Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

How are rural schools, which face logistical obstacles unheard of in more urban districts, finding ways to provide their students with technology? The access to technology that students have is just as varied as the students and schools themselves. Some students live off the grid, in homes only reachable by four-wheel drive vehicles.

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Technology Blended Learning Chromebook Education 140

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

education technology industry appears on track to surpass the amount of investor funding tallied in recent years. For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S.

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EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 139

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 12, 2016

The number and value of mergers and acquisitions in the education industry rose sharply over the most recent year, fueled by deals in professional training and by consolidation in some areas of K-12, a new analysis has found. But the analysis also notes that the K-12 market today is bifurcated. See chart, below).

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Industry Pearson Analysis Education 40

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

million students who graduated this past spring Also good news is the fact that employers are estimated to hire about 5 percent more graduates from the class of 2016 than 2015. And one of the key ways schools are enhancing their connection with students is through personal technology. This is good news for the 1.9

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Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. In the last quarter of 2015, they released their findings in “ Students Computers and Learning: Making the Connection”. Digitally Mature Leaders .

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Technology Classroom BYOD OER 120

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 14, 2015

August 13, 2015 In response to a request we received a few days ago from one of our readers, here is a collection of some of the best texts written on ‘Discourse Analysis’. These works are.read more.

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Analysis 40

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 30, 2015

2015’s running out, so WordPress decided to send me data about this year in blogging. This kind of data analysis is actually pretty useful, as it gets me out of the daily blogging horizon, while showing how the world – you all – view and use this blog. This blog was viewed about 110,000 times in 2015.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This past spring, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a partnership between the state of Virginia and EducationSuperHighway to work toward ensuring that all Virginia public schools have equal and affordable access to broadband technology. ” Interested in having your state participate in our 2015 state broadband projects?

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Broadband Analysis Data Accessibility 40

Waterford

OCTOBER 10, 2019

While children may use technology in schools, most use technology outside the classroom, too. Therefore, they’re just as likely—if not moreso— to be bullied online while using technology at home. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015, 100, pp. Bullying and Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis.

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Social Media Analysis How To Report 162

Doug Levin

AUGUST 30, 2016

Last year at this time, I had some words about the treatment of technology in the 2015 EdNext Poll on School Reform. While I asserted that the polling question was of dubious value and its analysis misleading, the authors doubled down on the broad importance of the question and line of inquiry.

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Blended Learning Learning Analysis Technology 150

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 2, 2024

This topic, rich in history and analysis, spans centuries and countless volumes. ” This meta-analysis examines the role of bilingualism in protecting against cognitive decline and dementia. 2015) – “Cognitive Advantage in Bilingualism: An Example of Publication Bias?” A meta-analysis. Grundy, J.G.

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E-rate Study Analysis Assessment 112

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms. Teaching in a Digital Age: How Educators Use Technology to Improve Student Learning. Educational Technology Support!

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Survey Differentiated Instruction Common Core Student Engagement 200

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

So the dean asked Perreault and Gretchen Kopmanis, technology services office manager and Mac team lead, to devise a pilot program that would help low-income students get access to laptops—and maybe even improve their enrollment and retention rates, too. Since 2015, a total of 2,016 laptops have been distributed through the program.

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Laptops Analysis Advocacy Social Media 115

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand. In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

Bryan Alexander

JULY 28, 2015

This October I’ll be presenting, participating, networking, schmoozing, reconnecting, and generally hob-nobbing with people at the EDUCAUSE 2015 conference in Indianapolis. Here are some of my events: A pre conference workshop, Building an Emerging Technology and Futures Capacity in Your Organization.

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Conference BYOD Trends Social Media 40

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Aras Bozkurt helpfully created this social network analysis of Twitter discussion and influencers , on the fly, during the event itself, because he’s awesome that way: In short: the old conference walls are continuing to tumble down, brick by pixel. Overall mood EDUCAUSE 2015 wasn’t very buzzy about new technologies.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

Alan November, Edtech commentator and former school technology director. But as educators and edtech companies look to track the most effective tools and practices, two big questions are at the fore: How do we measure technology’s effectiveness? Wanda Terral, Instructional Technology Specialist at Lakeland School System in Tennessee.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Secondary 115

edWeb.net

JUNE 6, 2023

While there are benefits to long-term analysis, the panelists explained their key reasons for choosing RCE: They can identify if a program is having a quantifiable impact on their students now and change course if needed. The RCE process begins with a research question, e.g., Is product x improving outcomes for learning goal z?

