The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. If a teacher is using Google Classroom, they need to use hyperdocs. So it will sort of build out on that Google site.

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Moodle Google Twitter Tools 295

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2022

Rachelle is a blogger for Getting Smart, Defined Learning, District Administration, NEO LMS, and the STEM Informer with Newsweek. I did some questions, but some I use as a Google form , and I put some “would you rather” questions. Twitter @ Rdene915 and on Instagram @ Rdene915. Tell us about it. What's your answer?

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Course Strategy Classroom EdTech 350

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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System LMS Schoology Social Media 95

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. One of our portfolio companies LearnPlatform publishes a regular “ Edtech Top 40 ” list of the most used edtech products in K12 schools nationwide: perhaps unsurprisingly, Google products take 8 of the top 10 spots.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 182

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. For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could this instead be done in a Zoom Room with a shared Google Document?

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Neo LMS

MARCH 8, 2018

Overall, in 2017, the national grade was a C-average, scoring a 74.2. According to the study 2017 saw Massachusetts takes first place among the states (for the third year in a row), with a B score of 86.5. Google currently rules Ed-Tech. A finance analysis studies spending and equity in spending across districts, by state.

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Education Chromebook Laptops Study 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2017

To set up educator accounts through Office for Education (which requires a school sign-up), all students need is a Google or Microsoft account, or just an email. OneNote–the all-in-one digital notetaking, classroom app for educators — coming up June 30, 2017. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years.

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Microsoft Blended Learning Digital Citizenship LMS 176

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Americans have been the first to adopt smart speakers, with players like Amazon Echo Dot, Google Home or Apple HomePod — and their respective voices, Alexa, Cortana and Siri — sharing the market. If in 2017 the Fellowship included only four universities, the number has gone up to 18 now. Smart speakers are slowly conquering the world.

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Education Smartphone Company Technology 211

Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

Between September 2016 and May 2017 the program donated 1,600 computers and 870 4G mobile hotspots to low-income families in Denver, Colorado. In their first year (2017) the program provided over 180 000 students across 118 school districts with mobile devices and 4G internet. Sprint’s 1 Million Project.

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Examples Accessibility Broadband Mobility 150

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The university is the first to adopt a tool called Notebowl to replace its legacy learning management system (LMS). By contrast, “a legacy LMS is like a file system on a computer,” Chaifetz says. Within the platform, professors can open a Google Hangout to hold office hours via video, for example.

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Facebook System Blackboard LMS 60

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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Education Company Coursera Policies 112

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

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. All content is stored in Google docs. Research – Search engines such as Google , Sweet Search , Wolfram Alpha. Record – Google Docs , Diigo , Evernote , Microsoft 360.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” And if 2017 is the end of the road for our vision of the transformative power of OER, it will be our own fault.) You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.).if And don’t even start trying to explain how the LMS is the answer.

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OER LMS Pearson System 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

And government policy-makers for the most part have stayed out of the economy’s way; it was not a civic issue whether or not you had the money to buy the latest PlayStation, or could afford to advertise your business on Google Ads. I mined their 2017 report for some details to guide our thinking on the digital divide with regard to education.

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Digital Divide Broadband Mobility BYOD 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Here are the most-read posts for the month of August: 2017 Teachers Pay Teachers Conference: Notes from Sessions. Google Sheets in the K-12 Classroom. Moodle: The Unsung Hero of LMS Options. Back to School. Lots of Ideas! Math: Energize Your Math Program with Thinkster Math. Tech Ed Resources–Organize Your Class.

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Moodle Digital Citizenship LMS Conference 15

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

PowerSchool is my SIS and LMS and is the sponsor of today’s show. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or. h ttps://spacesforlearning.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/the-phygitals-have-arrived%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8aa-generation-for-this-century/. Get motivated today listening to Pam.

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Education Examples Maker Movement Company 247

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called 2017: RIP OER? , And if 2017 is the end of the road for our vision of the transformative power of OER, it will be our own fault.) You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.). And don’t even start with the LMS. They don’t.

