Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Acuitus’s earliest client was the U.S.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I can name a few dozen people who I rate highly in that stratosphere. I have met Eric Sheninger before, when we were both keynote speakers at one of Australia's largest education events - EduTech, in Brisbane 2015. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

E-rate 28

E-rate Social Media Policies Technology 28

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

While banning books is commonly recognized by librarians as detrimental to the student educational experience, restricted website access isn’t on everyone’s radar. That’s where Banned Websites Awareness Day comes in. Develop a toolkit for school leaders. Media Literacy Week Resources , by MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teacher’s Federation.

E-rate 40

E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

K., & Bruegmann, E. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) We can help new teachers and administrators with collaborative technology tools. 25) Kraft, M.

Policies 236

Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

That was one frustrating situation Jean Tower recalls encountering when she started as director of technology at the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough , Massachusetts, about six years ago. Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers.

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

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. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. classrooms.

iPad 79

iPad Broadband Software Company 79

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

The evolution of trust in Wikipedia was documented by Mothe & Sahut (2018) who noted a contrast “between a higher frequency of use of Wikipedia and a lower rate of citation.” Look for editorial ratings. 2015-2018). M., & Hood, E. Lanclos, D., & Hood, E. Look for text revisions. Cataldo, T. Faniel, I.

E-rate 111

E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

50 Of The Best Video Games For Learning in 2015. What exactly this looks like on a daily basis in your classroom depends on the reality of your classroom: Available technology, WiFi access and bandwidth, grade level, content area, your comfort level with games, and so on. by TeachThought Staff. missing-image.png");})(this);'' />.

Video 40

Video E-rate Learning Mobility 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

In places like Albemarle County, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, all the latest education-technology tools meant to narrow opportunity and achievement gaps can widen them instead. Scheivert’s goal is to build the network without new money from taxpayers, and so far he’s been successful.

Broadband 90

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 90

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

In the academic year 2015-16, the state’s funding was reduced by 11% as compared to the last 10 years, which is the result of a hike in education expenses. Operational Cost Gone are the days when the things required to impart education were just different subject books, a professor, a blackboard, chalk, desks, and students.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. I agreed on the conditions that I would retain copyright in the chapter and that it would appear in the book under a Creative Commons license. Pearson agreed.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

MindShift

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Copyright (c) 2019 by the author and reprinted with permission of Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC. And over the last two decades, there has been a 28-percent increase in our suicide rate. The rest of this book is devoted to teaching those skills and how to use them. By Marc Brackett.

Learning 53

Learning E-rate Report Survey 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. Or Is There?

Libraries 51

Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it.

E-rate 98

E-rate Industry Report Survey 98

Educator Innovator

MARCH 30, 2016

I’m a proponent of the humble, tactile experience of a good book, a real book, made of paper and ink, held in one’s hands. Yet there’s something to be said for the convenience inherent in e-readers. Hundreds of books can fit in your pocket. That was in January [2015],” Niq tells me.

Libraries 38

Libraries Laptops E-rate Software 38

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

I think [technology] should always be a companion,” said Chip Donohue, the director of the Technology in Early Childhood Center at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school for early education based in Chicago. “We Chip Donohue, director of the Technology in Early Childhood Center at the Erikson Institute. for one year.

Laptops 154

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 154

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. ” Via The Intercept : “These Are the Technology Firms Lining Up to Build Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program.” Impero Software has been acquired by Investment Technology Partners which paid $36.3

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. The CEO of Safari Books left the company “ amidst massive layoffs.” I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. K12 Inc got a new CEO.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It’s not that paying for a piece of technology will treat you any better, mind you.).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Martin had the lowest ratings possible for achievement and improvement on its state report card that year. The challenges in rural communities are very real—funding, teacher recruitment and retention, access to technology, poverty, ever-changing expectations, and professional development and support,” U.S. told The Hechinger Report.

E-rate 40

E-rate Course Policies Advocacy 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” The school in question: Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. Via The New York Times : “As Amazon Arrives, the Campus Bookstore Is a Books Store No More.” Via Campus Technology : “The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 17.2

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

. “ For-profit tactics might be coming to public universities, and no one is talking about it,” says Salon , which is funny because I’ve been tracking on the “new” for-profit higher ed for years now, and my friend Tressie McMillan Cottom literally wrote the book on this. inmate problem? million total.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” The school is listed in this 2015 story by Inside Higher Ed on for-profits “where more than half of federal student loan borrowers had not made a single dollar of progress in paying down their loans seven years after they became due.”

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. Tressie McMillan Cottom’s new book on for-profit higher ed reviewed by The New York Times. Tressie McMillan Cottom on The Daily Show.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Another Duke story – The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the school’s Technology Scholars Project: “ Steering More Women to Silicon Valley.” Rasmussen College is expanding its CBE program, Campus Technology reports. ” asks MIT Technology Review. ” Are they? IP concerns. .”

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. “ Andrew Ng Wants a New ‘New Deal’ to Combat Job Automation ,” said MIT Technology Review.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. The governor, a Republican elected in 2015, announced on Friday that he had disbanded the university’s current 20-member Board of Trustees. . weeks in 2015.”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten? ” Tuition keeps going up and up and up, although as The Wall Street Journal noted this fall, published tuition rates only rose 2.4% From 2007 to 2015, total outstanding federal student loan debt doubled from $516 billion to $1.2

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40