Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2018

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Google Apps.

Digital Citizenship 81

Digital Citizenship Google Software Strategy 81

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

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

Strategy 105

Strategy Edmentum EdTech Pearson 105

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now. You all are actually teaching writing differently because you got all these computers and you adopted a piece of software that's helping you teach writing differently.

iPad 122

iPad Course Google Laptops 122

MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

A new white paper published by MIND Research Institute, “ Spatial-Temporal Math: Underlying Scientific Concepts and Mechanisms ,” explores the concept of spatial-temporal learning, and describes the design concepts and mechanisms behind MIND’s award-winning ST Math program. Spatial-Temporal Game-based Learning. Summary of Efficacy.

Comparison 53

Comparison Software Game-Based Learning Guidelines 53

Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

These days, using multimedia tools is a foregone conclusion for the well-resourced teacher; technology is enabling greater interactivity and engagement between students as well as with the information they are required to learn. Launched in 2003, by San Francisco-based Linden Labs, Second Life is a comparative dinosaur in Internet Years.

Classroom 150

Classroom Android STEM LMS 150

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. FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000).

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gee: The first game I played was Adventures of the New Time Machine , in 2003.

Video 60

Video Game-Based Learning Learning Pearson 60

The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2011

This is a great training resource out of the University of South Florida that provides some really basic information for teachers on how to do everything from burning CD''s to using email to hardware/software troubleshooting. Head on over to In Pictures and learn something new today! In Pictures does exactly that. Trainning'

Technology 100

Technology Training Software Microsoft 100

edWeb.net

JULY 14, 2021

More specifically, funding can be used for educational technology purchases such as hardware and software, physical and mental health services and support, and the implementation of summer and afterschool programs. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Boxlight. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. About the Presenters.

STEM 98

STEM Training Company Professional Learning 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Districts have spent thousands of dollars on consultants and software upgrades, and the racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps that the law was supposed to help eliminate remain largely unchanged. In practice, though, it can take many different forms, including independent study, learning communities and online programs.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Almost everyone, it seems, is using some element of social media in the planning, development, delivery, management or evaluation of teaching and learning. Doing this, they tend to engage more deeply with learning, and find themselves collaborating more and learning from each other, as a result of using Web 2.0

Wiki 54

Wiki Social Media Software Mobility 54

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Silicon Valley's historical amnesia — the inability to learn about, to recognize, to remember what has come before — is deeply intertwined with the idea of "disruption" and its firm belief that new technologies are necessarily innovative and are always "progress. AllLearn was short for Alliance for Lifelong Learning.

Blackboard 96

Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 96

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. The software giant is piloting the technology in 20 schools in Ireland and Britain.) Let's call the whole thing off!

Exercises 64

Exercises Company Data Assessment 64

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

This is the third in a series of blog posts on the future of learning and technology. The argument is that we are becoming increasingly dependent on search engines and other tools, that trivialise knowledge and simplify what we learn. 2003) Natural Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies and the Future of Human Intelligence.

Digital Divide 60

Digital Divide Secondary Social Media Technology 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 28, 2019

In order to prepare students for the future, the practices of teaching and learning – indeed the whole notion of “school” – must embrace tech-centered courseware and curriculum. Personalized learning relies on data extraction and analysis; it urges and rewards students and promises everyone will reach “mastery.”

Technology 91

Technology Education Facebook Analysis 91

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Finally, I will suggest that there are five key objectives to achieve if universities are to achieve success in the use of learning technologies in the future. Personally, I find myself in agreement with Brian Winston (2003), preferring to view social applications as a facet of gradual evolution rather than symptoms of sudden revolution.

Wiki 62

Wiki Education Facebook Twitter 62

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 13, 2015

ALEXANDRIA, VA Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) revealed. From a press release.

STEM 40

STEM Analysis Handbook Data 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. Lesson learned #1: Eyeballs are not a business model. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. Lesson learned #1: Eyeballs are not a business model. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Empower Learning , a Utah-based developer of a learning management system (LMS), understands this pressure well. Why Interoperability Is so Critical for Empower Empower Learning, which offers an LMS and gradebook, is designed to support schools transitioning to a competency-based education model.

