eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. . Following a careful review of available options, VWSD selected Discovery Education’s flexible K-12 learning platform for classroom use.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

The internet and the rapid technological improvement are making the world a little bit smaller and are eliminating barriers to learning. Students can now meet with private tutors, who are maybe from another country, through Skype, Google Hangouts, and other mobile communication applications. Would they recommend them for your child?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in an edtech company’s board meeting, or what keeps founders up at night, here was your chance to find out. Collectively, these companies have reached over 12 million students and have raised an additional $20 million after AT&T’s initial investment.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

(October 22, 2018) - To fulfill its promise to provide collaborative solutions to educators, , the leading K-12 Education Intelligence Platform (EIP), announces that its suite of personalized learning solutions is IMS Global Standards certified. OneRoster ® Allows for the secure use of roster info by teaching and learning systems. ?

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. Empower Learning , a Utah-based developer of a learning management system (LMS), understands this pressure well. The company agreed—and made it happen.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Working in the gig economy as a contractor with a ride-share company precludes the kinds of deep relationships that lead to professional advancement.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In one back room at Skyline High School, you can learn all you need to know about St. For that biomedical project, students had to create a probe and learn to maneuver it sight unseen from behind a curtain on the box’s opening to procure a sample from the intestine/bike tire. “We Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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edWeb.net

MARCH 26, 2021

Due to COVID-19, most of our educational systems reflect a new normal, with hybrid and remote learning, increased use of technology, and teacher professional development. Both Clayton County Public Schools and Phoenix Union High School District had learning platforms such as Google and Microsoft for years before the pandemic.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” Vice President and Managing Director at SIIA, made this statement in a recent edWebinar , with Jeff Mao, CEO, Edmoxie LLC, Bruce Umpstead, Director of State Programs at IMS Global Learning Consortium, and Ilya Zeldin, Founder and CEO of 2gnoMe.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

Last week, the topic was distance learning. As with every episode, there is a larger meta layer--in this case, why the jobs exist in the first place, and whether we are providing nearly 2 billion children and teenagers with the best solutions to the problem of learning. Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

By sending them off to spend their freshman years elsewhere and requiring them to meet certain academic targets, for instance, colleges ensure that students are motivated and likely to make it all the way to graduation rather than cost revenue by dropping out. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Motivating and engaging students is the goal of most teachers–priming them to receive instruction, or otherwise align themselves to a pre-set process you’ve sketched out that you hope will yield a learning goal you selected beforehand. Learning events , maybe. Learning when they don’t even know it’s happening?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2015

Even in today’s age of standardized testing and emphasis on academic standards, perhaps even because of this recent emphasis, educators are increasingly aware of the need to nurture students’ complete development. Some students might come to believe that academic work is something to slog through—to endure.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It includes students with specific learning disabilities (such as dyslexia and dysgraphia), hearing and vision impairments, emotional disabilities, autism and more severe cognitive delays. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. Weekly Update.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Craig Brock teaches high school science in Amarillo, Texas, where his freshman biology students are currently learning about the parts of a cell. A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

Throughout the speeches, presentations and product showcases, company employees and Apple touted how their tools can offer “creative” learning experiences that no others can do. Apple CEO Tim Cook It was hardly Apple’s first day at school; the company’s education efforts trace back four decades. K-12 education market in 2017.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. He had the money, at least $13 million raised by July 2016.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). On the agenda were one-on-one interviews with company CEOs and panel discussions on opportunities and challenges in different markets. Viva Amtrak!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For-profit schools, such as Salter and others owned by its parent company, Premier Education Group, have zeroed in on this market. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. The company agreed to a total settlement of $3.74 The company agreed to a $3.4 Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

It was vital they graduated, but a diploma doesn’t guarantee students the social emotional learning (SEL) skills needed to be informed citizens and productive members of society. I can say with confidence my students didn’t learn anything in advisory in my first two years teaching it. STEAM , the CCLS ELA standards, etc.),

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION UPDATES ( edu.google.com ) Google for Education announced updates and new tools to help teachers keep innovation alive in their classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Thanks to a work-based learning program offered through nearby Harwood Union High School, Woods has been able to earn math and science credit by working 15 hours a week at the garage, instead of sitting in a classroom. “I’m Related: In this New Hampshire high school, internships shape the future of learning.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

“Meet The New California Counterculture: College Republicans ” by the incredible Scaachi Koul. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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