EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 That means 1 in 7 students missed 15 or more days of school. Of those students, an estimated 1 in 10 kindergarten and first grade students were chronically absent.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Google Classroom currently has more than 10 million active student users, according to Jonathan Rochelle of the Google EDU team—which means that one in six classrooms in the United States use it, he says. But apparently 10 million isn’t enough for Google. Ben Schrom, Google Expeditions Product Manager.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 25, 2021

Thank you, Jasmine Pearman, a recent Google Slides Master Class graduate, for leaving this testimonial. “This course was very informative and hands-on to truly teach how to use Google Slides, this is great for anyone wanting to learn more about google slides.” Related: Make Your Google Drive Beautiful.

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Gaggle Speaks

JULY 22, 2016

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Rebecca Sadwick. Most educators have thought about integrating a robust technology program if they haven’t rolled devices out to students already. 6 Ways to Make Edtech Affordable on Any Budget Click To Tweet. Do you have advice for making technology more affordable district-wide?

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 11, 2018

The rise of AI-powered intelligent tutoring systems According to Technavio, the global artificial intelligence market in the education sector 2016-2020 will grow at a CAGR of more than 39% by 2020. They assist teachers to recognize weak students and implement a more efficient way of teaching. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and student data privacy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

The tool is also tightly integrated with Google tools—G Suite for Education and Google Classroom—which allows students to log in with their Google accounts. Pear Deck files are also easily shared across teachers’ and students’ Drive folders. Haiku Learning, in turn, was bought by Powerschool in 2016.)

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100mentors

JANUARY 23, 2018

This post will focus on the importance of reorienting education from knowledge acquisition to skill mastery, making what students learn at school more relevant to their lives outside the classroom, consequently increasing student motivation to learn and willingness to actively engage in lessons.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 17, 2019

Willis and Arakawa underscored the importance of creating learning environments in which students and teachers understand that it is not about getting it right the first time; it is about failing forward and being inspired to keep moving forward. Coding Software.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 28, 2016

Also, when talking about student engagement as a result of technology, it can be compared to one of the main reasons why punishment should not be used as a classroom management tool. Some questions to think about with Pokemon Go…What makes it appealing to so many? Is this something that is going to be a fad, or the next evolution.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

link] A 7-STEP PLAN TO IMPROVE YOUR ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM FOR MAXIMUM STUDENT ENGAGEMENT (60 minutes) 5:00 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time Click here to see the time in your own time zone Online learning is the new normal. He is a Google Certified Innovator, Bammy!

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Being able to modify how students are seated enables a greater variety of tech-based activities. And variety -- over a class period, day, or week -- increases student engagement. Flexible seating also allows activities to include student choice, creativity, and collaboration. If so, what are they?

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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. And it has.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

His activities with teachers and students are guided by a focus on learning-by-doing. Denise Pope Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University Dr. Pope specializes in curriculum studies, service learning, student engagement, school reform, and qualitative research methods. He was born in 1982.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library? Holzweiss asked.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2017

Pearson execs writing in Edsurge ask , “Can Edtech Support – and Even Save – Educational Research ?” Google is closing down the Hangouts API. “Student engagement platform” ClearScholar has raised $1.25 ” Spoiler alert: funding was down – way down – in 2016.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

K98BwFMkIc @ryancraiguv #edtech pic.twitter.com/3mITJHvODv — EdSurge HigherEd (@HigherEdSurge) November 11, 2016. I’ve been urging people to watch the private student loan market for a while now. Via Politico : “The Education Department estimates that in fiscal year 2016 it incorrectly calculated more than $2.2

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Via NJ Spotlight : “Few Class of 2016 Graduates Manage to Pass PARCC Tests.” ” That’s 1 in 10 students in New Jersey , to be clear. Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.”

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