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Mobile Momentum: Internet Trends Report 2014

Kevin Corbett

Mary Meeker has attained almost legendary status for her annual Internet Trends reports. The former Wall Street technology analyst, now a general partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , published her latest report on the state of the web on May 28, 2014. Source: INTERNET TRENDS 2014 – CODE CONFERENCE.

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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018. Here are some expert opinions on the four major trends of the year: SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017.

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Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

Edsurge

Here are five key trends to consider as education enters a new decade: 1. In 2014, Starbucks and Arizona State University pioneered a new kind of partnership. In the workplace, education is the new healthcare. In the 1940’s and ‘50s, employers seeking to attract the best workers offered healthcare benefits.

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And the top e-learning trends for 2016 are.

Neo LMS

It’s December, it’s almost the end of the year and it's time to talk about the 2016 e-learning trends. So, to get you straight to the point - I’m here to point out, what I deem, will be the ed tech trends for the next year. Sure, there were lots of devices released in 2014 and the years before, but 2015 was the mobile age.

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What 3 Charts Can Tell Us About College Graduation Trends

Edsurge

The Community College Research Center at Columbia University reports that—among first-time students who started at a community college in 2014—15 percent had both transferred to a university and earned a bachelor’s after six years. These rates align pretty closely with what researchers have found.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Well I missed out on writing a review for 2013 so I thought I’d get in reasonably early and write some predictions for what might happen in 2014. It will get louder in 2014. Expect MOOCs to continue to be the most high profile focus of academic angst in 2014. These types of projects will be just outliers in 2014.

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The Pivotal Role Movement Plays in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The concept of brain breaks got me thinking about a growing trend in education – as kids progress through the K-12 system, there is less and less movement. She found that once the breaks were implemented the inappropriate behavior diminished, establishing a functional relationship between breaks and classroom behavior. Browning C.,

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