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. Selective Review Information Requests — Cruzan said she calls these pre-commitment reviews. Did you have addendums? CDW Segment.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2019

When “ Disrupting Class ” was published in 2008, we caused a stir by predicting that by the fall of 2019, 50 percent of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion. Thirty-five percent of teachers say they use edtech daily, and another 23 percent say they use it most days.

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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. And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow. An example?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Jon was the co-designer of Minarets High School , which originated as a GAFE, 1:1 Macbook and PBL based high school in 2008 and has been named an Apple Distinguished School three times. VICKI: Happy edtech tool Tuesday. So John, what is our edtech tool today?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Some people researching education technology might not spend their days wondering how their work fits into this existential question—but George Siemens isn’t "some people." Siemens’ work is on the cutting edge of what’s possible in digital learning, but he doesn’t want to discuss the latest fads in education technology.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

His role is invaluable as he helps to build a bridge between teacher communication, recognition, and socialization, while helping the operations team make informed decisions. My name is Isaac Johnson-Tyas, I have been working in the education industry since 2008 in Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and China. His work supports two cultures.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

The landscape of financial products and the ease with which technology can facilitate financial transactions have changed dramatically in recent years. Founded in 2008, EVERFI’s Impact-as-a-Service TM solution and digital educational content have reached more than 45 million learners globally. Forward-looking Statements.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

were published in February 2008 by WCAG Samurai, a group of web developers autonomous of W3C.Web 2.0 was published by W3C on 11 December 2008 and consisted of twelve guidelines categorized under four existing principles, namely, perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. Some extensions of the existing WCAG 1.0

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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. In 2010, he pooled his own money with KKR, a private equity firm, to launch Weld North , which has since acquired another 16 edtech companies (and invested in 4 others).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. But after cutting assets ranging from the company’s stake in The Economist to PowerSchool, a student information system, Pearson finally reported a profit again in 2017.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 27, 2019

Alongside this information is the Learning Counsel’s new research that a whopping 27 percent of students nationally have left traditional public education for alternatives, including private schools, charters, online schools, homeschooling and a mix of these. Friction of inconceivable proportions has resulted. .

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

As edtech buzzwords new and old swirl , it is easy for educators to get lost among the fads du jour, much less apply the principles behind lofty ideas to make meaningful progress for students. Sweat the school culture Culture matters more than technology.

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Kathy Schrock

JUNE 1, 2020

The program launched in 2006, and I became a GCT in New York in 2008. Here is a photo of the instructors for that 2008 Google Teacher Academy. It was a super team of very smart educators, all of whom you will likely recognize since they are still active in the edtech space! The Google Teacher Academy had two components.

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RafranzDavis.com

MARCH 31, 2015

One of those is Digital Promise , an independent, bipartisan nonprofit, authorized by Congress in 2008 as the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies. Earlier today, I came across a blog post written by Krista Moroder called, Words Matter: Let’s Talk About Learning, Not Technology.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2016

During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. sending out reminders and raising money on Twitter while interacting with people on Facebook was a huge deal.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Graduation rates for first-time, full-time students more than tripled from 2008 to 2016. Texarkana College adopted new enterprise software and other edtech tools like an early-alert system, but technology was only one aspect of the school’s effort. We let technology leave us in the dust.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Knewton has raised $25 million in a new funding round—the eighth since it launched in 2008. Its past proclamations about the omnipotence of its technology attracted plenty of ire.

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EdTechSandyK

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Here are my Edublog Awards nominations for 2011: Best Individual Blog: Cool Cat Teacher by Vicki Davis - Vicki has been nominated for best teacher blog in the past and won the award in 2008, and she deserves every nomination and win. Her resources are practical and classroom tested for teachers and technology specialists alike.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It was a bit of an information blitz and I felt exhausted afterward trying to take notes and keep up. Hard to believe Docs and Drive started back in 2008. No more lost information from accidentally leaving the page, closing the tab, or losing your Internet connection. And it hasn't yet.at least, not quite. Add bulleted lists!

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

While creators in the edtech space often feel they’ve made something patent-worthy, two problems usually stand in the way. She opened up to EdSurge about the process she went through to give would-be edtech inventors a glimpse into the trials and tribulations involved in getting a patent. The History of Edtech via Patent Applications.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 26, 2016

. “This will be more true than ever going forward,” Hoverman told more than 125 education business leaders attending the event sponsored by the Education Technology Industry Network of the Software & Information Industry Association. K-12 education will experience only modest growth in funding of about 2.5 percent to 3.5

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Equally important, the approach offers a readymade solution to a universal problem: In the information age, how do you teach students to think for themselves when so many answers are just a Google search away? “We Jon Bergmann. Flipped OS.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

” 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. And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow. What content?

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Girls Who Code. URL: girlswhocode.com. URL: www.inacol.org. URL: makered.org.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Five PRIME Factors for EdTech Evaluation As someone who has evaluated and published findings on an edtech program for two decades, closely watching the marketing hype in the math edtech market in particular, I’ve come to believe something you may find shocking: All edtech programs work.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

When Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn published “ Disrupting Class ” in 2008, the current wave of education technology was still finding its footing. The edtech industry has arguably seen what TechCrunch’s Mike Butcher aptly called a number of “ false dawns.” The book posited two predictions. But scale was not the endgame.

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Technology EdTech Education Outcomes 90

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

While parents and educators alike want families more informed about and involved in their children’s education, it’s often challenging for schools to find the time and means for these meaningful conversations. A 2008 study , for example, found that parental involvement in middle school boosts both students’ engagement and performance.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A key element in any remote or hybrid scenario is equitable access to technology, and Dr. Domenech cited an estimate that as many as 14 million students still don’t have the equipment they need to receive an equitable education in areas where schools may be closed. At this point, “digital equity is not just a divide, it’s a chasm.”.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 17, 2015

How Technology Can Increase Rigor In The Classroom. Rigor is “creating an environment in which each student is expected to learn at high levels; each student is supported so he or she can learn at high levels; and each student demonstrates learning at high levels (Blackburn, 2008).” But how does technology relate to rigor?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

It doesn’t provide them better information to consider their options. We are self-sustaining on our tuition and have kept tuition flat since 2008," he says. The biggest problem, he argued in a post on his personal blog last week, is that all that advertising does nothing to help students. “It A Search Giant's Power.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. According to the latest survey from the National Association of College Stores, annual student spending on textbooks has gone from about $700 in the 2007-2008 academic year to $484 in 2017-2018.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

On the Edly website, prospective investors can see information such as the school’s graduation rate, average salary and other variables provided by the institution. Schools can pool their ISAs by program, whether that’s STEM or humanities majors, or a cybersecurity program at a coding bootcamp.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

More information in presenting HERE. 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.

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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 ). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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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 ). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2017

I remember the days when I was not a very big believer in educational technology. As I moved from the classroom to administration, I still saw technology from a mere delivery aspect. From 2004 through 2008, I basically rubber-stamped the status quo while adding a splash here and there of technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2012

Affiliated with the Learning and Collaborative Technologies Group, Institute for Information Technology, Downes specializes in the fields of online learning, new media, pedagogy and philosophy. psid=2012-08-08.0905.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 Stager with the distinction of "20 Leaders to Watch" in 2007.

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