Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. 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. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. 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. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this 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 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this 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 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) April 9, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this 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 14 Edition). What does it mean to be an XYZ-certifed educator?

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

In the absence of the weekly news round-ups, I took the time away to do some further writing and analysis: Everything’s Bigger in Texas…Including (Maybe) the Data Breaches , which details the ham-handed way in which the Texas Association of School Boards has communicated about their breach of personal information about Texas educators.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – 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 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012). How am I going?

Learning 345

Learning Strategy Analysis Study 345

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. Looking ahead, a renewed focus on energy will take place in 2017.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

While digital tools are woven into educational pedagogy nationwide, another component of learning may help educators give students advantages in a world not yet known to them. A 2017 Report by Dell Technologies estimates that 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 — fewer than 12 years from now — haven’t been invented yet.

Game-Based Learning 408

Game-Based Learning Analysis Report Google 408

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Between 2017-18 and 2021-22, school districts in those states cited attendance-related violations as a reason for student suspensions more than half a million times. Hechinger’s analysis is the largest national look to date at suspensions for attendance violations, gathered as part of its Suspended …for what?

Data 110

Data Analysis Report Elementary 110

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

If you’re in a 1-to-1 classroom with iPads, Chromebooks, or any other device, this free tool is a MUST-USE. Sign Up Before September 1, 2017 and Get Free Lesson Plans. If you sign up now (August 2017) for Owl Eyes, they’ll send you 10 free 60-minute lesson plans. No doubt about it! Collaborate.

Analysis 285

Analysis Chromebook iPad Company 285

User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If this is how the makerspace is set up in your school, then your kids may not have access to the resources, materials, and tools when they need them, especially for STEM or STEAM. This is why we decided to create a planning tool for makerspaces in the classroom for you using the Design Thinking Process and Universal Design for Learning®.

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UDL STEM Tools Guidelines 275

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In a new analysis , it finds that 47 percent of U.S. Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year. Nonprofit Common Sense has released a new survey and companion analysis about the 0-8 year-old set.

Broadband 168

Broadband Report Video EdTech 168

Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome. Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation.

Accessibility 314

Accessibility EdTech Trends Course 314

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

This could be a historical event, a scientific concept, or a literary analysis. Tools to use: Software like iMovie or Adobe Spark Video can make this a seamless process. Tools to use: You can use a checklist or a structured form to guide their analysis. So go ahead, shake up your instructional methods a bit.

Analysis 130

Analysis Adobe Smartphone Video 130

Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

Most mapping tools feature a way to import data, with plenty of examples, search functions, and instructions to help users. We’ve spent hours creating a comprehensive list of the best mapping software products, comparing the best online mapping tools and printable maps for classroom mapping purposes.

Tools 64

Tools Analysis Software Android 64

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2016

2017 is shaping up to be a big year of what-if’s. Continue Efforts to Improve Connectivity In Schools Just last week, one of my portfolio company founders was excited to pilot a new literacy tool in a school in Richmond, Calif., Here’s what Shauntel Poulson, a general partner at Reach Capital, had to say. education technology agenda.

EdTech 60

EdTech Education Edcamps Common Core 60

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 23, 2021

A 2013 meta-analysis of over 200 studies on spatial training concluded that “even a small amount of training can improve spatial reasoning in both males and females, and children and adults.”. A 2017 study from the University of Toronto looked at a 32-week spatial skills intervention that was implemented in grades K-2. Caswell, B.,

STEM 136

STEM Training Analysis Study 136

Neo LMS

JULY 9, 2019

Research (such as, a 2017 study by T. Since children have access to financial technology and digital tools both at school and at home, they’re able to feel more in control of their own learning process. Benefits of teaching finance with edtech. Closing remarks.

Technology 284

Technology Education Analysis Study 284

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. Our analysis excludes companies whose primary business is to offer loans and happens to serve students (like Social Finance, which raised $500 million earlier this year). The two companies were also among the 10 companies that raised the most funding in 2017 as well.

