Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 157

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

But the day of November 17, 2015 will always be kind of magic for the NEO team. From well-known subjects of education technology, like BYOD and gamification, to technical aspects regarding school LMSs, to trying to guess the future, the NEO Blog covered it all in its rather short existence. Just imagine our office covered in confetti.

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Gamification BYOD LMS Trends 150

Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2017

The countdown has begun and we can hardly contain our enthusiasm at the thought of meeting once again so many beautiful people who, before anything else, are interested in how to leverage technology in order to do more for student learning. We’re really proud that NEO LMS is one of these ISTE exhibitors! Reasons abound.

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LMS Industry Conference Strategy 150

Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

While it’s hard to know for sure how the schools of the future will look like and function, I think it’s safe to assume education technology will be omnipresent. Education technology already assists teachers create diverse and engaging learning materials and deliver better classes. Well, at least more than it is today.

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Gamification Social Media Smartphone Tablets 234

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

That happened waaaay back in 2015 (which in online time seems like a few decades ago). Technology in the classroom has come a long way. NEO LMS is proud of you. I’m talking about that magical time when the NEO Blog first saw the light of the Internet! The NEO Blog is now 4! Happy anniversary, NEO Blog! And also cupcakes!).

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Trends UDL EdTech Industry 303

Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2018

Welcome to the third and final post in this series focusing on teacher workload, and how technology can assist teachers with the three greatest time heavy activities. If your school LMS has a rubrics feature , by all means give that a try as well. Grading: a necessary evil? Assessments. Conclusion.

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Assessment Common Core Academic Standards LMS 170

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 2, 2015

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Crash Course.

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Android Education STEM LMS 60

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2021

MobileMind customers can now create and share quality-assured micro-courses across all topics, methodologies, and technology with other MobileMind districts. . Founded in 2015, MobileMind is a privately held, Atlanta-based educational technology company. About MobileMind.

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Professional Learning Digital Badges LMS Learning 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. Are any education technologies, for that matter? And accordingly, platforms are the underlying trend that ties together popular narratives about technology and the economy in general. They’re amazing.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

percent from 2015 to 2016 to reach 6.4 In the Inside Higher Ed survey, counter-intuitively, 80 percent of university technology administrators said they view it with “more excitement than fear.” percent from 2015 to 2016—it will take another decade to reach 50 percent. They rose 5.6 million who take at least one distance course.

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Survey Comparison Outcomes LMS 211

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 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 educational technology procurement market is enormous: $13 billion is spent annually. Can you trust their overpowering marketing machines?

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LMS Trends Software Company 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The maker of the Canvas learning management system, which went public in 2015, announced a $2-billion offer from private equity firm Thoma Bravo last December. 4 Items on Instructure’s To-Do List After the Sale of the Canvas LMS Provider. Former Blackboard CEO Raises $16M to Bring LMS Features to Zoom Classrooms.

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EdTech Coursera Udemy LMS 91

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

For one, the CEO of the learning management system provider didn’t shirk away from a possible sale of its corporate LMS, Bridge, which launched in 2015. Good quarter, lower guidance Perhaps best known for its Canvas LMS for K-12 and higher education, Instructure bested Wall Street expectations for the quarter that ended Sept.

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System LMS Company Moodle 61

Neo LMS

JUNE 20, 2019

For a few days at the end of this month Philadelphia will also be home to the most comprehensive educational technology conference in the world: ISTE. Each year ISTE gathers together tens of thousands of educators from all around the world, who share a deep interest in how technology can be used in the classroom. How time flies!

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Meeting Microsoft Libraries Social Media 174

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 29, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this third post you will discover how careful examination of the verbs in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration.

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Blended Learning Technology OER Digital Citizenship 60

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 180

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

It doesn’t matter because the changes to higher education are happening because of economics, demographics and, most of all, technology. Expect them to be reported on enthusiastically in 2015 conferences. Nothing new in the LMS space. Expect MOOCs to continue to be the most high profile focus of academic angst in 2014.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

EdNews Daily

JUNE 7, 2018

In 2015, over 650,000 students 1 nationwide opted out of standardized tests. Fortunately, schools more often have access to technology that will help teachers do assessment, quickly see results, and then make important decisions about what students know. Should we let our students take these tests? Be involved.

