eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For the last seven months of 2020, school districts have gone through extreme changes regarding how learning is happening in pandemic-induced hybrid and digital learning environments. Digital learning during the pandemic. Related content: Keeping COVID innovations even after the pandemic passes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2020

Below is a short curation of the most useful articles, links, resources, and webinars to help you through this challenging environment: Online articles: Resources, tips and more for remote and e-learning (teaching online) — from Educational Technology Guy. Remote Learning: Tips for Thriving in This Ecosystem. Blackboard.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Focusing on student engagement, student empowerment, and equity in education, they shared key lessons educators learned during the lockdown. While some of these were tangible—like the need to equip all students with tech tools and WiFi access—it’s the more systemic changes that are catching educators’ attention. Student Empowerment.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. At the very dawn of digital education, Canada introduced one of the very first learning management systems, WebCT, a pivotal application, invented at the University of British Columbia in 1997. I’ve always thought of the U.S. While here in the U.S.,

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

Can proactive instructional design eliminate barriers to access for learners? Will artificial intelligence play a role in improving accessibility? On Tuesday, May 8 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 2, 2022

The applications are many and can help leverage group learning, content sharing, and team effort. Keep reading to learn more about digital whiteboards and their key features or explore ViewSonic’s solution myViewboard and discover how you can seamlessly integrate it into your projects. . Access your files from anywhere.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

Whether teaching remotely or in the classroom, consider making time—and providing the right types of hands-on tools—for collaboration, learning and growing. We're all striving to get back to at least some version of in-person learning. In recent months, I've focused on bridging the gap between in-person and distance learning.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

All government agencies must have accessible websites. This means all public schools or schools who receive federal funding must have accessible websites. They came from around the globe to be a part of the largest school district accessibility projects in the world. In fact the project hashtag trended on Twitter that day.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

With remote learning still going strong, students now rely on virtual engagement with their teachers when they need questions answered and assignments clarified. With the appropriate tools and tech access, instructional assistance from afar can be academically beneficial, and digital student-teacher communication can work. The results?

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Some of those big names include Google Classroom in K-12, Blackboard and Canvas learning management systems in higher ed, and across education the once-obscure video software named Zoom became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Early on in virtual learning, I used Nearpod and got used to it.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Kids don’t learn the same. And when their specific learning needs are met, the percentage of underachievers and dropouts shrinks, engagement rates and the likability of going to school go up, as well as student performance. Meeting the specific learning needs of students has a name among educators: student-centered learning.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Education technology already assists teachers create diverse and engaging learning materials and deliver better classes. Some people even lobby for a right to technology for every student, in the hope of making the presence of laptops and tablets in classrooms as spread as that of blackboards and notebooks. Why do kids love e-learning?

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

By embracing cloud solutions, such as those offered by Microsoft , Amazon and Google , school leaders can rethink computer labs to offer greater flexibility and increase access to instructional technology — and enjoy some cost savings. The trend is a bit different outside of school: 85 percent of students in the U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

With some schools already announcing they will not reopen normally in the fall, and many others considering their options , educators are hoping to take advantage of the summer to improve on this spring’s sink-or-swim plunge into distance learning. For many, the recent leap to remote instruction felt rushed, chaotic and disorganized.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. Here’s what we learned. I like early market.

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PlagiarismCheck

DECEMBER 13, 2023

API access and Learning Management Systems (LMS) integrations. CopyLeaks Features for teachers: API access and LMS integration. Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, Schoology, and Sakai integration. PlagScan Features for teachers: API access and LMS integration. Authorship Verification tool. AI Grader tool.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

At the Learning Counsel’s National Gathering in Dallas, three of the districts receiving top awards met in a panel to share their successes, their failures and their strategies for moving their districts along a digital transformation to enhance learning for every child. The work was not easy. We are no longer a district of schools.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

(May12, 2022) — Pivot Interactives introduces a new set of tools, Iris , which make learning critical science concepts—such as heat transfer, Beer’s Law, light emission, population density, temperature (infrared and blackbody), pH, and wavelength—accessible to students regardless of classroom equipment or teaching experience.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

With traditional in-class education on a hard pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, academic institutions rely more on e-learning technologies. In fact, most US colleges have chosen the hybrid learning model for the fall semester of 2020. According to the survey, this approach even outruns the remote learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When choosing your content creation tool, the ultimate goal is to design engaging, interactive exercises that expand and augment student learning while allowing teachers to swiftly access data and provide timely, insightful feedback. Identify the intended learning outcome and create activities around it.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 31, 2016

Kids today learn about this myth and know better than the most civilized people in the ancient world. There are a lot of aspects to learning and a lot of dedicated people that work together for a better education system. My first school years meant a lot of white chalk on a really black blackboard. Smart furniture.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 8, 2023

There are literally tons of education websites and tools that you can use to enhance the quality of your teaching, learning, and professional development. YouTube Channels for learning Math Here are some of the best Math YouTube channels to help your students and kids learn math in fun and engaging ways.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

In fact, it’s transformed 21st-century education, offering a normative tool for adapting to varied student needs, a scalable approach to differentiating for student learning styles, and a collaborative must-have with its vast offering of virtual meeting and storage options. Infrastructure. Online Course delivery system.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Incorporating edtech in the classroom may be challenging for many teachers, with the main barriers against a smooth adoption including costs, access, understanding its benefits or having the time to implement it. And with a cost as low as 5 US dollars for a VR viewer, more students should be able to have a VR learning experience.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 31, 2016

Kids today learn about this myth and know better than the most civilized people in the ancient world. There are a lot of aspects to learning and a lot of dedicated people that work together for a better education system. My first school years meant a lot of white chalk on a really black blackboard. Smart furniture.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Specifically, he tried to get into some of the learning and student management systems built by Blackboard and Follett, which are two of the most widely used edtech systems in the country. Demirkapi: What I found was one of the improper access control vulnerabilities allowed me to add something called a “group resource.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

Spotty internet service makes remote learning hard for many college students. So does lacking reliable access to a computer. Students who are dealing with devices that are antiquated or inferior in terms of ability to handle most advanced software packages are dealing with a disadvantage when it comes to their learning.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

From digital certificates to learning analytics, here are eight EdTech trends to look forward to in the coming months. Video-assisted Learning. Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year. These devices double as both a whiteboard and a screen.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Students can communicate peer-to-peer and also engage instructors directly in text, voice, and video, recorded for later access or run immediately in real-time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. They can be uploaded to Google Classroom, Schoology, Blackboard, and a selection of other LMSs.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Marissa's passion for education came early in her career when she was producing "edutainment" CD-ROM products for The Learning Company. It offers companionship for some and greater accessibility for those with disabilities. EdSurge: Why have we seen such rapid growth in the adoption of voice-enabled devices like the Amazon Echo?

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For the last seven months of 2020, school districts have gone through extreme changes regarding how learning is happening in a pandemic-induced educational environment. Digital Learning During the Pandemic. The Speak Up data revealed an increase in students’ access to mobile devices, tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It was started by one of the co-founders of Blackboard, now a household name in education technology. We want to build from the ground up an inclusive learning system for students and faculty, one that can recreate engaging, live learning experiences online,” says Dan Avida.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

The changes are not just incremental; they are foundational, reshaping the very nature of how we teach and learn. This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). And guess what?

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. Khan Academy. Software Tools To Create Your Lessons and Lecture Videos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Implementing a cloud storage platform at a school is a great way to gather all this knowledge into one unified place that can be accessed by students. Simply put, there are quite a few reasons why institutions can profit from the employment of such technologies for teaching and learning purposes. Extended Access to Education.

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