Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Back in May of 2012, I wrote about Google Chromebooks and how they were great for education. You can do anything - there is a web app to match pretty much any software and they even work offline and you can now run some Android apps on them. Google Apps for Education - great apps that work perfectly with Chromebooks.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 12, 2012

The 2012 Educator''s Choice Awards is an awards program for educators. Prizes include laptop (Macbook Pro) Adobe software Digital Camera and iPads with prizes in each category. The contest begins August 6, 2012 and the submission period ends on October 5, 2012. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Teachers’ options include checking for plagiarism manually or using time-saving software designed for this very purpose. Plagiarism-detection software can address the most pressing needs of classroom educators faced with assessing students’ written work. Google Classroom integration. But time isn’t the only challenge.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Are any education technologies, for that matter?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Another bootcamp has been gobbled up by an education technology company looking to break into the corporate learning and career readiness market. Still, the deal is less than the estimated $168 million that Galvanize has raised since it started in 2012, according to Crunchbase. Its traditional software business saw a 16.2

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. While there’s competition in internet search , for instance, Google has 92 percent of the market, while the nearest competitor, Microsoft’s Bing, has a mere 2 percent.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We’ve added Google Drive sync. Once you authenticate, CheckMark will save your comments to your Google Drive. And be sure to follow the Product Development Facebook page for details on cool software! New Google Chrome extension streamlines digital grading for teachers. You can even add another row of comments if you like.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Flocks of educators and entrepreneurs have made their way down to San Antonio this week for the mecca of edtech conferences, hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education—better known as ISTE. classrooms. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE. Instead, educators will be able to use Microsoft Teams in Office 365 for Education.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow." Plagiarism detection software originated at universities.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. Data empowers school districts to make informed technology decisions that impact student success, Draper explains. In a 2018 survey , the majority of school districts either have 1:1 as a current goal or have already achieved it.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Here’s what Google autocomplete shows when you type “computational.” (You In 2012, the U.K. Instead of playing with or manipulating pre-developed software simulations of scientific phenomenon, create (program) computational models and simulations to study and interrogate phenomena. You can try it for yourself!) Social Science.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Is education technology investing back on track? educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve outcomes for teachers and learners across K-12 and higher education. Education technology investments appear to be on a similar trajectory. Are investors still eager to put their money in education startups?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

But many of them are opening up 3D maps and taking virtual tours on their phones and laptops, thanks to location-based and virtual reality software. College marketing departments savor at the new opportunities afforded by this technology. CampusBird’s designers build 3D maps using Google Maps and OpenStreetMap.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Udacity already offers a self-driving car nanodegree but, as its founder and former CEO Sebastian Thrun writes , it “has many prerequisites [and] is built for seasoned software engineers.” Founded in 2012, Udacity initially sought to work with universities as a provider of massive online open courses (MOOCs).

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. Whether tracking software via spreadsheets or interviewing teachers, the current methods weren’t working. Joseph, Ed.D.,

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

While rough " deepfake " videos have been around for several years, the proliferation of video manipulation that appear real enough to fool viewers really shifted into high gear in 2019 with the launch of multiple AI open-source software and mobile apps. (On A quick Google search resulted in no immediate hits of others writing such an essay.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

Those hats were represented in the panel of judges at this week’s SXSW EDU Launch Competition , which included Bridget Burns, executive director of the University Innovation Alliance; Vince Chan, co-founder at Creta Ventures; Jonathan Rochelle, product management director at Google for Education; and your correspondent. Call it what you want.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

We’re very interested in having the mobile technology used outside the classroom where so much learning takes place,” says Hiram president Lori Varlotta. Boniforti says the university chose Apple because in 2012, when they were considering a big move toward more technology, tablet options were limited and iPad had an appealing support system.

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ProfHacker

MAY 11, 2018

" Invisible Labor and Digital Utopias ," by Audrey Watters: "As a woman who writes online about technology, I have grown far too tired of ‘permission-less-ness.’ There are now an estimated 400-plus DTC startups that have collectively raised some $3 billion in venture capital since 2012."

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 6, 2016

In addition, PeopleAdmin, a talent-management software provider for the education sector, acquired TeacherMatch. Lead investors included Krishna Bharat, the Google scientist behind Google News; Cervin Ventures, Felicis Ventures, New Ground Ventures, Reach Capital, and Relay Ventures, the company said in a statement. and Canada.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Google Apps for Education. Google Classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Gartner's Hype Cycle describes the five phases of maturity of an industry and is a model for how to think about new technology adoption. It includes five stages: "Technology Trigger," "Peak of Inflated Expectations," "Trough of Disillusionment," "Slope of Enlightenment" and "Plateau of Productivity." The Gartner Hype Cycle. The "Peak".

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. I wrote “ One World Schoolhouse ” back in 2012 just kind of theoretically asking, ’How could education be re-imagined?’ Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. What does that mean to you?

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The Electric Educator

DECEMBER 22, 2012

They have produced some great software titles, are strong supporters of education and teachers, and are a Michigan company! The Ask3 app attempts to enable that same philosophy through technology. The Flipped Classroom was a very popular movement in 2012. I''m a big TechSmith fan. Plugin integration for popular LMS'' (i.e.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

But coding bootcamps have only existed since 2012, and they’ve been pushed to hold themselves accountable to getting people into jobs. Now, most of [the coding bootcamps] either rely on Facebook ads or Google searches, or just the reputation from influencers talking about them and hoping that students fall from the sky.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

This shift is both a result of, and further propelled by, technology. Collaborative software. A landmark 2012 study found that classroom design alters academic progress over a school year by 25%. Two, the integration of technology that fosters collaboration and sharing. There are many influences. The internet.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

They’re investing in new security technologies that scan social media posts, school assignments and even student emails for potential threats. ” For his district, as for hundreds more around the country, the answer was new technology. ” Stories like these are what sell these technology products.

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2016

” The education technology industry, meanwhile, keeps making it easier for teachers to record and share information on students. Check out the “dashboards” inside programs like Google Apps for Education, or freestanding gradebook apps like JumpRope, or ClassDojo, focused on behavior.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

In places like Albemarle County, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, all the latest education-technology tools meant to narrow opportunity and achievement gaps can widen them instead. Would 20 hours of one student logged into Google Classroom, or 20 students logged in for one hour, suffice?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 26, 2015

Ed note: This post was first published in 2012, and is in the process of being updated. Google Translate It’s quick, clean, and efficient for translating dozens of languages to and from English. Bing Translator Formerly Babbel Fish, this is Microsoft’s text and web translator for the Google haters. Communities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

There are at least two truisms when it comes to education technology: 1. That gung-ho initiative is something that Mark Racine, director of technology at Boston Public Schools, applauds. Provisioning apps quickly and securely has been core to Clever’s business since it was founded in 2012. But it also gives him pause.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions? We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2019

At the start of the MOOC trend in 2012, the promise was that the free online courses could reach students who could not afford or get access to other forms of higher education. Initial enrollment numbers—more than 100,000 registrants per course in some of the first MOOCs—made online education seem like the next Google or Facebook.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If you do a Google image search for “classroom,” you’ll mostly see one familiar scene: rows or groups of desks , with a spot at the front of the room for the teacher. ” It’s a concept grounded in the psychology of motivation, learning science and growing technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

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