Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Another form of the technology is “early warning” or “early alert” programs, which monitor how students are doing in class, identify nonacademic impediments to student success, and target students in danger of failure for extra counseling or other assistance.

Technology 155

Technology Education Syllabus Counselling 155

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

I think we were hoping to see, or were curious to see, if districts would say, ‘This is where we can test out a blended model,’” says Gill, referring to the mix of online and in-person instruction that might become necessary as COVID-19 infections continue.

Schools 177

Schools Failure Students Blended Learning 177

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Ken Bain, the author of “What the Best College Teachers Do,” talks about this a lot—this idea that failure is a part of learning. So there should be failure in all of our classes. Too many of us take it for granted that students are going to have access to the internet. [Or And then I get feedback and I try again.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Working as an entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist and investor over the past few decades, at some of the very organizations Watters bemoans, I’ve had a unique vantage point for observing numerous successes, failures and—most importantly—long-term trends that make me optimistic about the next wave of education innovation.

Educational Technologies 166

Educational Technologies Technology Education Internet 166

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Computers were still housed in labs or on carts, but one-to-one computing and internet accessibility were hot topics. Here’s a look at some of edtech’s notable successes and failures that might shed light on the decade to come. The Kindle and the Nook had already been around, and this idea of personal devices in schools was in the air.

Education 143

Education Textbooks Blended Learning Failure 143

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2025

Our top post of the entire year was a vulnerable essay about an administrators leadership failure and how he made things right. OpenAI opened the floodgates of change again when it made a version of ChatGPT free to all, putting it at the fingertips of every student with an internet connection. Here's What Does.

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Essay Disabilities Multiple Choice Questions Math 115

Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Taking aim at standardized testing in particular, Robinson advocates for a “revolution” in learning—and praises several schools that are realigning priorities to put the focus back on inspiring students. Here’s What We Know About Google’s Chromebook Internet Outage. Here are her top four topics to steer clear of.

Failure 105

Failure Testing Blended Learning Grades 105

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

As I said, it didn’t take long before we had to test our solution to this question. Do you have secondary switches and access to the internet to retrieve information? In Bridgeport schools, we implemented a whole disaster recovery system about a month before a major failure. It didn’t take long to set this up. .

Schools 126

Schools Failure Discussions Internet 126

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

At the end of the session, a personalized five-question assessment (known as an “Exit Slip”) is given to test concepts they individually worked on that day. Glitches in the system/internet mean that students often miss instructional time, are unable to complete their Exit Slip, or are late to their next class,” the parents wrote.

Learning 147

Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 147

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Our kids connect with other middle school students in Uganda who are the recipients of some of their lanterns to get their ideas for requirements and feedback from testing. Failure is a valuable part of the process, and your attitude toward failure will shape the attitude of your students. Engage your community.

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Science STEM Failure Middle School 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2023

Students are required to work with me if they are on probation due to a course failure, and they are recommended to see me if they fail an exam or are deemed to be at risk for failure. I had to learn how to modify my plans in case the student did not have good internet service, which was a common problem.

Coaching 98

Coaching Exams Failure Learning Styles 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2023

Students are required to work with me if they are on probation due to a course failure, and they are recommended to see me if they fail an exam or are deemed to be at risk for failure. I had to learn how to modify my plans in case the student did not have good internet service, which was a common problem.

Coaching 98

Coaching Exams Failure Learning Styles 98

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2018

And in 2017, the New York Attorney General settled with the same organization , due to its “failure to adequately prevent illegal tracking technology from surfacing on some of the nation’s most popular children’s websites.” Amelia Vance, a policy counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum , has similar thoughts. “I

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Study Counselling Failure Writing 149

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

Previously in her career, Jackson had seen districts set unrealistic expectations for device and network connectivity that resulted from a failure to build a strong IT foundation. Before the upgrade, a group of about 100 students gathered in a large space to take an online test.

Mobile Devices 114

Mobile Devices Failure Blended Learning Testing 114

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Isn't that a failure?” And in some ways, I think it's always a great aspiration as an instructional designer to keep thinking about ways that you can help people persist in the learning experience, but I also think we're setting an incredibly high bar for what is often free content on the internet. They have to upload the assignment.

Questions 161

Questions Failure Skills Online Learning 161

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

All they need is an internet connection and a webcam (for proctored exams). It encourages students to learn the material, relearn weak areas, and removes the fear-of-failure brain freeze that many students experience on test day. Each course has about a hundred videos, each 5-10 minutes in length.

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Exams Quizzes Textbooks Mobile Devices 83

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members read, tested and experimented from resources available in the weekly syllabus. All students understood the importance of teaching digital citizenship, but often there was no cohesive plan to organically blend lessons into classes where students use the internet. Asked questions.

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Gamification Syllabus Failure Internet 74

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

As I said, it didn’t take long before we had to test our solution to this question. Do you have secondary switches and access to the internet to retrieve information? In Bridgeport schools, we implemented a whole disaster recovery system about a month before a major failure. It didn’t take long to set this up. .

Failure 66

Failure Discussions Internet Questions 66

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

Campbell: I would challenge anyone to find a thoughtful liberal-learning curriculum that has been carefully structured by experts for free on the internet. But I would say that the failure of ideals doesn't mean that the ideal is bad or unworkable. Let me speak to the question that you've asked.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2023

We have a lot of people who engage in a kind of endless conspiracy-style thinking of fitting facts into a preferred theory rather than testing their theories against the facts in the world. And that probably reflects some educational failures, though not just educational failures.

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Teaching Philosophy Teaching Failure Schools 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2024

You spend hours rewriting an old lesson plan, incorporating rich, adventurous tools available on the internet. You test it several times just to be sure. Because to many, ‘tech problem’ equates to the mind-numbing, bone-chilling feeling of ‘I have no idea what to do’ In a word: Failure. It is human.

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Failure Technology Internet Testing 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

You spend hours rewriting an old lesson plan, incorporating rich, adventurous tools available on the internet. You test it the evening before, several times, just to be sure. Because to many, ‘tech problem’ equates to the mind-numbing, bone-chilling feeling of ‘I have no idea what to do’ In a word: Failure.

Technology 130

Technology Failure Internet Classroom Management 130