EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

The rapid deployment of educational technology, paired with an increase in the number of states passing data privacy laws , leaves many district administrators and technology leaders with a daunting question about protecting student and staff information: Where do we start? Make Sure Faculty and Staff Know the Laws. There are plenty of them.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch. Parents, concerned about the risks of sending kids back to school but also seeking child care, are banding together to set up private, small-group classes. Each pod is capped at eight students, who gather with their teacher at one of the family’s homes for about 25 hours each week.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In 2013, Indiana had such an arrangement with My Big Campus, a learning management system provider that went out of business two years later, leaving many districts without an LMS and more than a few frustrated teachers. To that end, 27 states have provided specific guidance for publishers about procurement regulations.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

It can be a challenge to engage students in lessons about events that happened more than a century ago,” said Theo Mayer, chief technologist/program lead for the Doughboy Foundation. For more information, or to access the WWI Teaching Resources, please visit Doughboy.org. To learn more, visit Doughboy.org.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Digital Moment , in partnership with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind , announced the launch of Experience AI , an educational program designed to support teachers in the fascinating but rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI), and to spark the curiosity of young people about the subject.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Edtech startup incubators? Kurshan, a Senior Fellow and Innovation Advisor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, has spent decades building edtech enterprises—both for-profit and nonprofit ones. I think this reflects an evolution of the edtech entrepreneurial ecosystem.” That’s so 2010.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

In response to schools’ data privacy woes, legislators in over 40 states have passed more than 120 student privacy laws since 2013. But, Vance says, “it’s all about the humans.”. You can pass all the laws you want, but this is all about how you implement laws.” . Marquita Brown is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K-12.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

Parents and staff complained about slow, spotty performance. I told them we were at 1 gig in 2013, we went up to 2 gigs in 2015, and now we need 10 gigs,” Phillips says. “We MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out where K–12 schools can turn to secure funding for personalized learning programs. And they said, ‘We get it.’

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In 2013, just months after I started working as CIO of Bridgeport School District in Connecticut, my biggest fear about the job became reality: The district firewall was attacked. Every state has laws about data retention. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. Your users.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

AI Is Changing the World: A Conversation on Education’s Future Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM US EDT In true grand finale fashion, #CoSN2024 will wrap up #CoSN2024 with a pair of industry heavyweights talking through what might be the most momentous point in edtech history. And if you think about. I really appreciate it.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 27, 2013

In addition to creating Animoto videos, Lisa is active on Twitter (@SrtaLisa), writes about educational technology topics on her blog , and enjoys attending educational conferences. Check out Lisa''s Animoto video on EdmodoCon 2013 EdmodoCon. edcamp #edtech edmodo edmodocon teaching technology'

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition). What do I mean? Strong opinions may be weakly held. face up to. |

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eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

Named one of the top 16 “Forward Thinking EdTech Leaders in the Country” and one of the “Top 100 Influential Voices in Education.” EdTech & Curriculum Consultant, Blogger, and Apple Distinguished Educator. Author of the book “iPad in Education for Dummies” released in January 2013. What’s on the rise in edtech right now?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

What was thought to be known about psychology—based on published results and research—is being called into question by new findings and the efforts of individual groups like the Reproducibility Project. Can edtech improve the quality and usefulness of educational research? Our own company has been on this road since 2013.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 2, 2013

SXSWedu takes place in Austin March 4th - 7th, 2013. I am excited about the opportunity and think participating in the panel is going to be fun! One of the things I''m looking forward to besides participating in the panel is meeting Wes Fryer , whose work I have followed since I first became an edtech specialist in the early 2000''s.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 30, 2013

Here is her recap of Edmodocon 2013: In Sweden Edmodo Con started at 4pm. I have started to get my head around the British school system and think I might understand what the Common Core is, and Stibaly Johnson’s talk about how to use Edmodo definitely inspired me anyway. Bijal Damani was amazingly inspiring! Thank you, Lotta!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Originally enacted in 1998, COPPA was most recently updated in 2013 to account for new ways of tracking personal information, including persistent identifiers such as cookies and geolocation data. What about edtech companies contracted by schools? But how does the FTC determine whether the actual knowledge standard has been met?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education. Osborne talked with EdTech: Focus on K–12 about the value of exposing all students to high-level sciences. MORE FROM EDTECH : 10 keys to the future of STEAM education.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2019

