Neo LMS

MARCH 26, 2019

Nonetheless, it is an interesting starting point to explore the literary reading habits and preferences of young people today — and more interestingly how technology is affecting, encouraging and growing cohort of literature readers. By 2018 the NEA had much better news.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2023

Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report Back in 2006, when Luciano was researching degrees that would lead to a good job in the fashion industry, she came across the website of the now-shuttered International Academy of Design and Technology, or IADT.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

China’s NetDragon has gobbled up another education technology company. The deal could mark the beginning of the end for the “free” model of education technology, at least for standalone education companies without other strong revenue streams to support them. In 2015, NetDragon paid approximately $130 million to acquire U.K.-based

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That's an all-time high, and a big increase since the fall of 2015, when only 3 percent of students reported downloading free course materials. The decrease follows a trend of near-steady spending decline going back at least 10 years to 2007-2008, when students reported spending an average of $701 on course materials.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. In 2008, iParadigms was acquired by private equity firm Warburg Pincus. billion purchase of Lynda in 2015. billion in 2015. Turnitin, an Oakland, Calif.-based

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2019

In fact, after 2015, the Horizon Report stopped mentioning it at all. An essay by Kevin Ashford-Rowe, vice-chancellor of digital learning at Queensland University of Technology, asked: Why is this technology so elusive? It’s really to say what is the conversation and where do we think these technologies are headed.”

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

In 2015, it was found that just two-thirds of those who had high school diplomas were employed. This is down from 73 percent in 2008. College graduates, on the other hand, tanked by only 1 percent from 84 percent to 83 percent during the Great Recession of 2008.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

EverFi is a rare breed of education technology company that can boast a wide reach. based education technology company, second only to Bertelsmann’s $230 million investment in HotChalk in 2015. Other investors including Main Street Advisors and Advance Publications made up the rest.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue. Digital divide: facts and figures.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Use Media and Technology Thoughtfully In the age of technology, media can be a powerful tool in educating students about diversity and inclusion. link] The post Tips and Strategies to Talk about Race in Class appeared first on Educators Technology. Be consistent in enforcing these rules. Everett, S., & Carey, C.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The IBO traditionally connects instruction throughout different contexts with developing learners’ thinking skills (contextualized learning) (IBO, 2015). This is a core aspect of the constructivist approach: “Knowledge is seen as dynamic, ever-changing with our experiences” (Bada, 2015). PISA 2015 Results in Focus. Gibson, K.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

If you have been to an educational technology conference in the last 5 years, you have seen more and more emphasis placed on coding and robotics with robots making an appearance in conference sessions, at after hour gatherings, and certainly in the vendor hall. Data source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2008-2018.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 4, 2020

Colorado passed a law in 2008 that allowed districts to do this. Indiana passed a law in 2014 , Oklahoma in 2015 , and Texas in 2017. billion in the Budget Act of 2015 for 1,300 contracts with “713 public and private agencies statewide to support and provide services to almost 400,000 children.”.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In her latest book, Where Teachers Thrive , Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Susan Moore Johnson describes 14 schools studied between 2008 and 2015. These schools required an in-school workday for teachers ranging from 6.5 Can someone else supervise bus arrivals, rest rooms, or the cafeteria?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 12, 2023

1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020), you will probably have these characteristics: "You see roadblocks as opportunities, and you have tons of creativity that keeps you from getting bored. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

It doesn’t matter because the changes to higher education are happening because of economics, demographics and, most of all, technology. Expect them to be reported on enthusiastically in 2015 conferences. Expect MOOCs to continue to be the most high profile focus of academic angst in 2014. MOOC providers will keep on refining them.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

PowerSchool, owned by Vista Equity Partners, has acquired eight companies since June 2015. billion sale to LinkedIn in 2015—was 20 years in the making. These triple-digit rounds feel “disproportionate to where the market for education technology has been,” he says. short-lived experiment in the coding bootcamp industry ).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2018

NetDragon also snapped up Promethean , best known in the mid-2000’s for its interactive whiteboards, for $130 million in 2015. Founded in 2008, Sokikom offered a suite of collaborative math games aimed for students in grades K-5.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company was founded in 2008 and went public in 2015 (at $18 a share), and plans to continue to operate with its same management team after the acquisition. He added that under Thoma Bravo he expects “really enhancing and amplifying that plan.” Under the agreement, Instructure shareholders will get $47.60

