Hapara

AUGUST 17, 2022

You can download the textbook and access it on a device, without needing to pay a fee for the book or a subscription. Because OER textbooks are digital, teachers and learners can access them online or download them to their devices. With easy access to OER options online, differentiated instruction doesn’t have to be complicated.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 10, 2018

Innovations within Virtual Reality has reduced the costs of the technology and made it more easily accessible to a wider audience. Released in 2015, The Samsung Gear VR is a mobile virtual reality headset developed by Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with Oculus, and manufactured by Samsung. Google Cardboard.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

Our schools provide internet access and offer year-round career and technology classes ,” Madden says. “We FUSD’s students have access to 65,000 Windows-based devices , mostly HP laptops and desktops. The ‘have-not’ students operate at a ­disadvantage, both in access and technology training.”.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Neverware, a startup that has developed a software product, CloudReady , in partnership with Google, which turns almost any computer from the last 8 years into a full-fledged Chromebook. The paid version of CloudReady, which offers dedicated support and integration with Google’s device management console, launched in spring 2015.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, the joys of wider accessibility and fear of content theft are two sides of the same coin. DRM refers to Digital Restrictions Management , and it helps ensure only the right people can access your eBook. Platforms like Amazon, Apple, Google Play, and Adobe apply their DRMs for the eBooks on their platform.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

This lack of access is something that has disproportionately affected students from already underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, especially during COVID-19 when millions of students and teachers have been placed in remote or socially-distanced classrooms. Director of Brand Operations,Tech Domains.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

So, in 2015, the “ Palmdale Promise ” was born. Part of our Palmdale Promise was to provide equitable access to technology for all students, regardless of school or location. It offers them the flexibility to break up the class into groups, lower and raise the panels for easy access and allow multiple students to collaborate at once.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 10, 2016

I'm a huge user of Google Apps and Evernote. I have Citrix for my Chromebook so I can remote in to our system and access everything I need, including a Windows desktop. I can do anything on it - email, web browsing, Google Apps, Evernote, messaging, photos, musics, etc. Google Apps - for both work and home. I love it.

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edWeb.net

MAY 14, 2020

However, due to the current school closure situation, most school districts are forced to use an adopt and adapt method for online and remote learning software and curricula. Develop a clear game plan , including clear, precise, and accessible communication options that support the entire school community. The New August.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Students for Fair Admissions, which is suing the university for allegedly discriminating against Asian American applicants, will have access to “academic, extracurricular, demographic and other information” from all undergrads who applied to Harvard between the fall 2009 and spring 2015, omitting names and Social Security numbers.

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Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

In the last quarter of 2015, they released their findings in “ Students Computers and Learning: Making the Connection”. Business and technology have become truly complementary: Forbes gives the example of engine manufacturers relying on software to push forward production. Digitally Mature Students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company says the tool is best used with a voice assistant device like Amazon Alexa, but teachers can access it on tablets and phones as well. Aparna is a doctor, and Deepak previously worked at Google. That’ll give teachers access to a community of peers who also use voice in the classroom, and the ability to customize content.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Each of the finalists will receive $1 million to test their software with an estimated 4,000 children across 150 villages in Tanzania. Enuma’s Lee say she’s been working on her team’s submission, Kitkit School , since 2015. Google also will donate 8,000 Pixel C tablets to run the apps. children enjoy.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. billion was spent on software. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

The ESL teacher and I worked together to give him access to a digital audiobook so he could hear the text read aloud fluently and be provided with definitions of unfamiliar words. Michael Hernandez ( @cinehead ), Cinema and Journalism Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator, 2015 PBS Digital Innovator.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 6, 2016

In addition, PeopleAdmin, a talent-management software provider for the education sector, acquired TeacherMatch. ” The investment is a follow-on to Udemy’s $65 million Series D round of financing from June 2015. A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

She said she’s worried not only about what her students might miss — those without online access won’t have a chance for teachers to give feedback on their work through Class Dojo and Microsoft Teams — but about their welfare in general. as refugees in 2015, is desperate for his youngest son to retain his English skills.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

