THE Journal: Report: Effective Teacher Professional Development Crucial to Common Core

AV, Interactive & Collaborative Technologies for K-12 Education

9/11/2013

Education & Technology Research

Report: Effective Teacher Professional Development Crucial to Common Core
The success of the largest education reform effort of the last decade — Common Core State Standards — is contingent upon effective teacher professional development, according to a new report. But professional development needs to become more than a string of one-day workshops in order to help teachers make the transition.
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Smart Phones To Surpass 1 Billion Units This Year
One out of every seven human beings in the world will get a new smart phone this year. According to a new forecast from market research firm IDC, more than 1 billion new smart phones will make their way into consumers' hands in 2013, the first time it will reach that mark in a single year.
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How Your Student Data Could Be Saving You Time
Two new startups are helping save schools time by making constant input of student information a thing of the past.
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MOOC Spotlight

Free Digital Learning Transition MOOC for Educators Starts Sept. 30
The Alliance for Excellent Education and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University have announced a new version of their free Digital Learning Transition massive open online course (MOOC) for educators.
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New MOOC Explores Role of Badges for Professional Credentials
The WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), Mozilla, Blackboard, and Sage Road Solutions have joined forces to offer a new MOOC that will delve into the subject of badges for academic and professional credentials.
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Ed Tech News

Alabama District Adds Digital Resources To Support 1:1 Program
Alabama's Baldwin County Public Schools has adopted a digital content in an effort to support project-based learning, differentiated learning, and more.
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Edvance360 LMS-SN Gets Support for Digital Badges
Edvance360 LMS-SN has added support for digital badges through integration with Credly, a credentialing and badging service.
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Cambridge University Press, Knewton Partner To Improve Adaptive Digital Resources
Cambridge University Press and Knewton have partnered with the stated goal of improving the publishing company's next generation of digital English language teaching products.
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Moodle Gets Security Patches, Feature Improvements
Three updates have been released for the open source learning management system Moodle for the 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 branches. The minor updates include security patches, bug fixes, and small functionality improvements.
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Common Core Curriculum Expansion Targets Early Readers
Curriculum Associates has enhanced its Ready Common Core reading program with content tailored for beginning readers at kindergarten and first grade levels, while enhancing support for teachers adjusting to the new Common Core State Standards.
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Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' Aims to Help Students Get a Jumpstart on College
High school students can take college-level courses -- for free! -- plus win a chance to appear in a video with veteran science educator and TV personality Bill Nye the Science Guy, thanks to a new program from Sophia.org.
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