The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

From empowering educators with well-being skills to fostering safe and positive learning environments, enhancing positive relationships, providing direct instruction on well-being competencies, and implementing assessment for continuous improvement, Dr. Smith's formula is both comprehensive and compelling. So where do we start?

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. It can help schools create an active learning environment that is sustainable, collaborative, coherent, focused on specific subjects, and that allows for educators to learn throughout the year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2018

When students are committed—and behaviorally, cognitively and emotionally engaged—they participate actively in class, feel safe and complete more challenging work that meets their personal learning needs. To learn more about continuous improvement strategies, download this infographic ? School leaders agree.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2018

When I started teaching a decade ago, Type to Learn was the MS Word of typing programs–everyone used it. With the push to move assessments online, students need good keyboarding skills. No more “runs only on desktops and laptops” Let me back up and describe Type to Learn Cloud. How to get started.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 18, 2017

Districts across the nation are exploring a new approach to professional learning to meet the evolving needs of today’s diverse classrooms and the educators who lead them. Participants then identified the various factors that play a role in determining the intrinsic and extrinsic value of professional learning experiences for educators.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

I recently had the incredible opportunity to help launch my school district’s new “Personalized Learning Fellowship.” We spent the day exploring the what, why and how of Personalized Learning, while also engaging in deep discussions about the current state of K-12 education. Conduct Impactful Formative Assessments.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Equitable Grading Project , a nonprofit organization that seeks to change grading practices, compared 33,000 course grades with students’ scores on standardized exams, including Advanced Placement tests and annual state assessments. Source: Equitable Grading Project, “Can We Trust the Transcript?” percent.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

What are the real benefits of a maker-centered approach to learning? The report offers a glimpse of the emerging findings of AbD’s multiyear research initiative, exploring the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker-centered learning. expand research that examines maker experiences through a learning lens.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population. Educational opportunities for our low-skilled adults are no exception.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

21, 2018) – According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ reading assessment, only a third of the students in each of the grades evaluated scored at or above proficiency. And while schools’ own end-of-year assessment results tell which students are not reading proficiently, those results do not identify why.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

To help districts find new ways to create efficiencies across all of their systems, itslearning has published a new white paper, “Using Curriculum-Driven Technology to Support Teachers: A K-12 guide to improving teacher efficiency and student outcomes by providing curriculum-driven technology.”

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techlearning

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Dr. Suzanne Carreker, the principal educational content lead at Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone® (NYSE: RST) company has authored a new white paper that provides insights into how literacy educators can build their capacity as well as their confidence in ensuring an equitable literacy education. BOSTON (Oct.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 26, 2019

On the second grade playground, kids throw insults back and forth but as they grow up, they learn to show respect even to an attacker by asking questions, starting a conversation, and digging deeper into the cause. These will affect the way they learn. It’s unlikely they’re a horrible person so is it learned behavior?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This handy tool has opened up the doors of blended learning and collaborative classrooms like never before. Teachers wanting to implement Google Classroom can use these resources to get started, level up their learning, or become a pro at all things Google. Use and email these out as you have specific tasks for teachers to learn.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

In addition to assessing students’ grades and essays, admissions officers have long looked to the SAT and ACT to help them decide who will make it in their campus settings, and beyond. But the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the sudden decision by many colleges to make submitting such scores optional. Enter the algorithms.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 9, 2021

He and I were going through a couple of clarifying questions after reading his recent white paper unpacking the underlying scientific concepts of ST Math. million students in the United States, of which nearly 70% are from traditionally underserved backgrounds according to Buschkuehl's paper. ST Math currently supports 1.3

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As the white paper “ Taking Back Kindergarten: Rethinking Rigor for Young Learners ” discusses, a rigorous approach to kindergarten does not have to be at odds with developmentally appropriate education. Teachers may direct groups of students to different learning centers in the classroom to engage in meaningful projects.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. According to the company’s white paper , EDU tokens will initially cost about $1 USD per 12 EDU tokens.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2016

30+ ideas to improve learning with awesome classroom design From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A well-designed classroom boosts student learning by as much as 16% (Barrett, Zhang, Davies, & Barrett 2015), but overdecorating is a distraction. Classroom Design Research and White Papers.