He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education. Osborne talked with EdTech: Focus on K–12 about the value of exposing all students to high-level sciences. MORE FROM EDTECH : 10 keys to the future of STEAM education.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education. Osborne talked with EdTech: Focus on K–12 about the value of exposing all students to high-level sciences. MORE FROM EDTECH : 10 keys to the future of STEAM education.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education. Osborne talked with EdTech: Focus on K–12 about the value of exposing all students to high-level sciences. MORE FROM EDTECH : 10 keys to the future of STEAM education.

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EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Because this was a helpful exercise for me at the end of 2012 / start of 2013, I thought I''d give it another go as 2013 ticks away its final hours and 2014 looms on the horizon. 10 Killer iPad Projects Students Will Love , 6/24/13 - This post is comprised of notes I took at an ISTE 2013 concurrent session. Much like 2012.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

This is your chance to network with others who care deeply about the future of education. © 2013 NewBay Media LLC, 28 East 28th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016 | 212.378.0400. conference edtech educational techforum' You have received this message because you previously gave your email address to NewBay Media LLC.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! At last count there were 119 state privacy laws passed in 39 states since 2013,” he said. This isn’t just about privacy. This is also about security,” Hawes said. This is also about educational content. Some centralize that.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In 2013, just months after I started working as CIO of Bridgeport School District in Connecticut, my biggest fear about the job became reality: The district firewall was attacked. Every state has laws about data retention. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. Your users.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

tech firms, including edtech players. China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. billion by 2018.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

At Gates Foundation, it’s been about investing in colleges and nonprofit organizations—more on the traditional side of things,” he says in an interview with EdSurge. New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. She referenced about 1 billion gamers worldwide. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are building their esports programs. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Noah Geisel, @SenorG , is the first person who really taught me about the potential micro-credentials and digital badges have to motivate learners to achieve great things throughout their lives. I recently caught up with Noah and asked him to share his passion and expertise about digital badging.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Already, roughly 15 percent, or about $10 million of the fund’s $68 million total, have been invested across seven companies: Credly, LearnPlatform, Motimatic, Noodle Partners, Pairin, Practice and Signal Vine. They last did so in 2013.) It also gives the foundation a lens into the challenging realities of the edtech startup ecosystem.

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Philly Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, it is time to reflect on the past year. 2013 proved to be quite a transformative one. Spring 2013. 2013 began with the honor of being named PAECT ‘s Teacher of the Year in February. End of the School Year/Summer 2013. Winter 2013. It was a heroic effort.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Selfie was the word of the year for 2013 (Brumfield, 2013). This is why one of the missions in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom , is for learners to go on a selfie adventure. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com !

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. education, #edtech, #pedagogy, #teaching). There was no apparent rhyme or reason to using these in any messages whether long or short. One of them was the hashtag (#).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Data from investment bank, Berkery Noyes suggest these deals have grown at a steady clip since 2013. She started Ranku, which helped colleges and universities market their online programs, in 2013 and sold the company to academic publisher, Wiley in 2016. Who doesn’t care about what you do?” That’s the thing people often forget.”

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Securly

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Thus, the FTC expanded COPPA in 2013 to include photos, videos, audio, device location, as well as other “persistent identification systems” (cookies, unique serial numbers on mobile phones, IP addresses). For more information on online student safety, subscribe to our newsletter: The post Who Else is Collecting Data About Your Children?

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

But about six months in, an awkward encounter left me wondering whether that sense of control was indeed as real as I thought it to be. I turned to greet him, assuming he had a question about his son’s performance in my class. Some of the other fathers and I were talking about it earlier. You should wear them more often.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Thus, the FTC expanded COPPA in 2013 to include photos, videos, audio, device location, as well as other “persistent identification systems” (cookies, unique serial numbers on mobile phones, IP addresses). However, “age limits” did not stop persistent pre-teens from joining social media and gaming sites. The Current Situation.

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