eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

David Lockhart started teaching high school history in 2004. He had to find that thing that made his lessons stand out, and he saw it with technology. For the last four years, he has been an instructional technologist who coaches, trains, and speaks full time.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2018

How is this relevant to my elementary school-level classroom? Founded in 2004 by a few Stanford professors including faculty director David Kelley, the d.School offers courses to all students at Stanford, no matter their major. Its main driver is empathy, a skill you can build and foster in your classroom. The inquiry cycle.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2019

The edtech seminar I'm teaching this semester recently explored the post-desktop world, and to get students thinking about the differences, I began with a quick exercise, asking them to rearrange the classroom into old-school rows. Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) and part 3 (about video).

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

The goal of the software giveaway is to jump-start “learning engineering,” the practice of applying findings from learning science to college classrooms. Officials estimate that developing the software has cost more than $100 million in foundation grants and university dollars.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). State Educational Technology Directors Association ( SETDA ) annual reports of program implementation: 2004. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role appeared first on EdTech Strategies. FY 2003 $700,500,000. The post U.S.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

In my nearly 15 years of teaching in Philadelphia, I have seen technology introduced into schools and classrooms in myriad ways. When I first started teaching in Philadelphia in 2004, teachers were lucky if they had one desktop computer in their room for students to use, and students attended weekly computer lab classes.

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Edthena

JANUARY 28, 2021

Hybrid and virtual classrooms, and personalized and project-based learning used to be considered “alternative” methods of education. When we began our residential summer learning program in 2004, we wrapped our curriculum around a “team model” that reflects the collaborative way that the world works.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 9, 2018

How is this relevant to my elementary school-level classroom? " Founded in 2004 by a few Stanford professors including faculty director David Kelley , the d.School offers courses to all students at Stanford, no matter their major. Its main driver is empathy, a skill you can build and foster in your classroom.

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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. Sometimes we would type letters to people, create poems, etc that integrated with the classroom all to also learn the needed skills I was trying to give our students in computer class.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

For example if the topic was gaming in the classroom: who do you think you are? Laggards: “I am not convinced this will benefit my classroom. Identifying the value of emergent technology within the context of our classroom needs and content is the first step toward becoming a change-agent in our professional communities.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 22, 2018

I began teaching teenagers in 2004 in Texas. My new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies with EdTech Missions , has 10 digital missions to help teachers support their teenage students in establishing their identities and defining their goals using technology and digital devices. Gif Lingua is a website to learn English with Gifs.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

A friend recently read a 2004 Harvard Business School case study of Wireless Generation’s work in Montgomery County, Maryland, and responded: “Thanks! The State of the K-12 Sector The edtech boom of the past two decades promised efficacy and new instructional models. In some ways, Amplify has returned to its roots.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2018

Founded in 2004, Flocabulary began as a revolutionary SAT prep platform that taught vocabulary through rap lyrics. "This is about pairing a platform rooted in the experiences and passion of artists and educators, with expertise navigating the complexity of K-12 education, to scale our reach – and impact."

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EdTechTeam

MAY 20, 2020

I think back to August of 2004 when I interviewed for my first teaching position. These leaders become more invested in the mission and vision of your school and will begin to lead with passion and take risks, both within their classrooms and with their peers. To see bigger dreams for them than they can see for themselves.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

In all, Ripple donated $29 million to fund more than 35,000 classroom requests. The DonorsChoose model is asking classroom teachers on the frontline to design their own micro-solutions with a bottom’s up approach to education innovation that really spoke to him.”

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

To mark the 20th anniversary of Blackboard, one of the first LMSes, the company’s co-founder, Matthew Pittinsky, wrote an epic blog post about the company’s history, which includes his advice for today’s edtech leaders. In recent memory, we launched Blackboard in 1997 and took the company public seven years later in 2004.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

They wondered: Would it be possible for students to learn effectively outside of the classroom? The answer to these questions is yes, so said educational leaders and edtech specialists in an edLeader Panel, sponsored by Gaggle and CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate. Dr. Kelly May-Vollmar has worked in education since 2004.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2017

As I moved from the classroom to administration, I still saw technology from a mere delivery aspect. From 2004 through 2008, I basically rubber-stamped the status quo while adding a splash here and there of technology. As I have said over and over, I truly believe that pedagogy trumps technology, especially in the classroom.

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I realize this is an education conference, but I’m going to shift the “where” of my focus today to stories about the future of technology that take place outside of the school and the classroom. “I was not a lab rat,” she wrote in an op-ed in The Guardian in 2004. None of these are true.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Known as “America’s Favorite Teacher,” Stephen is responsible for creating the first edible classroom in the world, which he has evolved into the National Health, Wellness and Learning Center. A replica of his classroom was installed in the US Botanic Gardens in Washington, DC. Roger Schank Chairman and CEO, Socratic Arts Roger Schank.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Motorcycle Diaries ” (2004, Brazil, directed by Walter Salles)—Buddy road trip film set in South America in 1952 that focuses on the ideological development of a young Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Examines wealth disparity across Latin America, with great historical tidbits along the journey. Great soundtrack by Peter Gabriel, too. “

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