By admin in 21st Century Math Skills
With 21st century jobs requiring more specialized math and science skills, employers have expressed concern about a skills gap in the workforce and hope that the issue can be addressed in American schools and thereby eradicated in the future.
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By admin in Adaptive Learning
While adaptive learning programs have long been heralded for their ability to give students personalized learning experiences, they may soon be able to further their effectiveness by reading facial expressions and deducing students’ emotional states as they learn.
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By @bedfordtweet in Blended Learning
In the past few years, blended learning has taken root in many classrooms. Forward leaning educators have “flipped” classrooms and leveraged technology as learning stations in their schoolrooms. Building leadership is creatively answering the call to student demand for technology access and school district administration is seeking scalable learning models and strategies. As the blended learning models in education gain traction across the country, many school districts are no longer debating not whether or not they should implement blended learning, but how they will do it and will it positively impact student progression.
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By @NealManegold in Common Core State Standards, Uncategorized
Developing conceptual reasoning is one way educators are working to empower the next generation of mathematicians. Educational technology products are an essential part of helping students and teachers achieve this goal. The Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, place a particular emphasis on integration of [...]
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By @tylerdavisjones in From DreamBox
A special DreamBox “Thank You” to all the hard working teachers out there impacting students lives! If you’re a teacher or principal and would like to try DreamBox for free at your school, click here.
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By @UrlacherMath in Math Learning
Elementary math is incredibly important! A strong, elementary math education will leave a lasting impact on any child. As a 6th grade teacher for ten years, I had students come into my classroom either liking or hating math. In the beginning of the school year, I would ask them to write about their math experience [...]
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By @nigelgreen in Personalized Learning
Personalized learning is one-on-one instruction between a teacher and student, and is a key to transforming rote learning to comprehension and mastery of subject matter. But in today’s public schools, that option has become increasingly unrealistic—although it is needed more than ever, particularly to raise national math scores. For example, less than half of the [...]
Read More By @NealManegold in Common Core State Standards, Uncategorized
Developing conceptual reasoning is one way educators are working to empower the next generation of mathematicians. Educational technology products are an essential part of helping students and teachers achieve this goal. The Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, place a particular emphasis on integration of [...]
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By @tylerdavisjones in What's New
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2013) The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced the winners of the 2013 CODiE Awards in education technology during a special awards reception and dinner, held during SIIA’s annual Ed Tech Industry Summit. Overall, 28 winners were recognized for [...]
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