The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It That effort began by having Vancouver’s librarians get trained in new software purchased by the district, so that they could train their school colleagues in turn. Teacher-librarians such as Chun have since expanded that tech-integration role.

Future Ready 110

Future Ready Libraries Software Advocacy 110

MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

This year alone, Juliet has used 3D printers, servo motors and microcontrollers to build the parts needed to construct a therapeutic robotic dog that she hopes will help those afraid of canines overcome their fears, a project she did as part of a lesson in her English class.

Robotics 44

Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

RafranzDavis.com

JULY 10, 2016

This was a perfect start for me as a graduate from a program that empowered us to be creators of experiences instead of taking on the robotic like lens that many first year teachers were forced to do. It would be years before I found “my voice” again in my teaching and advocacy.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Training System Robotics 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. EverFi (“critical skills” training) –- $190 million. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. EverFi (“critical skills” training) – $251 million.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy for the nonprofit group Girls Who Code , says the proportion of women in computing jobs has actually been trending downward over the last few decades. “If And teachers need training on how to make their classrooms feel inclusive for all learners. Engage without intimidation.

How To 200

How To Robotics Industry Advocacy 200

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Senior Officer – Training & Facilitation Globalizing US History: How to do It! Yildiz, Global Scholar, Edupreneur / Fulbright Scholars and Students Global STEM Classroom®: Going Global with STEM education / Larisa Schelkin, CEO and Founder Globalizing Curriculum for Real-World Impact: Lessons from Virtual Exchange / Katja Riikonen, Ph.D.

Conference 0

Conference Education Advocacy STEM 0

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Children ages 7-12 can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform, including speech and expressions. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

Tools 55

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 55

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next helps students picture themselves working in a STEM field by providing hands-on training and exposure to the tools and strategies used by scientists and engineers. Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots.

Industry 133

Industry STEM Education Survey 133

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

It’s a reaction, I’d say, to the current obsession with artificial intelligence and a response to all the stories we were told this year about robots on the cusp of replacing, out-“thinking,” and out-working us. There are promises about “ brain zapping ” to speed up learning. The research is iffy at best.).

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. Impero will also discuss its recent update to Impero iSafeguard, its online safeguarding training solution for school staff.

Epson 50

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 50

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

LaGuardia in Manhattan and Frank Sinatra in Queens; career and technical schools that train students in vocations; and transfer schools for students who have dropped out of traditional public schools. Burch said the extra money would help her school cover after-school activities and more teacher training.

Report 53

Report System Groups Training 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Playful Learning: Games and the Future of STEM - Danny Fain, Teacher in Residence Redefining STEM Rubrics for the 21’st Century: It’s all about mastery! Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Summit flew Gill and her team to San Francisco, for school visits and training, and won them over. Collectively, New England Basecamp and Highlander have trained hundreds of educators at dozens of schools in the state since 2014.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 100

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” ” The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Teacher strike stories are in the “labor and management” section below.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Inside Higher Ed has a story on Amazon ’s employee training program, once again using the phrase “open source” even though this has nothing to do with open source.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “ School Shooting Simulation Trains Teachers for the Worst.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. .”

Lenovo 51

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. ” (Like I’ve said previously, these corporate stories really do belong in “the business of job training” section below.). The Business of Job Training.

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The school district is working to raise money for more computers and technology training, hoping to better prepare its students for an increasingly digitized economy. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. ” Coding bootcamp Revature is partnering with University of South Florida to offer an online tech training program. ” by The Atlantic’s Melinda D. “ Risky Gimmick or Risk Sharing?

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

So this, from the American Enterprise Institute , is completely unsurprising: “School-choice advocate Steve Jobs in 1995: ‘The unions are the worst thing that ever happened to education’ ” The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Contests and Awards.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

.” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again we were told “robots are coming for your jobs.” We must prepare preschoolers for an automated future.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Brain Training. You're sexist.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Via The Washington Post : “A coding school where college grads train and work without spending a dime.” The Business of Job Training.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” The Business of Job Training (and the Business of Jobs Giving Educational Benefits for Employees). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Contests and Awards.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “New study raises concerns about impact of automated social media advocacy on education coverage,” says Alexander Russo. Robots hate the Common Core.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The group, which is the primary trade organization for the for-profit sector, is announcing a new campaign to close the skills gap with five million trained professionals.” Via abc.net.au : “ Queensland children as young as four will learn coding and robotics as a compulsory part of their education from next year.”

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills.

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71