Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Two news stories this week have turned my attention (again) to the issue of conflict of interest in education, technology, and public policy. The second conflict-of-interest related news story (set of stories, really) involves New America and Google/ Eric Schmidt. More on this below.). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

We have seen elsewhere in the development of revolutionary technologies that administrators, government, NGOs and policy-makers lag behind the avant-garde of tech development and adoption; (reference cell phones, e-commerce, self-driving cars, the sharing economy, crypto currencies etc.)

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In 2015, Vanessa Ford’s 4-year-old came out as transgender. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. There are schools across the country that are putting in policies that are supportive for their transgender, non-conforming and LGBTQ students.

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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. It was a policy change that greatly encouraged the growth of “telecommunications correspondence” courses.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

In 2015, the Department of Education at the federal level enacted an initiative called Go Open. This tool integrates with Google Classroom for a more streamlined experience. Related Article: 85+ Awesome Apps that Integrate with Google Classroom. See: Copyright Policy. para help? . para website. . One Last Point.

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OER Resources Common Core Digital Badges 93

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. Compare that same MOOC to a self-determined learner Googling topics or searching reddit for information, and suddenly it’s not so bad.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Free Technology for Teachers: Google Expeditions is Possibly Coming to a School Near You. “Earlier this year Google unveiled a new virtual reality program for schools. Kirabo Jackson, associate professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University, Rucker C. Resources You Can Use in the Classroom.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 23, 2016

The post Using Google Apps to Support Reading and Writing in the Classroom (Recorded Webinar) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Using Google Apps to Support Reading and Writing in the Classroom. Below is a webinar that I gave on August 2, 2016, with Texthelp, the makers of Read & Write for Google and Fluency Tutor.

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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”. There are a wide variety of resources available including Youtube for Schools and Google for Education. Digitally Mature Students. Resist the generalization that children are masters of technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. Under her guidance, Albemarle County Public Schools was selected in 2015 for membership in the League of Innovative Schools.,

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

Perry Hewitt

JULY 3, 2015

What does the White House’s new photography policy tell us about the opportunity for brand building? Pew has released a new report on Americans’ internet access 2000-2015. Google released a real-time trends feature to provide live data on the 100 billion searches conducted each month.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. state-level policies relating to open education. This strikes me as both awesome and terrifying – and a stark reminder of the limits of computing.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2019

percent of students who graduated or dropped out of college during the 2015-16 academic year defaulted before the end of September 2018. million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016. In 2015-16, there were 985,000 students coming out of for-profit colleges — 265,000 fewer students. percent to 6.8

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2019

You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. But beyond that, I think these companies do seem to have policies in place, the policies are just all reactive. So the abuse will have already taken place before a company policy really comes into play.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or. In 2015, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top five of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013. Google’s education solutions just keep expanding. Thankfully, there’s Alice Keeler, a Google Certified Teacher and self-described super-nerd. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment. Original or Curated.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Suite360 was piloted during the 2015-2016 school year. Enforce takes policies for network access and device management from third party systems and applies them to the WiFi network; the first integration for Enforce is with Google for Education.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

After conducting a survey in 2015, district leaders found that while a surprising number of students have access to broadband, the biggest obstacle to technological access rural students face is the lack of devices. They work closely with the district’s IT department to implement the policies. Others live in familiar American suburbs.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Researchers like Dr. Todd Rogers, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and Chief Scientist at EveryDay Labs, have tirelessly worked with school districts to identify, develop and implement strategies to reduce absenteeism at scale. Can we define attendance if students simply log onto their Google Classroom or submit an assignment?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

The students came up with the project themselves and designed a Google form to track their phone time, including which apps they used most. In 2015, Tom McCoy, then the assistant superintendent of education services, jokingly asked Sonny Sajor, the district’s math instructional specialist, “Can I get some math for poets?”

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Just a few weeks ago, their researchers posted an update to their efforts (“It’s Time to Make Student Privacy a Priority,”).

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. See: Copyright Policy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Exactly how many schools are actively engaged in iZone projects is unclear: The NYCDOE press office disclosed that 50 schools abandoned the iZone’s iLearn program between 2015 and 2016 to develop their own blended and online learning materials or to use outside resources including Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 29, 2015

Be on the lookout for future posts entitled the ABC’s of PBL and Deeper Learning and also 40 great education sites to discover in 2015. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Research – Search engines such as Google , Sweet Search , Wolfram Alpha. Check out my Booking Page.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). Our social media page is HERE with links to Facebook , Google+ , Twitter , and more.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. We comply with the rigorous privacy policy set by the Summit Learning Program and have signed the Student Privacy Pledge.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

The annual Speak Up surveys are used by schools, districts, states and national leaders as they make decisions about policies and funding. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. Even though the survey data is an invaluable tool at our school, getting the opportunity to purchase the latest in technology was icing on the cake!”

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 23, 2015

Byte Size Potential 2015 Workshop from Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Searching a hashtag on Google will often produce better resources than keywords. Get them to sign Responsible/Acceptable Use policies. Below are slides, resources, and bookmarks to help you get your students to reflect effectively on their digital acts.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

That includes Brown University and Google Student ambassador Cliff Weitzman (22), who founded Speechify to help students with reading disorders and other difficulties. The list also features Yoga Foster founder Nicole Cardoza (27), whose free yoga and mindfulness lessons have benefitted 20,000 students in 39 states so far.

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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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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 9, 2016

16 (Fri) — Mike Soskil, 2015 Global Teacher Prize Top 10 Finalist. 17 (Sat) — Kasey Bell, Google Certified Innovator & Trainer and Creator of ShakeUpLearning.com. 18 (Sun) — Alice Keeler, Google Certified Innovator, Author of “50 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom”. See: Copyright Policy.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2015, it was named the No. While both domains have their virtues, combining them effectively into one unified framework can sometimes be challenging because of outmoded policies at many colleges and universities. 1 university-based business incubator in North America by UBI Global. Or must they take a leave of absence?

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I served as a communications specialist from January 2015 to July 2016. Please see specifics on my re-use policy in the right-hand column of my blog before re-posting/re-using any of my blog content. And then circumstances came together to move me back into educational technology. Unported License.

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EdTech Blended Learning Chromebook Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Julie Sugarman, senior policy analyst with the Migration Policy Institute, has heard of many schools around the country having problems serving ELLs right now — sometimes even within the same district. as refugees in 2015, is desperate for his youngest son to retain his English skills.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change. Half of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since 2015.

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Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 116

The Principal of Change

JUNE 14, 2016

A “growth mindset” is crucial for educators, but unfortunately we have to follow this ten year old policy. While the change in the world is mirroring a google document (constant change, revision, adaptation, and collaboration), we cannot be stuck on a static piece of paper. March 22, 2015 Innovation has no age barrier.

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