The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Kelly has a Masters in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology. She got started with integrating technology in the classroom in 2003 and dabbled with app design in File Maker and HTML. She loves learning about cultures and her children were born on two different continents.

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EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Advancements in VR Technology. VR technology is increasing at a rapid pace, and with each new app, there is endless learning potential. The system is comprised of a peripheral camera originating from 2003, motion controllers first released in 2010, and a headset that emerged from a personal 3D theater in 2012.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

A pioneer in the new educational medium of television for children at its inception nearly 60 years ago, his gentle educational program was aimed at 2 to 5 year-olds, and not only touched the lives of millions children, but made a lasting impression on Edtech as a industry, and still guides the direction it is taking to this day.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds. Investments in edtech companies in 2016 totalled $945 million, according to estimates from GSV Capital, less than half of the $2 billion tally last year.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

Not so for Southern New Hampshire University , which has partnered with Rethink Education , a venture firm based in White Plains, NY, to launch a $15 million seed fund to support early-stage edtech startups. The group has invested in 30 edtech companies since its launch in 2012, mostly through Series A and B rounds.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003. He and two other education technology executives shared lessons learned from both sides of the table when it came to mergers and acquisitions. At the time, he was part of PLATO Learning, a school instructional software vendor now known as Edmentum.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2019

Over the past several years, MIND Research Institute has been endeavoring to change the conversation around edtech evaluations. A few weeks ago, EdSurge published an article that echoed many of those same sentiments, most specifically that the overreliance on “gold standard” RCT studies is the wrong approach for edtech.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2019

When Kathleen Sutherland took the helm as Chief Privacy Officer for the University of Colorado in 2003, there weren’t very many people in higher ed she could turn to for guidance and advice. The trend has also followed increasing amounts of technologies in the higher-ed space—and the privacy concerns these new tools bring.

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Christine Johns, Utica Community Schools saw the lasting impact that using purposeful technology with fidelity can have on student achievement and engagement. Matt Akin was a visionary early adopter of classroom technology when he deployed iPads throughout his district in 2003, long before edtech was the norm.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

Justin Reich now teaches digital media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but his first job was teaching a short wilderness medicine course. EdSurge: Many schools have looked to bring in technology to help improve teaching. And Reich has made it a personal goal to share the lesson. How well have you seen that approach go?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 13, 2023

And since September 2003 the first time I stepped into a classroom as a teacher, a lot of things have changed in the field. Web technologies are now part and parcel of the teaching pedagogy and since the pandemic they have even taken center stage. I often think that teaching has come to me and not the other way around.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

Since 2016, a California company has set out to make Montessori mainstream through building and acquiring a network of schools and technologies, and offering professional development programs to prepare future Montessori teachers and leaders. Many companies in edtech take the Netflix approach.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. About the Presenters.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Since 2003, Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up has collected data on the important issues facing schools. Putting education equity front and center: Beyond technology access, the pandemic school year highlighted the need for all students to receive the support they need to reach their learning potential.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

Last month at FETC , a K-12 edtech conference in Miami, Evans joined us on the EdSurge podcast to talk about the social and collaborative learning students in her survey say they want. We’ve been doing this polling since 2003, so we've got quite an arc in terms of seeing the changes that have happened.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2016

This post first appeared on EdTech Researcher. In my determination to inject technology into the environment, I did not recognize that my own cognitive biases were limiting my ability to really see and experience the learning. The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration. References. Gordon, E.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. But, when the technology fails and you can’t take a breath no matter how hard you try, it’s called a panic attack. Lesson learned #1: Eyeballs are not a business model.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. But, when the technology fails and you can’t take a breath no matter how hard you try, it’s called a panic attack. Lesson learned #1: Eyeballs are not a business model.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

This is the progression of technology integration at CCS lower school since I came on staff in January of 2004 as a part-time related arts computer teacher. I graduated with a Masters in Instructional Technology in 2007. I wanted them to learn that technology was a tool for their learning. We've come a long way baby!

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. As standards come and go, edtech developers are tasked with supporting new technical integrations demanded by school and district customers. With this approach, the data was at most 24-hour stale, but Bacon says it worked.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

In the education technology business, Larry Berger is considered—if not the smartest guy in the room, then certainly one of the wiser ones. He also talked about the challenges facing edtech companies today, including his skepticism towards what he calls an “engineering” model of personalized learning. Edtech” certainly wasn’t a thing.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

This means all of us: students, teachers and administrations—and yes, entrepreneurs and investors in edtech products used every day. Avenue Q parodied this concept with the song “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” back in 2003. And we'll go one step further: silence is no option. Instead silence risks compliance. The musical.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 24, 2011

When you are seen as a technology expert or specialist it may be difficult or embarrassing to admit when you don''t know how or why something technical works, but I think it''s highly important to share when you don''t know. Answer found and used with in a few moments (It''s under "Save As" by the way; at least in Office 2003 it is).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It’s the future, the next big frontier of the internet, if you ask technology CEOs or researchers. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse. Related: ‘Don’t rush to spend on edtech’. It’s a misused term,” Platt said. “I

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

While you may take up the role of champion as a general way of perceiving your fit within your school system, we may find ourselves identifying with one adopter category or another when discussing emergent technology. Read through the descriptions below with one type of emergent technology and see how you fit.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

My first company, Isavix, had several Fortune 500 customers and sold in 2003 to a private group named InScope International. Multiples can be higher for exceptional cases where a company boasts rapid adoption growth or proprietary technology. It was acquired by K12 Inc.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

” The idea, though, that the kids had separated from technology was ridiculous as Justin shows a YouTube video on how to make a rainbow loom starbust bracelet that has been viewed over 30 million times! Technology plays an extraordinary role in developing these two key categories of skills. Design Thinking.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 21, 2016

To be successful in a knowledge economy, students will require the ability to complete non-routine tasks, solve unstructured problems, and employ technologies for communication, collaboration, and creation (Autor, & Price, 2013; Collet, Hine, & Plessis, 2015).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Karen Blumberg Technology Integrator The School at Columbia University BIO : Karen Blumberg is an educational technologist at The School at Columbia University working with faculty and students to integrate technology academically, respectfully, and responsibly. Our students are children of technology and the web.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

During the spring of 2020,” shared Tom Walker, Director of Technology for Massac Unit School District #1 in Illinois, “our focus was, because of all the inequity, making sure first and foremost that our students were fed.” Grow educators’ level of courage to bridge the technology gap. Socio-economic disparities grew during the crisis.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Her passion for smart entertainment has lead her around the world, speaking on the role of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) programming on television. Since then she has served in various capacities including as a literacy coach, ed tech professional development manager and technology innovation manager.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2012

Affiliated with the Learning and Collaborative Technologies Group, Institute for Information Technology, Downes specializes in the fields of online learning, new media, pedagogy and philosophy. psid=2012-08-08.0905.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 Stager with the distinction of "20 Leaders to Watch" in 2007.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” I love this headline from Campus Technology , which echoes the wise words of Bill and Ted from their excellent adventure: “ Ed Tech Changes … and Stays the Same.” ” The report is from the Technology for Education Consortium. (I’ve

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You hear it all the time, accompanied by a standard set of justifications about the pressing need to reform education: something about the " factory model of education ; something about radical shifts in the job market in recent decades; something about technology changing faster than it’s ever changed before. All of them.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

.” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. This Edtech Company Says It Uses AI. Must be legit then. Via Edsurge : “Help!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . Understand how Boyer integrates technology into his course design. Boyer has received the Students’ Choice Award as a Faculty Member of the Year for 13 straight years.

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