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Anytime, Anywhere PD Now Even More Accessible
Anytime, Anywhere PD Now More Accessible With Classroom-Ready Technology Integration Projects
AUSTIN, Texas (February 8, 2011) – In response to increasing teacher demand Edvation recently announced the addition of classroom-ready technology integration activities to pd21, their personalized, online professional development system for teachers. “Now, more than ever”, suggests Adam Smith, CEO of Edvation, “Administrators are able to witness the immediate impact of professional development on student academic outcomes. Using the new integration activity library in pd21, every educator, regardless of their comfort level, is now able to use technology as a tool to promote rigor, relevance and student engagement in every classroom.”
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Alabama selects TechSteps for Technology Education
Alabama districts may now choose a full K-8 technology education solution that integrates authentic assessment, 21st Century and technology skills into core academic instruction
Bellevue, WA – June 10, 2010
The Alabama State Department of Education has approved TechSteps K-8 technology education curriculum for purchase and named it to the 2010-2011 Alabama Technology Education Textbook Adoption. TechSteps is a technology literacy curriculum and assessment tool that engages students in motivating learning experiences with inquiry-based technology integration activities that infuse technology and 21st Century learning into any standards-based curriculum. Each well-design challenge guides students in using open ended real-world technology applications to design and build information products or presentations that communicate their best thinking. Each artifact provide an authentic demonstration of technology literacy proficiency and 21st Century skills development while also generating all the data needed for reporting purposes
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THE Journal: An “A” in Abstractions
by Paul Tullis
With assessment attracting increased focus in the push for 21st Century skills learning, a new issue arises: How do you measure the immeasurable?
Pearson Expands Commitment to 21st Century Learning Through Partnership with SchoolKit
TechSteps, Comprehensive Tool for Teaching Technology Literacy, Now Offered by Pearson
Washington, D.C., November 2, 2009 — Today at the State Education Technology Directors Association’s (SEDTA) Leadership Summit and Education Forum 2009, Pearson announced that it has added TechSteps from Edvation to its comprehensive offering of 21st Century learning tools. Built on the National Education Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S), TechSteps is used by schools to plan, teach and assess K-8 student technology literacy in an integrated, 21st Century context.
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Principal Leadership: Building Technology Literacy Into the Curriculum
By Kathy Boone
Teaching and assessing student computer literacy was once straightforward: Develop an introduction to computer applications class and register middle school students into it on rotating semester or nine-week terms. Teach students to keyboard, create a document, run spell check, enter a column of numbers in a spreadsheet, run a few calculations, create a slideshow presentation, and use a few Internet search techniques. At semester’s end, give a test on objective and clearly observable items to verify student learning and give teachers some assurance that students had achieved a satisfactory level of computer literacy.
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