EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 08:56. The technology proves its worth day to day by blocking prohibited sites and flagging online searches for inappropriate content, such as pornography, drug use or other violations of the district’s acceptable-use policy, says Harvey. Content Monitoring Tools Help K–12 IT Officials Patrol Internet Boundaries.

Tools 345

Tools E-rate Chromebook Policies 345

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. Stride Inc.,

E-rate 128

E-rate Pearson Company Report 128

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2021

Seven percent of freshmen in fall 2018 were Black, down from 10 percent the year before and 13 percent in 2014. They tend to have higher graduation rates, and their alumni networks provide powerful economic and political connections. The 2018 drop in Black enrollment fueled a major push for improvement.

E-rate 145

E-rate Policies Data Report 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Melissa Miller, VIPKid tutor “It will hurt financially, and it’s sad because I’ve had some of the same students for years,” says Kelly Tagliaferri, who has been teaching for VIPKid since 2018 and lives in Northern Virginia. The e-card templates VIPKid created for teachers to tell their Chinese students goodbye.

E-rate 168

E-rate Company Course Industry 168

Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

For example, today, students need a minimum of 100 kbps of Internet bandwidth—the FCC has anticipated that by 2018, 1 Mbps per student will be the minimum recommended bandwidth for digital learning. As you consider your funding plan, think of bandwidth as the amount of data that can be delivered to each student.

E-rate 70

E-rate Broadband BYOD Smartphone 70

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises?

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

Asia has the world’s highest regional growth rate for e-learning, and an e-learning market projected to be worth $12.1 billion by 2018. The Chinese Ministry of Education is encouraging the growth of local MOOCs, with a policy that sets targets of 1,000 from Chinese universities by 2017 and 3,000 by 2020.

Company 81

Company Coursera EdTech E-rate 81

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. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level.

Accessibility 64

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 64

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

She's recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital Innovator, served as president of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018, authored many books, The Canva Classroom, the Quiver Classroom, Teaching Land and a Barker Town. And she's @AmandaFoxSTEM on Twitter.

Classroom 425

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. Join the Community.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. A quarter of respondents rated the system neither easy nor difficult in the 2017 survey.

E-rate 79

E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 79

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2021

According to the findings, there were about 20 percent fewer librarians during the 2018-2019 school year in the 13,000 districts examined than a decade prior. As of 2018-2019, about three in ten school districts lacked even a single librarian. As of 2018-2019, about three in ten school districts lacked even a single librarian.

Study 218

Study E-rate Libraries Trends 218

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it.

E-rate 120

E-rate Elementary Education Report 120

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

During the “ National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET) Virtual Post-Inauguration Awards and Policy Panel ,” the presenters discussed the intersection of technology and education and what’s needed to create sustainable, equitable access to a 21st century education. Currently, Amanda serves as President of NCTET.

System 54

System Digital Divide E-rate Education 54

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Since the residence’s opening in 2018, 21 CSUF students have been given safe, secure housing with wraparound services provided by formerly incarcerated staff members who reinforce a culture of striving and mattering. For Project Rebound participants, the recidivism rate is less than 1 percent; for John Irwin House residents, it’s zero. “I

E-rate 118

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 118

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2018

Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. Date: April 4, 2018. She teaches online and gets all these great ratings. Elearning design needs to engage and persuade the learner to know how to engage with the content and learning.

Strategy 173

Strategy Learning E-rate Course 173

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Put another way, 98 percent of school districts have internet access, according to the 2018 State of the States report. E-rate modernization in 2015 made it possible for about 83 percent of districts to upgrade their Wi-Fi; prior to modernization, only about 14 percent of districts could do so. Since 2013, the number of U.S.

Digital Learning 144

Digital Learning Broadband E-rate Learning 144

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Thanks to — or because of — technology change happens at a faster rate than ever before, and education makes no exception. Top 10 edtech people to watch in 2018. Phil Hill is Co-Publisher of the e-Literate blog, Co-Producer of e-Literate TV, and Partner at MindWires Consulting. Edtech is always changing.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

By definition, it’s the “motion” of “e.” Unlike in the tech industry, where “e” is “electronic,” in “emotion,” it’s “excite,” signifying that motion is present but not always seen. Learning Counsel’s 2018 National Digital Transition Survey of 406 schools and districts in the U.S. The Urgency. indicated trends worth mentioning.

EdTech 203

EdTech E-rate Trends Equity of Access 203

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

And congrats on being first off the blocks to f**k up education in 2018! Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” " Via The New York Times : “ Met Changes 50-Year Admissions Policy: Non-New Yorkers Must Pay.” ” Happy New Year, England !

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

As recently as 2018, nearly one in five students said they had trouble completing homework because of internet access. Yet it’s a challenge to make families aware that the program exists in the first place, says Kristina Ishmael at the education policy program at the think tank New America, who formerly worked for the U.S.

Accessibility 212

Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 212

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” ” Edsurge writes up the latest report from EducationSuperhighway on e-rate connectivity at public schools. ” We’re only at 3.0,

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This reversal in policy is a bad decision for all of us." Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected?

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education and Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development , respectively.” ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? in 2016 on a student visa.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

So here’s an early contender for “Worst Education ‘Take’ of 2018’” by Gary Wolfram in Education Week : “ Make Public Education a Market Economy – Not a Socialist One.” Via Techcrunch : “ URB-E ’s launching a scooter sharing network at college campuses and hotels.”

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Via Edsurge : “Why the FCC ’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl.” “The Saga of Ohio ’s Embattled E-School Is Coming to an End,” writes Education Week’s Ben Herold. Times published teachers’ ratings. Didn’t Happen, Agency Now Says.”

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

There are more stories about some of DeVos’s other policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” “Free College” The Chronicle of Higher Education asks “5 Key Questions About NYU ’s Tuition-Free Policy for Medical School.” — Rebecca Klein (@rklein90) August 22, 2018.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

hey siri show me a vision of hell made especially for me pic.twitter.com/wbs9E7BuKf — Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2018. Swedish student single-handedly prevents deportation of Afghan asylum seeker by refusing to sit down on flight pic.twitter.com/5YdS7EBF9X — The Independent (@Independent) July 25, 2018.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. 3D Printing. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

.” There’s more about Betsy DeVos and her policies in the courts section and in the financial aid section below. Via The Verge : “ Juul has 60 days to prove it can keep its e-cigs away from kids, FDA warns.” ” (Also from Hill : “Timeline of e-Literate Coverage of Blackboard Learn Ultra.”).

Education 54

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

About 6 percent of today’s immigrants are children and 26 percent of all children in the country in 2017 had at least one immigrant parent , according to the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to studying migration and immigration trends. percent in 2017 , according to the Migration Policy Institute. Census Bureau.

E-rate 99

E-rate Elementary Report Study 99

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies.” ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy.” 17zuoye has raised $200 million in Series E funding from Toutiao. Memos from HR.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

“A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a transgender student ’s challenge to a Wisconsin school district’s policy limiting his restroom usage – a big win for those seeking to advance transgender rights in the courts,” Buzzfeed reports. The e-book subscription service has raised $21.45

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.”

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr. Legislation in Iowa would end tenure even for those who already have it.”

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. Here’s Where CEO Larry Berger Says It’s Going in 2018.” We talk *teaching machines* with @audreywatters [link] — Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) June 5, 2018. ‘No exceptions’ ” Good job, Betsy. Since 1999.”

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45