The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. Devorah Heitner, author of “Raising Digital Natives”.

Smartphone 173

Smartphone Laptops Social Media Facebook 173

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Discover some of the best technologies that improve student learning Stay up-to-date on all things concerning learning in the digital age In the modern educational landscape, technology plays a pivotal role in shaping how students are learning in the digital age. Technology streamlines efficiency and productivity.

Technology 52

Technology Khan Academy Adaptive Learning Learning 52

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, educators across the country and around the world have been tasked with shifting to emergency remote teaching—a move from in-person to remote classes made necessary by pressing circumstances. Other programs provide a standalone workshop or course about education technology.

Digital Divide 206

Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 206

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

In the absence of the weekly news round-ups, I took the time away to do some further writing and analysis: Everything’s Bigger in Texas…Including (Maybe) the Data Breaches , which details the ham-handed way in which the Texas Association of School Boards has communicated about their breach of personal information about Texas educators.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. He breezily navigates the internet and educational platforms his school uses. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 120

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 120

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

These tools, ranging from interactive whiteboards to educational apps and virtual learning platforms, bridge traditional methodologies with innovative approaches. Integrating technology in the classroom not only cultivates digital literacy but also fosters collaborative and personalized learning environments.

Khan Academy 56

Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 56

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 8, 2023

With the Internet and digital technology becoming an integral aspect of our lives, education too, has gone online, mandating specialized technology solutions to support online learning. The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic has given a major boost to online education. Some find it easier to focus in the evening or at night.

Digital Learning 52

Digital Learning VLE Learning LMS 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But with that comes greater risks to personal privacy and potential for misuse. In education, does technology create just as many problems as it solves? Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning Jessie Woolley-Wilson (CEO, DreamBox Learning): In the past, educators were focused on how to get more devices in the classroom.

EdTech 143

EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 143

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software.

Data 78

Data Education Software Social Media 78

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 9, 2018

Equitable digital access is the foundation for ensuring that teachers can personalize learning and provide students with the educational opportunities they need to be prepared for college and a career. Tell us about your experience as an educator in New York. Has technology always been available to you and your students?

Laptops 58

Laptops Social Media Comparison Google 58

The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Across the globe educators just wrapped up celebrating Connected Educators Month. During October the focus was on helping all educators, everywhere, understand the importance of being connected to one another and an examination of all the ways to make that happen. Being a Connected Educator is a mindset.

Social Media 100

Social Media Mobility Twitter Laptops 100

Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Working with a school that is moving towards classroom laptop carts, Monica enjoys sharing Lumio since every student doesn’t need a device to make lessons engaging. Monica explains how teachers can personalize learning through Lumio lessons. A difficult task for many educators. Monica holds a Ph.D.

Elementary 89

Elementary Differentiated Instruction Assessment Training 89

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Education is changing. Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. Teachers pick specific skills that fill the holes in their education toolkit. personalized. Not anymore.

Assessment 157

Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 157

My Island View

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

After being involved in social media for over a decade, I have made a few observations that might be helpful to folks who use social media, more specifically Twitter, to develop and maintain a Personal Learning Network. With each of these introductions new educator experts emerged.

Professional Learning 48

Professional Learning Social Media Learning Twitter 48

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

An estimated 3,000 students, or roughly 3 percent of enrollment in San Antonio’s largest school district, Northside Independent, where Cable Elementary is located, didn’t participate in remote learning and couldn’t be reached by school staff this past spring, according to Barry Perez, a spokesperson for the district.

Elementary 143

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 8, 2021

With the Internet and digital technology becoming an integral aspect of our lives, education too, has gone online, mandating specialized technology solutions to support online learning. The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic has given a major boost to online education. Some find it easier to focus in the evening or at night.

Digital Learning 52

Digital Learning VLE Learning LMS 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 8, 2015

Permanently Disrupting Education. The concept of disruption is an apt one in our fluid, digital, and almost destructively social world. Formal education is built on principles of standardization, uniformity, and compliance. In classrooms across the globes, learners are being educated in information-scarce environments.

Smartphone 40

Smartphone Khan Academy Education Mobility 40

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Educational technology trends. Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

My Island View

APRIL 18, 2016

The worst advocates for educators using social media for do it yourself professional development are those educators who have been successful developing their own do it yourself professional development. This probably applies to other successful educator undertakings as well. The answer was simple, 48 years.

Social Media 48

Social Media Personal Learning Network Laptops Software 48

My Island View

APRIL 18, 2016

The worst advocates for educators using social media for do it yourself professional development are those educators who have been successful developing their own do it yourself professional development. This probably applies to other successful educator undertakings as well. The answer was simple, 48 years.

Social Media 48

Social Media Personal Learning Network Laptops Software 48

My Island View

APRIL 18, 2016

The worst advocates for educators using social media for do it yourself professional development are those educators who have been successful developing their own do it yourself professional development. This probably applies to other successful educator undertakings as well. The answer was simple, 48 years.

Social Media 48

Social Media Personal Learning Network Laptops Software 48

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Among the education highlights: Republican VP candidate Mike Pence made up a name for the university hosting the event. Actually, I think that was the only education highlight. Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. However, school leaders Sarah Pedrotti and Jessica Torres are on a mission to flip the failure narrative and rebrand their school by motivating their teachers through personalized professional development.

Twitter 76

Twitter Elementary Facebook Outcomes 76

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Education Politics. The Education and Justice Departments have notified every public school district in the country with a “Dear Colleague” letter that discrimination against transgender students , particularly over which bathroom they can use, violates federal civil rights law. Will the legislation do more harm than good?”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Immigration and Education.

Education 48

Education Chegg MOOC Broadband 48

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Immigration and Education.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This is no small feat, considering that she and now-NJ Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet stepped into a struggling district with 75% of students reading below grade level (half of those being three-to-six grades below). Achievements are touted on social media, changing the tone of the district’s story to engage the public positively.

Robotics 108

Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 108

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. Teachers who are most confident about educational technology tend to work in low-poverty and suburban schools, bringing their students a wide range of experiences and potential benefits that other young people may lack, concludes a survey released today by the Education Week Research Center.

Survey 66

Survey Analysis Digital Divide Report 66

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Thinking about whether and how such obfuscation techniques might be applied in education by privacy-minded students or educators (in PreK-12 or postsecondary settings) is…hard. Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Thinking about whether and how such obfuscation techniques might be applied in education by privacy-minded students or educators (in PreK-12 or postsecondary settings) is…hard. Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2016

With the education sector increasingly adopting new technologies to enable a more personalized learning experience, this feature can bolster security and ease-of-use for students, teachers and staff. Google Apps for Education has seen tremendous adoption in K-12 schools over the past few years.

Google 40

Google Software Social Media Chromebook 40

Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Screens and digital media are everywhere, from everyday tech like TVs, phones, and gaming consoles to the laptops, tablets, Chromebooks, and other tech we use in school. Kids of all ages are consuming and producing more digital media than ever before. Reinforce Media Balance at Home.

Classroom 98

Classroom Smartphone Digital Citizenship Google 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 18, 2016

Most school systems have some version of Google Apps for Education available for teachers or GAfE, I recommend uploading and converting your important documents, presentations, and spreadsheets to the cloud for easy editing, sharing, and storage. Start with a free educator Wikispaces page. Another great resource is Dropbox.

Social Media 28

Social Media iPhone Personal Learning Network Twitter 28