Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Earlier this month in New York City, the AT&T Aspire Accelerator, AT&T’s program that finds, develops, and invests in promising edtech companies from around the world, hosted an afternoon of mock board meetings with its 2018 cohort. The same principle applies to edtech companies. To date AT&T has made 27 investments.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Young children spend around seven hours every day in front of a screen , and most teenagers have access to a mobile device. As schools create their own, long-term digital citizenship programs , it is important to have some control over what students can access while at school. Students are more exposed to the internet than ever.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. billion people worldwide without internet access. billion people worldwide without internet access.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Fri, 09/28/2018 - 10:10. For example, students can take advantage of LittleBits code kits to practice creating simple programs through Arduino to control LittleBits light sensors and motors. Makerspaces in Schools Make Coding Accessible to Students. To me, it’s the ultimate equitable-access space.”. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nearly 200 colleges face federal civil rights investigations opened in 2019 about whether they are accessible and communicate effectively to people with disabilities. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. And on August 21, in Payan v.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2023

In 2018, Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people in the world, announced that he would create a network of free Montessori-inspired preschools. A lack of access to child care is one of those barriers that our employees, our students, and specifically these communities in the southern sector of Dallas County have experienced,” he says.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We were in the early innings of what I argued at that time was more of a supply-side-driven phenomenon: universities and companies were experimenting with new offerings, and the groundwork was being laid for a more digitally-oriented, shorter-form credentialing future.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Meanwhile this year, immigrant, refugee children at the United States border were separated from their parents and kept in cages , deprived of legal counsel , deprived of access to education , deprived in some cases of water. “Whole child” and cages – it’s hardly the only jarring juxtaposition I could point to.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 13, 2018

Fri, 04/13/2018 - 10:15. In fact, Gartner recently estimated that, on average, 40 percent of IT spending at companies is on shadow IT. It’s likely that in K–12 school districts, where IT is typically more physically and logically distributed than in the average company, shadow IT may be even more widespread. jena.passut_7651.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meanwhile, with more than 11,000 ed tech products on the market and companies sometimes making extravagant claims about their effectiveness, it’s often impossible to determine which products work and which don’t. Because of these requirements, some companies opt out of partnering, said Ames. The onsite training is expensive.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Fri, 12/14/2018 - 13:24. Companies use them for their impact on knowledge sharing: from monthly meetings of administrative assistants who share productivity tips to senior executives who gather to discuss market challenges and sales results. Communities of Practice: A Professional Development Theory for the Digital Age.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The problem is bad enough that, in 2018, the FBI put out a special warning for K–12. This is not just about the company or the institution being at risk — these practices protect them as individuals,” Grohmann says. You have to be granular in how you grant access.”. This is something that could happen to them personally.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 21, 2017

There are currently KidZania’s in 24 major cities worldwide, and the company plans to open the first U.S. Research has shown that by providing children with access to real-life activities that both entertain and inform, they will be better prepared to build life skills and stay focused in the classroom. . The inaugural U.S.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Telecom companies often forget about rural areas because they don’t have high population density. But the obstacles aren’t just about location.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Consider Guild Education, an online education company led by Rachel Carlson and Brittany Stitch, which reached the highly coveted unicorn status in November 2019. They became only the fourth education company in recent years to be founded by women and valued at over one billion dollars. Out of 575 unicorns. The capital is out there.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The video’s simplicity and accessibility is the point for ReadyRosie, which offers parents ways to turn a chore like putting away groceries into vocabulary practice. The Denton, Texas-based company is also growing up itself. The company has raised no outside capital since its start. It’s soft and smooth.” Peanut butter?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Some accessed sensitive information, such as students’ GPAs and SAT scores. And those are just a few examples from recent months. Companies such as Dell , Microsoft , Acer and Google offer programs to help students get certified to repair devices or manage collaboration platforms. Such misbehavior is not new.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Some accessed sensitive information, such as students’ GPAs and SAT scores. And those are just a few examples from recent months. Companies such as Dell , Microsoft , Acer and Google offer programs to help students get certified to repair devices or manage collaboration platforms. Such misbehavior is not new.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Some accessed sensitive information, such as students’ GPAs and SAT scores. And those are just a few examples from recent months. Companies such as Dell , Microsoft , Acer and Google offer programs to help students get certified to repair devices or manage collaboration platforms. Such misbehavior is not new.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

