Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

| The Hechinger Report → In three years, no one will be able to explain why it was that colleges and universities continued to hand more than half of their tuition to companies marketing and supporting their online programs – the online program managers. It’s gives fake news a business model. It is that bad.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 7, 2022

So it may be that it deploys a new upgrade but if there is a problem in deployment for even five minutes, the company will roll back the new upgrade and immediately switch to the previous version. Related Read: 9 Reasons Why Publishers Should Move to Digital eBook Libraries. Digital Publishing / March 27, 2014. The remaining 0.1%

Technology 52

Technology eBook Software Policies 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

When Apple released its first iPad seven years ago, the company thought one area it would revolutionize was education. We’re very interested in having the mobile technology used outside the classroom where so much learning takes place,” says Hiram president Lori Varlotta. But today the device’s presence in classrooms is spotty.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Educational technology company Oddcast launched a new version of its Voki website for teachers along with a free iOS application called Voki for Education. The mobile app was created to mirror the online experience and provide students with a convenient and fun way to work on their assignments and projects.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update November 12th, 2014 One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. As a not-for-profit company, our ambition is to raise achievement and empower learners with skills for learning, skills for employment, skills for life. Join at [link].

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 92

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update September 2nd, 2014 Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming. LIVE on September 6, 2014. How does your library manage digital collections? How does your library manage digital collections?

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 8, 2015

Two years ago this week I announced the launch of my consulting company. What’s been happening since June 2014? In any given month I travel to campuses, libraries, or convention centers one to five times. Since I promised to be transparent about this work, here’s an update and reflection on how BAC has gone so far.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Bonus: This company has some of the BEST customer service I''ve ever dealt with. I want for home and to put one in my Library, too! I also bought one for our library kitchen for PD events. I also bought this for my library kitchen - to offer jewelry cleaning during my Tech PD! If they even supply them. Ok, maybe I am!

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iPad Twitter iPhone Libraries 66

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. The Digital Library. Indie Ed-Tech.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats. The company periodically sends phishing tests to staff; those that get caught clicking on the emails are given remedial lessons.

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Strategy Student Data Privacy Data Policies 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 24, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 24th, 2014 The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) designated the Wednesday of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Banned Books Week as Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD, pronounced bee-wad ). Educate students: Teach a lesson in your classroom or library about filtering. That’s where Banned Websites Awareness Day comes in.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2018

It’s a typical day at GSoft, a technology company whose meteoric rise from its founding in 2006 has required a constant supply of workers — and the over-the-top amenities increasingly needed to recruit and keep them. As recently as 2014, twice as many moved out than moved in. workers, a Gallup survey found. Department of Education.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via The Guardian : “US library to enforce jail sentences for overdue books.” ” That’s the Athens-Limestone public library in Alabama (and that’s completely f *d up). Udacity ’s mobile apps now support “ offline learning.” ” Education in the Courts. ITT has closed its doors.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

These books are listed in alphabetical order and are part of my personal library at home. What Do Portuguese Students Play on Mobile Devices: Inputs for the Development of Educational Games. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it. Some great ones here!

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Game-Based Learning Gamification Learning Twitter 120

Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 4, 2014

6th grade students run the concession stand after learning about money and profit #pbl #hotdogstand pic.twitter.com/7PrtdqmyIn — Linsly School (@linslyschool) February 5, 2014. PBL #CCNTH #historyisfun pic.twitter.com/sBCxTVfsWN — Brandon Sligh (@SlighBrandon) October 10, 2014. How long do they stay?" #PBL Thanks parents!

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Android Learning iPad Assessment 79

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. ” “ Zynga and USC enter social and mobile game design partnership,” says Education Dive.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems? Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S. degrees from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” “The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports.

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Each month, I calculate all the venture capital investment that’s gone into education technology, noting who’s invested, the type of company, and so on. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. The Digital Library. Mobile Learning. It’s from these weekly and monthly reports that I start to build my analysis.

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Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 31, 2011

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is this Wednesday and Thursday, November 2 - 4, all online, all free. He will put it into effect in 2012, instead of 2014. Welcome to week three of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and podcast with Audrey Watters.

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Android Education Conference Facebook 39

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Greiff has previously been a partner at the 1776 venture fund and he was also a co-founder of the test prep company Grockit. Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned. His other two co-founders are gone from the company too, says Axios’ Dan Primack. ” (Wow. ” Shrug.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.” ” “ Zynga ’s Headquarters Is Worth More Than The Actual Company.” The company has raised $15.9

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” Via The Kansas City Star : “A lawyer for the largest teachers union in Kansas told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that lawmakers’ 2014 decision to get rid of a job protection for tenured K–12 educators was unconstitutional.” – to the New York-based company Cyndx. The company has raised $7.45

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Jared Cook, Doane University | Dr. Lorie Cook-Benjamin Programming for Perspective: Promoting Reflection and Discussion on the Immigrant Experience , J B Hill, Ottenheimer Library Director, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Proyectos telecolaborativos y acciones positivas hacia los ODS (Sustainable Development Goals).

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Zach Leverenz speaking to students at New York City middle school MS 258 during the New York launch of EveryoneOn, in June 2014. Meanwhile, millions of American students trek to public libraries and fast-food restaurants to get online after school, or they go without — a problem known as the “homework gap.”. Photo: Clay Williams.

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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 89

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2017

His computer science courses covered topics like programming, machine learning and artificial intelligence; Chibwe even did a project on recommendation algorithms for an online library. Adam Braun started the company as “an alternative for those looking for more career focus.” Content and costs vary. Photo: Meryl Schenker.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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