Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. On April 5, Microsoft announced a partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2016

Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, and Illinois are among the states partnering with myON to offer unlimited summer access to students. North Carolina Give Five, Read Five, with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, will provide unlimited student access to myON through August 31. • Last year, 4.5

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2020

Their graduation rate of 67 percent falls behind that of non-ELLs, which was 85 percent in the 2015-2016 school year, the most recent data available from the U.S. Yet when it comes to academic achievement, ELLs still struggle to keep up with their non-ELL peers. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

The mantra makes sense for someone like Marwell, whose nonprofit organization has an audacious mission: to make high-speed internet access available for every student in the US. But in order to do that, EducationSuperHighway must first determine the state of internet access—and track its progress—for schools across the country.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

We hope you will join us in 2016 at any of our Conferences or Summer Workshops to learn more! . Top EdTechTeacher Blogs of 2015. Google Keep is a program that allows users to quickly and easily create, access and organize information such as notes and lists. This guest post from Ann Feldmann first appeared on Daily Genius.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

2015 was another great year for learning apps. Find a new tool to try in 2016 with this list of our recent favorites: Canva - Graphic Design & Photo Editing. Canva is an accessible way to get kids -- especially design novices -- creating digitally in your classroom. Hopscotch School Edition. iBiome -- Wetland.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The purpose of blended learning is to give learners a more integrated educational experience, where they can benefit from both face-to-face teacher guidance and the flexibility and accessibility of online materials. Auster (2016) defines blended learning in a succinct and clear manner. Auster’s study (Carol Auster, 2016​ ​​​).

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 10, 2016

Here's my updated version for Spring, 2016. I have Citrix for my Chromebook so I can remote in to our system and access everything I need, including a Windows desktop. I have both my personal and work profiles on here, with offline Drive access for both setup. I am a K-12 Education Strategist for CDW-G. I love it.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The 2016 Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education , articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible, according to the plan’s website. The plan that the U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The 2016 Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education , articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible, according to the plan’s website. The plan that the U.S.

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Waterford

MARCH 26, 2021

Substandard housing, lack of access to medical care, and poor nutrition can affect a child’s physical and cognitive development. Further, logistical challenges like lack of access to the Internet or home computers can challenge students.[5]. January 2015. January 2016. Head Start. Head Start Services.” Edutopia.org.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 15, 2018

What do you think when you hear the word “access” when it comes to education and our students? At first, when you hear the term “access,” many people think about things like access to technology and the Internet. What about access to high-quality learning opportunities in every classroom?

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In 2015 and 2016, about half of Massachusetts students took PARCC, the state-administered end-of-year test, online, while half took a paper-and-pencil version. The state should think about how schools might be penalized for something out of their control,” Backes says. How Schools can Prepare their Students for Online Tests.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity. Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ Commit to Long-term Sustainability.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

2016 digital education survey. In fact, whereas teachers’ use of textbooks remained approximately the same from 2015 to 2017, their use of digital resources for standards-aligned teaching greatly increased. In order to reach all students, educators must have access to the right kind of content. Here's what they said.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively , have access to a wider variety of jobs , and can more fully enjoy and participate in other cultures or converse with people from diverse backgrounds. have a shortage of qualified foreign language instructors at the K-12 level for the 2016–2017 school year.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

6] Students who are characterized as “difficult” or “bad-mannered” may be overwhelmed with toxic stress and unable to access the support they need because of the way others view them. Voices in Urban Education, 2016, 43, pp. Advances in Pediatrics, 2016, 63(1), pp. Social Science & Medicine, June 2016, 159, pp.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

But as soon as more people showed up to campuses in 2015, Tennessee higher ed leaders discovered a problem: Students were surprised by the additional costs of going to college. Promise increased access for first-generation, low-income, academically unprepared minority students,” she says. “So Completion, not access, is the goal.”.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 12, 2017

took bipartisan action to upgrade their schools in 2016 – with 5 states connecting 100 percent of their students to high-speed broadband. Broadband has become dramatically more affordable for schools, with the cost of Internet access falling 40 percent from $11.78 per Mbps in 2015 to just $7 per Mbps nationally today.

