EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Embarking on an online computer science degree is an exhilarating journey that marries technological innovation with academic rigor. Understanding the Online Learning Environment Embracing the online learning landscape is the first step toward your academic success. Stay abreast of emerging trends and advancements in the field.

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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. Today, students are blessed with interactive platforms, personalized education, online learning, and educational software that have been designed to enhance the learning experience.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2018

In his latest EdSurge column , Michael Horn laid out how Google Maps offers an aspirational metaphor for what the future of educational tools could look like. Yet there are several initiatives, some of which I’ve had the privilege of working on, that aim to support the educational data ecosystem necessary for learner navigation.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district. All AJUSD educators also enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

The platinum award-winning project features the partnership between Classworks and Gwinnett County to deliver a successful online summer learning program, powered by 1EdTech’s Competency and Academic Standards Exchange® (CASE®) framework. Learn more about the 2022 Learning Impact Awards. About Classworks .

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

How much does it cost to build educational games with all the flair and polish of their commercial counterparts? $10 Creating a game that is both educational and entertaining is not for the faint of heart—or capital. Most of the content is aligned to state and national academic standards for grades 3 to 6, according to the company.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2022

The university argued during the court proceedings that no other students complained, that the student could have chosen a different area to take the test that didn't contain private information and that plenty of other colleges used the same approach during the pandemic shift to online education.

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Linways Technologies

MAY 14, 2020

Shajimon K John at the Discussion BarCamp hosted by Linways Technologies Pvt Ltd. Discuss Education BarCamp was organized by Linways Technologies Pvt. One of the discussions we had that could reshape the education system was based on implementing Autonomy- the future of Education. Affiliated and Autonomous.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

taxpayers trying to make sense of the federal tax code, many educators feel that education research is inaccessible and not written in a way they can understand. The resulting chasm creates a problem for educators, who may not be using or incorporating research-backed teaching practices into their instruction. Ahead of the D.C.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

At a time of major change at educational software and assessments provider Renaissance Learning executives decided to add one more item to their to-do list. Founded in 2013 and formerly known as Front Row Education, Freckle currently claims more than 700,000 teachers and 10 million students have used the platform across 75,000 schools.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Online education, which has almost become synonymous with distance-learning, is a serious alternative to traditional education, not only in the US but also in other countries around the world. 8 Myths about online education debunked. Quality is not as good as that of daytime or classroom education.

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Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Setting up of accreditation systems and bodies at the national and international level to rank and recognize Universities and Institutions for meeting the minimum acceptable standards through inspection and assessment has taken top priority amongst the national policymakers as Education takes a center stage in today’s world.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2018

Welcome to the third and final post in this series focusing on teacher workload, and how technology can assist teachers with the three greatest time heavy activities. Read more: What is the role of rubrics in performance-based education? And in terms of automating the process there are also a number of great technologies available.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Other investors in the round include Chinese education firm TAL Education Group, Follett Knowledge Fund and Plum Alley Investments, along with LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner and senior vice president Mike Gamson, Deborah Quazzo (founder and managing partner of GSV Acceleration) and Sam Yagan (founder of OkCupid).

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Hapara

AUGUST 16, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: Educators often hear that what they do in the classroom needs to be based on pedagogy. Further, it’s based on educational psychology, philosophy and theories of learning. In simple terms, pedagogy is how educators approach instruction and learning, use curriculum and plan to meet goals.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

As educators, mental health professionals, and authors of a new book on helping students cut through stress and pave the way to purpose, we’ve spent our careers supporting students to manage their mental health and reach their potential. It is educators themselves reaching out for our help. Second, it is difficult to implement.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Who are the people spearheading maker education? Maker Education Initiative. According to the report, many maker educators believe “making can help students develop real-world skills” such as creativity, problem-solving acumen, critical thinking and perseverance, along with “dispositions associated with positive work and life outcomes.”

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Digital Promise

APRIL 6, 2021

When Pikeville Independent School District and Floyd County Schools in rural Kentucky were tasked with increasing quality educational offerings in CS/CT for their students, they partnered with Digital Promise and South Fayette School District in Pennsylvania for the Tough As Nails, Nimble Fingers project. Objectives and Design Considerations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In 1998, I began my journey as an elementary teacher under the tutelage of my aunt and revered educator, Marva N. My mother was also a teacher, so I saw firsthand what it meant to be a passionate educator who is deeply committed to students. Their commitment and passion for teaching were the reasons why I chose this profession.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2022, students in fourth and eighth grade had the largest decline in mathematics achievement since 1990. As hopeful as this scenario sounds, mathematics is a struggle for many learners.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Imagine is owned by Weld North Education, a private equity firm that has amassed a portfolio of more than 10 education technology companies over the years. Technology companies including Google, Oracle and Cisco also gave support through providing hardware and database services. Later, as the U.S. and Russia.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Louis, and was president of an educational foundation working for disengaged nontraditional students. EdSurge connected with Krauss to ask her about her framework, and how it was shaped by her own educational journey. And we have to, as parents, as educators with young people, but as adults, we also have to tend to these.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The Bare Minimum Of Learning Technology. What is the bare minimum of learning technology integration in a classroom? Prevailing local technology use? In that light, we felt like it represented another kind of idea–a bare minimum of technology integration in an average classroom. by TeachThought Staff.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Soon, June will come and I’ll pass them along to the next teacher, who won’t know what I know and will need another four months to learn it, wasting valuable time in these students’ educations. I don’t have time to individually tailor lessons or plan units that can engage students who require more than a canned lesson to grab their attention.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

As a bonus, these accelerated learning approaches give a lower priority to repetition or “skill-and-drill” uses of instructional technology. Here are five key take-aways they’ve learned so far on their quest: Designing with education equity in mind. But for Santa Fe, inclusion was key.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Part of what I believe to be the truth,” Camelback’s founder and CEO, Aaron Walker tells EdSurge, “is that education is a long-tail game. James Kim, co-founder and executive director of BEAT (short for Bridging Education & Art Together), is on a mission to “take the ‘speech’ and the ‘therapy’ out of speech therapy,” he says.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

EL Education K–5 Language Arts. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning. They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Reading with Relevance.

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PlagiarismCheck

MAY 8, 2023

Plagiarism checkers have made it easier for students to ensure that their work is original and properly cited, ultimately improving the quality of their writing and promoting a culture of academic honesty. Technology and writing formed a strong symbiosis today. Academic honesty promotion is crucial for student success.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. It’s no wonder that only 58% of teachers are comfortable using technology in class.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday. More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

In a previous EdSurge piece , I described how economics and technology trends tend to drive educational innovation by providing models that reformers build into their visions, sometimes unconsciously. It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

Education is changing, things are in flux, and there is uncertainty. In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). The Value of Common Standards in OER.

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PlagiarismCheck

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

PlagiarismCheck.org also provides educators with a range of valuable features in addition to its plagiarism detection capabilities. It enhances their reputation and underscores their commitment to maintaining high academic standards. Plagiarism checking also serves as a valuable educational tool. Try it out now !

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

because they wanted him to get a good education. Education is so local in this country. What was your takeaway about how to strengthen climate education in schools? Having really strong professional development around this topic, and helping teachers think through how to educate kids about it, is really powerful.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. The technologies are often purchased separately as well. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5

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