Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. For example, ClassDojo , a classroom communication app, earned a badge from AppCensus for “transmitting sensitive data” on its app.

Tools 131

Tools Policies Data Android 131

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. EDTHENA ( www.edthena.com ) Edthena has developed a one-click video recording and uploading solution for Google Chrome.

Epson 52

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 52

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom. But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc.

EdTech 40

EdTech PowerMyLearning Software BYOD 40

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Apps and software are a boon for special needs students, but teachers shouldn’t download whatever they feel like.

Accessibility 56

Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 56

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Still, the virtual program has seen children thrive who failed in a brick-and-mortar classroom so that personalization became even more critical. She has positively influenced the educational field in many roles, including serving as a classroom teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and deputy director of schools.

Learning 81

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 81

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

EdTech 52

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 52

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

He is a former teacher but spent 20 years away from the classroom working as a technology attorney and software executive. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

edWeb.net

JULY 31, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Smart Network Design for Transformation and Innovation: Reaching in and Beyond the Classroom,” the presenters discussed the six elements of CoSN’s new network design for continuous service. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations.

BYOD 42

BYOD Data Software Training 42

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work? Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. It can look a little different in every school, in every classroom and for each student. based education reform advocacy group.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Classroom 2.0 ? Alternative Education ? Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Digital Citizenship ? Educational Technology ? Elementary Years ? Engagement ? Family & Parenting ?

Conference 34

Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kids work alone and in small groups; they sit at tiny desks and on beanbags and sofas scattered around the classroom. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. apps and software, with some classes much more tech-reliant than others.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 98

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.

EdTech 150

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.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Via The AP : “Police in Vermont say a 15-year-old student was cited after approaching a classroom wearing a clown mask and banging on the windows as clown sightings are viewed as potential public safety threats throughout the country.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Smartphone Explodes in Rowan College Classroom.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We work with teachers and administrators to create life-long learning patterns in students, whether that’s by curating resources for classroom research projects or by coming into the classroom to teach a lesson on how to do research themselves. What does a modern library look like? Holzweiss asked.

Libraries 92

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 92

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

John Bel Edwards has agreed to a mandate that cursive writing must be taught in Louisiana ’s public school classrooms.” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” ” Via the AP : “Gov.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

MindShift

MARCH 28, 2020

Normally, Jacob is in a general education classroom, with special help. have transitioned from the classroom to the computer — teachers and administrators have struggled to offer learning to special needs students. In some subjects, like reading and math, he works with different teachers and sometimes does different lessons.

PresenceLearning 62

PresenceLearning Advocacy Video Software 62

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” From the Lenovo website : “Lenovo™ Introduces Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom.”

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. Via the AP : “The state of Utah has denied it has anti-gay school laws as it defends itself from a lawsuit challenging restrictions on talk about homosexuality in the classroom.” Meanwhile on Campus.

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. ” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. To become a platform is to be “the next Facebook” or “the next Google” (and as such, to be a windfall for investors).

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?!

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Salt Lake Tribune : “Lawmaker: Utah ‘s veteran educators may need to ’die off ’ before technology fills classrooms.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.” .” (State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. The pressure to move towards digital assessments has fueled schools’ investments in hardware and software more than any other argument about the importance of ed-tech. The Procurement Problem.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Vox : “Brazilian media report that police are entering university classrooms to interrogate professors.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” “ Are ‘Smart’ Classrooms the Future?

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Education Week : “New federal data show a continuing deep gulf between the educational experiences of traditionally disadvantaged student groups and their peers on a broad range of indicators, findings that follow years of efforts by government and advocacy groups to level the playing field in U.S. public schools.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via Education Week : “The Ohio education department could seek repayment of more than $80 million from nine full-time online schools , based on audits of software-login records that led state officials to determine the schools had overstated their student enrollment.” Remember the Thiel Fellows ? to 2020, to Reach $1.83

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Arguably, there is no better example of this than the ongoing push that “everyone should learn to code,” led at the K–12 level by the industry-backed advocacy organization Code.org. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Via the Education Law Center : “Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school graduation regulations recently adopted by the State Board of Education. ” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. The CEO has resigned.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40