Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

OER 297

OER Instructional Materials Khan Academy Outcomes 297

Education Elements

APRIL 23, 2024

This model was the best fit with existing campus and district initiatives, including the implementation of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) in Math and ELAR classes. At Education Elements, we partnered with Seguin ISD on this work, collaborating on three key steps which led to an increase in student-driven outcome data.

Blended Learning 209

Blended Learning Education Elements Instructional Materials Elementary 209

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Collaborate with faculty to support them in an instructional design capacity, inspiring and helping them implement engaging curricular units around instructional technology and innovation. Develop training and instructional materials for faculty to enhance their fluency with available technologies and software.

Classroom 490

Classroom Microsoft STEM Adobe 490

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Place-based learning experiences, often through local partnerships and the adaptation of instructional materials for local relevance, can be especially productive for building rural students interest in STEM.

STEM 105

STEM Broadband Resources Education 105

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

If we’re being honest — and we’ll look at the data in a second — most of them fall woefully short of any kind of meaningful change for students. Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials. And change is desperately needed. How is that represented?

Learning 448

Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 448

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Relatively small doses of digital content supplement lessons and cement student learning by, among other things, engaging and motivating students, filling gaps in core instructional material, providing targeted support or reinforcement of concepts, or connecting lessons to real-world scenarios. But dont take my word for it.

EdTech 100

EdTech Classroom Instructional Materials Outcomes 100

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Almost a decade after Lynzi Ziegenhagen began work on tools to help K-12 schools with data analysis and visualization, she faced an important decision. Today, Schoolzilla’s data-driven dashboards use multiple sources of student data, including attendance, suspensions and grades, to monitor progress toward school and district goals.

Data 106

Data Assessment Company Learning 106

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Designed in collaboration with educators and aligned with the CASEL framework, The Edge is the first curriculum to meet educators’ demands for high-quality instructional materials for SEL and life-skills readiness.

Instructional Materials 97

Instructional Materials Social Media Meeting Outcomes 97

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, has been named a High Quality Evidence-Based Instructional Material for Early Literacy by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

Secondary 102

Secondary Elementary IXL Learning Differentiated Instruction 102

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials (63%). Provides an innovative way for instruction to be personalized for each student (56). That's a 45% increase in just one year. How Students are Using Video.

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Video Classroom Flipped Classroom Blended Learning 329

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Under circumstances such as these, attendance data becomes increasingly important. Once maligned as a tedious, compliance-based metric, this data may actually reveal a broader picture of the student journey than previously imagined. Of course, this relies heavily on both community engagement and appropriate technology.

Data 216

Data LMS EdTech Accessibility 216

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

One of the great promises of the increased adoption and use of technology in public education is the availability of new tools to collect and analyze data about how best to meet the individual needs of students, support educators, and allocate scarce resources.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

The range of materials includes open educational resources, as well as copyrighted print and digital resources from publishers, and the dashboard includes options to reset and clear searches, and to download entire data sets into a spreadsheet. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

Instructional Materials 42

Instructional Materials Accessibility Policies OER 42

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2023

At home you answer emails, grade, plan, and analyze data. At home you answer emails, grade, plan, and analyze data. One recommendation from “Where Teachers Thrive” is ensuring that schools provide teachers with appropriate curricula and materials, rather than expecting teachers to devise or find their own. This is a crisis.

Survey 218

Survey Report Study Instructional Materials 218

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Data from the same Pearson survey says that 50% of high school students use learning apps, and this percentage grows in the case of students in elementary school. This data must be protected, no matter the device used to access it. Learning apps allow students to go through their online courses without an internet connection.

Mobile Learning 183

Mobile Learning Mobility Classroom Tablets 183

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

Encouraged by Dr. Orton, she compiled and published instructional materials which provided the foundation for what became known as the Orton-Gillingham Method. Nationally, there is no significant change in 4th grade reading scores from 2011-2013 (NAEP, 2013). (* data from the Stern Center for Language and Learning ).

Training 268

Training Study Digital Citizenship Instructional Materials 268

Digital Promise

MAY 21, 2018

This involves identifying vocabulary that students have to understand in order to access curriculum content; understanding the semantic and syntactic complexity of the language used in written instructional materials; and knowing the ways in which students are expected to use language to complete each learning task.

Instructional Materials 202

Instructional Materials Survey Strategy Accessibility 202

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2015

Teachers now are using more digital instructional materials than print materials in the classroom, according to a new study from Education Market Research (EMR)/Simba Information. Study reveals that the digital resource market is growing faster than the overall K-12 market. Next page: Findings from the study.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Study Survey STEM 40

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Teachers won’t ask for help even when student formative data shows they need it if their request for help is misunderstood or even worse – used against them. ” They would take online instructional materials, but then involve peers and colleagues in a person submitting a demonstration of skill.

