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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. Working closely with partners, I spent the years from 1993 to 2004 starting and leading a handful of technology startups. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Not yet convinced? Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history.

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EdSurge Article Recommends Edtech Efficacy Portfolios - Here's Ours

MIND Research Institute

The article goes on to provide guidance about where an edtech company might focus their efficacy measurement efforts based on the maturity of their product and organization. Fuster, 2004; Schneider & Chein, 2003), schemas and heuristics (e.g., Dietrich, 2004), to name a few. Formative Research. Continuing the Conversation.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. That’s why, for example, 92.9 Photo: Chris Berdik. This is an equity issue.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion. Where would you plot the Segway, for example? (In Virtual worlds in 2007, for example.

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Fostering a STEM Mindset through Spatial-Temporal Reasoning

MIND Research Institute

Just think of the most innovative companies in the world. This highly innovative approach has been shown by multiple large-scale research studies to have statistically significant positive outcomes for students on state standardized mathematics assessments and to increase students’ self-efficacy for mathematics. Upright JiJi.

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Diversifying Your Classroom Book Collections? Avoid these 7 Pitfalls

MindShift

Perusing a bookshop, she came across Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee, originally published in 2004. “I The boy’s father, it turns out, is the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Assess how diverse texts show up in the curriculum. That sends a message to kids, as well,” said Stringfellow. “If

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Reading Students Through a Tech Lens

edWeb.net

For example, Dr. May-Vollmar’s district better investigates students’ online absences, exploring whether technology or connectivity issues prevented access (instead of assuming they just didn’t show up). Dr. Kelly May-Vollmar has worked in education since 2004. Digital signals have propelled instructional and institutional changes.