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Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘Adversarial Narrative’ With Public School Teachers

Edsurge

Jamie Candee, Edmentum BMO Capital Markets Conference The Industry Seeks a Rebound With more technological infrastructure in place, more capital to spend, and advancements in software, mobile technologies and cloud-based computing, business is expected to boom. billion in 2017. We want to be the teacher's greatest tool.”

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When Is It Okay for Public School Officials to Attend Tech-Funded Events?

Edsurge

The days of districts procuring technology tools, throwing them into the laps of teachers and saying ‘good luck’ is gone. We have to do things differently,” Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum told the crowd. At SXSWedu’s 2017 conference in March, Rosenbaum says 44 percent of approximately 13,000 attendees were educators.

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Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs

The Hechinger Report

Online learning can be a useful tool for districts facing stubborn teacher shortages, because it can help fill teacher vacancies with instruction from high-quality professionals, according to recent research from the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that supports the increased use of technology in education.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com Work faster than ever with user-suggested workflow enhancements that give easy access to essential tools and functions. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad.

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How to Get the Most Out Of Practice Testing

Georgia Test Prep

This makes practice tests not only an assessment tool,but a crucial part of the teaching toolkit. Multiple studies (including a peer reviewed study by Edmentum, an eLearning solution) have shown that students who spend at least this much time per week practicing online experienced significantly more growth than those who did not.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

The district also holds several events inviting staff to learn about technology tools and strategies for the classroom. Furthermore, due to remote learning, Alvarez turned to the technology solution to equip educators with insights and tools to personalize and accelerate learning at-home and in the classroom.

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Education Technology and the New Behaviorism

Hack Education

I mean, 2017 really sucked, and we’re all feeling it. For its part, Edsurge pushed hard with its marketing of SEL in 2017: “ Want Social-Emotional Learning to Work? “ Three Ways You Can Harness Personalized Learning to Promote a Growth Mindset ” (that’s sponsored content from Edmentum).