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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

Edsurge

As EdSurge reported, to be part of the initiative, companies “had to commit to providing goods or services worth at least $100 million.” But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K.

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Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools

The Hechinger Report

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. She chose the high school because she believed it could give her access to the type of company she wants to work for in the future. Photo: Bekah McNeel/The Hechinger Report.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. Mrs. Yonker teaches in South Central Kentucky, and is a 2016 KY Teacher of the year nominee. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq.

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

Edsurge

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. So he struck up a partnership with Cengage Learning, a Boston-based education technology and information company. 2016 Institutional Awards. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards. Apply here. Bay Path University. Fisher College.

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. But a national survey indicates this optimism may be misplaced: Just 16 percent of college instructors rated incoming students as “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work, according to the 2015 study by ACT, the creators of the standardized college entrance exam. School just isn’t for me.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”