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Edcamps Game-Based Learning Conference Video 370

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade. This is good news and cause for celebration.

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OER Instructional Materials Meeting Advocacy 170

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

At the time, Wireless Generation was expanding from its roots in K-3 reading assessment into new areas: intervention, professional development, and data systems. As principals do classroom walkthroughs, they look for specific instruction based in the curriculum, rather than an academic standard dutifully written on the chalkboard but ignored.

Instructional Materials 162

Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 162

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Educators stress the importance of state leadership, transparency for purchasing digital instructional materials. A new report urges care when purchasing digital instructional materials, and notes that factors such as interoperability, accessibility, and device access should be considered during the process.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Report OER Policies 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Market data and services firm MDR has updated a wide-ranging survey it last fielded in 2018 about teachers and tech, and the resulting report, “How 2020 Shifted Perceptions of Technology in the Classroom,” illustrates how COVID-19’s disruptions have upended some edtech trends and accelerated others. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

EdTech 188

EdTech LMS Survey Classroom 188

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

One new data analysis suggests some promising ideas. TNTP researchers plunged into a giant pool of data housed at Stanford University that tracked hundreds of millions of students’ scores on state tests at more than half the elementary and middle schools in the nation from 2009 to 2018. The seven schools ranged widely.

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Elementary Analysis Data Report 144

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

.— The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for foundational skills in English language arts.

Instructional Materials 97

Instructional Materials Academic Standards Secondary Assessment 97

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

EdReports.org is an independent nonprofit that evaluates instructional materials for quality and standards alignment. It is a gold-standard leader in helping teachers and administrators identify the highest-quality instructional materials.

Instructional Materials 106

Instructional Materials Learning Professional Learning Company 106

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Investors take note: Business intelligence that relies on a district’s budget and fiscal data will become a fast-growing K-12 market in the next five years. The data are now being gathered and they need to be ready for publication on the 2019-2020 state and district report cards. The problem is not that these conversations are dry.

Data 137

Data Program Evaluation Report Instructional Materials 137

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. State Funding States vary drastically in the funds they make available for K-12 technology. software and electronic textbooks, as is the case in New Mexico ) to physical devices (e.g.

Technology 210

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 210

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 2, 2023

I’ve been thinking about AI training data a lot recently, partly because of the fascinating intersections and overlaps between (1) curating and annotating training data for AI models and (2) designing instructional materials for human learners. I’m sure others read more, but I read my fair share.

Learning 148

Learning Training Study Instructional Materials 148

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

LDOE is committed to helping educators find interventions that are data-driven, individualized for students, and systematic. To support local school districts’ decisions on purchasing instructional materials, the LDOE evaluates products on program design, instructional design, usability and support, and other criteria for high quality.

Instructional Materials 103

Instructional Materials Differentiated Instruction Education Company 103

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

.” According to the report, the four core elements of personalized learning include: Flexible content and tools: Instructional materials allow for differentiated path, pace, and performance tasks. Targeted instruction: Instruction aligns to specific student needs and learning goals.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Instructional Materials Education Elements Learning 96

eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2022

“This coming year, accelerated learning will be a focus for schools nationwide and these new updates will provide educators with the timely resources and data-driven supports needed to help students make continued gains.”. A midyear and end-of-year Diagnostic help students and teachers measure growth and engage together in data chats.

Assessment 98

Assessment Instructional Materials Differentiated Instruction EdTech 98

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Some states, such as Nevada, also restrict the use of state supplemental academic intervention funds to programs that meet federal research standards and are elevating the importance of evidence-based and high-quality instructional materials. That data is then fed into program and budget review cycles.

Policies 175

Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 175

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Kiddom , a startup based in San Francisco, will offer core curriculum materials from the nonprofit publisher on its curriculum management system. On Kiddom, teachers can upload lessons and resources, distribute assignments and get data on how students perform against academic standards. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5

Resources 109

Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 109

eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Now, districts across the state can use data from the online program as part of a multi-tiered system of supports for students in Grades K–3 as outlined by the state’s Read to Succeed Act. The program’s Diagnostic provides educators with actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver impactful, equitable learning experiences.

Assessment 98

Assessment Differentiated Instruction Data Instructional Materials 98

eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Through this program, the inaugural class of 16 principals representing schools across 16 states will have the opportunity to receive monthly, high-quality professional development and grow as leaders as they work in small cohorts to analyze data, learn to plan strategically, and share information with different constituencies. “A

Flipped Classroom 98

Flipped Classroom Instructional Materials Data Education 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

Curriculum and instructional materials live on websites, in the cloud, on paper, in LMS’s, in Google Drive or OneDrive. This could look like large master platforms that do everything, but more likely will be a stack of interoperable tools that all talk to each other , sharing data and information. (A

EdTech 167

EdTech System Data Company 167