eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Yet, when it comes to edtech, the consensus industry-wide is that recommendations from your peers mean nothing when compared to data points. Don’t get me wrong – efficacy studies are crucial when comparing edtech solutions in the procurement decision process. Edtech evaluation is currently the Wild West.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Augmented data analysis, blended digital tools and connected networks will reign among technology innovations in the coming year, according to IT analyst group Gartner’s top 10 tech trends of 2019. . It’s the convergence of all of this and using it to support a continuous innovation process.”. Digital Twins: This concept is not new.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

School administrators are the ones in charge of making decisions about which edtech tools to buy, often on a tight budget. It’s no wonder that it’s hard to keep up with the lightspeed changes in the edtech market. Choosing an LMS that works for your school is overwhelming enough as it is. I would say, especially school leaders.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 18, 2024

In the rapidly evolving world of educational technology (EdTech), startups are constantly looking for innovative solutions to stand out and effectively serve their educational clientele. Here’s how EdTech startups can significantly benefit from this approach. How Does Globy Streamline International Tech Hiring for U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

Such technologies promise to detect patterns that can improve teaching and graduation rates, ensure safety and even predict who is likely to succeed. They want a say over how their information is used. They’re communicating more clearly about how and why they use data and recruiting students to help create tech policies and tools.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 27, 2019

Draw conclusions of the usefulness of the SAMR Model in Education. Let us take a look at the SAMR Model and how it applies to interactive whiteboards as an EdTech. These four groupings provide an outline on how to cluster different ways to implement and integrate technology in education. What is the SAMR Model.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

It’s OK to struggle a bit as long as the task falls within the zone of proximal development and they know they can count on your feedback for their independent work. To make it truly work, you should trust that students will manage to become just a little bit more independent each day. Get students used to new activities.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 6, 2019

If random persons were to guess the hours teachers work, how many of them would get it right? Sure, you work hard in class, but after that you get so much free time. In reality, US teachers work around 12-16 hours a day , give or take. These numbers tell us that teachers spend much of their “free” time actually working.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

There are many education models being used to create environments where students will want to learn and can succeed. All these models and the many new ones to come are seeking to replace what is being used today. When building a contemporary education system choosing which educational model to use will be a challenge.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Braced for the next wave of edtech? The most recent player to step into the edtech spotlight is India’s Byju’s. using characters from Disney and it has plunked down (in cash and stock) more than $1.25 using characters from Disney and it has plunked down (in cash and stock) more than $1.25 It will be big. But they will.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2022

And as a result there’s been a surge in investments, particularly as institutions modernize by moving digital operations to the cloud and as they pour money into student success systems that link all the digital tools used to help learners progress from recruitment through commencement.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Newly published, peer-reviewed research out of Michigan State University and the University of California, Irvine suggests that one-to-one laptop programs improve student academic achievement in K-12 classrooms. standard deviations (based on 11 effect sizes across 3 studies); Improved mathematics achievement by a statistically significant 0.16

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Laptops Study Analysis Learning 279

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Many professors try new teaching approaches or new digital tools in their classes, but few actually study whether the changes work any better than the old way. That broader project, called the Empirical Educator Project, was started a year ago by e-Literate, a blog run by two longtime edtech consultants, Michael Feldstein and Phil Hill.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2021

As part of Achieve3000’s corporate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, this year’s study includes the first-ever analysis of reading growth across race and ethnic groups. Other key findings from the study: Highly engaged learners in specific student population groups attained at least 3X their expected reading growth.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

Among the software slated to be released under an open-source license is the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere. Officials estimate that developing the software has cost more than $100 million in foundation grants and university dollars.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Students are telling us there’s a big missing piece in their education” –John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic. Students are telling us there’s a big missing piece in their education” –John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic. It should surprise no one that twenty-three states are now working on SEL standards. PK-4th grade.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In addition to finding us scribbling notes from the seats and hallways, you’ll also find us on stage. Join us for a slice of the action! This year saw more than 1,500 session proposals from 42 countries, including 49 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. For the techy wonks, there are discussions on blockchain and interoperability.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

In the digital age, using your voice has taken on a whole new meaning. A Must-Read blog for us is one that offers interesting thoughts, unique ideas, useful information and remains regularly updated and active. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. Sun, 04/29/2018 - 20:12. Content Subtype. CDW Activity ID.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Students are telling us there’s a big missing piece in their education” –John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic. Students are telling us there’s a big missing piece in their education” –John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic. It should surprise no one that twenty-three states are now working on SEL standards. PK-4th grade.

