Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. 1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 10, 2021

It is also a great way to learn more about the students we will be working with this year. Then guide them through the following process to support them in creating a vision board that is meaningful and motivating.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the digital learning gap. Every student has a unique and “jagged” learning profile.

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User Generated Education

MAY 23, 2016

Watch children, youth, and even adults when they are immersed in learning something of interest of them, and you will see often complete engagement and personal joy. It can be as simple as replicating real life learning in more formal schools. I have discussed this in my post Natural Versus Unnatural Learning. Wonderment.

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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

MAY 2, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? It has no established center, and students were used to learning and working in that nonhierarchical, flexible space. They have to learn how to learn autonomously.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The great news is that digital natives want to learn. The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. And that means schools will have to adapt to the way these new students think and learn. What is a digital native?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We came away wondering why people don’t talk more about this bit of recent edtech history, and what lessons could still be learned from it. So remind us what Google did back around 2004. They also brought some technology, they engineered some new ways to do book scanning faster and more effectively.

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. With the help of technology you can connect with families from the comfort of their homes. 2004, November).

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2022

It’s summer time, and the learning is not easy. Summer learning programs from coast to coast have struggled to hire the number of staff needed to operate at full capacity, leading to limited slots and even closures among programs in Maine , Connecticut , Ohio , Georgia and other states. But teachers are exhausted. I’m still tired.” “We

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Our innate capacity to learn, to think, to create, and adapt endowed us with the evolutionary advantages necessary to become one of the most successful organisms on the planet. If you’re a trainer, you fight this process every time you engage a new hire, every time you learn a skill yourself, and every time you teach your child something new.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Pluralsight , the publicly-traded provider of online training courses on technology skills, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal worth approximately $3.5 Today, Pluralsight offers a library of over 7,500 online courses across technology, design and business skills.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This state of boredom is not just an occasional inconvenience; it is a significant barrier to effective learning. Research has consistently highlighted the detrimental effects of boredom on student learning. 2004; Deci, 1992; Renninger et al., Boredom, as Vogel-Walcutt et al. Furthermore, Pekrun et al.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2022

And that’s a trap for teachers : How to make a connection between digital and academic writing, given that computer technologies have transformed the meaning of this word? Writing in schools and colleges has nothing in common with digital writings students read online every day. Are writing skills still critical to get in schools?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

These resources are designed to support and enhance our collective efforts to create more inclusive and empathetic learning environments. Example: Before teaching a lesson on the civil rights movement, take time to learn about various perspectives, historical contexts, and the language used to discuss race.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link]. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. This edited book is the perfect primer on self-determined learning or heutagogy. The Basics.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

KidWind will also provide the winners with training on how to incorporate the STEM kits into in-school and/or out-of-school learning environments. While this technology is just starting to be installed in the U.S. Since 2004, KidWind has held more than 800 training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

SCORM put forward specific ways and methods for creating effective and efficient learning management systems. Hence, if an eLearning course is published in the SCORM format, an internationally accepted format, it will be recognized by all learning management systems (LMS). This is where SCORM comes into play.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In addition, Dr. Cleary is a key member of the campus learning center at Keiser University, an active member of the Miami-Dade school system STEM advisory board, as well as a member of the Doral Chamber of Commerce. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

They know that when it comes to learning and productivity, space matters. An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. I described the form’s birth circa 2004, with creators quickly inventing ways of telling stories by digital audio, which echoes of radio theater. This is part 2. Read part 1 here. This set the stage for the 21st century and podcasting.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2023

The SIIA Education Division serves and represents more than 200 member companies that provide software, digital content and other technologies that address educational needs. has spent his life learning and educating. SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2023

This program promotes hands-on environmental education and year-round access to fresh and nutritious leafy greens through the proprietary AeroFarms unit and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) curriculum.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

AltSchool (which rebranded as Altitude Learning), has drastically scaled back its team and ambitions. The spin out is a positive signal for the greater education technology sector, Klement says. “We In March 2018, Omidyar spun out its emerging technologies portfolio as Spero Ventures. Not all of its bets have been home runs.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 22, 2022

SCORM put forward specific ways and methods for creating effective and efficient learning management systems. Hence, if an eLearning course is published in the SCORM format, an internationally accepted format, it will be recognized by all learning management systems (LMS). SCORM 2004 . This is where SCORM comes into play.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The workshops are topic-specific and designed to help educators teach about renewable energy during distance and hybrid learning. Workshops will start with background on the topic followed by introducing activities for the classroom to engage students in dynamic, hands-on learning. Participants can register here.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2016

With efforts like Rhode Island School of Design’s championing of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, the arts remain at the forefront of dialogue about best practices in elementary education). This kind of model lightly exposes children to the arts and attends to learning about the arts. Why Arts-based Teaching?

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techlearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Today, IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform, announced it has acquired ABCya , the creator of more than 400 educational computer games and apps for kids. Since 2004, ABCya has provided students from pre-K to 5th grade with access to hundreds of educational games and apps.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 1, 2021

Instead of just looking at test scores and saying there’s an equity issue, leaders need to dig down into each group of students and determine why they’re not meeting their learning goals. Make learning collective. Invite a diverse group to analyze the problems. It will take time for staff to recognize and change their faulty practices.

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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.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

The community welcomed me with open arms and I inherited a staff eager to grow and learn. Each and every one of them has played a huge role in transforming the learning culture at NMHS. For it is they who made the choice to go down the road less traveled five years ago when we began transforming our learning culture.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2022

When the eternally optimistic Poppy, queen of the Trolls, learns that the Bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of Branch and the rest of the gang on a delightfully quirky mission to fix something that the Bergens don't think is broken." Directors: Arthur Rankin Jr.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With virtual workshops, we’ll be able to reach more educators and provide newly developed resources and tactics for remote or hybrid learning environments and activities they can use to make lessons hands-on and engaging.”. Since 2004, KidWind has held more than 800 training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 12, 2023

(CNY) In the spirit of celebrating cultural diversity and love of world cultures, I went ahead and prepared this list of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals that you can share with you students and help them learn more about Chinese New Year and its traditions. Chinese Zodiac Animals 1. If you were born in the Goat year (e.g.,1931,

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