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Comparison Assessment Groups Data 207

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

PowerSchool is my SIS and LMS and is the sponsor of today’s show. And you know, I’m kind of technology agnostic in some ways. I like technology. But what I saw recently were three kids that were using VR technology, and the stories are a little different. Where does this technology fit? It doesn’t scare me.

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Education Examples Maker Movement Company 247

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

By October 2015, Google estimated some 10 million students and teachers were using it. That doesn’t mean Classroom is an inferior tool, Hill notes, but it isn’t designed to replace the full LMS as it is right now. Hill estimates another two to three years before the market may see the release of a full institutional LMS.

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System Google Schoology LMS 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Welcome to this first in a series of posts devoted to student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1, or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. I have five powerful ideas on facilitating student centered learning with technology in this post. ▪Celebrate.

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Technology Flipped Classroom Learning STEM 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this fifth post you will discover how careful examination of the verbs in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration.

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Resources Technology Examples STEM 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2014

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am almost booked through June I am already taking fall dates for 2015 – Mike. I have done 100?s

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Blended Learning STEM Learning Conference 137

eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2015

note : We’re counting down the top stories of 2015 based on popularity (i.e. The recordings can then be played on virtually any device, and are easily placed in a LMS or OLE (Online Learning Environment). It is a wonderful example of a simple technology dramatically enhancing learning. website traffic).

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Khan Academy Video Blended Learning Tablets 40

Neo LMS

MAY 30, 2019

Using a principle called Starting Strong , in 2015 the government decreed that while non-compulsory pre-primary education (6 years) would have a basic curriculum (designed and issued by national government), as well as policies and standards monitored and managed by local municipalities.

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EdTech PLE Game-Based Learning Education 258

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

billion drop in worldwide revenue from 2015 to 2021. The product has reached the end of its product life cycle and simply cannot compete with new learning technology products on the market.”. Similarly, the trend toward OER and greater competition among vendors is also expected to negatively impact the LMS market.

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Report E-rate OER LMS 70

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this second post you will discover how careful examination of the nouns in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration.

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OER Khan Academy Moodle Meeting 60

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2016

According to the Consortium for School Networking’s 2015 IT Leadership Survey, 84 percent of school technology officials expect that at least half of their instructional materials will be digitally based within three years,” said itslearning vice president of sales and marketing, Matt Dobosh.

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eBook Strategy LMS Case Study 40

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

Students spend more time in school, the staffing model is focused on building teacher capacity and includes tiered levels of educators, and the school uses a home-grown technology tool, Cortex , which was built in-house by Mote, a technologist by trade. In 2014, Mote built Cortex, a web-based SIS and LMS platform.

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LMS Classroom Assessment Robotics 98

Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Before we go ahead and look at some practical steps I thought it would be useful to sketch in some background on how technology is actually being used in classrooms across the US, in an effort to create some necessary context. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fund a series of research reports called Teachers Know Best.

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Digital Divide Strategy Laptops Broadband 250

Neo LMS

MARCH 26, 2019

Nonetheless, it is an interesting starting point to explore the literary reading habits and preferences of young people today — and more interestingly how technology is affecting, encouraging and growing cohort of literature readers. By 2018 the NEA had much better news.

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Trends Libraries Social Media Report 327

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over 3/4 full and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. LMS Integration. Send students to the link or embed in the school LMS.

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Assessment Tools LMS OER 60

Reading By Example

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A learning management system, or “LMS” is defined as “a digital learning system” that “manages all of the aspects of the learning process” (Amit K, 2015). An LMS can also help the learner track their own progress, identifying what they have learned already and what they need to learn (Amit K).

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System LMS Schoology Edmodo 28

Reading By Example

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A learning management system, or “LMS” is defined as “a digital learning system” that “manages all of the aspects of the learning process” (Amit K, 2015). An LMS can also help the learner track their own progress, identifying what they have learned already and what they need to learn (Amit K).

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System LMS Schoology Edmodo 28

Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

30hands Learning is the excellent company for creating an innovative LMS (Learning Management System) as well as the popular mobile iOS apps that are ideal for digital storytelling ( 30hands Starter (free), 30hands Pro (paid)). 30hands Learning is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits. Join our newsletter here: [link].

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Learning LMS Blended Learning Mobility 28

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Technology-based flexibility and scheduling solutions have seen a number of universities address low completion rates by providing the right amount of courses, in the right rooms, to an optimal number of students. The solutions. Two of these deserve some attention: 1. Flexibility.

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