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

Edsurge

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. based membership association will no longer hold its annual education technology conferences, once staple events for industry leaders. In the early- to mid-2000s, some of our conferences were really well attended,” says Billings.

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Using Blog Tools Since 2006

Learning With Lucie

I would have to say that my experience started in the late 90's when were first learned how to publish on the web using HTML and FTP, but in 2006 when I discovered blogging tool I quickly knew that a new digital portfolio platform had been born. That night each of their blogs contained so much more than progress reports.

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EdTechTeam Impact Report- Google PD Partner

EdTechTeam

Having been involved in leading the Google Teacher Academy from its inception in 2006, EdTechTeam continues to manage the Google for Education Innovation Academy , inducting 181 new innovators from cohorts in London, Washington DC, Sydney, Stockholm, and São Paulo in 2017. “The instructor was well prepared and energetic.

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Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?

Edsurge

Just last week, for instance, fans of the approach held a workshop and sessions teaching HyFlex practices at the Educause conference in Chicago, and a group called the HyFlex Collaborative held a national conference on HyFlex teaching over the summer. Will their efforts succeed?

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Experience Has Been My Greatest Teacher. Now, It’s Impacting Our School’s Ability to Adapt.

Edsurge

Last September, I was sitting at a long table in the sunlit conference room of my school, looking around at the many new faces on my school’s leadership team. You Can’t Be What You Were I started at my school as a second-year teacher in 2006. As a veteran teacher, I am part of the system.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

Edsurge

Founded in 2006, Course Hero is already well known among college students, millions of whom use it to get study materials, share class notes and ask tutors questions. Company officials say it has policies and processes in place to remove offending material (though the onus still falls largely on faculty to report them).

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With competition up, enrollment down, colleges are spending billions on marketing and advertising

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Johns Hopkins reported spending $29.6 Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Jadyn Turner a student at Catholic University, was drawn there in part by aggressive marketing. I mean, wow.” million; Northwestern, $25.6