Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

This is an information-based project run by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) that consists primarily of a comprehensive toolkit that lays out simple steps and ideas for schools to adopt in improving home-based internet access for their students. Mobile Beacon. The Digital Equity Initiative. Sprint’s 1 Million Project.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Today the network unveiled the top 10 skills employers need in 2016. 1 in 2016—several billion data points, according to the company. The data show the skills that are most sought after by employers in the U.S. Cloud and distributed computing topped the list for the second year in a row. 1 and Sept.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

This combination of sight, hearing, and sometimes even touch, and recognition of what happens on the screen, makes students better retain and remember new information. Data from Speak Up 2015 National Findings show that 54% of students use YouTube all the time, and almost 40% of them are finding online videos to help with their homework.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2020

The definition of digital literacy is pretty much what you’d expect: “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.” ” –from the American Library Association. To engage in remote learning.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 5, 2017

The 2016 TED prize winner, Sarah Parcak , used the award money to fund her citizen science project, Globalxplorer.org. Below, find a slideshow with more information and resources. For each project find a description, the recommended age groups, the time commitment, and the platform (mobile or web). What’s involved?

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Tom Murray

MAY 23, 2018

It’s imperative to remember that such information is highly-sensitive and confidential, and thus calling down all students who are on free and reduced lunch would be an awful and immoral decision. Districts must remain sensitive to the needs of the families when sharing out this information and understand the legalities of such lists.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2017

Interoperability, defined dryly, is the seamless, secure and controlled exchange of data between different applications and technologies. It allows companies to pay employees via direct deposit, and for you to pay others via mobile apps or online banking services. There have been a few one-off data integration requests over the years.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Red states are where the annual issuance of new high school equivalency diplomas has fallen by more than 50 percent between 2012 and 2016. Data unavailable for Oklahoma. Data source: Thomas J. Click on any state to see data on the number of students who took and passed a high school equivalency exam.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

Billings gathered data from classes over the course of two semesters and saw immediate, positive results. Encouraged by the data, Billings advocated for and expanded the program. Personalizing the Learning Experience Through Data Infrastructure: Northern Essex Community College. We can’t get enough of technology.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2018

Suddenly, information literacy became real — and urgent. While this blog is based on verifiable data, some readers may be unhappy with my interpretation. Please note: 1) Information literacy skills are not new. When I dug into them, this information is publicly available although not being widely discussed.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. In 1999, it merged with the Information Industry Association and took on its current name. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

Information technology offerings account for just a small fraction of programs. Multiverse— founded in London in 2016 under the name WhiteHat by the son of a former U.K. Prime Minister—reported in January raising $44 million to bring apprenticeships in data, software engineering, digital marketing and project management to the U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

There were gaps in student performance, a lack of strategic direction, inconsistent technology sourcing and selection, and little emphasis on data interoperability—some of which persist today. A compressed timeline led to technical challenges in terms of data transfer and configuration required for the launch. In partnership with.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A Hechinger Report/Associated Press analysis of CTE enrollment data from 40 states reveals deep racial disparities in who takes these career-oriented courses. The analysis offers a comprehensive look at data that states will be required to report to the federal government at the end of this year under the Carl D. Perkins Act.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. Here’s what Ryan Hunt, cofounder of Canada’s first mobile makerspace—the MakerBus—had to say. "Oh, Oh, The Places You'll Go" is one of the most popular books by Dr. Seuss.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. Now that very same data could be used to track them down.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. Now that very same data could be used to track them down.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Between 2016 and 2017, Naseath was Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations at ZoomSystems, the private subsidiary of Macquarie Capital which provides SaaS, services, and hardware to enable automated retail, where he oversaw accounting policies and financial reporting for its publicly traded parent. He holds a M.I.S.M.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2017

How do you engage university students, hear their concerns, and give them both the information that they need and want? ClearScholar , a student engagement platform where students can receive notifications, store information and virtually interact with their university, today announced it has received $1.25

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2019

Digital tools include recorded video interview systems that analyze applicants’ micro-expressions and databases of workers built with information scraped from social media. To gather data about the latter to present to users, Handshake asks students and alumni to review companies where they’ve worked or interned.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Joseph South (@southjoseph) September 22, 2016.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 8, 2019

A four-year university-wide study conducted by Florida Virtual Campus reports that 70% of the respondents surveyed said that they had spent at least $300 on textbooks in the year 2016. This is because a large part of our brain is wired to process visual information.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. Apps and the mobile web, which dominate outside school, are at the periphery at most colleges. Each upgrade to learning management systems brings more management, not more learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. Use of data analytics. That’s good.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2017

90% of teens who report being cyberbullied have also been bullied offline. ( “Seven Fears and the Science of How Mobile Technologies May Be Influencing Adolescents in the Digital Age,” George and Odgers, 2015 ). Responsibility to keep data/information safe from hackers. Sadly: 14.8% Center for Disease Control, 2014 ).

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. That should extend into 2016. Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000). ” How would the program operate?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Dachille believes that data can determine the type of classroom environment where a teacher can thrive. Some of that information can come from résumés and work samples (in the form of videos, for instance). She says the company has entered into some data-sharing agreements with large U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

“We live in a very rural state and our fiber connectivity is not comparable to what you would have in some large populous states,” said Tom Hering, Director of Information Technology at Great Falls Public Schools in Montana. “We But all of that data was kept private. They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 The Commission was hesitant.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

Then, after the school received an innovation grant in February, they reached out to feeder schools to identify 8th-grade students who performed well in logic, critical thinking and showed interest in information technology. However, problems with completion do not primarily stem from dropouts, which were recorded at 2 percent in 2016.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology 2016. References: Brooks, D.C.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

billion for 2016—it’s biggest loss in history. He believes the internet should be enabling more sharing of knowledge for students, but right now, publishers are “leveraging technology to limit access” to information. And users can only access the service on three devices—mobile, tablet and desktop.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

The Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA), which goes into effect in several states in 2016 , makes sure edtech providers use student data for educational purposes and nothing else -- such as targeted ads or to make a quick buck. SOPIPA also requires that edtech providers protect student data.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

It's also an deeply uncomfortable time to be an American with any sort of subject matter expertise — it has been since well before the 2016 election, but particularly since then. Me personally, I don't want the future of education to be more monitored, data-mined, analyzed, predicted, molded, controlled.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 29, 2017

Mobile phones are in the hands of young people everywhere, so it is quite natural that teaching and learning opportunities are progressing towards the mobile domain. They unlock educational content through the power of storytelling, rich digital media, location-awareness, maps, and augmented reality (Edmonds & Smith, 2016).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. Where can instructional technology inform analytics efforts? How will data-driven insights transform instructional practice? What challenge is technology solving for?

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