Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. In our fourth year-end personal statement roundup, we’ve again asked thought leaders to share their outlooks on education, but with a twist.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles.

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Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. Stay tuned! What have I done wrong?”

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Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

It was about this time last year, in January 2016, when Rudolph was working on a strategic plan that he hoped could address the needs of all MVWSD students. We are committed to personalized learning, but can't continue a program that does not meet the needs of all of our students.”

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Personalized Learning Learning Khan Academy Assessment 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

The Massachusetts School Support Network (MassNET) Edtech Testbed research aims to improve schools’ abilities to implement edtech tools. The report, Insights on Software Piloting in an Urban School District , released in December 2016, suggests key factors that influence successful adoption of edtech products.

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Report EdTech Tools Software 60

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. Jessica W (@CLETS_STAT) February 27, 2017. According to the S.T.A.T.

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Personalized Learning Strategy Case Study Learning 60

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It aims to provide a more integrated learning experience, leveraging both face-to-face teacher guidance and the flexibility of online resources. Blended Learning Examples Here are five examples of blended learning I uncovered from the research literature in this field: 1. Fabbian et al.’s Luna and Stephanie A.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Now that we have powerful, easy-to-use design tools and a capacity for worldwide publishing, we have an opportunity to restore the dignity and integrity of a work ethic by redefining the role of the learner as a contributor to the learning culture. — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. 2016, May). Citations. [1]

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

2016 digital education survey. E-textbooks: A Personalized Learning Experience or a Digital Distraction? Teaching in a Digital Age: How Educators Use Technology to Improve Student Learning. Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instruction Tools. We asked teachers what they want from edtech.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2016

During 2016’s SXSWedu, AltSchool CEO and co-founder Max Ventilla launched “ AltSchool Open ,” a partner program where anyone interested in developing or transforming a school could apply to use the technology that runs AltSchool’s seven campuses. Many of our partners have likened it to a learning management system,” Johnson claims.

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Common Core Company Personalized Learning STEM 60

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent. percent (about 150 students) percent during the 2016-2017 school year.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

From personalized learning to ethical analytics, what stood out amongst the conversations? However, his LinkedIn profile shows that he left Amazon in October of 2016. Georgia State launched the chatbot in April 2016. Tools and Courses WHO’S USING WHAT? New edtech accountability tool CatchOn launched on Tuesday.

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Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 69

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., EdClusters16 brought more than 140 leading educators, ed-tech entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and thought leaders to collaborate, work, and learn together.

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Assessment Tools Blended Learning Exercises 120

Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

The team’s primary goal was to develop a shared vision for deeper learning through innovative uses of digital technologies. In January 2016, the team collectively took a district self-assessment to gauge BWRSD’s digital learning readiness. (You can view our evolving implementation timeline here.) Upgrading Infrastructure.

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Future Ready Learning Digital Learning Assessment 137

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Winners will be notified in early September and announced at OLC Accelerate 2017 , which takes place in Orlando, November 15–17.) Peak Mathematics uses Pearson’s MyMathTest, an online homework tool that has adaptive technology that personalizes the content and pacing for each student. 2016 Institutional Awards.

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 83

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Edwin developed sophisticated adaptive learning technology for English as a foreign language,” says Crewkow. With this technology, we can offer a personalized learning plan for each of our students, and we will be able to adapt these learning plans on the go.”

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Robotics Company Exercises Data 116

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Renaissance Learning will host SXSWedu’s kickoff bash with beverages at Buffalo Billiards from 7:30 p.m. Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

“Being so involved with my kids’ education during the past two years, I witnessed how we moved from in-person education to a hybrid learning environment, which I believe is here to stay. Learn more at PlayOsmo.com and Osmo Education. To learn more, go to: byjus.com/us. Osmo and Osmo Education products are used in over 2.5

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Company Strategy Analysis Report 63

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. The LAB high school will open in fall 2017. Those two hours weren’t enough. “We

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LMS Classroom Assessment Robotics 99

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Obama administration FY 2015 request for a proposed replacement educational technology program (see page 5) : “ $200 million for a new ConnectEDucators initiative that would help educators transition to using technology and data to personalize learning and improve CCR [college- and career-ready] instruction and assessment.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

techlearning

MAY 24, 2018

In 2017, Curriculum Associates placed 48th on the list. Only those firms with a headquarters in Massachusetts and revenue of at least $500,000 in 2014 and $1 million in 2017 were considered. Companies that did not show growth from 2016 to 2017 were excluded. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

With powerful publication and distribution tools within reach, blogs remain one of the most potent ways to spread your ideas and thoughts. 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. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Renovated Learning.

