eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Since introducing a new computer science curriculum in 2019, my students at Redlands Unified School District have consistently shown engagement, genuine enthusiasm, and joy in learning. For example, only 30 percent of K-8 schools offer computer science education even though 71 percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Marie Cini is the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. An abacus is an educational technology, as is the slide rule.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Through the initial $10M fund, RCF has been offering grants to educational organizations to develop innovative learning experiences and curriculum leveraging the platform in immersive and compelling ways. Please go to mos.org/Roblox to learn more and here to access “Mission: Mars” directly on Roblox.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Using [the online tool] mysimpleshow, volunteers are encouraged to explain details and background of these 17 Global Goals of the Agenda 2030 in short and entertaining explainer videos. Check with administrative personnel before relying on this service learning option as a method of fulfilling requirements.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 11, 2016

A few weeks ago the Times of London asked a group of British, Australian, and American academics to imagine what education might look like in 2030. There’s a wide range of anticipation about the scope of change, from massive revolution to slow, incremental change ( check this comment , for example).

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2018

The report notes that by 2020 rapid technological change will make more than a third of the skills considered important in today’s workforce obsolete. The initiative, called Verizon Innovative Learning, gives a tablet with data plan to every student and teacher in under-resourced middle schools. More student-centered learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

At the same time, McKinsey & Company estimates that automation and artificial intelligence will displace between 400 and 800 million jobs globally by 2030. We believe there are lessons to be learned from our strategies. And traditional public schools are facing increased competition from charter schools and independent schools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Combine this idea with the velocity of technological change we are experiencing. With advancements in machine learning and deep learning, automation threatens forty-seven percent of the jobs in the U.S. Talk of lifelong learning doesn’t translate into action. We’ll have to prepare students for work that doesn’t exist yet.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2020

The goal as we see it is something we call “60x30TX,” or 60 percent of Texas adults ages 25-34 will hold a degree by 2030. Our successes in Garland ISD over the last two years demonstrate the immense power of data and technology to create promising pathways for all students. I see data as the key to achieving student equity.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For example, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopted the Developmental Education Plan in support of its overarching goal to have at least 60 percent of Texans ages 25 to 34 earn certificates or degrees by 2030. Failure to do so will only compound the disparities present, particularly with our low-income communities.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Hiring Process Has Become More Technology-Driven A key factor I’ve been studying is how employers are thinking about talent and changes in the hiring process, including shifts in their perceptions of college and university and other credentials. This trend, too, has seen a jump forward due to the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2021

These include health care, cybersecurity, information technology, construction, manufacturing, transportation, law enforcement and utilities. This requires workers to learn new skills, something else community colleges traditionally provide. It also creates a huge need for people to build and run the technology.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

in AI technology by the year 2030, so there is almost a Sputnik-like push for the tech going on right now in China. So far the company says it runs 1,600 learning centers in more than 300 cities across China. Should we be training them entirely differently if they will only ever know a tiny bit of what the computers can learn?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The advances in technology that are going to drive where the world goes in the next 50 years are going to come from other countries, because they have the intellectual capital and we don’t,” said Jim Stigler, a psychology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the process of teaching and learning subjects including math.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2018

On this county-wide professional development day, while teachers at many schools around Chesterfield watched the clock, thinking about papers that needed to be graded and plans that needed to be written, the staff at Weaver Elementary spent the day immersed in service and learning together.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This need is urgent due to the demographic, economic and technological changes shaping the workforce. One institution with a historic academic and career and technical portfolio that serves as a shining example of this movement is St. By 2030, all baby boomers will be age 65 or older. Philip’s Episcopal Church, founded the St.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2023

Highlights include- At IFLA: Governing Board 2013-2017, Co-Founder of IFLA New Professionals, two-term Member/Expert resource person of the Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Committee of IFLA (FAIFE), two-term member of the Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section of IFLA (CPDWL).

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 7, 2020

If trends continue unabated, by 2030 we may be looking at nearly 50 percent of school-aged children walking away from traditional public education in this country. Students are walking out on traditional public schooling and into a better learning experience. This year, 27 percent of school-aged children have opted out.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 2, 2023

Highlights include- At IFLA: Governing Board 2013-2017, Co-Founder of IFLA New Professionals, two-term Member/Expert resource person of the Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Committee of IFLA (FAIFE), two-term member of the Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section of IFLA (CPDWL).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2022

Seck instead learned to code in a one-year programming course run by a nonprofit, where he stuck around for an extra year to master more advanced skills. He chose the nonprofit Per Scholas, which offers tuition-free information technology training. I was, like, ‘I have to wait four years to get to that point I want to get to?’ ”.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 31, 2019

Many find that more than one display is ideal for flexible classrooms that maximize active learning. Supporting Active Learning. Interactive touch screen displays have an inherent ability to bolster active learning. As the name implies, active learning is learning through engaging with content. Demonstration.

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Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The public draft included a definition of OER as follows: Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license… Open copyright licenses provide the public with free and perpetual permissions to: .

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2019

It's a place where researchers are delving into topics around race, the global environment and how to prepare changing societies for new technology and the workforce. We have the technology to move this water. Eighteenth century technology in the 21st century world. The advent of machines and machine technology itself is old.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Shareef’s mother saw a TV commercial for a program that offered 12 weeks of training for technology careers, tuition-free. They are also doubling down on preparing people for career opportunities they’d focused on before the pandemic, such as health care, information technology and advanced manufacturing.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

When you don’t have basic needs met, you can’t learn.”. “I Having to shift to online learning because of the pandemic “has definitely affected our motivation,” said Emmanuella Agyemang, a 16-year-old junior at University Heights High School in the Bronx who plans to go to college and wants to be a journalist.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

They have been studying how and at what age children come to learn words, follow stories, and grasp educational concepts that appear in ebooks, videos, and apps. In a more nuanced statement, the AAP concluded that well designed media used by parents and children together, could be a tool for social interaction and learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2017

GLW presents opportunities for educators and organizations to learn from one another and share effective leadership principles, particularly within the context of an interconnected, global age. 3:00pm Learn With the World through Global Project Based Learning with iEARN : Are you looking to connect your class to learn with the world?

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User Generated Education

MARCH 24, 2019

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. 21st Century Goals. Use 21st century skills to understand and address global issues. Websites – .

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MindSpark

OCTOBER 12, 2023

by Anne Fleming Only a few years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) may have seemed closer to science fiction than reality, but in today's world, this technology has become an inescapable part of our daily lives. Like any new technology, AI has both positive and negative potential ramifications.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

Further down the road, this means that ever more Black and Latino students will be shut out from the high-paying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers that will make up a growing share of the job market. Not only that, but in our current hyperconnected world, technology companies shape our society.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In a tiny hamlet in Tanzania, children who have never been to school, and can’t recognize a single letter in any language, are about to start learning basic math and reading. Mission: Create a software application that will enable children to learn basic math and reading independently. 100 years behind.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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MindShift

OCTOBER 28, 2019

That’s when she learned that polar bears were dying as climate change threatened their habitats. Blowouts , for example. But technology allows young people living through this moment to be heard by a much larger audience, Fernandez said. Learning to Make Change At School. mindshift-podcast]. She listed some of them.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. Future of Learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Just look at Sesame Street, which was once considered a wild, controversial experiment leveraging television for learning. Yet, by 1979, nine million children were watching the show , and kindergarten teachers had to upgrade their curricula because children were showing up knowing their ABCs and numbers and eager to learn more.

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