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EdTech Outcomes Data Analysis 76

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sweeping the issue under the rug makes no sense; hitting it head-on with technology does. Even online schools, where data can be more available due to vibrant learning management systems, are guilty of merely scratching the surface of data capture and analysis. Enter the use of big data and predictive analytics. Big Data Hits the Quad.

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Dropout Data Social Media Analysis 220

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

A mounting body of evidence indicates that technology in schools isn’t boosting student achievement as its proponents had hoped it would. The more students used technology in schools, the lower the nation ranked in educational achievement. Bouygues wants schools to pay more attention to how they are using technology.

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Tablets Analysis Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Teachers have long spent their own money to outfit their classrooms — on average, teachers spend $459 out of pocket on school supplies annually, according to an analysis of 2011-12 data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. But technology isn’t an allowable expense because the law excludes equipment.

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Laptops Tablets Analysis Trends 144

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Redesigning a large traditional district school, Vista Challenge High School will work to develop creators, inventors, powerful thinkers and innovators — students who learn and grow and take action to solve real-world problems through exploration, analysis, debate, imagination, and risk-taking.

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Analysis Technology Learning 120

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Today we are excited to announce the release of our first annual 2015 State of the States report on Internet connectivity in America’s K-12 public schools. The post Announcing the 2015 State of the States report on school broadband connectivity appeared first on EducationSuperHighway. Provide every classroom with robust Wi-Fi.

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Broadband Report E-rate Digital Learning 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 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. The report’s list of trends serves as something of a snapshot of the current state of education technology adoption in schools. Now trending.

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Trends BYOD Analysis Report 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. For example, “There are 1000 more degree-granting colleges and universities today [2015, presumably] than there were in 1996.” million in fall 1994 to 17.6

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Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. For example, “There are 1000 more degree-granting colleges and universities today [2015, presumably] than there were in 1996.” million in fall 1994 to 17.6

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Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

According to a research article by Peter Barrett et al entitled :The Impact of Classroom Design on Pupils’ Learning: Final Results of a Holistic, Multi-Level Analysis, the visual design of classroom materials can significantly impact learning outcomes ( Barrett et al.,

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Classroom Elementary Analysis Outcomes 137

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In 2015, 25 states required teacher candidates to pass a basic skills test for admission into a preparation program. In 2021, AACTE conducted a landscape analysis examining the history of these assessments and found that their impact on teachers of color has been profound and persistent for decades. By 2021, that had declined to 15.

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Assessment Analysis Trends Study 144

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Tuesday morning was my preconference seminar on “Building an Emerging Technology and Futures Capacity in Your Organization” The goal here wasn’t to present on future trends for education and technology, but rather to help campus information professionals figure out how to better think about the future themselves.

Adobe 40

Adobe Trends Conference Analysis 40

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2015

Students must include quotes from both the play and the song (if there are lyrics) to support their analysis of how the song fits the scene. Interested in technology tips to help you teach the Common Core? My book Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology will be published in June 2015 by Corwin.

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Common Core Schoology Analysis Google 150

eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Parents and administrators have expressed concern that PARCC may be too difficult for students used to standardized state tests, and some schools do not yet have the technology for students to successfully complete PARCC’s computer-based assessment. Most educators try to touch upon all 5 of these categories in their lesson plans.

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Assessment Common Core Blended Learning Analysis 94

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2019

You’ll find Alex has written a thoughtful analysis of what’s going on with physical bookstores in an ebook era: The Future of Physical Bookstores in the Digital Age. According to Statista, only 20 percent of people say they buy their books in a physical store, and bookstore sales dropped 4 billion dollars from 2010 to 2015.

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eBook Digital Citizenship Industry Company 201

ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. Students who are drawn to gaming are often equally captivated by the broader technology ecosystem. That’s a notable jump from the 45% of all undergraduates in 2015 that planned to study STEM. Rarely, they may become violent.

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STEM Industry Study Report 417

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The advances in technology that are going to drive where the world goes in the next 50 years are going to come from other countries, because they have the intellectual capital and we don’t,” said Jim Stigler, a psychology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the process of teaching and learning subjects including math.

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STEM Report Study Industry 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Students chat about the data analysis they’ve performed on their cellphone usage over a week, while Perizzolo walks around the room fielding their questions. Data science is changing their view of math,” said Jay Sorensen, Oxnard’s educational technology coordinator, who helped design the class. “It OXNARD, Calif. —

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Data STEM Course Report 136