EdTech 144

EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 144

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Attendees workshopped two new tools for EdClusters — an Asset Mapping Guide and Equity Audit, each of which grew out of two working groups EdClusters network partners have participated in over the past several months. — Brian Eller (@BrianrEller) September 28, 2017. pchd #edclusters17 pic.twitter.com/LessTy8pnW.

EdTech 133

EdTech Libraries Analysis Tools 133

Neo LMS

MARCH 8, 2018

Overall, in 2017, the national grade was a C-average, scoring a 74.2. A finance analysis studies spending and equity in spending across districts, by state. A finance analysis studies spending and equity in spending across districts, by state. Another five states also earned B-grades: New Jersey (85.6). Vermont (83.8).

Education 150

Education Chromebook Laptops Study 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2024

million times from 2017-18 to 2021-22 across the 20 states that collect this data. Those, the analysis found, were much less common. Learn more about the data and how we did our analysis.) Suspension and expulsion shouldn’t be the only tool that we pull out when we see behavioral issues.” million instances.

Policies 133

Policies Analysis Report Data 133

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Many tools give teachers the flexibility to customize lesson plans for their students by pulling in up-to-date content and activities, without waiting for the latest textbook versions to hit the market. Others are more optimistic about the adoption of proprietary digital curriculum tools. Dreambox received $130 million in 2018.

OER 85

OER Data Tools Trends 85

Doug Levin

JANUARY 3, 2018

My view is expansive: technology’s role in education goes far beyond classroom tools and student learning. chris g (@hypervisible) December 29, 2017. ’ The choices we make will shape the impact we have. I don’t have any particular stake in any future of technology in education.

Education 170

Education Software Analysis Technology 170

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms. Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instruction Tools. What Do Educators Want? Why Do They Want It?

Survey 205

Survey Differentiated Instruction Common Core Student Engagement 205

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

Learning 117

Learning Analysis Secondary Accessibility 117

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

Tools 68

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 68

EdNews Daily

MAY 8, 2019

In his most recent meta-analysis, renowned education researcher Professor John Hattie calculated that the average effect size educational technologies have on student achievement is a dismal.34, 40 (Hattie, in Magana, 2017). Look for the part two of the series, The Translational Impact of Digital Tools in the Classroom, coming soon.

Analysis 157

Analysis Technology Strategy Industry 157

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Big numbers are nothing new to Quizlet , one of the most widely-used digital study tools in the United States. Quizlet Learn makes its recommendations based on an analysis of billions of anonymous study sessions previously done on that topic. Here’s where the artificial intelligence comes in. and $14.99 per year) as well as a $34.99

Study 79

Study Tools Company Analysis 79

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Salesforce, the San Francisco software juggernaut renowned for its CRM tools and lavish parties, is betting schools can achieve greater student success with its customer relationship management system. new mobile tool for advisors slated for 2017. Uniformity is so important in doing any later analysis.

Tools 60

Tools Software Analysis Data 60

Doug Levin

AUGUST 30, 2016

While I asserted that the polling question was of dubious value and its analysis misleading, the authors doubled down on the broad importance of the question and line of inquiry.

Blended Learning 240

Blended Learning Learning Analysis Strategy 240

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Data Analysis. However, data analysis and information technology are not necessarily part of computer science, as you'll see in the video, where I explained it in more detail. Computer science takes us even further as we make the apps and tools we use have new functions and features. And in my book, that's an A+. Danielson, C.

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Course Robotics Video Data 324

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This year we embarked on a research initiative to learn more about how regional EdCluster ecosystems work, how they diffuse innovation, and how they best support the development and scale of breakthrough learning tools and practices. Collectively, they form the basis for a shared research agenda for Education Innovation Clusters as a whole.

Learning 164

Learning Case Study Analysis Assessment 164

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

Classroom 92

Classroom Learning Analysis Secondary 92

edWeb.net

MAY 18, 2023

Yet, sometimes, the analysis is cut and dry, absent deeper examination that could raise critical questions and lead to innovation. Collaboration Beyer shared that deeper data analysis requires collaborative, strategic partnerships to effect change. Use data for storytelling. Data can sometimes dehumanize systems. students worldwide.

Data 66

Data Analysis Trends Industry 66