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Technology Twitter Digital Learning Tools 355

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

And in 2017 , they teamed up for Computer Science Education Week Hour of Code to teach kids “basic programming concepts by casting them as veterinarians alongside Barbie,” per a Tynker announcement. Writing again for Slate in 2016, Fiesler had a positive take on “Game Developer Barbie,” a doll released that year.

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Company Robotics Course EdTech 69

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2018

It was TED-Ed Weekend 2016 in New York City and I had recently been selected to participate in a yearlong professional development program as a TED-Ed Innovative Educator , along with 29 other educators. On December 9th, 2017, 300 students and educators came to Grover Middle School in West Windsor to learn more about TED-Ed Clubs.

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Meeting STEM Tools Technology 161

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2018

Finally, she made it to the charging station and her shift at the learning resource center (LRC) officially started. Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC.

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Elementary Training Libraries Robotics 98

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

Over the past 24 months, the Concierge team at EdSurge has listened to more than 180 school and district administrators seeking new edtech tools. At the same time, with support from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, we have worked steadily on a research project testing the idea of an online diagnostic tool.

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EdTech Company Conference Future Ready 64

The PL2C Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

At its core The Leading Schools Summit brings school leaders together to support them as they examine how to manage complex change and provides them with unique and practical opportunities to prepare and support teachers as they lead efforts that further the use of personalized learning in their schools.

Digital Learning 45

Digital Learning Groups Training Twitter 45

techlearning

MAY 22, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, May 22, 2018 — To keep students actively learning over the summer and to help prevent summer learning loss, the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), with the help of Fuel Education® (FuelEd®), is launching its sixth annual Alabama Summer Learning Challenge. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

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Accessibility Education eBook Game-Based Learning 40

techlearning

APRIL 19, 2018

The news of being named a preferred vendor comes after a recently released report showing that students in Utah who were using Lexia Reading Core5® during the 2016-17 school year realized significant literacy gains. The most compelling findings in this year’s ETI report point to the connection between strong usage and final results.

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Assessment Education Software Differentiated Instruction 40

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Middle school students fill out a self-assessment tool for college and careers, and then can see related videos, discuss needed skills, and build success indicators for their progress. In May of 2017, the Gresham-Barlow School Board selected Dr. A. Katrise Perera to serve as superintendent of schools beginning July 1, 2017.

Professional Learning 57

Professional Learning Assessment Outcomes Secondary 57

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition).

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

A 2016 survey of such programs found that only about 4 percent of respondents offered field experiences such as student teaching in K-12 online settings. Department of Education’s 2017 National Education Technology Plan. (A “We are very much focused on classroom teaching.” That’s not unique to Auburn. Archambault agrees.

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Education Handbook Course Elementary 212

techlearning

MARCH 13, 2018

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. Following a rigorous scope and sequence built for college and career ready standards, Core5 provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized learning paths in six areas of reading.

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Comparison Elementary Differentiated Instruction Assessment 40

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition).

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. ” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. She also noted the growth of markets in China and in India.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Rather than viewing them as tool for punitive measures, assessments are just another tool that allows educators to figure out how to improve teaching and learning. They have widened the availability of virtual and blended learning options. Ann serves as project director for CoSN’s Empowered Superintendents Program.

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Technology PowerMyLearning Learning EdTech 40

MindShift

JULY 10, 2017

Or they offer flashy digital tools meant to engage learners presumed to have short attention spans, and entice teachers with the analytics under the hood. The resources to extend their learning this way are at their fingertips. “I Sarah Strong (@sstrong57) June 9, 2017. It’s also a skill that pops up throughout life.

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Future Ready Conference Assessment Video 93