The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. Wednesday, October 11, 2017. What can K-2 students be expected to do in Google Tools? To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq.

Google 175

Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 175

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. And as they revise, they can see how long learners spent looking at that passage and other details about how they moved through the digital tool, since every action leaves breadcrumbs to analyze.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

In demonstration of this theory, one study found that students who receive adaptive testing paired with individualized instruction show significantly better performance than their peers who receive more generalized instruction (Huey-Min, 2017). #3: Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. & Martinez, 1992). Bergan, J.

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As a Title 1 district with 98 percent minority enrollment and nationally known for an above-average graduation rate, UCSD leaders credit much of the district’s success to a mission for technology equity. CMS is implementing Essential Physics in all 19 high schools that offer physics or honors physics courses.

CMS 65

CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 65

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country.

E-rate 362

E-rate Education Meeting Industry 362

ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

More than a dozen states across the nation , however, have taken steps to intervene and, through bold but sometimes politically controversial policy, turn th e s e dismal academic results around. In fact, in 2017 Mississippi was second in the nation in fourth-grade learning gains in reading. .

Policies 28

Policies E-rate Study Training 28

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.

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 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 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Over the past decade, school officials in Fulton County, Georgia’s fourth-largest school district, have experimented with so-called personalized learning , tried integrating English language learners into mainstream classes, and introduced high school-level courses in middle school. Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report.

Report 111

Report E-rate Study Training 111

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 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 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You’ve been exploring apps with your students and faculty over the course of the year, now’s the time to nominate your faves! Each year Jane examines trends–which tools have moved up and which have move down the list. Top 100 Tools for Education (for K12, university and adult education.). And we need your help.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

In June 2017, Henry County School District in Georgia got $21,196 knocked off an Apple purchase of more than $3.2 When it comes to software licenses, Madsen said he has seen prices drop 20 percent over the course of a couple weeks of negotiating. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. million, a savings of just 0.66

iPad 78

iPad Broadband Software Company 78

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 191

EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

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 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

The nonrivalrous, nonexcludable nature of ideas is an absolutely key, foundational concept that typically goes completely unexamined and unappreciated in courses on instructional design, learning science, and epistemology, yet the entire enterprise of education is possible only because it is true. Reiser & J. Ideas are public goods.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Sante Fe University of Art and Design will close at the end of the 2017–2018 school year.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – 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 10 Edition). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. In 2017, the petite Texan arrived at the jail with an armada of plans and the energy to launch them. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / WASHINGTON, D.C. Jerard Briscoe is away at school. It’s a plausible story.

Tablets 164

Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 164

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Of course, the US can’t let the UK lead for too long when it comes to terrible people and terrible ideas in education. Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. ” “Special bracelets” are, of course, ed-tech.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via the AP : “ Wyoming begins path to computer science courses in schools.” ” Warning: income sharing agreements. ” asks Edsurge.

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

million in 2017,” says Politico , making her the wealthiest of Trump’s Cabinet members. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Amazon opens its internal machine learning courses to all for free.” ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

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. But that’s not my job.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big ed-tech news this week is, of course, that Betsy DeVos is considering allowing schools to use federal funds to arm teachers and staff. ” CPS is, of course, the Chicago Public Schools. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Department relaxes financial aid process in the absence of IRS tool.” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.” These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Why, schools of course. ” You are a fool. A dangerous, exploitative one at that.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U of Maryland University College pursues a strategy of spinning off units into stand-alone companies, seeking financial gain for itself and affordable tuition rates for its students.” The founder, of course, has a degree from an Ivy League school.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Boston Bridge would be available for 2017 high school graduates who live in the city.” Department of Education today announced the IRS Data Retrieval Tool is now available for borrowers applying for an income-driven repayment plan. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool will return Oct. The e-book subscription service has raised $21.45

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Trump Proclaims October 15 through October 21, 2017, as National Character Counts Week.” Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” “ AI-driven tool produces high quality online learning for global company in days not months,” claims Donald Clark. “The U.S.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” Apparently it’s all Audre Lorde ’s fault, because of course it is. Illuminate Education has acquired visualization tool eduCLIMBER. link] — Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 11, 2017. million total.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”? MOOCs are not particularly "open." last year to 63.3%

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Real Clear Education : “Connecting Schools to the Future: Rethinking E-Rate.” Scammers advertise phony job opportunities on college employment websites, and/or students receive e-mails on their school accounts recruiting them for fictitious positions. turns the most low-income students into top earners.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The reporting often isolates education technology from other developments in the computer technology sector and tends to isolate education technology from education politics and policies more broadly (unless, of course, those policies dovetail with the political interests of ed-tech and ed-reform, which they often do).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40