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OER Pearson System Assessment 60

Neo LMS

JANUARY 31, 2017

The 2017 edition was packed-full with game-changers. From the multinational companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Discovery Education, Asus, Lego, or Intel, to small, single-product companies, they all made Bett the excellent conference it was. The NEO team attended the Bett Show 2017 and met many amazing people there.

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Conference Robotics Social Media Microsoft 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2019

Books: Get Started with Google Classroom, Ditch That Homework, and more. Alice Keeler is a Google Certified Teacher, New Media Consortium K12 Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator and LEC Admin & Online and Blended certified. Books: The Teacher’s Guide to Tech 2017, Hacking Education. Cult of Pedagogy.

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Social Media Adobe Conference Training 171

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

7 E-learning trends for educational institutions in 2017. NYT – VR, G Suite for Education, Kaizena, TED Talks, Curiosity and of course NEO LMS! Teachers can consider using VR in the classroom through Google Cardboard or Second Life, and these are only two examples. NEO LMS is proud of you!

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Gamification Game-Based Learning LMS Trends 170

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Google Classroom ? The graduation rate rose dramatically, from 81 percent in 2011 to 91 percent in 2017. Google Classroom ? Google voice typing ? Read & Write for Google ? Various Google Chrome extensions ? Google Apps for Education ? Canvas LMS ? TOOLS THEY USE GREENE COUNTY SCHOOLS, TN ?

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 54

edWeb.net

MARCH 23, 2023

Lead virtual tech tips sessions (how to use a new tool in the LMS or organize a Google Drive, for example). CITES is developing and disseminating a framework of evidence-based practices, aligned to the National Educational Technology Plan (2017) to enhance the successful use of technology by all students.

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Accessibility Assistive Technology Guidelines EdTech 77

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2018

Screen Time Vs. Lean Time Infographic, Image Credit: CDC, 2017 This has put pressure on schools and districts to carefully explain and prove why adoption of digital tools is not only beneficial, but necessary. This lack of clarification for over a decade has left many parents with anxiety about device use in general (and rightfully so!)

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Guidelines LMS Video Social Media 151

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

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

— Ismael Peña-López (@ictlogist) November 16, 2017. I did Google searches looking for phrases that turned up literally no results). All integrated cohesively within the LMS. As someone concerned with equality, I like #OER as a way to make teaching cheaper. As an educator, I like #OER as a tool for transforming learning.

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OER LMS Secondary Course 60

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? Brought in experts via Google Hangouts or Skype for parents to hear. FBISD - Why not use your LMS to help provide ongoing learning/resources to parents?

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Digital Citizenship Social Media LMS Guidelines 40

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

JUNE 15, 2023

These were turned in on our LMS; work marked "Retry" or "Incomplete" would get lots of written feedback on the submission, and students were allowed to submit a single revision. Specific requirements for "Success" were given on the Miniproject forms.

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Analysis Course Assessment System 52

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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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 58

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I delivered this talk today at the NMC Summer 2017 conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “I think eventually [robots will] be able to act just like they are falling in love,” Google AI expert Peter Norvig told The Daily Beast in 2013 in response to the Spike Jonze movie Her.

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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.

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Trends LMS Social Media Education 113

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

. … The state has until September 1, 2018 ‘to fully implement its program for basic education’ and it must have a plan for funding and implementing ‘by the final adjournment of the 2017 legislative session,’ the court said in a ruling written by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.” A Wi-Fi system.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The non-speakers: James Damore, the fired Google engineer, and Lucian Wintrich, a journalist with Gateway Pundit. Nice artwork pic.twitter.com/ghFh8flSw1 — Kumars Salehi (@KumarsSalehi) September 21, 2017. From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.”

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Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

And it’s “announced plans to create an ‘unsafe space’ to discuss texts including Mein Kampf and topics such as the infamous memo by ex-Google employee James Damore, who claimed there are ‘biological causes’ that prevent more women from getting jobs in tech.”

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

Edsurge invites readers to “Meet the 5 Education Technology Startups From Y Combinator ’s Summer 2017 Class.” Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill writes about the latest from the LMS provider Instructure , noting “culture as a competitive weapon.” Walmart and Google partner to take on Amazon.

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Education Laptops Company Report 46