eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Their media-rich content presentations engage more than just the “bookish” children in a class; and they beat static textbooks hands down at providing students with basic feedback and adapting learning pathways based on their needs.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The solution for this is learning analytics. . To this end, let’s explore learning analytics and how it can boost student success in this blog. What is Learning Analytics? Learning analytics is the collection, analysis, and reporting of information relevant to students’ learning activities and performance.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

In addition, the sector saw several new partnerships spring up, such as Edmentum’s new partnership with WebbAlign and Learning Forward joining forces with Amplify, the former digital education division of News Corp. Founded in 2011, Imagine K12 has funded over 80 companies, including Remind , Class Dojo and Panorama Education.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Free, expansive digital library unlocks treasure trove of books. Bottom line: This large collection of books and videos on a wide variety of topics is an easy -- and free -- enhancement to any classroom library. Solid adaptive instruction in reading and math, with data at the ready. Unlimited Books for Kids. Imagine Math.

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Brainscape

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We also have a vast library of certified flashcard collections for kids of ALL ages , so if your babies aren’t, well, babies anymore and are running the gauntlet of highschool, we’ve got collections on every subject they’re taking, from biology, chemistry, and history to geography, economics, and language.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Free, expansive digital library unlocks treasure trove of books Bottom line: This large collection of books and videos on a wide variety of topics is an easy -- and free -- enhancement to any classroom library. Unlimited Books for Kids. Imagine Math.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Free, expansive digital library unlocks treasure trove of books Bottom line: This large collection of books and videos on a wide variety of topics is an easy -- and free -- enhancement to any classroom library. Unlimited Books for Kids. Imagine Math.

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edWeb.net

JULY 24, 2018

She supervises instructional support, libraries and research, and media among other responsibilities. She leads the Elevate Blended Learning program which was selected as a state-wide demonstration site by the Raise Your Hand Texas foundation and as a national model by The Learning Accelerator. About the Presenters.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

This new weekly blog post / email is replacing the regular email I have sent out for the last couple of years for the now-defunct Host-Your-Own-Webinar program (I still have hopes of resurrecting that near-to-my-heart program, and when that happens we''ll wrap it into this weekly missive). November 2 - 4, all online, all free.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Adaptive learning apps. Learning simulations. Learning here becomes less about curriculum and more about possibility. Or should be think of why libraries came to be in the first place–their function–and rethink them in light of modern technology?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 23, 2016

Maha Bali has written a blog post asking why we talk about “a domain of one’s own” and “reclaim your domain” since people never really own their domains. Your heirs will not inherit your digital reading library. Your heirs will not inherit your digital music library.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Welcome to week two of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and podcast with Audrey Watters. The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference starts in just over a week! of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? November 2 - 4, all online, all free.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Digital Research Tools : Using online research databases and tools that offer advanced search capabilities and access to a wider range of resources than a traditional library. Modification Modification is where the shift starts getting more significant. Here, technology allows for significant task redesign.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. Someone generously re-posted all the content from that blog to a Posterous site. Subscribe to their blog. They’re amazing.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom.

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Brainscape

JANUARY 11, 2023

Because Student B made use of a powerful learning strategy called interleaving or mixed practice , which has been widely shown to improve learning and retention. The problem is, while interleaving study practice is a powerful learning tactic, it’s also woefully underused in the formal academic environment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” Ease of publishing (e.g.,

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.” DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6 ” “ Campuswire launches to redesign classroom communications,” writes Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via the Google blog : “What’s happening next for G Suite Enterprise for Education.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Forbes has pulled an essay by a professor that advocated that Amazon stores replace public libraries and thus save the taxpayers money. ” Edsurge says it’s received $1.45

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” It’s not really an “exclusive” when you re-write a Google blog post , but oh well. ” And “ Education news from Google I/O : tools to take learning further.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

From the World Bank’s ed-tech blog : “How students in Uruguayan schools are being taught English over the Internet by teachers in Argentina – and in the UK & the Philippines.” The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. It's religion.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” ” “How Can VR be Used for Learning?” ” Oh.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” From the Udacity blog : “ Your Exclusive Guide To Pursuing A Robotics Career.” ” Via the Pew Research Center : “Most Americans – especially Millennials – say libraries can help them find reliable, trustworthy information.” ” Exclusive! ” Via Campus Technology : “2.1

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48 ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. million total.

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