Mon, 04/02/2018 - 10:38. The school’s computer science curriculum, for example, starts in preschool with simple wooden robots, allowing students to learn the fundamentals of coding and become confident creating with technology at an early age. If that works at companies like Google and Apple, the same mindset should be in schools.”.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Content filtering and web monitoring software aim to prevent students from accessing inappropriate materials online, and many options also include features to alert school leaders to cyberbullying and other instances in which students’ digital communications or web activity might indicate troubling behavior. A majority of U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

And earlier this month, the nonprofit announced that 13 education companies had become the first to earn the distinction. The certification is the latest example of the industry’s push to ensure that edtech products on the market—and in classrooms—can and do actually work. The premise may sound simple.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2021

And over the past three decades, they’ve answered the call for increased access to bachelor’s-degree pathways by creating them on their own campuses. And the pace of adoption is speeding up, with half a dozen states signing on since 2018, according to the Community College Baccalaureate Association. Massey says.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

Using my own classroom as an example, I plan to demonstrate how I am “Swarming the Classroom” using the following simple rules: Rule #1. For example, mimicking the structure of a hive mind. Using the Slime Mold as an example. An ant colony is an example of a superorganism. Norton & Company, 2012). [2]

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

Mon, 08/20/2018 - 09:15. Your RTO is the most amount of time a district can afford to be without access to its data or systems, while RPO refers to the most amount of data a district can afford to lose. To help districts, some companies offer Disaster Recovery as a Service as part of their platforms. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Tue, 12/11/2018 - 13:50. For example, the connectors on input modules, such as buttons and dimmers, are pink; the connectors on output modules, such as buzzers and lights, are green. I’ve been using littleBits kits since 2013, when the company first released the Base, Premium and Deluxe Kits. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Wed, 09/12/2018 - 12:18. While teachers and parents can help control what content students can access, many sites have an invisible threat that may compromise student privacy: tracking cookies. Social media platforms, for example, will usually deploy cookies when students click a “like” or “post” button. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

calimorrison) October 9, 2018. It would be useful if there was more consistency across States, especially given the increasingly online/global or inter-state nature of the major providers #DLNChat — Dr. Sean Gallagher (@HiEdStrat) October 9, 2018. For example, our student base of 150,000 students is only 38 percent in the U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

This week he gained yet another new audience: a room full of thousands of educators as the opening keynote for the ISTE 2018 conference in Chicago. I can look at a brain scan and tell you for example if you play piano vs. violin. Take special needs for example. The company was recently asked to walk back some of those claims.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/edtech and plan your professional development for 2018. Date: January 5, 2018. But I’m talking about the research tool for Google Books that gives you access to millions of titles that are in the public domain. And I’ll give you an example of how I’ve seen it used by a school. Listen Now.

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techlearning

APRIL 12, 2018

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 12, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) announced the seven winners of the 2018 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards. To learn more about the 2018 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards and to find details about the 2019 awards program, visit [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. Date: Friday, April 6, 2018. Julie: Well, our first idea is called the Lexicon of Sustainability , and this is actually a PBS web series that you can access through the internet. www.stlinatl.com. Enhanced Transcript.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 19:24. According to cybersecurity company KnowBe4 , hackers have begun to impersonate senior education officials as a new phishing tactic against teachers and staff to gain access to sensitive data. . For example, near the holidays, there may be scams specifically related to Christmas. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Children with smartphones have unfiltered access to the Internet unless their parents make a decision to filter. Date: Friday, February 2, 2018. We may install things on their Chromebooks, but when they are on their phones, they are getting unfiltered access to the internet. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. 1 is Circle.

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