EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

TCEA 2019: As Ed Tech Expands, So Do Privacy Concerns. Wed, 02/06/2019 - 16:40. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued TCEA 2019 coverage. The latter are valuable, Abshire said, because the majority of parents don’t keep a close eye on their children’s credit reports for suspicious activity. “By

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. based membership association will no longer hold its annual education technology conferences, once staple events for industry leaders. In 2019, venture capitalists invested $1.7 But the pandemic accelerated the decision.

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eSchool News

JULY 9, 2020

Coupled with drastic funding cuts and an uncertain future for the return to in-person learning, the need for quick-access information is more critical than ever. The pressure districts are under during this pandemic is unrivaled and compounded by the ever-increasing complexity of state and federal reporting submissions, including the CRDC.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Benchmark at regular intervals, such as progress report time, with student led conferences. Seesaw is safe for K12 institutions and we are able to access the portfolios on multiple devices. Digital portfolios are powerful learning tools for students of all ages.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The report examines the needs and inequities affecting 9.5 The report critically examines how educational supports and resources for rural student well-being are distributed. “For More gifted and talented program access needed for Black and Hispanic students in rural districts Despite 17.1 In contrast, 64.8

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2019

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 13:12. As cybercrime becomes more common in K–12 education, schools and districts face increasing threats from cybercriminals looking to sell access to systems and the types of personal and financial data that schools store in abundance. Experts Identify Key Cybersecurity Challenges.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

Tue, 07/02/2019 - 13:59. CoSN leaders recognized the significance of this dynamic in this year’s conference theme , “Envision 2030,” a nod to the fact that the Class of 2030 is just starting their educational journey. Others deploy monitoring tools to give students access to the latest digital resources, while also keeping them safe.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Wed, 05/15/2019 - 09:59. Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. In a recent study from educational nonprofit Project Tomorrow , nearly 62 percent of teachers reported using video games in their classrooms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Our first Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. mini-conference, we will focus specifically on helping library workers thrive in our current uncertain and complex times.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 30, 2023

Our first Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. mini-conference, we will focus specifically on helping library workers thrive in our current uncertain and complex times.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2023

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Today is officially the last day to submit proposals to present at the conference. More information is below or here.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The state also has one of the highest rates of food insecurity in the nation; 15 percent of residents reported they were uncertain they could meet the food needs of all their household members at some point during the year, compared to 11 percent nationwide. During a press conference in January, South Carolina Gov.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2023

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," is just one week away and will be held online (and for free) next Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The final schedule for the conference, with links to each session, will be emailed later this week.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. We have finalized the 18 concurrent presentations for the conference, and they are listed below. In this Library 2.0

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2024

At a university focused on technology, doing this “seemed like a natural fit, and we were seeing some of our competitors doing it,” said Peter Severa, Scheller’s assistant dean for MBA student engagement, in a conference room overlooking the construction site. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report There are other challenges.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2024

A paper proposal for a fall conference was due two days after the announcement was made and she spent the week scrambling to find another college where her credits as an art history major would transfer, not to mention ensuring that the finances would work. “But CNYCentral first reported Gibralter’s bonuses.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

More must be done to recover from the damage caused by COVID-19,” Cardona told financial aid administrators at an online conference. ” Cardona’s remarks in his keynote address to a federal financial aid training conference in Washington, D.C., California, Louisiana and Washington passed such laws in 2019 and 2020.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. A Gallup poll found that the proportion of Americans who consider college to be very important had fallen from 70 percent in 2013 to 51 percent by 2019. Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Johns Hopkins reported spending $29.6 Johns Hopkins reported spending $29.6

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. So says the new Educause Horizon report , which identifies technologies and trends that are changing higher education. These are the kinds of efforts the report describes as helping OER spread in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2021

Fifteen state flagships had at least a 10-point gap between the percentage of Black public high school graduates in their states in 2019 and the Black share of freshmen they enrolled that fall. About 7 percent of its freshmen in 2019 were Latino, compared with nearly 14 percent of Maryland’s public high school graduates. I want U-Md.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Across the massive, brightly colored expo hall at ISTE 2019 , the annual education technology conference where companies display and demo their latest gadgets, upgrades and software, several vendors showcased the new skills they have developed for Alexa-enabled devices.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As we learned at the American Evaluation Association ‘s 2019 conference, these partnerships often lead to unearthing innovative data collection strategies, stronger, co-designed research questions, and more meaningful evaluation outputs.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. The “accent” of a digital immigrant (preferring a printed report rather than one online, for instance) strikes digital natives as odd.[4]. Sources: “Teaching Digital Natives.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2023

Singer pled guilty in 2019 to racketeering and other charges and had been cooperating with prosecutors. attorney for Massachusetts, told reporters after the sentencing, drawing on her own frustrations as a parent. Related: After Varsity Blues, will there be action on college admissions? The reason is not complicated.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2023

Administrators are the go-to problem-solvers for students, staff and parents, and they’re responsible for reporting to district leaders. A report published in Transforming Education in 2019 examined what happens when school leaders establish a culture of trusting relationships. The role of a school administrator is demanding.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 30, 2019

Create a Highlight Sway with the following information: Screenshot of badges on the Microsoft Educator Community (make sure you have your MIE Expert 2018-2019 badge and Certified MIE badge!). Screenshot of training tracker indicating number of people trained and reported in the MEC Trainer Dashboard (from July 1, 2018 – date of submission.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2023

So when Parks learned during a conference for student-government leaders about a program that teaches young adults to offer mental health support to their peers, she thought it would work well at Marshall—and even beyond, at colleges throughout West Virginia. How responsible should colleges be for providing access to mental health care?

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

America’s Workforce Dilemma During the 2019-2020 academic year, U.S. postsecondary institutions conferred about 5.1 Ranging from certificates below the associate degree level to doctorate degrees, these credentials were conferred by public, private nonprofit, or private for-profit institutions. Despite the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report Osseo Senior High School, in Osseo, Minn. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. The ECMC Foundation, an affiliate of the ECMC Group, is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). Related: Proof Points — Many young adults choose work over college, report shows.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

Prioritize early evaluation With so many options being showcased at trade shows and conferences or on social media, it’s tempting to make your mind up before the search has even started. Administrators involved in upgrading technology attended conferences to see what their peers were doing and what was available in the market.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

Public voting for the conference is now open , and we are asking for your help in voting for our proposed panels to be added to the agenda. Anyone can vote for a proposed panel through SXSW’s PanelPicker, whether you plan to attend the conference or not, once you create a free PanelPicker account.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network. With JumpStart, says Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. The conversation that morning in December 2019 followed the lead of the seven or eight most vocal students. In this series, The Hechinger Report examines racial inequity in gifted classes and what schools are doing to fix it. There were no teachers at these conferences.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2021

at a national education conference. Children’s hospitalizations for mental health-related issues rose by more than a quarter in 2020, and more than half of 11- to 17-year-olds reported having regular thoughts of suicide or self-harm. For schools, seeking a return to normalcy is only natural, but it may actually be counterproductive.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. Company officials say it has policies and processes in place to remove offending material (though the onus still falls largely on faculty to report them).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

In a report on the “emerging degree reset” released earlier this year, the labor analytics firm Burning Glass found that just 9 percent of Accenture’s “computer support specialist” listings required a bachelor’s in 2021, down from 46 percent in 2017. The trend toward degree inflation, the report concluded, has been reversed.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2020

Students who had access to teachers’ hints answered the next problem correctly on their own without any support 58 percent of the time. In comparison, students who did not have access to the hints got the next problem correct 54 percent of the time. The difference wasn’t a big one but it was statistically significant. .

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