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What’s Next for Discovery Ed?

eSchool News

Having joined the company in 2006, Mr. Cowdrey also served as Imagine Learning’s President, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Regional Partnership Director. Acceleration of Technology Adoption: The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of Edtech tools, making devices and remote learning solutions a necessity.

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

Edsurge

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. SIIA dates back to 1984, when it was known as the Software Publishers Association. There were no vendor halls where salespeople demoed their tools.

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OPINION: The world is changing fast. Students need data science instruction ASAP

The Hechinger Report

What do all these new tools and technologies have in common? Facial recognition software deploys neural nets to leverage pixel data from millions of images. Since at least 2006 , technology leaders and mathematicians have argued that data is the new oil. They run on the same fuel: data , and lots of it.

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Defeat the Digital Divide Helps Bring Reliable Internet Connections to Schools Nationwide

eSchool News

Defeat the Digital Divide ( [link] ) offers school districts engaging learning tools to build solutions that will enable them to close the gap between those who have access to reliable internet service and those who don’t. NetCloud platform and cellular routers deliver a pervasive, secure, and software-defined? Cradlepoint ?is

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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. Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort (Mathematica Policy Research, 2007).

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Research Provides Clarity: Co-engagement Is Key to Success with Screens

The PL2C Blog

The findings state the following; “ Interactional quality between mother and infant plays an important role in making touch screens effective teaching tools for infants’ learning.”—Zack The math software is supposed to “track” the student’s progress and to personalize to the student’s learning level. Zack & Barr, 2016.

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. The video resources and associated services provided for free by Khan Academy are powerful learning tools, if they can be accessed by populations (rural and urban) that need them the most. Khan Academy merely provides the content.