article thumbnail

The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today? Will the cloud continue to reign? 7 YEARS LATER… 1. Indeed, $2.3

EdTech 176
article thumbnail

4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. To address this glaring crisis, we need nothing short of a large-scale public-private mobilization to provide the infrastructure, the funding, and the hardware (wi-fi routers, laptops, hotspots) to students in low-income communities.

EdTech 139
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What school librarians make (revisited)

NeverEndingSearch

Back in November of 2010, I wrote a response to a superintendent’s proposed elimination of school libraries in New York State. The problem with libraries is that they are anachronisms , sacred cows. To be honest, I believe that all children deserve strong school libraries with professional teacher librarians.

article thumbnail

Ninja Unicorn - Coloring Bookmarks

The Daring Librarian

We were madly getting ready for MAP testing deadlines (going through each and every laptop and also worrying over so many snow related school delays and a day off that I forgot to sign up for a pot-luck breakfast for our district Library Media Professional Development day. It came about because I'm kind of a doofus.

article thumbnail

A National Push for More ‘Active Use’ of Technology in Learning

Educator Innovator

In 2010, when the department published its last National Ed Tech Plan, the phrase “digital divide” usually meant unequal access to devices like laptops and high-speed internet, a severe disparity. The most obvious addition to the plan is its focus on the “digital-use divide.”

article thumbnail

Education in a World of Social and Technological Change #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Previously via laptop computers, but more recently via mobile devices. Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out - Friendship-driven and interest-driven access (Ito et al 2010) Found a large group of kids primarily went online for social reasons. Leadbeater & Wong, 2010). How are their learning lives evolving?

article thumbnail

Amplify’s Been Quiet. Here’s Where CEO Larry Berger Says It’s Going in 2018

Edsurge

It was bought in 2010 by News Corporation, which invested more than $1 billion into the company and rebranded it as Amplify. Teachers do them on a mobile device or a laptop, or they do them one-on-one with kids. What’s the most frustrating things to you that hasn’t changed since 2010?

Company 72