The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

She was named Outstanding Professor at UVa’s School of Education and Human Development in 2004 and received an All-University Teaching Award in 2008. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. She was Virginia’s Teacher of the Year in 1974.

Differentiated Instruction 312

Differentiated Instruction Elementary How To Groups 312

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

23-26): the companies who supply the tools, and the educators who use them; The Education Show (Jan. One teacher described The Education Show as “a ghost town for companies who can’t afford Bett.” (A companies have always had a strong presence, and this year was no exception with Microsoft and Google having the largest stands.

Conference 75

Conference Education EdTech Company 75

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Like Lego blocks clicked together, two educational robot companies have combined to offer their collective programming and robotics lessons to students spanning from 4 years old to college. Modular Robotics , the Boulder, Colo.-based based maker of Cubelet robot blocks, has acquired Dexter Industries , a Stafford, Va.-based

Robotics 120

Robotics Education Company Industry 120

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MOOCs Recent virtual upstarts, MOOCs—massive open online courses—catapulted onto the global learning stage when Stanford University computer scientists Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig in 2011 came upon the bright idea of streaming their robotics lectures over the Internet. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

Online Learning 132

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 132

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

The companies get reliable employees and prospective hires while universities can promise students help with keeping their loan debt low. Related: How colleges can help their students out-compete robots. The companies pay EAW, which then pays the student workers, while the universities provide the office space.

Microsoft 92

Microsoft Company Report Robotics 92

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing. .” Maybe it will.).

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding. Father Goose).Sea

Conference 59

Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

In 2008, during Fred’s tenure with the board of education, New Hampshire became the first state to require high schools to issue course credit for mastering competencies, rather than for fulfilling the requisite number of hours, days or weeks of instruction (aka “seat time”).

Education 0

Education Course Laptops Blended Learning 0

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – 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 – in two blog posts ( here and here ).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – 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 – in two blog posts ( here and here ).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

But as it turned out, the zeppelin company had gone out of business – I imagine that many people, like myself, could only think about Christopher Walken and Grace Jones’ characters and opted not to go. In the meantime, these companies continue to collect a lot of “driving” data. Google versus Uber.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” (This reminds me that I need to write something about the history of Montessori and why all sorts of companies have appropriated the brand.). ” (Among those education companies in Binary Capital’s investment portfolio : Educents.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Closes Title IX Investigation of Liberty U.”

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). His rather disastrous business history in ed-tech includes SoftKey and The Learning Company. Via Reuters : “A major Chinese education company that was subsidising a project to verify transcripts of Chinese students applying to U.S.

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Matthew Porter, a student at Craig High School, inspects a “collaborative” robot at Prent Corporation, in Janesville, Wisconsin. The high school students clustered around a four-foot-tall red robot with long arms and cartoonish eyes. A student at Parker High School, in Janesville, Wisconsin, shows off the robot he has programmed.

Robotics 110

Robotics Learning Company Report 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Among other things, they say, their work could lead to the kind of robotic exoskeletons imagined in the movie Aliens. Federal funding for basic research—more than half of it conducted on university campuses like this one—has effectively declined since 2008, failing to keep pace with inflation. It’s the future of the state.”

Industry 84

Industry Trends System STEM 84

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The suit against the for-profit chain and its American InterContinental University was originally filed in 2008.” More on professional development company Bloomboard’s pivot to micro-credentialing in the HR section below. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Career Education Corp.

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. Via Techcrunch : “ Sphero ’s CEO discusses the company’s shift from Star Wars to schools.” ” The company, which has raised some $107.4

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Speaking of pseudoscientific products, Education Week reports that “ DeVos -Supported ‘Brain-Performance’ Company Loses Appeal Over Misleading Advertising.” Via The MIT Technology Review : “ School lockdowns are so prevalent that companies are making apps to help teachers manage them.” million total.

Education 44

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” I’ll be adding student loan company Quiklo to the ed-tech dead pool. Via Campus Technology : “Digital credentials company Credly is adopting the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL), a common markup language designed to improve discoverability of certifications, badges and other verified achievements.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50