Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention. And it’s a good thing she did.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Here’s our list of the 8 best eBook creation software. Easy to Create.

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eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

Learning with 'e's - Steve Wheeler 5. The PIE blog - The PIE company 2016 Top Ten 1. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. There are thousands of blogs dedicated to education in the UK, and many of them have great content that can inspire, inform or challenge. Teacherhead - Tom Sherrington 3. Unported License.

E-rate 52

E-rate Education Social Media Company 52

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2016

Survey questions ranged across the education spectrum and included the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), technology-supported learning, increasing graduation rates, and serving special needs students. Training staff emerged as the biggest challenge, with procuring and maintaining hardware a close second.

E-rate 40

E-rate Survey Policies Technology Support 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. billion was spent on software. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. classrooms.

iPad 78

iPad Broadband Software Company 78

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. 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. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards. Apply here.

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 83

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Theresa Ellington is the instructional technology manager for Life Schools, an eight-campus charter school district south of Dallas, TX. How should an entire district begin teaching digital citizenship? WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Symantec E-rate Guidelines 40

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2007 Jane Hart , Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) , has been creating the most wonderful lists of tools based on international survey input from educators, experts, instructional designers, consultants, developers and vendors. I especially trust their reviews.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. Now, a number of construction and maintenance projects are on hold.

Elementary 53

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 53

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held. Lloyd Doggett, (D- Texas).

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

I think [technology] should always be a companion,” said Chip Donohue, the director of the Technology in Early Childhood Center at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school for early education based in Chicago. “We LeMya is one of 156 4-year-olds in Mississippi who participated in UPSTART’s 2016-17 school year pilot program.

Laptops 152

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 152

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” 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.”

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” they do boost graduation rates.). Via Campus Technology: “ CUNY to Train, Hire 2,000 Students in Free Coding Bootcamps.” ” More on the topic on his website , e-Literate.

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. Lopez’s new gig, chief education administrator for the federal BOP, was announced in November 2016. “I An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / WASHINGTON, D.C. Jerard Briscoe is away at school. It’s a plausible story.

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Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 163

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. in 2016 on a student visa.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Edsurge : “Why the FCC ’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl.” “The Saga of Ohio ’s Embattled E-School Is Coming to an End,” writes Education Week’s Ben Herold.

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” Remind me again, all you fans of VR in education, how this technology is going to promote empathy? technologies, the registry enables job seekers, students, workers, and employers to easily search for and compare credentials, similar to the way travel apps are used to compare flights, rental cars, and hotels.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). Funding has shrunk. ” You are a fool. “ Tweaking the business model.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Is Losing Its Accreditation.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The FCC plays a particularly important role in regulating the telecommunications industry, and as such, it has provided oversight for the various technologies long touted as “revolutionizing” education – radio, television , the Internet. What can E-rate tell us about the relationship between politics and ed-tech?

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” National) Education Politics.

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” The school recently announced that it would end its attempts to regain accreditation after the Department of Education withdrew recognition for the for-profit in 2016. “ Will these four technology trends change education in India?

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Another Duke story – The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the school’s Technology Scholars Project: “ Steering More Women to Silicon Valley.” Rasmussen College is expanding its CBE program, Campus Technology reports. ” asks MIT Technology Review. ” Are they?

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

” From the organization’s press release : the NAACP “ratified a resolution Saturday adopted by delegates at its 2016 107th National Convention calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion and for the strengthening of oversight in governance and practice.” Excellent work, education technology industry.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. From Course Report : “the 2016 Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study.” “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016. Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” “Online Education Pioneer Boots Up a Jobs Program for the Tech Industry,” the MIT Technology Review reports. ” Via Slate : “ Wrongful Arrest by Software.” Not so much.

Education 40

Education Elsevier Report Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Via NJ Spotlight : “Few Class of 2016 Graduates Manage to Pass PARCC Tests.” million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” Reuters continues its investigative series on various education (technology) scandals.

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40