Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

All learning activities are Common Core and Universal Design for Learning (UDL); any teacher in the US or abroad can experience the next ed-tech frontier of augmented reality in their classrooms. Individual and group trends can be analyzed in real-time through automatically generated reports.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

Mysa’s curriculum relies on Common Core, the same national standards as public schools, Fiske says. Ultimately, Fiske says, the goal is personalized learning. To some observers, these are part of the same trend. But we're just doing it in really, really different ways,” she adds.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. By 5W Infographics with Peter D’Amato.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Lessons meet Common Core and Next Generation Science standards, according to Larson. Subscribe today!

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eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

This means that there are more concepts, terms, and trends in education that teachers need to be aware of - but how do you keep track of them all? Keep reading to discover the meaning of some of the most common trends in Edtech. Learn more about implementing edtech into your classroom here.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

They bought a learning management system (LMS) and asked us to start using it. Procuring the LMS was purely an administrative decision, fueled by a desire to monitor school-wide trends to make resource allocation decisions. Personalized learning” might be trendy, but it isn’t new.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. What can that look like?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

“When the body is active, then everything becomes more engaging, more stimulating, and children actively participate in the learning process,” said Retalis. The games can also be customized to meet several state and Common Core standards. The level of excitement on that student’s face … was incredible,” said Reynolds.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

Not only has ongoing formative assessment and quality feedback been honed by teachers for years, it has also become recognized as a core element of personalized learning environments, as highlighted in Rhode Island’s Personalized Learning Whitepaper. You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. . Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Mick Jones, Kylie’s dad, has been pleased to see an upward trend in his daughter’s scores, and he is among those who have become evangelists for the mastery-based system. Related: Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies?

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? Slow Down School and District Leaders: You’re Moving Too Fast. Companies, too, need to build that kind of inquiry into every step of their work with educators.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

By digging into your grade level data for various discrete skills, you notice a trend—75% of your third grade classes are struggling with number sentences. Earlier this year, EdSurge columnist Kerry Gallagher outlined three conditions for personalized learning success —ongoing communication, a culture of learning, and data analysis.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As w/ the previous year''s list, more and more mobile apps are making the list as mobile learning continues to be the rising trend in education. However, that''s not to say that there isn''t a good amount of websites and Learning Management Systems showing up as well. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

It’s a dilemma facing a growing number of schools and districts that have jumped onto a new tech-fueled trend in education known as “personalized learning.”. Common Core still stands in most states, but many have tweaked the standards and changed the name to something less politically charged.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Initially developed in-house to consolidate student data from a broad range of assessments and other sources, Spark has been expanded by Matchbook’s technology team to provide both teachers and students personalized views of their progress. At Merit Prep, goal-setting begins with Performance Series testing at the beginning of the school year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2012

It’s Personal – Personalized Learning for Students and Educators [link] Immediate Questions: What practical steps can educators take to personalize learning for their students in 2012–13, and how can technology facilitate this? What does personalized or personal learning mean to you?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2017

Related: School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? We completed a grading system, a competency-based report, a competency-based transcript along with a GPA system that made sense to us.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

In math, the game is aligned to the Common Core and has particular focuses on algebra, probability and statistics, as well as geometry. Final Notes I''ve noticed a trend in some of the keynote talks for our virtual conferences: presenters who are not using slides at all. Thanks for sharing, Jeff!

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Why does personalized learning, ironically, feel so impersonal? Personalized learning, in its broadest application, suggests tailoring instruction to meet the needs, strengths and interests of each learner. One of the more measured posts reads: There is NOTHING “personal” about personalized learning!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

But several trends once relegated mainly to progressive schools or alternative schools for at-risk students are reaching the mainstream and have even been embraced by entire states. The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too. who attempt to replicate its project-based model. “It

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

moving along and most schools resuming in-person learning, EdSurge caught up with Khan to discuss what the last year has been like for Khan Academy, what he’s learned and what he’s planning to do next. When the pandemic and the closures started, we saw that go up to 90 million learning minutes per day by the end of that week.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. In short, differentiation is the process of personalizing universal learning goals for groups of students.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” They’re not “trends,” really. They’re themes. They’re categories.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Along with her strong support for charter schools and the Common Core curriculum, Gist was convinced that great student outcomes could be directly tied to teaching excellence. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment with blended learning. A lot of teachers have gotten behind personalized learning and similar teaching models.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

Yet where she sees “promise” are movements to improve education at the classroom level, particularly through instructional approaches now often referred to as “personalized learning.”. “We Department of Education, Common Core is dead. This is not the first time DeVos has praised personalized learning.

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Nevada officials announced Tuesday that a common-core assessment consortium will credit the state $1.8 Via Education Next : “The Politics of the Common Core Assessments.” A “ personalized learning explainer ” from Mindwire Consulting. ” Hooray.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. From Berkery Noyes, the “ Mergers and Acquisitions Trend Report ” for the first half of 2016. Get rid of it.’”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” ” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. More shadiness from Thiel in the campus news section below. ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Perhaps, instead of tying “ personalized learning ” to special ed policies of the 1970s, you could read some Rousseau?

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

“School libraries can serve as personalized learning hotspots,” says Education Dive – but only if libraries fail to protect student privacy and gather lots of clicks about what students are doing, which seems fundamentally anti-librarian to me. ” Among the targets: Amplify. ” Inheritance.

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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.” ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” More LAUSD news in the legal section below. ” asks Mark Guzdial.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium , a major designer of common-core tests for states, is looking for a new fiscal agent after the University of California, Los Angeles, said it will no longer do that work.” ” “ Checking Up on Personalized Learning Pioneers.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. 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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