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EmergingEdTech

JUNE 8, 2016

Curriculum Embedded Performance Assessment Should Lie at the Center of Teaching, Learning, and Accountability Yesterday we began exploring the white paper, “Re-Balancing Assessment: Placing Formative. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2016

Competency-based learning has received widespread recognition as a way to better align higher education to careers. On a flight from Kuala Lumpur to New York in 2011 LeBlanc wrote “a little white paper” that set the stage for SNHU’s foray into direct-assessment programs. SNHU President Paul LeBlanc. earlier this month.

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techlearning

JUNE 6, 2018

That is the main assertion of a new white paper released by Intelitek. and its effect on education,” the paper explains how and why education paradigms must shift in order to align with future careers and jobs. The paper outlines the Education 4.0 DERRY, N.H. Titled “The Education 4.0 As pointed out in “The Education 4.0

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Think Exam

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In 2024, the landscape of talent assessments has evolved dramatically, propelled by technological advancements and changing workforce dynamics.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A recent Tech & Learning survey of over 500 teachers, principals, and district administrators revealed noteworthy disparities between the realities of teachers assessment experiences inside their classrooms and the perceptions of principals and district administrators outside the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

In today’s show, learn how one successful district has tackled this process and how they are getting buy in from teachers on the vision during the second year of implementation. Her district has done a lot of work with one-to-one teaching and learning. You have learning beliefs. Tell us about your learning beliefs.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to Larry Cocco, Senior Professional Learning Consultant at edWeb.net, it really is a form of “machine learning based on training,” which provides responses based on probability.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. In technical terms, IMS defines the above as “learning activities” or “learning events.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice , edited by Kylene Beers, Robert E.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 9, 2021

He and I were going through a couple of clarifying questions after reading his recent white paper unpacking the underlying scientific concepts of ST Math. million students in the United States, of which nearly 70% are from traditionally underserved backgrounds according to Buschkuehl's paper. ST Math currently supports 1.3

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N2Y

JUNE 23, 2022

To help every student succeed, it is important to understand the learning characteristics of those who succeed in mathematics versus those who do not (strategic versus non-strategic learners). Rather, it is looking at mathematics learning as a continuous journey where one construct informs the other. Assessment.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Student and educator social, emotional, and academic learning continues to be a key focus for schools and districts, especially with the continued stress caused by dealing with the pandemic. Visit selproviders.org to learn more about the SEL Providers Association. To learn more about Aperture Education, visit [link].

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2015

New white paper explores effective instructional models and course customization benefits. Odysseyware aims to provide a learning solution for schools seeking the flexibility and customization of online courses, as well as for those looking to offer students a virtual learning environment.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

As today’s education technology tools are used more frequently to drive instruction, expectations have grown for how data can support teaching and learning. Solving the rostering problem just scratches the surface of how interoperable data can support learning, said Wheeler. “If But it’s not as simple as pulling the data.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 9, 2019

And students, who are already on a limited education budget, find it extremely difficult to buy their yearly learning materials. Industry experts indicate that while using the chemical pulping to produce 1 ton of printing paper approximately 24 trees are required. It is assessed to ensure all required elements are present.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

28, 2018) — Social-emotional learning (SEL) company Aperture Education and Kickboard, which provides technology and coaching for school culture initiatives, have partnered to help schools collect, monitor and analyze data on 40 student behaviors that tie to the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (the DESSA) core SEL competencies.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 29, 2014

Game designers are incorporating assessment tools into new learning games in ways that are useful for instructional decision-making, without overpowering teachers with irrelevant data. . Last fall, at Robinswood Middle School in Orlando, Florida, 65 students were learning about air pollution. Photos courtesy of GlassLab.

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ExcelinEd

JULY 10, 2019

Assessment literacy is essential to make important decisions about students, educators, schools and state and local policy based on student data. Michigan Takes Assessment Literacy Seriously. In 2016, the Michigan State Board of Education endorsed Assessment Literacy Standards published by the Michigan Assessment Consortium.

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