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Digital Citizenship Trends Video Data 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2018

She personalized her instruction around his passions as well as his developmental needs, met his stubbornness with patience, and worked incredibly hard to reveal his extraordinary gifts. For years, we have been working to deliver the promise of technology in the classroom, and we have seen pockets of success.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

FocalPointK12’s technology-which offers the most advanced learning analytics platform-will also create the opportunity for blockchain-enabled credentialing in EdisonLearning’s career and technology courses. The full benefits of this integration are immediately available to all current and new EdisonLearning customers.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

This annual event aims to accelerate the development and adoption of data standards that allow technologies used in schools to “talk” to one another. You don’t have to be a technologist, teacher, or even work in a school, to appreciate the conveniences that data sharing enables. How Caliper Enables a Deeper Level of Data Sharing.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

Martin also serves in working groups to advise the US Department of Education on the accessibility of education materials, and Universal Design for Learning. The way I think of Disruptive Innovation is when a new inexpensive technology comes along and makes something which used to be very expensive, much more affordable.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 28, 2022

Latest Teacher Tools in EdTech. Jamboard: Kitaboo can integrate with a third-party app such as Google Jamboard, a digital interactive whiteboard with a touchscreen that can be used for online collaboration among instructors and learners. As technologies evolve, so also does the learning experience.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Somewhere between our collective obsession with predictive analytics and infatuation with adaptive learning, higher education wonks and practitioners are making time to deconstruct the quality attributes of online courses. It’s a collaborative process that engages faculty in the design and improvement of online courses.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

The “Netflix for education” analogy has become somewhat of a cliché for edtech companies using student data to recommend anything from courses to textbooks. That idea relies on a technology known as predictive analytics, a statistical model that analyzes past data to make estimations about some future event or trend.

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Omega Notes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Discussion boards and LMS group management tools can be a chore for everyone. Many solutions are feature rich, but those features are useless if they’re not intuitive to use for both students or professors. Be on the lookout to avoid systems with limited, shallow, or cumbersome analytics. Ease Of Access. Cost Effectiveness.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Five edtech companies emerged recently from Boston's LearnLaunch accelerator, tackling issues that include learning to code, hiring and collecting social emotional data. For instance, using its iNoted system , the company pings school users with questions such as "Today, how much did adults who work in your school treat students with respect?”

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

For the past two years, public interest in building complex algorithms that automatically “learn” and improve from their own operations, or experience (rather than explicit programming) has been growing. Such work has, in fact, been going on for decades. For us at EruditeAI, data is more precious than revenue.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Schools and universities have been leveraging the power of edtech for quite a while now. They work as knowledge hubs that gather many educational materials.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2018

In three years as an investor at Reach Capital, an edtech venture fund, I’ve watched public, private and philanthropic dollars pour into school operations, adaptive software, data analytics, teacher development, and teacher tools in worthy attempts to improve education. I wish you had to plan a lesson and teach a class.

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EdTech OER Industry Study 95

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion. Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded.

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Assessment EdTech Exercises Microsoft 81

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

We must revisit our assumptions about and expectations for schools as public institutions in a digital age, about the preparation and work of educators, and about the roles for students and families themselves. Join the conversation about new directions for public education in the digital age with the hashtag #EdTechContract on Twitter.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Tech Helpful

MAY 25, 2017

Let me just say that they are a great group of educators that have a strong sense of adaptability that is amazing. The tool has been there and edtech company's have raced to create platforms to meet classroom needs. I know that sounds vain, but this has nothing to do with my intelligence and more to do with what I do for a living.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

However, using a learning management system (LMS) allows you to stay updated on various school-related aspects with little effort. Discover five of the most common and useful LMS reports your school LMS must have. . Why use LMS reports for your school? Moreover, teachers can also use edtech to personalize education for students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It is just as clear that it is going to require multiple tools or new digital pedagogy to improve student success for those students underserved in both of the lower socioeconomic quartiles. As most of us start a new academic year, we need to organize our thinking around multiple process improvements and innovations.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 14, 2020

For many teachers, edtech translates to visuals and video. In addition, most teachers acknowledge and use a multisensory approach to learning, providing materials for students to fit their learning style. Voice-activated devices are part of a newer group of tech, immersive learning. They inspire curiosity and creativity.

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