The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech. She holds multiple technology certifications, including, but not limited to, IC3 certification, Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Apple Teacher 2016, and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer and Expert.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Mitch served on the Board of the Ed-Tech Industry Network (ETIN) of the SIIA from 2012-2019, was cochair from 2015-2016, and was the chair in 2019. Presently, beginning in January 2019, Mitch became US COO of 3DBear, a Finnish EdTech company that uses Augmented Reality to motivate students to engage and learn deeply.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tabernacle Township School District’s 665 elementary and middle school students are one-to-one with devices. The goal was to get direct-from-the-classroom suggestions and feedback on everything technology and edtech. para user himself since 2016, Calderwood knew switching to H?para Tabernacle was already using H?para

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year. These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2023

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports instruction wherever it takes place. In 2016, district educators selected Mystery Science to support hands-on elementary science instruction and foster within each student a love of science. Discovery, Inc.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 2, 2020

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 1, 2020

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That idea required changing an existing system. How will we train the teachers to use the new technology?

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Over 1,000 Mineola elementary school students are using eSpark in four buildings throughout the district, while a team of Mineola middle schoolers helped us build new product features to better engage and challenge students. Vision and Virtual Support with Piedmont City Schools. Piedmont, Alabama. Berwyn, Illinois. Mundelein, Illinois.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! At Slackwood Elementary School in New Jersey, AI assistants helped bolster first-grade students, a majority of whom were struggling to achieve high test scores in science, technology, engineering and math courses. percent by 2016.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Norwood Elementary School. Furthermore, he was the parody writer and voice of Burleson ISD's school year launch videos from 2016 to 2019. He has been featured on the Teach Better, Aspire Lead, Teachers On Fire, and Many Voices of Grit podcasts. Chris and his wife, Heidi, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on July 25, 2022.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

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. Dartmouth College) With 2016 Computer Science Education Week in the rear-view mirror, I’d like to reflect on my hopes and dreams for 2017.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 25, 2022

While there is so much good going on— the ST Math Winter Waddle , several big edtech conferences, and the chance to reinvigorate students with math learning—there are also more hurdles than ever before. She helps learners discover possibilities as a d irector of elementary math and science. It's not just us. December 20, 2021.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. In District 36, “We have makerspaces in the resource centers of each elementary school, that’s where the robotics activities are happening,” Miller says. “We

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

I argue that rural states are where edtech companies, investors, and media outlets should be looking to to see truly innovative implementation of technology. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit. She has been both an elementary teacher, and currently serves as an education consultant in the Wyoming Department of Education.

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MSEDTechie

JUNE 14, 2016

Attending this conference connects visitors to educators, technology leaders, innovators, and edtech products from around the globe. For more formal learning opportunities, check out Ignite Sessions , Snapshots , the Edtech Startup Pitch Fest , or (new this year) 1-in-3 ’s, where you'll hear one great idea every three minutes.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Sean Duffy gets emails from educators asking him for advice on how they can leave their teaching careers for an edtech job on a weekly basis. Duffy’s own path took him from the classroom, to edtech and to tech. It’s a topic Duffy is well-versed in, as he made that transition himself.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Billings began using ST Math at five of their schools in 2016, and have since gone on to expand use of the visual instructional program to nineteen elementary schools and one middle school. Kim Anthony is the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Billings Public Schools in Montana. Provide Training and Support.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Billings began using ST Math at five of their schools in 2016, and have since gone on to expand use of the visual instructional program to nineteen elementary schools and one middle school. Kim Anthony is the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Billings Public Schools in Montana. Provide Training and Support.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Mystery Science Building lesson plans is not a track that many edtech startups venture on. And neither is elementary-grade science.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Specifically, he wondered why the field of vocational psychology wasn't being translated to elementary and middle school, when the students he worked with at Qualcomm seemed invested and eager to learn. A Lifelong Knowledge Heather Bergin might be what those in the edtech world call an “early adopter.” But it rarely starts any younger.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Now, some educators—and consultants—are calling for edtech consulting firms to be held accountable for whether or not their million-dollar advice translates into improved, measurable learning outcomes. EdSurge analyzed data from the state report card on every elementary school in the first personalized learning implementation cohort.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Horton, who teaches math and writing to fourth- and fifth-graders at Fremont Elementary School in Springfield, Missouri, says this is the first program that she and a coworker have found that meets their needs for math and writing instruction. She emailed the company to learn that it was not. “It It had raised about $4.8 education strategy.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I served as a communications specialist from January 2015 to July 2016. Since August 2016, I've been focusing mostly on three elementary schools in my district, working as their digital learning coach. Elementary schools are full of curious learners and smiles and hugs. But even the challenges were learning experiences.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

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. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. Elementary teacher Amy Pietrowski adds a dash of STEM into all of her classes. EdTech 4 Beginners. by Meghan Bogardus Cortez. Pull Quote. Alice Keeler.

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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., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Joseph South (@southjoseph) September 22, 2016.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

In 2010, he pooled his own money with KKR, a private equity firm, to launch Weld North , which has since acquired another 16 edtech companies (and invested in 4 others). For instance, Weld North acquired Compass Learning , a suite of digital math and English curriculum materials, in August 2016 and combined it with Edgenuity.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Dr. Brad Gustafson, an elementary school principal, shares his debate on whether to host an all schol picture using a drone for his building’s 50th anniversary. My favorite quote from his post is: “What problems are we hiring edtech to solve?” ” Where Ideas Go to Die by Brad Gustafson ( Adjusting Course ).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

A New Approach to Discipline Slashed Suspension Rates and Transformed This DC School by Emily Tate When new staff arrived to Langley Elementary in 2016, the school's suspension rate was at 66 percent and physical altercations were not uncommon. Then came a social-emotional learning approach called Conscious Discipline.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

Since 2016, a California company has set out to make Montessori mainstream through building and acquiring a network of schools and technologies, and offering professional development programs to prepare future Montessori teachers and leaders. Many companies in edtech take the Netflix approach. and China, serving roughly 7,000 students.

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Adam Welcome

MAY 15, 2016

1 we have a coding class in our 6th grade rotation and all students participate in the #hourofcode #mdusdchat — Kevin Honey (@mrkhoney) May 11, 2016 Coding Unwrapped: Coding is fun, but that doesn’t mean it should be relegated to one hour a year in school. Check out this article New EdTech Resource. Fun can be leveraged and channeled.

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