eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2022

Discovery Education provides K-12 digital curriculum to educators and students around the world, driving student engagement across a variety of subjects via interactive content, video resources, and teaching tools that deliver real-world learning experiences. Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

We're getting close to our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). How can library and information science schools and professional development programs prepare library professionals?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

We're excited to announce our first of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please register as a member of the Library 2.0

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The giveaway will remain open to teachers through September 21st for a chance to win a library of books based on the topic of their wish. “Through this partnership with First Book and AMERICAN HERITAGE Chocolate, this is an exciting opportunity to inspire young people and provide them with resources that will help them shape the future.”

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Superintendents, principals, and others in positions of authority in school systems are instrumental in providing the vision, time, and resources to support continual professional learning, a positive school climate, and success for all students (Leithwood et al., 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012 ).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

It is a complex network of dynamic resources that we all acknowledge is constantly changing to adapt to the growing demand for entertainment, communication and access to knowledge. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association 27, 65-67. The Changing Web (2.0) So what exactly is Web 2.0 ? Continued tomorrow References Barsky, E.

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Kathy Schrock

JUNE 1, 2020

The program launched in 2006, and I became a GCT in New York in 2008. Meshelle also facilitated collaborative group sessions to allow students to bounce ideas off one another, brainstorm solutions, and help decide how they were going to present their project to the “world”. I have created a visual overview of Smith’s scaffolding below.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

Since he introduced Khan Academy in 2006, the free, open-access education platform has inspired several knock-offs focused on specific disciplines. More than 60 universities around the world currently assign the site’s resources. “In If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Salman Khan should feel honored.

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Waterford

MARCH 31, 2020

Whether you play them one-on-one or as group activities, these are excellent ways to keep students with autism engaged and ready to learn. This fun group communication activity teaches students with autism an essential skill: how to introduce themselves and learn someone else’s name. Autism/Asperger’s Digest, May-June 2006, pp.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2018

It’s a typical day at GSoft, a technology company whose meteoric rise from its founding in 2006 has required a constant supply of workers — and the over-the-top amenities increasingly needed to recruit and keep them. He added: “Other cities may be realizing that they’re losing people, but they haven’t put the resources into stopping that.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

We were just borrowing the technological resources from the healthcare side of the business,” said Ed Venit, a managing director at EAB and one of its first employees. By 2006, the school was majority minority. Renick didn’t have many resources. It created a spinoff called EAB, headquartered in Washington, D.C. We found 800.”.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators. By identifying similar-job teachers, the district provided specific and relatable resources and support.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A passionate and visionary leader in public education for 26 years, Dr. Aaron Spence is committed to ensuring that all students have access to the rigorous coursework, innovative learning opportunities, and resources they need to prepare them for success in college or the workforce.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Enhanced teacher training: Professional development has always been a part of edtech initiatives, but there’s a difference between leading small group projects within the same classroom and coordinating them between students at home. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In her district, Dr. Anderson’s staff have access to a variety of resources, including a video series where teachers model lessons with students and professional development courses using webinars and other tools that teachers will use with their students. Tiffany Anderson, Superintendent of Topeka Public Schools (KS).

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. He is the founder and CEO of Sup Du Jour Consulting Group in Ventura, CA. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

When writing policies, rather than restating the laws and all the legal jargon, administrators need to ask themselves what each group needs to know, and what do they need to do. Then, write policies that help each group enact the laws. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Rich is an active speaker, co-author, contributor, panelist, and presenter for numerous technology and educational organizations including CoSN, IMS Global, Data Quality Campaign, the BLE-Group, FETC, ISTE, VSTE, and the Council of Great City Schools. About the Host.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

Educators still need to constantly evaluate the effectiveness of accessibility initiatives, advocate for resources for their students, and anticipate where they need to go next. Most important, accessibility is not limited to any one group of kids or description. They need to be a part of the normal, everyday procedures.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Use focus groups, the newspaper, town halls, etc. Moving to a 1:1 environment requires an overhaul of every district building and technology resource. During that time Ann also co-chaired the Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Education Agency’s Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The teachers learned about the Tougaloo Nine , a group of students from historically black Tougaloo College in Jackson, who staged read-ins at the white-only Jackson Municipal Library in 1961. 0 — Number of fourth-grade classrooms in Mississippi that use a social studies textbook published more recently than 2006.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. In 1989, he founded the Alternative Education Resource Organization and since then has served as it’s Director. I hope that gives you some incentive to consider the purchase! See you "online!"

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Meanwhile, millions of American students trek to public libraries and fast-food restaurants to get online after school, or they go without — a problem known as the “homework gap.”. Spectrum is an immensely valuable public resource, but it’s also technical and invisible, and therefore easy to ignore. In 2004, President George W.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

As they have emerged in some states, these programs have been assisted by conservative groups such as Jeb Bush’s Chiefs for Change and the Koch Industries-backed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It remains to be seen whether a Trump Administration will boost them further, using federal policy.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

According to the Babson Survey Research Group, which released the last of its annual surveys of online education this year , “more than one in four students (28%) now take at least one distance education course (a total of 5,828,826 students, a year-to-year increase of 217,275).” last year to 63.3% Textbooks (Open or Otherwise).

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