EdTech
EdTech
Have You Started Using QR Codes In Your Classroom Yet?
By: James Walker. There are numerous applications for QR codes in the classroom; some of them obvious, and some of them a bit more imaginative.
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The 5 Steps of Effective Technology Integration
It’s not uncommon to see a teacher bring his or her personal iPad into the classroom to support instruction and label it technology integration. It is, however, ineffective. Following is a systematic approach to integrating technology into the classroom both effectively and efficiently.
Personalized Learning
There’s a Maker Faire in That iPad! 10 Ways to Create Student Makers With Apps
These days, the word “maker” can be interchanged for “constructivist” and the Maker Movement is really starting to sweep the country.
Ed Policy
How To Choose The Best Tools To Successfully Transition To Common Core
Here, a leading educator proposes a few questions that school leaders need to ask to ensure they’re locating and using the most innovative and appropriate tools for managing this sweeping transformation.
EdTech
Machine Scoring of Essays Means Better Tests for Less
The ASAP Pricing Study, published today, addresses these cost questions. The paper concludes that, "In a higher quality assessment, human scoring of student essays can comprise over 60 percent of the total cost of the assessment. Automating this scoring process holds tremendous promise in making higher quality assessments affordable."
EdTech
FuelEd Supports Personalized Learning With New Tools & Services
K12® debuted their new personalized learning solutions division Fuel Education (FuelEd) this week, as a new organization with a distinct mission to partner with school districts on integrated personalized learning.
EdTech
Infographic: Teachers’ Guide to Trendy EdTech Concepts
We know it can be hard to keep up with all the EdTech developments as well as all those new terms and acronyms popping up on the education landscape.
Personalized Learning
New Play-i Robots bring Code to Life for All Students
Students that begin to code at a young age to create real products and build on those skills as they develop will not be afraid to take on computer science a core curriculum subject as the continue their education journey through high school, college and beyond.
EdTech
#TCEA14: What Would You Do if John Quinones Was Your Keynote?
As you think about your students and your classes, don't just think about the rules, think about the people looking back at you. They will demonstrate what you have modeled for them. When you go back to work next week, will you teach with your heart? Will you remember the human element of teaching?
Leadership
Signaling Job Readiness: Degrees Decline in Value, Alternatives Emerge
The combination of inflated costs, mounting student debt, and crushing young adult unemployment during the Great Recession have caused many to question the value of degrees.