Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

According to the Education Commission of States, about 20 states now require that districts allow students to apply specified computer science courses toward completion of mathematics, science or, as a foreign language. Coding curricula is sweeping into classrooms across the country, thanks to programs such as Code.org. How is that community?

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

The first early-alert effort at the college, which serves around 12,000 students, was built into the college’s existing student record system, called Integrow, and focused specifically on first-time college students and those in developmental-education courses. Students with two or more flags were then assigned to an advisor for follow-up.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. They cited research showing that the proportion of job listings requiring a four-year degree increased by more than 10 percentage points from 2007 to 2010. . Closing the gap.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

BMCC associate professors of English Joe Bisz and Carlos Fernandez stimulated the formation of CGN when they were awarded a 2007/08 CUNY faculty development grant to study how. using the board game "Diplomacy" in sections of their remedial writing courses could possibly combat a lack of student motivation and critical thinking skills.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Innovative Approaches. Join the Community.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. Several software companies have their own repositories, such as Microsoft’s Docs.com, Schoology’s public resources, Canvas Commons, and more. For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER).

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

From 2007 to 2013 Bruce served as the state director of educational technology and data coordination with the Michigan Department of Education. Before 2gnoMe, Ilya led several technology start-ups and managed the global cloud program at Dell Software. Bruce holds an M.B.A in public administration from Michigan State University.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

Bowie navigated a daunting obstacle course of family and health crises during his teenage years and made it to his dream school – Georgia State University. The number of dropouts with federal loans at these institutions has grown from 35,443 in 2007-09 to more than 56,600 in 2013-15. On a bad day, he won’t leave until 1 a.m.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library. Steve Steve Hargadon Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You’ve been exploring apps with your students and faculty over the course of the year, now’s the time to nominate your faves! You can use the CTR Flex rubric to evaluate apps and other software with your local colleagues or use a variety of possible criteria to customize your own instrument.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. It’s now an LMS too.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How We Got Here In 1998, when I launched the OpenContent project and the first open license for educational materials and other creative works (that weren’t software), I encouraged anyone and everyone to openly license anything they were willing to openly license. This is also when the Creative Commons licenses were launched.)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library.

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Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s an intense research project that usually tops out at about 75,000 words, written over the course of four to six weeks. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is a throwback post, first published in March 2014 (and referring to yet another post all the way back in 2007). First, I know more computer science and computer programming now than I did in 2007. Second, I’ve been using computers and software more and more in my teaching. Mostly this is because of two things.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Districts have spent thousands of dollars on consultants and software upgrades, and the racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps that the law was supposed to help eliminate remain largely unchanged. In 2007, Maine’s then-commissioner, Susan Gendron, invited DeLorenzo to speak at a summer conference for superintendents in Bar Harbor.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 5, 2014

It has since evolved into an elective language arts course using Guild Wars 2 as the game platform through which to build literacy skills. Founded in 2007, the Institute of Play has designed and opened two secondary schools devoted to game-based learning: New York City’s Quest to Learn , a public school, and ChicagoQuest , a charter school.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Designing for differences: Cultural issues in the design of www-based course-support sites. A study of factors influencing students' perceived learning in a web-based course environment. Cognitive divergence and shared mental models in software development project teams. British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(3), 201-215.

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Indeed, almost every early website offering instructions on how to use Microsoft’s software suite contained instructions on how to disable its functionality. Microsoft turned off the feature by default in Office XP and removed Clippy altogether from Office 2007.). of households had computers, a figure that had grown to 42.1%

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

Instead of pouring cash into charter schools, accountability measures and tech-based software solutions, Dintersmith spends his time traveling to schools across the country. Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education.

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Smartphone MOOC Trends EdTech 156

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Of course, we can also do our part by making guns harder to access, but that’s a whole other column.). A CityLab analysis found that the United States now has nearly as many security guards as teachers, and the growth in guards has been more than double that of teachers since 2007.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Via The AP : “ Learning software in classrooms earns praise, causes debate.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ AI Chatbot Hubert Talks to Students to Collect Course Feedback.” Facial recognition software. ” Highest earners among those who completed the survey, of course. ” 1600 cameras.

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Education Khan Academy Company Libraries 97

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Completion rates for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid increased to 54 percent, compared to 48 percent for the state, and the share of students taking college-level courses grew to 74 percent, compared to 48 percent at non-funded schools. Related: Out of poverty, into the middle class.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

.” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. Via The New York Times : New York governor “ Cuomo to Give Colleges $7 Million for Courses in Prisons.” Impero Software has been acquired by Investment Technology Partners which paid $36.3 Via The LA Times : “Former L.A. ” More via Wired.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

That’s not what Didion meant to do, of course. Students, of course, have rarely been recognized as experts – unless they fit the model of “ roaming autodidacts ” that society so readily lauds.). Of course it did. Fads fade, of course. That famous Arthur C. Clarke saying and whatnot. Hype wanes.

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Technology Education Report Training 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. .” ” This argument is, of course, ridiculously daft, as “the liberal arts” has historically included math and science.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The school overlooks plush sand-colored condos and a sprawling golf course community that has drawn wealthier families to the area. She uses a software program popular among architects and designers. But many students live in threadbare mobile homes and modest, low-slung dwellings on the edge of town. But computers are expensive.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2021

Her new supervisor nominated her for training on sheet-metal installation software, putting her on the path to becoming a foreman. There was Tausha Sheff, an apprentice who sat beside Carman in a class on drafting software at the union hall. It was one of the first times she’d felt encouraged or supported within the industry.

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Hack Education

MAY 24, 2017

To be clear, when I talk about education technology or technologies, I am not referring simply to tools or artifacts or products; and technologies certainly aren’t simply computing devices – software or hardware. Technologies, to borrow from the physicist Ursula Franklin, are practices. Technologies are systems.

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Technology Education Industry Company 76

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Edsurge on Degress Compass , a course recommendation engine from Austin Peay University: “How a ‘Netflix’ Model For Advising Lost Its Luster.” Ponddy Education has raised $6 million for its language learning software from Chenco Holding Company, Osnaburge Ventures LLC, and the MIC Ponddy AR Fund. million total.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 16, 2016

A quick look at Thiel’s philosophies and philanthropy: He is openly gay, and some contend that Gawker’s outing him in 2007 was part of Thiel’s rationale for supporting Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against the publication. Knewton (adaptive teaching software). Declara (adaptive teaching software).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. But Trump – of course – will be able to deduct the settlement on his taxes. ” The software will prevent stories from appearing from people’s news feeds.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

What are the stories that have been repeated again and again over the course of the year? ” The photo was taken as part of a 2007 profile in Fortune magazine. And of course, Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX. I don’t do “market research.” What are the stories and why are they being told?

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