Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

In 2018, the company tried to expand its offering by creating and selling English courses. The heads of the two companies knew each other, and last year MyBuddy started to build its own language-learning curriculum to add to its offerings. AI-powered language-learning tools have recently attracted venture capital.

Robotics 109

Robotics Company Exercises Data 109

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

While Google, Microsoft and Apple have been pursuing their ambitions in K-12 and higher education for more than a decade, Amazon has mostly remained at the sidelines. When we win a Golden Globe, it helps us sell more shoes,” Bezos said in 2016. And so is Bezos’ $2 billion investment in Montessori-inspired preschools.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

K-12 Cyber Incident Map: 8 School Districts Have Experienced Multiple Cyber Incidents Since 2016 , which reports on a trend that I’ve seen in tracking K-12 cyber incident reports: school districts suffering repeat cyber incidents, even in the short time I’ve been tracking the issue (since the start of 2016).

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

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. Her organization recommends that attendance is taken for every in-person and virtual instructional experience.

Strategy 175

Strategy Learning Data Dropout 175

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

Personalized Learning 95

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 95

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

As part of the new format, teachers moved their class materials online, using a mix of websites and apps including Google Sites, Weebly, YouTube, EdPuzzle and more—enabling learners to work at their own pace. Easily differentiate learning for groups of learners. This helped to solve some of the major challenges Bentley students faced.

Hapara 89

Hapara Course Accessibility Online Learning 89

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

The course, which he thinks kids can finish in seven hours, is free of charge. A spokesperson for Tynker tells EdSurge that Mattel funded Tynker to produce the course, and Mattel created “all Barbie assets.” Writing again for Slate in 2016, Fiesler had a positive take on “Game Developer Barbie,” a doll released that year.

Company 66

Company Robotics Course EdTech 66

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

It dates back to 2008, when an educational journey began in Wyoming that revealed the important role technology plays in enhancing teaching and learning—especially in a rural state. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit. Interactive video, online courses and full time programs grew rapidly in the first two years.

EdTech 76

EdTech Edcamps Course Program Evaluation 76

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? We started Torah Academy in September 2016 with a strong vision for how and what we want our students to learn.

Company 94

Company EdTech Common Core Assessment 94

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2019

The space, upgraded in the 2015-2016 school year, is continuously changing. classrooms in 27 schools found that adjusting particular classroom characteristics — light and temperature, the amount of flexibility and student choice — boosted academic performance in reading, writing and math by 16 percent over the course of a year.

Classroom 112

Classroom Elementary Report Laptops 112

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

I find it interesting that for the course I am taking, Technology and School Leadership , I drive two hours round trip once a week to participate in the learning. Technically, we could facilitate the course through the learning management system (Canvas). Retrieved November 7, 2016. M., & Schwerdt, G.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

I find it interesting that for the course I am currently Technology and School Leadership , I drive two hours round trip once a week to participate in the learning. Technically, we could facilitate the course through the learning management system (Canvas). Retrieved November 7, 2016. M., & Schwerdt, G.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. It was a policy change that greatly encouraged the growth of “telecommunications correspondence” courses. SchoolNet helped many of these districts—and benefitted as well.

Kaplan 148

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 148

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

Kasey Bell’s ( @ShakeUpLearning ) Shake Up Learning Blog and her Shake Up Learning Show Podcast series offer a wealth of practical ideas, lists, interviews with experts and practitioners, and Kasey’s presentation resources. Some of Catlin Tucker’s books on blended learning. She also offers a Webinar series.

eBook 64

eBook Libraries EdTech Blended Learning 64

EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Here are some of the best practices that my colleagues and I have shared and presented LIVE and through the catalyzation of blended and personalized learning in the Challenge to Change Project. This best practice is also the subject of her new iTunesU Course on STEM Lessons for the Classroom.

