eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Districts, in turn, must decide whether to build out their own online content platforms, farm it out to a learning platform provider like FuelEd (formerly Aventa Learning) or K12, or take a hybrid approach. Of course, if the district has the right level of financing and support, the do-it-yourself LMS route is actually within reach.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. In order to target these deficiencies, LPS launched a new math course to help students who were performing below grade level get back on track.

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Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Jahliel Thurman (Vice President of Uplift Entertainment) and Shalon Bell (Director of Strategic Alliances at the Atlanta Voice)—will discuss how despite limited monetary capital, these institutions continue to boost students’ potential in graduate education, entrepreneurship and advocacy through human capital. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

I had never seen kids so in charge of their learning.”. Related: What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us? But one district has been steadfast in its commitment, staying the course through three superintendents: RSU 2. Staying the course in Portland. I was fascinated by it,” he said. “I

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Ask a publisher why inclusive access is good for students and the list of reasons they will provide sounds like it came straight off a 2013 OER advocacy slide. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy? We learn by the things we do. This is a genuinely laudable first step.

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the teacher librarian at RCCBA, Michelle also teaches elective courses in technology and information literacy skills to her students. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 This school year, more than 54,000 Cherry Creek students–the entire district–can access teletherapy with Hazel Health because of Michelle’s advocacy and ambitious vision.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 108

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

A new survey on corporate skills training forecasts that a lot more companies will try doing it using virtual reality environments in the next two years. Source: Mursion and Future Workforce: “ VR Changes the Game for Soft Skills Training ” Of course, money talks. And educators want to know what actually worked in remote instruction.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” Of course, when all these narratives about “social emotional learning” get picked up by education technologists and education entrepreneurs, they don’t just turn policy mandates or even into TED Talks. All these promises, if kept, would indeed make for breakthroughs in teaching and learning.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 67

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. MESA, Ariz.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. The course takes students up to four hours and can be completed over several weeks.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 48

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

By the fall of 2020, all Northern Cass students will plot their own academic courses to high school graduation, while sticking with same-age peers for things like gym class and field trips. Of course, no matter what individual states and districts allow, federal law still mandates grade-level-pegged testing. Quite often, so do parents.

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

EVOTEXT AND INSTRUCTURE ( evotext.com ) & ( partners.instructure.com ) EvoText has partnered with Canvas by Instructure to integrate Ogment’s curriculum creation and management system with Instructure’s learning platform. HOONUIT’S NEW COURSES ( www.hoonuit.com ) Hoonuit announces the launch of accredited professional learning courses.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 67

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

You hear a lot of these sorts of proclamations when it comes to “personalized learning,” which is (increasingly) frequently invoked in direct opposition to some imagined or invented version of learning in the present or in the past.

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Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalized learning, and even blockchain!

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

He works with schools, school districts, and public and private sector companies to help them create healthy, high-functioning learning environments. He taught two American History & Literature courses to third-year undergraduates. Sam Chaltain is a DC-based writer and education activist.

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Blackboard Advocacy Learning Study 44

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” And one for-profit story is in the Betteridge’s Law of Headlines section because of course. Via Edsurge : “New Cybersecurity Course Teaches Teens the ABCs of (Ethical) Hacking.” million from the testing company ACT.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). Related, I think: “The Rift Among Charter Schools” by Rachel Cohen.).

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” The scheme involved Ed4Mil , “an online correspondence course provider,” and a former dean of Caldwell University. ” (This is a good example of how ed-tech advocacy-posing-as-journalism operates – you get funded by an organization and then you get to “break the news” about that organization.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

It’s a look back at what’s happened over the course of each year, not simply – to counter that totally overused phrase from hockey player Wayne Gretsky’s dad – to “skate to where the puck is going,” but to examine where it has been. .” A belief in technological utopia. “Disrupt.”

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Trump’s budget, of course, cuts $9.2 “ Can personalized learning prevail?

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Appeals court ruling continues decade-long legal battle between Georgia State University and three publishers over what constitutes ” fair use “ of course materials.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.”

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” “‘ Happiness 101 ’ Courses Are a Necessary Stop-Gap for the Campus Mental Health Crisis,” says Slate. The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. million , laid off 45 employees last week.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 45