Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Instructure , the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect , for $42.5 Of that figure, about $12.3 million will be paid in Instructure common stock, according to a U.S.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

As parents, we entrust our children to the public education system in the belief that the decisions made by educators, administrators, and policymakers are in the best interests of our children. The post The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service appeared first on EdTech Strategies.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

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. The positives were that we banded together as a system to try to fill in those gaps, whether it was training gaps, infrastructure, or device gaps.”. Approach to PD.

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Professional Learning Academic Standards Outcomes Secondary 59

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. This system also frees up time for educators to focus on teaching and providing additional support to students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2023

Does your school district or higher ed institution use a learning management system (LMS), digital curriculum resources, learning tools, assessment applications, a badging platform, a single-sign-on application launcher or a student information system? Now, this integration can take just a few minutes.

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EdTech Student Data Privacy Academic Standards LMS 156

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 27, 2019

A “cascading failure” is a failure in a system of interconnected parts. We’re familiar with cascading failure from awareness of power transmission grids, the financial systems, how the United States Postal Service has been overrun by Fed-X and UPS into huge debt and more. Friction of inconceivable proportions has resulted. .

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He has been recognized by EdScoop (EdTech Hero, 2017), SETDA (Leader of the Year, 2013), and Common Sense Media (Educator of the Year, 2012). Before joining IMS Global, Bruce worked as an Edtech data analytics consultant after a brief tenure at the big data analytics company Brightbytes. Bruce holds an M.B.A

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Data Future Ready Academic Standards 52

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

If I thought it was bad, I would have shut down Edtech Elixirs a long time ago! Students are limited in both their ability to choose what lesson to take next (as the system decides their pathway) as well as their ability to see a sequence (as the lessons may address gaps across grade levels, as opposed to curricular "units").

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Assessment Course Khan Academy Blended Learning 59

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards. with the publication of the death and life of the great American school system: how testing and choice are undermining education, she became one of the most outspoken critics of ideas she once championed.

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Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Education is a system, but teaching and learning are not systems. As a system, it is made up of parts, and these parts can be conceived in any number of ways. Education, as a system, doesn’t have a way of responding to or planning for this nuanced and entirely human process. Systems don’t plan for people.

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System Study Academic Standards EdTech 40

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In one recent survey by vaunted education publisher McGraw-Hill, 93 percent of teachers equated social-emotional learning with academic learning in terms of overall importance. 2 Ensure SEL Curriculum is Based on Industry-Recognized Academic Standards. Most of them claim some kind of pedagogical or academic alignment.

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Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 392

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

At the time, Wireless Generation was expanding from its roots in K-3 reading assessment into new areas: intervention, professional development, and data systems. The State of the K-12 Sector The edtech boom of the past two decades promised efficacy and new instructional models. I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C.

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Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 144

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

An announcement over the PA system reminded everyone that the general assembly session was mandatory—and to not chew gum as no one is above detention. According to Futuresource , a UK market research firm, devices running the Chrome operating system accounted for close to 60 percent of all sales of mobile devices in the U.S.

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iPad Chromebook Education Company 138

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards. She noted a likely “clampdown” due to concerns over student data privacy, and central district offices are on the hook to make sure that edtech tools are secure. What’s impact?

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Industry Student Data Privacy Education Company 121

techlearning

MAY 24, 2018

Some sessions dove into the weeds, exploring systems like IMS CASE (Competencies & Academic Standards Exchange), which supports learning standards and competencies, digital resources, and assessments. Christine Weiser, Content Director SETDA Launches New Resource to Support K12 Interoperability.

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Conference Report Competency Based Learning Academic Standards 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). Second, create a ranking system to evaluate the relative attractiveness of various jurisdictions (i.e.,

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Policies Academic Standards Common Core Exercises 60

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Combined, Faria and Rubicon will serve over 10,000 schools in 130 countries with curriculum support for over 600 academic standards. The revamped website also better illustrates and explains the functionality of the product, including a new products tab that more clearly shows the scope of the MIDAS Education Enterprise System.

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Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 45

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Content-based academic standards. In education, these might be redressed as: What has standardizing content into a narrow range of content areas done to learning? What is the effect of this system? It’s Not About The Thinking. by Terry Heick. Use of data. Mandates to be research-based in our behavior.

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Academic Standards Mobile Learning Flipped Classroom Mobility 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

First Comes Plans, Then Comes (Effective) PD Stephanie Avera, secondary TOSA, and John Morgan, Director of EdTech, of Capistrano Unified School District decided it was time to rethink technology PD. The EdTech team at Valverde Unified School District put on a student STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) showcase.

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Technology Education EdTech Future Ready 60

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. As the U.S. But this simply isn’t true in the modern educational climate.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 95

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? Via Inside Higher Ed : “Uncovering Koch Role in Faculty Hires.” ”). .”

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42