible: Embracing #EdTech to Give All Students an Equal Voice with @buddyxo (me!). Making Thinking Visible with Formative Assessment Tools – The Ultimate Crowdsourced Comparison Chart, By: Lainie Rowell (@lainierowell). Book recommendation — Teaching as a subversive activity.

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Comparison Conference EdTech Professional Learning 50

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2020

They found that increasing usage from fall to spring by more than 10 minutes per week correlated to significant higher math gains on multiple state standardized math assessments. Proving Ground worked with 13 school districts across the country from 2015 to 2017 to assess the impact and implementation of ST Math. Further Reading.

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Study Comparison Assessment Groups 52

Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In part 2 of this 2-part episode series, Kasey shares Google Classroom grading and assessment tips, how to create and upload a banner image, the many types of comments you should know about, and amazing mobile features. Grading & Assessment Tools. Be sure to check out all the Google Classroom resources here. Click To Tweet.

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Google Classroom Mobility Android 98

Edthena

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

After a teacher records her lesson, a coach picks the comparison videos from the MQI example set. This three-tiered mental model is used to anchor a conversation with teachers where they work to assess their own practice as good, better, or best, in comparison to the known examples of practice.

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Video Comparison Examples Libraries 98

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 5, 2015

Today, we’re sharing a blog post from Getting Smart highlighting the updated Smart Series paper “Smart Series Guide to EdTech Procurement.”. Smart Series Guide to EdTech Procurement. Make Real Comparisons. Download “ Smart Series Guide to EdTech Procurement “. Determine the Educational Priorities. Conduct A Pilot.

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EdTech Blended Learning Comparison Exercises 28

ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

First, taking the time to assess your needs and installation conditions will help you pick an education projector you’ll be satisfied with. Assess lighting conditions and ability to control ambient light. Finally, you’ll want to assess connectivity. Digital displays, by comparison, have a fixed screen size.

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Education Video Laptops Classroom 186

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2019

An Explanation for Teachers #gttribe #googleedu #edtech Click To Tweet. Google Certified Educator Tips: Understanding G Suite for Education #googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. Here’s a full comparison.). All You Need to Know to Prepare for the Trainer Skills Assessment and Application! 24/7 Access.

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