What is the Mathematical Association of America and what K12 resources can I access? These are accessible, findable online. And we’ll pull up Google; you know, anyone can help. This makes Expii valuable for math teachers and students because of your flexibility in using them. What makes Expii unique?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Prior to the 2014-2015 school year, teachers also had access to Khan Academy, where math content is organized by grade level. version was a Google spreadsheet (shown below) that allows teachers to copy-and-paste their students’ MAP scores and generate an individualized Khan Academy playlist for each student. The resulting 1.0

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 15, 2015

It''s not because I''m a Google Certified Teacher / Trainer or because I don''t like Microsoft, or [only] because they are cheap, or because they do something different than my Android, iPhone, iPad, Macbook, Windows computer. Accessibility Teacher access is a critical component to student engagement and learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Enuma $4 million (A) 2015 TAL Education, Softbank Ventures Korea Epic! million (Seed) 2015 Sinovation Ventures Ready4 $8 million (A) 2016 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund Securly $3 million (Seed) 2013 Sinovation Ventures, ZhenFund Swing Education $7.8 Authess $2.2 million (A) 2016 Sinovation Ventures EnglishCentral $1.3

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

The launch marked the latest effort by the 5-year-old charter school, to expose students to the skills they’ll need to access high-tech jobs. percent are African-American, according to 2015 data from the American Community Survey. A staffing agency employee, she recruits contract workers for Google.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The government's proposal was to enable coding schools to quickly navigate Title IV financing by partnering with accredited universities and thus providing a channel for coding schools to access government funds. Around early 2015, stories also began to emerge of less-than-savory coding schools popping up around the country.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

I give the kids access to all the tools pretty much right off the bat,” said Eric Bredder, with a sweeping gesture taking in the computer workstations, 3-D printers, laser cutters and milling machines, plus a bevy of wood and metalworking tools that he uses while teaching computer science, engineering and design classes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2017

We’ve determined that we simply cannot reach a sustainable business model without compromising our mission of delivering a high-quality coding education that remains accessible to a diverse population of students,” leaders of Dev Bootcamp said in their farewell statement. What you need to do is be the guy who knows how to find the answer.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

That was also the primary question in January 2015, when Jan Morrison, president and CEO of TIES ( Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM ), invited BADM staff along with other early childhood experts, software developers and representatives from MIT’s Fab Foundation to meet in Washington, D.C. That worked; Jack beamed.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision? Multiple choice: A.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

We had yet another great day of sessions and keynotes on Wednesday, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page (which includes the ones listed below up until you get this note). SMILE Together: Collaborative, Inquiry-based Learning using Innovative Hardware and Software.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

But colleges and universities are turning out only about 28,000 computer-science graduates with bachelor’s and master’s degrees per year, based on the most recent figures from 2015, according to the consulting firm Deloitte. Related: How to save the humanities? Make them a requirement toward a business degree.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

I think such courses aren’t open in the sense that they limit access based on the ability to pay. Still such courses can offer considerably wider access to higher education than the traditional model. Expect them to be reported on enthusiastically in 2015 conferences. The drivers are quality, flexibility and cost.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 24, 2015

Big Data in Education : Online tools like Google Apps for Education provide tons of useful analytics that can help educators, researchers and software developers learn more about which technologies and features are helping students the most. You can start by taking a look at some past sessions posted on Google+ and YouTube.

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2018

The launch marked the latest effort by the 5-year-old charter school, to expose students to the skills they’ll need to access high-tech jobs. percent are African-American, according to 2015 data from the American Community Survey. A staffing agency employee, she recruits contract workers for Google.

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Learning in Hand

MAY 18, 2015

Episode 31: Spruce Up Your Centers with Technology, recorded May 2015, happens now! You can make your own task cards in PowerPoint, Keynote, Word, Pages, or Google Slides. For inspiration, try searching Google for task card templates. Even if you don’t use PowerPoint, you can import these into other software.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2016

That’s why he’s launching Rooted School, a high school that plans to train students to enter jobs in fields like 3D printing, software development and programming right after graduation. Running a high school like the Google campus can be tricky, though.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. The quotation is from 2012.

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