EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2019

Google’s Soli Uses Gesture Technology to Immerse K–12 Students. Mon, 08/26/2019 - 13:29. In January, the Federal Communications Commission approved Google ’s Project Soli , a sensing technology that uses miniature radar to detect touchless gestures. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:25. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools have adopted AI in 2019. In Florida’s Putnam County School District , educators are leveraging new content monitoring software to both automate the process of flagging potentially sensitive internet searches and add critical context to flagged requests. .

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

Fri, 07/12/2019 - 09:41. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools can balance privacy and security protocols. Since 2013, 39 states and the District of Columbia have passed more than 110 laws addressing student privacy , Amelia Vance, director of the Education Privacy Project at the Future of Privacy Forum, recently told EdTech.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2018

5G Source: nycmedialab / YouTube In the fall of 2018, NYC Media Lab launched the Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge in partnership with the Verizon Foundation and Verizon 5G Labs. The 10 Challenge winners will be announced in early 2019, with each team to receive a $100,000 grant from Verizon to work on 5G and EdTech solutions next year.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:44. COAST students will also have access to tools such as 3D printers and a 5-kilowatt solar panel , as well as professional software such as AutoCAD. . District teachers learned to use Google Classroom and Google’s G Suite apps. . Marquita Brown is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K-12.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2019

Thu, 01/03/2019 - 12:05. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how artificial intelligence can help strengthen personalized learning in the classroom. Putnam County School District adopted GoGuardian ’s new content monitoring software, which uses machine learning to add context to flagged internet searches. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Mon, 02/11/2019 - 10:40. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how web filters keep K—12 students safe. By using AI–enabled software, GoGuardian’s new filter can learn as it protects, updating to find and block new harmful content. . GoGuardian Develops a New AI-Enabled Cloud Filter for K–12 Schools. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 15:13. For educators who like to create their own assessments, platforms like Google Forms have been a godsend. . Many schools have resorted to expensive and clunky classroom management software to help monitor behavior while students engage with technology. Google now has a better solution.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Thu, 02/28/2019 - 15:20. MORE–FROM–EDTECH: See how mixed reality tools are helping K–12 teachers engage their students. Using simple tutorials Drezek shared through Google Classroom, CoSpaces EDU offers students a chance to code in a program that is versatile enough to fit almost any curriculum. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

You can find us on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Will the Edtech Industry Pay Attention? And love stories, such as what drove one high-school drop-out to become a teacher. If you’re a podcast listener, please add the EdSurge Podcast to your feed.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Those building, funding and using edtech tools must similarly wrestle with these concerns. Now, educators are focused on linking edtech tools directly to student learning outcomes. What’s the dark horse of edtech? (An Technology can collect and harness more data than ever before. If so, what new challenges have emerged?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In a world where the largest software vendors like Apple and Google don’t write the apps, we are at a tipping point as the worldwide gap widens between skills delivered by the current educational systems and those required by the digital economy. We see an explosion of startups.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

A review of the data by EdSurge for notable education technology software and service providers found more than 60 for-profit and nonprofit organizations that were approved for a loan between $150,000 to $5 million. Even an investment firm that has supported dozens of edtech startups appeared on the list.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

Mon, 08/19/2019 - 09:40. By embracing cloud solutions, such as those offered by Microsoft , Amazon and Google , school leaders can rethink computer labs to offer greater flexibility and increase access to instructional technology — and enjoy some cost savings. Computing, Cost Savings and the Cloud: The Value of Virtualization.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Transforming Refugee Education Through EdTech : Disasters manmade and natural have displaced families, leading to growing population of refugees. Tuesday, March 5, 11 a.m.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Before the MIT team’s algorithm was devised, BPS transportation staff manually built school bus routes using what they considered an industry leader in pupil transportation software.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Before the MIT team’s algorithm was devised, BPS transportation staff manually built school bus routes using what they considered an industry leader in pupil transportation software.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Before the MIT team’s algorithm was devised, BPS transportation staff manually built school bus routes using what they considered an industry leader in pupil transportation software.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Before the MIT team’s algorithm was devised, BPS transportation staff manually built school bus routes using what they considered an industry leader in pupil transportation software.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Before the MIT team’s algorithm was devised, BPS transportation staff manually built school bus routes using what they considered an industry leader in pupil transportation software.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Is Amazon a sleeping giant of edtech? Amazon’s latest misstep is the abrupt, and still unexplained, shuttering of TenMarks, a math and writing software startup it purchased in 2013 and announced in 2018 it would close in the following year, leading to a lot of frustrated, Twittering teachers. But now I can definitively answer yes.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. More important, are the tools of equal quality? Joseph, Ed.D.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

