Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

This “Netflix generation” of students (and all future generations) has no basis for understanding information that isn’t readily and immediately avail able. These students have come to expect high-quality content—on demand, anytime, and anywhere. This mindset puts our schools in an interesting position.

Survey 279

Survey Instructional Materials Social Media Study 279

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Adept at building effective processes and obtaining reliable, accurate information for business decision-making. Experienced in designing, implementing, and delivering professional development and growth experiences for faculty in instructional technology and innovative design. Training and Founding Partner at Evolving Educators.

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Classroom Microsoft STEM Adobe 496

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 there are best practices.

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EdTech Classroom Instructional Materials Outcomes 102

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

While it may seem convenient to provide instructional materials in students’ native languages, relying too heavily on translations can hinder ELLs’ progress in developing language proficiency and content mastery.

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Differentiated Instruction Strategy Guidelines Instructional Materials 124

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

When students aren’t engaged in what they’re doing, be it inside or outside of the classroom, they don’t retain the information required to learn. Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials. . #1 Social-Emotional Learning Must be Relatable for Students.

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Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 448

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The diverse catalog offers 55 courses aligned with nationally recognized career clusters, including STEM; health science; information technology (IT); and business and marketing, among others.

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Adobe Industry Learning Course 110

edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

A pilot program of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has made 12 states’ reviews of secondary math and language arts materials available, with a wide range of K-12 resources from these and other states to follow. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Instructional Materials Accessibility Policies OER 42

EdNews Daily

APRIL 23, 2024

In an effort to bolster civics education throughout the Granite State, the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) is partnering with Discovery Education to support the development of informed students who are eager and ready to participate in democracy.

Instructional Materials 130

Instructional Materials Education Technology 130

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Free tool is intended to support clear understanding of state policies and practices related to digital instructional materials. state and territorial educational technology leaders, has launched of a free online tool to support the implementation of digital instructional materials.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Policies Trends Digital Learning 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In states that mix adoption and local control, like Utah, a commission reviews, vets and ultimately recommends instructional materials, although districts have final say. SEDTA maintains a state-by-state database with information about procurement policies, and links to resources from those 27 states.)

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EdTech Case Study Instructional Materials Policies 323

Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

This “Netflix generation” of students (and all future generations) has no basis for understanding information that isn’t readily and immediately avail able. These students have come to expect high-quality content—on demand, anytime, and anywhere. This mindset puts our schools in an interesting position.

Survey 189

Survey Instructional Materials Social Media Study 189

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As such, OpenSciEd has several unique benefits relative to typical, commercially produced instructional materials. As an open educational resource, OpenSciEd is under an open license for people to use, remix, and share.

Instructional Materials 223

Instructional Materials Outcomes STEM Resources 223

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.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Study Survey STEM 40

Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

The four key factors: Use a real-world instructional design challenge. First, the authentic design opportunity to develop instructional materials for adult learners motivated many to participate in the MOOC. Why has this crowdsourcing design project been successful?

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Resources MOOC How To OER 227

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

The company’s professional development, diagnostic assessments, skill continua, and explicit instructional materials strengthen all tiers of instruction and ensure that students receive targeted intervention instruction to close skill gaps.

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Groups Comparison Resources Education 97

eSchool News

AUGUST 5, 2024

That challenge is followed closely by securing CTE program funding (53 percent), retaining qualified teachers (51 percent), developing work-based learning opportunities for students (48 percent), and finding engaging instructional materials (32 percent). Here are 5 actionable steps for CTE programs: 1.

Instructional Materials 114

Instructional Materials Industry Training Trends 114

K12 Open Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

People seem to be looking deeply at their own practice as a part of instructional materials reviews and are not just accepting publisher’s correlations at face value. Also, many states no longer provide an allocation of funds for instructional materials, making it the district’s choice of how they spend their funds.)

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OER Instructional Materials Meeting Resources 113

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

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 25, 2023

An evolution of “ awesome lists ” used by coders to share information about specific programming languages, Bir’s website is a free resource updated by teachers and students, and it’s meant to be a hack for locating quality information without the hassle of sifting through endless search results.

