eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

schools will give way to an increased focus on STEM and coding in schools, reinvigorating the “maker movement.” will build dedicated maker spaces in their districts–helping more students than ever to obtain hands-on experience in STEM, tinkering and technology. This trend is already being experienced globally.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

When she became the district’s first educational technology director in 2017, Briana Allen looked for a better solution. One of the great things with Vivi is that it works with laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets. You were once a junior high teacher.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2017

Mari was awarded the CUE Outstanding Emerging Teacher of the Year in 2017. She is a Google For Education Certified Trainer and Innovator, a Google Certified Educator Levels 1 & 2, and is Leading Edge Certified in Online and Blended Instruction. She is the co-founder of Breakout EDU Digital. Transcript for this episode. Check back soon!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Friday, September 8, 2017. Leslie: We use both Chromebooks and iPads. All comments in the shaded green box are my own. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript. Five Ideas for Technology Stations. Shownotes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e145. So Leslie, what’s your first idea? Vicki: Cool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. h ttps://spacesforlearning.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/the-phygitals-have-arrived%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8aa-generation-for-this-century/. She holds a B.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017. They run on a desktop client, but they have the beta that runs on a browser, so you could run it, say on a Chromebook. Chromebooks only run stuff that’s on browsers. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript. VR as a new educational paradigm.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

CAST Tech, which opened in fall 2017 with 175 freshmen, is the first of three career-themed public high schools currently planned for San Antonio. CAST STEM, focused on advanced manufacturing, will open this fall in the city’s Southwest Independent School District, a more rural district with a high percentage of low-income students.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We purged through the winners and compiled a list of educational tools and gadgets for you to look for in 2017. Samsung Chromebook Plus This Chrome OS device is perhaps the coolest laptop-tablet crossover. LEGO Boost Kit Take your LEGO® play to the next level with the LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox. Learn more > goo.gl/hneIsI

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Our district is 1:1 at the high school and we have several iPads and Chromebooks that our K-8 students utilize daily. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript. Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Ways to Give Students a Voice.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

But based on initial data from a much smaller pilot in Long Beach, California, in 2017-18 and another in 33 tiny Idaho districts in 2013-14, he was optimistic. . “It’s not like you can just drop the tool in and the flowers will bloom and the birds will chirp,” he said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Date: Monday, December 4, 2017. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript. How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e201. Vicki: Happy Hour of Code Week! So we have Hour of Code, but do we stop there? And why do we even want to code?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. Danielle Johnson (05:53.074) Yeah, there is a little bit of outlay, but I know in Texas and in other states that our college career readiness depends on CTE and STEM and other types of electives. So, and all of those can be done on a Chromebook.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Wednesday, October 11, 2017. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Enhanced Transcript. Google Masters for Kids of All Ages. Shownotes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e168. From Audio File: 168 Lee Ann Yonker @leeannyonker. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Lee Ann Yonker @leeannyonker.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks. Being connected, as is required to get iPads and Chromebooks up and running, is assumed. In 2017—the last full year for which it publicly released numbers— Futuresource Consulting estimated that Chromebooks had 58.3 Outside of the U.S.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2019

App, Chromebooks, or any Windows device; free. The CK-12 website offers high-quality learning on a wide variety of STEM subjects delivered as videos, articles, FlexBooks (curricula), simulations, flashcards, activities, images, or lesson plans. Chromebook; free. CK-12 Resources. Book Creator.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2017

Murray @thomascmurray is the 2017 US “Thought Leader of the Year” and shares what actually works in edtech. VICKI: Now, you were actually named education thought leader of the year for the US for 2017 , which is a pretty big title, Tom. His latest book, Learning Transformed , was released in 2017 with ASCD.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. Spectrum Industries Inc.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The school recently built a new center for science and arts outfitted with new, cutting-edge Samsung solutions that provide an ideal space for students to foster STEM skills, such as critical thinking, communication, and creativity. The positive results in the classroom have led to other expansion opportunities across the CCHS campus.

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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. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of Louisville ’s head basketball coach has been suspended for the first five Atlantic Coast Conference games of the season, a piece of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s punishment stemming from a prostitution scandal that has roiled the institution for two years.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.” Luster lost to Chromebooks, apparently. Via The Atlantic : “The STEM Superhero of Sesame Street.” Via Campus Technology : “ Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending to Double in 2017.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” pic.twitter.com/lfNWyW7z5f — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 28, 2017.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” This stems from a protest at the University of Connecticut. Chromebooks. link] — Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 11, 2017. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “In Reversal, College Adviser Who Was Grabbed by Far-Right Speaker Is Criminally Charged.” ” Yay. Storify is shutting down.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

“ Nancy Zimpher to Resign as SUNY Chancellor in 2017.” ” Also via The New York Times : “A Mission to Bring STEM Skills, and Robots, to Children in West Africa.” . “ Ken Starr Says He Will Resign as Baylor ’s Chancellor.” ” The university’s athletics director has also resigned.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. The Girl Who Drank the Moon , written by Kelly Barnhill, is the 2017 Newbery Medal winner. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat , illustrated by Javaka Steptoe is the 2017 Caldecott Medal winner. Colleges Will Disappear.”

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