STEM 60

STEM Conference Chromebook iPad 60

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. In 2013 the Gotham Gazette reported that the iZone had a budget of $47 million.

iLearn 62

iLearn Policies Blended Learning Schoology 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

A GUIDE TO SETTING UP YOUR SCHOOL WITH "GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION" 11:00 AM US-Eastern Daylight Time Click here to see the time in your own time zone To receive all of the benefits of Google G Suite for Education, you need to set up your school to be a "Google School".

Conference 36

Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

Bell is currently an adjunct faculty member for the San Jose State University iSchool where he teaches courses on design thinking and open education librarianship. These twelve tips can lead to substantive fundamental pedagogical change in online course delivery.

Conference 41

Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 41

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

Then, of course, what we understand is we have to give them more basic questions that they have a better chance on. And we’ll pull up Google; you know, anyone can help. And I’ve learned so much from teaching my class, where students have taught me things that I didn’t know before.

Classroom 227

Classroom OER Software System 227

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. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Shake Up Learning

JUNE 13, 2016

Five Tips to Help You Create a Personal Brand and a Positive Digital Reputation. What will they find when they Google you? You should expect to be Googled before a job interview. Your brand is what you represent, the content that you share, your audience, your Personal Learning Network (PLN), and your teaching philosophy.

Social Media 28

Social Media How To EdTech Google 28

edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2018

The technology needs to work, of course, but is it being used and delivered powerfully and in the best way possible? Zach co-led a successful district-wide implementation of Canvas and advocated for greater use of Google Apps and cloud-based productivity by students and teachers.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready Secondary EdTech Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Students in a marketing course at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island check their phones before class begins. It’ll get worse before it gets better,” said Rosen, who co-authored “The Distracted Mind” (2016) with Adam Gazzaley, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco. CARSON, Calif. —

Smartphone 173

Smartphone Laptops Social Media Facebook 173

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

Or families who want their children to learn Spanish may pool their financial resources to hire a language specialist for a year. But the existing space—formerly home to a bicycle company—was for sale in 2016 for about $1.7 That fee does not cover the price of field trips taken during the course. on Mondays. on Mondays.

Learning 121

Learning Course Robotics Company 121

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. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

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. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Currently, students are recommended for involuntary virtual learning by the principal, she said, and these placements are tracked aggregately along with suspensions, which makes identifying the particular impact of virtualization difficult. In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 18, 2015

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Next class: Summer, 2016. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network.

Resources 150

Resources Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network Common Core 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2017

It is painful when all of the effort that teachers and students put into teaching and learning becomes summarized by standardized test results—especially when hard-working students that have demonstrated massive growth over the course of the year receive poor scores. The conference is the most personal aspect of personalized learning.

Common Core 163

Common Core Personalized Learning Conference Laptops 163

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Education Department civil rights data, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Scott Peters found that on a state level “equity got worse” in gifted education from 2016 to 2018, with underrepresentation of Hispanic children in a majority of states and of Black students in three-quarters of states, he wrote in an email.

Elementary 115

Elementary Policies Data Report 115

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative. Future Ready overhaul coincides with the new national ed-tech plan. United in purpose and mission, we can do anything.”.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready Resources Equity of Access Professional Learning 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative. Future Ready overhaul coincides with the new national ed-tech plan. United in purpose and mission, we can do anything.”.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready Resources Equity of Access Professional Learning 40

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Of course cyber security is necessary in education. Under his leadership, Bristol Tennessee City Schools has embraced personalized learning through an effort that includes providing laptops for students to use at school and at home. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Here’s what they said: 2016 was The Year of Video.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Last year’s most popular post on Shake Up Learning was, “ 16 Things for Teachers to Try in 2016.” Consider this list your 2017 Challenge , and tweet your progress with the official Shake Up Learning hashtag: #SUL. Email Address I'd like to receive the free email course. Google Expeditions. What is virtual reality?

eBook 77

eBook Robotics Google Facebook 77

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. “ Creepy Clowns Explained , Folklore-Style” by Sarah M.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63