EdTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2018

In The Gallup 2017 Survey of K–12 School District Superintendents , 67 percent of respondents said the quantity of new teacher candidates is decreasing and 39 percent said the quality is also declining. Though city superintendents rank themselves higher for recruiting educators, they are on par with rural superintendents for retaining them.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017.

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techlearning

MAY 22, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, May 22, 2018 — To keep students actively learning over the summer and to help prevent summer learning loss, the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), with the help of Fuel Education® (FuelEd®), is launching its sixth annual Alabama Summer Learning Challenge. It really motivated her.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For educators that may mean working with students in a face to face, elearning, or a blended environment. Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

He also discusses how educators can join the innovators who are crafting and exploring this new education paradigm today. You can also use and create breakout educational experiences. VR as a new educational paradigm. Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017. Vicki: Virtual Reality is a new education paradigm.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 25, 2019

Take courses on helpful topics like social-emotional learning, classroom management, teacher wellness, special education classes and more. Monica visits schools across the country to work with PreK-20 teachers to make technology integration exciting and accessible.

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization helping schools provide their students with a variety of online and blended learning programs, has spurred institutions in Rhode Island and Vermont to give their students greater access to the wide array of VHS core and elective courses. is an online learning pioneer.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Help arrived thanks to a phone call from Mitch Slater, an educator with 20 years of experience as a classroom teacher, math intervention specialist and administrator. Fourth graders at Montgomery improved their CAASPP scores by 164% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year—their first year using the platform.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

Help arrived thanks to a phone call from Mitch Slater, an educator with 20 years of experience as a classroom teacher, math intervention specialist and administrator. Fourth graders at Montgomery improved their CAASPP scores by 164% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year—their first year using the platform.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Tuesday, November 14th, is day two of the eighth annual Global Education Conference. link] Recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page, usually within a few minutes after a session has ended. "I Very informative and educative." Everything you need is here. Thank you!!"

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 25, 2021

When educators share what they discover and learn every teacher becomes a cog in this big machine that educates kids. As a Shake Up Learning trainer, Jen will be offering a 4-part webinar series this summer. Dynamic Learning is at the heart of Kasey Bell’s books, Shake Up Learning and Blended Learning with Google.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science. According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Mobile learning is generally defined as training or education conducted via a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, generally connected to a wireless network such as GSM, G3 or Wifi. This study found that in 2017, 71% of teens claimed to either own or have use of a smartphone. In the end.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Information technology has already changed the way education is provided and it continues to make even more impact with new apps that are designed every week. For Online Courses/Blended Learning. If you have not had this opportunity, then it is a great reason to try it, especially if you want to take education to the next level.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

From “The Vault” of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast Lisa Scumpieru’s show aired in 2017 and remains a highly shared resource on hyperdocs. Since iTunes keeps only 295 of the 500 shows, we wanted to take some of the very best of the show this summer and re-share it with our growing community of remarkable educators.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2017

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The new report , “Time to Act 2017: Put Data in the Hands of People,” catalogs how the evolving use of data has influenced policy and teaching practices over the last 10 years. It’s been more about the internal conversation.”. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

School officials and education activists in Oakland, California have teamed up in a notable collaboration to simplify public school enrollment. Applications in Oakland are now live for both district and charter schools for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

There are not too many education conferences that flip the script and let CEOs grill investors with questions. According to the BMO Capital Markets Education Training Report, investments in education technology are projected to rebound after a sluggish 2016. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016).

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

Putting a thoughtful transition to digital learning in place affords us the opportunity to provide greater clarity and coherence regarding our district’s vision of teaching and learning to educators, students, and our community. Scaling Innovation.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

With the purchase of a Wowzers subscription, teachers and administrators have unlimited access to on-demand PD, including an informational overview document and video tutorials. Wowzers also offers a discount for educators who complete the Wowzers certification course. Contact an account manager for more details.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. My fellow students and I watched avidly - I can't recall what the topic was, but I do remember the thrill of the experience - it was fresh and new to be able to watch television in a formal education setting. The future?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Kids are helped along by access to take-home devices and individualized learning plans that allow them to progress through class material at their own speed. The model also helped students and educators weather the pandemic’s ups and downs more easily than other districts in the country.

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MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

In the 21st century, educators are no longer bound to the limits of geographic location for professional development opportunities. Forward-thinking educators across the country, and even the world, are sharing best practices, proposing creative ideas and refining innovative solutions--and these collaborations are happening in digital spaces.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

The unconventional flurry of both in-person and virtual academics in a school that had never before offered AP physics is part of a broader experiment that experts say could herald the future of education, especially for rural schools. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to provide access and opportunity they might not otherwise have.”.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Young will be taking part in a panel discussion on cybersecurity education. Stacy will be discussing our commitment to high school computer science (CS) education to prepare students for college and careers,” said Amy Michalowski, Dean of VHS. is an online learning pioneer.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

With help from Rosetta Stone’s language learning solutions, Boone County Schools is providing students with access to programs that it hopes will enhance college and career readiness and global competence. The use of Rosetta Stone in the classroom is a new initiative being funded by a county-approved tax levy.

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Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

I’m looking forward to stepping away from the office and spending time with family and friends one last time before the 2017-18 school year gets underway in earnest. Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

One such way educators are trying to introduce “thinking” back into the classroom is by “flipping the classroom”. A flipped classroom is a teaching pedagogy which reverses old classroom teaching and homework through a form of blended learning using modern technology and practical application. [2] This allows riverbeds to form.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

a non-profit organization empowering schools with the industry’s most extensive variety of online and blended learning programs, has opened registration for its 2018 summer program. In summer 2017, students taking VHS summer courses for credit recovery had a 75% pass rate. “A is an online learning pioneer.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Together they discuss how inclusive learning is meeting the needs of all learners. Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. Mike doesn’t have a typical education career. The book itself is meant to be a resource and tool for educators. © Shake Up Learning 2022.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the summer of 2016, a community of educators, research design partners, and over 150 teens and young adults in Colorado engaged in a bold experiment to rethink how quality and impact might be measured in a modernized system of learning. In this relatively small, short-cycle prototype, the lessons we learned were significant.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The use of differentiated instruction to individualize each student’s learning experience is becoming more common in today’s elementary classrooms, but creating meaningful differentiation for a typical class of 25 students or more can still be a challenge. What should educators and administrators know about adaptive learning?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Kids go to school to get an education, and in part to increase their future job opportunities, not limit their parents’ prospects in the process. They live and learn in communities. We limit students’ educations when we curb their access to museums, libraries, community events and other places where learning happens.

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Buncee

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

One thing that I often hear educators say is that it's hard to find enough time to learn about the different tools out there and to roll them out in the classroom. Here are some top concerns when contemplating adding a new tool to the stack: Will there be a learning curve with the tool? Is it accessible on different devices?

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