article thumbnail

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S. FY 2015 $0. ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2013 $0.

Policies 150
article thumbnail

Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

When I worked at Microsoft back in 2002, our team basically invented the idea of Google Classroom (it was called Microsoft Class Server), but we were twelve years too early and the product disappeared by 2006. LMS and Digital Learning topped the hype cycle in 2001 (a few years before Blackboard went public).

EdTech 172
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Top Hat Raises $55 Million to Take on Big Textbook Publishers

Edsurge

Fountainhead is one of the two publishers Top Hat has an exclusive partnership where only Top Hat can host their digital content—the company also works with other publishers that don't exclusively use Top Hat. Fountainhead was founded in 2002 and is based in Southlake, Texas. Print-only titles accounted for 45 percent of U.S.

Company 90
article thumbnail

S.C. district partners with Discovery Education to create teacher leaders

eSchool News

A comprehensive professional development system, Digital Leader Corps supports the development of teacher-leaders as they serve as change agents powering the district’s transition to dynamic digital learning environments.

article thumbnail

Developing a Research Base to Evaluate Digital Courseware

Edsurge

Babson Survey , the proportion of academic leaders who report that online learning is critical for long-term institutional growth has grown from 49 percent in 2002 to 71 percent in 2015, and institutions are investing in edtech products to support digital learning.

article thumbnail

Four tips for teaching in uncertain times

Hapara

Put everything related to your class in your digital hub, including: Instructions for digital learning activities. Instructions for non-digital activities. Digital learning hubs also benefit teachers because you can schedule assignments and plan for substitute teachers. 4 (2015): 385—418, [link].

Hapara 246
article thumbnail

Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”. compared to a 2.84