The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. She holds both MLIS and PhD in information science from the University of Zagreb.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 31, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. Bayog (student)1, Jewel Ann D. Merbal (student)1, Stephen B. Losañes1,2, Analiza C.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 2, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. An early adopter of iPads Jennifer remains dedicated to using technology in schools for a social purpose.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

EducationSuperHighway wanted 99 percent of students to have that level of bandwidth by 2020. The early finish hasn’t changed the organization’s planned closing date of August 2020. There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. I said ‘OK, this actually could happen.’”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. With worker shortages hitting industries nationwide, their companies — and many states’ economies — depend on it. “No

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. We compared tutoring to summer school, after school, extended day, technology and other things. And it’s [a] night and day difference.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. The free monthly TechSoup for Libraries newsletter has over 40,000 subscribers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. The free monthly TechSoup for Libraries newsletter has over 40,000 subscribers.

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MindShift

JANUARY 30, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. With worker shortages hitting industries nationwide, their companies — and many states’ economies — depend on it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. The free monthly TechSoup for Libraries newsletter has over 40,000 subscribers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Savvas is proud to call out Johnston County Public Schools as an outstanding example of K-12 success using enVision — a true “K-12 Hero” using its innovative education technology. Jump to: Johnston County Public Schools , Carol Cleveland , Colene Hardy , Joey Norris , Jhone M.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Tamiko Hatcher, a dedicated educator and the director of Special Programs at Akron Public Schools in Ohio, displays visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to implementing innovative education technologies to transform the educational experience for the students in his district. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

The National Head Start Association, a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, convened an Opioid Working Group in spring 2018 after hearing from educators that children in areas hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic were exhibiting an unusually high frequency and intensity of challenging behaviors.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

GoGuardian, a K-12 EdTech company dedicated to maximizing each student’s learning potential by providing solutions that enable more productive and safer digital learning, today announced a merger with Pear Deck, an award-winning and market-leading student engagement platform. www.goguardian.com. About Pear Deck.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

A new survey on corporate skills training forecasts that a lot more companies will try doing it using virtual reality environments in the next two years. The company’s data comes from tracking daily product use by 2.5 But in the one-week November 2020 survey of 101 teachers, that figure ticked up to 32 percent.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Meanwhile, the schools that shared their ideas focused on student-centered learning and models that honor the differences in students and “think about personalized learning beyond just technology.” The company, which is based in Oakland, counts LinkedIn and PathSource among its competitors. Those singular locations are called “folios.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

District technology leaders, she adds, couldn’t fathom that internet service providers would come out and deliver fiber to their schools, much less at affordable rates. He’d spent his career building and selling companies in various industries, including finance, telecommunications, software and consumer retail.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Former teacher Emily McMahan Teachers Are Not OK For months, advocacy groups, including the National Education Association, the country’s largest union, have been driving home the point that teachers are not OK. After months of searching, she landed a full-time role in customer support for an education company. Please don’t do that.’

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats. The company periodically sends phishing tests to staff; those that get caught clicking on the emails are given remedial lessons. About the Host.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Some of Hayden’s homework hadn’t been reaching his teachers due to apparent technological glitches on the school’s online platform, or in some cases because he hadn’t handed it in ? She figures it would come with some of the same challenges, but with fewer technology issues and fewer legal threats. Credit: Tamir Kalifa for HuffPost.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

In the edWebinar, “ Strategic Technology Planning and Investment,” which is part of CoSN’s Empowered Superintendent series for edWeb, three superintendents who’ve been in the trenches for all aspects of district edtech plans discussed effective financial planning for technology. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

The Role of Technology During COVID. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, schools defaulted to online learning. Even though many had been using technology in the classroom, they were not ready for the full-on virtual digital learning environment COVID demanded. Access and connectivity must be equitable.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

District IT offices were taking on the same tasks as Fortune 500 companies without the ability to implement them as effectively. In May 2018, district residents approved the first millage increase in 31 years for upgrades related to instructional innovation, school safety, technology access, and career development. About the Host.

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MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

Here are some ideas that seem newly relevant given the constraints of 2020 and beyond. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. The district has been lauded for its technology-driven approach where every student follows an individualized learning plan.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Technology costs have been the greatest, but PPE and safety expenses have played a part as well. For those that closed buildings or turned to a hybrid of in-person and remote learning, it meant buying one-to-one remote learning technology so that every student had a laptop or learning device. billion for K-12 education.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Private companies and donors would contribute to the fund and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit in return. Left unsaid: The 2020 federal budget proposal that would cut $8.8 Do you support them in that advocacy as well?” billion from her department. Green asked.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Dr. Schell, Ed.D.,

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MindShift

MARCH 28, 2020

Many are non-verbal, and some struggle with writing and typing and can’t use technology independently. ” Copyright 2020 NPR. Louis, “but that doesn’t work well for my students, since I have students with more significant needs.” ” Her students have intellectual disabilities, including autism.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Via GeekWire : “ Amazon Education GM leaves; company says it ‘remains committed’ to K–12 technology.” An op-ed in Techcrunch by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Blame bad applicant tracking for the soft skills shortage at your company.” She made $9.6 ” Contests.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The company said it believes “the topic of climate change is a critically important one” and its newer editions “reflect current settled science regarding climate change.” The 32 print and digital books we examined were published between 2012 and 2020, although most – some 84 percent – were released in 2015 or later.

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