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4 edtech tools that can transform student teamwork

eSchool News

Thats why Ive made a point of seeking out the best edtech tools for fostering teamwork and communication among my students. I especially like using it for collaborative timelines, maps, and peer feedback. Whiteboard: Whiteboard is ideal for grades K-12 and works especially well for drawing, images, and math symbols.

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How a Feedback Tool Improves Both Instruction and Student Outcomes for This Math Teacher

Edsurge

In recent years, the focus in math education has shifted from the traditional priority of answering the problem to one of understanding and articulating the process. This has been accompanied by a growing demand for educators to provide quality feedback in a timely manner. Math is moving away from “kill and drill.”

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Big Deals: Advanced offerings in curriculum and data analytics, parent communication, remote tutoring, and more

eSchool News

SchoolStatus , announced this month the acquisition of ClassTag , a unified family communication and engagement platform for educators, schools, and districts. Seeing all relevant student information in one place helps families stay informed and get involved.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research. And while the science of reading is currently in the forefront of media cycles, many other areas of education are being informed by cognitive neuroscience research.

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Math tutoring startup uses mobile chats to connect students and tutors

eSchool News

Math startup offers round the clock mobile chats and tutor ratings. Stanford University is investing in MathCrunch, an on-demand mobile math tutoring company, with its StartX Fund. In its first year alone, MathCrunch surpassed 100,000 student sign‐ups and completed over 200,000 successful math-tutoring sessions.

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Standard-aligned Rubrics: Assessing Progress Toward Firm Goals While Allowing for Flexible Means

Catlin Tucker

They may express and communicate what they know or can do in different ways. Let’s say the objective of a learning cycle is to help students to craft a strong argument, compare and contrast a plant and an animal cell, or use the formula for volume to solve real-world math problems.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

The overall quality of students’ work also suffers when they do not have the time and space needed to fully engage with academic tasks or produce artifacts to express and communicate their learning. Below is a list of academic tasks that benefit from variable time on task.

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