eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

September 15, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced new expansions and partnerships with school district customers, including Prince George’s County Public Schools and East Baton Rouge Parish School System. BELLEVUE, Wash.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

But in 2006, he gained recognition for something that no other TED speaker in history has done. Well, it’s been ten years, and with the recent proliferation of terms like “personalized,” “mastery-based,” and “blended” in the education world, some of Robinson’s viewers may wonder if or how his take on schools has changed.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

The United Kingdom-based DoodleLearning’s Math and English Language Arts products create personalized learning experiences that help improve students’ academic achievement and confidence. is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and other related strategies.

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

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

Right now schools are making—and, in some cases, already implementing— tough decisions about where learning should take place this fall. In response to COVID-19, the students at the Lab School have been organized into intimate, amphibious squads that can function either in person or at a distance.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. Madda et al.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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. A Vision for Digital Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

For $295, this all-inclusive event (except for hotel and travel) is an amazing opportunity to learn. If every student learned as fast as they possibly could, they’d all move at different paces, and accomplish things as quickly as they can. Vicki: So we need to personalize learning. www.stlinatl.com. Listen Now.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. Imperative 2: Raise the Bar with Rigorous, Transformative & Innovative Learning and Skills.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2019

One of the most impactful projects between EdTechTeam and Google for Education is the Dynamic Learning Project ; in cooperation with the nonprofit Digital Promise, EdTechTeam and Google provide school districts with a framework and methodology to completely transform their classrooms through coaching and mentorship.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

They say I’m personalizing learning. I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006. If teaching wasn’t the explosion of learning I thought it was going to be, at least I could make my bosses happy. The most critical issue was always the learning gaps. I couldn’t blame the kids.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! People like predicting the future. And people like reading predictions about the future. Forecast 5.0

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Learning in the industrialised world can now be contextualised within a largely technological landscape, where the use of digital media is assuming increasing importance. These facets of modern life in combination have led educators to question the validity of pre-digital age learning theories.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 1, 2016

I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

EdTechTeam, a California Benefit Corporation, is a global network of educational technologists with a mission to inspire and empower educators to create powerful learning experiences for students is to improve the world’s education systems using the best learning principles and technology available. Chris Craft. EdTechTeam.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

There are organizations that support different kinds of transformation in schools and after researching and interviewing some of these organizations, we've learned a great deal about what these changes can look like, how schools go about redesigning aspects of their model, and what types of support they need along the way.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Finally, I will suggest that there are five key objectives to achieve if universities are to achieve success in the use of learning technologies in the future. applications have grown out of the need for people to connect together, share experiences and knowledge, enhance their experiences and open up new possibilities in learning.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 27, 2017

In 2006 my oldest daughter was in 4th grade and part of the curriculum was called "Daily Oral Geography." This was 2006, 11 years ago. In 2006 the ease to get to "facts" using technology was just the tip of the iceberg. When is it ok to use technology for learning and when is it not? saw the world changing. 42 seconds.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready. billion in 2010. For more details, see my 2015 piece ).

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

SLA opened around 2006, with EduCon starting a few years later. I first heard about SLA/EduCon when reading Reinventing Project-Based Learning last fall, and then read about SLA again a few months later as one of four schools highlighted in Running with Robots. Education is about learning about your own identity, and being mindful.

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Gaggle Speaks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Unless you’ve been living in a box at the bottom of the ocean since 2006, you should know about Twitter, the social network that lets users read and send “tweets” no more than 140 characters long. You can create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) for free. Posted on September 16, 2015 by Diana Graber. Within seconds.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 5, 2016

He says much of his early educational life felt like he was being passed along from one grade to the next, no one paying much attention to whether he was learning or not. In 2006, just 26 percent of American Indian youth between the ages of 18 and 24 were enrolled in college or university, as compared with 41 percent of whites.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

I'm in Australia this week to give the opening keynote for the Inaugural Technology for Learning and Teaching Forum , which will be held over two days at the Rendezvous Hotel in Melbourne, just across from Flinders Street Railway Station (pictured). My own keynote speech is entitled: Learning Generations: Looking forward, looking back.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Activity-Based Learning. Blended Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2014

When Ben Slivka decided to create his own interactive learning software in 2006, the online options for students, parents, and teachers were pretty bleak. But digital learning doesn’t work that way. If it’s not interactive and personalized for each student it might as well be a frayed old textbook.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 31, 2015

I first met Graham at an event in the UK around 2006, just when I was becoming aware of the potential of social media such as wikis, blogs and social networking platforms as a learning tools. He also heads up the European research agency Pontydysgu (A Bridge to Learning). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. In the video, Karl envisioned a number of possibilities : AHS launches a 21st century learning initiative that is focused on preparing learners, workers, and successful contributors to the global community.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 8, 2016

Learning has been transformed globally by new ways of using technology outside classrooms—but schools and education systems mostly have remained stagnant in how they use digital applications for teaching and learning, Anthony Salcito, Microsoft’s vice president for worldwide education, told publishing executives gathered here Tuesday.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2023

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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Join me Thursday, October 7th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with Joseph DiMartino and Denise Wolk on their book, The Personalized High School: Making Learning Count for Adolescents.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Personally, my goal is not to provide less expensive access to the same teaching and learning experience to more people – access and affordability have never been my end game. In 2006 I described and recommended the community-based model to support sustainable OER-based pedagogy. We learn by the things we do.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Instead, the schools have adopted an approach that’s become increasingly popular among education advocates and funders: project-based learning. One of the challenges facing a project-based learning (PBL) model lies in measuring the very benefits that characterize it. “We I’m into the process.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

In the 2006-07 school year, only five of the 231 students who entered the program were Hispanic, and only two were Black. In 2006, of 231 students entering the U-46 school district gifted program, 5 were Hispanic and 2 were Black. Nothing was wrong with the kids, in other words. The problem was with the system.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Beyond just the ability to pivot and be prepared for any type of learning, the pandemic has brought new concerns with “Zoom bombing” and increased outside access to school networks. However, the bigger liability issue is with teaching and learning. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Also needed are trauma-informed and trauma-skilled schools so that teachers are prepared to work with students who may have experienced severe hardships as well as learning loss. Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers. Redefining School and Resetting Expectations.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Now, the presenters have encountered heretofore unthought-of costs like extended loaner devices, increased repair costs from home use, and distance learning options. With schools planning for potential shutdowns at later dates and with potential changes to learning overall, these costs must be considered immediately. Louis University.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Linnette Attai, Project Director, CoSN Privacy Initiative and Trusted Learning Environment Program, suggested that administrators ask the same questions of parents that they did of their employees: what do the parents know, and what do they need to know? Balancing those perspectives in conjunction with instructional needs is essential.

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