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. Occasionally the state will also partner with companies to provide materials or services to districts free of charge.

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EdTech Case Study Instructional Materials Policies 291

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. EDTECH: What is one key thing educators should know about data security and what they should do to protect student information? Marquita Brown is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K-12.

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Data EdTech Twitter Report 236

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. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. We were able to restore all of our information. Your users.

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Secondary Data EdTech System 258

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2018

Department of Education, gave district technology leaders and educators frank advice on how to protect students’ personally identifiable information and stay compliant with those laws Tuesday at ISTE’s 2018 Conference & Expo in Chicago. . SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Policies EdTech Social Media Conference 301

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Short for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the federal law requires certain websites, apps, and other online services to obtain parental consent and post a privacy policy before collecting personal information from children under the age of 13. Let’s start by understanding the YouTube settlement.

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EdTech Data Company Policies 157

EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

The key difference in the past few years, however, has been larger funding rounds and valuations across a fewer number of EdTech companies. One factor causing larger deal sizes, but less of them, is that many of the large later-stage deals in the EdTech space would have otherwise likely been IPO candidates in years past.

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Trends EdTech Udemy Company 100

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

The resource, which has been informed by over 70 organizations representing industry, government, non-profits, and educator associations, offers policy ideas, informational briefs, talking points, and a customizable presentation. For more information about Study.com’s free Praxis Core Prep resources, visit: [link]

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Industry Google EdTech Policies 105

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Zeynep Tufekci shares her experiences more broadly (beyond education) in this provocative talk from June 2016: I’ll be spending some time later this week with friends and colleagues at the EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium and look forward to the dialogue. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition).

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EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

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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EdTech Future Ready BYOD Personalized Learning 52

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 2, 2013

SXSWedu takes place in Austin March 4th - 7th, 2013. 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. Below is the flyer WeAreTeachers put together with information on the panel.

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Flipped Classroom Game-Based Learning Mobility EdTech 88

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Can edtech improve the quality and usefulness of educational research? We may be biased (as colleagues at a large and scrutinized edtech company), but we aren’t naïve. Our own company has been on this road since 2013. These institutionalized practices significantly limit its impact and informativeness. It’s not been easy!)

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EdTech Pearson Education Company 139

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. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. We were able to restore all of our information. Your users.

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Secondary Data EdTech System 155

Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

• California: January 17, 2014 • Atlanta: Friday March 28, 2014 • Boston: Friday May 2, 2014 • Chicago: Friday May 9, 2014 Don''t miss the chance to join T&L magazine for its annual high-end, information-packed one-day event designed especially for district and school administrators and technology leaders like you.

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Conference EdTech Twitter Technology 150

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. In looking back over this post, I now realize that it is almost 2014, and we still need to get the materials updated to iOS 7 information.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Mobile Learning iPad 63

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Wi-Fi 5, the IEEE 802.11ac standard approved in 2013, is now widely deployed and should coexist well with Wi-Fi 6 as it debuts. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Get information to dispel common misconceptions about digital learning in schools. Compatible Products Are Appearing in the Market. Wi-Fi 6 Improves on Both Performance and Security.

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Laptops EdTech Accessibility Digital Learning 208

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Back in 2013 Mashable provided the following description that adds more context as well as some great tips: The pound sign (or hash) turns any word or group of words that directly follow it into a searchable link. education, #edtech, #pedagogy, #teaching). Get more eyeballs on your ideas and work by using a mainstream hashtag (i.e.,

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Social Media Twitter Facebook Trends 362

Class Tech Integrate

JANUARY 20, 2019

Kahoot was launched in September of 2013, so it's hardly a "new/cutting edge tool." However, with the speed of newly appearing (and quickly disappearing) EdTech tools, Kahoot still seems to be one of the top used. We are basically just asking students to recall information. Quite a difference in levels of thinking!

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Classroom Blended Learning EdTech Tools 113

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Provenzano is also the 2013 winner of ISTE’s Outstanding Teacher Award. Maker education is when a person can demonstrate understanding through the creation of an artifact. It could be a video, a photo essay, a 3D rendering, or even an interpretive dance performance. Embracing those failures has to be part of your culture.”

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How To Robotics Tools Software 124

Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Since 2013, Common Sense Education has rated over 2,000 edtech products for learning potential. This proliferation of data, much of it containing students’ personally identifiable information, is tricky, complex territory. These learning ratings, however, have been telling only half the story. See an example here.

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EdTech Data Policies Examples 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Tapping these funding sources can be a challenge, especially for smaller districts, but there are resources and other types of support available. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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E-rate EdTech Broadband Digital Divide 61

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. In 2013, only six states kept records of chronic absenteeism, notes the Johns Hopkins report.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Check out the new Common Sense K­12 Edtech Privacy Evaluation Platform. Bill Fitzgerald, Director of Privacy Review Program, Common Sense When schools and districts choose edtech software, the process of evaluating products for their privacy policies and practices can be time-consuming or downright confusing.

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EdTech Policies Data Education 97

SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Some dislike the competitive aspect, but personally I value the information shared during this time of year as bloggers share posts about the resources that inspire them, and the nominees list always reveals new educators worth following.

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Edcamps Social Media Mobility Twitter 86

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

In 2013, Ariel Norling, then an entrepreneur with an edtech startup, experienced sexual assault at the annual June ISTE conference. But since then, the education and edtech reporting worlds have been largely quiet on matters of sexual harassment and assault. The tumor is being cut out right now with no anesthesia.

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EdTech Education Industry Conference 105

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2019

He left in 2013, a couple years before the company went public.) The product was informed by Daley’s visits to around 400 colleges and universities and colleges. That inspired him to start Instructure in 2008, best known for its Canvas LMS. (He

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LMS EdTech Software Pearson 121

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

Founded in 2013, the New York City-based organization offers web-based exercises that asks students to fix and improve sentences. They include The Trevor Project , which plans to use use natural-language processing and sentiment analysis in text and chat messages to support LGTBQ youth who may be at risk of depression or suicide.

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Meeting EdTech Exercises Conference 129

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. For more information, please see www.lwtears.com.

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Accessibility Learning EdTech Company 98

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

With so much edtech focused on STEM and STEAM subjects, we’re excited to bring these engaging, contemporary, resources to humanities and history education,” added Mayer. For more information, or to access the WWI Teaching Resources, please visit Doughboy.org.

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Technology eBook Smartphone Tablets 108

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

In an article last week , EdSurge shared a 2013 study by University of California, Berkeley economists Ross Levine and Rona Rubenstein, who analyzed the common traits of entrepreneurs and found that most entrepreneurs were white and male. Edtech companies aren’t the only ones creating inclusion surveys.

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Company EdTech Survey Guidelines 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Moving to the cloud can be good for both vendors and schools It is in the interests of the edtech industry for educators to feel confident about using technology. Edtech cannot afford to let the specter of cybercrime dampen enthusiasm. Wireless, once a frustration for many teachers, has largely improved. Cybercrime is the next threat.

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EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Since 2013, Common Sense Education has rated over 2,800 edtech products for learning potential. Edtech has been dominated by the collection of data for over a decade: from "free" sites and apps funded by advertising and/or selling user data to the contemporary pushes for "personalized" learning.

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Tools Classroom EdTech Data 54