eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

mindSpark Learning , a Denver-based national nonprofit dedicated to empowering educators with industry-oriented professional learning experiences, reported today it has seen a dramatic increase in educators seeking professional development (PD) and resources to upskill them in challenging times. About mindSpark Learning.

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Securly

JANUARY 12, 2017

CIPA also requires schools to monitor student online activity and provide training for responsible technology use. From 2007-2016, the number of students who experienced bullying roughly doubled from 18.8% according to a Cyberbullying Research Center report. The general sentiment: students –especially teens– hate web filtering*.

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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.” Honest Conversation. Overcoming Barriers. Looking Forward. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Strategy EdTech Professional Learning Accessibility 48

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Founded in 2009, Schoolzilla began as an internal project of Aspire Public Schools, a charter management network in Oakland, to help educators draw actionable insights from the gargantuan bytes of data available from different technology providers. It lays claim to pioneering the “edfintech” industry.)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2016

These include: play, collaborative exploration of ideas and technologies, and other innovations. He presents to both national and international audiences about emerging technologies, learning, innovation, and libraries. A Guide to Participatory Library Service” (2007, Information Today Press) and is a contributor to “Library 2.0

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Since the term was coined in 2007 , the concept has quickly grown into an enormous $500 billion pot of money, according to one estimate by the Global Impact Investing Network. For education companies, impact investing means reporting about different kinds of metrics.

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Gamification Software Company Report 51

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The company reported revenue of 14 billion rupees (about USD$196.89 This makes Byju’s one of the rare unicorns in education technology and the fourth most valuable privately held company in India. It would report revenue of about $2 million for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, according to TechCircle. million) this fiscal year.

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edWeb.net

MAY 23, 2019

While Digital Promise and the Learner Variability Project are focused on how technology can impact learning, Vuchic emphasized that their goal is to make sure the edtech supports the teachers, not supplants them. “I I think that where you see the most powerful uses [of edtech] is…integration. Join the Community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 4, 2016

These include: play, collaborative exploration of ideas and technologies, and other innovations. He presents to both national and international audiences about emerging technologies, learning, innovation, and libraries. A Guide to Participatory Library Service” (2007, Information Today Press) and is a contributor to “Library 2.0

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Libraries Conference Classroom Social Media 28

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2007 Jane Hart , Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) , has been creating the most wonderful lists of tools based on international survey input from educators, experts, instructional designers, consultants, developers and vendors. Animation Apps, Games, and Websites. Apps for Making Art.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 13, 2016

These include: play, collaborative exploration of ideas and technologies, and other innovations. He presents to both national and international audiences about emerging technologies, learning, innovation, and libraries. A Guide to Participatory Library Service” (2007, Information Today Press) and is a contributor to “Library 2.0

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Libraries Conference Classroom Social Media 28

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

And particularly for those teaching middle- and high-school students, tens of thousands have turned to one of the quietest but steadiest edtech entrepreneurs, Neeru Khosla. Khosla is the founder and CEO of CK-12 , the 30-person nonprofit that she started in 2007 to deliver free digital books, particularly on math and science topics.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

The future of American society depends on our ability as parents, educators, edtech professionals and legislators to collaboratively teach our children that words actually do matter. say parenting is harder today than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technologies like social media or smartphones as a reason.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Districts and technology leaders may be held liable for network-security incidents, and the costs of these incidents can be extremely high. Therefore, school districts must do everything in their power to make sure that technology just blends into the background and helps, not hurts, teaching and learning. “So The Threats.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Trouble in New England By 2030, the number of high school graduates in New England is projected to decline 25 percent from its peak in 2007, according to a report from EY Parthenon, which could disproportionately affect small campuses that draw from local communities.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. SPARC, the consumer-advocacy group, said in its report that control of student data and what can be learned from it is the more important issue that colleges should pay attention to as they negotiate these new inclusive access arrangements.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Although TAL is huge by contrast—with reported revenue of over $1 billion last year —the deal with CodeMonkey is a first for it, too: Although TAL has an investment portfolio of more than 100 ventures, this is the first non-Chinese acquisition the company has done. Students learn to write CoffeeScript, which is similar to JavaScript.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

This article is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Recently, we asked Dintersmith for his thoughts on the decade in edtech, as someone who’s seen a fair number of sides of it. EdSurge : What technology has been the most disappointing? What never lived up to expectations (or the hype?)

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The Department of Education’s Chief Privacy Officer Kathleen Styles has been “reassigned,” Education Week reports. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

.” DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince , is the founder of the private military company Blackwater , infamous for its human rights violations, including the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007 by its employees. ” The New York Times also reports that the Trump Foundation will not pay the $25 million settlement for Trump. (It

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Shaw, which is a hedge fund, and I started in June 2007, so right before the credit crisis started breaking. The US News and World Report’s college rankings, which a lot of people in the higher ed world have complained about for a while, still looms large. Yes, the edtech stuff. It was a pretty fancy hedge fund.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . Understand how Boyer integrates technology into his course design. Boyer has received the Students’ Choice Award as a Faculty Member of the Year for 13 straight years. Fantastic on-location cinematography.

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