eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

With the realization that COVID will stick with us, and with determination to live with it and resume aspects of pre-pandemic life, educators are once again eager to gather at edtech conferences and experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital learning resources, and professional learning opportunities.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process from the data traces that students leave with every click in a digital textbook , learning management system or other online learning tool. Its an approach known as learning analytics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2023

Teaching Methods and Learning Tools Learning environment in the classroom can influence perception and comprehension on many levels. This way, college kids might get closer to understanding how to write cause and effect essay. Having this knowledge, it would be easier to deal with assignments, homework, and life issues.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

When I started graduate-level work with machine learning tools at UC Berkeley in 2011, few people outside academia were discussing artificial intelligence. The first bucket of products typically boast features like chatbot capability, plagiarism detection and automated essay scoring. It wasn’t always this way.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

The author of this book discusses his own Digital Learning Farm model, which effectively enables students to change the way they learn, by creating new learning tools and finding meaningfulness in their work. From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning. by Alan November.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Performance tasks require students to apply their knowledge, such as through an essay, performance, work of art, exhibition, and so forth. Objective tests are usually multiple-choice quizzes or other tests with single correct answers. For more examples, see 30 Examples of AI-Adaptive Software, Guide School, [link].

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2018

By 2019, Verizon expects to have 150 schools participating in the Verizon Innovative Learning program , the company’s initiative to improve STEM education, according to a recent announcement. . The next step may be that, instead of writing an essay, a student is prompted to create a whole 3D environment in VR around that essay topic. .

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

based 21st Century Cyber Charter School (21CCCS), teachers and administrators rely on learning tools such as Edmentum’s Study Island , Blackboard Collaborate and Moodle to identify student needs and trends. Before we had these analytics tools, teachers had to pull together different tools and assessments manually,” Nuland says.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Thinkster , a tool designed for math tutoring, utilizes artificial intelligence to track a student’s thought process through a problem , which is then recorded, analyzed and used to recommend how the teacher can best address concerns. It is also important to pick the best tool for both the students and teachers.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

This past year, it seemed like it was almost every day that my students were asking me for time on ST Math, a web-based, adaptive tool for math instruction. They were asking me so much that I decided to write a persuasive essay on why we should find better tools for learning math in our classroom.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours. Institutions often update or decommission external learning tools before the start of a new semester.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

By combining the power of AI with an incredibly engaging user experience, we’ve created a learning tool that makes studying not only effective but also fun,” said LearnWith.AI . “TeachTap is a game-changer for students preparing for AP exams and studying high school courses. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

In addition to assessing students’ grades and essays, admissions officers have long looked to the SAT and ACT to help them decide who will make it in their campus settings, and beyond. But the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the sudden decision by many colleges to make submitting such scores optional.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. They are short — three to five minutes — and formative in nature, to determine student knowledge and inform the next learning step. No need to look further. Discussion Boards.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours. Institutions often update or decommission external learning tools before the start of a new semester.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now! Here’s what Matthew Rascoff, vice president of the Office of Technology-Based Learning and Innovation at University of North Carolina , had to say.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

There are great learning tools that can happen with AI, but then not always being so sure of how far the unintended consequences will go and what you do need to be prepared for as. Kevin Hogan In in AI and what it means to write a hundred word essay as well as just kind of the bigger the bigger picture ramifications.

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APRIL 26, 2018

On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

Student-Created Content as a Learning Tool Students learn best when they create, not just consume. Instead of writing an essay on climate change, a student might create a short documentary and post it on YouTube. This approach doesnt just make students smarter online, it makes them better thinkers offline, too.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

Schools need leading indicators of learning progression that flag at-risk students before they fall behind. This powerful, real-time engagement data can be used to create a sort of living progress report on student learning. Moving Forward It would be a shame to exit the pandemic without learning something from it.

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