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What's Happened in North Carolina With Statewide Support for Digital Learning

Edsurge

And as the Haw burbled in the background last Friday and Saturday, school administrators, teachers and edtech entrepreneurs gathered for thoughtful conversations and exchanges around how to use digital technology to support learning at the 30th EdSurge Tech for Schools Summit. Here’s what we learned. Led by Gov.

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If Edtech Efficacy Research Ignores Implementation, How Does It Help Improve Education?

Edsurge

In their 2006 study, researchers Martin Eccles and Brian Mittman. The environment and way in which a digital learning program or tool is used can have a significant impact on its effectiveness. This is where implementation science can help. What is implementation science? Why should we care?

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

Edsurge

Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. According to the EdSurge database, U.S.

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Clearlake Capital to Acquire Discovery Education from Francisco Partners

eSchool News

The Company’s integrated learning platform empowers teachers by offering easy lesson creation, ready-to-use formative assessments, and personalized, data-driven recommendations from a library of educational resources. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in nearly 100 countries and territories.

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

Doug Levin

” 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. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

Students learn about fills, borders, zooming, duplicating, rotating, aligning, ordering, grouping, and flipping in those four initial lessons. They also learn helpful keyboard shortcuts. A Shapegrams membership gets you access to all Shapegrams and gives you a license to distribute them to your students.

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K-12 and Higher Ed Institutions Lead Consortium to Advance EdTech Innovation and Trust

Edsurge

Does your school district or higher ed institution use a learning management system (LMS), digital curriculum resources, learning tools, assessment applications, a badging platform, a single-sign-on application launcher or a student information system? In 2006 the consortium featured 50 member organizations.

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