I have added a section to our District Web site that includes details about the Summer TECK Institute (cms.wws.k12.in.us/technology/teck-institute/). I ended up using the About section as the page that displays when you select the TECK Institute. Additionally, I created sections titled Structure, Learning Artifacts (teacher examples), Technology Learning Facilitators (what this summer group will …
Last November, our data analysis /mining technology (Pearson Inform) added a key component to its offering – an Academic Intervention Plan feature for planning individualize and group instruction. Inform is an analysis tool designed for measuring and comparing student, class, and school performance data to help develop improvement plans. It captures data from student information …
We’ve been discussing assessment technologies in my EdTec 685 class this summer, and one of this week’s Top News Stories on eSchoolNews notes how schools are falling short in using digital assessments to target instructional needs. According to a July 1 report from the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), “K-12 schools in particular are …
I have a subscription to THE Journal and enjoying staying abreast of technology integration and trends throughout K-12. This month, I happened to catch the headline “NEA: Test Scores Improving in Spite of NCLB” in this month’s edition. President Bush signed off on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2001 with stringent requirements …