Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. We might imagine a video avatar representing a software tutor or answering campus questions in the shape of a college mascot or historical figure. This is part 3. Read part 1 and part 2. Digital video has taken the world by storm.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

And that goes for faculty members, too, who might now have access to new opportunities to teach remotely for institutions around the globe—and let colleges hire online faculty with attractive strengths who happen to live far away. A couple of years ago, I taught an online course at The New School, a small liberal arts college in Manhattan.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Enabling students to access the course materials whenever convenient reinforces flexibility in their schedule and allows for better time management. K12 students unable to commit to a full-time program can learn and advance at their own rhythm as content can be accessed on-demand.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2022

This technology can range from computer hardware, software, UX/ UI, and harnessing digital publishing ecosystems to create and distribute educational content as well as track its effectiveness. . With EdTech innovations , there is no limit to how many learners can attend a lecture and access learning resources. What is EdTech?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

With the availability of eBook creation software, it has become very easy to create an interactive textbook. Here’s our list of the 8 best eBook creation software. These software tools also allow you to publish the content. Once published, the etextbooks should be easily accessible by the users. Easy to Create.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

To support science and STEM teachers in delivering quality instruction to their students at the start of, and throughout, the school year, Vernier Software & Technology is offering an abundance of free professional learning resources, support tools, grant opportunities and more.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

This time, we validate ideas with our end users before developing the software. February 2015 We bootstrap software development and curriculum production by selling camps and weekend coding sessions at our brick-and-mortar academy. We switch to an all-access subscription model. We build new curriculum and advertise sessions.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

When broken down by race, only white students saw retention boosts associated with Greek life, while black and Hispanic students saw lifts associated with first-year seminars. In the first few years, non-academic supports tend to be really important and have more impact. Program effects vary by student characteristics.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

They’ll meet you halfway,” said Uri, who is now a software engineer at Microsoft. These mentors meet with their students at least an hour a week and sometimes organize group activities, such as a seminar on relationships. I learned about not being afraid to talk to teachers. Chris Bogans with his student mentor, Hayleigh Weissenbach.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The access to this kind of deeper learning and 21st century learning has been least available to the growing number of schools that serve children in poverty. It’s about connectivity—the lack of bandwidth that still plagues low-income areas—and the software that allows kids to use the technology in productive ways.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

In the past couple of years the company has hired hundreds of software engineers, from the likes of Chinese internet giants Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, to make that happen. This approach, says Goldman Sachs’ Victor Hu, offers “an efficient, relatively inexpensive way for overseas investors to access the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Cutrer, who teaches a freshman seminar, said six students in her class of 20 told her they worked 40 hours a week, eight worked 30 or more hours and the rest worked at least part time. “If Access without success is not really solving the problems we need to solve, especially for the most disadvantaged,” said Vandal.

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MindShift

JUNE 5, 2018

On the one hand, they have access to different kinds of opportunities at BIG, but some have to travel long distances between schools. We have a custom-built software system that tracks each kid against the state standards they’re responsible for,” Cornally said. This arrangement can be both great and hard for students.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Students: General short answers: What tools, software, and technology seemed to be important? What tools, software, and technology not available could have been useful? Parents: General short answers: What tools, software, and technology seemed to be important? Conduct teacher meetings via video conferencing software.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Students use laptops, tablets, and myriad software to complete in-class work and at-home assignments. As members, educators can take part in events, forums, seminars, training and more. Software and applications: Currently available software, such as computer-aided design (CAD), Google Tour Creator, and Equity Maps.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. “Software is eating the world,” investor Marc Andreessen pronounced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2011. The slides are also available here.

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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2011

It will cover how to set up an Elluminate room, upload your slides and how to give your students access to the link before and recording after. This webinar will include the "basics," additional resources, and a brainstorming session for this wonderful software produced by MIT.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 24, 2019

Universal Access. This achieved by the ability to store all communications, documents, and lists in a single, universally accessible location. Universal access. Now, online collaboration programs or, notably, real-time digital whiteboards, enable users to access anywhere and anytime. Easier Project Management. Breakdowns.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2021

At Metropolitan State University of Denver, or MSU, for example, low-income and racial and ethnic minority students this summer are taking an online “success seminar” to teach them time management and study skills as part of a new program called Pathways to Possible. But “we need more software engineers. This is not new,” she said.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Discourse is at the center of the strategies he teaches, which is why he’s not a fan of one-to-one programs that isolate kids on individual computers practicing rote skills through software. Most of Hess’ tricks are easy to do in Google Docs, a free tool many schools are adopting because it’s easy for students to access their work anywhere.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The Webinars are held using Google Hangouts on Air, and shouldn''t require any special software. Join the mailing list HERE to get reminders and the links needed to log into each seminar. To have access to the full set of recordings, please purchase the archive set.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Trump University promised that the instructors for the real-estate and business seminars were “hand-picked” by Trump. Under current law, student veterans would immediately lose access to their GI Bill benefits, including housing.) Students say they were pressured to give good reviews. Point College in San Antonio closed.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “For-profit Ashford University , facing loss of access to GI Bill benefits by month’s end, needs approval from a state to stop thousands of student veterans from losing aid.”

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 17, 2016

If you’re new to the topic, or curious, read these slides , which are much more accessible than the preceding sentence suggests. Faculty research and teach the inequality problem across the curriculum, from sociology and economics to first-year seminars. If not, skip to the next part. Or maybe things take a darker turn… 4.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

“ Digital Promise Global has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address equitable access to computational education in public schools,” Education Week reports. The software in question: Exam4. .” That would be Nevada Senator Dean Heller. The Business of Job Training.

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