eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Collegiate Edu-Nation is a Texas-based network that facilitates the transformation of rural student outcomes and rural workforce development by partnering with local school, community and business leaders to establish and support regionally relevant education systems. Crowder College – Digital Pathways in the Rural Heartland (Missouri).

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Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 93

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Work on the platform began within the charter network Summit Public Schools and was transformed when Facebook began to lend engineering support in 2015. CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others. Note: EdSurge has also received grant support from CZI).

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

technology, students without access to the internet could use such an application to participate in home learning, do homework, take quizzes and access additional learning resources — all through their Next Gen TV screens, thanks to data broadcasting. By utilizing ATSC 3.0

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

A number of top executives, a bipartisan assortment of governors, and multiple advocacy groups have issued an open letter to Congress calling on the government to devote $250 million to computer coding education for students, along with professional development in that subject for teachers.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

There are also Education Stabilization Fund – Rethink Education Models (ESF-REM) grants, and they also can be used to provide broadband access as part of a new education model. She has also leveraged these skills to create employee onboarding and training programs at Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Effective Advocacy. releases of the Linux kernel came from employees at Intel, IBM, Google, Facebook, Samsung, RedHat, and SUSE. And it’s not only “newer” companies like Google or Facebook. Over one third (34.5%) of all the contributions to the 4.8 – 4.13

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OER Advocacy Software Company 80

techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Operation Prevention efforts have expanded through the Operation Prevention Pledge – which brings together educators, advocacy organizations, businesses, think-tanks, and social impact groups – to encourage millions more young people to learn about the science behind addiction.

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Advocacy Education Elementary Learning 42

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Let’s Chat.Bots in Higher Education : What if all of your college questions could be answered by sending a text or Facebook message? Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? 3:30 p.m.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Facing History and Ourselves , Teaching Tolerance … And so, for me, Twitter is (at its best) this remarkable encyclopedia of information and people and ideas that you have access to instantaneously, that you simply might not have had before. That's something that that I think every social platform is attempting to navigate right now.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

. – Free, online teacher and parent training designed to improve the executive functioning of elementary school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is now accessible across the nation. The availability of this training is possible due . ABOUT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL COLORADO.

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Training Accessibility Advocacy Facebook 89

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

In addition to being able to find partners for global projects, you also have access to the archived recordings of the several hundred sessions that have taken place over the last five years! Our social media page is HERE with links to Facebook , Google+ , Twitter , and more. and the world. Mohammad Dayem Adnan.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

After seeing Cathi’s message on the Future Ready Librarians’ Facebook Group , librarian Kim Borden, from the Penn Argyl (PA) School District, responded to the call. Our governor was using the familiar red, yellow, green system and so I chose to use that common language to communicate with our central office administrators.

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Libraries Elementary Future Ready Advocacy 118

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Nor has it stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from making “personalized learning” a centerpiece of his venture philanthropy firm’s education work or from vowing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Whatever “it” is. million this year).

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Every time users click “allow” when an app asks them to enable location services or provide access to their contacts, microphone or folders, they are potentially making a transaction: sharing their personal information in exchange for using the app. This is how many free apps monetize.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Looking Forward.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students. Tagged on: September 18, 2017.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students. Tagged on: September 18, 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 119

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

Content is infrastructure, and working to increase the adoption of OER is like working to build an interstate highway system. Rather, people get excited about all the places they can go and all the things they can do once the highway system is in place. The core of the Linux operating system is the Linux kernel.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. You want to extend and maximize their time in the system,” said Jose Ferreira, Knewton’s founder and CEO.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. You want to extend and maximize their time in the system,” said Jose Ferreira, Knewton’s founder and CEO.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Photo: Chris Berdik. Basecamp is not a school cloning operation.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Facebook Argument : Students consider the relative strength of evidence that two users present in a Facebook exchange. News on Facebook : Students identify the blue checkmark that distinguishes a verified Facebook account from a fake one.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life? Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

An elementary schooler in the same district couldn’t access a picture of record-breaking sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner to add to a writing assignment. CIPA, a federal law passed in 2000, requires schools seeking subsidized internet access to keep students from seeing obscene or harmful images online—especially porn.

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Social Media Libraries Elementary Advocacy 86

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Implementing distance learning for schools like Hopi High would have been difficult even under the best of circumstances — the school is located on a vast reservation where families often lack access to internet and computers. If I were a teacher, would I know how to shift to teaching online?”. We are on an unlevel playing field. Stalled Aid.

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Report Elementary Online Learning System 122

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Via Venture Beat : “ Facebook and Oculus promise millions in funding for diverse apps, education, and more for VR.” A Wi-Fi system. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. ” Um, like Juliet?

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Isn’t Liberia outsourcing its education system to a Gates and Zuckerberg-backed startup , Bridge International Academies ? Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” ” (Hmm.

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

MindShift

OCTOBER 26, 2016

She wants the zine to be a resource to teenagers in every child advocacy agency in Rhode Island. Littky doesn’t believe the current university system serves many students well. That’s why the online portion of the College Unbound work is more of a digital portfolio than a content delivery system.

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Course Competency Based Learning Meeting Advocacy 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2020

She co-created a Facebook group for local families seeking to set up pods, and quickly discovered that many parents were looking for learning pods, which would be run by teachers or tutors and allow families to navigate distance learning. But now, when kids are at home, privileged parents are going to be able to hire tutors and teachers.

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Facebook Advocacy Groups Meeting 142

MindShift

JULY 22, 2020

She co-created a Facebook group for local families seeking to set up pods, and quickly discovered that many parents were looking for learning pods, which would be run by teachers or tutors and allow families to navigate distance learning. But now, when kids are at home, privileged parents are going to be able to hire tutors and teachers.

Learning 57

Learning Facebook Groups Report 57

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Via The New Yorker : “ Georgia ’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System.” ” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook sends Sphero robots so classrooms can apply coding education.”

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Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.” Via Wired : “How Silicon Valley Fuels an Informal Caste System.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But a troubled school system is nothing new in a state that has long failed to provide all of its children with an equal, integrated education. Today, the school is still nearly all black and the district has struggled to repair the aging facility’s leaking roofs, collapsing drainage pipes and weathered HVAC system.

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Outcomes Elementary Report Resources 138