The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. All three of these companies try to hook prospective users with claims on their websites about their products’ effectiveness. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom. Now, Deb, you work with implementing lighthouse classrooms, but you’ve also recently moved into instructional technology. Vicki: But how do you keep your classroom focused? Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

As I blogged this past June, Staples partnered with Katy Perry to help classrooms across the country. Here are the results: 1,072 classroom projects funded. The sweepstakes grand prize included a $50,000 scholarship and a trip to Los Angeles with a guest to meet Katy Perry. I like to work with companies who support teachers.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In December 2015, I found myself toiling away on a fifth grade figurative language lesson in a unique place—a local tech meetup called Code For Vegas. I researched different management structures, such as Holacracy, and read about successful team cultures at companies like Netflix and MorningStar. It was fun, meaningful work.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BUDAPEST/LOS ANGELES (October 1, 2021) – An acclaimed and multi award-winning English As A Second Language (ESL)appin daily use with over 20,000 classrooms across Europe is launching in the US. Immersive and interactive, digital learning tools can encourage new levels of creativity and concentration in the classroom,” said Horvath.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom. A big thing that I have in my classroom is, “Everyone’s a teacher. Teach a lot of lessons, and they read a lot of different things in our classroom. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Overview of Vickie Morgado’s Global Collaboration in Her 3rd Grade Classroom. We have connected with different classrooms. We finally got a chance to meet in person and present together at ISTE this year. She’s just a wonderful a global educator, and it was wonderful to meet her in person! We’ve traveled the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

That's why in this podcast, we'll explore various differentiated reading strategies that can be adapted to fit the needs of every student in your classroom. Even if you already have a science curriculum, Propello is an excellent classroom-ready supplement - with everything you need for a personal, fun learning experience for your students.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

Image credit: whitealliesintraining.com/2015/10/05/big-idea-change-narrative/ In today's engaging, digitally empowered school setting, questions arise as to whether schools are best suited for educating their learners. An article by Jonathan Gottschall in Fast Company sums it up well: " Humans live in a storm of stories.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

when it comes to the LMS software that serves as the virtual classroom, online gradebook and other functions used in just about every college course these days. The company says its tools are used by more than 30 million people across the education and corporate learning markets. Canvas has the largest market share in the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

The entrepreneur has made his passion into his latest venture and now wants to bring that experience to homes and classrooms around the world. Moscow internet services company Yandex participated. Founded in 2015, MEL Science has raised a total of $12 million to date. After that, the company charges $34.90

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edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2015

Come and meet up with the edWeb team at ISTE in Philadelphia next week. At ISTE 2015, Common Sense Education will provide a sneak preview of the latest version of Graphite, designed to help educators learn fundamental edtech teaching skills. Connect with CDW*G during ISTE 2015. Below are a few offers from our partners.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

During the 2015-16 school year, I visited schools across the nation to see how technology can transform teaching and learning. what makes the difference between using edtech to supplement the classroom experience and using it to transform learning? Data from the 2015 Teachers Know Best survey , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Read a full recap of our fall 2015 League of Innovative Schools meeting. Relationships with these world-class organizations provide students exposure to careers and opportunities a traditional classroom experience could not facilitate. Sara Schapiro ( @sschappy ) is the Director of the League of Innovative Schools.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

A 2015 study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development found that unless students achieve recognized base-lines of proficiency in reading and numeracy/math prior to engaging in a 1:1 program the results are negligible. So, where are we failing in our 1:1 roll outs? Top 4 reasons why 1:1 programs fail.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

Since launching in 2015, the New York-based startup has partnered with 21 universities to offer its programs and student coaching services. CEO and founder Dan Sommer says with the added funds, his company will be looking at growing its offerings to nearly 10 programs in subject areas like user experience and design.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

I was teaching from home while she was in the classroom running things with on-campus students. Making an impact on students by meeting their needs, coupled with supporting teachers who must be out of the classroom for varying lengths of time, allows for uninterrupted learning,” said Drayton. “I About Swing Education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

These little girls—in kindergarten through second grade—are learning everything they need to assume their rightful positions in the boardroom, classroom, lab, or wherever their futures might take them. . 2015 Broad Fellow. 2015 Pahara Aspen-Fellow. 2015 Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year. kylesmitley.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand. Almost half of all Ontario secondary school teachers report using YouTube or video elements in their classrooms. Traditional universities will find themselves obsolete, unless they adapt. A grim future for today’s providers of HE?

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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. Internet ubiquity in the classroom led teachers to adopt email and experiment with other technologies.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company. Heck, you should see what surprises my inbox holds some days: (I did not take the company up on its offer.).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. The previous year, 2015, set a record for education technology investments with over $3.1

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. So do most ed-tech companies.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

At the time, many thought MOOCs might become a replacement for both classroom instruction and ingrained models of learning. MOOCs don't require students to sit in a classroom at a fixed time; students can take MOOCs when and where they want. According to the Times, the first edX online courses had a staggering 370,000 registrants.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2020

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start the school year with all students “looping” into the rhythm of their classroom routines, with teachers already having a handle on every student’s strengths, struggles and home issues? Meet Mark Rogers. The benefits of looping are significant and well-documented.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Seven of the 134 companies in this batch provide education services—which is a similar percentage from the last cohort. In this latest cohort of edtech companies, only one is aimed at being used in classrooms. The startup focuses on educators in pre-K to 5th-grade classrooms. Why not more?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. He founded Education Elements to meet that need. As of spring 2016, the company has supported 100 districts nationally, representing 300 schools and 300K students. Stay tuned!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

Among a slew of teaching awards, Garg has received UCLA’s Eby Award for the Art of Teaching and was named the 2015 California Professor of the Year. Tell us how they put innovation, creativity, and collaboration into play in their classrooms. One of the simplest things is classroom demonstrations. Email tgraham@coursehero.com.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

New momentum, she adds, is driven largely by the federal Second Chance Pell program that was introduced in 2015 and recently extended through 2020. Several have started their own companies. “We’re in this watershed moment,” says Meagan Wilson, co-author of the report and a senior analyst at Ithaka S+R. They have no choice.”

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2022

The year was 2015 and I was fresh out of college working part-time at a tech company, trying to decide if I would continue to pursue a career in the tech industry, or if I would try to find a teaching job to actually put my education degree to use. Seriously–gaming was not on my radar AT ALL. .

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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. classrooms. Many school districts said they did not attempt to negotiate prices with Apple.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Special ed teacher Melissa Mann shares six of her favorite edtech tools for the special education classroom. From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!). It works really good for reminding parents about meetings that we have.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

23-26): the companies who supply the tools, and the educators who use them; The Education Show (Jan. Many of the ministers hop on over to Davos’ annual meeting afterward. One teacher described The Education Show as “a ghost town for companies who can’t afford Bett.” (A 20-23): the people who run education politically; Bett (Jan.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company. Heck, you should see what surprises my inbox holds some days: (I did not take the company up on its offer.).

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

A couple decades later, tractors were assembled here for Caterpillar, the construction machinery company. They have been working with local governments and tech companies to design solutions to problems such as homelessness, water conservation and clean energy. It was subsequently used as a storage warehouse.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. The change has helped companies that provide these courses find a business model, but something crucial has been lost for students taking the courses.

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