Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2018

Q: I need to make my document readable by colleagues that don’t have my software (such as I use MS Word and they don’t). If the problem is that the recipient doesn’t have a current version of MS Word (say, you have 2010 and they have 2003), then save the doc as follows: go to File-save as. Category: Google Apps. What do I do?

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Digital Citizenship Google Software Strategy 81

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. In Pictures does exactly that. What makes this site stand apart from all the others is their approach.

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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.

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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. How well have you seen that approach go? And I was like, ‘Oh, this is pretty cool.’

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Diane Tavenner, who opened the first Summit school in 2003 in Redwood City, Calif., Meanwhile, CZI itself will continue to spearhead the team of approximately 50 engineers who are building and supporting the Summit software platform. will continue to run the string of 11 physical Summit schools, located in California and Washington.

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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. Teachers have a plethora of options when it comes to using technology in their lessons. Second Life.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

Games have the potential to be perceived as an enjoyable and fun activity and, with that, might provide a preferred means to teach math (Bragg, 2003). Finally, in ST Math, students individually work through the educational content by interacting with the software, minimizing the potential for public embarrassment in math class.

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edWeb.net

JULY 14, 2021

A very wide range of district programs can qualify for the latest funding, including access to school facilities, educational and professional development needs, and the use of technology to sustain and improve the educational environment. About the Moderator.

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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. She noticed another problem: Many of the apps used speech recognition technologies that were trained with adult data samples. Let's call the whole thing off!

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow." Plagiarism detection software originated at universities.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Personally, I find myself in agreement with Brian Winston (2003) who views the Web as a facet of gradual evolution rather than symptoms of sudden revolution. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 Van Dijk, 2002) or simply another phase in its relentless progress.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

This is the third in a series of blog posts on the future of learning and technology. In my previous blog post I examined the debate about whether we are becoming more intelligent or less intelligent as a result of our prolonged and habituated uses of technology. There are examples of how such cyborg existence might come about.

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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.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

In this paper, having revisited my previous speeches I''m going to try to gaze once more into the near future in an attempt to determine what education might look like in the light of the technological developments that comprise Web 2.0. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0 The Changing Web (2.0) Wheeler, S. Winston, B.

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Wiki Education Facebook Twitter 62

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

“Investors, particularly in China, are looking across the Pacific to check out innovative tools and models that they haven’t explored or implemented back home,” observes Victor Hu, Global Head of Education Technology and Services at Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division. Last year, at least 10 U.S.-based Limited Partner, Global Reach.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 11, 2019

Instead of handouts and worksheets, try incorporating engaging activities using software such as BrainPOP and Kahoot! Vernice Jones received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Lane College in 2003. Jones said that test review should not be tedious, so this is the time for teachers to think outside the box. About the Presenter.

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Assessment Strategy Mobility Guidelines 46

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.

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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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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 14, 2012

TeacherTrainingVideos.com - [link] Created by Russell Stannard, a specialist in the use of media and technology. The site is a little hard to navigate in my opinion, but worth it when you find the software instructions you are looking for. Each video is a short overview of a technology topic or tool.

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Resources Microsoft Training Video 81

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

It also becomes a tangible representation of tacit knowledge for both group members and those outside of the group (Conceicao, Heitor, & Veloso, 2003; Yaklief, 2002). British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(3), 201-215. British Journal of Educational Technology, 28, 199-217. 2000; Moreland & Levine, 2001). Colquitt, J.,

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

From its founding in 2003, Empower’s team has used custom scripts and queries to pull data from SISs to create exportable files to send to their customers nightly. SIF creates a kind of Rosetta Stone across various education software systems so they can speak the same language.

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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. The ongoing spread of discounting has been aided by new technology. Even though institutions will say, ‘No, no, you probably won’t pay that.’ ”.

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Data Report Strategy Study 93

Hack Education

AUGUST 23, 2016

But when one controls – albeit temporarily – a domain name and a bit of server space, I contend, we act in resistance to an Internet culture and an Internet technology and an Internet business model in which we control little to nothing. Increasingly, we work for free for major Internet technology companies, on their platforms.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave grants to colleges to buy data tools and software. Renick says he signed a contract with EAB 2011 before it even had a prototype for the software.

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Data Dropout Company Report 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In theory, education technology could redesign school from a factory-like assembly line to an individualized experience. After Neil built the platform in 2003, several early studies showed promising results , and then a large randomized control trial (RCT) in Maine, published in 2016, confirmed them.

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Khan Academy Study Report Software 127

Connecting 2 the World

MAY 26, 2011

Relating this to Skitka’s (2003) AIM model of Social Identify Theory (as discussed in Chapter 2), a greater level of ownership may create higher stakes for the individual within a group. 2000; Moreland & Levine, 2001; Skitka, 2003; Whitworth et al., Using social identity theory (McGrath et al., 2001; McGrath et al., In Jonassen, D.

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Study Groups Training Report 63

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Beginning in 2003 and continuing consistently thereafter I have depicted learning resources as words in a conversation , and applied the logic of language to the logic of reuse. Is it the software we’ve created to simplify the process of integrating OER into any LMS via the open standards LTI and Common Cartridge? .”

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Technology. There have been several technologies that made my life better through this big change. Our family’s budget software of choice is YNAB (You Need A Budget). John Mandel’s Station Eleven. And tops on my wish list for books is the new edition of Don Quixote from fabulous British press Visual Editions.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 26, 2019

Basically, it is school improvement software that promises to help school improvement teams to academic prosperity through helping them implement its "research-based indicators." The number of bibliographical entries or research articles does not automatically mean a 'valid technology.' In fact, in many ways we've only made it worse.

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Software Company Assessment Strategy 70

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

In other words, the post-human condition emerges when humankind and technology merge to the point where they become a part of each other. We can understand cyborgs - and for many, the idea of a half-man, half-machine evokes deep seated fears about how far technology can go. Can we apply technology to the upgrading of humans?

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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. Since 2003, more than 15 million 6- to 11- year-olds at thousands of schools across the country have been taught how to think like engineers using the curriculum. Anchalee responded like the techie she is.

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How To Elementary STEM Report 112

MindShift

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. Since 2003, more than 15 million 6- to 11- year-olds at thousands of schools across the country have been taught how to think like engineers using the curriculum. Anchalee responded like the techie she is.

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STEM How To Elementary Report 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking , which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their daughter had fallen into septic shock and been placed an induced coma. I want to start this year’s review of education technology acknowledging grief. Mourn and Organize. So many losses.

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Technology Education Report Training 40

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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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

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.” ” “Mixing Automation and a Human Touch, New Software Helps Keep Students ‘ On Task ’,” says Edsurge.

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Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Consequently, from 1998 – 2003 I focused on the open licensing problem, creating the Open Content License in 1998 (which got very little use) and then working with Eric Raymond and others on the Open Publication License in 1999 (which did quite well). From 2003 – 2008 I focused on the evangelism problem.

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