Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). Tagged on: September 23, 2017 Lake Central again seeks state technology loan of $900k | NWI.com → Each school district is eligible to receive $100 per student as determined by the enrollment at the end of September. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We purged through the winners and compiled a list of educational tools and gadgets for you to look for in 2017. Samsung Chromebook Plus This Chrome OS device is perhaps the coolest laptop-tablet crossover. device is fit to be a productivity and creativity laptop. Learn more > goo.gl/hneIsI hneIsI Photo Source 3.

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Tools Mobility Google Android 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 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 11 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

In 2017, the average score on all AP exams in Mississippi was a 2.2, In 2017, several companies opened so-called “online high schools” that turned out to be no more than diploma mills. In 2017, the average score on all AP exams statewide was a 2.2, Some of the more time intensive virtual programs have shown poor outcomes.

Online Learning 69

Online Learning Learning Course Blended Learning 69

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

CAST Tech, which opened in fall 2017 with 175 freshmen, is the first of three career-themed public high schools currently planned for San Antonio. When he arrived in San Antonio in April 2017 after three years with the Dallas public school system, CAST Tech was in the middle of enrolling its inaugural class, Choudhury said.

E-rate 102

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 102

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Under the fiscal 2017 budget, approved by lawmakers in April, allocations for the state’s public schools will still be about $172 million below what is considered full funding, according to figures from the state Department of Education. billion on elementary and secondary education. billion under the 2017 budget. “We

Elementary 59

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

In 2017, several companies opened so-called “online high schools” that turned out to be no more than diploma mills. He relied on the advantages offered by this vehicle, and the Global Teaching Project launched the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access in 2017. Why Mississippi? compared to a 2.84 nationwide.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. Let’s keep chasing this. patches/hour (p.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

For as long as I’ve been on this board, we have said that a post-secondary educational experience is important, that we believe no one should stop at high school,” said Shields, who is CEO of a hospital system in Kansas City, Missouri. Natalee Marini graduated from Cheshire Public Schools in 2017. In-person friends, you can ask Ms.

Policies 136

Policies Elementary Training Report 136

Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Google has been working to bridge the gap between the tablet and laptop by allowing us to use Android apps on a Chromebook. It is one of the new flip Chromebooks with a stylus that allows you to use it as a laptop with keyboard or flip it around and use the touch screen with a stylus. © Shake Up Learning 2017.

Android 77

Android Chromebook Mobility Google 77

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Arizona lags behind in schools' internet access, but change is coming | Tucson.com → “Urban Arizona keeps progressing and keeps getting access to better technology,” he said.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Arizona lags behind in schools' internet access, but change is coming | Tucson.com → “Urban Arizona keeps progressing and keeps getting access to better technology,” he said.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Some have not signed in for a single remote class, and many have not picked up the laptops and hotspots offered by Terra Linda. Paradoxically, her job is a classified position that doesn’t require a post-secondary credential, not even a bachelor’s degree, though this varies by school and district. That’s a problem, says Dunlap.

Report 79

Report Meeting Training System 79

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Moises Urena a SUNY student who grew up homeless lobbies for increased state aid during a visit to the Capitol Wednesday March 8, 2017 in Albany, NY. They stayed at the library working until closing time because they didn’t have laptops. Photo: John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union. They didn’t go out on the weekend.

Libraries 86

Libraries Laptops Training Report 86

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The wood desk was empty, too, but her mother had made the bed with a brand-new sheet set and comforter, so Williams sat on the twin bed, opened the laptop her godbrother had sent, and downloaded Skype and ooVoo so she could chat with her friends long-distance. She hadn’t brought any decorations, so the walls were bare.

Report 110

Report Study Laptops System 110

MindShift

MAY 1, 2020

Some have not signed in for a single remote class, and many have not picked up the laptops and hotspots offered by Terra Linda. Paradoxically, her job is a classified position that doesn’t require a post-secondary credential, not even a bachelor’s degree, though this varies by school and district. This is not how Ward typically works.

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Report Meeting Secondary System 39

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2019

Metz set the journal down on her glass coffee table and opened the Dell laptop she’d received as a perk from the community health job she worked during the week. She knew, as she looked at the laptop screen, how improbable people might think earning a degree would be for her now. She’d dropped out of high school her junior year.

Education 112

Education iPhone Report Microsoft 112

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In 2003, before the existence of YouTube, she founded ProjectExplorer.org, a free multimedia website designed to educate primary and secondary school students about global issues and world cultures and histories. David Homa Teacher, Los Gatos High School David Homa has been a teacher for 24 years both at the University and Secondary level.

Learning 48

Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

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.” Ban Laptops" Op-Eds.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

According its January 2017 report, the FCC’s modernization push enabled some 77% of school districts to meet the minimum federal connectivity targets by the end of 2016; just 30% had met those requirements in 2013. That is, the Internet remains filtered, even when students are on their laptops at home.

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49