Those are among the social issues addressed by 20 non-profit and educational institutions that are getting grants from the Google AI Impact Challenge , announced today at the company’s annual I/O developer conference. along with a handful of nonprofit organizations building education software for teachers, students and parents.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Galvanize’s backers include familiar names in the edtech investment world—New Markets Venture Partners and University Ventures—along with ABS Capital Partners and the Colorado Impact Fund. Its traditional software business saw a 16.2 For the last three months of 2019, K12 reported $257.6 million for the quarter ended Dec.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 25, 2019

The post Stop Asking How to Put a Worksheet in Google Classroom – SULS018 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Yes, I know you REALLY want to know how to put your worksheet into Google Classroom! . Get ready to stop asking how to put a worksheet in Google Classroom, because “worksheet” is about to be removed from your vocabulary.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Whether you are brand new to Google or a seasoned user, there are probably a few things you don’t know about G Suite for Education. If you want to become a Google Certified Educator or Trainer, you need to learn the basics of G Suite for Education. (It Get This Information in a FREE Google Doc. 24/7 Access. Collaborative.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 14, 2019

A 2019 Common Sense survey found that only four out of every 10 teachers consider the professional development that they received on the use of technology in the classroom to be effective. Then he uses the collaboration mode in software called MimioStudio to display the lists on the interactive whiteboard at the front of the room.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

As edtech-focused investors, we at Rethink Education set out to unpack the impact of the pandemic. Employers are increasingly open to these alternative credentials: Google recently started offering Career Certificate programs which it will consider the equivalent of a 4-year degree.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. In February 2019, an IBM AI supercomputer named "Project Debater" was pitted in a competition against a human national debate champion Harish Natarajan. I thought I could easily stump ChatGPT. But I was wrong.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

It is essential that edtech leaders engage in candid discussions with crucial district stakeholders to identify critical digital equity barriers such as access, connectivity, and opportunities. senators are committed to digital equity in school districts with pending Digital Equity Act of 2019 legislation. Honest Conversation.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

based edtech startup that was one of the 11 semi-finalists competing in the XPRIZE Global Learning Challenge. Each of the finalists will receive $1 million to test their software with an estimated 4,000 children across 150 villages in Tanzania. Field tests for this final round will start in November 2017 and run through February 2019.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Once again, the software giants impressed me with their free educator certification programs. Google for Education, Microsoft EDU, BrainPOP, and Apple all offered multi-level certification options on the Saturday and Sunday preceding ISTE 2018. As a director of academic technology, I decided to focus on five areas at ISTE this year.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

That’s among the problems that Ventilla—a software engineer by trade who sold his last company to Google—is counting on his new hires to figure out. We’ll still be learning over the next couple of years. Our goal is to raise venture capital, spend it on R&D, and create a platform that is scalable across the education landscape.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Barajas-Murphy says that Educause is already starting the planning for the 2019 Horizon Report for higher education, which is scheduled for release in February, at the group’s ELI conference. And the group will continue to use the software developed by NMC to coordinate the research, which was among the assets purchased by Educause.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

At the 2019 National Charter Schools Conference this month in Las Vegas, EdSurge sat down with Khan to discuss his vision for reinventing schools, the focus on testing and what he thinks about the recent stumbles of AltSchool, a nearby network of tech-driven independent schools. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 28, 2019

Thu, 03/28/2019 - 14:48. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how mixed reality tools are enhancing K–12 classrooms. . At Agawam Public Schools in Massachusetts , Curriculum IT Specialist Edward Jacques helped teachers integrate Google ’s virtual reality software, Google Expeditions , to do just that. . “So eli.zimmerman_9856.

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