The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 2, 2012

Just my feelings from what I have been reading and seeing and what I believe will take a great hold in educational technology. I think more districts will revise cellphone and device policies and we will see more and more schools and districts allow students to bring technology with them. No science behind any of this.

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The Jose Vilson

MARCH 13, 2024

As Ron Reed mentioned before introducing scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw as the opening speaker, the conference has grown significantly since 2011. Whereas in the beginning, it felt more focused on digital learning and ed-tech, this year felt more like it was a hub for relevant education conversations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Two of the fastest growing and most highly valued education technology companies are going down the alphabet as they raise subsequent rounds at higher and higher valuations. Fanning the fuel, investors say, is increased demand for and usage of digital learning tools in personal, schooling and workplace environments that are now virtual.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

This certification was awarded by Digital Promise , a non-profit established by the US Congress in 2011 to develop research, practice, and technologies to drive education equity, in partnership with the EdTech Equity Project. This is at the core of Learning Without Tears’ commitment to delivering breakthrough learning programs.”

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Hapara

JANUARY 28, 2022

para has provided learning technologies to Alberta school divisions since 2011. para has become an international edtech company that supports learner equity and learning excellence. para to provide free access to the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack for every student in the province this school year.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

While these predictions are rooted in reality, just as in the show Black Mirror , technology can have some unintended consequences. This revolution hit the education industry in earnest in 2011, with the launch of the Chromebook to compete with Apple’s iPad. Each year I share my predictions about these trends. More to come on that.)

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

The ParentSquare Advisory Council is an invitation-only group, comprised of K-12 communications, technology, and administrative leaders who use ParentSquare. Kris Hagel, Executive Director of Digital Learning for Peninsula School District (Wash.) Susan Moore, Director of Technology for Meriden Public Schools (Conn.)

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

New research has unearthed a dramatic increase in the number of young children who have their own tablet device–42 percent compared to 1 percent in 2011. Next page: Has the digital divide between high- and low-income families closed?).

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 24, 2012

The first session I attended at iPadpalooza was presented by Instructional Technology Coordinators Terice Schneider and Vicki Ventura of Belton Independent School District. Lessons Learned from and Tips for 1:1 Implementations Staff Development is KEY!!!

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iPad Digital Learning BYOD Learning 69

Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the digital learning gap. Every student has a unique and “jagged” learning profile.

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Accessibility Learning Exercises Video 198

The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Performance Pay and Evaluation System for Online Teachers How to make personalized learning collaborative Importance of Fostering Online School Communities Private Schools- Trends and Projections Related to Technology The Demographics of Online Learners Enabling Rapid Growth of Successful Blended Learning Models Get Your Head in the Clouds!

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Laura is the new media specialist at NMHS and has been challenged to develop innovative ways to create structures to recognize informal learning of both teachers and students. As a 21st Century Library Media Specialist, part of what I strive to do is to serve as an instructional technology resource for both educators and learners. ?In

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2015

CTOs and their teams can give students the digital toolsets and support that they need to succeed now and in the future. When he thinks back to 2010-2011, Pete Just, chief technology officer at the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indiana remembers how hard K-12 schools were pushing to integrate iPads into their classrooms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

In 2011, Cat Campos was a senior at Immaculata-La Salle High School , struggling to see how the iPod touch devices they were testing in her AP Literature class could support learning. Here, she shares Immaculata-La Salle’s route to impactful digital learning for others to draw from as they find their way to tech success.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

This past Wednesday (February 6) was the second annual Digital Learning Day. New Milford High School joined thousands of other schools and educators across the country to showcase how digital learning is changing education. Perna utilized computers with her classes to facilitate student learning and growth.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. In 2011, Pittsburgh-based Duolingo was founded by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

We started EdSurge in 2011 by focusing on K-12 education. EdSurge is all about exploring one fundamental question: How can learning be supported by technology? In 2011, our attention was riveted by the entrepreneurial activity surrounding students in grades K through 12. And that’s what we hope to do in higher education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2022

The most notorious oracle predicting the coming death spiral of academia was the late Harvard University professor Clayton Christensen, who in 2011 famously forecast that “50 percent of the 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S. will be bankrupt in 10 to 15 years.”

