edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For the last seven months of 2020, school districts have gone through extreme changes regarding how learning is happening in a pandemic-induced educational environment. Digital Learning During the Pandemic. The largest increases seen were where schools and districts invested in Chromebooks as their students’ home devices.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The latest statistics come from Connected Nation’s (CN) Connect K-12 Program’s 2023 Report on School Connectivity , released in collaboration with Funds For Learning (FFL). Access to technology , especially technology and tools powered by the internet, is essential for learning. Key points: U.S. per megabit.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

In states like California, Texas, New Mexico, and Nevada, these numbers are even more drastic, with 44 percent, 36 percent, 33 percent, and 31 percent of their populations speaking a different language at home. Educational content within the U.S. is typically written in English, and then translated into other languages as needed.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

When COVID closed the door on in-person schooling in spring 2020, one of the biggest concerns for school districts was how to address the needs of students who experience cognitive learning challenges and/or physical disabilities. As a sector, we have been espousing and advocating for student agency and personalized learning for years.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 13, 2021

How did superintendents leverage strategies learned from the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program across their districts? Applying lessons learned for district-wide impact. I think [Verizon Innovative Learning Schools teachers] became early adopters and trailblazers for the rest of the district,” she said.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 18, 2020

A version of this post was originally published on August 3, 2020, in Right Strat Online. The younger the students, the higher their need for educational structure (which can be very rarely achieved at home). Re-teaching some of the materials may make a world of difference for them. But is this a valid option for all of them?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 13, 2020

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Below are some free resources to inspire students to enhance their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills and also for Social and Emotional Learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. There are plenty of reasons why the pandemic-prompted shift to remote teaching this spring hasn’t worked especially well for many students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Combine that with some of the dislocations triggered by COVID and students could be in for some radical changes in the tools that help them learn. Byju’s ambition: build “the biggest learning brand in the U.S.” That cash, combined with what observers have estimated was $800 million in revenue in 2020, has been fueling its growth spurt.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The district is in the middle of a digital equity revolution, being led by a particularly sharp Director of Education Technology and Library Programs, Dewayne McClary. Public Schools, digital equity and access to technology at home is a very real problem. Because of the poverty among families in D.C. It includes $4.6

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2020

San Antonio, Texas, the place my family currently calls home, ranks high among major cities with the fastest-growing number of COVID-19 infections. It speaks directly to a primary challenge facing our education system in this COVID-era: Some students and families have the means to succeed in a remote learning environment, and others do not.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Duolingo, the language-learning app developer, announced it had secured $35 million in a Series H round from private equity firms Durable Capital Partners LP and General Atlantic. Along with advertising dollars, Duolingo expects its 2020 revenue could double—to nearly $200 million—compared to last year’s mark.

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Udemy Company EdTech Course 174

Shake Up Learning

JULY 29, 2020

The post 35 Remote Learning Resources for Teachers and Schools appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Here are the best remote learning resources for teachers and schools from Shake Up Learning–all on one page! Remote learning is tough! 35 Remote Learning Resources for Teachers and Schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings. Only students in grades 6 and up are allowed to take their devices home.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 141

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

It’s not surprising that most higher education articles published since March 2020 begin by calling to mind that year’s unprecedented move to remote instruction and online learning—and with good reason. While the conversation was not explicitly about inclusive teaching, their reflections kept returning to inclusive pedagogy themes.

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LMS Guidelines Online Learning Course 187

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. Students interacting with the FutureSmart Digital program. The conversation is robust.

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Report Course Outcomes Assessment 161

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Human Rights Day observances. Social & Emotional Learning Topic Videos. Classroom and Family Activities. Family Activities. Virtual Field Trip.

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edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

When Project Tomorrow surveyed students in 2015 about what they envision schools will look like in 2020, one student described school as being the place where there would be more educational videos, online class discussions, online games, and texting between teachers and students. Three Phases of Online Learning.

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Online Learning Blackboard Learning Social Media 85

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

According to BOOKR Kids Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dorka Horvath, BOOKR Class underscores the unique effectiveness of ability digital media as ESL learning tools for the classroom. The digital world is constantly evolving, and students nowadays are constantly connected to digital media. “The

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

With quarantine continuing to keep many of the nation’s children at home through the fall semester, many parents worry about their child falling behind in key subjects, even if their kids are engaged in some form of distance learning. 1, 2020, are Magical Workshop and Secrets of the Dragons. Games Help Alleviate Math Anxiety.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

These financial decisions can have serious implications that can last for decades and may impact the ability to buy a car or a first home. These financial decisions can have serious implications that can last for decades and may impact the ability to buy a car or a first home. As more than 1.1 As more than 1.1

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

At that time, new hires to the district gather together to learn about the new district and are generally greeted with speech after speech from all the key people in the district. In the Beginning … In the winter of 2020, I was asked by my school district to help develop a brand-new way of welcoming staff members into the district.

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Laptops Microsoft Training EdTech 88

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. 1 Further, there’s a second level digital divide 2 that’s emerging in the classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, has added new digital labs to the award-winning Science2Go. Science2Go is a digital learning solution that offers a new approach to laboratory education for middle school and high school students.

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STEM Outcomes Personalized Learning Digital Learning 74

eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, March 3, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Women’s History Month observances nationwide. “I teach with the ‘see it, be it mentality.’

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

Through this new collaboration, educators and students in 28 CPS elementary schools will receive access to a suite of Discovery Education’s award-winning digital learning resources. Teacher editions also provide flexible pacing options, embedded teacher notes, and Pathways for Learning to address diverse learners.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

In others, schools use PBS’s “Nova” program to help teach science. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 72

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 7, 2020

The post 12 Practical Tips for Remote Learning During School Closures – SULS057 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. While the world is battling the coronavirus, teachers and schools are scrambling to figure out what this home learning thing looks like. 12 Practical Tips for Remote Learning During School Closures.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

At that time, new hires to the district gather together to learn about the new district and are generally greeted with speech after speech from all the key people in the district. In the winter of 2020, I was asked by my school district to help develop a brand-new way of welcoming staff members into the district. In the Beginning ….

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Laptops Microsoft Training EdTech 88

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

The survey from the College Innovation Network asked nearly 700 students enrolled at four higher ed institutions to answer questions about what online learning has been like for them during the 2020-21 academic year. We want there to be friction in the learning experience because that’s what learning is,” Pelletier says. “We

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EdTech Survey Laptops Online Learning 172

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Source: Brighteye Ventures: “ The European EdTech Funding Report 2020.” which has been home to an edtech investment fund (Emerge Education), a large annual edtech expo (BETT) and a conference for investors (EdtechX Europe). In the U.S., companies like Coursera are raising hundreds of millions at billion-dollar valuations.

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EdTech Coursera Company Industry 123

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

and students are thriving under innovative initiatives that include blended learning, tech-rich classrooms, and exposure to hope and opportunities for lifelong success. We share these tools with parents so that they can reinforce the strategies at home. When we support parents’ learning, they create a culture of learning at home.”

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 110

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Smart Sparrow , which provides course-authoring tools for faculty and instructional designers to build adaptive courseware, has found a new home in a much bigger nest. student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies. One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018.

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