Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

School budgets may well soon dip too, as they did following the last recession in 2008. Education technology investors say they have no plans to slow down their dealmaking activities. For her team, that entails connecting them to officials at departments of education, nonprofit groups and other technology companies.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Founded in 2008, Instructure reports having more than 6000 customer organizations with more than 35 million users around the world in both K12 and higher education. In a world filled with intelligent agents and easily-accessed answers, the need for tools that guide, enhance and support active learning is critical.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. Hillary Scharton writes that children aren’t born knowing technology, and that the belief that digital natives excel at multitasking can be detrimental to their learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 14, 2023

You can for instance, choose a date range between 2008-2009 and Google Scholar will only return scholarly papers published during this time frame. You can for instance, choose a date range between 2008-2009 and Google Scholar will only return scholarly papers published during this time frame.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

As the halfway point approaches, there have already been 69 shootings this school year, up from 18 in all of 2008. In response, districts nationwide are investing in human and technological resources to improve security for students, teachers, and parents. There are many reasons for this.

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Doug Levin

JULY 12, 2017

, I revisited the central prediction of the first edition of Disrupting Class (2008), which was that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet. For those without access to the original text, the Summer 2008 edition (Vol.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

BetterLesson launched in 2008 with a mission to provide a simple way for educators to connect and share high-quality lesson plans. Prior to that, he served in various finance and strategy leadership roles at organizations including iHeartMedia, Rackspace, and Investcorp Technology Partners. Kennard is a graduate of Yale University.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Nationwide, one out of four teenagers from low-income households lacks access to a home computer and, overall, Latino students have less access than their black and white peers, according to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center. We’re doing a disservice if we’re not teaching the next generation how to use technology.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

.” Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example. That’s good. Video, of course, enables other innovations. An example?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

It can be implemented in modern learning management system (LMS) technologies to help improve student learning, from their first day in kindergarten to their last day of earning a university degree. The Testing Effect and LMS Technology. Quizzing in LMS’ to Improve Student Learning. Fill-in-the-Blank Questions.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lots of sites require you to log in to gain access to content, right? It turns out he co-taught the very first one, back in 2008, with George Siemens, who is now the executive director of the Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab at the University of Texas, Arlington. You might be thinking: What’s the big deal?

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2021

the award-winning provider of video collaboration, distance learning and education technology solutions, announced today the launch of the innovative AVerCharge X16 , a 16 device customizable charging and storage solution. Mountable, the X16 can be secured to a wall, or placed on a table for easy access to devices.

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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.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Despite having been here before, the 2008 recession resulted in little structural change to address these problems. Yet this goes completely against the trends we saw after the 2008 recession, and even today: The vast majority of new jobs require some form of postsecondary credential.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. We see an explosion of startups.

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

If technology or even a vital member of the group was missing, the work of the group could be delayed for days or even weeks. In addition, the internet made communication more efficient as an email could be left overnight for someone to access the next day. How has mobile technology affected distributed groups?

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Mobility Groups Technology Handbook 52

Waterford

AUGUST 6, 2021

The most meaningful benefit of UDL principles is that by using them, you can improve accessibility and equity in your classroom.[4] Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) and Understood. December 20, 2008. Why Universal Design for Learning Is Important. Universal Design: Instructional Strategies. Reading Rockets.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2017

Education critics often see technology as unnecessary bells and whistles to a curriculum that has sufficed for decades. But the reality is that technological innovation today is opening the door to entirely new methods of teaching that have never before been feasible. ” It’s not enough to simply provide access to new tools.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

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. A third may be the growth of so-called inclusive-access programs.

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 16, 2014

The focus of this post is on defining social identity as it relates to mobile technology. Cell phones and mobile technology has created a new level of social identity in which a person does not have to physically be present to categorize themselves or play a role expected when they perceive themselves as part of a group.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 26, 2019

I’m not convinced of the causal direction in these papers — surely people who have time to read, or have a wide access to a variety of books, or who come from families who value reading — are also, sociologically speaking, more likely to have income levels and environmental circumstances that tend to make them comparatively happy?

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Trends Libraries Social Media Report 327

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Do you struggle with effectively integrating technology into learning? Do you wonder how your pedagogy must change to respond to the technology choices you and your students make? From Shaelynn - In 2008, the district I worked in adopted a 1:1 Laptop Initiative. Influential educators Shaelynn Farnsworth and Steven W.

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Course Laptops Professional Learning Technology 108

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A section of the Higher Education Act has reserved $100 million annually in competitive grants for HSIs to increase the number of Latino students with bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering or math. The HEA itself has not been reauthorized since 2008, but this week Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.),

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2018

Cruzan was joined by LaShona Dickerson, technology director for Lafayette Parish School System in Louisiana, to give CoSN attendees tips on how to better plan for E-rate funding and avoid unnecessary audits. It also brought about more equity — not equity in terms of access for students, I’m talking about equity among my school buildings.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. It is currently available for $44 per course for two years of access, or $9.95

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 141

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2008, it was global experience. A growing number of technology companies are creating last-mile training opportunities to eliminate a key barrier to their own growth. The skills they want have also shifted. Today, organizations are struggling to find tech-savvy workers. Employers have two choices. These partnerships are emerging.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2018

Today the Lake Park Audubon School District in Minnesota is known for its technology, but it didn’t earn this reputation overnight. The district believed that providing devices for every student—and allowing the high school students to take the devices home—would level the playing field by giving all students equal access to technology.

Technology 87

Technology Accessibility 87

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

the award-winning provider of video collaboration solutions and education technology solutions, announced today donation of 57 AVer C20i Chromebook Charging Carts to Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) in Federal Way, Washington. Simple cable management allows for easy replacement of power cords and keeps cables secure and accessible.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 31, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. I wrote that: "The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. 2008) Tribes. 2008) Here Comes Everybody.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2020

On the day of his college career fair—September 15, 2008—Lehman Brothers collapsed. During the Great Recession after 2008, recent graduate hiring plummeted by over 20 percent. In the lottery of economic timing, my brother drew a bum ticket. Graduating into a downturn is a harsh start that lingers for a lifetime.

Course 122

Course Survey Study System 122

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

Classroom 92

Classroom Learning Analysis Secondary 92

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In 2008, I read Clayton Christensen’s Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. Technology advancements promised to make a great impact to initiate change in the classroom, but now we are faced with a newer set of obstacles. Obstacles for teachers who are trying to engage learners during change.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

While some of these were tangible—like the need to equip all students with tech tools and WiFi access—it’s the more systemic changes that are catching educators’ attention. But one of the key factors emerging is equitable access to quality teachers. Overall, the latest results reveal important changes in the education conversation.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A few weeks ago, I posted a set of recommended readings that I originally sent to a colleague who asked me what I would recommend as essential reading for understanding technology in student affairs. Maybe we can do that by trying to list some of the big ideas and an accessible entry point or summary of each idea.

Technology 71

Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 71

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2021

Back in 2008, Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa published his dissertation, The Scientifically Substantiated Art of Teaching , after recognizing that concepts from “brain-based learning” were being applied indiscreetly to classroom teaching practices.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

Technology has been a key component in the planting, fertilization, growth and eventually, the blossoming of new statewide initiatives including distance education and new professional learning opportunities for educators that have benefitted students in a variety of ways. The future of tech in schools isn’t suburban or urban. It’s rural.

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