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Tom Murray

APRIL 22, 2016

In December of 2015, on the same day that President Obama signed the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA), the U.S. Department of Education released the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This latest deal—the ninth since Gulati joined in 2015—is part of PowerSchool’s ongoing drive to create a one-stop shop where data about a student or teacher can be collected and shared across the different tools they use in their day-to-day lives. Neither Gulati nor Schoology CEO Jeremy Friedman commented on the transaction amount.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Updated: February 5, 2016. You have to be a Certified Innovator to have access to the group, but there are Google Plus groups out there too.). Google Chrome Desktop Plugin lets you access another person’s Chromebook or Chrome browser from your teacher computer (or vice versa). 2016, January). Blog Posts. Dotson, K.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

In 2015, someone asked me what I thought about innovation in higher ed in an email, so I responded with a couple of hundred words, which I added to in creating this short blog post. There is so much great content already published and accessible, that curation matters as much as creation. 14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2015

note : This year the editors selected ten stories we believe either highlighted an important issue in 2015 and/or signaled the beginning of an escalating trend or issue for 2016 (look for No. We wanted a place where students could access materials, equipment and supplies to explore their interests and take on new challenges.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

So, even though incidents of bullying remained steady, in the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 3.5 That was a jump of 15 percent from the 2014-2015 school year. Eighty-eight percent (88) of 13-17-year-olds have access to cellphones. Ninety-one (91) percent have access to computers, tablets or cellphones.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Businesses today have to be more agile and have to be able to pivot—access to content needs to be very rapid,” says Lori Bradley, executive vice president for global talent management at PVH Corp, a publicly- traded fashion and apparel company with 35,000 employees. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

It raised an additional $30 million in 2016 at a $1 billion valuation—thus earning the “unicorn” label. On its website Pluralsight says it serves more than a million learners and 9,500 companies across more than 150 countries, which pay a subscription to access the content. That year, it also added former U.S.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 9, 2016

May 4, 2016 – The Northrop Grumman Foundation is welcoming submissions now through June 17, 2016 for the second year of its Fab School Labs online contest. In addition to the website, teachers are also encouraged to follow the competition at www.Facebook.com/FabSchoolLabs.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Low-income students are most likely to use screen time excessively, in part because their families may not have access to non-digital educational resources.[6] On average, children have regular access to at least five different screens at home.[1] Make rules with your child about which sites they can access and how to stay safe online.[18].

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The publisher sold the PowerSchool to private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in June 2015. Since 2015, PowerSchool has acquired eight companies. Schoology would be PowerSchool’s second purchase of a learning management system (LMS), after it acquired Haiku Learning in 2016.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

February 2015 We bootstrap software development and curriculum production by selling camps and weekend coding sessions at our brick-and-mortar academy. May 2015 I read Mark Cuban’s “ How to Win at the Sport of Business.” June 2015 We endure a frivolous lawsuit by a now defunct competitor (who ironically raised lots of capital).

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Reading By Example

JANUARY 18, 2016

In a very close vote , the book selected for Winter 2016 is Peer Coaching by Pam Robbins (ASCD, 2015). To access our book club, click here. You will be asked to request access to the group, moderated by me. I am excited to read this with you. The information gathered here will be helpful.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Fuller analyzed these ratings and characterized the overall quality of New York City’s 1,800 preschools as “medium to slightly above medium quality” from 2015 to 2019. Overall preschool quality hasn’t improved much since 2016 and some aspects of the city’s preschools have deteriorated. But participation was low.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Despite the good intentions of targeted policies and increased attention to equity and accessibility initiatives, the achievement gap persists 2. 2015) Who believes in me? 2016, May). 2016, digitalpromise.org/2016/12/01/personalizing-student-and-educator-learning-through-micro-credentials/. [6] 6, 2016, pp.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

The nonprofit publisher of K-12 curriculum launched in 2016 expecting an audience for its digital offerings. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. Just ask Jessica Reid Sliwerski, CEO of Open Up Resources.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Mississippi graduated only 155 computer science majors in 2015, but the number who wanted to go into teaching was even lower. In 2016, not even one graduate was qualified to teach computer science, according to a new report on the state of computer science education in America. Subscribe today!

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Colleges and universities with prison education programs are increasingly using technology to deliver instruction to incarcerated individuals, even with strict limitations on internet access in correctional facilities. Then, in 2016, the U.S. But the technology is also raising serious questions about quality.

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