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Empatico: A Breakthrough Way to Promote Empathy (And It’s Free)

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have created more than 30 global collaborative projects in that time, co-winning the ISTE Online learning award with that first project in 2006. If you teach children in the 7- to 11-year-old range, Empatico is a free tool that you should check out now. All opinions are my own.

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6 Practical Blended Learning Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

’s Study In their research paper “ Lessons Learned: Design and Implementation of Italian Blended Language Courses “, the authors Fabbian et al (2017) provide a number of interesting examples of blended learning in Italian language courses. Fabbian et al.’s Luna and Stephanie A. ” by Yvonne M. link] Fabbian, C.,

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Rationale: “ The Congress eliminated much of the program in 2006; the request would complete the process. Appropriations: FY 2017: (in process) (President Obama request: $500,000,000). FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000).

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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

A 2017 study from the University of Toronto looked at a 32-week spatial skills intervention that was implemented in grades K-2. There is a demonstrated need for coursework, curriculum, and instructional tools that develop strong math and spatial skills to equip all students for future STEM success. References. Caswell, B., Naqvi, S.,

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. There were no vendor halls where salespeople demoed their tools. “It was where you went to get deals done,” recalls Catalano. In 2019, venture capitalists invested $1.7 billion in U.S.

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PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Pairing Major K-12 LMS and SIS Providers

Edsurge

Founded in 1997, Powerschool was first bought by Apple in 2001, and then by Pearson in 2006. The two companies previously partnered in 2017 on product integrations that allowed users to more easily access and share information across both systems. The pending deal would combine two established companies with large customer bases.

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New York Startup Coursedog Gets Seed Funding to Tackle Class Scheduling

Edsurge

The idea for Coursedog was borne out of personal curiosity in 2017, according to CEO Justin Wenig. When Laura Patrick joined in 2006, course planning began with sketches on butcher paper, and the information was then manually imported into Excel spreadsheets. That traction has also attracted investors’ interest, to the tune of a $1.25-million

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