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TeacherCast

JULY 11, 2015

In todays video from ISTE 2015, Tammy shows me just how quick and easy it is to create a SWAY and share it with your classroom. teaches 5th grade in Manteca Unified School District and Pre-Service Technology at Teachers College of San Joaquin (Stockton, CA). I’d like to introduce you to the brand new Microsoft SWAY. What is SWAY?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

And you know, I’m kind of technology agnostic in some ways. I like technology. I was a science educator, so I’m pretty comfortable and confident using technologies of all kinds, although the kids have really surpassed me when we start to get some of the newer tools that their using, particularly as part of their Maker Work.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The IBO traditionally connects the instruction throughout different contexts with the development of students’ thinking skills (contextualized learning) (IBO, 2015). This is a core aspect of the constructivist approach: “Knowledge is seen as dynamic, ever-changing with our experiences” (Bada, 2015). PISA 2015 Results in Focus.

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Learning Strategy Assessment Course 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Between 2000 and 2015, federal dollars going to colleges per full-time student increased 24 percent, to $4,544, while state spending fell 31 percent, to $5,099 (adjusted to 2017 dollars). billion (96 percent) between 2008 and 2010. The uptick in federal spending also came from increased demand for financial aid during the recession.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

When low-income students get a need-based grant, in addition to other financial aid, they are more likely to study science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) than are peers who don’t receive this boost in aid, according to a recent study from the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2019

Salesforce.org was created in 2008, and was converted to a public benefit corporation (also known as a B-Corp) in 2015. Freedman says that it’s possible that the company could decide to adapt some part of this technology for its educational offerings. Higher-ed institutions seem willing to invest in this effort.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 3, 2019

Technology infusion: The shift from local classrooms that are largely based on pens and pencils, notebook paper, ring binders, and printed textbooks to globally connected learning spaces that are deeply and richly technology driven. October 8, 2015 A Narrow View? Or, as Lauren B. Resnick (1987) of the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

As a result, Florida’s legislature put a one-year moratorium on new programs, and then officials slowed down the creation of new ones after 2015. Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields. Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services. Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). Are any education technologies, for that matter? And accordingly, platforms are the underlying trend that ties together popular narratives about technology and the economy in general.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2016

Getting students to graduate remains a greater challenge: In 2014, 60 percent of students seeking a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college in 2008 completed their degrees by 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Some institutions rely on hiring outside marketing services, and those budgets are growing, too.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

This marks the largest purchase to date by 2U, which launched in 2008 to work with colleges and universities to create online graduate degree programs. Trilogy Education started in 2015 and has since grown to serving nearly 50 schools, offering about 120 programs that have served about 20,000 students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2018

They were ones created by organizations that the US Congress says have been tied to the Russian government starting in 2015. He asserts that the Chinese hacked the both the Obama and McCain campaigns in the 2008 election cycle. System Overview of Cyber-Technology in a Digitally Connected Global Society. AuthorHouse.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 26, 2019

It can be argued that language was the first human technology, a means developed by our ancestors to communicate within communities (Wheeler, 2015). When there is substantial geographical distance between two interlocutors, technology must be used to mediate the interactions. 2008) Txting: The gr8 db8. Deselle, S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday. The one exception was eighth-grade reading, with the average score rising by one point between 2015 and 2017.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Under Jon’s Leadership, and with his CUE Professional Learning Team, CUE PL has trained over 32,000 teachers in 2015-2017. Jon has served as an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of Technology at the county level. Twitter handle: @jcorippo.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

When Lou Allen started the Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut in 2005, he didn’t woo the state’s top students. The Connecticut school is part of a new generation of inclusive science and technology high schools that have become more popular in the last decade. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo.

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Technology Study Course Report 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Prior to that, he founded Provost Systems an online learning platform acquired by Edison Learning in 2008. There are two questions that districts commonly bring to the company: “I bought all of these technology tools and my instruction hasn’t changed. Plan and Align The work began in May 2015 with a diagnostic readiness assessment.

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Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

The former Kaplan executive, who served as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, oversaw 67 acquisitions that turned the test-prep business into a global education services provider. Over the past three years, private equity groups have upped their stake in education technology companies.

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