Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, 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. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). Tagged on: September 9, 2017 Do Perks for Teachers Compromise Their Integrity?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, 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. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition). Tagged on: September 9, 2017 Do Perks for Teachers Compromise Their Integrity?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition). Tagged on: May 1, 2017 “Is Our Children’s Apps Learning?”

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – 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 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2017

To help you plan your upcoming travels, we’ve compiled a shortlist of more than 50 education technology events for the K-12 community happening across the world through June 2018. The calendar below lists the locations and dates for most of the major K-12 conferences from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Anyone can attend any conference.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2018

Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2017: Top 10 Tech Tips. As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems which I share with you. Here are the Top Ten tech tips from 2017.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Educators around the world either discovered or got better at using technology in their instruction, for both K-12 and higher ed students. Since we’re just a few weeks away from the new year, it’s only natural for all of us to wonder: what will 2017 bring along? 7 e-learning trends for educational institutions in 2017.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Two news stories this week have turned my attention (again) to the issue of conflict of interest in education, technology, and public policy. I’d hazard that most anyone who has worked in the education and technology arena for any length of time has had to navigate conflict of interest issues. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

Martin McKay is the Chief Technology officer and one of the founders of Texthelp Inc. He directs all research and development at Texthelp with a focus on developing new technologies to assist people who struggle with reading and writing. What do you think the year ahead has in store in terms of Educational Technology?

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 4, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast During the edLeader Panel “ Inclusive Technology: Breaking Barriers and Empowering Learners ,” prominent education leaders emphasized the critical role of integrating inclusive technology systems within schools. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Technologies like Augmented Reality, that enrich the standard methods of imparting education are always in demand, now more than ever. This is where modern technologies like Augmented Reality come in. For educators, technologies like this offer a method of delivering content that makes learning interesting and easier to understand.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

In 2017, this was especially true while taking a computer science course on data structures and algorithms. That said, showing up to certain classes in-person has been invaluable for at least one reason: it exposed me to new information I was not originally looking for and did not know I would be interested in.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

TpT 2017 Conference Observations. Post to Facebook with meaningful information (like education posters or memes) to gain an audience. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. There’s no set-up charge, no cost to join, and no annual fee unless you choose to become what’s called a Premium seller.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 16, 2019

This is a short and funny video to help discussion on the type of learning we are seeing in our world today: What I stress about the video is that it is less about finding information and more about what you do with it. Learners will have to do that for themselves, and as Katie shares, educators are central to that work.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 26, 2017

The 2017 Global Student Conference, a student-organized event, will be held ONLINE on Saturday March 4th, 2017, and feature keynote speakers and crowdsourced presentations by students in grades 6-12 and college. Sign up at [link] to register to attend, to be kept informed, or to submit a proposal.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. Educational interventions that inform and empower parents … can complement more intensive student-focused absenteeism interventions,” notes the study. Technology can vastly scale these interventions.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. Educational interventions that inform and empower parents … can complement more intensive student-focused absenteeism interventions,” notes the study. Technology can vastly scale these interventions.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. Educational interventions that inform and empower parents … can complement more intensive student-focused absenteeism interventions,” notes the study. Technology can vastly scale these interventions.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. Educational interventions that inform and empower parents … can complement more intensive student-focused absenteeism interventions,” notes the study. Technology can vastly scale these interventions.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. Educational interventions that inform and empower parents … can complement more intensive student-focused absenteeism interventions,” notes the study. Technology can vastly scale these interventions.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. Educational interventions that inform and empower parents … can complement more intensive student-focused absenteeism interventions,” notes the study. Technology can vastly scale these interventions.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Schools do keep data on average daily attendance but gathering that information only skims the surface of the problem, suggest analysts. Educational interventions that inform and empower parents … can complement more intensive student-focused absenteeism interventions,” notes the study. Technology can vastly scale these interventions.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2017

I wouldn’t say these are all the stories about education technology we were told this year. But these are the ones I decided to analyze: Education Technology and Fake News. Education Technology, Betsy DeVos, and the Innovation Gospel. Education Technology and the Business of Student Debt.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. For more information on edtech, subscribe to our newsletter: .

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

However, students are unlikely to develop these skills in learning environments where they are positioned as passive receivers of information. Education and Information Technologies , 22 (4), 1395-1454. This skill-building can happen at any grade level. Supporting Self-regulation in Blended Learning Environments.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. Prensky wrote that digital natives are used to receiving information quickly, and they are used to multitasking.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Elevating time for research-informed professional development and student passion and curiosity pursuit. In 2017, the CTTL’s student research fellows began collecting qualitative and quantitative data by surveying the ultimate end users of our daily schedule, the students. Bringing this to launch was not easy.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 10, 2018

whether experience taking exams on a computer yields different estimates of student performance than on paper, based primarily on prior student exposure to and comfort with digital learning technologies). I also am interested in mode effects (i.e., This post will be the first in a series exploring specific questions in which I am interested.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 10, 2018

whether experience taking exams on a computer yields different estimates of student performance than on paper, based primarily on prior student exposure to and comfort with digital learning technologies). I also am interested in mode effects (i.e., This post will be the first in a series exploring specific questions in which I am interested.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 16, 2020

The advent of the internet and the popularization of digital devices brought a new context for teachers and school administrators, since students started to bring technology to the school routine. The school, in turn, cannot turn its back on this new reality, but must incorporate educational technology into pedagogical practices.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017. Some of that information can come from résumés and work samples (in the form of videos, for instance).

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2019

Educational technology is changing rapidly for K–12 school districts, which can make it difficult for even the savviest educators to keep up. Look here for the real-time updates you’ll need to make well-informed IT decisions. The 2019 Honor Roll: EdTech’s 30 Must-Read K–12 Education IT Influencers. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Doug Levin

MAY 21, 2017

The choice by education leaders to obfuscate and excuse the trading away of our children's communications and information (about their social lives, emotions, and behaviors) in exchange for discounted school technology is neither a good deal for schools nor the only way that schools can afford technology.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 29, 2018

In this episode of the Microsoft Innovative Educator, Spotlight Series Podcast, we speak with Principal Product Manager Mike Tholfsen from the Microsoft Education Team about his favorite moments from 2017. The post Looking Back at 2017 and reflecting on amazing moments with Microsoft Education appeared first on TeacherCast.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Those days are over: 2017 was OER’s breakthrough year. Until recently, the use of OER—digital educational materials that are both more easily adaptable by instructors and more affordable than traditional textbooks—was being led by early-adopter professors driven by a desire to improve teaching and an interest in new technology.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Schools utilizing education technology may need to double down on cybersecurity as collections of student data become more common targets for cybercriminals, announces the Federal Bureau of Investigations in an alert , Tuesday. Discuss with their local districts about what and how EdTech technologies and programs are used in their schools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. Drasby was nominated to share her thoughts by Laurie Guyon, who wrote for the project in 2017. One misconception concerns emerging technology.

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