Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. From Google and Microsoft’s LMS-like collaboration system to Apple’s device manager, here’s a handy guide to all things Classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Back in 2017, a startup named Coursetune began selling software tailored to a very particular niche: designing curriculum. It’s not something that sells a school on an LMS, and therefore it’s not a major driver of the business,” she says. But Andersen says that no competitor has focused on the curriculum-mapping as closely.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Data integration baffles even the most edtech-savvy districts. For 20 years Loble has taught at and led educational institutions and edtech organizations. Loble: A lot of districts have poor data integration between their learning management system (LMS) and student information system. Kimono also reduces the burden on teachers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Our transition to personalized learning has been an exhilarating journey that picked up even more momentum through our work with Education Elements beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Canvas is our learning management system (LMS) and provides a framework for our blended learning environment. Intentional design.

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Personalized Learning Tools EdTech Future Ready 111

Kevin Corbett

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Top Experts predict what will transform eLearning in 2017 A big THANK YOU to Joomla LMS for including me recently, in their very nice “flip book” of educational technology predictions. It’s a fantastic compilation of varied educational technology experts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2022

Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. .” Rachelle is a blogger for Getting Smart, Defined Learning, District Administration, NEO LMS, and the STEM Informer with Newsweek. Rachelle Dene Poth - Bio As Submitted. Twitter @ Rdene915 and on Instagram @ Rdene915.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

According to a 2018 research report , AI-based technologies are primed to grow within the edtech market by just under 47%. AI is changing how some edtech companies are approaching the goal of creating intuitive, intelligent teaching bots. Many chatbots are burdened with stiff linguistic style as well as rote and repetitive responses.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 4, 2023

By orchestrating collaboration among Educational Technology (EdTech), Assistive Technology (AT), and Information Technology (IT), CITES offers a roadmap for inclusive systems in which all students can access information equitably—a fundamental civil right deserving special attention as districts adopt this framework.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

On the EdSurge Product Index alone, 56 products self-identify and fall into the LMS category. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? For many users, a complex platform is a huge hurdle to get over—and for educators, an overly-complicated LMS is a non-starter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

Click Here Sponsor This week's guest Rachelle Dené Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. Rachelle is a columnist for Getting Smart, Edutopia, Defined Learning and NEO LMS. Rachelle teaches Spanish and STEAM: Emerging Technology at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, PA.

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Neo LMS

JULY 9, 2019

Research (such as, a 2017 study by T. Benefits of teaching finance with edtech. It’s crucial educators make use of financial technology to teach students the importance of budgeting, as well as other key money lessons (like necessary vs. unnecessary purchases, the difference between saving and investing, and how credit and loans work).

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Technology Education Analysis Study 284

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. What tools are in the LMS and other district approved applications that allow teachers to facilitate online instruction resulting in student deeper learning and understanding? What are all the capabilities of the district LMS?

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

billion mark as of 2017. Why LTI standards support integration is crucial for eBooks and LMS? The Scope of Augmented Reality technology: The AR and VR market is expected to reach a market size of $215 billion within 3 years. The number of AR and VR users is expected to cross the 1 Billion mark by 2020. Objects modeling.

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Technology eBook Education Smartphone 98

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

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Neo LMS

APRIL 3, 2018

This post was originally published in QA Education MAgazine , on October 25, 2017. Plenty of schools adapt to new requirements, more and more educators make use of edtech in their classrooms, and the needs of the 21st Century learner is something that almost every conversation about education gravitates towards.

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Learning System Data EdTech 170

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

According to the 2017 PWC Global CEO survey , human capital was among CEO’s top-three business priorities—alongside developing digital and technology capabilities. He says these platforms are replacing the traditional corporate LMS, as employees increasingly “learn in the flow of work.” The share of U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

It’s become known as the edtech industry’s rendezvous for investors and bankers—although it wasn’t always this way. “It In 2017, Frontline sold to Thoma Bravo for $1.3 Dubbed New U Ventures , the fund will be managed by EPIC Ventures, a Utah-based venture firm whose previous deals include Instructure, the publicly-traded LMS company.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If you are in the EdTech space, you are probably aware of LTI standards support and how important it is to ensure that ebooks in your learning management system (LMS) reach your audience easily in as few steps as possible, under correct authentication. They further upload it to the client LMS for review. What is LTI?

