The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

K., & Bruegmann, E. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) Postsecondary education descriptive analysis report. Report on new teacher induction.

Policies 239

Policies Groups Elementary Study 239

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (for training, e-learning, performance support and social collaboration). Ratings and reviews a based on standards-aligned, multifaceted rubric used by a team of expert reviewers and a select group of educators who field-test products for their value with learners. Check out their Top App Lists.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

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. By using Google Drive or Archive.org , media can be made available for students to download offline, when they may be without a WiFi connection as well as for those students with limited data plans.

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

While the federal government awards billions of dollars annually to get schools and libraries online, through its E-rate program, Albemarle’s project is technically ineligible for that because it’s “off campus,” even though it will be an extension of the school network with all its security, filters and firewalls.

Broadband 83

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 83

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools?

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act. Companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google regularly supply schools with discounted technology that districts could not otherwise afford themselves.

Technology 161

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 161

Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By rating how well you know the answer to the question on a scale of 1 to 5, you tell Brainscape’s spaced repetition algorithm how often to repeat that flashcard. You rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 on how well you knew that particular piece of information, and this determines how frequently you’ll see that card again.

How To 52

How To Study E-rate Resources 52

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

With national data reports showing cyberbullying on the rise, especially in public schools, the digital literacy leader has created a cyberbullying prevention toolkit for educators to download and help students and parents do their part in promoting online safety and good digital citizen skills. PORTLAND, Ore.

E-rate 42

E-rate Online Assessments Industry Report 42

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Photo: Meghan E. The shift has coincided with improved test scores and graduation rates. “I The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

According to a report written with support of major search engines like Google, Creative Commons estimates that the number of CC-licensed works available online is over 1 billion (Creative Commons, 2015). In no instance did a majority of students or teachers report that the OER were of inferior quality. References.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Blumenstyk as a reporter surveying the landscape, Mr. Jones as a professor and administrator at a college, and Mr. Freedman as an investor looking for the next big thing in education technology. And if you’re using maps, we want you to use Google Maps or GIS and those kinds of things. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. a month for the first student in the family who enrolls, with a discounted rate for additional students. Company officials also said students are assessed throughout the program to see if they have mastered preschool-level skills before they move on to more challenging material.

Laptops 145

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

“The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape ,” Buzzfeed reports. ” Meanwhile on Campus… “2 More Speakers Drop From Yiannopoulos’s ‘Free Speech Week’ at Berkeley ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Research, “Research,” and Reports.

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state."

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In its glossary, Stony Brook University’s Center for News Literacy defines news literacy as: The ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports, whether they come via print, television or the Internet. Our kids need new types of filters. Fake news is not new. Post-truth or truthiness.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

” “Trump team prepares dramatic cuts,” The Hill reports , suggesting the incoming administration’s plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities and to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. .” ” “The U.S. Go, School Sports Team!

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Secret CPS report spotlights big vacancies, lopsided options for students.” Via The Hechinger Report : “For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Sounds legit.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Immigration and Education.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Some Colleges Try to Burnish Student-Loan Default Rates.” “Try Google.”

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

“Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. Via PR Watch : “ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm.” officials approve new rating system.” Education Politics. Racism, Immigration, and Education.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

” Via US News & World Report : “Bathroom Wars.” Via The Hechinger Report : “ DeVos praises virtual schools , but new research points to problems.” Testing, Testing… Via Inside Higher Ed : “Large-Scale Assessment Without Standardized Tests.” The transcript.).

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

.” Elsewhere in Trumplandia: “ Columbia University has declined to comment on recent reports that Monica Crowley , an appointee of President-elect Donald J. dissertation at the university,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. More on the report via Edsurge. ” Price tag for the report: $3599.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium , a major designer of common-core tests for states, is looking for a new fiscal agent after the University of California, Los Angeles, said it will no longer do that work.” ” Via NPR : “ Educators Went To Jail For Cheating.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. Some parts of the decision in the case, Fisher v.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60