TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. There is so much great content already published and accessible, that curation matters as much as creation.

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Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

The Electric Educator

APRIL 20, 2011

The first error that technology enthusiasts make is to overemphasize the importance of students’ access to technology in schools and underestimate teachers’ influence on students’ learning. You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash). Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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Technology Education Dropout Twitter 60

GoConqr

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Dropout rates increase, test and project scores dip, and – worst of all – learning becomes synonymous with boredom. 4 million Google searches. By comparison, the outside world must seem like a playground of self-expression and creativity. If this imbalance isn’t a cause for concern among educators, it should be. 277,000 tweets.

Technology 67

Technology Classroom Learning Dropout 67

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. One group typed “France” into the Google search bar, another browsed search results for “domestic peace.”. Billings assigned each group of three a different aspect of peace studies to research.

Personalized Learning 79

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 79

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

In the past few years, Apple, Google, IBM and other high-profile companies have stripped the bachelor’s degree requirement from many of their positions. A growing number of businesses are listening. If this movement continues to gather steam, researchers say, it could aid not only individual job seekers but also the U.S.

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Company Survey Report Training 112

MindShift

APRIL 2, 2015

As they each researched their own part, they kept a shared Google doc with information they were finding, sharing relevant research with one another when appropriate. One of the hardest parts of the assignment was taking research and framing it in ways that would be useful for their claims, Zack said.

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Analysis Dropout Data Groups 28

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. One group typed “France” into the Google search bar, another browsed search results for “domestic peace.”. Billings assigned each group of three a different aspect of peace studies to research.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access. For the better part of the school year, they tried to learn from home.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Google Classroom ? The district faced challenges with dropouts and reduced graduation rates due to failed classes, school transfers, and absences due to weather and medical issues. Google Classroom ? Google voice typing ? Read & Write for Google ? Various Google Chrome extensions ? Microsoft Office 365

Classroom 53

Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 53

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Now, during morning meetings via Google classroom, Glick is the one being peppered with questions – and often she can’t answer them. Some have banded together to call for providing internet hotspots and Chromebooks to millions of students who cannot get online or access lessons. They all want to know: Will school re-open in the fall?

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Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 141

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. By and large, we haven’t figured out a way for pod leaders to connect directly with teachers so that they can really have a more informed sense other than being on Google Classroom and knowing what the assignments are.”.

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Learning Report Elementary Dropout 84

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

But access to home support is arguably even more important. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. “I’m in touch with my students two, three times a week,” by text, phone, Google classroom and Zoom meetings, Concepcion says.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

These days, she spends her time doing counseling sessions via Zoom and Facebook, editing juniors’ essays in Google Docs and trying to contact all 320 members of the class of 2020. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. She and her colleagues hope to reach every senior by email, phone or social media.

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Report Meeting Training System 77

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

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? Jessica Geremia, a technology trainer for the Chariho Regional School District, in southwestern Rhode Island, told me, “We use Google all the time.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 98

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. Fines Google $5.1 ” The Google blog post announcing “ Course Kit ,” a tool that will integrate Google Drive with the LMS. The Google Empire. And the subsequent churnalism.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” ” This is my shocked face.

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” Let’s not worry that there are many people who do not have access to electricity, let alone Internet, let alone digital devices.). Google had a big media to-do this week. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 3, 2017 Betsy DeVos: President Trump delivers on education promises | USA Today → This is an incredible statement: "Trump has delivered on his promise to support school choice and offer students access to quality options.“ Tagged on: February 27, 2017 Limited internet access leaves York Co.

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

the trauma for many continued, as the Trump administration separated families in detention centers where cells were sometimes kept frigid, food was inadequate and kids were not given access to basic hygiene. She wants to learn English to “be smart” and uses Google translate to look up words she doesn’t understand.

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Elementary Report Exercises Trends 144

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? .” $100,000.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. “ Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer,” says The Verge. But only if you let it.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : NYC schools Chancellor Richard “Carranza unveils capital plan with $750 million in fixes for disability access.” How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Faces Internal Backlash Over Handling of Sexual Harassment.”

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

In other Google and edu news, via The Verge : “White nationalists seem to have manipulated Google search results for ‘Boasian anthropology’ ” Via Education Week : “‘Fake News,’ Media Literacy Become Business Opportunities in Rush to Educate Students.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” Via The Outline : “ Google ’s featured snippets are worse than fake news.” Google is acquiring machine learning contest site Kaggle. That’s UC Berkeley. to 2020, to Reach $1.83

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” (National) Education Politics. ” Immigration and Education. .”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.”

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. ” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. And Google is getting into the whiteboard business. The CEO has resigned.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40