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techlearning

APRIL 5, 2018

Technology is helping to bridge the early learning divide in classrooms, allowing more students to enter kindergarten with confidence and eagerness to learn," said Chris Boardman, Director of Digital Products for Gakko. "We

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iPad Education Exercises Mobility 71

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

During its heyday, Amplify touted its orange tablets as the tool that would transform digital learning experiences in school. based company invested more than $25 million to partner with talented developers who built 30 learning games covering math, science and English Language Arts. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 million in venture capital.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Print textbooks are the eternal punching bag for the things people think technology should render obsolete. From 2011 to 2014, U.S. spending on PreK-12 instructional technology steadily ticked upwards, from $2.6 Technologists from Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, almost a century apart, have predicted their demise. billion to $3.3

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Chegg Software Industry Pearson 159

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And with that type of model in mind, it leads us to wonder what effect annual student influx has on technology adoption in the classroom and the cultural effect on the ability to experiment and personalize. Let’s explore what makes K-12 unique and how to best leverage technology to drive the experience. The other is measurement.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Avoid the pitfalls of tech integration – technology for technology’s sake, focus on tools rather than the learning – by being thoughtful and purposeful about lesson (re)design. In this workshop we will redesign lessons and units with the intent of getting beyond lower-level academic work and technology usage.

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Social Media Chromebook Laptops Training 100

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

A Gallup poll conducted back in 2015, found that 46 percent of Americans “strongly agree” or “agree” that online colleges and universities offer a high-quality education—up 30 percent from when the poll was conducted in 2011. Lowenthal also notes that these days the term online learning is more ubiquitous than ever.

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Course Survey Online Learning Smartphone 97

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s hot in education technology? Will investing in flashy new education technology better prepare your students for success in higher education and their future careers? What if instead you asked yourself, what is my rationale for investing in this technology? By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Possible uses of the service include measuring impact of new teaching technologies, engaging students at risk of dropping out and predicting how students perform in courses. The company’s interest in developing a data analytics service—once codenamed DIG and now known as Insights, per Benson—hasn’t gone away.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

The deal also brings to mind the case of Blackboard, which was taken from a publicly traded LMS provider to private equity ownership in 2011. Some academics have also responded negatively to the deal, raising concerns over student data. Blackboard has consistently lost market share to Instructure.

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Blackboard LMS Company Data 78

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2021

The share of all college and university enrollment that students over age 25 accounted for peaked decades ago, and overall adult enrollment in 2011. A perennial myth in higher education is that adult learners represent an inevitably growing “new majority,” a term that was coined in a 1974 paper to reflect the market dynamics then.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2016

HiveSchool is Aerohive’s latest addition to its growing learning app portfolio. Aerohive Networks released a new connected learning application, HiveSchool, that helps K-12 teachers leverage technology in the classroom. Aerohive is offering HiveSchool to schools as a free application to improve digital learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Blackboard itself went from a publicly traded company to private equity owned in 2011. Instructure’s Canvas product dominates the higher education LMS market with an estimated 35 percent share and continues to take business away from one-time industry leader Blackboard.

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Blackboard LMS Company Report 79

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The last time a publicly traded learning management system provider was taken private was Blackboard, back in 2011. Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners bought Blackboard for $1.64 This was about three times the next twelve months revenue Blackboard reported at the time.

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LMS Blackboard Company Report 60

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services. To help teachers implement the learning model, schools and districts are increasingly paying top-dollar for specialized consultants.

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Personalized Learning Education Elements Learning Outcomes 122

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

teachers in 2011. He works collaboratively with classroom teachers across grades and subjects to ensure continuity of instruction in a digitally-rich online format. The ELF also works with instructional technology specialists to modify lessons to optimize their accessibility for students.

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Blended Learning Chromebook Report Training 85

Veative

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

AR has come a long way since then, emerging as a powerful tool that can radically transform educational practices by cultivating an experiential mode of learning from an early age. However, these new technologies are unlikely to make a lasting impression without a strong pedagogical grounding. Ferguson, G. Springer, 2014. Peddie, Jon.

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Education Handbook Meeting Technology 82

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

But the font spread after Boer won the Smart Future Minds Award in Amsterdam in 2011. The font also won first prize at the Smart Urban Stage in Amsterdam in 2011 and was a finalist for the Fast Company Innovate Through Design Award in 2012. Education technology companies are already beginning to incorporate the font in their products.

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