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Resources Libraries Instructional Materials Study 181

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Accompanying the commitment to provide universal access to learning technologies for learners must be a parallel effort to ensure that all students have the age-appropriate skills to use those tools to meet their educational goals, including knowledge of basic computer operations, computer programming, and media and information literacy concepts.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This framework informs how ThinkCERCA designs its literacy instructional materials and lessons. Teachers can choose a lesson in the program, which guides students through a multi-step process to analyze the reading materials and write a response essay. Teachers teach writing to improve how kids learn.”

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Instructional Materials Academic Standards Company Industry 263

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For more information on the decoding threshold, visit AERDF’s website. For a detailed explanation of Reading Reimagined’s research base supporting its efforts, read the concept paper here.

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Assessment Instructional Materials Report Study 69

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

,” author Donald Bligh compared the four things teachers claimed students would get from lectures (acquisition of information, promotion of thought, changes in attitude, and development of behavior skills) with what his research showed pupils actually gained: only acquisition of information.

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MOOC Khan Academy Learning Blackboard 205

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.

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Instructional Materials Learning Professional Learning Company 107

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2023

Helping one of the world’s largest book publishers create inclusive learning and teaching materials is one way we can do this.” It also includes instructional materials and digital resources to help teachers build literacy skills and social-emotional awareness.

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Instructional Materials Advocacy Professional Learning Libraries 103

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 1, 2021

offerings, these instructional materials are optional and aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)—the state standards for what grade-level knowledge and skills students should possess. instructional materials undergo a rigorous review that includes Texas teacher feedback to confirm quality standards.

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Instructional Materials Blended Learning Learning Accessibility 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. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight. Are they the only ones?

Policies 180

Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 180

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

One key finding in the report and the full survey : Teachers’ instructional materials didn’t necessarily change to meet the needs of remote instruction. The results revealed that they “tend to be those geared for synchronous instruction”—that is, for live direct teaching.

EdTech 190

EdTech LMS Survey Classroom 190

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

From California to Connecticut , legislation is being written and revised to specifically tie attendance to learners’ documented interaction with instructional material. But now, especially for asynchronous learning, much of the information about participation (e.g., Enter interoperability.

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Data LMS EdTech Accessibility 216

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. One of these heuristics helps us decide how much we like some new experience or piece of information. Confirmation Bias.

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Learning Examples Instructional Materials Social Media 159

eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, there are numerous key characteristics of high-quality, culturally responsive, and sustaining resources that should be present in all instructional materials. Here are five principles that you’ll want to incorporate into your school’s effective and equitable instructional resources: 1.

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Resources Instructional Materials Classroom Learning 114

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

So if a company claims it has done the research, but cannot clearly cite or point to how it informed its product development on its website, it was disqualified. She says these companies are encouraged to resubmit once they do publish that information publicly. She was tasked with helping Newsela understand if its product works.

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Education Company EdTech Instructional Materials 176

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

According to Simba Information, spending for SEL instructional materials was $1.725 billion for the 2021-2022 school year. . While 63 percent of teachers responding to ReadTheory ’s survey believe mental wellness throughout the pandemic adversely affected instruction, a third reported they rarely or never teach SEL skills.

Survey 107

Survey Instructional Materials EdTech Report 107

Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 5, 2023

Imagine how much more natural it would be to teach metacognitive skills, information literacy, and related topics when a learner’s primary activity is asking questions of an LLM, rather than reading a static text. or “Do you mean (restate your understanding)?” I think the world is about to rediscover the work of Pask and Pangaro and others.

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OER Exercises Case Study Instructional Materials 183

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

All the mobile devices within a school inevitably access sensitive data: personal data of students, their parents, academic results and plans, professional data about the faculty body and even managerial information. This data must be protected, no matter the device used to access it.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Classroom Tablets 183

eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

School districts continue to prioritize expanding summer learning and enrichment offerings, adding specialist staff such as mental health personnel and reading specialists, and investing in high-quality instructional materials and curriculum, according to a survey administered by AASA, The School Superintendents Association.

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Survey Instructional Materials Report System 111