The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Internet safety has been a concern for policymakers and educators since the moment technology, particularly the Internet, was introduced to classrooms. Town Hall: Is Digital Citizenship Today Different?

Digital Citizenship 38

Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Education Conference 38

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But many times tech is only integrated at specific points in the classroom or with a specific tool as determined by the teacher. At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Case Study Policies OER 40

Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

Given the rise of OER (of which I am a fan ), an increasing array of business models, questions about the degree of alignment to state standards and assessments, claims of effectiveness, and interoperability concerns, the instructional materials procurement decisions facing school districts have never been more complicated. Image credits.

Instructional Materials 387

Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband 387

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Classroom 2.0 ? Open Source and OER ? Alice Keeler : Interview Amany Kheriba : OER: A way out through pandemics and beyond Amna Manzoor : Veni, vidi and vici: Ingenious, Making the Most Out of the Pandemic! Alternative Education ? Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? College Admissions ?

Conference 34

Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Via The AP : “Police in Vermont say a 15-year-old student was cited after approaching a classroom wearing a clown mask and banging on the windows as clown sightings are viewed as potential public safety threats throughout the country.” From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” Via Edsurge : “The Possibilities for Tech (and Screentime ) in the Preschool Classroom.” Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” ” More via Inside Higher Ed.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

million Idaho Education Network settlement | Idaho EdNews → After eight years - and with state-issued checks totaling $3.4M - the state has closed the costly and convoluted case of the Idaho Education Network broadband project. Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Case in point: Chrome extensions gone bad.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

.” Via David Perry : “A professor of Atmospheric Sciences stepped down (he was 70) at the University of Illinois rather than appropriately address accommodations in his classroom. “ Will AI Be The Next Big Thing In The Classroom? “ Can Artificial Intelligence Help Teachers Find the Right Lesson Plans?

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” Via NPR : “How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom.”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. A report via Google Research : “ Unconscious Bias in the Classroom.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” An “innovation pod” is actually a private classroom in a shipping container. Edsurge on teachers leaving the classroom to join tech companies. Edsurge on the business of OER. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” Excellent re-branding.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

But DeVos “believes that technology has a role to play in the classroom,” Edsurge writes in response to the confirmation , which I guess means ed-tech can overlook all of her horrible beliefs that further educational inequalities as long as it means more people buy digital things and hire Edsurge to facilitate that process. .”

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” Via Edsurge : “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024.” More on DeVos’s ed-tech investments in the research section below.

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40