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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. So is it almost like somebody’s in Google Classroom, and the doc is like a page or a webpage you would have in your LMS? And i’ll have these long pages.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Professors can easily integrate the platform into an LMS, allow students to engage with one another and course material online, and faculty see data on how student are learning. An online discussion platform called Piazza has taken off among faculty at the University of California at Berkeley in recent years. Even more attractive: It’s free.

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Learning Analytics Education Learning Data 91

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

University campuses are integrating Kaltura into their LMS platforms to enable students to capture and upload videos. In 2017, I hope that instructional designers and engineers focus on tightening the feedback loop between online activities and real-world applications.

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Online Learning Course MOOC Udemy 119

Tech Helpful

MARCH 15, 2017

They also used a LMS for instructions. Here are testimonials from 2 students: [link] In the 2016-2017 school year we are in year two of the prototype with two school systems still involved and 40 students in the classrooms with one lead teacher and 2 para-professionals. It still gives me goosebumps.

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Personalized Learning Blended Learning Learning LMS 61

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. It is a great way to put significant content on any LMS. Examine Your LMS (Learning Management System). I am now almost booked through June and the rest of the 2017 calendar is filling fast. Mike Gorman ( [link] / ).

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

Jessica W (@CLETS_STAT) February 27, 2017. Sydney Paules , for example, a 6th grade student at Pikesville Middle shares her frustrations about files disappearing, but then describes how saving files to BCPSOne Drive (the district’s LMS) helped her solve the issue. 2nd uses Wixie to create their own math story problems.

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Personalized Learning Strategy Case Study Learning 60

Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 30, 2018

I feel fatigued from having to defend educational technology which is always odd to me that this has become part of who I am.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2019

Books: The Teacher’s Guide to Tech 2017, Hacking Education. The website offers videos (on instruction, classroom management, edtech, advice, and more), podcasts, free materials, and lots more through their Teachers Pay Teachers store. More on teacher resources: 10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2017. Cult of Pedagogy.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 25, 2022

The Moodle LMS is today amongst the most popular learning management systems used in higher education and the corporate world to deliver learning, development, and training initiatives. As of date, the Moodle LMS has had over 100,000 implementations worldwide and is used by over 160 million learners. What is Moodle?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 23, 2023

The framework provides a guide for effective collaboration across EdTech and special education. Lead virtual tech tips sessions (how to use a new tool in the LMS or organize a Google Drive, for example). Therefore, strategies for identifying and selecting accessible and inclusive tech should be top of mind.

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Accessibility Assistive Technology Guidelines EdTech 79

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Edtech is always changing. Edtech trends come and go. But any of what currently happens in edtech couldn’t be possible without the driving passion for education and technology of people. Top 10 edtech people to watch in 2018. Life means change, and every aspect of life is affected by it. How to know which is which?

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EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners. Ally is designed to integrate with a school district’s existing LMS and automatically runs class materials through an accessibility checklist that looks for common accessibility issues.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2017

Helping Parents Guide Kids' Media Use SXSWedu 2017 Panel tinyurl.com/ParentsGuidetoKidsMedia What makes for effective parent engagement around media and technology? FBISD - Why not use your LMS to help provide ongoing learning/resources to parents? Rachelle hopes to do this as FBISD moves forward with an LMS in the next year.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media LMS Guidelines 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Here are some articles to get you started: How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom (Eli Zimmerman, EdTech Magazine, February 4, 2019) Today’s Classrooms Should Be About Flexible Teaching—Not Furniture (Chrissy Romano-Arrabito, EdSurge, August 16, 2017) 10 Common Flexible Seating Myths (John S.

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Technology Digital Citizenship Policies LMS 68

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. K-12 market.

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I delivered this talk today at the NMC Summer 2017 conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sidenote: Someone from the Clayton Christensen Institute recently invoked the history of household appliances in an op-ed for Edsurge , asking “Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?”

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Robotics Company Technology System 67

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

If we look back on 2017 in educational technology, some of the biggest surprises were political and cultural. In 2017 the Trump administration did not embrace free tuition, to put it mildly, but localities did in various forms, from New York state to Providence, Rhode Island. Has gaming worn out its welcome in schools and colleges?

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Trends LMS Social Media Education 119

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

The instructor led students through a discussion about cross-cultural differences by encouraging them to respond to live polls through the LMS and asking individuals to share their opinions out loud, on screen. It’s a partnership of ideas, and Shorelight is a very inventive, entrepreneurial company,” Newman says.

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