Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 14, 2019

The gender gap varies across STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math. data on teenagers as they move from high school to and through college. Contemporary data on U.S. Since the personal computing and technology boom, women have been losing representation among degree earners in computer science.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

One of the key things about the report is that we are asked to suggest what technologies we think will be highly influential in education in the far, medium and near terms. In some of the discourses surrounding these technologies, there tends to be a reduction of what a teacher’s role is. Misunderstanding of Teacher Roles.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2018

One person pushing to put learning science into practice on college campuses is Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sarma is familiar with large data sets and tough technical challenges—he helped develop the RFID tags that track inventories in libraries and big box stores.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

But these days, big data, and a popular college planning tool, are taking much of the guesswork out of applying to college. This research shows this technology has a lot of power and influence” over students’ college decisions, Mulhern tells EdSurge. Each subsequent year, it added new student admissions data.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2021

Fang is aware of what she’s up against in Naviance, which was founded in 2002 and says it is used by over 13 million students across 13,000 schools. Naviance was recently acquired by PowerSchool , which is the most widely used provider of student information systems and other education data services in K-12 schools and districts.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Their course covers everything from interpreting data visualizations to understanding publication bias in academic literature to identifying fake news.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2020

Founded in 2002 and based in Pittsburgh, Niche has raised a total of about $45 million in venture capital. In 2013, the company rebranded as Niche and added K-12 and neighborhood data. If you’re curious about the latest results, Niche’s best college in America is Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The best city to live in?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Working with people—in addition to working with the technology or materials or curriculum—means that cooperative interactions occur daily. For this reason, relational trust is a key factor within the learning environment to have engagement and success (Bryk & Schneider, 2002; Bryk et al.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

These descriptions of education technology research may comfort educators and parents looking for ways to mitigate the devastating effects of lost learning time because of the coronavirus. In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only. But they are all misleading.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A few weeks ago, I posted a set of recommended readings that I originally sent to a colleague who asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. I’ve updated this list adding two sets of resources. Friedman and the rest of the uncritical MOOC cheerleaders) or dystopian views.

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More Verbs

MARCH 4, 2016

I recently started a new job: Policy Director of the Learning Through Technology Team (LTTT) at the Maine Department of Education. It’s essentially the state tech director position, and its largest responsibility is managing the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI – 1to1 in 7th & 8th statewide – since 2002!

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 9, 2022

In the spring of 2020, school closures forced the cancellation of state summative assessments in all 50 states for the first time since the No Child Left Behind era began in 2002. These shorter, more frequent tests give teachers data they can act on—essential for addressing unfinished learning and equity.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It’s a prime event to draw attention to black talent in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The percentage of jobs that require low levels of digital skill dropped from 56 percent in 2002 to 30 percent in 2016. Related: Support for charters in 2020 election comes with a price.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: In a second analysis of 35 years of national survey data, the researchers found a strong correlation between a young woman’s beliefs about women’s roles and her future daughters’ subsequent math scores. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Last week, a colleague asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. Historical origins of the information age : I think it’s important to ground our understanding of technology by beginning…well, in the beginning.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 15, 2020

It's easy to become lost in a crowd, and in the past spotting individual students who are in trouble, and providing personal intervention, has been a challenge for schools (Blatchford et al, 2002). Without effective tools, teachers' efforts will be limited, and often these limitations can arise from a lack of confidence in new technology.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

based provider of learning management software for K-12, higher ed, government and businesses, has agreed to sell its Open LMS business to Learning Technologies Group, or LTG, a London-based conglomerate of workplace learning software services. LTG will maintain the existing Blackboard student data privacy policy. LTG will pay $31.7

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

NEWTOWN, CT – July 13, 2021 – A report developed by Safe and Sound Schools and Raptor Technologies, based on a nationwide survey of school district administrators, public safety staff, teachers, parents, and students, has identified significant gaps in attitudes about school safety. About Raptor Technologies®.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. It’s a pillar of the humanities’ growing engagement with Big Data. And print-disabled users can use assistive technologies to read scanned books that might otherwise be difficult if not impossible to find in accessible formats.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

and "This district has figured out how to do a technology implementation. In addition to better explaining how the staff downsizing was accomplished, Mgsdteacher brought my feet back to earth and reminded me that an investment in technology alone will not bring about school improvement. My immediate thoughts: "Yikes!

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

Rather, they are digging through social media and other more ambiguous forms of data to predict and apprehend students who could potentially become threats in the future, and the work may be spreading. But for fusion centers, finding the next school shooter before it happens doesn’t involve futuristic mediums.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Jon has served as an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of Technology at the county level. So I’m going to take you back in my way back machine, in the year 2002; I’m minding my own business, teaching sixth grade, doing Latin roots.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

Over the past three years, private equity groups have upped their stake in education technology companies. Most recently, Hero K12, which started as a student behavioral management tool, received more than $150 million from BV Investment Partners to assemble a platform of educational data services.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2019

Similarly, when asked who they believe should pay for retraining programs for workers who lost their jobs because of new technology, 73 percent of Americans said employers. However, there is a significant disconnect here: many U.S. According to PWC’s 2018 Global CEO survey , only around half of U.S.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Most significantly for those who are immersed in schools, colleges and universities - mobile technology is disrupting education. Secondly, mobile technology is disruptive because it encourages creativity. Potentially, with new AR and wearable technologies emerging, we will be able to make a record our every minute of our lives.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2018

. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was not Tiana Young’s first choice for college, even though Young wants to dual major in aeronautical and mechanical engineering, and the private university is one the top schools in the country for science, technology, math and engineering. Students at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Michele Dawson, Senior Director of Instructional Technology in Compton Unified School District, CA, and Kelly Urlacher, Senior Curriculum Designer at DreamBox Learning, had a conversation of essential approaches for supporting these students in “ Key Strategies to Making Access and Equity a Reality for ELL Students.”.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Since arriving from Mexico at age 18 in 2002, Abraham Cachu has dabbled in technology, starting with music software. In July, Cachu started taking online classes during the day, learning skills and programming languages like R, which is often used in data analysis. Still, these gigs weren’t enough to land a full-time job.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

NASA astronauts would test the device, which analyzes the effects of weightlessness on cooling and heating systems, and send data back to the students. percent are African-American, according to 2015 data from the American Community Survey. percent of the Valley’s tech professionals are Latino and 2.2 Photo courtesy of Pedro Raymundo.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

All the MCU fans out there know that this phrase was first used in the 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 issue and then later by Uncle Ben in the 2002 Spiderman movie. It’s up to you to decide whether to actually record that data as a grade. “With great power comes great responsibility.” Winston Churchill. Teddy Roosevelt. My suggestion?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This story was produced jointly by inewsource San Diego, a data-focused investigative news organization, and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. A Hechinger Report/inewsource analysis of California community college data yielded stark results.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

NEWTOWN, CT, July 25, 2022 – A national survey and report released by Safe and Sound Schools with Raptor Technologies and Lightspeed Systems ® surveyed school leaders, public safety, mental health, teachers, parents, and students identifying gaps in feelings and perceptions about school safety, in particular with students.

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