Data 110

Data LMS Company Education 110

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

Performance Matters, which was founded in 2003, provides comprehensive, integrated solutions for formative assessment, data management, and analytics. Performance Matters gives educators the tools to analyze student data from multiple sources, including assessment data, to improve teaching and learning. “We

Kaplan 40

Kaplan Company Data Industry 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 11, 2019

Instead of handouts and worksheets, try incorporating engaging activities using software such as BrainPOP and Kahoot! Students do need to keep learning and working, but increasing the workload will make students and parents anxious and grumpy. Vernice Jones received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Lane College in 2003.

Assessment 46

Assessment Strategy Mobility Guidelines 46

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

The Traditional Model The traditional model used by organizational learning theorists begins with the depth of knowledge. Current organizational learning and knowledge literature identify and categorize 12 different types of knowledge depending on the location in which the knowledge is created and the depth of knowledge.

Groups 52

Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

EdTechSandyK

JUNE 14, 2012

You don''t have to take or attend formal classes to extend your learning. It''s also the greatest opportunity many of us have all year to extend our own professional learning and grow in our craft. The tutorials on this site rival any that I''ve ever paid to watch, and they''ve helped me learn several programs and web tools.

Resources 81

Resources Microsoft Training Video 81

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready. For more details, see my 2015 piece ).

Kaplan 161

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 161

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Fresco Capital , GSV Acceleration , Learn Capital , Owl Ventures , Reach Capital and Rethink Education , now count Asian limited partners among investors in their newest funds. “In Other investments outside of the LearnLaunch community include CodeMonkey and language-learning tools, ELSA and SpeakingPal.). Nearly every major U.S.

EdTech 98

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Looking at data from 2003 and 2012 for 448 small private colleges, it found that higher tuition discounts did not correlate with increased low-income or minority student enrollment. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Even though institutions will say, ‘No, no, you probably won’t pay that.’ ”. Weekly Update.

Data 94

Data Report Strategy Study 94

Connecting 2 the World

AUGUST 8, 2011

Three terms, expertise, competency, and content, are used interchangeably with knowledge, especially in the context of workplace learning and training. For example, a teacher in a rural area without access to internet service may not have access or use of learning management system (LMS) software. Lynn, G., & Byrne, J.

Software 52

Software LMS Training Handbook 52

Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 11, 2012

The concept of knowledge and knowledge creation identified by organizational learning theorists can be termed as negotiated knowledge. This interaction could include communication between coworkers, resources, documentation, the environment, and/or communication tools such as project management software. Phillip, interview 1).

Groups 63

Groups Report Accessibility Examples 63

Hack Education

AUGUST 23, 2016

You (likely) do not own the software you use (unless it’s open source); it’s been licensed to you. But Bush made this phrase – “ownership society,” – a cornerstone of his policies circa 2003–4 as he cut taxes. ” How do we resist this?

Software 40

Software Data Company Libraries 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Advocates call this concept “personalized learning” but this sci-fi idyll (or dystopia, depending on your point of view) has been slow to catch on in American classrooms. The study, set to test how well the students learned math in spring of 2020, was derailed by the pandemic. But a private foundation salvaged it.

Khan Academy 130

Khan Academy Study Report Software 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. For more stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn subscribe to the Educate podcast.

Data 108

Data Dropout Company Report 108

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Personally, my goal is not to provide less expensive access to the same teaching and learning experience to more people – access and affordability have never been my end game. His focus has been on traditional institutions of learning and the traditional classroom model. We learn by the things we do.

Accessibility 62

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 11, 2022

(Longtime readers may recall that the research group I founded at Utah State University in 2003, the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities group, became The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning in 2005, which I directed until I moved to BYU.) The empirical work on the sustainability of open source software (e.g.,

OER 147

OER Analysis Software Outcomes 147

Connecting 2 the World

MAY 26, 2011

There were differences in interpretation, often based on the different understanding of how end-users/trainees would learn, need to know, and use what they learned. In order for him to use the tangible representation of knowledge, he would need to learn how to apply it (creating know-how for the project). 2001; McGrath et al.,

Study 63

Study Groups Training Report 63

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Our family’s budget software of choice is YNAB (You Need A Budget). If they like the footy, a couple of books: Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager or Amy Lawrence’s Invincible: Inside Arsenal’s Unbeaten 2003-2004 Season are likely to interest.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Software Comparison 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

People posting on Facebook and Twitter said Anchalee was too attractive to be an actual software engineer and must be a model. Engineering “allows for all kinds of learning to shine.”. It allows for all kinds of learning to shine.”. Anchalee responded like the techie she is. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

How To 112

How To Elementary STEM Report 112